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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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07ZAGREB1027CROATIA: RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb provides the following responses to reftel request for information regarding Croatia's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. The information provided [...]
2007-11-21 15:07:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC DHLS HR
07ZAGREB1040CODEL TANNER - CROATIA STOPS (FEB 21-24, 2008)
[...] Embassy Zagreb welcomes the planned visit of CODEL Tanner to Croatia (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) February 21-24, 2008. 2. Embassy Zagreb control officer for this CODEL will be Political Officer Tom Selinger. (Office: 385-1-661-2260; Fax: 385-1-661-2178; Home: 385-1-467-4396; Cell: 385-91-455-1017; [...]
2007-11-28 11:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO AORC BE FR HR
07ZAGREB143ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - OCTOBER 2006 - JANUARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 11:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR
07ZAGREB208ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2006, Croatia was ranked as tier two and Post recommends retaining that ranking for the current reporting period. The Government of Croatia (GOC) continued to improve its cooperation with NGOs to identify and ass [...]
2007-03-01 14:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
07ZAGREB695CODEL BEAN TRAVEL TO CROATIA
[...] Post welcomes CODEL Bean to Zagreb. Control Officer is Kirsten Brooks Selinger, work: 385-1-661-2250/home: 385-467-4396/fax: 385-1-661-2178/cell: 385-91-455-2346, email SelingerKB@state.gov. Administrative point of contact is Matthew Werner, work: 385-1-661-2248/home:385-234-0100/fax: 385-661- [...]
2007-07-19 15:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SR HR
07ZAGREB985CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel to Chief of National Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior, Darko Dundovic, who is Head of Delegation to the INTERPOL General Assembly. Dundovic was familiar with the case and told Post that the GOC would support the GOA request and EC position. He indicat [...]
2007-11-05 07:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALASEC IR PREL PTER
07ZAGREB992VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2007 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PREL KVPR HR
08ABIDJAN138COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF),in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...]
2008-03-03 16:13:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
08ABIDJAN397DISGRUNTLED EX-COMBATANTS PARALYZE BOUAKE OVER
[...] (U) The demobilization and disarmament of the Forces Nouvellles (FAFN) continue to be problematic for the government. One June 16, more than 1000 troops paralyzed Bouake, demanding payment of promised monies. According to pres reports, the action was organized by soldiers who were to be integ [...]
2008-06-18 17:33:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL EAID IV
08ABIDJAN469EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED GENERAL STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, to review mission security and work posture following the announcement of a 2-day general strike beginning on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (ref a). The consensus of the EAC was that mission emplo [...]
2008-07-16 17:25:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV AMGT IV
08ABIDJAN475GENERAL STRIKE LARGELY SUCCESSFUL; NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) Summary. The members of UGTCI, the country's largest federation of unions, overwhelmingly observed its call for a general strike on July 17 and 18 to call for salary increases in response to the gas price hike, following some initial confusion. Taxi and mini-bus transporters maintained the [...]
2008-07-18 16:08:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV
08ABIDJAN493STRIKE ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 31
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Union of General Workers of Cote d'Ivoire (UGTCI) has rejected as insufficient the economic measures enacted by the government on July 20 in response to the UGTCI's July 17-18 general strike and widespread discontent among transporters and consumers. The UGTCI has called fo [...]
2008-07-25 15:44:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV
08ABUDHABI1463UAE RESPONSE TO ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) On December 1, post delivered reftel talking points via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post also passed the points to Ali Fayel, the Ministry of Economy's point-of-contact on the Kimberley P [...]
2008-12-30 09:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI AE
08ABUDHABI377EMBASSY CONVERSATION WITH UAEG ON SHARLA'S CITY OF HOPE
[...] (C) In March 25, 2008 conversation with MinState for Foreign Affairs (and Chairman of National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking) Anwar Gargash, Charge emphasized the very positive experiences both the Embassy and ConGen have had with Sharla Musabih's City of Hope, with the shelter having [...]
2008-03-25 13:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE
08ABUDHABI379TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 15:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUDHABI380TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 15:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUDHABI382TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is home to a broad array of communities, including those vulnerable to exploitive human traffickers. The population is comprised of over 80 percent foreigners, many of whom provide unskilled or minimally skilled labor to a fast-growing economy. In thi [...]
2008-03-26 11:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUJA1163 INL BODY SCANNERS HANDED OVER TO THE NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 15:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1184NIGERIA: AMCIT ABDUCTED FROM TIDEWATER SHIP, BONGA
[...] (C) Summary: Over night June 18 ) June 19, two attacks happened in the southern area of Nigeria, at the Bonga Oil platform off the shore of Lagos and in the Niger Delta area near Escravos, where one Amcit is confirmed to have been taken hostage. Both Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos are eng [...]
2008-06-19 14:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALCASC EPET ASEC PREL NI
08ABUJA1185ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course,
[...] The following 14 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services are nominated for attendance at the above referenced ILEA Training. Name OTAESIRI, Robinson Akporhuarho DOB April 3, [...]
2008-06-20 06:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1270NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL AND EXXON
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Shell Executive Vice President Anne Pickard June 25. Pickard described in detail the June 19 militant attack on the Bonga platform (see reftel),and claimed there was likely internal collusion in the attack; that members of the National Assembly accused Sh [...]
2008-07-01 08:38:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV ENRG MOPS ASEC NI
08ABUJA1339ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 08:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1353ILEA GABORONE Precursor Chemical PRECURSOR CHEMICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 13:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA1549NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS
[...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...]
2008-08-06 16:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI
08ABUJA1567MISSION NIGERIA WELCOMES STAFFDEL SMITH
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff Ms. Shannon Smith and Ms. Sarah Margon to Abuja, Nigeria from August 12-14, and Lagos from August 14-16, 2008. Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos will work to schedule requested meetings. The [...]
2008-08-08 10:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NI
08ABUJA1594NIGERIA: EMBASSY WELCOMES CODEL JOHNSON, AUGUST
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Congressmen Hank Johnson, Phil Gingrey and Jean Schmidt, as well as other accompanying members of their delegation, to Abuja, Nigeria from August 18-20, 2008. Embassy Abuja will work to schedule requested meetings. The Mission looks forward [...]
2008-08-11 14:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL NI
08ABUJA194 NIGERIA: FAA TEAM OUT-BRIEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FAA team of four arrived in Lagos January 14, 2008 to begin the first of many two week visits over the next 18-24 months. The FAA team is providing technical assistance to the government of Nigeria (GON) as they seek a category one rating in eight key areas: legislation, reg [...]
2008-01-31 09:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ETRD NI
08ABUJA2207NIGERIA: FAA PROPOSES CANCELING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren met on November 3 to discuss the possible cancellation of Nigeria's technical assistance (TA) program with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administrati [...]
2008-11-12 06:52:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI
08ABUJA2296NIGERIA: ICE ATTACHE REACHES OUT TO ANTI-TIP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency conducted a Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop November 10-13 in Abuja. On November 12 and 13, ICE Attach Lydia St. John and Poloff met with representatives from the American Bar Association (ABA),the National Agency f [...]
2008-11-21 12:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KTIP ASEC DS NI
08ABUJA2313NIGERIA: USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] Summary. The U.S. Mission led a public private partnership (PPP) aviation workshop on November 17-18 with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Boeing Company to catapult Nigeria one step closer to attaining U.S. Federal Aviation Authority Category 1 status. The workshop rallied [...]
2008-11-26 08:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI
08ABUJA2328NIGERIA: POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted in Plateau State on November 27 and 28 following the long awaited Local Government Area (LGA) elections. Riots broke out resulting in numerous homes, businesses, and churches being torched and mob violence caused several deaths. Reports allege that the ruling [...]
2008-11-28 15:20:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2345NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...]
2008-12-01 17:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2346NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...]
2008-12-02 07:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2358NIGERIA: SOME NORMALITY RETURNS TO PLATEAU STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Normality started to return to Plateau State's capital of Jos on December 2 as the military remained in control of the city. People were able to move about more freely; however, movement was still restricted in certain areas of the city. American citizen and Missionary contacts [...]
2008-12-02 18:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2363NIGERIA: UNEASY CALM REMAINED IN JOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An "uneasy calm" remained in the Plateau State capital of Jos on December 3, according to Mission contacts and Locally Engaged Staff (LES) family members. Missionary contacts reported occasional gunfire but no widespread violence. The military retained control and continued to e [...]
2008-12-03 17:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2366NIGERIA: JOS APPARENTLY CALM; OFFICIAL IDP NUMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Another day of calm passed in the Plateau State capital Jos as there were no reports of violence. Samaila Mohammed, Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Party for the Jos North Local Government Area (LGA),told Poloff that peace would remain as long as the state gover [...]
2008-12-04 12:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2377NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND PLATEAU GOVERNOR DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador (with Poloff and USAIDoff as notetakers) met with Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),his Chief Economic Advisor JG Buba, and Chief Security Advisor Nuhu Musa at her residence on December 4 to discuss the recent violence in Jos as wel [...]
2008-12-05 18:09:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2433NIGERIA: ICRC DISCUSSES JOS AND VOLUNTARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Jacques Villettaz, Regional Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the DCM to discuss voluntary principles as they relate to the extractive industries, particularly the oil companies in the Niger Delta. DCM used the opportunity [...]
2008-12-15 16:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ASEC NI
08ABUJA2523 ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February 9-20,
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Reginald. Chukwudi Karawusa DOB July 27 1966 Gender - Male Rank - Assistant Director Current Position - Ag. Head of En [...]
2008-12-24 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA285NIGERIA: G/TIP GRANT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, post is submitting five grant proposals for consideration for G/TIP managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Summaries of the proposals recommended by post follow. End Summary. TIP IN NIGERIA -------------- 2. (U) Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination countr [...]
2008-02-12 17:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC NI
08ABUJA302NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PORT HARCOURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Ambassador traveled to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a mission to engage civil society NGOs, meet with political leadership, and highlight USG efforts in the Niger Delta region. First meeting with representatives from fifteen NGOs involved in USG-supported gra [...]
2008-02-15 12:27:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL SCUL NI
08ABUJA332HENRY OKAH: NOT DEAD YET?
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Speculation over the welfare and whereabouts of Niger Delta militant leader Henry Okah has run rampant after a February 19 fax to a news agency claiming to come from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) alleging that had Okah died in a Kaduna military h [...]
2008-02-21 18:02:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC NI
08ABUJA341 ILEA GABORONE - Criminal Investigations Course, March
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Independent Commission for Corrupt Practices and other related offences, the Nigeria Police Force and National Drug law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Sharon Ogiri-Okpe DOB - 15 September, 19 [...]
2008-02-22 12:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA404NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. Trafficking also occu [...]
2008-02-29 13:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NI
08ABUJA411 NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS' MEETING WITH TRANSPORT MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria's roads and railways are in disrepair, creating a logjam for transport and commerce. The Transport Ministry will be looking to public private partnerships to improve mass transit and is developing related legislation. There are significant opportunities for U.S. servic [...]
2008-03-03 12:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ETRD NI
08ABUJA485NIGERIA: KOGI STATE PREPARES FOR BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Lokoja, capital of Kogi State March 4-5 to meet with government officials, political activists, and civil society ahead of the state's upcoming March 29 gubernatorial by-election. While the Governor's Chief of Staff and an Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]
2008-03-12 16:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
08ABUJA60 ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February
[...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the Special Crime Unit against Money Laundering are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Musa Bah Mohammed DOB - 22 August, 1958 Gender - Male Rank - Chief Superintenden [...]
2008-01-10 13:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA628 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 14:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID ECON NI
08ABUJA711 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] Name: Obi Josephine Ruth DOB: 08 May 1964 Gender: F Position/Rank: Superintendent of Narcotics Passport #: A00046337 Expiry date 01 October 2012 2. The Department has checked its files and finds it holds no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of th [...]
2008-04-17 06:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA899 ILEA GABORONE - Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents
[...] The following 7 Nigerian personnel, from the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Ilesanmi Kehinde (ALTERNATE) DOB Feb 19, 1964 Gender Male Rank Superintendent of Customs [...]
2008-05-19 06:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
08ACCRA1352 USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: EFFECTS OF
[...] SUMMARY: GhanaQs physical infrastructure is adequate between the capital and the countryQs two major seaports, but can be less comprehensive in other parts of the country. There are ample areas for Ghanaian government and international donor collaboration and coordination in order to enhance [...]
2008-10-16 16:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ASEC GH
08ACCRA255FUNDING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL
[...] Request ICASS funding to continue leasing the current USAID warehouse April 1, 2008. Estimated annual warehouse lease (33,000),utility (16,000) and guard (13,700) costs are 63,000 USD. This cable has been cleared by the ICASS Council. In addition, OBO/RE advised use of MOU to transfer leas [...]
2008-02-22 10:52:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKICA AFIN AMGT USAID ASEC ABUD
08ACCRA381Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-19 16:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA388Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-20 16:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA755SOLDIER BAR BROTHEL ALIVE AND THRIVING
[...] (SBU) On June 6, 2008, at approximately 2230 hours two Embassy officials visited the establishment known as the "Soldier Bar" located around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra, to determine if prostitution, particularly involving minors, took place at this location. It had been reported previous [...]
2008-06-13 08:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN GH
08ADDISABABA1013SOMALIA: TFG DCM PLEADS FOR ROBUST INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S/NF) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Chief of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril Osman offered a bleak assessment of current developments in Somalia, describing an almost unbridgeable rift between President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Adde, the [...]
2008-04-14 12:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC ET SO
08ADDISABABA1054EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ASSESSES SECURITY AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-15 14:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA1357ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF CONSOLIDATION OF
[...] (S/NF) Following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A),Deputy Political-Economic Counselor spoke separately with ten scholars to canvass elites' opinions on the current Ethiopian polity. The scholars divi [...]
2008-05-16 07:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1358ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE THE WEAKENING OF STATE
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF power play is weakening state institutions and adversely impacting the [...]
2008-05-16 08:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC ECON ET
08ADDISABABA1359ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF AUTHORITARIAN
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF has employed authoritarian tactics to consolidate and extend its control [...]
2008-05-16 08:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1360ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS VOICE CONCERNS OVER ETHIOPIA'S
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) warned that the EPRDF power play, as it is unfolding, threatens Ethiopia's stability. The scholar [...]
2008-05-16 08:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1361ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS OFFER VIEWS ON 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (S/NF) Parts I-IV of this series (refs A, B, C, D) outlined how, in the views of Ethiopian scholars, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is consolidating de facto one-party rule, weakening state institutions, and creating conditions that risk Ethiopia's stabili [...]
2008-05-16 08:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1415ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS MAY 20 EXPLOSIONS ON
[...] (U) On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 The Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the May 20 incident in which a public transport mini-van experienced a bombing resulting in casualties. The following EAC members were present: DCM, USAID, PAO, MGT, GSO, ORA, MSG, OBO, CLO, USAU, P [...]
2008-05-21 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1502Recent Improvised Explosive Device Incidents in Ethiopia.
[...] (U) During the past several months there have been numerous apparent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents in Ethiopia, with an increased number occurring in Addis Ababa. This appears to be a reoccurrence of the trend of approximately 35 to 40 similar IED incidents reported within Addis [...]
2008-06-02 11:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA1533ETHIOPIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR PRE-BLAST TRAINING
[...] ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Addis Ababa requests DS/ATA provide Ethiopia the following courses, to be conducted in Ethiopia, as soon as possible: Explosive Incident Countermeasures (EIC) and Advanced Explosive Incident Countermeasures (AEIC). The courses have been requested by the Ethiopian poli [...]
2008-06-05 06:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA1554BRUTAL ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN WESTERN ETHIOPIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the period of May 17 to 21, 2008 the Ethiopian Oromo and Gumaz ethnic groups experienced tensions and conflict prompted by disputes over land rights, which by all accounts, included horrific acts of violence. These events will undoubtedly result in long lasting animosity a [...]
2008-06-09 07:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1674DISMANTLING ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL SPACE
[...] (S/NF) This is the first in a series of cables outlining policy options on U.S.-Ethiopia relations in light of recent restrictions on political and democratic space (Refs. A and B). 2. (S/NF) The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 under mu [...]
2008-06-19 08:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET
08ADDISABABA2112U.S.-ETHIOPIAN RELATIONS MESHED IN UNEASY INTERNAL
[...] (S/NF) The growing independence in bilateral policy discussions by hard-liners within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party -- including members of the Central Committee and Executive Committee or "Politburo", as well as by powerful outsiders like military [...]
2008-08-01 11:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET
08ADDISABABA2223ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well [...]
2008-08-12 12:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA2337MSF-SWITZERLAND LEAVES ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) After over a year of bureaucratic impediments to its operations in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region, two rounds of detention without charge of its staff members, and the recognition of its fundamental inability to operate, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Switzerland (MSF-CH) terminated [...]
2008-08-27 14:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA2655ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RECENT TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 22, 2008 to review the details of the September 17, 2008 terrorist attack on U.S. Embassy Sana'a and the September 20, 2008 attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. Post,s primary foc [...]
2008-09-23 13:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC
08ADDISABABA2663INSURGENTS STOP/DETAIN NGO STAFF IN OGADEN
[...] (SBU) Two NGO teams have been detained in rural encounters with insurgent/extremist groups in the Ogaden areas of Ethiopia's Somali region in the past week. As NGOs report increased access in the Ogaden, the incidence of such encounters is also likely to continue, and grow. Roadblocks by the [...]
2008-09-25 15:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM EAID PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA2694ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS END OF RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 29, 2008 to review the details of the September 28, 2008 hotel bombing in Jijiga, Ethiopia which killed four and wounded twenty-two. Post's focus was to determine what impact this may have on Mi [...]
2008-09-30 09:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC
08ADDISABABA3050ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) in response to the possible threat of a terrorist attack in Ethiopia. Members present include: COM, DCM, CLO, CON, MGMT, PAO, DAO, OBO, POL/ECON, RSO, [...]
2008-11-05 15:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
08ADDISABABA3083ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS CONTINUED THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the continued heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). Ambassador remarked that the security arrangements are unprecedented. Ambassador and staff will meet again with the police and security, a [...]
2008-11-12 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
08ADDISABABA3110MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN FEDERAL POLICE TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, 2008 the Ambassador and RSO met with Deputy Commissioner Hassen Shiffa to discuss the current security environment. RSO also presented a request for additional host government security support at the U.S. Embassy and for other Mission facilities, as well as, t [...]
2008-11-14 13:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
08ADDISABABA3145FRUSTRATED ETHIOPIA TO LEAVE SOMALIA AT YEAR'S END
[...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in the U.S. and UK Ambassadors on November 17 to discuss the Somalia crisis. Seyoum said that Ethiopia plans to depart Somalia in 45 days, by the end of December, but will support African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces until then. [...]
2008-11-18 11:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KPKO ET SO
08ADDISABABA3159GOE CLAMPS DOWN ON OROMOS, OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (C) Over the past two weeks, the Ethiopian government (GoE) has arrested at least 53 ethnic Oromos (some reports are as high as 200) and supporters of the mainstream political opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) for alleged support to the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [...]
2008-11-20 11:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA316TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following five (5) submissions on anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of reftel. Full proposals will be sent via e-mail. [...]
2008-02-11 04:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08ADDISABABA3370REVISED POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia's revised Political Parties Registration Proclamation (reftel) came into effect on September 24, 2008 instituting additional new reporting requirements that will further dampen opposition parties' ability to raise funds and compete in Ethiopia's ever-shrinking political space. [...]
2008-12-17 12:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3371OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION
[...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]
2008-12-17 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3372OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION
[...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]
2008-12-17 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA3373OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION
[...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...]
2008-12-17 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA339PRESIDENT YUSUF IN ADDIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Yamamoto and DCM Malac met with President Yusuf on February 9 during his stopover in Addis en route back to Somalia. Although frail, Yusuf was engaged and forcefully stated his intention to stay in power through the end of his mandate in late 2009. He reiterated his c [...]
2008-02-12 04:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC ET PGOV PREL SO
08ADDISABABA463(S) ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES
[...] (S) On February 21 the Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Embassy's security posture in light of developments in the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute (Refs A, B and C). The EAC reviewed tripwires but did not take any new action (REF D). DCM, RSO, CO [...]
2008-02-22 04:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETASEC PREL PTER CASC ET
08ADDISABABA614ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...]
2008-03-04 10:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL
08ADDISABABA821ETHIOPIA: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS AN FTO
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed host government MFA Assistant Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa of the USG decision to designate al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group on March 18. Abdetta responded that his governmen [...]
2008-03-26 13:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV KCRM SO BG
08ADDISABABA929EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW
[...] (S) The Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 3 to review the Embassy's security posture following the March 18 designation of Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist organization FTO) (Ref A),Ethiopia's continued military involvement in Somalia, developments on [...]
2008-04-04 07:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETASEC CASC PREL PGOV ET
08AITTAIPEI1634REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel, who will participate in DEA Basic Drug Detection Training beginn [...]
2008-11-21 08:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDMAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
08ALGIERS1286ALGIERS EAC: ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER 11
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 16:22:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT KMSG AG
08ALGIERS1320ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...]
2008-12-20 17:23:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1329POTENTIAL SVBIED ATTACK AGAINST U.S. OR FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian police have provided Embassy with specific and credible information concerning a possible imminent suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack against the U.S. or French embassies in Algiers. The EAC convened twice on December 22 to review the [...]
2008-12-22 17:23:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT KMSG AG
08ALGIERS221CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...]
2008-02-27 17:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG
08ALGIERS318AQIM DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES
[...] (SBU) On March 13 Al-Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net/vb/) with its conditions for the release of the two Austrian hostages Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber (ref A). AQIM demanded the release of some of its members he [...]
2008-03-17 11:23:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER KISL AG
08ALGIERS448NEW AQIM VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After an absence of more than nine months, the AQIM video series "Shadows of the Sword" has made a return to the jihadi website community. On April 14, AQIM released a new video showing two attacks on Algerian targets in Dellys and Boumerdes (Kabylie region),demonstrating AQIM [...]
2008-04-23 10:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC AG
08ALGIERS449SECURITY UPDATE: AQIM NOT GETTING STRONGER IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to information collected from press reporting, the number of terrorist attacks remained approximately the same in March 2008 compared to previous months but there appear to have been fewer casualties. The majority of these March attacks have been attributed to Al-Qaeda [...]
2008-04-23 10:27:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETASEC PTER AG
08ALGIERS464AFRICA UNION CENTER WANTS OUR HELP FOR ITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since early 2008 a number of U.S. official delegations have visited the African Center for the Research and Study of Terrorism (CAERT) in Algiers, all of which have departed leaving the impression that U.S. assistance in the form of training or seminars would be forthcoming. [...]
2008-04-23 16:36:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC AG
08ALGIERS663ALGIERS CORE EAC REVIEWS LATEST BOMBINGS AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Core EAC met on June 5, 2008 to discuss the double bombings that occurred on June 4 and to determine what implications, if any, this incident has on the upcoming International Trade Fair being held from June 7-13 at the SAFEX Exhibition Palace in Algiers. Present for the m [...]
2008-06-05 16:23:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNAG ASEC CASC PTER
08ALGIERS685AQIM LEADER: DON'T TOUCH OUR WOMEN
[...] (SBU) On June 5, Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net) entitled "in your honor, our sister." The communique, signed by AQIM leader Abdeloudoud Droukdal, referred to a Moroccan woman named "Fatiha" who was allegedly be [...]
2008-06-11 08:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL AG
08ALGIERS77ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...]
2008-01-22 18:04:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG
08ALGIERS793FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...]
2008-07-14 16:59:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG
08ALGIERS913ALGIERS EAC ON RECENT SUICIDE ATTACKS AND CURRENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Charge convened a full EAC July 17 to discuss recent Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacks and threat reports. In attendance were RSO, MGT, GRPO, PAO, CONS, DAO, LEGATT, MSG, POLEC, TREASURY and GSO. RSO and GRPO reviewed current AQIM threat reports. RSO provided s [...]
2008-08-17 17:39:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER AG
08ALGIERS925 SUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS FOREIGN COMPANY BUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twelve people were killed and at least 31 wounded in twin car bombings in Bouira (75 miles east of Algiers) the morning of August 20. The first bomb, which detonated at approximately 0545 hrs, targeted Bouira's regional military command and injured six soldiers. Minutes later, [...]
2008-08-20 17:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC AG
08AMMAN106WELCOME STAFFDEL THIELMANN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Gregory Thielmann, Mr. Paul Matulic, Ms. Jacqueline Russel, Ms. Jennifer Wagner, and Lt. Col. Peter Bloom to Jordan from January 16, 2008 through January 18, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, espe [...]
2008-01-13 11:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU IAEA IS LB JO
08AMMAN1163COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...]
2008-04-20 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1164COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...]
2008-04-20 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1165COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...]
2008-04-20 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1166COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...]
2008-04-20 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1167COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...]
2008-04-20 06:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1168COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...]
2008-04-20 06:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1169COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...]
2008-04-20 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1170COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...]
2008-04-20 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1171COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...]
2008-04-20 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1172COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...]
2008-04-20 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1173COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...]
2008-04-20 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1174COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...]
2008-04-20 06:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN120JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Somnath
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Somnath Bhattacharyya to Jordan from 15 - 22 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic [...]
2008-01-13 14:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN121JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Robert Hays and James
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Robert Hays and James Rennie to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Sta [...]
2008-01-13 14:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN122JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Perry Tillman
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Perry Tillman to Jordan from 17 January to 5 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic c [...]
2008-01-13 14:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN123JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Samuel Helland + 9
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Samuel Helland, Ronald Coleman, Kevin Kelley, Rhonda Martin, Peter Dahl, Dennis Reed, Daniel Burs, Raphael Sanchez, Raymond Terlaje and Aaron Labertew to Jordan from 11 - 12 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully revie [...]
2008-01-13 14:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN124JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Mark Pruitt and Frank
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Pruitt and Frank Fuller to Jordan from 20 - 25 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...]
2008-01-13 15:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN125JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Timothy Hill + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Hill, David Baker, Hugh Sutherland and Mark Engen to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...]
2008-01-13 15:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN131JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Edwin Kobeski
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Edwin Kobeski to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...]
2008-01-14 10:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN133JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Eduardo Granados + 6
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eduardo Granado, John Fejerang, Paul Davis, Andre Sterling, Frank Shirley, John R. Smith and John L. Smith to Jordan from 9 - 14 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat asses [...]
2008-01-14 12:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN139JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Brian Kulley
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Brian Kulley to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-14 14:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1458JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR
[...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...]
2008-05-13 12:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
08AMMAN1459JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR
[...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...]
2008-05-13 14:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC JO
08AMMAN161JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Johnson + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Johnson, Daren Baker and Wanda Bisbal to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...]
2008-01-16 13:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN163JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Reber, Shaun
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Reber, Shaun Mahaffey and John Walmsley to Jordan from 20-21/22-24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...]
2008-01-16 13:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN164JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ghassan Aldebs to Jordan from 18 - 29 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...]
2008-01-16 13:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN1723EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...]
2008-06-09 14:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO
08AMMAN1991GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-06 09:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO
08AMMAN210JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ronald Oswalt + 15
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ronald swalt, Tommy Evans, David Snodgrass, Charles Bowers, Daniel Woodward, Vickie Whiteaker, Eileen White, Lynn Burmeister, Terri Riley, Erin McCarter, Charles Pace, Romeo Victorio, Eugene O'Sullivan, Betty Taylor, Donald Clarke and Richard Wag [...]
2008-01-22 05:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN211JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Kabran Johnson + 5
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Kabran Johnson, Nicky Baggett, Peter Leary, Mark Decamp, Michael Keller and Lawrence Gump to Jordan from 10 - 14 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...]
2008-01-22 05:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN2161AMMAN EAC ON 17 JULY 2008
[...] (SBU) CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 July 2008 to review the Mission's security posture in light of a shooting incident that occurred last night at Al Hashimiyah Square in Amman. All agencies and sections were represented. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC on the event [...]
2008-07-17 15:29:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER JO
08AMMAN224JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Susan Myers and Kelly
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Susan Myers and Kelly Porscheke to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State ele [...]
2008-01-22 13:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN238JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Benkert + 2
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Benkert, Melissa Henton and Jeffrey Cima to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]
2008-01-23 08:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN239JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Lontos + 45
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Lontos, Kimberly Mitchell, Leif Eckholm, Michael Terry, Janis Simmons, Joseph Rachal, Francis Rodriguez, Martin Shulman, Robert Neal, Kelly Porscheke, Ebert Donald, Jeffrey Mintzlaff, Steven Miller, Mary Land, William Jensen, Jerome Barret [...]
2008-01-23 08:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN269JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Ledeboer + 6
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Ledeboer, James Allen, Sheila Hansen, Tarik Samman, Jacek Stawiski, Anurag Chhabra and Thomas Cooley to Jordan from 31 January - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the th [...]
2008-01-27 06:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN27JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Alex Williams +
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Alex Williams, Keith Thompson, Dane Kaley, Alfredo Ferrer, Charles Langston, Rodney Walters and Stephen Kennedy to Jordan from 3 February through 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especiall [...]
2008-01-06 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN270JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Allen and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Allen and Albert Rodriguez to Jordan from 23 February - 12 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...]
2008-01-27 06:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN28JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Lovelace + 4
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Lovelace, William Miracle, William Huggins, Philip Archer and Shane Tuttle to Jordan from 7 - 8 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...]
2008-01-06 09:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN280JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Carl Stubbert to Jordan from 10 - 13 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-28 05:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN282JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Keith Riggle
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Keith Riggle to Jordan from 3 - 6 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-28 05:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN283JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jonathan Maddock +
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan Maddock, Michael Ledeboer, Thomas Chrzanowski, Thomas Cooley, Anurag Chhabra, Sheila Hansen, James Heidt, Emaan Osman, David Prosen, Tarik Samman, Stephen Sheehy, Jacek Stawiski, Stephen Williamson, Jesse Wintjes and Alan Young to Jordan [...]
2008-01-28 05:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN284JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Eric Christopher
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eric to Jordan from 1 - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearance [...]
2008-01-28 05:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN285JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Max Krupp + 11
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Max Krupp, Steven Brackin, Joshua Curtis, John Meadows, Michael Guiso, Jesse Byrd, Jimmie Cusick, Christian Wallace, Mark Watson, Jerry Wilson, Rick McIntosh and Shaun Smith to Jordan from 30 January - 29 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The [...]
2008-01-28 05:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN29JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...]
2008-01-06 09:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN30JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland and Peter
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departmen [...]
2008-01-06 09:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN300JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jodie Kunkel + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jodie Kunkel, Jeremy Harper, Jeffrey Patterson and Gabriel Dicola to Jordan from 9 February - 30 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On Oc [...]
2008-01-29 09:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN301JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]
2008-01-29 09:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN304JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...]
2008-01-29 11:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN31JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Greenwich + 3
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Tom Greenwich, Jeffrey Platz, William Cox and Travis Riffle to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...]
2008-01-06 09:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN32JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gonzalo Gonzalez
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gonzalo Gonzalez to Jordan from 11 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]
2008-01-06 09:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN3266AMMAN EAC OF 12/06/2008
[...] (S) Ambassador convened a core meeting of the Amman Emergency Action Committee on December 6, 2008, to discuss new information regarding the threat described in reftel A and courses of action for Post. 2. (S/NF) GRPO presented the EAC with tearline language which they will pass to the Gener [...]
2008-12-08 12:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER JO
08AMMAN3292JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF
[...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...]
2008-12-11 16:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3360JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...]
2008-12-23 04:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
08AMMAN41JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN42JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN43JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN44JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-06 15:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN56JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...]
2008-01-07 14:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN57JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...]
2008-01-07 14:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN776JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...]
2008-03-11 09:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
08AMMAN81JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-09 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN93JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...]
2008-01-12 10:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN94JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...]
2008-01-12 10:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMMAN96JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...]
2008-01-12 10:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO
08AMSTERDAM53AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hauge and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting was held on September 4, 2008. In the absence of the Acting DCM in The Hague and the PO in Amsterdam, the meeting was chaired by RSO John [...]
2008-09-11 13:37:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
08AMSTERDAM71AMSTERDAM: VALIDATION STUDY INDICATES LOW INCIDENCE OF FRAUD
[...] SUMMARY. In October 2008, the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam conducted a validation survey of B1/B2 visas issued by Post to citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC). PRC citizens constitute the largest group of third country national (TCN) applicants at Post. Over half of all Chinese a [...]
2008-11-28 15:44:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD NL CH CVIS ASEC SMIG CFED
08ANKARA157TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION
[...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...]
2008-01-25 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER ASEC TU
08ANKARA1709TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...]
2008-09-25 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU
08ANKARA1956COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY: UNEVEN PROGRESS TOWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is facing a number of deadlines in 2009 in achieving long-term and sustainable support for core aspects of its anti-trafficking program: the TIP shelters and the "157" hotline. Our EU, NGO and GOT contacts remain confident that Turkey will do so, but the effort has take [...]
2008-11-12 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU
08ANKARA21TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR BOMBING KILLS FIVE, INJURES
[...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana - Embassy Ankara cable. 2. (U) On January 3 at approximately 1650 hours local, an explosion in Diyarbakir's busy Yenisehir district rocked an area adjacent to the upscale Dedeman Hotel, a shopping mall, and military barracks, shattering windows in neighbo [...]
2008-01-04 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV TU
08ANKARA2151TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...]
2008-12-22 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER TU
08ANKARA332TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...]
2008-02-22 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU
08ANKARA355TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...]
2008-02-25 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU
08ANKARA424TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...]
2008-03-04 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA425TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish Pen [...]
2008-03-04 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA426TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...]
2008-03-04 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA475TURKEY: MILITARY ROW WITH POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The war of words between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over the latter's allegation that the army pulled out of northern Iraq prematurely due to U.S. pressure continues unabated. CHP vice chair Mustafa Ozyurek state [...]
2008-03-11 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC MOPS IZ TU
08ANKARA484TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION:
[...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ),through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),sent us, March 10, supplemental information on prosecutions and convictions of traffickers, including of two GOT officials, and also provided clarification on the law governing legal prostitution and the [...]
2008-03-12 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA610TURKEY: COMPREHENSIVE EU ANTI-TIP PROJECT LAUNCHED
[...] (U) In a standing room-only ceremony March 19, Turkish Ministry of Interior (MOI) Deputy Under Secretary Alim Barum, IOM Chief of Mission Maurizio Busatti, and European Commission Delegation Institution Building and Civil Society Section Head Michael Vogel inaugurated a two-year, three millio [...]
2008-04-01 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA675TURKEY: TNP COUNTERS TERRORIST RECRUITMENT IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish National Police (TNP) in Ankara are countering efforts by terrorist groups to recruit in high schools, according to TNP sources. The terrorist groups typically befriend vulnerable youth through "innocent" activities and gradually introduce anti-government comments an [...]
2008-04-09 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC TU
08ANKARA747TURKEY-IRAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: COOPERATION REMAINS
[...] (C) Turkey-Iran security cooperation was not advanced substantially at the 12th Turkey-Iran Supreme Security Commission meeting, held in Ankara, April 15-16, MFA Security Affairs Head of Department (bilateral and multilateral security cooperation) Metin Ergin told us April 21. Ergin describe [...]
2008-04-22 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PGOV PTER IR TU
08ANKARA965TURKEY: STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO
[...] (C) Summary. Turkey is acutely aware of the Al Qaeda Network (AQN) threat and is actively collecting against it, an MFA official told us May 20. Turkey cannot, however, engage in broad "profiling" of young male travelers. Urged to consider new border security and information-sharing arrange [...]
2008-05-21 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC IZ SY TU
08ANTANANARIVO1ANTANANARIVO: 2007 ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION
[...] CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those of Mission housing. Comment: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zones. However, [...]
2008-01-02 11:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM MA
08ANTANANARIVO137COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...]
2008-02-19 11:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO138PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS
[...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...]
2008-02-19 12:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN
08ANTANANARIVO159 COMOROS 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately two hours preparing this report [...]
2008-02-29 10:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CN
08ANTANANARIVO162 MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...]
2008-02-29 11:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO164 MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...]
2008-02-29 11:52:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO440 GOM WELCOMES MADAGASCAR'S TIER ONE TIP STATUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labor, Embassy Antananarivo organized a digital videoconference (DVC) featuring Ambassador Mark Lagon and Director of the Office for East Africa James Knight from Washington with high-level representatives from the Gover [...]
2008-06-19 14:21:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB EAID MA
08ANTANANARIVO531COMORANS PROTEST ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGE
[...] (U) Hundreds of Comorans took to the streets of Moroni this week to protest acute fuel shortages. The demonstrators, many of them taxi drivers, remained peaceful and carried banners critical of President Sambi. 2. (SBU) EmbOffs (who visited the Comoros July 23-30) found fuel virtually un [...]
2008-07-30 13:26:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO539PRESIDENT SAMBI'S CAR STONED IN ANJOUAN
[...] (SBU) Police contacts reported Comoran President Ahmed Sambi's car was stoned by angry protestors in Anjouan August 1. Presidential security forces fired in the air to disperse the crowds, who were venting their frustration with acute fuel shortages (Reftel). 2. (SBU) An Embassy NGO conta [...]
2008-08-05 09:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO572 Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...]
2008-08-26 07:57:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO591 Comoran Dialogue Process Stumbles Out Of The Gate
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a week of intense negotiations with Union of the Comoros officials and other stakeholders, African Union Special Envoy Madeira succeeded September 1 in achieving an agreement in principle for modalities to set up a preparatory committee for the long-awaited Inter-Como [...]
2008-09-03 08:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN PGOV
08ANTANANARIVO606 Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...]
2008-09-08 07:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO620 Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...]
2008-09-15 14:06:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO683 Comoran Dialogue Blocked, Referendum More Likely
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi offered no assurances to the opposition in his Eid message, instead suggesting he will hold a referendum on the constitution. Opposition members declared October 5 that they opposed any revision of the constitution, rejected "dialogue" on Sambi's terms, and dem [...]
2008-10-08 12:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO7ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR AND THE
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: -------------------------------------- A. Crime occurs in Madagascar as it does in most major cities in the world. Over the past year, Antananarivo has seen its violent crime rate increase for the first time in several years. For the first time in over te [...]
2008-01-07 13:36:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO717 Anjouan Authorities Concerned About Security
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan president Toybou fears former Bacar loyalists will take action once African Union forces withdraw from his island. He has asked the Union government to seek to extend the mandate of the Tanzanian forces and to train a new police force. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Anjou [...]
2008-10-27 05:15:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO750SCENESETTER FOR CJTF-HOA REAR ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 14:02:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MAP ASEC MA
08ANTANANARIVO759COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...]
2008-11-12 09:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CN IR
08ANTANANARIVO804 AF/E Director Knight Visit to the Comoros
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AF/E Director Knight advocated for transparency and reconciliation with GOC interlocutors during his visit to the Comoros November 22-25. Director Knight also followed up on "Bilateral Commission" items from the September 18 meetings in Washington. END SUMMARY. Our Dreams [...]
2008-12-04 08:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO832MADAGASCAR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] International terrorism remained a concern in Madagascar in 2008 due to the island nation's inadequately monitored 3,000 mile coastline. Despite limited resources, government officials were eager to cooperate with the United States and the international community to implement counterterrorism [...]
2008-12-12 08:38:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC MA
08APIA58PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY OVER ARREST OF ASSOCIATE
[...] Summary: At 10:00am November 10 approximately 2,000 peaceful protesters marched to the Embassy to deliver a petition for the release of Associate Cabinet Minister and prominent businessman Hans Joachim (Joe) Keil. Mr. Keil was arrested in September in the U.S. on suspicion of passport fraud. [...]
2008-11-13 05:04:00Embassy ApiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC WS
08ASHGABAT178FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...]
2008-02-05 10:42:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX
08ASHGABAT258 TURKMENSTAN: NGOS COMMENT ON CURRENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the three non-governmental organizations active in assisting trafficking victims in Turkmenistan, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is currently not an overwhelming problem, but could grow in Turkmenistan if economic conditions become more difficult. While these organiz [...]
2008-02-21 08:22:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC TX
08ASHGABAT379ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Reftels correctly assert that Embassy Ashgabats Surveillance Detection (SD) operations have been severely restricted by the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) and that it is unlikely that the GOT will agree to authorize normal SD operati [...]
2008-03-26 11:44:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER ASEC
08ASHGABAT407 TURKMENISTAN: MSG DETACHMENT: REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para six below. 2. (S) On March 20, Embassy Ashgabat received a diplomatic note of the same date concerning defensive weapons possessed by the Marine Security Guard detachment. The diplomatic note makes the following key points (see para eight below f [...]
2008-04-01 10:49:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC TX
08ASHGABAT420REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL GUARD COVERAGE AT DCM
[...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests a permanent 24/7 residential guard post (5821) Non-ICASS Residential Security) at the Deputy Chief of Mission Residence (DCR). Post's FY 2009 Field Budget Plan will account for this increase in staff. 3. (SBU) D [...]
2008-04-03 12:11:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAPER ASEC
08ASHGABAT602TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV INCREASES
[...] (C) Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in security around President Berdimuhamedov. For example, both RSO and defense attaches from various embassies have noticed that there are more police (including plainclothes officers) on the street when the president moves around [...]
2008-05-09 06:05:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT649ASHGABAT DCMR FUNDING REALIGNMENT OF FUNDS FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Per email instructions, post is requesting the realignment of funds to cover the cost of 3 new Deputy Chief of Mission residence guard positions. Due to the termination of the Surveillance Detection program at post, three membe [...]
2008-05-20 12:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMGT APER ASEC
08ASHGABAT746TURKMENISTAN: DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO MSG SPE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 12:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC TX
08ASMARA18UNMEE FUEL UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...]
2008-01-14 08:37:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALKPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW
08ASMARA204 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the January to March 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government o [...]
2008-04-09 14:36:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA26TWO UNMEE DRIVERS CONSCRIPTED INTO EDF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 13:36:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO ASEC ER
08ASMARA300ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY?
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...]
2008-06-04 18:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA305REPORTED EXECUTION OF ERITREAN SOLDIERS AS "AN
[...] (C/NF) A local employee (LES) told RSO that ten Eritrean soldiers were summarily executed after a group of soldiers complained about the lack of food. According to the LES, the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) were conducting field exercises last week in the village of Tukul, located approximatel [...]
2008-06-10 13:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PINS ASEC PINR ER
08ASMARA330AVIATION FUEL STATUS IN ERITREA
[...] (C/NF) RSO met with UNMEE Source who provided information on the current low levels of aviation fuel in Asmara. This source by virtue of his position at UNMEE has been able to inspect the fuel tanks at the Asmara International Airport and regularly receives updates on aviation fuel in Asmara [...]
2008-06-23 14:08:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ECON MOPS ASEC ER
08ASMARA332MEETING WITH ERITREAN SOLDIERS IN ASSAB
[...] (S/NF) RSO source relayed the following second-hand information provided by a member of the Eritrean National Security Agency. According to source, an unidentified group of Eritrean military colonels and one general went to Assab from 06/20-21/08 to meet with a group of approximately 200 Erit [...]
2008-06-24 11:47:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV ASEC ER
08ASMARA337ERITREAN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY: FROM BAD TO WORSE
[...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's electricity supplier announced that on June 27 electricity supplies in Asmara will shut down for 11 hours per day for an indefinite period. A run on gasoline occurred on June 26, leading filling stations to suspend servicing customers. All forms of cooking fuel remai [...]
2008-06-26 13:03:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA339UPDATE ON UNMEE OPERATIONS IN ASMARA
[...] (C) UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) provided RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) with an update June 30 on UNMEE operations in Eritrea. UNMEE has ceased operations in Assab and UNMEE flights are no longer stopping there to refuel. After an approximately two-month wait, the Eri [...]
2008-06-30 13:44:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC ER
08ASMARA346 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of th [...]
2008-07-08 14:10:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA349IMPRISONED FSN RELEASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with former local guard Aklilu Yohannes (strictly protect) on July 9, who was imprisoned underground for nearly a year without charge. Aklilu was additionally imprisoned for 12 days in 2005 for belonging to an unregistered church. While in prison, Aklilu reports b [...]
2008-07-11 06:53:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV APER KIRF SOCI ASEC ER
08ASMARA362ERITREA TEMPORARILY AVOIDS FUEL CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Eritrea managed to avoid an electricity supply disaster in June by finding a new supplier of generator lubricant. An unknown supplier is sending a barge to restock Eritrea's depleted automotive and aviation fuel supplies. Embassy Asmara will receive its diesel fuel the week of [...]
2008-07-21 08:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA371THE SAD STORY OF FORMER EMBASSY ASMARA LES DANIEL
[...] (C) Summary: In May, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ, the ruling political party of Eritrea) called the Embassy to request the dismissal of its employee, Daniel Haile. The Embassy refused to accede to the request and protested the action to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2008-07-25 07:18:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPHUM PGOV APER KSOCI KIRF ASEC ER
08ASMARA412 GSE ARRESTS EMBASSY LOCAL GUARD AT HIS RESIDENCE
[...] (C) Embassy Local Guard Force (LGF) Commander Mehari Zemhret was arrested at his residence on 08/18/08 at approximately 1300 hrs while on his lunch break by members of the Eritrean National Security Agency (ENSA). An unidentified Eritrean male asked if "Mehari" was in the residence. Since m [...]
2008-08-19 14:45:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNASEC PHUM PGOV APER AMGT KSOCI KIRF ER
08ASMARA428 ERITREANS USING FRAUDULENT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 14:22:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS KFRD CPAS CMFT ASEC ER
08ASMARA438EARLY SIGNS OF FOOD INSECURITY
[...] (C) Eritreans are starting to manifest signs of malnutrition in villages surrounding Asmara. RSO met with a reliable Embassy source who had visited villages approximately 30 km. NW of Asmara on the road to Keren. The villagers showed signs of malnutrition including visible loss of hair and [...]
2008-09-03 14:00:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALASEC ER PGOV PHUM
08ASMARA480 FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA
[...] (U) The following is a summary of fraud conditions in Asmara from April to September 2008. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of the Sta [...]
2008-10-02 08:45:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER
08ASMARA509 ERITREA RELEASES THREE IMPRISONED FSNS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Three FSN employees, one held for five days and two held for two months, were released over an eight day period. Two of these employees are senior members of our local guard force and the other is our human resources specialist. Two of the individuals were targeted directly [...]
2008-10-21 12:00:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNAMGT APER ASEC PHUM KIRF ER
08ASMARA530 EU DIPLOMATS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY, EVACUATION,
[...] (C) RSO briefed European Union member country diplomats on a broad range of security issue, particularly the security situation in Eritrea. RSO expressed concern over the potential food crisis in Eritrea, the continued increase in crime associated with high unemployment, the increasing lack [...]
2008-11-03 13:05:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC PGOV PREL ER
08ASMARA531ERITREAN GOVERNMENT FEARS OF AL QAEDA POTENTIAL IN
[...] (S/NF) Eritrean Minister of Defense Sebhat Ephrem told the French ambassador he was concerned about the possibility that Al Qaeda could establish a presence in Djibouti. He cited five factors he thought made Djibouti vulnerable to Islamist extremism: 1) Djibouti's proximity to Yemen; 2) its [...]
2008-11-04 11:19:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV ER DJ
08ASMARA540SHEIKH DAHIR HASSAN AWEYS SPOTTED AT LUNCH
[...] (C) RSO observed Sheikh Dahir Hassan Aweys at the Lion Hotel restaurant in Asmara on 11/06/08. At approximately 1400 hrs, Aweys, accompanied by three unknown males entered the restaurant, which was empty of other patrons except for those at the RSO's table. Aweys looked at the RSO's table, w [...]
2008-11-10 04:57:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV ER SO
08ASMARA546ARREST, INTERROGATION, AND TORTURE OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On XXXXXXXXXXXX was released after five months in jail. XXXXXXXXXXXX emotionally recounted his experience to the RSO, including his interrogation, deplorable prison conditions, beatings, and witnessing the torture of other prisoners being held at the XXXXXXXXXXXX facility. XXXX [...]
2008-11-12 11:46:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNASEC ER PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF
08ASMARA563POSSIBLE IRANIAN SUBMARINE IN ASSAB
[...] (S/NF) An Iranian submarine was reportedly sighted in the port city of Assab on 11/24/08. A reliable embassy source obtained this information on 11/25/08 from a contact who belongs to an unknown Eritrean Army intelligence unit based in Assab. The contact said the submarine visit is widely k [...]
2008-11-26 09:31:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PREL ASEC ER IR
08ASMARA565REGIONAL MEETING ON FOOD SHORTAGES AND CRIME IN
[...] (C) During a community meeting with regional administrators in the village of Adi Segodo (located approximately 3 miles NW of Asmara) on 11/23/08, local residents asked the administrator for increased rations, stating the 10 kilos of sorghum per month was not enough to feed their families. A [...]
2008-12-01 09:20:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALASEC ER PGOV PHUM PREL
08ASMARA569PRIVATE SAUDIS PROVIDE MOST ARS FUNDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 14:00:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ASEC SO ER
08ASMARA577IRAN REFURBISHING AND OPERATING ERITREAN OIL
[...] (C) The Eritrean government has reportedly sold, leased, or granted operating rights of its Russian-built oil refinery in Assab. A reliable embassy source stated an unknown "Arab" country would be operating this refinery. BBC reported on 11/25/08 that according to the Eritrean website www.E [...]
2008-12-04 14:33:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ER ASEC IR
08ASMARA586ASMARA ANGST
[...] (C) Asmara is awash in speculation about domestic instability stemming from food shortages, economic decline, and stepped-up repression from the Isaias regime. In an isolated society with no media freedoms, Eritreans depend on "bado seleste," (akin to the grapevine or bush telegraph) for info [...]
2008-12-11 04:57:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV SOCI ASEC ER
08ASMARA597ERITREA'S CORRUPT AND DIVIDED MILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Eritrean military's five regional commanders are bitter rivals and would actively contest a coup attempt by any of the others, according to a knowledgeable contact. Isaias personally selects the regional commanders' deputies to act as spies, and rotates them frequently. Low [...]
2008-12-17 08:09:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETMOPS PGOV MCAP ASEC ER
08ASMARA602 ERITREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2008, Eritrea experienced no major act of international terrorism. The Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs announced in August 2007 that the USG was compiling information in consideration of putting Eritrea on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism for its alleged suppor [...]
2008-12-22 14:41:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC ER
08ASMARA609SHEIK HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS' OPTIONS LIMITED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-placed Somali contact said UN-imposed travel restictions on Sheik Aweys limit his ability to play a role in Somali national reconciliation, and non-Islamist hardline ARS members believe Aweys is the key to peace in Somalia and neutralizing al-Shabaab. The Eritrean governme [...]
2008-12-31 12:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ASEC SO ER
08ASMARA71MORE MILITARY ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA
[...] (SBU) RSO, DAO, and CLO witnessed Eritrean soldiers detaining Eritrean males in a roundup on 02/12/08 near the Intercontinental Hotel. Several groups of three to four soldiers, armed with clubs and rifles, were detaining Eritreans on the side of the road and walking them to a police station n [...]
2008-02-13 14:06:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC MOPS ER
08ASMARA90REPORTED GSE REACTIONS TO UNMEE CRISIS
[...] (S/NF) RSO met with Source February 20 who relayed second-hand information from the MFA's Americas desk officer. Source has provided reliable informaton to RSO in the past. 2. (S/NF) The MFA desk officer told Source many GSE ministers and high-ranking civil servants are upset with President [...]
2008-02-22 08:12:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ASEC PINR ER
08ASTANA2383KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...]
2008-12-03 02:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2538KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...]
2008-12-23 09:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ
08ASTANA358KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007
[...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...]
2008-02-21 09:51:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA672KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING
[...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...]
2008-04-03 11:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASUNCION138PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...]
2008-03-05 10:37:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA
08ASUNCION181FORMER PPL MEMBERS ANNOUNCE EXISTENCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members announced March 17 the existence of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP),an armed revolutionary group operating in Concepcion Department. Their comments followed a March 12 incident in which the EPP claimed responsibility for vandalizing [...]
2008-03-25 13:34:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PINS PA
08ASUNCION234ELECTION CAMPAIGNS REACH FEVERED PITCH
[...] (C) With the April 20 elections just one week away, Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) presidential candidate Fernando Lugo continues to lead the race by a small margin. Although Lugo may have a narrow lead, most analysts believe the Colorado Party can make up 7-8 points on election day via [...]
2008-04-14 13:59:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC ECON SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION248ROUNDING UP VENEZUELANS, ECUADORIANS AND THE LIKE
[...] (SBU) President Duarte denounced April 15 the presence in Paraguay of Venezuelan and Ecuadorian "experts in social agitation" passing themselves off as elections observers. He accused citizens of Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela of placing "explosives" in community radio stations in San Pedro. T [...]
2008-04-16 18:44:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL PINS XM PA
08ASUNCION258BOMB THREAT AT OAS DELEGATES' HOTEL
[...] (SBU) At 0815 on April 18, the hotel "La Mission," where the delegates of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral mission for Paraguay's elections April 20 are staying, received a bomb threat. The hotel's administrative secretary received a call from an unidentified male who SIPD [...]
2008-04-18 17:08:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC OAS PA
08ASUNCION260MILITARY COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander General Soto stated publicly April 16 that the military would respect the electoral process. The military played a major role in past elections, but efforts by Soto to institutionalize and professionalize the military -- banishing politics from [...]
2008-04-18 20:00:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS ASEC CASC SNAR PGOV PA
08ASUNCION382NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...]
2008-06-11 20:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC
08ASUNCION657RSO MEETING WITH NEW COMANDANTE OF POLICE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 11, RSO met with the new Comandante of the Paraguayan National Police (PNP),Federico Acuna Araujo. Araujo reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the US Embassy's security needs and thanked the RSO for the large number of training opportunities the Embassy provides [...]
2008-09-17 21:12:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PA
08ASUNCION660DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 22:19:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC BL PA
08ASUNCION709PPL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING AS LAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan authorities indicted former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members Manuel Cristaldo Mieres and Osvaldo Villalba September 23 for the kidnapping (and post-ransom release) of former Tacuati mayor and wealthy rancher Luis Alberto Lindstron. Whether politically or just finan [...]
2008-10-20 13:49:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PA BR AR
08ASUNCION722TENSIONS WITH BRAZIL INCREASE OVER LAND AND
[...] (C) Paraguay's bilateral relations with Brazil soured in October over Brazilian military exercises on the Paraguayan border and an increase in invasions of land owned by Brazilian-Paraguayans. Although Brazil informed Paraguay of its plans to conduct military exercises, Paraguayan officials c [...]
2008-10-24 18:41:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PREL PA BR AR ES
08ASUNCION814PARAGUAY SHAKES UP SECURITY FORCES LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lugo administration in late November appointed new leadership in the Military Forces and the National Police in the biggest change in Paraguay's security apparatus in decades. By retiring many scores of security officials and promoting a new cadre of leaders, the Lugo adm [...]
2008-12-09 13:16:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MARR PINS PGOV PREL PA
08ASUNCION868PARAGUAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The Governments of the Tri-Border Area (TBA),Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, have long been concerned with arms and drugs smuggling, document fraud, money laundering, and the manufacture and movement of contraband goods through this region. In the early 1990s, they established a mechanism to [...]
2008-12-29 21:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHSL PETER PA
08ASUNCION97PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY08 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS
[...] (U) Embassy Asuncion submits the following anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) proposal for FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding (reftel). This proposal details the second phase of an IOM project funded by G/TIP in 2006 and completed in July 2007. Cynthia Bendlin, WHA winner of the 2008 Secretary's [...]
2008-02-13 13:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BR AR PA
08ATHENS1152GEORGIA CRISIS: GREEKS SCRAMBLING TO FORMULATE
[...] (C) Charge delivere U.S. position on a Qdemning Russian militar Constantinos Bitsios, @M Karamanlis, and to Ha FM Bakoyannis. Bitsiososition had not yet be(###) need for calm in deliberations. Lalacos likewise demurred from providing a Greek position, noting that FM Bakoyannis would enunciate [...]
2008-08-11 14:24:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT KFLO GR
08ATHENS1205ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST
[...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...]
2008-08-26 16:07:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR
08ATHENS1528GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF,
[...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...]
2008-11-07 14:04:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC GR
08ATHENS164EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT
[...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...]
2008-02-04 14:50:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR
08ATHENS1644ATHENS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR
[...] (SBU) On December 8, 2008, Embassy Athens Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing national crisis in reaction to the police shooting and subsequent death of a 15 year old student. Since then, there have been numerous spontaneous confrontations between the police and anarchi [...]
2008-12-08 15:46:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
08ATHENS1649GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT
[...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...]
2008-12-09 14:06:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR
08ATHENS1652EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...]
2008-12-10 06:07:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR
08ATHENS1658GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...]
2008-12-11 15:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS1669GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 12 UPDATE
[...] (C) The level of violence dropped in Greece over the night of December 11, but there were still attacks on police stations. On December 12 two demonstrations took place. Police are concerned that anarchists will try to use an evening rally on December 12 to enter Parliament and perhaps the Pr [...]
2008-12-12 13:30:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS1671GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...]
2008-12-12 14:17:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC GR
08ATHENS1692GREEK RIOTS - WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THEY IMPACT
[...] (C) The riots that began in Greece following the December 6 police shooting of a teenager have shocked even the most cynical of Greeks, and have resulted in hundreds of millions of Euros in economic damage. The unrest has deeply polarized society, with youth of all socio-economic backgrounds [...]
2008-12-18 13:00:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL SOCI ASEC PHUM ECON TU MK GR
08ATHENS1698GREEK RIOTS: SETTLING IN FOR THE LONGER-TERM
[...] (SBU) Levels of rioting and violence have increased in localized areas of Athens, and anarchists are clearly trying to injure or kill police and state security officials. Rioters have sought to increase further their visibility by placing banners on the Acropolis and attempting to burn down ( [...]
2008-12-22 06:29:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS1720GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...]
2008-12-24 11:44:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS216CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...]
2008-02-15 16:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR
08ATHENS254TFKV01: KOSOVO: GREECE "YAWNS"
[...] (U) Notwithstanding Greece's special relationship with Serbia and Greece's previous history of large demonstrations against NATO and "the West" in response to Kosovo activities, there has been relatively little public reaction to Kosovo's declaration of independence. Greek media coverage has [...]
2008-02-25 12:51:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC YI KV GR
08ATHENS631FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...]
2008-05-09 15:23:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR
08ATHENS783GREECE AND US REACH ACCORD ON HSPD-6 DRAFT TEXT
[...] (C) Summary: State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) representatives engaged in a marathon negotiating session with Greek Foreign Ministry and Hellenic police officials on May 28. After 11 hours, a mutually-acceptable draft of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSP [...]
2008-06-05 13:10:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR ASEC CVIS GR KHLS KVPR
08ATHENS81INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERORRIST
[...] (S) On 16 January 2008, Ambassador Speckhard, accompanied by Regional Affairs (RAS) Counselor Chadason, paid a courtesy call on Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Deputy Interior Minister for Public Order Panayiotis Chinofotis. In his first official meeting with them, the Ambassador s [...]
2008-01-18 16:09:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV KTER KCRM ASEC KHLS EAGR SENV TU GR
08BAGHDAD1630INTERAGENCY PERSONNEL PRIORITIZATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The National Security Council Iraq Deputies Committee requested the Mission prioritize its civilian interagency manning requirements to assist agencies in properly identifying manpower fills. The US Embassy Baghdad interagency civilian manning requirements are prioritized in terms [...]
2008-05-28 08:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2174SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON T-WALLS, PROGRESS OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 meeting, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve accepted Ambassador Crocker,s apology for the manner in which the transportation of a generator through the Swedish Embassy,s construction site in Baghdad was handled. He provided an update on ongoi [...]
2008-07-13 08:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF SW IZ ASEC
08BAGHDAD2945VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9),RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...]
2008-09-12 02:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3374RSO MEETING WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE PESHMERGA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/13/2008, the RSO met with the Commander of the Peshmerga to extend courtesies, brief him on RSO's roles and responsibilities, solicit his support, and forge a strong working relationship to safeguard U.S. interests in Northern Iraq. (Note: The Peshmerga is also referred [...]
2008-10-21 13:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC IZ PTER AMGT
08BAGHDAD3439SECURITY FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY-BAGHDAD, IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Per REFTEL, Embassy Baghdad,s Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 11/26/2008 to assess the security risk of hosting a USMC Birthday Ball at the New Embassy Compound (NEC) on 11/10/2008. The EAC concurred that the event could be conducted with minimal risk given that it [...]
2008-10-28 11:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC KMSG
08BAGHDAD3484RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...]
2008-11-03 04:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC IZ PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD3532VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...]
2008-11-09 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD357IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL
[...] (C) This cable is the third update of Embassy Baghdad,s implementation of the relevant eighteen recommendations of the Secretary,s Panel on Protective Services. The following recommendations have been implemented by Post (reftel D): A. (C) Kennedy Recommendation 12 - Joint Review Board B. ( [...]
2008-02-07 07:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD371PRT MAYSAN: GENERAL MEHDI ANGLES TO BE NEXT POLICE
[...] (C) On 01 February 2008, the Maysan PRT met with Major General Mehdi al-Gharrawi at his Baghdad residence. Mehdi, a former commander of the Public Order Brigade in Fallujah, hails originally from Maysan province and also has a home in al-'Amara. Discussion focused on security in Maysan, notab [...]
2008-02-08 15:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3731USAID IRAQ MISSION WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/Iraq requests waivers to collocation and setback requirements required by the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-Terrorism Act (SECCA) of 1999. Additionally, USAID/Iraq requests exceptions to the following OSPB standards: 12 FAH-5 H-433.1-1 paragraph (c),clear z [...]
2008-11-25 17:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT ABLD EAID
08BAGHDAD3785BASRA CALM AFTER SOFA APPROVAL
[...] (U) This is an REO Basra reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Basra province remains calm after the approval of SOFA by the Council of Representatives (CoR) on November 27. Immediately after passage, the Iraqi Army 14th Division Commander had placed his troops on high ale [...]
2008-12-02 16:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD3811COUNTERING HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA) has provided critical support to the Embassy and MNF-I in the recovery of hostages captured by a multitude of criminal/insurgent organizations in Iraq. Formed in 2004 as the Hostage Working Group (HWG),OHA has three primary role [...]
2008-12-04 14:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD480IRAQ CABINET DEFERS KOSOVO RECOGNITION; PREFERS TO
[...] (C) On February 19, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told PolCounselor that Kosovo recognition was the first item on that morning's Cabinet meeting agenda and the Cabinet generally was in favor of recognition. However, several (unidentified) participants argued that Iraq should not get out a [...]
2008-02-20 02:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKFLO AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT YI
08BAGHDAD511GOI ASSASSINATIONS ON THE RISE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the significant decrease in violence in the past six months, attacks against Iraqi officials, professionals, and local leaders are hindering the development of ministerial capacity and undermining reconciliation efforts. The troop surge has stemmed the incidence of high-p [...]
2008-02-22 10:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD590BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES
[...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...]
2008-02-29 09:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ
08BAKU196UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
[...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...]
2008-03-05 13:46:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ
08BAKU310A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN,S SECRETIVE, SHI,A VILLAGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Nardaran, a conservative village of 7,000 residents on Azerbaijan,s Absheron peninsula is routinely cited as a restive, Shi,a hotbed of Iranian influence. Yet according to a Nardaran resident, village elders are the center of authority within Nardaran, not Tehran. The resident [...]
2008-04-02 13:03:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL ASEC IR AJ
08BAMAKO295MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 11:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO299MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 11:42:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO305MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 06:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PTER ML
08BAMAKO312MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA
[...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]
2008-04-01 07:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO313MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA
[...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]
2008-04-01 07:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO320BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 15:48:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO325MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 11:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO339TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 13:38:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO364AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 14:15:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO366EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 15:28:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO375UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 11:19:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO385COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 16:03:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO414MALIAN MILLITARY CONVOY REPELS ATTACK BY BANDITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR MASS MARR PREL ML
08BAMAKO415UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO419ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 16:47:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO435BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 17:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO446TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 12:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO463TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 16:02:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO482MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 12:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO507A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 15:53:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL
08BAMAKO567TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 15:55:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO623FORMER BERBICHE REBEL ALIGNS WITH TUAREG ADC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 15:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO624NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 15:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO639NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER: ONE CARJACKING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 15:49:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO648UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 09:00:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO666MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:46:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO675TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 15:03:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO676SAHEL-SAHARA SECURITY SUMMIT NOW SCHEDULED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 15:05:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL ML
08BAMAKO684FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 13:48:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO712DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 15:50:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO721TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 15:18:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO735MALIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS COUP TO MAURITANIAN ENVOY
[...] (C) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel),Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) said that he had spoken to the Mauritanian military and expressed his condemnation of their actions. ATT told them that he, too, had been a soldier wh [...]
2008-08-19 15:54:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR ML
08BAMAKO778NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 16:04:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO779MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 16:06:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO785BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 15:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO787FALL 2008 SEPQ RESPONSE-BAMAKO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bamako responses to the security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) are as follows: --------------------------- 2. (S) Political Violence --------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS: A. Are there any ethnic or religious groups in country that are capable of carryin [...]
2008-09-11 15:48:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC
08BAMAKO800POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 16:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO817MALI: REQUEST FOR 1206 EQUIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 12:21:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC MASS PTER PREL ML
08BAMAKO824FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 10:27:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG
08BAMAKO867ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 06:56:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BAMAKO889BAMAKO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On November 14, the Ambassador chaired Bamako's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). In attendance were the acting DCM, RAO, Pol/Econ, Con, USAID, DAO and RSO. 2. (S/NF) RAO briefed EAC members that the Government of Mali (GOM) authorities briefed their office that AQIM had acquired 2 [...]
2008-11-14 11:37:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC
08BAMAKO897A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 14:34:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO918TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 10:16:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BAMAKO932TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 09:45:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO937MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...]
2008-12-12 10:13:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML
08BAMAKO942NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 15:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO954(S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 14:25:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPTER PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO960ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 12:56:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML
08BAMAKO968EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 16:38:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008
[...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...]
2008-05-06 07:38:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN139Brunei Issues Biometric Passport
[...] (SBU) On May 5, the Government of Brunei (GoB) began issuing ICAO-compliant biometric passports. Post requests Department clearance to issue the press release in paragraph 4 and update our web information for Brunei citizens seeking visa waiver travel to the U.S. END SUMMARY and ACTION REQUE [...]
2008-05-06 08:35:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...]
2008-02-28 06:57:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08BANGKOK2207PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION, DIALOGUE, AND EMBASSY
[...] (C) Tensions in the Thai-Cambodian border area remain high, with an influx of Thai soldiers to the area close to Preah Vihear temple. The Royal Thai Air Force is standing by to evacuate Thais from Cambodia should bilateral relations deteriorate dramatically before a Thai-Cambodian meeting of [...]
2008-07-18 11:09:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2233PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE
[...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...]
2008-07-22 11:12:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2242PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS URGE NO UNSC ACTION
[...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called in the Ambassador on July 23 to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple. Virasakdi explained he was meeting separately with the Chiefs of Mission of all UNSC member states to explain Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's reque [...]
2008-07-23 09:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS UNSC TH
08BANGKOK2259PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS EXPRESS STRONG APPRECIATION
[...] (C) In several telephone conversations with us July 24, senior Thai Foreign Ministry officials expressed deep thanks for what they perceived as strong U.S. support July 23 in the UNSC for Thai efforts to keep attempts to resolve the Preah Vihear dispute with Cambodia in a bilateral track. They [...]
2008-07-24 10:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS ETRD
08BANGKOK2260PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS CLAIM JULY 28 MINISTERS'
[...] (C) In the late afternoon of July 24, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi called the Ambassador and informed him that Prime Minister Samak had just called him (Virasakdi) to explain that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed that their Foreign Ministers would meet on July 28 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, t [...]
2008-07-24 10:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2294PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA ON JULY 28 TALKS, DAO VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Bangkok's Defense Attache visited the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple on July 28; the atmosphere was calm, and there were no signs of a significant military build-up on the Thai side. The Foreign Ministry described the atmosphere of the July 28 Thai-Cambodian talks on Preah Vi [...]
2008-07-29 09:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2303PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA BRIEFS ON TALKS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 briefing, a Thai senior MFA official discussed with a select group of diplomats the Thai-Cambodian dialogue on the Preah Vihear temple. (DCM and Poloff attended.) The Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand was present and, in a show of harmony, echoed many of the Thai p [...]
2008-07-30 10:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2405TENSIONS ESCALATE AT THAI STREET PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Increased tension at ongoing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies across Thailand resulted in numerous clashes between PAD supporters and pro-government groups in July. Following the recent outbreak of violence at a July 24 rally in Udon Thani province, the R [...]
2008-08-11 07:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK2481THAI COURT FLEXES MUSCLE, CONVICTS NOTORIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Supreme Court convicted former Deputy Interior Minister Vatana Asavahame of corruption charges in the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant scandal on August 18 and sentenced him in absentia to 10 years of imprisonment. Anticipating the verdict earlier this summer, Va [...]
2008-08-19 09:21:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3020THAI POLICE ARREST TWO PAD DEMONSTRATION LEADERS
[...] (C) Thai Police arrested two leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside of the Government House compound over the October 3-5 weekend. One of the two, retired Major General Chamlong Srimuang, is widely seen as PAD's leading strategist. While Chamlong's arrest was not unexpe [...]
2008-10-06 10:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3042THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: BANGKOK QUIET IN
[...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok's government district were quiet October 8 after a day and evening of violence left a large number of demonstrators and police injured and two dead. Thai police told us that a number of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators had been armed with [...]
2008-10-08 11:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3059THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: CHARGES AGAINST PAD
[...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok remained quiet October 9. The major development came in the courts, when the Appeal Court threw out the most serious charges (of insurrection/treason) against the nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The two arrested PAD leaders then [...]
2008-10-09 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3080THAI QUEEN SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Bangkok was calm October 14 as as Queen Sirikit sent the strongest public signal to date of her support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) when she presided over the October 13 funeral ceremony of an anti-government protestor, Angkhana Radappanyawut. Shortly after the funeral c [...]
2008-10-14 10:55:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3094THAI AND CAMBODIAN TROOPS CLASH NEAR DISPUTED
[...] (C) Despite initial indications that tensions surrounding the Preah Vihear border dispute had eased (ref A),Thai and Cambodia troops exchanged fire mid-afternoon October 15 in the area near the temple. Initial media reports indicated that at least four Thai soldiers had been injured in the [...]
2008-10-15 11:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CASC ASEC TH CB
08BANGKOK3119THAI KING'S SECRETARY ASSURES AMBASSADOR: NO COUP;
[...] (C) Summary: The streets of Bangkok remained calm October 16; Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander Anupong Paojinda went on live TV late in the day to reiterate that political actors should resolve their differences and that military intervention was not the solution. The King's Principal Private [...]
2008-10-16 11:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3143THAI PRIME MINISTER SOMCHAI DISREGARDS ARMY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on October 17 declined to resign, called for public unity in advance of upcoming events of national importance, and he called for the public to await an independent commission's report on the violent confrontation between police and protesters on October 7. [...]
2008-10-17 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3154PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK; EX-COP THREATENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) held a peaceful protest in central Bangkok on October 20. A former high-ranking police official, Salang Bunnag, threatened publicly to lead ex-police officers in a move to clear PAD protestors from the Government House c [...]
2008-10-20 10:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3192PRIVY COUNCILORS TELL AMBASSADOR: NO COUP, KING IN
[...] (C) Privy Councilors Prem Tinsulanonda and Siddhi Savetsila separately told the Ambassador on October 22 that the Thai Army would not launch a coup. The Ambassador welcomed this assurance and explained the USG could not accept a coup or coup-like action. Prem spoke well of Prime Minister Som [...]
2008-10-22 10:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3209THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT
[...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador on October 24 that the Thai military would not stage a coup. The military was committed to working with Prime Minister Somchai and to helping the country through constitutional means. Songkitti [...]
2008-10-24 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3226THAKSIN ASSOCIATE HOPES FOR MEDIATION OF POLITICAL
[...] (C) Yongyuth Tiyapairath, a close ally of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, told the Ambassador on October 28 that a neutral Thai figure should mediate between Thaksin and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, whom Yongyuth considered the principal leaders of the two sides in the [...]
2008-10-28 07:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS CASC TH
08BANGKOK3317PALACE INSIDER TELLS AMBASSADOR OF THE KING’S
[...] (C) King Bhumibol explicitly told Army Commander Anupong Paojinda not to launch a coup, XXXXXXXXXXXX, an advisor to Queen Sirikit, told Ambassador November 4. XXXXXXXXXXXX also claimed that the Queen had not meant to signal support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government agend [...]
2008-11-06 07:30:00Embassy BangkokSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3426LETHAL EXPLOSION AT BANGKOK PROTEST SITE KILLS ONE
[...] (C) A pre-dawn explosion at the Government House compound on November 20 killed an anti-government protestor and wounded at least 20 others. The explosion is the latest in a long string of politically motivated bombings in Thailand, although some of the earlier attacks appeared primarily symb [...]
2008-11-20 10:09:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3454ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION IN BANGKOK STARTS
[...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of supporters of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrated at the parliament on the morning of November 24, causing the cancellation of a legislative session. As of late afternoon November 24, the main protest outside of the PAD base at Gov [...]
2008-11-24 10:19:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3470PEACEFUL PROTESTS CONTINUE AT BANGKOK AIRPORT,
[...] (SBU) Several thousand anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters continued to demonstrate peacefully at Bangkok's Don Muang (domestic) airport on November 25, without disrupting airport operations. While most PAD sympathizers appear intent on remaining at Don Muang unti [...]
2008-11-25 10:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3492MOB SHUTS MAIN BANGKOK AIRPORT, ARMY CHIEF URGES
[...] (C) Thousands of anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors swarmed into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on the night of November 25, forcing the airport's closure, which continues as of COB November 26. The Army Commander led a news conference late in the d [...]
2008-11-26 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3504STALEMATE, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT: BANGKOK AIRPORTS
[...] (C) Bangkok's international and domestic airports remain closed as of COB November 28 due to continuing anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protests, with no clear path out of the stalemate in the offing. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on November 27 declared a state of em [...]
2008-11-28 12:31:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3520THAI STALEMATE DRAGS ON, FOCUS SHIFTING TO COURT
[...] (C) An explosive device injured dozens of participants in the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gathering at the Government House compound on November 29. Citing safety concerns, a PAD co-leader called for supporters to decamp from Government House, although PAD may retain s [...]
2008-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3529THAI COURT DISSOLVES PPP, REMOVES PRIME MINISTER;
[...] (C) The Constitutional Court on December 2 issued a ruling that dissolved the People's Power Party and two other coalition parties, stripping the Prime Minister and other party executive board members of their political rights and offices. Deputy PM Chavarat Charnvirakul now serves as acting [...]
2008-12-02 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3531DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]
2008-12-02 11:23:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3532DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]
2008-12-02 23:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3540DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...]
2008-12-03 10:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3541BANGKOK ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS END (FOR NOW);
[...] (C) The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on December 3 ended its protests at Bangkok's airports and has withdrawn its guards from the Government House compound, following the December 2 Constitutional Court ruling that dissolved the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) ( [...]
2008-12-03 10:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3559BANGKOK AMBASSADORS URGE RTG TO INCREASE AIRPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and counterparts December 4 inquired about RTG plans to protect Thailand's airports and other key infrastructure in a meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul and Police Lieutenant General Prayoon Amarit, Commissioner Attached [...]
2008-12-04 09:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3561DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...]
2008-12-04 09:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3695ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA FORMALLY BECOMES THAI PRIME
[...] (C) Abhisit Vejjajiva on December 17 received the royal command from King Bhumibol, formally becoming Thailand's Prime Minister in the wake of the December 15 parliamentary vote. He delivered an eloquent speech, partially in English, pledging to work on behalf of all Thais, end Thailand's "fa [...]
2008-12-18 07:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3756ANTI-GOVERNMENT UDD RESORTS TO PAD METHODS TO
[...] (U) Summary. In moves evocative of protests in recent months by yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, approximately 5,000 anti-government, red-shirted United Front for Democracy (UDD) protesters blocked the entrances to Thailand's Parliament December 29. The protest [...]
2008-12-29 09:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK668INPUT ON CHANGE IN DOD'S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT
[...] (U) Bangkok appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the dialog between State and DoD on the implementation of the Senior Defense Official/DATT Directive. State, DAO, and JUSMAG representatives have followed this initiative closely and we believe that the plan to create the SDO/DATT positi [...]
2008-03-03 09:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALABLD AFIN AMGT APER ASEC ODIP TH
08BANGKOK781THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL BOND
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Bond from March 27-30, 2008. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is wit [...]
2008-03-12 09:42:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN CH JP TH
08BANGKOK845INSURGENTS PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH HIGH-PROFILE
[...] (C) Summary: A series of effective and high-profile bombings in the south since Saturday have caused significant alarm. Two explosions at a hotel in Pattani normally regarded as a safe zone, and a failed attempt to bomb possibly a religious gathering both occurred on Saturday evening (March [...]
2008-03-17 10:38:00Embassy BangkokSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANJUL86THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]
2008-02-29 09:15:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BARCELONA132ANDORRA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) As requested in REFTEL, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT for Andorra is Todd D. Robinson. Tel number 34-93-280-2227 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:RobinsonTD3@state.gov" RobinsonTD3@state.gov 2. (U) Andorra continues [...]
2008-12-18 19:30:00Consulate BarcelonaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AN
08BASRAH78REO BASRAH HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: REO Basra's most immediate goal is to be able to capitalize on improved security conditions by significantly increasing movements in and out of Basra Air Station (BAS). Completion of 45 ballistic housing units (BHUs) will add 90 additional rooms and will enable the REO to [...]
2008-09-23 08:56:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC ABLD
08BASRAH85BASRAH PROVINCIAL JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE NEARLY READY TO
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray toured the newly operational Basrah Provincial Joint Operations Center (PJOC),located at the Basrah Operations Command (BOC). Conceived as a result of the poor communication among Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) components during Operation Ch [...]
2008-11-07 11:03:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC IZ
08BASRAH88SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRA RESURFACE DUE TO SOFA VOTE
[...] (C) Summary: Sadrist and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) contacts of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) predict a rise in violence in Basra if the SOFA is approved by the Council of Representatives. While the security situation has dramatically improved since Operation Charge-of-the-Knights (COK) a [...]
2008-11-24 14:02:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ
08BEIJING1039CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF TIBET PROTESTS
[...] (C) China's media strategy in covering the Tibet protests appears aimed at offering a coordinated "official" version of events for domestic and international audiences. On the evening of March 15, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi provided a propaganda-heavy description of the protests to [...]
2008-03-19 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH
08BEIJING1160U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: CSI,
[...] (C) At the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing, the U.S. and Chinese delegations, led respectively by U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, agreed that the Unite [...]
2008-03-27 09:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN ECON ENRG KNNP ASEC TW CH
08BEIJING1164CHINA CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO
[...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about security for the April 9 San Francisco Torch Relay participants and their charter plane, said MFA Director General Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Charge. China expects "anti-China forces" to step up their efforts to sabotage the event [...]
2008-03-27 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING1718AMBASSADOR AND PRC EVFM WANG DISCUSS TIBET,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion during a lunch hosted by the Ambassador May 5, PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed that China is willing to continue talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives but that the success of the talks hinge on the Dalai Lama's "sincerity." [...]
2008-05-05 11:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KOLY KIRF ASEC PTER CH
08BEIJING2985BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: SITUATION REPORT #1,
[...] (SBU) This is the first situation report (sitrep) from the USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The JOC commenced 24/7 operations on 08/01/2008 at 0700 hours local time and will continue operations until 08/26/2008. This daily report will contain [...]
2008-08-01 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PTER
08BEIJING2995BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-02 09:48:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING2997BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-03 07:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3002BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/04/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-04 08:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3018BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-05 07:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3035BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/06/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3049BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3057TRAFFIC CONTROLS, SECURITY SAP ENTHUSIASM FOR GAMES
[...] (C) A security officer at Chinese national airliQ Air China (protectQold us the airline has increased the number of plain-clothes air marshals on flights toQd from Lhasa and Urumqi, capitals of China's restive Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions, respectively. Security has become the overridi [...]
2008-08-07 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING3060BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...]
2008-08-08 07:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3065BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-09 07:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING3067BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-10 07:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3076BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-11 07:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3091BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-12 07:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3106BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/13/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-13 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3117BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-14 08:10:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3139BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/15/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-15 08:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3146BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/16/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-16 08:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3147BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/17/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-17 08:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3158BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-18 07:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3171BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/19/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-19 08:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3200BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-20 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3216BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]
2008-08-21 08:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3241BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-22 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3253BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-23 08:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3254BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-24 10:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3275BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]
2008-08-25 07:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3300BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...]
2008-08-26 07:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3650NO CHINESE COMMENT ON BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA UNTIL
[...] (C) PolOff on September 19 conveyed to MFA Latin American Affairs Department Andean Affairs Division Deputy Director Chen Rongning reftel points regarding the Venezuelan and Bolivian governments' declaring U.S. Ambassadors to those two nations persona non grata on spurious charges. Chen promis [...]
2008-09-22 08:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BL VE ASEC
08BEIJING3654CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY
[...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...]
2008-09-22 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO
08BEIJING576SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...]
2008-02-19 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH
08BEIJING931MARCH 12 CPPCC OLYMPIC PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS,
[...] (U) Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the largely ceremonial advisory body that is currently in session in Beijing, held a press conference March 12 to discuss preparations for the August Olympic Games. CPPCC members present included Beijing Vice Mayor [...]
2008-03-13 11:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KOLY ASEC PHUM CH
08BEIJING999TIBET: MARCH 17 UPDATE ON PROTESTS
[...] (C) This cable draws heavily on sources and information obtained by officers and staff at Consulate General Chengdu, and has been coordinated with the Consul General in Chengdu. Summary ------- 2. (S) Summary: Contacts of Embassy Beijing and ConGen Chengdu report that the situation in Lh [...]
2008-03-17 14:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH
08BEIRUT1211UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...]
2008-08-18 14:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1376LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin September 22, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed traine [...]
2008-09-19 06:16:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1394LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police 3d and 4th Instructor's course, scheduled to begin October 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 50 proposed train [...]
2008-09-23 08:32:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1402LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Sergeants and Corporals Training course, scheduled to begin October 6, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 120 propo [...]
2008-09-25 07:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1414BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
[...] (S) At 0900 hours of September 29, 2008, CDA William Grant convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture/move policy in light of the bombing earlier in the day in the northern city of Tripoli. The following Core EAC members were prese [...]
2008-09-29 11:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
08BEIRUT1441BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 3, 2008
[...] (S) At 1030 hours of October 3, 2008, DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information. The following EAC members were present during the meeting: DCM, POL, RAO, RSO, AID, DAO, ODC, MGMT, CONS, an [...]
2008-10-03 15:13:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
08BEIRUT1450BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 7, 2008
[...] (S) DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 7 to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information and security arrangements for the upcoming Made in America Expo in Beirut October 9-11 and related events. The following EAC memb [...]
2008-10-07 17:13:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
08BEIRUT1543BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 29, 2008
[...] (S) Ambassador Sison convened a meeting of Embassy Beirut's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008 to review security preparations for U.S Election Night events. The following EAC members were present: AMB, DCM, RSO, MGMT, INL, CONS, RAO, PD, POL/ECON. 2. (S) Embassy Beirut' [...]
2008-10-29 16:48:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
08BEIRUT1612LEBANON: RECOMMENDATION ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION
[...] (C) After consulting with Lebanese governmental contacts, local NGOs and international donors, Embassy Beirut recommends that USAID provide funding to support an international observation team through the National Democratic Institute (NDI). With extensive experience in Lebanon working with d [...]
2008-11-10 16:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF OVIP ASEC SY LE
08BEIRUT192BEIRUT EAC MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 2008
[...] (SBU) Action Request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) At 0930 hours on February 8, 2008, Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The DCM, RSO, MGMT, POL, USAID, PD, RAO, DAO, ODC, CONS, and INL were present. 3. (SBU) There are large-scale pro-government demonstratio [...]
2008-02-08 16:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
08BEIRUT285BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 2008
[...] (S) At 1730 hours of February 21, 2008, Charge Sison convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Present were DCM, RSO and GRPO. 2. (S) Core EAC discussed the anonymous phone threat to the Embassy of Kuwait in Beirut. On the morning of Thursday, February 21, 2008 an an [...]
2008-02-22 13:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER LE
08BEIRUT408BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING MARCH 18, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 15:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER LE
08BEIRUT502PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON POLICE BASIC CADET TRAINING
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 21, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees i [...]
2008-04-11 10:33:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT60BEIRUT EAC MEETING ON JANUARY 15, 2008
[...] (SBU) On January 15, 2008, the Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1700 hours to discuss today's explosion that hit a Diplomatic vehicle injuring a U.S. Embassy Lebanese driver. The Ambassador, DCM, AID, RSO, POL, GRPO, DAO, MGMT, PAO, CONS attended. Beirut [...]
2008-01-15 17:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC LE
08BEIRUT627LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...]
2008-05-07 20:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT63BEIRUT EAC MEETING ON JANUARY 16, 2008
[...] (S/NF) On January 16, 2008, the Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 0900 hours to discuss the January 15 explosion possibly targeting a US Embassy armored suburban that caused minor injuries to the two bodyguards in the vehicle and three civilian deaths. The [...]
2008-01-16 12:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC LE
08BEIRUT634LEBANON: MAY 8 RUND-UP: BEIRUT REMAINS TENSE
[...] (C) The situation on the ground in Beirut remains tense. Beirut International Airport (BIA) has resumed some operations, halted since demonstrators blocked roads early May 7, while the main road to BIA and the road to Damascus, have been closed. Sunni-Shia tension continues to rise and severa [...]
2008-05-08 19:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT635LEBANON: BEIRUT UPDATE AS OF 1045 MAY 9
[...] (C) As of 1045 on May 9, the situation remains tense (Ref A) with fighting between Saad Hariri's Future Movement supporters and Hizballah-Amal Movement supporters, especially in southern Beirut. We are seeing a series of successful positional takeovers of Future positions by Hizballah, which [...]
2008-05-09 07:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT636LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN,
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman told the Defense Attache that the LAF cannot continue to contain the situation and that he believes civil war has begun. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Charles Rizk is questioning why Hizballah is handing over its takeovers to the army and said t [...]
2008-05-09 08:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT637LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH SAAD HARIRI, TELECOM
[...] (C) Between 1100 and 1200 on May 9, the Charge spoke to March 14 leader Saad Hariri and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh. Saad and Hamadeh both described the situation as "Iran having taken over." Saad told the Charge that Lebanon's democratic forces are at stake and that the U.S. [...]
2008-05-09 09:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT640LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH PM SINIORA, LF LEADER
[...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told the Charge at 1440 on May 9 that Beirut is undergoing a "coup d'etat" by Hizballah and would welcome a strong condemnation from the U.S. on Iran, Syria, and Hizballah. He expressed his appreciation for USG and Arab League foreign ministers' support. He a [...]
2008-05-09 12:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT641LEBANON: SLEIMAN SAYS ARMY DOING ITS BEST TO
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said the LAF is doing its best to prevent militia activity, while expressing concern for the safety of the Lebanese people. March 14/Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, from his residence in Clemenceau, told the Charge at [...]
2008-05-09 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT642LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES ARAB PEACEKEEPERS; A
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a surprise visit to the Embassy Friday night (May 9),stressed the importance of strengthening Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman, and the Siniora government. He mentioned the idea of an Arab peacekeeping fo [...]
2008-05-09 20:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR CASC SA IR
08BEIRUT646LEBANON: SINIORA TO GO ON AIR AT 1400
[...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will go on air at 1400 local time to address the nation. His view on a Saudi-proposed Arab peacekeeping contingent, according to a PM aide, is "favorable only if feasible." The British Ambassador said the EU ambassadors met to discuss emergency preparedness; [...]
2008-05-10 10:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC UNSC EAIR SA
08BEIRUT648LEBANON: SINIORA TURNS CABINET DECISIONS OVER TO
[...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, in his televised speech on May 10, criticized Hizballah for disregarding the will of the Lebanese people and called on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to fulfill its duty of ensuring the security of Lebanon. Siniora also announced that the Cabinet's decisions [...]
2008-05-10 19:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT650LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANALYZES SINIORA'S SPEECH AND
[...] (C) According to March 14 supporters, Prime Minister Siniora's speech was on target and he projected a confident image. Hizballah reaction, predictably, was negative: Siniora had criticized the Lebanese Armed Forces' performance and proposed ideas from Future Movement leader Saad Hariri that [...]
2008-05-10 20:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC IR LE
08BEIRUT652LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS APPEAL FOR STRONGER USG
[...] (C) On May 11, Phalange leader and former President Amine Gemayel, Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh impressed upon the Charge the gravity of the situation and pressed her for stronger U.S. support for March 14. Believing that a Hizballah vi [...]
2008-05-11 21:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT653LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK WANTS TO MAINTAIN
[...] (C) Justice Minister Rizk told the Charge on May 11 that he had not anticipated such a strong reaction from Hizballah to the Cabinet's May 5 decisions to transfer the head of airport security and to declare Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal. Rizk criticized the relationship between the [...]
2008-05-11 22:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT663LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WHAT IS THE U.S. WAITING FOR?
[...] (C) On May 12, Future Movement and majority leader Saad Hariri and advisors Nader Hariri and Ghattas Khoury implored the Charge for stronger U.S. support within the next 24 hours, warning that U.S. help was needed "in hours, not days!" Saad suggested the U.S. fly a plane over Syria or deploy [...]
2008-05-12 16:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT664LEBANON: ONCE AGAIN BERRI CLAIMS CREDIT
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told the Charge on May 12 that he had facilitated last night's ceasefire to stop fighting in the Chouf between Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and Hizballah. (Jumblatt later confirmed this, septel.) Berri added that the four kidnapped PSP [...]
2008-05-12 20:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT669LEBANON: GEAGEA DROPS BY AGAIN
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 12 evening drop-by with Minister of Tourism Joseph Sarkis to the Embassy, said that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was doing "excellently." He said that March 14 leaders Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt should stop pressuring Siniora to convene a [...]
2008-05-12 21:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT670LEBANON: WITH BEIRUT AIRPORT BLOCKED, NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: With the access routes to Beirut International Airport (BIA) blocked by Hizballah barricades and no flights operating since May 7, Minister of Transport Safadi said the northern airport, Kleyate, is operational during daylight hours. The Kleyate airport needs upgrades, such as ai [...]
2008-05-12 22:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN PTER PINR ASEC UNSC SA IR LE
08BEIRUT680LEBANON: GENERAL RIFI SAYS ISF IS DOING ITS JOB
[...] (C) Director General of Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Ashraf Rifi reported on the tensions throughout Lebanon, expressing concern for the fighting in his hometown of Tripoli. He confirmed that the ISF is doing a good job fulfilling its duty of community policing and maintaining law a [...]
2008-05-13 18:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT686LEBANON: AS BACKUP, KLEYATE AIRPORT REQUIRES US
[...] (C) Summary: USG support will be required to make the northern Kleyate Airport viable for commercial flights. Request DOS and DOD/OSD feedback on possibility of either Paris III funds or Section 1206 or Section 1210 of the 2006 National Defence Authorization Act funding. With the Beirut Inter [...]
2008-05-14 15:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAIR EFIN PTER PINR MASS ASEC UNSC SA IR LE
08BEIRUT687LEBANON: WITH CENTCOM ACTING COMMANDER, DEFMIN
[...] (C) Acting CENTCOM Commander and CENTCOM J5 Policy and Planning Director Major General Allardice, in a May 13 visit to Beirut, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr to discuss support for the LAF. There has been a shift in Murr's thinking since we last saw him three d [...]
2008-05-14 21:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT698LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS TO BE READY FOR THE "NEXT
[...] (C) March 14/Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt told us on May 15 that he wants to prepare his Druze PSP fighters by secretly supplying them with weapons, in order to be ready for the "next round" of fighting with Hizballah. He originally planned to delay going to Doha by [...]
2008-05-15 20:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT700LEBANON: GEMAYEL, DUBIOUS BUT READY, FOR DOHA
[...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel declared on May 15 that Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun was obstructing the Arab League's efforts to put out a statement concluding its delegation's trip to Beirut, presumably because he still harbors presidential aspirations. [...]
2008-05-15 20:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT709BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 16, 2008 (1600 EST)
[...] (C) At 1730 local time (1030 EST) on May 16, 2008, CDA Sison convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss the current situation and to adopt a series of "reverse tripwires" which will be used to consider if and when the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Missions (EBLSM) from [...]
2008-05-16 16:52:00Embassy BeirutSECRETCASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT711LEBANON: WHAT DOES HIZBALLAH HAVE IN STORE FOR
[...] (C) This is part one of a three-part series of cables looking at where Lebanon is headed after violence erupted following the Siniora government's May 5 decisions to confront Hizballah (Ref A). This message (part one) deals with Hizballah's intentions now that it has withdrawn its militants fr [...]
2008-05-16 18:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT717BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING MAY 18, 2008 (1930 EST)
[...] (C) At 1930 local time (1230 EST) on May 18, 2008, CDA Sison convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee to discuss the current situation and review the "reverse tripwires" reported in reftel which will be used to consider if and when the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Mission [...]
2008-05-18 17:11:00Embassy BeirutSECRETCASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT727LEBANON: ZAHLE LEADERS ARGUE NEW ELECTORAL LAW
[...] (C) In a May 19 luncheon with Zahle politicians and prominent figures, the Charge heard arguments for why a new electoral law, and in particular passing the Boutros Commission law, is tantamount, even more important than electing a president, because it could redistribute the votes in a way t [...]
2008-05-19 18:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT730BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 20, 2008
[...] (SBU/NF) At 1645 hours on May 20, 2008, CDA convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Present were A/DCM, CON, DAO, LEGATT, MGMT, PD, Special Assistant, RAO and RSO. Embassy has met all of the initial reverse tripwires for standing down Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Mis [...]
2008-05-20 19:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
08BEIRUT749LEBANON: JUMBLATT SATISFIED WITH DOHA AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is satisfied with the agreement reached in Doha, which included language on Hizballah's arms that was "not bad." He predicted Future Movement leader Saad Hariri would become the next prime minister. "Out," according to Jumblatt, were Defense Minister Elias Mur [...]
2008-05-22 17:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT757LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI PLEASED WITH DOHA AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri is pleased with the agreement reached at Doha and credits himself with ensuring its success when Arab League representatives appeared to have hit a wall. He explained that the issue of whether a constitutional amendment was needed to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) C [...]
2008-05-23 17:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT761LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI NOT YET DECIDED ON PRIME
[...] (C) A somber and defeatist-sounding March 14 leader Saad Hariri did not appear to have decided whether he would become prime minister in the next cabinet. Citing the election of a president as the only victory emerging from Doha, he complained about the lack of response from the international [...]
2008-05-24 17:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT765LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WARNS CODEL RAHALL OF
[...] (C) Hours before the parliamentary election of former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, thanked visiting CODEL Rahall for continuing U.S. Congressional support for the Lebanese security forces. Repeatedly warni [...]
2008-05-26 13:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT766LEBANON: PARLIAMENT ELECTS MICHEL SLEIMAN AS
[...] (C) After 19 previous sessions were canceled, the Lebanese Parliament finally succeeded in electing former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, ending the presidential vacuum that had gripped Lebanon for the past six months. In what many viewed as a stronger than [...]
2008-05-26 14:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT767BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 26 - RECOMMEND STANDING
[...] (C) At 1800 local time (1030 EST) on May 26, 2008, CDA Sison agreed with core EAC members (DCM, RAO, DAO, CONS, MGMT, RSO and SpecAsst) to recommend standing down the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Missions (EBLSM) from Cyprus. The swearing-in of President Michel Sleiman on May 25 proceede [...]
2008-05-26 14:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALCASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT780LEBANON: MARCH 14 SELECTS FOUAD SINIORA AS PRIME
[...] (C) Shortly before March 14 announced on May 27 that Fouad Siniora was its candidate for prime minister, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt shared ongoing deliberations affecting majority leader Saad Hariri's decision whether to take the job himself. On cabinet formation, Jumblatt argued that March [...]
2008-05-28 06:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT789LEBANON: MARCH 14'S DIVISION OF LABOR FOR WINNING
[...] (C) Following March 14's nomination of Fouad Siniora as prime minister in the next cabinet, March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Suaid envisions a division of labor over the next 10 months to ensure its success in the 2009 parliamentary elections. PM Siniora reportedly told March 14 leaders that hi [...]
2008-05-28 16:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT799LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE SINIORA BEGINS CABINET
[...] (C) Following President Sleiman's May 28 nomination of PM Siniora to head the next government, Siniora will begin the difficult process of cabinet formation. The slight margin of votes in his favor is sure to encourage the opposition, which accuses him of being the "American" and not a consens [...]
2008-05-29 16:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT820LEBANON: HOW CAN THE GOL COEXIST WITH HIZBALLAH?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 17:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT935Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 201 proposed trainees inc [...]
2008-06-26 14:12:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08BELGRADE1187SERBIA: SOCIALIST MINISTER'S CHANGES AT INTERIOR
[...] (C) Four months after the formation of the new Serbian government, First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Socialist Party head Ivica Dacic has made controversial changes at the Interior Ministry. While some claim that Dacic is surrounding himself with Milosevic-era cronies who wi [...]
2008-11-19 09:08:00Embassy BelgradeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC SR
08BELGRADE1300 SERBIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security services, greatly increased bilateral counterterrorism cooperation since the July formation of the new government. Intra-g [...]
2008-12-16 08:26:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SR
08BELGRADE167 TRIAL of ALLEGED MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN SERBIA
[...] (SBU) The trial of 14 Muslims from Serbia's Sandzak region on charges of terrorism and related charges began on January 14. According to the indictment, the group was planning attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other sites in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, as well as the murder of an Islamic religious l [...]
2008-02-13 06:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ASEC PTER SR US
08BELGRADE182MGKV01: EMBASSY BELGRADE WILL OPEN FEBRUARY 20
[...] (SBU) Post EAC met February 19, at 1700 local time at the Ambassador's residence to assess the security situation in Belgrade. RSO reported that there were no incidents in front of the Embassy during the last 24 hours. Police presence has been active around the city in breaking up groups of p [...]
2008-02-19 19:50:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC AEMR AMGT PREL SR
08BELGRADE222ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...]
2008-03-11 15:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR
08BELGRADE224ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...]
2008-03-11 15:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR
08BELGRADE230FEB 21 FIRE IN AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
[...] (U) A fire occurred in unoccupied Chancery space at around 19:10 P.M. on Feb. 21, 2008 as a result of riot on same evening. 2. (SBU) Fire occurred in X01002, Non Occupied Chancery Building. Damage occurred in the following areas: ceiling wooden construction, doors and door frames, wood [...]
2008-03-13 08:08:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC OFDP KSAF SR
08BELGRADE574 SOUTH SERBIA: BOMB BLAST IN BUJANOVAC
[...] (SBU) A late night bomb blast on June 6 at Police Headquarters in the multi-ethnic town of Bujanovac in southern Serbia destroyed a police vehicle but resulted in no fatalities. Police are closely holding information on the incident as they try to gather information on motives and perpetrators [...]
2008-06-10 18:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC SR
08BELGRADE695SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH IVICA DACIC, FIRST
[...] (SBU) In a July 14 meeting, new First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic expressed his willingness to meet with the Ambassador despite the Serbian government's Kosovo-related contact policy. Dacic said that he would not be an obstacle to ICTY cooperation. On Kosovo, he [...]
2008-07-16 12:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE718SERBIA ARRESTS ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL KARADZIC
[...] (SBU) Serbian security forces arrested Hague Tribunal indictee Radovan Karadzic late on July 21 in Belgrade, where he had reportedly been living under an assumed identity. The Serbian War Crimes court ruled the same night that he could be transferred to The Hague, a process that could take sev [...]
2008-07-22 17:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE744SERBIAN PUBLIC REACTION TO KARADZIC ARREST MUTED
[...] (SBU) Public reaction to the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),thus far has been confined to a few small demonstrations by ultra-right groups and Radical Party members, although thousands of soccer fans cheered [...]
2008-07-24 18:57:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO ASEC SR
08BELGRADE765SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC
[...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...]
2008-07-28 19:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE773SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...]
2008-07-30 18:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE958SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT
[...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...]
2008-09-12 14:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELMOPAN109BELIZE: NEW GOVERNMENT REQUESTS LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's initial meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow (reported septel),the PM made a pitch for wireless intercept equipment for the Police Special Branch. He said that the capability was essential to anti-drug and anti-gang efforts in Belize. In response we noted th [...]
2008-02-21 22:24:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN131(C) BELIZE: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Attorney General/Foreign Minister Elrington has asked the Ambassador for USG assistance in tracking a Venezuelan grant made just before the election and now the subject of controversy over the amount provided (REF A). Elrington requested any information we might be able to provide on the [...]
2008-03-05 20:16:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN147BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in reftel A. 2. (SBU) Overview of Belize's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the cou [...]
2008-03-13 20:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN148BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 20:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN149BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 20:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN153BELIZE: PM BARROW'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMMARY: Prime Minister Barrow looks forward to a positive meeting with the President. He has told us that he thinks the bilateral relationship is on a good track. Domestically he has faced several early challenges since he took office less than six weeks ago, the largest one being th [...]
2008-03-13 22:27:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PINR ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN192(C) ZUBAIR KHAN -- RSO SOURCE ALLEGES PAKISTANI-BELIZEAN DRUG TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING, POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An RSO source alleges Pakistani-Belizean national, Zubair Khan, is involved with drug trafficking, money laundering, and has possible ties to Lebanese Hezbollah and Pakistan al-Qaeda associations. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Information provided by source is unconfirmed. RSO sourc [...]
2008-04-04 21:28:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER CVIS KCRM BH
08BELMOPAN252 BELIZE: HAND GRENADE ATTACK LATEST ESCALATION OF GANG
[...] At least one teenager was killed and nearly a dozen more wounded, some critically, when An explosive, probably a grenade, was thrown into a group of youths Sunday evening, May 18. The suspect in the attack, who is still at large, is believed to be approximately 16. According to police the at [...]
2008-05-19 21:42:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SOCI PGOV CASC BH
08BELMOPAN325BELIZE: OUTSTANDING EXTRADITION REQUESTS
[...] Charge and Poloff called July 10 on Attorney General Sedi Elrington to discuss outstanding extradition requests for Mark and Gary Seawell and Rhett Fuller. We sought assurances that the recent change over of the Solicitor General would not add additional delay to the cases. 2. Elrington [...]
2008-07-10 21:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN63BELIZE: ELECTION COVERAGE PLAN
[...] Summary: Post has prepared a plan to cover 22 of the 31 constituencies in Belize for the general elections taking place this Thursday, February 7, 2008 (reftel A). In total, 16 election observers from U.S. Embassy Belmopan will travel throughout the country. Each observation team is expecte [...]
2008-02-06 19:29:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN65 BELIZE: ELECTION GENERALLY PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY
[...] As of approximately 1600 local time (1700 Washington time) Belize's election is proceeding smoothly. The Embassy's 16 observers have visited dozens of polling stations throughout the country and have generally found officials well-organized and lines of voters moving smoothly. 2. There h [...]
2008-02-07 22:20:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC SOCI PREL BH
08BERLIN1166SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN,
[...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]
2008-08-21 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1349GERMANY RELUCTANT TO IMPEDE ZIMBABWE'S ACCESS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 12:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI GM
08BERLIN240GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...]
2008-02-27 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN256GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-03-03 08:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN628 RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND RADIOLOGICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German officials from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Admiral Krol on Germany's task force approach to respond to incidents of nuclear terrorism and other radiolo [...]
2008-05-13 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG PREL KGIC GM
08BERLIN750TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...]
2008-06-06 12:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN916GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...]
2008-07-11 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV
08BISHKEK1023KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]
2008-10-07 01:51:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]
2008-10-07 05:21:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1034 CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...]
2008-10-08 09:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK151Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons
[...] Per reftel instructions, Post solicited anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from local organizations. Post received three proposals. Per reftel instructions, the complete project proposals have been forwarded via e-mail to G/TIP. 2. Post has reviewed the following project prop [...]
2008-02-12 10:33:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KG
08BISHKEK211KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...]
2008-02-29 11:38:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG
08BISHKEK293EMBASSY BISHKEK RESPONSES TO RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C/NF) Recommendation 1: Embassy Bishkek should continue to coordinate with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to ensure near term installation of locally fabricated mantraps for the vehicle entrances to the embassy compound. (Action: Embassy Bishkek, in coordination with OBO) Ma [...]
2008-03-27 09:02:00Embassy BishkekSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC ASIG AISG
08BISHKEK989AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting September 19 with Minister of Internal Affairs Kongantiyev. The Ambassador asked Kongantiyev why the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) had removed police protection from the Embassy and Marine House; Kongantiyev feigned ignorance and reques [...]
2008-09-26 09:41:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG
08BOGOTA1441AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA
[...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]
2008-04-17 22:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1442AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA
[...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]
2008-04-17 22:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2105 SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S REQUEST FOR EMBASSY ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Senator John McCain's Senate office informed Post on June 10, 2008 that the Senator intends to visit Cartagena, Colombia at GOC invitation from July 1-2, 2008. The office classifies the visit as a "campaign trip" not a CODEL. The Senator's office, dealing dire [...]
2008-06-11 16:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP APER ASEC CO
08BOGOTA2241GOC TO ENGAGE ON BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered all points in reftel on June 18 to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo. The Ambassador told Araujo that the violent June 9 march--and the GOB's reaction--showed the need for the international community to remind the GOB of its international obligations. The Ambassa [...]
2008-06-20 16:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KDEM BL CO
08BOGOTA2264EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO
[...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...]
2008-06-20 20:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA555G/TIP PROPOSAL TO HELP ENSURE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE
[...] As requested reftels, post provides the following information on a proposal by the International Organization for Migration to help ensure the safety of trafficking victims and the prosecution and conviction of traffickers. 2. A. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migrati [...]
2008-02-12 20:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CO
08BOGOTA940COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...]
2008-03-10 22:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
08BRASILIA1684EMBASSY BRASILIA PROPOSAL FOR S/CT NADR PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post welcomes the opportunity to request funding to address capability shortfalls and information gaps as Brazil and other countries in South America face mounting and increasingly complex challenges in combating the myriad problems related to terrorism financing, money launde [...]
2008-12-31 19:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC
08BRASILIA504COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE
[...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]
2008-04-11 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA993BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]
2008-07-21 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRATISLAVA184SLOVAK NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY
[...] (U) Slovakia's nominations for ILEA's "Personnel and facility security" course beginning on June 9, 2008 follow in paragraph 2. All nominees have been vetted consistent with Department policy and in compliance with the State Leahy Amendment as per Ref A. 2. (SBU) - Peter Pokorny, 03/07/1976 [...]
2008-04-25 12:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA262SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND
[...] (U) Post nominates Colonel Imrich Schlosser to take part in ILEA's "Personnel and Facility Security" training course beginning on June 9, 2008. Colonel Schlosser is nominated as a substitute for Peter Domanicky, who was nominated and approved for the same course in Ref A. Colonel Schlosser has [...]
2008-06-03 14:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA422SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 11:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO
08BRATISLAVA456SLOVAKIA: TIP TRAINING UNDERWAY
[...] Summary: As part of its 2008-2010 National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Slovakia, in cooperation with the NGO community, developed an extensive training program for NGO workers, law enforcement officials, religious workers, and community social workers. The [...]
2008-10-06 16:22:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRATISLAVA64SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT IN ANTI-TIP: MANAGED BY
[...] Post submits the following project proposal received from the Slovak Office of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ----------------------- Identifying Information ----------------------- 2. Project proposal information is as follows: Name of Organization: United Nat [...]
2008-02-13 16:09:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KRCM PHUM PREL SMIG LO
08BRATISLAVA93SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]
2008-03-03 16:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRAZZAVILLE257CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE RESPONSE TO USITC
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. There are no exports from Republic of Congo (RoC) in the products listed in reftel to the U.S. at this time. Information provided follows reftel request but as information on export processes is difficult to obtain, the information following foc [...]
2008-09-17 11:05:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ASEC CF
08BRIDGETOWN102 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SONJAI REYNOLDS-COOPERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Education Officer, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A February 13 - 17, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative-Barbados, James Goggin, at tel. 1-246-227-4395 or 227-4118, fax. 1-24 [...]
2008-02-19 11:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL BB
08BRIDGETOWN122 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ARRIETA FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to YA-02 Felix Arrieta, USN, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]
2008-02-27 15:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN130TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for [...]
2008-03-03 14:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN132TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...]
2008-03-03 16:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN162TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked m [...]
2008-03-11 12:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN163TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...]
2008-03-11 12:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN220ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]
2008-04-01 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING
[...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]
2008-04-03 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN317COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON FRASER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Fraser, Regional Legal Advisor, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A May 19 - 21, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Barbados, Mansfield Blackwood, Senior Technical Officer at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fa [...]
2008-05-15 20:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL BB
08BRIDGETOWN42 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...]
2008-01-23 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN436COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL GRANTED TO GILMORE PLUS TWO TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, LCDR Bryan Ullmer, USCG and LCDR Matthew Colmer, USCG for travel to Dominica July 20 - 22, 2008. The purpose of this mission is to conduct port discussions with port officials IAW the U.S. Maritime Tra [...]
2008-07-10 15:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN45AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND
[...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...]
2008-01-24 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL
08BRIDGETOWN49Renewed Interest in Barbados for AmCham
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 15:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMCHAMS BEXP ECON ETRD EIND ASEC BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN57 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMALLS FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sheila Smalls, Florida Parole Commission, for travel to Barbados February 04 to February 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the State Partnership Program (SPP) Barbados Subject Matter Exchange (SMEE). 2. Embassy points of cont [...]
2008-01-31 20:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN79 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...]
2008-02-06 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN80 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...]
2008-02-06 20:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN95Commercial Outreach Efforts in Eastern Caribbean
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch on February 11 for the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) for Barbados. The board, drawn from ten of the larger American companies in Barbados, will hold an organizational meeting in the last week of February and will begin operations short [...]
2008-02-14 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EINV ASEC BB XL AMCHAMS
08BRUSSELS1858BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND
[...] (U) Economic officer delivered reftel demarche in a meeting on December 5 to Mr. Henk Mahieu, General Counsellor for Economic Issues, Ms. Karla Basselier, attache for Kimberley Process Issues, and Ms. Annick de Smedt, attache for Zimbabwean affairs, all from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A [...]
2008-12-08 11:20:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
08BRUSSELS1957BELGIUM:2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Embassy point of contact is Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report. Belgium Belgium continued to strengthen its response to the threat of terrorism, with the new institutions it developed over the past several years working to coordinate the Belgian governmen [...]
2008-12-24 11:09:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC BE
08BRUSSELS293BELGIANS OPEN TO UNSCR ON FDLR, BUT HAVE QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 16:37:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC ASEC BE
08BRUSSELS974BELGIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SUPPORTS INCREASED
[...] (S/NOFORN) Ambassador Fox and PolCouns met June 24 with Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen. Reactions from Vandeurzen, his diplomatic advisor Marc Van den Reeck, and legal advisor Erik Verberb were very positive as the Ambassador emphasized the importance of sharing information on count [...]
2008-06-26 15:37:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS978PM POSITIVE ON WORKING WITH THE U.S. ON TERRORISM
[...] (S/NOFORN) At a special meeting arranged by Ambassador Fox, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, was briefed by C/GRPO and A/LAT on the developing security situation related to Al Qaeda senior leadership's apparent interest in Belgium's chemical/industrial infrastructure. The PM listened intently a [...]
2008-06-27 08:39:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV PINR PREL BE
08BUCHAREST1005 ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...]
2008-12-22 14:41:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO
08BUDAPEST1089POST APPROVAL FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 05:56:00Embassy BudapestSECRETASEC PTER HU
08BUDAPEST680COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY
[...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...]
2008-07-08 07:07:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HU ASEC
08BUDAPEST843BUDAPEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LUGAR
[...] Embassy Budapest welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Richard Lugar and staff to visit Budapest August 29-30, 2008, for consultations with Hungarian government officials and private sector representatives. 2. Reservations have been made for the CODEL at the Marriott Hotel for th [...]
2008-08-26 08:13:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HU
08BUENOSAIRES1069ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEACHAM, AUG 5-8, 2008
[...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Mr. Carl Meacham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to meet with leading Argentine government officials, legislators, and representatives of civil society organizations. 2. Control Officer will be Picker [...]
2008-08-04 09:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1203ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP
[...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...]
2008-08-28 13:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID
08BUENOSAIRES1355 HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 21:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1373ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE RE BANK
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings on October 1 to Marcelo Cesa, Argentine MFA desk officer for the U.S., Adrian Cosentino, new Finance Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy, and also with Argentine Central Bank Managing Director and Chief Economist Hernan Lacunza [...]
2008-10-07 18:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BEXP ECON EFIN AR ZI
08BUENOSAIRES146ARGENTINA'S DIPLOMATIC "CAR TALK" SCANDAL ROLLS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: "Car Talk" continues to fill the daily press with new twists in allegations of illegal diplomatic car sales. The Supreme Court is expected to announce it found insufficient evidence against foreign diplomats to warrant its involvement in the case, somewhat vindicating the diplo [...]
2008-02-07 15:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT KLIG KCOR KTIA ODIP PREL ASEC KREC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1461ARGENTINA RECEIVES IRAN'S NOTIFICATION THAT IT WILL NOT
[...] (U) The Argentine Foreign Ministry received October 22 Iran's formal rejection of its extradition requests for eight Iranian individuals, including ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, wanted for trial in connection with the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that kill [...]
2008-10-24 12:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES152ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES
[...] (U) Summary: Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque called on the Ambassador February 6, seeking increased contact and opportunities for cooperation with the Embassy and U.S. agencies on such issues as public security, counternarcotics, and public administration. Public security is a top concern for Mend [...]
2008-02-08 17:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR PHUM ASEC KPAO MASS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1531DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
[...] At 6:30 PM [local time] on Monday, 3 November 2008, two pro-Islamic groups converged on the U.S. Embassy and held a non-violent demonstration near the main entrance. 2. A group of about 60 - 70 individuals from the Argentine Arab Federation and the At-Tauhid mosque protested against the U.S. [...]
2008-11-05 17:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL KISL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1651ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) told the Ambassador November 28 that they are satisfied with prosecutor Alberto Nisman's work in going after the Iranian authors and perpetrators of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 persons, but they believe he now ne [...]
2008-12-03 18:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES171EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]
2008-02-13 15:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1718ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 13:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08BUENOSAIRES1724ARGENTINE PROSECUTOR ON AMIA BOMBING DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman on December 16 ordered the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani, one of six Iranian suspects sought by Interpol at Ar [...]
2008-12-19 20:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES174ARGENTINA: CODEL ENGEL, FEBRUARY 20-23, 2008
[...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL AND THE DELEGATION HE WILL LEAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO MEET WITH LEADING ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 2. CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID ALAR [...]
2008-02-14 12:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN AMGT ASEC AR EC BL
08BUENOSAIRES198ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...]
2008-02-20 17:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES352EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]
2008-03-18 19:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES359ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...]
2008-03-20 10:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES367ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...]
2008-03-20 16:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES389ARGENTINA: NGO "QUIENES SOMOS?" FIGHTS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne recently met with representatives from the NGO "Quienes Somos?" ("Who are We?"),an organization that promotes legislation against child trafficking for illegal adoptions and lobbies the Argentine government (GOA) to assist in their efforts to uncover their t [...]
2008-03-28 18:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES43FM TAIANA OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana offered his assessment of the release of FARC hostages in Colombia. He expressed appreciation for the USG's public statement praising the release of the hostages. Taiana also praised Colombian Pre [...]
2008-01-11 16:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CJAN SNAR ASEC KJUS VZ CO AR
08BUENOSAIRES493ARGENTINA OFFICIALS EAGER TO STRENGTHEN ANTI-TIP
[...] (C) On April 10, Argentine Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez informed visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and Ambassador Wayne that he was very pleased with the April 9 Congressional passage of anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. He indicated that he was eager to begin w [...]
2008-04-16 21:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES501ARGENTINA: ANALYSIS OF TIP LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Local NGOs and the Argentine government's National Institute for Anti-Discrimination (INADI) and the National Ombudsman's Office have criticized the anti-TIP legislation passed on April 9. Their concern is that adult trafficking victims will have to prove that they did not cons [...]
2008-04-18 14:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES62ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND
[...] (SBU) OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY: Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to life and limb in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires. Pedestrians should be vigilant when crossing streets and remember to look both directions, even if the street is designated one way. Traffic laws are ro [...]
2008-01-16 17:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES641TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ARGENTINA SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of May 7, Argentine Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez told visiting ICE Assistant Secretary Myers and Ambassador Wayne that he was serious about implementing Argentina's new federal law against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is very open to work [...]
2008-05-14 20:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES759ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...]
2008-06-03 17:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES841ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) On June 18th, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, Vincente Espeche Gil. Ambassador explained that the USG was approaching a "group of friends" (Brazil, Argentina and Columbia) and U/S Shannon had spoken to Argentine Ambassador [...]
2008-06-19 22:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALASEC BL KDEM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES86ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...]
2008-01-25 14:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR
08BUENOSAIRES911ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS
[...] (C) Summary. "The United States wants to be Argentina's partner in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),not a judge", visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon told Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez durin [...]
2008-07-01 23:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES920ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne and visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss Argentina's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Drawing from the T [...]
2008-07-02 17:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES963ARGENTINA: BATTLE LINES DRAWN
[...] (C) Battle Lines Formed: The sides are drawn for battle in Argentina's agricultural dispute. Farmers and the government are calling followers together for a show of force in Buenos Aires on Tuesday July 15, the day before a decisive vote in the Senate on a bill to approve the government's ag [...]
2008-07-14 20:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ASEC AR
08BUJUMBURA336AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...]
2008-06-27 09:23:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW
08CAIRO2525EGYPT TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS AND COMBAT HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, visited Egypt on November 14-17 and met with numerous Egyptian government officials, UN organizations, representatives, and NGO leaders involved in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP [...]
2008-12-18 14:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB PREL
08CAIRO2541EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...]
2008-12-21 11:23:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EG
08CAIRO2570CAIRO CORE EAC MEETING 12/28/2008
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 12/28/2008, DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Israel Military Operations into the Gaza Strip. The EAC agreed that there are no known specific threats directed at the Embassy or private Americans. DCM instructed RSO and CONS to is [...]
2008-12-28 14:32:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC EG
08CAIRO270CAIRO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2008 TIP SOLICITATION
[...] We have reviewed three anti trafficking-in-persons project proposals in response to reftel request for our recommendations for FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Summary evaluations are below. We have forwarded full proposals to G/TIP and NEA POCs per reftel instructions. 2. We endor [...]
2008-02-12 13:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG EG
08CAIRO408EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]
2008-02-28 14:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO410EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]
2008-02-28 15:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CANBERRA1136STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...]
2008-11-12 05:27:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS
08CANBERRA1151PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT US EMBASSY CANBERRA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 04:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
08CANBERRA1155STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...]
2008-11-14 06:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS
08CANBERRA125TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...]
2008-02-13 22:38:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08CANBERRA240SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...]
2008-03-12 07:06:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS
08CANBERRA631POST WELCOME STAFFDEL WILLIAMS
[...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Canberra, with concurrence of Consulate-General Sydney welcomes STAFFDEL Williams and delegation for travel to Sydney, Canberra, and Cairns, Australia from June 26-July 6, 2008. The purpose of the travel is to discuss US-Australia trade, climate change and aboriginal issues. [...]
2008-06-20 08:01:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS
08CANBERRA988EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT
[...] (SBU) On Monday, September 29, 2008, an email threat was received in the US Embassy Canberra Public Affairs Office general email (usraustralia@state.gov). The write in threat was titled "Your Embassy Will Be Attack". Text of the email is as follows; "We are from Al Qaeda, this email is to in [...]
2008-09-29 07:09:00Embassy CanberraSECRETASEC PTER
08CARACAS1111VENEZUELA FORMALLY REJECTS TSA AIRPORT SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since late 2006, Post has attempted to obtain an official response to TSA's request for airport inspections in Venezuela. Following four diplomatic notes, a letter from the current Ambassador, and multiple meetings over the years, the response finally arrived on August 7. Post re [...]
2008-08-08 20:18:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CARACAS1237VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...]
2008-09-04 19:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR
08CARACAS1266VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES CUTS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10 Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) informed the three U.S. carriers with operations in Venezuela that INAC would cut an undetermined number of their flights to and from the United States in retaliation for the September 8 Transportation Security Administra [...]
2008-09-10 22:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CARACAS1274CHAVEZ EXPELS U.S. AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced the expulsion of the Ambassador and recall of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington during two televised political rallies the evening of September 11 (Ref A). Chavez said he was expelling the "Yankee Ambassador" to show solidarity with the Bolivian [...]
2008-09-12 16:18:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1276VENEZUELA: EMBASSY DISCUSSES TSA NOTICE WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, Emboffs discussed the September 8 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Public Notice with representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Emboffs urged that the BRV not proceed with threatened flight redu [...]
2008-09-12 19:46:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR ASEC VE
08CARACAS1279FM MADURO: BRV WILL REEVALUATE RELATIONS WITH USG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a short televised September 12 press conference Foreign Minster Nicolas Maduro read from a communique saying the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) will submit the U.S.-Venezuela bilateral relationship to "an intense process of reevaluation." The communique also include [...]
2008-09-12 21:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1293VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD HARASSES DELTA FLIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, Delta Airlines Corporate Security contacted the Embassy to report that Delta crew members going through security for their September 13 flight felt threatened by Venezuelan National Guard comments to the point that the captain ordered a second, precautionary secur [...]
2008-09-17 13:16:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALVE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1298CHAVEZ UNSHAKEN AS COUP ACCUSATIONS BROADEN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Despite his earlier bluster of U.S. F-16's coming to bomb the presidential palace, President Hugo Chavez told supporters on September 14 that the coup attempt "revealed" three days prior was "no threat," to him. A National Assembly (AN) Deputy claimed several prominent business [...]
2008-09-17 19:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PREL VE
08CARACAS1312BRV EXPELS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of September 18, the BRV expelled Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Americas Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW),on the grounds of allegedly involving himself illegally in the internal affairs of Venezuela, attacking its democratic institutions, and violating the Venez [...]
2008-09-19 19:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1320VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION BELIEVES GOVERNMENT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, the Executive Director of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (Ceveta) William Bracho told Econoffs he does not believe the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) will follow through on its threat to cut U.S. carrier flights as market demand is extremely high [...]
2008-09-22 14:21:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALVE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1324CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATION WITH BRV
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met September 19 with Rene Arreaza, an unofficial high-level contact of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),to discuss bilateral relations. The Charge urged the BRV to work more closely with the Embassy to resolve pending and future operational issues including vi [...]
2008-09-22 17:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1332CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Charge met September 19 with MFA Director for Multilateral and North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha to discuss bilateral relations. This was the Charge's first meeting with MFA officials, and it followed President Chavez's expulsion of the Ambassador on September 11. Arocha [...]
2008-09-23 12:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1333CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 12:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1334FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...]
2008-09-23 12:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1351DIVISIONS WITHIN CHAVEZ'S "PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE"
[...] (C) Summary: Several former and current members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have broken ranks with the party to pursue their own political ambitions in the November 23 gubernatorial and municipal elections. Moreover, small pro-Chavez parties, such as Patria Para Todos (P [...]
2008-09-25 22:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1352DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY CARACAS
[...] (SBU) On 09/23/2008, a group of approximately 50 demonstrators gathered outside the main entrance of Embassy Caracas. Post officials received advance notice of the protest and in light of increased anti-U.S. rhetoric from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),decided it was prudent to c [...]
2008-09-25 22:46:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS PREL VE
08CARACAS1364VENEZUELA REFUSES USG REQUEST FOR AVIATION
[...] (U) On September 16 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) both acknowledged receipt of the Embassy's diplomatic note requesting consultations under the authority of the 1953 bilateral aviation agreement with Venezuela. That note cit [...]
2008-09-26 22:55:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDVE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1380OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA
[...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...]
2008-09-30 20:26:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1390VENEZUELA: AMERICAN AIRLINES CREW DETAINED AT
[...] (C) The evening of September 30, American Airlines Country Manager Omar Nottaro (strictly protect throughout) called Econoff to report that the captain and crew of American Airlines flight 903 were being held at the airport. He explained that upon landing a crew member said "Welcome to Venezuela. L [...]
2008-10-01 16:25:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALCASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR VE
08CARACAS1434STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING
[...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...]
2008-10-09 20:01:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1440UNEVEN ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVISMO
[...] (C) Summary: A number of opposition and even pro-government dissident candidates have complained to the National Electoral Council (CNE) about the PSUV enjoying an unfair advantage as state resources are being used in its favor. The government-owned media outlets are blatant in their support [...]
2008-10-10 14:43:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1464CHAVEZ SOFTENS TONE ON BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During televised remarks to the nation on October 16, Chavez made several seemingly conciliatory remarks regarding bilateral ties in response to the U.S. presidential candidates' comments on the need to achieve energy independence from Venezuela and the Middle East. Chavez spec [...]
2008-10-17 21:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1513VENEZUELAN AIRLINES ADMIT THEIR OWN CONCERN WITH
[...] (C) On October 28, Emboffs met with 13 members of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (CEVETA),one of whom raised serious concerns with Venezuelan airport security and spoke out in favor of immediate TSA security assessments. The association, which represents Venezuelan passenger and cargo [...]
2008-10-31 17:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALVE CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR
08CARACAS1518STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- THREE WEEKS AWAY
[...] (C) Summary: With three weeks until state and local elections on November 23, President Chavez has focused his attention on attacking the opposition in Zulia State. Chavez may be preparing the ground to declare Zulia State Governor Manuel Rosales ineligible to run for the Maracaibo mayorshi [...]
2008-10-31 21:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1525VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONDUCTS RAID ON
[...] (U) According to media reports, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) officials raided offices of Stanford Bank in Caracas on Friday October 31. (Note: Stanford Bank, an affiliate of the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, is one of two U.S. banks operating in Venezuela. It is a sm [...]
2008-11-04 18:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ASEC VE
08CARACAS1545VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Venezuelan airline Aeropostal, which halted its flights to the U.S. earlier this year, has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume its U.S. routes. Given that the new owners of Aeropostal, the Makled family, are Venezuela's preeminent drug traff [...]
2008-11-07 12:00:00Embassy CaracasSECRETVE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR SNAR PREL CVIS
08CARACAS1546VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG WARNING ON PORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not responded to two diplomatic notes and multiple Embassy requests for a meeting to discuss U.S. Coast Guard efforts dating back to 2006 to arrange port visits. Embassy maritime contacts believe that Venezuelan ports would not pas [...]
2008-11-07 12:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALVE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD KHLS
08CARACAS1580VENEZUELA RESPONDS TO USG REQUEST FOR PORT VISITS
[...] (SBU) Post has received a Diplomatic Note dated November 13 responding to the Embassy's October 6 Diplomatic Note, which stated that the GBRV must set a port visit date within 30 days of the Diplomatic Note's receipt, or the Coast Guard would impose "conditions of entry". An unofficial transl [...]
2008-11-14 18:55:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER
08CARACAS1607VENEZUELAN PORTS IN CHAOS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Industry sources report that Venezuelan ports are in a "state of chaos" with long lines of ships waiting to dock, and numerous instances of ships diverted to other countries to unload cargo after failing to dock in Venezuela. Port authorities have reportedly advised shipping compa [...]
2008-11-19 20:07:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER
08CARACAS1621HIGH CRIME EFFECTS VOTERS BUT SPARES CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) Venezuela's spiraling crime has resulted in weekends with a homicide every hour in Caracas and earned the nation the unflattering title of violent crime capital of the world. Recent polling by Alfredo Keller showed 78% of respondents thought crime was worse this year and 67% opined tha [...]
2008-11-24 12:40:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV VE
08CARACAS1629VENEZUELA OFFERS MEETING ON PORT SECURITY VISIT
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor was contacted November 26 by Nelson Dominguez of Venezuela's National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA). Dominguez identified himself as the head of INEA's maritime security unit and said he had been tasked by the President of INEA to meet with the Embassy to discuss [...]
2008-11-26 20:38:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER VE
08CARACAS1702VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO ASSUME PERMANENT CONTROL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Aeropostal president Dr. Mustafa Flores reports he expects the government to take permanent control of the airline by December 12 and will then bankrupt it. He, along with all but two of the Aeropostal board of directors, plan to resign as they fear they will ultimately be blamed. [...]
2008-12-11 13:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD
08CARACAS1754VENEZUELAN CABINET RESHUFFLE MAY AFFECT PORTS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chavez appointed Diosdado Cabello Rondon, the person most frequently mentioned as a possible successor, as the new Minister of Infrastructure (Minfra) on December 6. Cabello lost his re-election bid for the governorship of Miranda State in the November 23 election. We have already [...]
2008-12-19 22:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD
08CARACAS1760VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 19:29:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER VE
08CARACAS197VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL
[...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...]
2008-02-19 17:18:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN
08CARACAS328PEACE MARCHES OVERSHADOWED BY PRO-CHAVEZ GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary. Both pro-Chavez and civil society groups organized marches March 6 in 12 states in Venezuela to register their opinions on Venezuela-Colombian tensions. The pro-Chavez groups vandalized several Colombian consulates and harassed consulate workers. In contrast, civil society group [...]
2008-03-07 22:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC VE
08CARACAS581THREE AMCIT FARC HOSTAGES: RICHARDSON SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary. New Mexico Governor Richardson traveled April 25-27 to Caracas as the personal emissary of the families of three Amcit FARC hostages. He met April 26 with President Chavez and other senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela officials to enlist the BRV's help in securing the Amcit [...]
2008-04-29 12:09:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV VE
08CARACAS582HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan daily, "El Universal", reported on April 16 that the murder rate had risen 14% in the first trimester of 2008, despite the launch of "Safe Caracas 2008" by the Ministry of Justice in January. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),which had been reporting plungi [...]
2008-04-29 12:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KCRM VE
08CARACAS862VENEZUELAN INSPECTOR REPORTS CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On June 10 an Air Accident Inspector (strictly protect throughout) from the Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure (Minfra) told Econ staff that in her opinion Venezuela has no intention of allowing TSA inspections. She noted drug trafficking represents a serious threat to [...]
2008-06-17 19:49:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC
08CASABLANCA103 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (FOLLOW-UP)
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested who had been harboring a [...]
2008-05-23 09:53:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA113 VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on a recently uncovered terror network accused of plo [...]
2008-06-03 12:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA142 VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 7, 2008. The meeting was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that [...]
2008-07-09 14:52:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA144 VISAS VIPER FOR June 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (follow up)
[...] (U) The following information was provided by RAO on July 10 with respect to the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that recruits volunteers on behalf of Al Qaeda in Iraq and Algeria. 2. (SBU) Hamid al-Bochibi: Moroccan citizen, DPOB: 15 Nov. 1983, Tetoua [...]
2008-07-11 15:57:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA158 VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the July reporting period but RAO is working with [...]
2008-08-05 16:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA172 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. An additional six names were provided for the network that recruits [...]
2008-09-09 11:00:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA193 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by CG, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. Regional Consular Officer from Cairo also attended the meeting. 2. There are [...]
2008-10-08 16:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA206 VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the October 2008 reporting period. [...]
2008-11-03 16:02:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA227 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]
2008-12-02 16:38:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA228 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...]
2008-12-02 16:38:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA268 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, POL, and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on the sentencing of members of the Ansar Al Mahdi cell on [...]
2008-01-09 09:49:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA29 VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, CG and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on procedures for reviewing information gained from press so [...]
2008-02-06 10:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA45 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]
2008-03-10 16:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA59 VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...]
2008-04-02 15:07:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA73 VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 7, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, RSO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested on terrorism related charges in th [...]
2008-04-11 15:24:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CASABLANCA92 VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested along with one of the esc [...]
2008-05-07 12:53:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
08CHENGDU171KUNMING BOMBINGS: SOME LOCAL PERSPECTIVES
[...] (C) Summary: Following the July 21 bombing of two buses in Southwest China's Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming, security forces remain on alert with a noticeable stepped up presence in some downtown areas. Speculation in the city appears still focused, although not exclusively, on alleged [...]
2008-08-01 08:20:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM ASEC CH
08CHENNAI110ANDHRA PRADESH "GREYHOUNDS" DOG MAOISTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Police contacts confirmed media reports of a joint counter-insurgency operation involving police units from the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. 17 Maoists insurgents were killed in a March 18 raid, including at least one important Maoist leader, according to c [...]
2008-03-25 07:19:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN PGOV PHUM PTER
08CHENNAI203ANDHRA PRADESH COP SEES HYDERABAD LINK TO JAIPUR
[...] (C) Summary: One of Andhra Pradesh's top anti-terrorist cops said the trail of evidence in the May 13 Jaipur bombings leads to Hyderabad. The detonators used in Jaipur have been traced to the district adjoining Hyderabad and the shapes of the charges used in Jaipur are similar to the August [...]
2008-06-10 07:54:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALASEC IN KISL PGOV PREL PTER
08CHENNAI234 MAOIST AMBUSH OF ELITE UNIT STRIKES A BLOW TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist (also known as Naxalite) rebels ambushed an elite Indian police unit in the eastern state Orissa, striking a major blow to the India's counter-insurgency effort. Thirty-two members of the Andhra Pradesh-based "Greyhounds" unit, which was conducting joint operations with [...]
2008-07-08 11:06:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC IN
08CHENNAI251 EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN BANGALORE; NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN
[...] (U) A series of explosions (media reports indicate from three to nine) rocked Bangalore at approximately 1330 on July 25. Initial reports indicate that at least one person was killed and 15 injured by the blasts, which occurred within 12 minutes of each other. Media also reports that the blast [...]
2008-07-25 09:39:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CACS IN
08CHENNAI254 BANGALORE RECOVERING FROM TERROR ATTACKS AS INVESTIGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: A sense of normalcy is returning to Bangalore following the series of eight explosions on July 25 that killed one person and injured eight. A ninth device that failed to explode is providing city police insights on the bombs' construction. No Americans were killed or injured i [...]
2008-07-29 02:46:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN
08CHENNAI256 POLICE FOIL ALLEGED PLOT TO BOMB TARGETS IN CHENNAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad (reftels),Tamil Nadu police have arrested several men in connection with alleged plans to bomb targets in Chennai and around the state, according to media reports confirmed to us by both police and government sources. The targets o [...]
2008-07-30 05:26:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN
08CHENNAI322 ANDHRA PRADESH ANTI-MAOIST STRATEGY SUCCESSFUL, BUT TOUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state Andhra Pradesh, which was once a hotbed of Maoist activity, has made substantial progress in quelling the leftist insurgency within its borders. The state's success can be attributed to improved governance, both in terms of more effective policing and the [...]
2008-09-23 04:09:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON PHUM ASEC IN
08CHENNAI326 INCIDENTS AGAINST CHURCHES IN KARNATAKA CONTINUE AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of another round of apparent attacks on churches in Karnataka on September 21, Consul General Andrew Simkin visited Bangalore September 23-24. The CG used the opportunity to emphasize the importance of protecting religious freedom to a wide variety of interlocutors, [...]
2008-09-25 09:57:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR KIRF SOCI IN
08CHENNAI330 CONGRESS CONSIDERING BANNING HINDU FUNDAMENTALIST BAJRANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Catholic voice in the Congress party came away from a recent meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan feeling that India will probably ban the militant Hindu group Bajrang Dal as a result of the violence in Oriss [...]
2008-09-29 09:56:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR KIRF SOCI IN
08CHENNAI342SHADOWY NGO'S TERRORIST TIES WORRY KERALA OBSERVERS
[...] (C) Summary: The National Development Front (NDF),a shadowy, self-described human rights organization is causing alarm in north Kerala. A wide range of interlocutors alleged that the group has connections to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and a history of violent activ [...]
2008-10-07 08:12:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALASEC KISL PGOV PTER
08CHENNAI385POLICE KILL SUSPECTED MAOISTS IN KARNATAKA
[...] (SBU) Summary: State police ambushed a group of four suspected Maoist insurgents (also known as Naxalites) before dawn on November 19, killing three, according to press reports. The fourth, reported to be a woman, escaped the ambush, which took place in southwestern Karnataka. Press reports [...]
2008-11-20 08:27:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC PINS PHUM IN
08CHENNAI395 SOUTH INDIA PLANS TO BOOST SECURITY FORCES IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The attacks in Mumbai have concentrated minds in South India. Karnataka state officials in Bangalore are apparently close to finalizing plans to create two new security forces. One will be a 700-member S.W.A.T.-style commando squad; the other will be a 4500-member unit designe [...]
2008-12-05 08:19:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC ETTC IN
08CHENNAI398STATE FAILS TO NOTIFY CONSULATE OF SPECIFIC TERRORIST THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: Two contacts casually mentioned to us that the government of Tamil Nadu had recently increased security due to a ""specific threat"" against the Consulate. The Consulate received no advance notification of the threat; we only came to know due to the two informal after-the-fact refer [...]
2008-12-08 07:22:00Consulate ChennaiCONFIDENTIALASEC KISL PGOV PTER IN
08CHIANGMAI184LOWER NORTH LEADERS SAY NATIONAL STALEMATE HARDENING; DON'T
[...] (C) Consul General discussed Thailand's national political impasse with local politicians during a trip to two lower north provinces just prior to the December 2 court ruling dissolving the governing People's Power Party. All interlocutors, in a trend reflective of similar conversations in th [...]
2008-12-03 07:38:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08CHISINAU1126MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:44:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD
08CHISINAU1246MOLDOVA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Moldovan government continued to manage its counterterrorism strategy based on M [...]
2008-12-22 06:49:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC MD
08COLOMBO1046EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 11/19/2008 REGARDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on November 19, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture and security for the official and expatriate American communities vis-a-vis possible Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist attacks [...]
2008-11-19 12:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO1077EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETS ON 11/28/2008 RE MUMBAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on November 28, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India on November 27. The EAC concurred that there was no threat information indicating that the [...]
2008-11-28 07:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO1143EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 17, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the information provided reftel. The EAC discussed the current threat environment, the need to have RSO staff present in Colombo d [...]
2008-12-17 11:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO1146EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 12/17/2008 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 17, 2008. In addition to discussing post's security posture during the upcoming holiday period, the EAC reviewed proposed revisions to post's restricted travel zone and travel policy. The EAC-re [...]
2008-12-19 08:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO11532008 Country Reports on Terrorism
[...] (U) Here is the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Sri Lanka. The point of contact for this cable is Ben Barry. His e-mail address is BarryBG@state.gov. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: More than 7,000 people were killed and many thousands more displaced in 2008 as the Sri Lankan government continue [...]
2008-12-23 08:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC CE
08COLOMBO1161SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 8 OUTSIDE OF CIVIL
[...] (U) At about 8:45 a.m. on December 28, a presumed LTTE suicide bomber killed himself, seven Civil Defense Force (CDF) personnel and one civilian in an attack on a CDF office in Wattala, a northern Colombo suburb. (Note: the Civil Defense Force, formerly the Home Guards, are roughly analagous t [...]
2008-12-29 12:39:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CE
08COLOMBO126EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/01/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on February 1, 2008. The EAC discussed Post,s security posture in light of possible attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in retaliation for a bombing in LTTE controlled Mannar District and [...]
2008-02-01 10:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO135SRI LANKA: SPIKE IN DEADLY ATTACKS CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka experienced a spike in terrorist attacks prior to its February Independence Day celebrations. On February 2, a bomb exploded on a civilian bus in Dambulla, in north central Sri Lanka, killing 20. On February 3, an LTTE suicide cadre killed herself and 14 others at the Fo [...]
2008-02-05 12:18:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO136EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/05/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on February 5, 2008. The EAC discussed Post's security posture in light of terrorist attacks on February 2, 3 and 4 (the weekend prior to, and the day of, Sri Lankan Independence Day). The EAC recommended, an [...]
2008-02-05 13:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO153SRI LANKA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR
[...] Post, following G/TIP instructions in reftel, solicited anti-trafficking project proposals from local and regional organizations and received three proposals. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) proposal includes improving the GSL's capacity to prosecute trafficking crimes and to [...]
2008-02-11 10:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM CE
08COLOMBO16702/15/2008, EAC MEETING REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to information provided reftel, AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The EAC concurred that the death of the Hizballah leader was unlikely to affect Post's security profile, and therefore the EAC felt that it was not nec [...]
2008-02-15 10:26:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC
08COLOMBO215SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...]
2008-02-29 07:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
08COLOMBO216EXPLOSION IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA NEIGHBORHOOD
[...] (U) An alleged LTTE member detonated a bomb around 0615 hr. local on 02/29/2008 in a northern Colombo neighborhood. Police stated that the SUBJECT initiated the bomb as police officers, acting on a tip, attempted to search his room in a lodge on Aluth Mawatha in Modara, located in Colombo 15. A [...]
2008-03-01 01:29:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
08COLOMBO22EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JANUARY 7, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 7, 2008. The EAC discussed Post's security profile and security for American citizens in general in light of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) abrogation (ref A) of the 2002 Cease Fire Agreement [...]
2008-01-07 13:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC
08COLOMBO328MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Mission point of contact is Poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Maldives Overview ------- [...]
2008-04-01 00:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD MV
08COLOMBO34SRI LANKA: TIGER ATTACK KILLS MINISTER OUTSIDE
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building D.M. Dassanayake was killed in a roadside bomb attack just outside of Colombo. Initial indications are that Dassanayake was likely a target of opportunity for the LTTE. This incident is the first successful assassination of [...]
2008-01-08 12:00:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO352SRI LANKA: LTTE ATTACK KILLS MINISTER, 13 OTHERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Minister for Highways (and Chief Government Whip in Parliament),Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, and 13 others were killed by a suicide bomb blast on April 6 at about 8 am local time, just before the start of a marathon race about 25 kilometers northeast of Colombo. Also kil [...]
2008-04-07 10:50:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL CE
08COLOMBO36SRI LANKA: SMALL BLAST IN COLOMBO, NO INJURIES
[...] On January 8, around 7:30 pm, a small bomb exploded in the Colombo Fort area, opposite the government owned publishing house Lake House. No injuries or casualties were reported. The bomb, approximately 75 grams of C-4, according to police contacts, was placed inside a phone booth on the gro [...]
2008-01-09 10:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO372EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/09/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 9, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of a recent assassination of a government minister and the upcoming Sinhala/Tamil New Year celebrations. The EAC agreed that current secu [...]
2008-04-10 09:37:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO475SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST EIGHT IN CENTRAL
[...] A suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated himself next to a police bus in downtown Colombo on May 16 at 12:00 noon. According to Defense Ministry spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, six policemen and two civilians were killed and 75 to 80 persons were injured. Subsequent media reports put the fi [...]
2008-05-16 09:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO489EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 05/21/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 21, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the most recent bombing incident in Colombo (refs A and B). The EAC recommended that Embassy personnel use routes that minimize exposure [...]
2008-05-21 11:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO506SRI LANKA: PARCEL BOMB ON TRAIN KILLS NINE AT SUBURBAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A parcel bomb on a train detonated at a suburban Colombo station on May 26 causing nine deaths and wounding more than seventy. It was unclear whether the bomb was triggered by a remote control (such as a cell phone) or a timer. The government of Sri Lanka blamed the attack on t [...]
2008-05-27 11:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CE
08COLOMBO563EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 06/09/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 9, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture and advice to the general American community in light of the most recent terrorist attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]
2008-06-09 11:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO588SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BLAST KILLS 12 POLICEMEN,
[...] (U) A little after 7:00 am on June 16 a suicide bomber on a motorbike killed himself and 12 police personnel in front of the Senior Superintendent of Police's (SSP) office in Vavuniya. RSO FSN's contacts reported that 19 additional police personnel were admitted to the general hospital in V [...]
2008-06-16 10:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO6BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO TARGETS ARMY BUS
[...] A bomb exploded in the "Slave Island" area of Colombo 2 around 9:30 am on January 2. The apparent target was a bus carrying Sri Lanka Army troops. The director of the Colombo National Hospital has confirmed five deaths, at least two of which were SLA personnel, and over 25 injuries. A nearb [...]
2008-01-02 11:49:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO619CLOSING CAC AT AMEMBASSY COLOMBO DUE TO WHITE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 1000 hrs. local on June 25, 2008, RSO Colombo received a report that a mailroom clerk had opened an envelope containing a white, powdery substance while conducting a secondary screening of the envelope in post's mail screening room. Further inquiries revealed tha [...]
2008-06-25 13:03:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER AMED CE
08COLOMBO631Colombo: Powder not Dangerous, Embassy Resumes Normal
[...] (SBU) On June 30, 2008, the Medical Research Institute Department of Bacteriology returned a negative report for anthrax for the sample from the suspicious powder incident of June 25 (see reftel for details). 2. (U) The Embassy has re-opened the Compound Access Control (CAC) inspection ar [...]
2008-06-30 11:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER AMED CE
08COLOMBO637SRI LANKA: LARGE SEARCH OF TAMILS IN COLOMBO
[...] (C) On July 2, in an early morning operation Sri Lankan army, police, and STF forces cordoned off and searched Kimbula Ela, a predominantly Tamil area of Colombo. According to an Embassy mail room employee who lives in the area, 800 people (including the Embassy employee) were told to leave [...]
2008-07-02 10:36:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ASEC CE
08COLOMBO713EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 07/23/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 23, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference, hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Colombo [...]
2008-07-24 08:31:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO75SRI LANKA: LTTE STRIKES CIVILIAN BUS IN THE
[...] (C) On January 16 at 7:30 am, a claymore mine exploded near Buttala, in Sri Lanka's southeastern Uva Province, hitting a civilian bus. At least 24 people were killed, including several women and children, and more than 60 were wounded. Chief of Defense Staff Donald Perera confirmed to Amba [...]
2008-01-16 11:35:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO754POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN JUNE WHITE POWDER
[...] (SBU) Summary - The Sri Lanka Police Service (SLPS),working at the behest of RSO Colombo, located and detained a subject believed to have delivered the envelope containing the white powder (ref B and C) that closed AmEmbassy Colombo for normal business for a week in June. Subsequent to his de [...]
2008-08-13 09:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER AMED
08COLOMBO763ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST NEAR AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
[...] At approximately 1630 hr. local time, August 14, 2008, an anti-government demonstration took place near the U.S. Embassy in Colombo. A group of approximately 3000 protesters reached the Colpetty Junction, approximately 150 meters south of the Embassy's main gate. The protesters from two student [...]
2008-08-14 14:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
08COLOMBO807EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 08/27/2008 IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on August 27, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of an attack on a Sri Lanka naval base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The attack occurred during the evening of August 26, 2008. GSL police and [...]
2008-08-27 10:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CE MARR PTER
08COLOMBO851EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/03/2008 IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 3, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of the bombing incident that occurred on August 30, 2008 in the Pettah district, Colombo 11. The detonation of an improvised explosive de [...]
2008-09-09 11:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO889EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/22/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on September 22, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent terrorist attack of the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen and the suicide bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. [...]
2008-09-22 12:29:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO981AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETS REGARDING SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to guidance provided reftel. The EAC considered potential threats, if any, to post's planned election day representational event. RSO informed the EAC of the security measures [...]
2008-10-29 10:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER AMGT
08COLOMBO989AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC ADDRESSES LTTE "AIR TIGER"
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss security for the official and expatriate American communities in light of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "Air Tiger" attacks on the evening of October 28, 2008. T [...]
2008-10-31 04:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
08CONAKRY10CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN GUINEA'S CAPITAL - UNIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A number of demonstrations and civil disturbances flared across Conakry between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on January 4, following the president's January 3 dismissal of the Minister of Communication. The PM convened an extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting while political part [...]
2008-01-04 15:20:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY105FIRST LADY SAYS ALL IS WELL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with Poloff on April 15, the First Lady emphasized that all is well in Guinea. She said that relations between the president and the prime minister are "fine," that the president is making his own decisions without undue influence from his entourage, an [...]
2008-04-16 14:42:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL CVIS ASEC GV
08CONAKRY108EDUCATION MINISTER IS GUINEA,S NEW OFFICIAL
[...] (U) Over national radio on February 7, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate announced that the Minister of Education, Ousmane Souare, is the Guinean Government,s new official spokesperson. The former Minister of Communication, Justin Morel Jr., served in that capacity until he was dismissed by Pre [...]
2008-02-11 15:08:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY109THE AUDITS ARE OUT - SORT OF
[...] (U) Following an alleged order from President Conte calling for the PM to release the results of ministerial audits by February 6, Acting Government Spokesperson Saidou Diallo, who is also the Minister of Economic Control, announced that the final results of the Guinean Government,s ministeri [...]
2008-02-11 15:09:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY11WITH OR WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT - GUINEA'S POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. With two weeks remaining before Guinea faces the March 31 deadline for resuming a nationwide labor strike, various political actors are working quietly behind the scenes to define the next stage of the country's ongoing political and economic struggle. A parallel dialogue process [...]
2008-03-19 14:24:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY110GUINEA ASKS FOR HELP TO ALLEVIATE ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs urgently requested a meeting with the Ambassador in order to request help in dealing with rising prices for basic foodstuffs. The Ambassador responded with tough questions about corruption and the government's new export ban on foodstuffs [...]
2008-04-17 12:34:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC EAGR EAID ECON EPET ETRD GV PGOV PREL
08CONAKRY115MINORITY PARLIAMENTARY PARTY CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although leaders of the UPR opposition political parties see elections as an important political element, they remain pessimistic as to whether elections can be organized transparently and in a timely fashion. They were circumspect with regards to Guinea,s current political e [...]
2008-02-12 14:59:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY117ANOTHER VIEW ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH
[...] (S) When out for walkS in a residential neighborhood, an Embassy EFM staff member often chats with an older Guinean neighbor claiming to be President Conte's cousin. The neighbor said that he goes to see the president once or twice a week and that his job is to "make him laugh" since Conte d [...]
2008-04-18 11:30:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY120HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY READY TO LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) Guinea's Human Rights Commission is planning to officially launch its investigation on May 5 of the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces during the civil unrest in early 2007. The president of the Commission, Mounir Houssein Mohamed told Poloff on April 18 that he [...]
2008-04-18 13:40:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY121CURRENT PERSPECTIVE FROM THE RULING PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a leading member of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) provides some insights as to the current thinking of the party's leadership. Contact is firmly behind the president and sees the PUP as a powerful and significant political player. At the [...]
2008-04-18 14:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY13POLICE ARREST AND DETAIN FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Guinea's judicial police arrested Mme Chantal Colle on March 18 reportedly for inflammatory remarks against the prime minister during a press conference at the Novotel on March 17. According to police contacts, three police officers brought Mme Colle to the Director of the Judicial Polic [...]
2008-03-19 15:32:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY131OUSMANE BAH - IN OR OUT OF UPR?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local press reports that Ousmane Bah ws relieved of his position as President of the UPR. The UPR thinks otherwise. Meanwhile, a rival politician reportedly is pulling the strings. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On April 21, several press reports stated that Ousamne Bah had been r [...]
2008-04-23 13:52:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY147SIERRA LEONE DIPLOMAT OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ALLEGED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, four women were stopped near Forecariah in June 2007 for allegedly attempting to traffic ten children from Guinea to Sierra Leone. DCM discussed the incident during a meeting with ALhaji ALie Badara Kamara of the Sierra Leonean Embassy in Guinea on April 15, 2008. Mr [...]
2008-04-30 10:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY151UNION LEADER HAS NO HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting with Poloff on April 29, union leader Rabiatou presented a gloomy outlook on Guinea's current political situation. She said that it is impossible to find a solution as long as President Conte remains in power, and literally scoffed at the idea that transparent [...]
2008-05-02 11:40:00Embassy ConakrySECRETELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY152SYLLAH IN, SYLLAH OUT - WHO RUNS THE PATRONAT?
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Mamadou Syllah as the head of the government's official delegation to the International Labor Conference in Geneva. On April 26, the MFA retracted the designation following heavy criticism from the media, the population [...]
2008-05-02 11:40:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY162PRESIDENCY STIRS UP CONTROVERSY AGAIN - APPOINTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate was off strengthening bilateral ties with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last week, the presidency took advantage of the PM,s absence to stir up controversy once again. On March 1, Conte issued two presidential decrees, one naming a new prefec [...]
2008-03-04 15:16:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY164UNIONS BLOCK PM ON FUEL - UNION LEADER SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea,s labor unions are attempting to block GoG efforts to reduce or eliminate the country,s economically unsustainable fuel subsidy program as they call for consultations. Despite having a doctorate in economics, union leader Ibrahima Fofana demonstrated an appalling lack of [...]
2008-03-05 08:53:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY169HUMAN REMAINS UNEARTHED AT CENTRAL PRISON, EMBASSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Guinean prisoner advocacy NGO has reportedly unearthed human skeletal remains under a former trash heap at Conakry's central prison. Although most of the skulls and large bones were reportedly stolen in the middle of the night, Poloff saw several bone fragments sticking up out [...]
2008-05-07 11:44:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY170GUINEA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BLOCKED AGAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After finally receiving long-awaited government funding to launch an investigation into the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces in early 2007, Guinea's Human Rights Association is blocked again. The Central Bank has frozen the Commission's bank account, a [...]
2008-05-07 11:45:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY18LOCAL STAFF WORRIED ABOUT ONGOING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Poloff and Econoff held an informal discussion with a group of senior LES staff from USAID, Management, RSO, Peace Corps, and PAO on March 13 to exchange thoughts on Guinea's current political situation a the upcoming March 31 deadline for negotiations set by the country's la unions (refte [...]
2008-03-21 11:59:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY184SEIZED DRUGS FINALLY INCINERATED...OR WERE THEY?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 11, 2008, Guinean police seized a shipment of cocaine, exact quantity unknown, and detained six suspects believed to be of Latin American origin (Reftel A, B). All USG requests for additional information regarding the details of the seizure or the suspects have gone unanswer [...]
2008-03-06 14:33:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC GV PGOV DEA PREL SNAR
08CONAKRY19GUINEA SWEARS IN NEW MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION
[...] (U) Guinea,s new Minister of Communication, Issa Conde, was sworn into office on January 7 by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah. Contrary to protocol and tradition, the previous Minister, Justin Morel Jr., who was fired by President Conte on January 3 (reftel),was not in a [...]
2008-01-09 05:44:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY196CHILD TRAFFICKING IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Local NGOs tell Embassy officials that the Forest Region is a transit hub for the trafficking of children from Guinea to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, highlighting the need for cross-border coordination and information sharing. Specific cases provide examples of how these c [...]
2008-05-15 11:11:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY197CHILD TRAFFICKING IN EASTERN MARITIME GUINEA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Prefect in Forecariah continues her efforts to combat child trafficking on the border with Sierra Leone, although her methods have drawn some criticism. Despite the increase in trafficking cases, not all officials in the region agree that child trafficking is a problem and some [...]
2008-05-15 13:54:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY201(S) ONE KILO OF "COCAINE" DELIVERED TO EMBASSY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 10, 2008 Ambassador and ARSO attended the alleged incineration of several kilos of narcotics seized by Guinean police. USG,s request for a random sample of the cocaine was denied (Reftel A). On May 14, 2008, the former director of the anti-drug unit delivered a kilo of a [...]
2008-05-19 05:33:00Embassy ConakrySECRETSNAR ASEC PREL PGOV GV
08CONAKRY202(S) NOT THE CONTE I KNOW
[...] (S) During a March 12 meeting with Poloff, opposition leader Sidya Toure of the Union Force Republican (UFR) party shared his observations regarding his Monday courtesy call on President Lansana Conte. Toure said that it was the first time he had seen Conte in over eight years and that Conte [...]
2008-03-12 15:27:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY203FULANI VILLAGERS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
[...] SUMMARY. A recent road trip into villages throughout Middle Guinea reveals that villagers just thirty minutes off the main road are unaware that the Guinean Government is organizing legislative elections in six months. Villagers were generally preoccupied with basic cost of living issues an [...]
2008-05-19 14:34:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY208GUINEA EAC - PRIME MINISTER KOUYATE DISMISSED
[...] The Deputy Chief of Mission convened Post's Emergency Action Committee Wedneday, May 21 to discuss the announced dismissal of PM Kouyate last night and potential public reaction to this event. Representatives from MGT, CA, RO, DAO, USAID, PC, PAO, POL and RSO were present 2. The dismissal o [...]
2008-05-21 06:58:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY209PRESIDENT SACKS GUINEAN PRIME MINISTER LANSANA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. President Conte fired Guinean Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate on May 20 and replaced him with a cabinet member from a previous government, Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare. Public support for Kouyate has been steadily waning and the public reaction has been relatively quiet, although there [...]
2008-05-21 11:07:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY210UNDAUNTED BY INTERNAL DISCORD, UPR OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The president of the UPR opposition party assured Poloff that he remains the party's legitimate leader, irregardless of recent party declarations to the contrary. He attributes the internal dissension to a handful of members who want to ally with the UFDG and Cellou Diallo. Hav [...]
2008-03-14 12:25:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY211FORMER PM HOLDS MEETING ON ELECTIONS - DEMANDS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 13, former Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate held a three and a half hour meeting with political parties to discuss progress towards Guinea's legislative elections later this year. The discussion focused on four central issues: the need for donor community support to cov [...]
2008-03-14 12:40:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY212CLOSE FRIEND OF NEW PM SHARES INSIGHTS
[...] (C) Returning to Conakry from a trip to Middle Guinea, Econoff stopped in Mamou on May 21 to visit the local prefect, Mr. Safioulaye Bah, in order to discuss recent political developments (reftel). Bah told Econoff that he is a close personal friend of the new prime minister, Dr. Ahmed Tidia [...]
2008-05-21 14:21:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY213PLOTTING KOUYATE'S DEMISE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. An LES staff member provides useful insights into an alleged plot orchestrated by former members of government against Guinea's former PM, Lansana Kouyate. Inside information suggests that the PM's demise was well planned and well orchestrated. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) A senior LES [...]
2008-05-21 14:29:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY218LABOR UNIONS REJECT NEW PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Guinea's trade unions issued two separate declarations on May 22 criticizing President Conte's decision to appoint Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare as the country's new prime minister (reftel). The Unions-Intersyndicale, which is an umbrella organization representing four independent trade union [...]
2008-05-23 13:10:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY219SOUARE SWORN IN AS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF GUINEA
[...] (SBU) Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare was officially sworn in as the new prime minister of Guinea around 1:30 PM on May 23. The ceremony was originally scheduled to begin at 11:00, but was reportedly delayed in order to wait for the arrival and participation of the former prime minister, Lansana Kouy [...]
2008-05-23 13:16:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY220RECENT CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS ON GUINEA'S NORTHERN
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Local media reported two alleged child trafficking incidents on Guinea's borders with Mali and Senegal. The first incident involved 22 children being transported to Mali, and the second, 11 children being transported to Senegal. In both cases, Koranic teachers, also known as marabo [...]
2008-05-23 13:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ML GV
08CONAKRY223GUINEA EAC MEETING, MAY 27, 2008
[...] Embassy Conakry convened an EAC meeting May 27 to review the security environment following further reports of mutinous military activity at Camp Alpha Yaya. The mutineers' first demand is that the president remove the minister of defense. They have threatened to march on Camp Samory Toure, Co [...]
2008-05-27 08:54:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY224EMBASSY CONAKRY SITUATION REPORT 1
[...] (C) The 12:00 deadline given by the military mutineers for the dismissal of the Minister of Defense has passed. One Embassy source reported that soldiers have left Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo and have begun marching towards Camp Touare. However, RSO contacts on the ground have not observed any si [...]
2008-05-27 10:47:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PMIL GV
08CONAKRY225SOLDIERS MUTINY, THREATEN MARCH ON CENTRAL BASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of soldiers, which appears to be fairly well organized with significant internal backing, seized control of the military camp Alpha Yaya Diallo late on May 25. There has been intermittent shooting in Conakry's military camps, as well as reports of similar activity in up [...]
2008-05-27 11:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PMIL PREL GV
08CONAKRY226EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 2
[...] (C) Embassy sources report that a delegation representing the mutineers at Camp Alpha Yaya are on their way to Camp Touare. They will reportedly demand the immediate dismissal of the current Minister of Defense, General Baillo Diallo. There have been no further reports of large military move [...]
2008-05-27 11:32:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PMIL GV
08CONAKRY227EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 3
[...] (C) At about 2:30 PM, President Conte reportedly signed a decree dismissing General Baillo Diallo from his post as Minister of Defense, meeting the mutineers' immediate demand. No replacement has been named. The GoG announced Diallo's dismissal publicly during a 3:00 PM broadcast by RTG. [...]
2008-05-27 12:54:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PMIL GV
08CONAKRY228EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 4
[...] (C) After continued incidents of sporadic gunfire in Camp Alpha Yaha despite the removal of General Baillo Diallo as Minister of Defense, the GoG appears to have given in to all of the mutineers' demands (reftel A). 2. (C) Contacts report that the GoG has agreed to pay each soldier the 5 [...]
2008-05-27 13:58:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PMIL GV
08CONAKRY23CHANTAL COLLE DEPORTED, CONTE RUMORED TO BE IN A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following her March 18 arrest, close presidential confidant Mme Chantal Colle left the country late on March 19 under a deportation order signed by the Minister of Interior and Security. Meanwhile, rumors of President Conte,s deteriorating medical condition have been rampant [...]
2008-03-21 13:35:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY231EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 5
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Soldiers were celebrating into the night yesterday after winning government concessions to all mutineer demands. Celebratory activities included intermittent firing of guns into the air, some armed muggings, and looting of several businesses. The media reports that at least [...]
2008-05-28 10:17:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY233EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 6
[...] (C) Embassy sources report that mutineers have modified their initial demands to the Guinean Government (GoG) and have given a 12:00 deadline for meeting those demands. Mutineers are now reportedly insisting on immediate payment of the promised 5 million GnF to each soldier, rather than recei [...]
2008-05-28 11:24:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY236EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 7
[...] (C) Embassy sources close to the negotiations report that things are "much better." Negotiations have reportedly ended for the day and the prime minister is expected to make an announcement this evening on the national news network. Sources indicate that the mutineers will likely release Gen [...]
2008-05-28 14:23:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY237COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER DIALLO, HEAD
[...] SUMMARY. Former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo, who is also the current president of the UFDG opposition political party, says he will support the new PM as long as he commits to continued progress towards improved governance, legislative elections, and economic reforms. He was highly critical [...]
2008-05-28 14:25:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY238EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 8
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The following reports are a round-up of various events yesterday evening. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------------- FLIGHTS DIVERTED FROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ------------------------------------------- 2. (S) A routine Embassy support flight carrying clas [...]
2008-05-29 08:46:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY24LAWYERS TAKE SIDES IN GUINEA,S POWER STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two public declarations allegedly coming from Guinea,s Bar Association show that the Bar is just as divided internally as most of the other actors in Guinea,s emerging political drama. The President of the Bar Association came out in strong support of President Conte and under [...]
2008-01-09 14:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY240EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 9
[...] (SBU) Conakry remains relatively calm. There were reports of intermittent gunfire into the evening, but a gusty thunder and lightning storm around midnight muted any further activities. Several Embassy contacts reported that mutineers were going through the city last night looking for senior [...]
2008-05-29 09:50:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY243EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 10
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been reports of an increased military presence outside the military camps, roadblocks manned by presidential loyalists, as well as possible movements of mutineers. Visual evidence suggests that there is some truth to these reports, but the extent of military movement [...]
2008-05-29 12:33:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY244EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 11
[...] (C) Embassy received several reports from different sources of gunfire in the downtown area around 15:00, specifically around the Castro Bridge and the British Ambassador's residence. Sources reported hearing heavier fire, such as from grenades and/or Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs),but no [...]
2008-05-29 15:19:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY247EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 12
[...] (SBU) The streets of Conakry are quiet this morning, and there have been no reports of gunfire. Stores, markets, and fuel stations remain closed. There are a few people on the streets waiting for taxis, but the roads are virtually empty due to lack of transportation. Poloff saw children and [...]
2008-05-30 09:19:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY251CIVILIANS APPEAR TO CONDEMN MILITARY MUTINY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pol/Econ staff telephoned a number of key contacts throughout the civilian sector on May 30 in order to get a sense of the public's reaction to Guinea's continuing military mutiny (reftels). Opinions were mixed. Most contacts are condemning the mutineers, but the younger gen [...]
2008-05-30 11:52:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY252EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 13
[...] (C) As of 14:00, Conakry remains quiet and calm. Embassy has received no reports of gunfire or criminal activity. Local businesses and gas stations remain closed. There is very little traffic on the roads. Earlier this morning, between 150 and 250 women were peacefully demonstrating in fro [...]
2008-05-30 12:38:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY254EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 14
[...] (U) There was a visible lessening of tension in the streets over the weekend as Conakry residents ventured out to take care of regular business. Gas stations, some of which were under the protection of the president's military forces, opened to the public. Many stores were open, and there wa [...]
2008-06-02 08:04:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY255LABOR UNIONS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT NEW PRIME
[...] (U) Louis M'Bemba Soumah, president of the teacher's union (SLECG),made an announcement on public radio the evening of May 30. He said that the unions understand that the January 2007 Accords stipulate that no member of any former government can be appointed as the consensus prime minister. [...]
2008-06-02 08:05:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY26REPORT OF EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) for the Embassy met to review the current status of the situation in country, with emphasis on the general strike that has been called for tomorrow. Detailed political information reported septel. 2. (SBU) All sections and agencies reported being [...]
2008-01-09 15:23:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER GV
08CONAKRY262EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 15
[...] (SBU) As of 16:00 on June 02, Guinea appears to have returned to business as usual. Schools, markets, and stores are open for business, and street traffic is at normal levels. The Guinean Armed Forces are no longer maintaining any roadblocks or vehicle checkpoints. Embassy has not received [...]
2008-06-02 13:38:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PMIL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY263GUINEA: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Reftel requests that post report on forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods for a mandatory Congressional reporting request - the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA). Embassy met with government, labor organizations, and N [...]
2008-06-02 13:49:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY267EAC DISCUSSES SECURITY POSTURE FOR JULY 4TH EVENT
[...] As per reftel, on June 2, 2008, the Conakry Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's security posture in preparation for July 4th events. Currently there is no plan to hold an official Independence Day event in Conakry. The Embassy hosted an official National Day in February since [...]
2008-06-04 13:02:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC GV
08CONAKRY27GUINEA CALM, BUT ANXIOUS AS STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy LES conversations with contacts throughout Guinea suggest that there is a general air of calm in most urban centers, layered over anxiety and worry as citizens wait to see whether the unions will resume a nationwide strike January 10 as planned (reftel A). The capital h [...]
2008-01-10 05:56:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY274TEACHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's teachers' unions continue to threaten a possible labor strike, which could begin as early as June 10. Such a strike has the potential to spark civil unrest, as it did in a similar situation in 2006, especially among the country's students. It is not yet clear whether [...]
2008-06-06 13:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY275UNIONISTS AT RUSSIAN BAUXITE MINE CONCLUDE STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Unionists at the Russian owned Rusal bauxite mine in Fria, about two hours to the northeast of Conakry, have been holding a peaceful labor strike since Monday, June 02. As of 15:00 on June 06, it appears that the unionists have been able to successfully negotiate an acceptable deal with [...]
2008-06-06 13:31:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY28 BUSINESS UNRUFFLED BY STRIKE THREAT - CONTE CRONY STILL IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local businesses are confident that a negotiated settlement to the labor union strike threat will be accomplished tonight. Meanwhile, a Conte crony is not yet out of legal trouble. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On January 9, Econoff met with members of the Conseil National du Patr [...]
2008-01-10 05:57:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY284TEACHERS PLAN TO STRIKE JUNE 19
[...] (SBU) On June 10, following a series of meetings between union leaders and the Guinean Government, Guinea's two teachers' unions (FSPE and SLECG) formally notified the GoG of their intent to resume a nationwide labor strike effective Thursday, June 19. The unionists' demands are primarily ec [...]
2008-06-10 14:05:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY285RESOLUTION OF MILITARY MUTINY STILL NOT CLEAR
[...] (C) The self-identified leader of the military mutiny that began on May 23, Claude Pivi "Coplan," continues to represent the interests of the mutineers based at Camp Alpha Yaya in Conakry. President Conte was supposed to have met with him on Friday, June 6, but did not show up because he was [...]
2008-06-10 14:29:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY29UNIONS POSTPONE STRIKES, CALL FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) At midnight on January 10, Guinea,s labor unions were able to reach a negotiated agreement to postpone a nationwide labor strike. A key provision of the agreement is the immediate establishment of a Committee of Collaboration and Dialogue, which is supposed to review the January 27 Acc [...]
2008-01-10 15:15:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY290(S) DRUGS, BOOZE AND WOMEN - TOTAL DISORDER AT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A new civilian contact claiming to have been living in Camp Alpha for the past eight years shares some interesting perspectives on the mutiny and life among the mutineers. He paints a depressing picture of young, undisciplined soldiers that bully the local population while smok [...]
2008-06-13 06:43:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY294REACTIONS FROM GUINEA'S INTERIOR REGARDING RECENT POLITICAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During an Embassy road trip the week of June 2, contacts shared mixed reactions to recent political developments in Guinea. Most everyone, including government officials and civil society, agreed that former Prime Minister Kouyate had to go. However, civil society representatives [...]
2008-06-13 13:14:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY295GUINEA RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Under a presidential decree signed late last week and announced on national television the evening of June 13, President Lansana Conte authorized an extensive restructuring of the Guinean Government. There are now a total of 33 separate ministries in addition to three independent secreta [...]
2008-06-16 07:08:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY297POLICE AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS STRIKE FOR PROMOTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Police and Customs officials in Conakry began an unofficial labor strike on June 15. Negotiations with the government were started yesterday afternoon and continue today. There were reports of gunfire yesterday into the night from several parts of the city. Flights into Con [...]
2008-06-17 09:28:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY298CASUALTIES REPORTED AS MILITARY AND POLICE
[...] (SBU) Beginning at approximately 10:00 on June 17, elements of the Guinean military faced off with striking police officers (reftel) in the Camayenne area of Conakry, which is located about one kilometer before the Castro Bridge. Preliminary reports indicate that there are at least 5 dead an [...]
2008-06-17 10:17:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY299EAC MEETING - JUNE 17, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the core EAC at 11:00 on June 17, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included the Ambassador, A/DCM (POL),RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, and CLO. 2. (U) Per reftel, there have been reports of casualties resulting from an exc [...]
2008-06-17 11:04:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY30CITIZENS BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF
[...] (U) Following the announcement of a negotiated agreement between Guinea,s labor unions and the Guinean Government (septel),there was an audible sigh of relief heard throughout the country. Over the past week, there has been an almost tangible cloud of uncertainty and anxiety hanging over ci [...]
2008-01-10 15:15:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY300TEACHERS' UNIONS MAY CALL OFF LABOR STRIKE
[...] (SBU) According to a senior USTG (Union for the Guinean Workers) official, the teachers' unions are considering canceling the nationwide labor strike planned to begin on June 19 (reftel A). Contact told Pol LES on June 16 that the unions would continue negotiations with the GoG the morning o [...]
2008-06-17 11:58:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY301MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]
2008-06-17 14:39:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY302MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]
2008-06-17 14:39:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY303EAC MEETING - JUNE 19, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the Core EAC at 0900 on June 19, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included A/DCM (POL),RSO, RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, PAO and DAO. 2. (U) As of June 19, Guinea's teachers' unions reportedly began a nationwide labor stri [...]
2008-06-19 09:20:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY306PM ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR HELP, BUT NO CLEAR PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his second meeting with the Ambassador, Guinea's new prime minister discussed the country's current security situation and ongoing political issues. He commented on the need to restore peace and security, and was optimistic that the GoG would soon be able to resolve the [...]
2008-06-20 11:50:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY307NEW PM NAMES CABINET - A FIRST LOOK
[...] (U) Nearly one month after he was sworn in, Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare finally announced his cabinet on June 19. These appointments follow on the June 13 announcement restructuring the government, which created a total of 33 ministries, and three secretary general positions (reftel) [...]
2008-06-20 12:56:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY308GENERAL CAMARA LOOKING TO GET SITUATION UNDER
[...] SUMMARY. According to General Camara, certain elements of the military are out of control, but he has a plan for dealing with them. He blamed the situation on poor communication and rumors, which enabled the "Bulletin Rouge" to take on a life of its own. Focused and calm, Camara came acros [...]
2008-06-20 13:02:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY313 KOUNDARA UNPREPARED FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to Koundara, authorities, civil society and CEPI (prefectoral electoral commission) shared concerns about upcoming legislative elections, stating that preparations are moving slowly with little coordination between the various actors. Some expressed concern tha [...]
2008-06-24 14:06:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY315CHILD TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN MARITIME GUINEA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Authorities express their concern about child trafficking, but also stress the importance of focusing on the prevalence of child exploitation in the region regardless of where the children came from or how they got there. This cable is the third in a series of reports on child traf [...]
2008-06-25 09:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY320CHILD TRAFFICKING IN MIDDLE GUINEA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip to Middle Guinea reveals that Guinea's border with Senegal may be a transit point for significant trafficking activity. Although there have only been a few "official" trafficking cases, the lack of information and resources on the part of the local authorities, as we [...]
2008-06-25 12:10:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY323CHILD TRAFFICKING IN UPPER GUINEA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. While NGOs have statistics illustrating an extremely high prevalence of child trafficking on Guinea's northern border with Mali, local authorities maintain that they have not seen any child trafficking cases. Government contacts confirm previous reports that marabouts frequently cr [...]
2008-06-26 05:20:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY325TEACHERS' UNIONS SUSPEND STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of Sunday, June 22, Guinea's teachers' unions (SLECG and FSPE) agreed to suspend a nationwide labor strike that began on June 19 (reftels). National exams, which were originally scheduled for the week of June 9 and then postponed to the week of June 23, are now scheduled fo [...]
2008-06-26 07:56:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY326NEW PRIME MINISTER FINALLY SPEAKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the cabinet announcement last week, Prime Minister Souare addressed the public for the first time on June 24, wherein he vaguely discussed his political agenda. Much of Souare's speech was basic rhetoric that lacked substantive depth. His priorities appear to be nati [...]
2008-06-26 09:36:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY329K-9 DRUG OFFICER SPEAKS UP ABOUT NARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A K-9 officer within Guinea's anti-drug unit shares his insights regarding narcotics-related corruption and the recent, violent stand-off between the police and the military. Contact said that there are least 13 confirmed deaths resulting from the violence, and likely more unc [...]
2008-06-30 14:22:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV NARC ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY330ANALYSIS OF TRANS-BORDER CHILD TRAFFICKING IN GUINEA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a series of investigative cables exploring child trafficking in Guinea (reftels),it is clear that in order to successfully address this issue, the USG and its partners must focus on three critical aspects of the problem: supply, demand, and the traffickers themselves. [...]
2008-07-01 07:42:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY331EMBASSY HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN-REACH ON FEMALE GENITAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 26, the Embassy held the first of a series of planned Human Rights In-Reaches intended to educate American and locally employed staff (LES) about critical human rights issues in Guinea. This first program focused on combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),a practice that [...]
2008-07-01 11:54:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY333RELIGIOUS LEADER WORKING ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Monsignor Gomez, leader of the Christian Counil, Guinea's reconciliation of past grievances will take time. Gomez said that Guinea's political and civil society actors lack a spirit of national unity and purpose. He said that Lansana Conte is at the root of Guinea's [...]
2008-07-01 12:23:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY335GOG SAYS 11 DEAD AND 147 WOUNDED DURING MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a confidential GoG report, a total of 11 people were killed, and 147 wounded during the military mutiny in late May. These totals include 1 civilian death and 72 civilians injured. The GoG's tally, which comes from the Ministry of Defense, represents the best casua [...]
2008-07-01 14:29:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PMIL GV
08CONAKRY35FRUSTRATED AND MARGINALIZED, GUINEA,S YOUTH ARE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an Embassy hosted breakfast, 17 Conakry-based youth leaders shared their views on the current political situation and the possibility of a nationwide labor strike at the end of the month. Participants felt marginalized by both the government and non-government actors, [...]
2008-03-25 13:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY36CONTE BACK AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
[...] (SBU) Following widespread press speculation about his physical health (reftel A),President Lansana Conte returned to Conakry on March 21 after having spent some weeks at his country home, located about an hour outside the capital. Conte toured the city in his presidential motorcade on March [...]
2008-03-25 14:43:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY384AMBASSADOR CARTER URGES GREATER ECOWAS INVOLVEMENT
[...] Ambassador Carter on July 17 urged the Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Edward Aina to raise his organization's profile and play a leading role in promoting elections and good governance in Guinea. Citing the successes ECOWAS recently enjoyed in Togo and [...]
2008-07-20 09:01:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY41RULING PARTY - WATCH OUT, WE,RE BACK!
[...] (C) A lengthy conversation with the head of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) suggests that party leaders are interpreting last weeks events (reftels) as tacit popular support for President Conte. Highly critical of the unions and the prime minister, the PUP is firmly behind the [...]
2008-01-16 14:02:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY440HEALTH UNIONS HOLD TWO DAY LABOR STRIKE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Guinea's health unions staged a 48 hour nationwide labor strike on Monday and Tuesday due to the GoG's lack of response to demands dating back to 1992. More than half of the country's public health workers reportedly participated in the strike, effectively crippling public heal [...]
2008-08-14 16:12:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY446CONTE CRONY AND FORMER KEY OFFICIAL THROWN IN JAIL
[...] (SBU) Multiple Embassy sources have confirmed an August 19 internet news report (Guinee24.com) that the former Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah, has been arrested and is being detained at the military prison PM3. A contact at the Bureau of Customs told Pol LES over the telepho [...]
2008-08-19 15:23:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY447PM MAY TAKE A HIT WITH NEW PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
[...] (U) On August 19, an internet news source (Guinee24.com) posted a scanned copy of a presidential decree dated August 12. In the decree, the president criticizes the falsification of recent decrees and the misuse of presidential authority. As such, President Conte specifies that all preside [...]
2008-08-19 15:25:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY448NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE GENERATES HARD-HITTING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The UNDP sponsored a three-day national roundtable in Conakry, which closes a series of roundtables held over the last few months in each of Guinea's 33 prefectures and five communes. While the dialogue itself may have been somewhat routine, the conference was unusual in terms [...]
2008-08-19 15:26:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY45VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS HELD PREFECT HOSTAGE FOR 3 HOURS
[...] (U) Poloff spoke over the telephone with the prefect of Forecariah, Mme Marie Guilavogui, on March 26 in order to confirm a March 21 internet report (Aminata.com) regarding a short-lived military mutiny in her prefecture. The prefect said that a group of armed volunteer soldiers held her hos [...]
2008-03-26 14:23:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY452PRESIDENT INTERVENES IN SAM SOUMAH ARREST
[...] (C) The deputy commander of the gendarme prison PM3 told RSO LES that the former Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah, was released from prison at 17:00 on August 19. Soumah had been arrested the day before (reftel). According to contact, President Conte called PM3 and ordered the [...]
2008-08-20 15:30:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY455GUINEAN GOVERNMENT DESTROYS A REPORTED 34 KILOS OF
[...] (U) On August 20, Guinean security forces torched a reported 34 kilos of cocaine and 680 kilos of cannabis at a public burning covered by the press and diplomatic corps. Security and Civil Protection Minister Mohamed Damba allowed RSO to take random samples from the packets of cocaine slated for de [...]
2008-08-20 17:04:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY457PRESIDENT APPOINTS PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 15:43:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY46ONE WEEK LATER - NO COMMITTEE FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. One full week after the January 9 negotiated agreement between Guinea,s labor unions and other political actors (reftel),the Committee de Suivi has not yet gelled. Although the general committee composition has been decided, only the unions have actually nominated members. The [...]
2008-01-18 05:51:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY460CHARGE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During an August 22 courtesy call, the new Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Alpha Ibrahima Keira was polite, but close-mouthed. He stressed that he is the liaison between the government and the president, but said that he expects things to go smoothly. With upwards [...]
2008-08-22 14:48:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY462FORMER PRESIDENTIAL OFFICIAL UNDER INVESTIGATION
[...] (SBU) The former Chief of Protocol at the Presidency, Idrissa Thiam, is reportedly under investigation for embezzlement. Commonly viewed as the most powerful individual next to the president prior to his controversial dismissal earlier this month, Thiam joins colleague Sam Soumah (former Sec [...]
2008-08-25 17:07:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY464CHANTAL COLLE REPORTEDLY RETURNS TO GUINEA
[...] (SBU) Five months after having been stripped of her Guinean passport and then deported, close presidential confidant Mme Chantal Colle reportedly returned to Guinea via Air France from Paris on August 22, according to multiple sources. Colle had left the country under armed escort on March 1 [...]
2008-08-25 17:08:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY468RUMORS FLY ABOUT POSSIBLE PM DISMISSAL
[...] (U) Guinea's rumor mill was working overtime yesterday as people throughout the capital speculated about the possibly imminent dismissal of Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare. By late afternoon, numerous government contacts were confirming the rumors and anticipating an official announcement [...]
2008-08-27 10:29:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY47PM DENOUNCES +BULLETIN ROUGE, - OFFERS
[...] (U) On January 9, on the eve of the nationwide strike planned by Guinea,s labor unions (reftels),the Ministry of Defense announced plans to pay every soldier a flat sum of $482, which is equivalent to about four months pay for an average soldier. The military has not conducted an accurate c [...]
2008-01-18 05:51:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY470GUINEA PM BALKS AT MEETING SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Guinea Prime Minister Tidiane Souare on August 26 declined an offer by Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma to meet August 28 in Conakry to discuss narcotics trafficking issues. The refusal comes less than 10 days after the PM assured Charge and a representative of SL President Koroma that [...]
2008-08-27 15:38:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREF PREL SNAR GV
08CONAKRY480OUSMANE CONTE'S BODYGUARDS FIRE INTO CROWD, WOUNDS
[...] (U) In response to an uneven distribution of electricity, a number of youths staged protests in the seaport town of Kamsar on August 22, which is home to CBG (Guinean Bauxite Company). Apparently, one neighborhood generator had been out of service for some time while generators in other neig [...]
2008-08-29 14:43:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC SNAR PGOV GV
08CONAKRY485VOTER REGISTRATION UP AND RUNNING - SORT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the GoG finally launched its national voter registration campaign on August 28 as the Prime Minister symbolically registered to vote on national television, there are still a number of issues to be resolved before the campaign can truly get underway. The GoG's failur [...]
2008-09-02 15:05:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY486RPG OPPOSITION REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RPG opposition political party remains optimistic about legislative elections despite continued delays and the presidency's seemingly successful efforts to gradually restore controversial personalities to positions of power. Planning to fully participate in the elections, [...]
2008-09-02 15:07:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY493COCAINE REPORTEDLY STOLEN FROM OUSMANE CONTE'S
[...] (S) According to the Prefect of Mamou, one of suspected drug kingpin Ousmane Conte's personal vehicles was abandoned in Kamsar after a hit and run accident a few weeks ago. Apparently, Ousmane's chauffeur was driving Ousmane's vehicle alone when he accidentally hit a woman on the street. Fear [...]
2008-09-03 17:29:00Embassy ConakrySECRETSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY494CENI SAYS ELECTIONS IMPOSSIBLE FOR 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the President of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),Guinea will not be holding legislative elections this year, although he was optimistic that they would be held no later than February 2009. Citing a series of delays and logistical challenges, [...]
2008-09-03 17:30:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY50UNIONS UNDECIDED ABOUT POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The unions are undecided about whether or not they will push for a strike on March 31, and unions leaders appear divided. Negotiations continue, but union leaders say that much will depend on the recommendation issued by the Committee de Suivi and the president,s subsequent rea [...]
2008-03-27 14:39:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY500UNIONS DIVIDED ON POLITICAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pessimistic but hoping for peace, union leader Rabiatou's comments during a September 3 meeting with A/DCM suggests that she does not have a clear idea of a strategy to achieve change in the face of what she is convinced will be fraudulent elections. Continued divisions both be [...]
2008-09-05 13:40:00Embassy ConakrySECRETELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY501FIRED PORT OFFICIAL REFUSES TO GIVE UP POST
[...] (U) The recent spate of presidential decrees coupled with several controversial "false decrees" over the last few months, has some Guineans questioning the legitimacy of these newest presidential appointments. In the case of the Port of Conakry, the former Director General of the Port, Oulaba [...]
2008-09-05 13:42:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY504ALLEGED STORY BEHIND SACKING OF MINISTER OF MINES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior FSN, and now a new GoG political appointee, shared some interesting insights into the inner workings of the Ministry of Mines. According to FSN, the former Minister of Mines (fired August 27) was one of the "good reformers." However, the minister was reportedly negoti [...]
2008-09-08 15:57:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY505OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PM'S POLITICAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recently returned Humphrey Fellow who has been working as the senior political advisor at the PM's office since 2004, shared his impressions of PM Souare, whom he sees as largely ineffective. He also recounted three visits with President Conte over the last four years. The c [...]
2008-09-08 16:01:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY506HEALTH UNIONS RESUME LABOR STRIKE
[...] (SBU) Citing the GoG's failure to meet long-standing demands, Guinea's health unions resumed a nationwide labor strike on September 8, continuing the 48 hour strike of August 11 and 12 (REFTEL). According to Daouda Conde, a member of the FSPDS' (Guinean Federation of Health Workers) executive [...]
2008-09-08 16:11:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY509PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS
[...] (U) In a decree released August 27, President Conte appointed over 200 civil servants to senior level positions throughout the government. Some of the appointments represent lateral transfers while others bring back former government officials. Beginning with the prime minister's office and [...]
2008-09-09 12:41:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY51EYE ON GUINEA,S SOCIO-POLITICAL UNDERCURRENTS
[...] (C) COMMENT. Since the president sacked the communications minister in early January, political and economic tensions in Guinea have generally been high. A persistent atmosphere of uncertainty has many Guineans on edge, especially as we approach the March 31 union deadline for resolving iss [...]
2008-03-27 14:40:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ELAB PREL GV
08CONAKRY510INCREASE IN CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN CONAKRY
[...] (U) Over the past few days, there has been a noticeable increase in the frequency of civil disturbances in Conakry. After the youth demonstration in neighboring Kamsar on August 22 (located a few hours up the coast from Conakry) that resulted in three civilians being shot by security forces ( [...]
2008-09-09 15:42:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM PGOV GV
08CONAKRY512GOG HAS NO CONCRETE PLANS FOR CELEBRATION OF 50TH
[...] (SBU) During meetings with the diplomatic community, former Prime Minister Kouyate repeatedly underscored the significance of Guinea's celebration of 50 years of independence, which will be officially recognized on October 2, 2008. That same message has continued through with the new adminis [...]
2008-09-10 09:37:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY52REPORT OF CONAKRY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Conakry's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met January 18 to discuss the possibility of civil unrest during and after the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations soccer game between Guinea and Ghana scheduled for Sunday, January 20. 2. (SBU) The EAC reviewed the likelihood of disturba [...]
2008-01-18 12:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER GV
08CONAKRY520CONAKRY YOUTHS DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of 12 prominent youth leaders have sent a letter to President Conte demanding his immediate resignation and the dissolution of the entire government. They are waiting to see if the president will meet with them tomorrow. If he does not, they plan to hold a press confere [...]
2008-09-11 17:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY521MIXED VIEWS FROM GUINEA'S INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, the Embassy has visited nine different towns throughout Guinea's interior in an effort to asses electoral readiness and extend our public outreach. The cautious optimism of a year ago appears to be moving towards skepticism for many citizens. Recent c [...]
2008-09-12 11:05:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY524GUINEAN PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing some insights into the deplorable conditions in Guinea's prisons and detention centers, the Director of the International Red Cross in Guinea claims that prison conditions continue to deteriorate. He blamed the situation on an overall lack of political will coupled with [...]
2008-09-12 14:36:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY525YOUTH MOVEMENT SPLINTERS IN THE FACE OF BRIBES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The broad-based youth movement that began to take shape last week (reftel) appears to be losing momentum. According to initial information from one of the main youth leaders, Thierno Balde, some of the youth groups have accepted bribes while others have backed down because of f [...]
2008-09-15 10:55:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY528HEALTH UNIONS REFUSE TO BACK DOWN, LABOR STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's health unions have entered into the second week of a nationwide labor strike they resumed on September 8. Unions leaders are refusing to back down, despite alleged "intimidation tactics" on the part of the government, because they are concerned that the government wi [...]
2008-09-15 16:43:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY53MONDAY LABOR STRIKE LOOKING UNLIKELY
[...] (SBU) As Guineans head into the weekend and approach the March 31 deadline set by unions after a short-lived escalation of political tensions in early January, information from various sources suggests that a strike on Monday is unlikely. Political and economic frustrations remain high, but [...]
2008-03-28 11:55:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY530POWER BROKERING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING - A LOOK AT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. President Conte's wives appear to be at the center of influence within the presidential palace, with a number of other powerful players circling in the wings. There are a few individuals who may be looking to take over the presidency, but most seem to be trying to stuff their po [...]
2008-09-16 11:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY532CONTINUED RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT IN CONAKRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. For nearly a week and a half, Conakry has experienced a number of random, spontaneous demonstrations throughout the city. Reportedly protesting a lack of electricity, youths have been blocking major traffic intersections at various times by throwing rocks and burning tires. Th [...]
2008-09-16 15:03:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY538YOUTHS REGROUP, SAY MOVEMENT WILL GO FORWARD ON
[...] (C)SUMMARY. Youth leaders say that they have overcome some initial dissension, and plan to move forward with a massive youth movement sometime in the next month. They are confident that they have significant support from the youths, although firm commitments from the labor unions and prominen [...]
2008-09-16 16:35:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALKDEM ASEC PGOV PHUM GV
08CONAKRY54MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON DEPORTEES, ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 28 meeting with the Charge, the Minister of Interior and Security said that the Guinean Government wants to establish a bilateral agreement with the U.S. in order to regulate extradition cases, such as those pending for 40 Guineans awaiting deportation in the U. [...]
2008-03-31 05:34:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY564CHANTAL COLLE BACK, PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY OVERRULES
[...] (C) Described by some as a close presidential confidante and by others as a &troublemaker,8 Mme Chantal Colle returned to Conakry September 19 after having been deported in March to France by the former Minister of Interior and Security. Colle,s sudden March arrest and deportation two days l [...]
2008-09-26 13:30:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY565YOUTH EXCHANGE BLOWS OVER POLITICAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Some of Conakry,s youth leaders came to blows the evening of September 18 over differences of political opinion. Over the past few weeks, a group of twelve youth leaders have been trying to organize a massive youth movement to force President Conte,s resignation and a complete dissolutio [...]
2008-09-26 13:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY568JUNIOR OFFICERS PLOT MILITARY COUP D,ETAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A core group of junior military officers, under the leadership of Major &Idi Amin8 Camara told the DATT that they are planning to orchestrate a bloodless coup in the coming weeks. Claiming to be working closely with various youth leaders as well as the leader of the May militar [...]
2008-09-29 17:15:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY569CONAKRY EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 29, 2008. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MED, MGT, POL/ECON, RAO and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the recent civil disturbances (refte [...]
2008-09-30 07:08:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY57RELIGIOUS LEADER SHARES POLITICAL INSIGHTS, OFFERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Archbishop of Guinea,s Anglican Church shared a number of useful insights on Guinea,s political situation and the various actors with the Ambassador. A highly respected leader and one of the key players during the civil unrest in early 2007, Gomez said that if he is asked [...]
2008-01-18 17:11:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY584GUINEA CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Republic of Guinea marked fifty years of independence on October 2 with a relatively uneventful ceremony and parade attended by seven dignitaries from neighboring countries. President Conte did not make an official appearance, sending First Lady Henriette Conte in his ste [...]
2008-10-06 17:02:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY588COUP PLOTTERS CONTINUE TO COORDINATE STRATEGY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A core group of young military officers from what is commonly known as the 19th promotion, in coordination with an underground youth movement, continue to plot a coup d'etat to overthrow the Guinean Government (reftel). They are in the process of fine tuning their strategy and [...]
2008-10-08 16:11:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY600ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - GENERAL BACKGROUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the first in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics. Guinea has been widely seen as a violence-averse, tolerant country in which various ethnic groups have been able to live together peacefully, avoiding the inter-ethnic conflicts [...]
2008-10-14 14:29:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY602ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - UNION MANDINGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable is the second in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftel). The Union Mandinge is the youth arm of a broader ethnically based organization with ties to Upper Guinea and the Malinke population. A/DCM met with Union Mandinge lead [...]
2008-10-15 13:27:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY604GOG DEMANDS MORE DONOR SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A meeting between the GoG and the international community on elections quickly deteriorated into a heated inter-agency debate about elections funding, with harsh criticism aimed at the absent Minister of Finance. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Political Affair [...]
2008-10-15 16:10:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY605PRESIDENT FIRES MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A presidential decree firing the ministers of finance and security was broadcast on national television last night. The governors of Conakry and Boke were also fired. No official reason was given for the dismissals. Rumors of possible dismissals have been circulating for weeks [...]
2008-10-15 16:19:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY607ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - HAAL PULAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the third in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The leader of Haal Pular, a Peuhl youth organization, claims to have more than 20,000 members both within the country and from the Guinean Diaspora. Often criticized [...]
2008-10-16 16:12:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY608PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON MONDAY, TEACHERS PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea,s 2008/2009 public school year is set to begin on Monday, October 13. The last session ended with a nationwide teacher strike in June during the national exam period (reftel),which was called off a week later when the GoG and the teachers negotiated an agreement. Howe [...]
2008-10-16 16:17:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY61COMMITTEE DE SUIVI TO REPORT TO CONTE THIS WEEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one union leader, the Committee de Suivi will present a summary of its findings to President Conte this week. In addition, the Committee's delegation will present a new restructuring decree and ask that the president sign it. If the president rejects the Committee [...]
2008-04-01 11:10:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY614OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS END OF REGIME IS IMMINENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Opposition leader Sidya Toure told Poloff that the end of Conte,s regime is imminent, whether through his death or a military takeover. In either case, he said he was certain that some sort of military transition is in Guinea,s future. Sidya said he and other opposition party [...]
2008-10-20 12:57:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY616GUINEA'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS - PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's voter registration process is off to a sluggish start due to logistical challenges, although recent developments indicate that some of the more problematic issues are approaching resolution. Challenges remain, but things appear to be moving forward, albeit slowly. A [...]
2008-10-20 14:50:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY620YOUTH LEADER TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL COUP AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. An underground youth movement appears to have joined forces with a group of young military officers intent on organizing a coup d,etat. Initially focused on a democratic movement forcing democratic change, the youths may now be facing a slippery slope of choices that could ulti [...]
2008-10-20 16:57:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY623A DARK PERIOD FOR GUINEA SAYS PROMINENT RELIGIOUS
[...] (C)SUMMARY. One of Guinea,s prominent Christian leaders privately told Poloff that Guinea,s most difficult challenges are yet to come. He believes that the current system is fundamentally broken, but that people are so focused on overthrowing the regime that they have neglected to develop a [...]
2008-10-21 14:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY63PUP HONORS PRESIDENT CONTE
[...] (U) Supporters of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) gathered at the People,s Palace in Conakry on July 19 to celebrate the fourth anniversary of General Lansana Conte,s inauguration as the president of the Republic of Guinea. Allegedly organized by the party,s youth, the event wa [...]
2008-01-22 15:56:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY631ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF THE FOREST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fourth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The youths of Guinea,s Forest Region appear to be primarily focused on minor inter-tribal tensions within their own region. Forest youth leaders downplayed broader [...]
2008-10-24 14:00:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY64GOG REDUCES FUEL SUBSIDY, PRICES RISE BY 62%
[...] (U) Late in the evening on March 31, the Guinean Government announced that the country's fuel prices would increase from 4,300 GnF per liter to 7,000 GnF per liter ($.97/liter to $1.59/liter),effective midnight. So far, the population's reaction has been relatively quiet. There have been a [...]
2008-04-01 14:08:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ASEC PREL GV
08CONAKRY642ALL EYES ON NOVEMBER 1 - INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. People have been talking about a possible coup d,etat in Guinea for a number of weeks now. Recent information from various sources suggests that a plot may move forward within the next few days, before the November 1 national military holiday. At the same time, these same indi [...]
2008-10-28 16:55:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY646CONAKRY EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 29, 2008
[...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAT, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the upcoming 50th an [...]
2008-10-29 15:17:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY648HIGH-LEVEL VISA APPLICATIONS CONTINUE AS NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Embassy received several visa requests from high-ranking officials in the Guinean government, including from the wife of the Minister of Defense and from controversial businessman Mamadou Sylla, on 29 October. The DS-156 visa applications noted that applicants hoped to travel before Novem [...]
2008-10-29 15:39:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV CVIS PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY651GOG DISPATCHES DELEGATION TO KAMSAR IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoG sent a delegation to Kamsar and Boke on October 28 and October 30 in an effort circumvent mass demonstrations planned to begin November 1. The local population is threatening to destroy the railroad if their demands for running water and electricity are not met by Octob [...]
2008-10-30 16:03:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY652ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF COASTAL GUINEA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fifth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). Despite repeatedly affirming their neutrality and broad-based ethnic support, the youths of "Bas-Cote" were clearly pro-Conte and pro-Soussou. During a meeting with [...]
2008-10-30 16:27:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY655EYEWITNESS SAYS CONTE IS IN POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 16:38:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY662PIVI AND HIS DRUNKEN GANG - BANDITS FOR HIRE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. According to a civilian living at Camp Alpha Yaya, Pivi is perpetually drunk, intimidating, and still popular among many of the rank and file soldiers. Contact said that Pivi is closely connected to Ousmane Conte, the president's son, and routinely receives cash from him, which [...]
2008-10-31 15:54:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY663DEMONSTRATORS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN CONAKRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a spontaneous demonstration that started around 12:30 AM last night, there have been several similar demonstrations throughout the capital city this morning. Demonstrators are reportedly protesting the GoG's failure to lower the price of fuel as expected (see septel [...]
2008-11-03 12:43:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY664RIOTS IN BOKE OVER THE WEEKEND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There were prolonged riots in Boke over the weekend after negotiations between the GoG and the local population failed to produce an acceptable agreement. Rioters attacked buildings owned by prominent government officials and one youth was killed when security forces intervene [...]
2008-11-03 12:48:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY666GUINEAN ARMY QUIETLY CELEBRATES FIFTIETH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Guinean Army quietly celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on November 2, contrary to the expectations of the press and various contacts. The GoG announced a force-wide salary increase over national radio, to be implemented in January 2009, but effective November 1. The mili [...]
2008-11-03 14:07:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY668CONAKRY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
[...] (SBU) Random, spontaneous demonstrations continued throughout the day in Conakry, effectively shutting down major traffic intersections. There have been occasional reports of security forces firing into the air, but no indications that security forces are firing directly at crowds. As of 16 [...]
2008-11-03 16:57:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY669CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 3, 2008
[...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 3, 2008 at 1530. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Conakry. These [...]
2008-11-03 17:07:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY67DIALOGUE COMMITTEE SET TO HOLD FIRST MEETING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Most of the member institutions of Guinea,s Committee de Suivi have named their representatives and Guinean Government officials report that the committee will hold its first meeting on January 29. The committee will be led by the President of the National Assembly and organized [...]
2008-01-24 12:04:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY670CIVIL UNREST CONTINUES IN CONAKRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the night was relatively quiet in Conakry, protestors and security forces were already mobilizing at 0700 for renewed demonstrations at key traffic intersections throughout the city. Embassy continues to receive reports of protest activity, including tire burning, ro [...]
2008-11-04 13:20:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV ELAB PREL GV
08CONAKRY671CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 4, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 4, 2008 at 0830. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...]
2008-11-04 14:03:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY675PROTEST ACTIVITY CONTINUES, BUT CITY IS NOTICEABLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Random protests continue in Conakry this morning, although the city appears calmer than it has since the civil disturbances started four days ago. Embassy has received reports of at least three dead, possibly four, and more than 40 injured. GoG security forces continue to re [...]
2008-11-05 13:17:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM GV
08CONAKRY678GOG NEGOTIATING WITH LABOR UNIONS TO END CIVIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several ministers and members of the National Assembly met with union leaders last night in an attempt to negotiate an end to the civil disturbances that have crippled the capital since November 2. Negotiations are expected to continue today. The union leaders are willing to [...]
2008-11-05 16:44:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ASEC PGOV ELAB GV
08CONAKRY679CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 5, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 5, 2008 at 1530. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Cona [...]
2008-11-05 17:21:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY68UFR OPPOSITION LEADER CALLING FOR NATIONAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The leader o Guinea,s opposition UFR party, Sidya Toure, tol Poloff that the Committee de Suivi (reftel) is seless. According to Toure, the country needs a national roundtable for dialogue in order to develo a clear strategy towards achieving an effectivepolitical transition. [...]
2008-01-24 14:18:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY680CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 6, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 6, 2008 at 0830. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...]
2008-11-06 13:36:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY681CALM RETURNS TO CONAKRY
[...] (SBU) Conakry has been relatively calm for more than 24 hours, following four days of civil disturbances in various parts of the city (reftels). Vehicular traffic was operating normally this morning throughout the city, with taxis and buses back out on the roads. Embassy employees saw studen [...]
2008-11-06 15:21:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB PGOV GV
08CONAKRY684TEACHERS UNIONS THREATEN NATIONWIDE LABOR STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Citing the government's continued failure to fulfill its commitments, Guinea's teacher's union is threatening to resume a nationwide labor strike that was suspended in June. The teachers are demanding that the GoG address their demands before November 10. Union contacts have [...]
2008-11-07 13:19:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ASEC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY686RENEWED CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN CONAKRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monday started off with renewed civil protests in Conakry, following four days of civil disturbances last week. There were three demonstrations this morning in areas that have been relatively quiet in recent weeks. The largest protest, which closed downtown Conakry, appeared [...]
2008-11-10 13:46:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB PGOV GV
08CONAKRY687FORMER FINANCE MINISTER BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING
[...] (SBU) According to multiple sources, Ousmane Dore, the former minister of finance, was brought in for questioning by the Judicial Police on November 7. Dore had originally been appointed under former Prime Minister Kouyate, and was one of the few Kouyate appointees retained in Prime Minister [...]
2008-11-10 16:20:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY69PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY LEADER ECHOES CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the opposition minority at the National Assembly told Poloff that failure to monitor the effective implementation of the January 27 Accords is at the heart of Guinea,s current political situation. Echoing another opposition party leader (septel),contact said tha [...]
2008-01-24 14:18:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY690TEACHERS APPROACH STRIKE DEADLINE
[...] (SBU) Elhadj Sy Savane, the deputy secretary general of Guinea's teachers' union (FSPE-SLECG),told POL LES that the union will be meeting throughout the day on November 10 in order to decide whether or not to resume a nationwide labor strike that was suspended in June (reftel A). Savane ini [...]
2008-11-10 16:23:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY691GOG RELEASES YOUTH PROTESTORS FROM PRISON
[...] (SBU) According to a local prisoner advocacy NGO, the Guinean police arrested approximately 100 youth protestors last week during a series of civil disturbances (reftels). These detainees were transferred from detention centers across the city to the Conakry Central Prison on November 7. Cont [...]
2008-11-10 16:26:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY693CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 10, 2008 at 1500. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to renewed civil disturbances [...]
2008-11-10 16:56:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY694TEACHERS BACK DOWN FROM STRIKE THREAT
[...] (SBU) Leaders of Guinea's teachers' union (FSPE-SLECG) met with Prime Minister Souare on November 10 to discuss GoG progress towards meeting the commitments it made to the teachers in June, as part of a negotiated agreement to end a three day national teacher strike. Union leaders initially [...]
2008-11-12 15:58:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL ASEC EAID AORC GV
08CONAKRY698YOUTHS PROTEST IN SIGUIRI, NEAR GUINEA-MALI BORDER
[...] (U) On November 12, youths in Siguiri organized a mass demonstration against the local gold mining company, SAG (South African AngloGold Ashanti Ltd). Civil society leaders had written a letter to SAG last week requesting that the company improve its provision of electricity to Siguiri and s [...]
2008-11-13 16:31:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ASEC PGOV ECON GV
08CONAKRY708BANK WORKERS ISSUE PRE-NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO
[...] (U) On November 14, a union of private bank employees issued a pre-notification of intent to strike. In compliance with local law, the union must provide employers with a 10 day notice before commencing strike activity. If the union's demands are not satisfactorily addressed, the union may [...]
2008-11-19 09:01:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY711PROTESTS AGAINST LOCAL MINING COMPANY IN KOUROUSSA
[...] (U) Two days of protests in Kouroussa (Upper Guinea) have forced the local gold mining company, SEMAFO, to temporarily call a halt to daily operations. Kouroussa is located approximately eight hours north of Conakry. The protests follow on similar demonstrations in Siguiri last week, and in [...]
2008-11-19 14:00:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ELAB ASEC ECON PGOV GV
08CONAKRY713GOG SAYS IT IS ON TRACK TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN MARCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new secretary general of the Ministry of Territorial Administration says that the voter registration process will be completed by the end of December, and that the government is on track to hold its legislative elections in March. Despite contact's optimism, the process o [...]
2008-11-20 16:11:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY719FRENCH CONCERNED THAT GOG IS COUNTING ON FOREIGN
[...] (S) Embassy DATT met with the French Political Attache to discuss contact's recent meeting with the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Alpha Ibrahima Keira. The French Attache asked Keira how the GoG plans to pay for the financial commitments it has made to various groups, and in [...]
2008-11-25 13:23:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV EAID PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY726MINISTER PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON POLITICAL STABILITY,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A candid discussion with the Minister of Reconciliation suggests that the Guinean Government is afraid of its military and attempting to appease soldiers at all costs in order to avoid a military takeover. The Minister privately acknowledged that the government does not intend t [...]
2008-12-01 15:06:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY727MUTINY LEADER TORTURES SIX CAMEROONIANS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. According to local press and independent sources, mutiny leader Claude Pivi authorized the torture of six Cameroonian citizens for four hours on November 21 at Camp Alpha Yaya, a military camp. Graphic photos depicting extensive burns and skin abrasions on one victim were printed [...]
2008-12-01 15:37:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY73INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE GUINEAN BAR SHARES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The acting president of Guinea,s Bar Association says the former president was dismissed because he acted outside his authority. Elections for a new Bar president are reportedly scheduled for March 11. With respect to the legal system in general, contact,s insights help illu [...]
2008-01-28 14:34:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY73417 GUINEAN MINISTERS IN MECCA FOR PIGLRIMAGE
[...] (U) The Guinean Government sent a delegation of 17 ministers, including the prime minister, on pilgrimage to Mecca this week. A western diplomat told the Charge that he had personally seen the group boarding two unidentified, private chartered airplanes at the national airport. A local inte [...]
2008-12-05 09:59:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ASEC GV
08CONAKRY735BANK WORKER STRIKE PROMPTS 30% INCREASE IN SALARIES
[...] (U) Following its November 14 pre-notification of intent (reftel),Guinean's union of private bank employees launched a nationwide labor strike on December first. By the following day, the union had reached an agreement with bank managers, which included a commitment to increase salaries by [...]
2008-12-05 10:00:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON PGOV ASEC
08CONAKRY739YOUTH TRY TO REGROUP TO ORGANIZE CIVIL MOVEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. After failing to organize a mass youth movement in September and then turning to military elements to plot a coup d'etat, a local youth leader says he is now back to bringing youths together to force President Conte out of office. Contact expressed concerns that the military may [...]
2008-12-09 13:09:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV
08CONAKRY74BUSINESS (AND POLITICS) AS USUAL IN GUINEA
[...] (SBU) The 62% increase in fuel prices earlier this week appears to have generally been peacefully accepted by the population, at least so far. On the political side, bits and pieces of Guinea's political puzzle continue to develop. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------------------- [...]
2008-04-04 12:39:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY742CONAKRY GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON SECURITY AND SANITATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new governor of Conakry used a recent courtesy call by Poloff as an opportunity to bring in news crews and expound on his policy objectives over national television while creating a perception of a "close" connection to the U.S. Embassy. A somewhat controversial appointme [...]
2008-12-09 16:34:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY748NIGERIAN EMBASSY FRUSTRATED WITH GUINEAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a senior Nigerian Embassy official suggests that the Government of Nigeria is increasingly frustrated with the Guinean Government and unsympathetic to the country's political and economic struggles. Contact highlighted concerns over increased crime rate [...]
2008-12-10 16:24:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY767PRESIDENTIAL GUARD CONFISCATES COPIES OF "LA
[...] (SBU) Mr. Souleyman Diallo, Director of the independent newspaper "La Lance" told PD LES on December 17 that soldiers from the Red Berets (presidential guard) were in the process of confiscating all copies of the latest edition of the newspaper. Diallo said that Colonel Mamadouba Soumah, an [...]
2008-12-17 15:42:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY768GOG PUSHES ELECTIONS TO END OF MAY, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a hastily convened meeting with the donor community, Prime Minister Souare seemed eager to convince the international community of the GoG?s commitment to hold legislative elections as soon as possible. At the same time, the GoG distributed a draft elections planning t [...]
2008-12-17 16:12:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY773GOSSIP FROM CAMP ALPHA YAYA - RUMORS ABOUT THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A civilian contact at Camp Alpha Yaya says people are speculating widely as to the state of President Conte's health, and in some cases, asserting that he may already be dead. Contact claims that the military has been holding succession meetings at Camp Alpha Yaya. There have [...]
2008-12-18 16:50:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY777REVISITING THE ELEMENTS OF INSTABILITY - AN
[...] (S) Guinea has been traversing a difficult political transition for more than two years now. The country's political situation is unstable and its future, uncertain. Over the past year, Embassy has periodically submitted analytical pieces assessing Guinea's ever-evolving political and social [...]
2008-12-19 14:13:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY78GUINEAN PRESIDENT CANCELS LIBYAN HOTEL CONTRACTS
[...] (U) Late on Friday, April 4, Radio Television Guinean (RTG) reported that President Lansana Conte had signed a decree cancelling Guinea's recent hotel deals with Libya. Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate is responsible for negotiating the deals, which essentially turned over three major Conakry h [...]
2008-04-08 11:39:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC LY GV
08CONAKRY783RPG OPPOSITION LEADER RETURNS TO GUINEA
[...] (SBU) Alpha Conde, president of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) opposition political party, returned to Guinea on December 21 after an 18 month absence. According to a high level contact within the party, the RPG is not planning any immediate political activities, but said the party w [...]
2008-12-22 16:25:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY787PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so- called 19th promotion, [...]
2008-12-23 12:18:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY788CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...]
2008-12-23 14:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY789CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...]
2008-12-23 16:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY79UNIONS IN KISSIDOUGOU SAY THEY WERE READY TO STRIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Union officials in Kissidougou saw the events of early January (reftels) as a success for the reform movement in Guinea. Though Conakry union leaders postponed the general strike, Kissidougou union members said they were ready to mobilize support for the consensus government. [...]
2008-01-29 12:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY790PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so-called 19th promoti [...]
2008-12-23 16:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY791PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so-called 19th promoti [...]
2008-12-23 16:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY792CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened a second Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 23, 2008 at 1500 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securit [...]
2008-12-23 16:45:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY793COUP APPEARS TO HAVE ROUTED GUINEAN GOVERNMENT -
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A military coup launched by elements of the so-called 19th promotion following the announcement of President Conte's death (reftels) appears to have succeeded in routing the government, at least in the immediate term. The Ministry of Security, which includes the police force, ap [...]
2008-12-23 17:10:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY795CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 24, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 24, 2008 at 0830 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, AID, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed po [...]
2008-12-24 14:10:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY796PUTSCHISTS ANNOUNCE MEMBERS OF TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Coup organizers officially announced the formation of a transitional council on December 23, which includes 32 members. The Council is predominantly military with reported ties to drug kingpin Ousmane Conte. Mutiny leader Claude Pivi is also a member. Civilian contacts are sa [...]
2008-12-24 15:27:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY797LACK OF CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP AS TRANSITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Certain segments of the youth population appear to be the only civilian sector currently engaging the military putschists, but coup leaders may be becoming increasingly disinclined to facilitate an immediate transition to civilian rule. The international community is demanding [...]
2008-12-24 15:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PMIL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY798CALM RESTORED, NEW GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has assumed control of the government, proclaiming himself president of the Republic of Guinea. The Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) appears to be successfully consolidating and reinforcing its authority, although internal disagreements [...]
2008-12-29 14:07:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM GV
08CONAKRY799EMBASSY CONAKRY PROPOSED ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE
[...] (S) In the wake of President Conte's death and the subsequent coup d'etat on December 23 (reftels),the U.S. Government should play a key role in this historic political transition period by promoting the timely installation of a civilian government that is brought to power through free and f [...]
2008-12-29 14:14:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY80CONSUMER ORGANIZATION PLANS PROTEST FOR APRIL 10
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A local NGO for consumer protection is planning a large protest against high prices on April 10, anticipating participation at about 3,000 people. Plans were announced on BBC and the organization has reportedly distributed flyers. However, the umbrella civil society council p [...]
2008-04-08 12:49:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ASEC GV
08CONAKRY800CHARGE MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge met with members of Guinea's new government, the CNDD, on December 27. Vice President Toto Camara talked about enlarging the CNDD and having it act as the country's legislative body. Camara discussed an elections timeline for 2010, but indicated that the CNDD might be o [...]
2008-12-29 14:44:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY804CONAKRY EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 29, 2008
[...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2008 at 0900 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securi [...]
2008-12-29 16:47:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV
08CONAKRY810RESCUING THE GUINEAN STATE - A CNDD MEMBER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A member of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) outlined the new government's political agenda, emphasizing that the CNDD had no interest in governing the country in the long-term. Characterizing the CNDD as a patriotic movement to restore the Guinean State, Cont [...]
2008-12-30 17:13:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY814MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CNDD - COMMENTS FROM
[...] SUMMARY. Alpha Conde, leader of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) political party said he is willing to work with the CNDD as long as it moves to hold legislative and presidential elections by the end of 2009. Comparing Lansana Conte to Mugabe, Conde explained why a coup d'etat was the [...]
2008-12-31 15:48:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY815RELIGIOUS LEADER SEES COUP AND CNDD AS A POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A respected Christian leader called Guinea's recent coup d'etat and subsequent installation of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) a political "catastrophe." He expressed disappointment over the lack of civilian leadership and the general complacency with which the [...]
2008-12-31 16:26:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV
08CONAKRY82MARKET WOMEN READY TO TAKE TO THE STREETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econ LES recently canvassed a number of Conakry's market women on the current economic situation and possible peaceful demonstrations (reftel). Angry and frustrated, the women complained about rising food prices and their inability to make ends meet. All of them independently [...]
2008-04-09 07:59:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY83UN BRINGS IN FORMER HAITIAN PM AS DIALOGUE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Gerard Latortue, a former prime minister of Haiti, has been in Conakry for three weeks on an official United Nations Mission to encourage dialogue. Despite a professed close friendship with the Guinean PM, Latortue believes that Kouyate has failed to do his job, and is quickly [...]
2008-04-09 14:18:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPREL PGOV ASEC UN GV
08CONAKRY84ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON CONTE'S HEALTH - WHO IS
[...] (S) During a meeting with Poloff on April 9, Nicolas Kazadi, the Economic Counselor for the UN Mission in Guinea, mentioned that he saw President Conte on April 3 with a visiting UN representative (septel). "I was absolutely shocked," Kazadi said, "and I have to ask myself who is really runn [...]
2008-04-09 14:20:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY85PLANNED PROTEST LACKS ORGANIZED SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Guineans throughout the capital continue to discuss the possibility of a large, public march on April 10 to protest rising prices (reftel). However, while people generally support the underlying principles for the protest, there is little organizational support. The President of the O [...]
2008-04-09 14:31:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY89UFR OPPOSITION LEADER MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the leadership of Sidya Toure, the Union Force Republican (UFR) party continues to prepare for elections, despite the lack of an actual election date. At the same time, Toure seems convinced that the only true solution to Guinea,s political problems is the removal of Pres [...]
2008-02-01 13:21:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY9REPORT OF EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Upon receiving reports January 4 of civil disturbances in Conakry, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) for the Embassy met to review the current status of the situation in country. The EAC reviewed the Action Log, confirmed that a Warden Message had been sent, and determined that the s [...]
2008-01-04 14:55:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER GV
08CONAKRY91UNION LEADER SAYS IT IS TIME FOR A COUP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Visibly disheartened and in poor health, union leader Rabiatou told Poloff that the only way out of Guinea,s political impasse is a coup d,etat. She relentlessly criticized the prime minister, apparently seeing him as yet another corrupt official betraying the public trust. Ra [...]
2008-02-05 06:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY97GUINEA/SIERRA LEONE BORDER VISIT ILLUSTRATES DAILY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent Embassy trips to Guinea's border with Sierra Leone, both in the south and in the north, demonstrate just how porous Guinea,s borders are. On Guinea's southern border, using little more than handwritten ledgers to track people, Guinean border officials could not provide [...]
2008-02-05 14:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
08COPENHAGEN70DENMARK: CARTOONS IN DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 14:25:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL ASEC DA
08COTONOU630USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS
[...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...]
2008-10-03 09:15:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN
08CURACAO14ANSWER TO NSDD-38 - REDUCTION IN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[...] Chief of Mission disapproves Ref. A proposal to abolish the Defense Liaison Officer (DLO) position in Curacao. His decision is based on three important reasons: A) A previous COM identified several policy and administrative factors justifying the approval of this DLO position as recently [...]
2008-01-29 18:25:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP AMGT AODE ABLD ASEC NA NL
08DAKAR1142007 Country Reports on Terrorism: Senegal
[...] The following narrative is Posts submission for the 2007 Country Terrorism Report (CTR): Senegal The Government of Senegal cooperated with the Untied States in identifying terrorist groups operating in Senegal. More work remained to be done, however, to develop first responder services, [...]
2008-01-29 11:23:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KHLS AEMR SG KDMR
08DAKAR154DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-02-07 13:20:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR163GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED
[...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...]
2008-02-08 12:30:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU
08DAKAR164GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT
[...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...]
2008-02-08 12:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU
08DAKAR175GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT
[...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...]
2008-02-14 16:42:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU
08DAKAR529DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-05-08 07:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAKAR530DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...]
2008-05-08 07:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG
08DAMASCUS130CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Post has determined there is no/no critical infrastructure or key resources in Syria that would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States if destroyed, disrupted or exploited. Due to the strained bilateral relationship, we do not engage the SARG o [...]
2008-02-24 13:41:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN EIND EINV ETTC PGOV PTER SY
08DAMASCUS162SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...]
2008-03-06 16:07:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS165SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...]
2008-03-10 07:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS175PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO RFP
[...] (U) As requested by G/TIP (reftel),Post submits summary information for the proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to RFP GTIP-07-AW-003-112307. The proposal was the only one submitted and Post recommends it for funding. The entire proposal w [...]
2008-03-13 15:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08DAMASCUS261SARG ON TRAVEL WARNING, PREPARATIONS FOR KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 04:51:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL CASC PTER SY
08DAMASCUS443RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Although anecdotal information suggests the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) remains in existence, with representatives stationed here in Damascus, we have no information on terrorist activities the PLF engaged in between 2003 and 2008, nor we do we have any information on the [...]
2008-06-19 15:16:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNKCRM KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC PREL IS
08DAMASCUS46SYRIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963-11) 3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Syria was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. Since then it has continued political support to Palestinia [...]
2008-01-22 12:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS636HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION
[...] (U) Summary: The following is submitted in response to the Department's request (ref B). Due to the difficult bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the SARG, Post does not have the full access necessary to give a complete picture of Syria's information collection, screening and sharin [...]
2008-09-10 14:24:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KVPR ASEC KHLS SY
08DAMASCUS677CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN GREATER DAMASCUS AREA -
[...] (C) On September 27 at roughly 0745 Damascus time (0045 EST) a car bomb exploded on the main road connecting Damascus to surrounding suburbs and the Damascus International Airport, located approximately 5kms (3 miles) from the Embassy. Syrian and Western press have reported 17 deaths and 14 i [...]
2008-09-27 11:03:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC SY
08DAMASCUS678EAC DAMASCUS - SEPTEMBER 27 EXPLOSION
[...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met September 27 to review Post's security posture following an apparent car bomb attack in Damascus earlier that morning. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, MGT, POL/ECON, PAO, MSGDETCMDR, DAO, IMO, CONS, and GRPO attended. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-09-27 11:35:00Embassy DamascusSECRETASEC PTER CASC SY
08DAMASCUS679CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN GREATER DAMASCUS AREA -
[...] (C) On September 27 at roughly 0745 Damascus time (0045 EST) a car bomb exploded on the main road connecting Damascus to surrounding suburbs and the Damascus International Airport, located approximately 5kms (3 miles) from the Embassy. Syrian and Western press have reported 17 deaths and 14 i [...]
2008-09-27 11:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC SY
08DAMASCUS723SARG ANTI-TERROR CRACKDOWN - A VIEW FROM THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The SARG remains committed to its gloves-off crackdown on Salafist terror cells within Syria following the September 27 VBIED attack on a Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) branch office (ref A). While the security services have scored successes in raids on suspected safe hous [...]
2008-10-14 10:47:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV PTER SY
08DAMASCUS739DAMASCUS EAC 10/23/2008
[...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 23 to review the potential threat information in Ref A. Charge, chaired the meeting; A/DCM, MGT, POL/ECON, PAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, MSGDETCMDR, IMO, and GRPO attended. 2. (S/NF) GRPO briefed EAC on ref A, which contained informa [...]
2008-10-23 16:50:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER SY
08DAMASCUS744DAMASCUS EAC REVIEWS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 27 to review Post's security profile amid Syrian media allegations of an October 26 U.S. military strike on Syrian territory. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, PAO, A/MGT (IMO),DAO, GRPO, CONS, and MSGDETCMDR at [...]
2008-10-27 11:34:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC PREL PTER CASC SY
08DAMASCUS753SARG VIEWS ON NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND
[...] (S/NF) A Palestinian American academic who enjoys frequent access to SARG FM Muallim told us October 23 that Muallim believes that the U.S. Embassy is exaggerating the threat in Damascus and "can wait" until such time as the SARG finds a location for a NEC. The implication was that the SARG [...]
2008-10-29 10:14:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL ASEC ABLD SY
08DAMASCUS755DAMASCUS EAC - TEMPORARY CLOSURE THURSDAY FOR
[...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 29 to assess Post's security profile in advance of possible demonstrations October 29 or 30. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, A/PAO, CONS, GRPO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, MSGDETCMDR, and IMO attended. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed EA [...]
2008-10-29 13:59:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC PREL PTER CASC SY
08DAMASCUS758OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO SARG ORDER TO CLOSE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Begin Summary: At 1500 local today, Post received official verbal notification from MFA Chief of Protocol Abdul Latif Dabbagh of the SARG's order to close the American Cultural Center (ACC) immediately and to close the American School [...]
2008-10-29 20:16:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC APER AFIN PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS764RESPONDING TO SARG'S ORDERS OF OCTOBER 29 -- REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE
[...] (U) This cable contains two action requests ) see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Reopening for normal business November 2, Embassy Damascus will be faced with the question whether to comply with the SARG's verbal order of October 29 to immediately close the American Cultural Center, including t [...]
2008-10-31 12:18:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC AMGT SY
08DAMASCUS773CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG
[...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...]
2008-11-03 09:19:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY
08DAMASCUS775DIPLOMATIC EFFORT ON DAMASCUS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
[...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Glenn Davidson briefed Charge on a November 4 meeting between SARG MFA Vice FM Faisal Miqdad and a group of local diplomats, led by the Dean of the Consular Corps, Argentinian Ambassador Herman Roberto Plorutti. The diplomatic group also included the Ambassadors of t [...]
2008-11-03 11:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT ASEC SY
08DAMASCUS906SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...]
2008-12-23 12:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
08DAMASCUS908SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...]
2008-12-29 04:30:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC
08DAMASCUS912OBO VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 14:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT ASEC
08DARESSALAAM740ZANZIBAR TOURIST SHOOTING REVEALS ISLAND RIFTS
[...] (C) Summary: After a vacationing French national was shot and critically wounded at a Zanzibar resort on September 17th, extensive follow up inquiries yielded insight into the inner workings of Zanzibar and its police. The lack of initial police response and severe deficiencies in the Zanzib [...]
2008-10-28 09:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR SOCI TZ
08DHAKA105DHAKA UNIVERSITY TENSE AFTER PROFESSORS CONVICTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of students protested at Dhaka University on January 22 after three professors were convicted of charges relating to violent unrest on the campus last August. As of 1600 local time the demonstrations involving several hundred people were peaceful but the situation was exp [...]
2008-01-22 11:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA1078AMBASSADOR LAYS DOWN MARKER ON FORMATION OF HUJI-B
[...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed to Bangladesh's outgoing Counter Terrorism Director the USG's strong concerns about efforts by Foreign Terrorist Organization HUJI-B to transform itself into the "Islamic Democratic Party." While emphasizing the importance of keeping potential extremist groups abo [...]
2008-10-16 08:32:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PINR PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1101RAPID ACTION BATTALION PROVIDES INFORMATION NEEDED
[...] (U) Action Request: Embassy Dhaka requests the Department confirm Post's finding that the Rapid Action Battalion provided a credible list of sub-units involved in cross-fires, thereby meeting the pre-condition set by the Department to receive human rights training. -------------------------- [...]
2008-10-21 10:30:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BG
08DHAKA1127THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S
[...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...]
2008-10-28 11:09:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM
08DHAKA1138ELECTION COMMISSION TO REJECT IDP REGISTRATION
[...] (S) Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain told the Embassy on 10/30 the Commission would reject the Islamic Democratic Party's attempt to register for Parliamentary elections in December. The party was formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad- [...]
2008-10-30 11:27:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA1139PLAN TO ASSIST THE BANGLADESH NAVY IMPROVE
[...] (S//REL TO USA, FVEY/RELIDO) Action Request: Embassy Dhaka recommends USG support for the creation of a Bangladesh Navy Special Operations unit, similar to US SEAL and Special Boat units. The Government of Bangladesh intends this unit to be a counterterrorism force that will address critical g [...]
2008-10-30 11:33:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPHUM PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BG MARR MASS
08DHAKA1143VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212(F) (RAHMAN, TARIQUE)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tarique Rahman (aka Tarique),born on November 20, 1967 in Bangladesh. The Embassy belie [...]
2008-11-03 10:08:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL
08DHAKA1346BNP ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM CORRUPTION
[...] (C) As the parliamentary election campaign enters its final days, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is attempting to divert attention away from a corruption scandal involving Chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger son by decrying an alleged plot against the party's leader. Hours after Zia had add [...]
2008-12-24 10:35:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC BG CASC KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
08DHAKA189SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND
[...] This message responds to the REFTEL action request. 2. Embassy Dhaka received three proposals in response to the solicitation for projects addressing the problem of trafficking-in-persons, for funding under G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. 3. After an interagency review of subm [...]
2008-02-11 11:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG IN BG
08DHAKA242BANGLADESH--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
[...] (C) Summary: The goal of free, fair, and fully participatory elections in Bangladesh by the end of 2008 remains achievable, but numerous potential obstacles stand in the way of realizing that objective, with some key observers starting to hedge their bets. With less than a year remaining be [...]
2008-02-24 11:57:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER ECON BG
08DHAKA290EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...]
2008-03-04 11:23:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
08DHAKA459EMBASSY DHAKA UPDATED INFORMATION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL
[...] This cable provides updated information provided by the Government of Bangladesh regarding its efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, I [...]
2008-04-23 11:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG
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