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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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05ISTANBUL1289ISTANBUL - OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. The Istanbul Country Council was "re-established" on February 26, 2003. Post philosophy for the Istanbul chapter has been to hold three to four meetings each year using guest speakers on substantive matters. In April 2004, a new steering committee signed the chapter's charter, [...]
2005-07-26 17:21:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05ISTANBUL1359ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE RAISES SPECIFIC CONCERNS
[...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with Charge (ref A),Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered to share with us upon his return the points discussed during his July 11-12 discussions in Brussels with EU officials, including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissio [...]
2005-08-09 11:51:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL147INTERNECINE WARFARE THREATENS TO SPLIT OPPOSITION
[...] (sbu) Summary: Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal and Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul are set for a collision course at the upcoming January 29-30 party congress. Efforts by Istanbul MP Zulfu Livaneli and CHP delegate Hursit Gunes to present themselves as compromise candidates [...]
2005-01-28 17:43:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ISTANBUL1492GE CAPITAL ENTERS TURKISH BANKING SECTOR AS TURKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The August 24 announcement that GE Capital will acquire 25.5 percent of the shares of Garanti Bank, one of Turkey's four leading private banking institutions, is a welcome indication of U.S. interest in the Turkish financial sector, following a wave of European acquisitions over [...]
2005-08-26 15:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN BEXP TU
05ISTANBUL1506DAS BRYZA'S ISTANBUL MEETINGS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Istanbul Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva on August 24, visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza strongly reaffirmed USG support for religious freedom and pluralism in Turkey and stressed that the subject will remain front and center in o [...]
2005-08-31 12:47:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL1577SDIF CHIEF REVIEWS A SUCCESSFUL BUT TURBULENT YEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Ankara Econ Counselor and Istanbul P/E Chief, the Chairman of Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF),Ahmet Erturk, reviewed his organization's progress in recouping Turkey's losses from the 2001 banking crisis. Noting that th [...]
2005-09-15 09:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CASC TU
05ISTANBUL1723UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' ISTANBUL MEETINGS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: During her 24-hour visit to Istanbul, Under Secretary Hughes met with religious leaders representing a range of confessions and exchanged views on how extremism can most effectively be counteracted. All stressed the need to combat the underlying causes of extremism, including [...]
2005-10-05 10:37:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU
05ISTANBUL1734ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics making news in Istanbul. Green on the Green ------------------ 2. (U) Residents of Istanbul's upscale and secular residential Kadikoy districts are up in arms about a City Cou [...]
2005-10-06 06:26:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL175MUSLIM OUTREACH - THE INDIRECT APPROACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: While remaining steadfast in opposition to U.S. policies on Iraq and the Middle East, Islam-oriented opinion leaders and broader audiences of devout Muslims in Istanbul and the surrounding areas have been receptive to our public outreach on other topics of common interest. Our [...]
2005-02-02 17:23:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KPAO PREL TU
05ISTANBUL1804ARMENIAN CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS DEBRIEF STEVEN
[...] (C) Summary: Three organizers of the recent "Alternative Armenian Conference" here (ref A) told former U.S. Congressman and GOT consultant Steven Solarz October 7 that the watershed conference would embolden students to pursue more serious and objective research on the topic. They averred - [...]
2005-10-18 15:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU AM
05ISTANBUL1839TURKISH TEXTILE SECTOR RENEWS CALL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with General Scowcroft's visiting American Turkish Council Delegation (ATC),Turkish textile representatives renewed their call for a preferential trade agreement to enable application of lower U.S. customs duties to Turkish textile exports to the U.S. The industry [...]
2005-10-21 14:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX TU
05ISTANBUL1867TURKEY-ARMENIA: TRACK TWO ON TRACK?
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Armenian "Track Two" efforts continue to chip away at old attitudes. A New Jersey-based Armenian Orthodox Church official was pleased with his reception in Ankara during a recent visit, and plans to organize tours to Turkey with diaspora Armenians next year. "Alternati [...]
2005-10-27 11:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ISTANBUL1870ISTANBUL BUSINESS BULLISH, BUT SEES INFLATD ASSET
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Istanbul meetings October 20,visiting Special Representative for Commercial ad Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found both Turksh and international business executives optimistc about the Turkish economy. They concurred, hoever, that there is something of a bubble in Turish as [...]
2005-10-27 14:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TU
05ISTANBUL1888ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul; herewith, a special "Ramazan" edition. Istanbul Iftars --------------- 2. (U) "Iftar," or the traditional breaking of the Ramadan ("Ramazan," in Tur [...]
2005-10-31 15:19:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL1889MOTOROLA DISPUTE SETTLED
[...] (SBU) Protracted negotiations between Motorola and the Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) came to a successful conclusion on October 28 with the signing of an agreement by which Motorola renounced its legal claims against both the SDIF and Telsim in exchange for a cash payment of US [...]
2005-10-31 15:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECPS BEXP TU
05ISTANBUL1960ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP ON KATHOLIKOS VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: New York-based Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Armenian Church of America told CG November 9 Armenian Katholikos Karekin II of Echmiadzin is considering a visit to Turkey next year, adding that he had received positive reactions from both Turkish diplomats in New York and Ar [...]
2005-11-16 12:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR AM
05ISTANBUL1968DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...]
2005-11-16 15:43:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ISTANBUL2059IRAQI SUNNI ARAB TEAM PRESENTS OLD GRIEVANCES TO
[...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting in Istanbul organized by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, a delegation of Iraqi Sunni Arab political figures told Ambassador Khalilzad that the "insurgents" want the political process in Iraq to succeed, but seek more credibility in the process. They demand [...]
2005-12-06 16:11:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ
05ISTANBUL2071AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DECEMBER 4 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a very cordial hour-long lunch sandwiched between U.S. meetings with a team of Iraqi Sunnis -- conducted in Istanbul and orchestrated and observed by the GOT -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad that Turkey had counseled t [...]
2005-12-07 14:42:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY IZ TU SYRIA
05ISTANBUL2072EXPORTERS ASSEMBLY CHIEF PUSHES FOR NEW U.S. TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Suleyman Orakcioglu, acting President of the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) and head of the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Association (IKTIB) raised eyebrows here this week with his announcement to the press that a new "special trade agreement" is in the works betwee [...]
2005-12-08 11:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TU
05ISTANBUL2171AMBASSADOR'S FIRST VISIT TO ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) In his first visit to Istanbul December 18-20, Ambassador met with a range of business, government and other leaders, including Mustafa Koc, head of Turkey's largest holding company, Aydin Dogan, the country's leading media baron, the Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK),the Americ [...]
2005-12-26 23:29:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV TU
05ISTANBUL2177AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a cordial introductory call on December 20, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I outlined for the Ambassador the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey and underscored three major factors threatening it: the lack of a seminary for the training of priests; the lack of [...]
2005-12-28 08:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM TU AA OSCE
05ISTANBUL2186ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul. Vatican II ) Muslim Style? -------------------------- 2. (SBU) We recently attended a Koran reading and sermon at Sehzadebasi Mosque in the Eminonu-Fat [...]
2005-12-29 14:28:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL267IZMIR VIEWS ON APP CLOSURE, OVACIK MINE RESTART,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings in Izmir February 2-4, Izmir liaison officer informed municipal, business and academic officials of the Congressional decision to close the Izmir American Presence Post and the U.S. plan to reopen a consular agency. Regarding U.S. efforts to reopen the Ovacik Gold [...]
2005-02-17 13:15:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU PHUM EINV
05ISTANBUL346SUZER PLAZA CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul's controversial Suzer Plaza skyscraper, which houses the Ritz Carlton Hotel and was partially financed by OPIC, has returned to the headlines in recent weeks. In early January, two restaurants at the building's base were targeted for partial demolition by city official [...]
2005-03-02 07:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV TU OPIC
05ISTANBUL422TURKISH-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL PLANS AGRESSIVE PUSH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish-U.S. Business Council (TUSBC) leaders outlined an agressive push to expand both their business promotion work and their public relations activities in support of the bilateral relationship in a March 14 breakfast with Consul General. Incoming President Yilmaz Arguden, [...]
2005-03-17 14:31:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV TU
05ISTANBUL502FORMER TURKISH HOSTAGE ALLEGES MALFEASANCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: In an Istanbul meeting with Ambassador Edelman, Turkish businessman Kahraman Sadikoglu, who was held hostage in Basra from December 15, 2004, to February 15, 2005, made serious allegations regarding malfeasance in USAID contracting in Basra in 2003. Sadikoglu, who was working und [...]
2005-04-01 14:49:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IZ PTER TU
05ISTANBUL526CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...]
2005-04-08 05:51:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL645RUSSIA PUTS HOLD ON U.S. BSEC OBSERVER REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Secretariat of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation indicate the Russian Delegation blocked approval of the U.S. application for observer status at last week's Meeting of Senior Officials in Komotini, Greece. While the Russians technically "supporte [...]
2005-05-02 13:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
05ISTANBUL692INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRAISES TURKEY'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's second annual Investment Advisory Council Meeting on April 29 in Istanbul brought recognition of the economic and political strides Turkey has made over the past year, including most notably macroeconomic stability and a date for beginning of accession negotiations with [...]
2005-05-06 15:41:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN TU
05JEDDAH1761W/W VISIT - AMINA CORDEIRO
[...] (U) On June 6, 2005, Conoff and Senior ACS LES visited with thirteen year old Amina Cordeiro at the request of the left behind parent, Melissa Luna, who currently lives in Dubai. The visit took place at the house of Abdullah Al Johani, the prominent Jeddah lawyer who represents the Bin Lade [...]
2005-06-08 13:55:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDCASC
05JEDDAH1903MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: YOUTH, BLACK
[...] (SBU) From the Grand Mosque in Mecca on June 10, Sheikh Salah bin Mohammed al-Budayr delivered a sermon focusing on summer activities for youth. The imam stated that leisure activities should be used to strengthen the well-being of one's society and nation. He underscored the importance of [...]
2005-06-15 16:45:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL SOCI PINR
05JEDDAH2181SNAPSHOT OF STUDENT OPINION: UNDERGRADS FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the June 28 opening of the first American Corner in Saudi Arabia at the College of Business Administration (CBA) in Jeddah, Conoff accompanied a group of CBA undergraduates and their student advisor on a June 30 hiking trip to the mountains near Mecca. In discussions [...]
2005-07-02 13:24:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL SOCI KISL
05JEDDAH2495UNDERGRADS FRET ABOUT JOBS AND DISCUSS TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conoff participated in an outdoor "Youth Challenge" competition on July 21 sponsored by the College of Business Administration (CBA) Youth Business Club and "Yalla Ya Shabbab" (roughly "Let's Go Guys"),a youth-oriented television program. On June 30, Conoff visited [...]
2005-07-23 14:21:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER SOCI
05JEDDAH3366SAUDI KING PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 5, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Fran Townsend met with King Abdullah at his invitation at the King's home in Jeddah. The meeting, notable for its warm and friendly tone, focused on the Saudi progress in subduing Saudi terrorists and the need to c [...]
2005-09-13 11:44:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA
05JERUSALEM1772JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29) - ABBAS'S FIRST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 11:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAL KWBG IS KPAO PREL OPRC
05JERUSALEM1792WB/G SITREP: MAY 2, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2, one IDF soldier and one PIJ gunman (Shawfiq Abd al-Ghani) were killed in a shootout during an IDF operation in Saida village, by Tulkarm, according to Israeli and Palestinian media. In Gaza, one Palestinian was killed during a gunfight between members of the Eddiri [...]
2005-05-02 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1987WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN KILLED AT WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on May 16 shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached an Israeli checkpoint on foot near Tulkarm. The IDF on May 15 shot and wounded two Palestinians who had thrown firebombs near 'Abud village, northwest of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, four Isra [...]
2005-05-16 17:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3557WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...]
2005-08-08 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM5669HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...]
2005-12-20 17:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
05KABUL4967KARZAI DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE BUDGET WITH
[...] (SBU) President Karzai and AID Administrator Natsios on November 17 ran through a tour dhorizon of the progress of U.S. assistance programs, Afghan needs, U.S. budget realities, and plans for counter-narcotics work in the coming year. While Karzai continues to believe a twenty percent reduct [...]
2005-12-07 12:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL4985CODEL MURPHY/SKELTON MEETS KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Congressmen Murphy, Skelton, and Marshall, accompanied by Ambassador Neumann, met with President Karzai on November 24 to discuss U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Karzai expected the inauguration of the newly elected Parliament to occur December 18 or 19 since announced for the 19th. He [...]
2005-12-08 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR PARM MASS AF
05KABUL5033REHABILITATING STATE-RUN ARIANA AIRLINES
[...] (SBU) The President of state-owned flag carrier Ariana, Nadir Atash, has ambitious plans to revamp the airline by upgrading its personnel, aircraft, systems and maintenance. Today Atash confronts a large and largely ineffective workforce, massive corruption and persistent nepotism. Even with [...]
2005-12-13 10:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR ECON AF
05KABUL5071PRT/GHOR - PICNIC POLITICS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PolOffs and Chaghcharan AIDOff spent the afternoon of December 8 with Ghor Governor Afzali, former Ghor Governor and current MP Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Malekzada, and several of Afzali's wealthy family members chatting about local politics in classic Afghan style - over a lavish meal [...]
2005-12-14 15:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5110POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...]
2005-12-17 03:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5118DUELING AFGAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
[...] (SBU) An ongoing battle between the AID-supported Afghan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the GTZ- supported Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is heating up with a proposed law that would effectively eliminate the AICC, dealing a significant blow to the development of an inde [...]
2005-12-17 14:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF
05KABUL5176INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...]
2005-12-20 07:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF
05KABUL5245HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT
[...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...]
2005-12-27 02:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KABUL5274PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR CHIEF OF POLICE APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointe Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on Decembe 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been activ campaigning to kee [...]
2005-12-29 07:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KABUL5297CORRECTED COPY: PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointed Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on December 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice, and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been actively campaigning [...]
2005-12-31 06:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KATHMANDU1155WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 2005
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS `Supporting democracy is not meddling': Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said THAT India has no intention to interfere in the internal affairs of Nepal, and that attempts to encourage democracy in the northern neighbor should not be construed as interference. "Our atte [...]
2005-06-01 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1203WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 1 TO 6, 2005
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Go to court; not street: Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tulsi Giri on Sunday suggested that the political parties and lawyers should ask for justice at the Supreme Court rather than take to the streets. On Sunday Giri said that rule of law couldn't be establish [...]
2005-06-06 12:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1384WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 21 TO 27,
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Subedi released from detention: Ending a weeklong drama, the government released Navaraj Subedi, general secretary of People's Front from detention as per the second order from the Supreme Court on Friday. He had been re-arrested nine days ago and the government had claime [...]
2005-06-28 05:23:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1413 NEPAL: UN COMMITS TO ALERT USG TO SPECIFIC THREATS
[...] (S) On May 25, Post convened an EAC to discuss a specific Maoist threat against U.S. or U.S. supported activities in the Bara/Parsa districts of Nepal. A Maoist commander had voiced the threat to a UNDP Field Security Advisor. The UN did not/not officially share the threat with Post. 2. ( [...]
2005-06-30 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETASEC NP
05KATHMANDU2146 DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY FOR NEPAL
[...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Secretary's call for a strategic and systematic review of our democracy promotion efforts. The situation in Nepal is fragile and deteriorating rapidly. The main impediment to the growth of democracy here is the violent Maoist i [...]
2005-09-30 10:48:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNAMGT KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC EAID NP
05KATHMANDU2340Nepal Wardens' Message Regarding Political
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 11:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
05KATHMANDU2361NEPAL'S PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN FLU; DELIVERY OF
[...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) is working through a Task Force established in 2004 to upgrade its capacity to handle an avian flu outbreak, but Nepali officials worry about what resources may be available to assist with Nepal's preparedness. While no cases of avian flu have be [...]
2005-10-28 11:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALTBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL NP WHO FAO
05KATHMANDU2379CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...]
2005-10-31 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CH NP JP
05KATHMANDU2383CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...]
2005-11-01 04:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CH NP
05KATHMANDU2493FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL
[...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...]
2005-11-16 06:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2547 KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...]
2005-11-22 10:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP
05KATHMANDU2572 ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES
[...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...]
2005-11-25 11:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MCAP PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2686 NEPAL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Nepal In April, 2003, Nepal signed an agreement with the U.S. Government establishing an antiterrorism assistance program. The Government of Nepal continued its strong support of the global coalition against terrorism in 2005, and was responsive to both US and multilateral efforts to polic [...]
2005-12-02 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN NP
05KATHMANDU27272005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is post's updated 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per reftel. Begin text. Nepal I. Summary Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, small amounts of cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked [...]
2005-12-06 10:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2737POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 11:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP
05KATHMANDU2738POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 00:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP
05KATHMANDU2849EMBASSY KATHMANDU PANDEMIC INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES AND
[...] (SBU) The Embassy has established an ad hoc interagency working group on avian influenza (AI) that meets regularly to discuss the Post Emergency Action Plan (EAP) specific to AI. The working group has recommended the following: to develop a section for Post's general EAP specific to a Pandemic [...]
2005-12-19 10:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR NP
05KINGSTON1037DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...]
2005-04-14 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM
05KINGSTON1041UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA
[...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...]
2005-04-15 13:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP
05KINGSTON1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]
2005-04-15 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1062REMITANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
[...] (U) A steadily increasing number of Jamaican breadwinners no longer live in Jamaica, choosing instead to work overseas and support extended families through payments wired home from abroad. Remittances sent by overseas Jamaican workers remained the most prominent source of external funding fo [...]
2005-04-18 15:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1113CLIMATE CHANGE: RAISING PROFILE OF INTER-AMERICAN
[...] Econoff delivered the talking points provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 22. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TIGHE [...]
2005-04-26 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV TSPL JM
05KINGSTON1161JAMAICAN DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Per reftel request, poloff on April 29 delivered reftel points on the OAS General Assembly to Ann Scott, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Scott responded that Foreign Minister K.D. Knight has been proposed to lead the delegation, but that the r [...]
2005-05-02 14:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM OAS
05KINGSTON1258JAMAICA: POLICE UNDER FIRE
[...] (C) Summary: In seperate incidents, between 9:00 p.m. on May 3 and 7:00 a.m. on May 4, three Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers and one private security guard were murdered while another JCF officer was injured in Kingston. Two of the alleged gunmen were shot and killed in one incident [...]
2005-05-12 20:40:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1273Request for DVC Speaker on post-OAS General
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks a DVC speaker to discuss issues of importance to the Caribbean arising from the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in Fort Lauderdale, June 5-7, 2005, with a special focus on corruption. END SUMMARY 2. Proposed Program Date: Preferred dates June 1 [...]
2005-05-16 17:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1276GOJ COMMENTS ON OAS RACISM WORKING GROUP
[...] As reported in ref B, poloff on May 6 delivered ref A talking points by telephone and fax to Ann Scott, Deputy Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott welcomed the information and responded that she was not entirely familiar wi [...]
2005-05-16 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC JM USOAS
05KINGSTON1316WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL DOCUMENT INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean which exempts U.S. citizens traveling to the island for tourism from the requirement of a passport or visa. Ref (A) announced that effective December 31, 2005, DHS will require all U.S. citizens traveling to and from the Caribbe [...]
2005-05-20 18:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CPAS CVIS JM KFRD TIP
05KINGSTON1318 SPIRITS HIGH WITH ARRIVAL OF LOW COST CARRIER
[...] On May 19, Emboffs attended an Airports Authority of Jamaica press conference announcing the planned launch of scheduled flights between the United States and Jamaica by Spirit Airlines, Inc. (ref A) Prior to the official start of the conference, Emboffs spoke with Guillermo "Bill" de la Torr [...]
2005-05-20 20:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON1327 STATUS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN JAMAICA
[...] (U) The issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) continues to be a challenge for the GOJ. Following the announcement that Jamaica has been retained on the Special 301 watch list and expressions of concern from members of the business community, Econoff met with the Jamaica Intellectual Pro [...]
2005-05-24 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JM EIPR
05KINGSTON1328NEW RULES FOR PETROLEUM SECTOR
[...] Representatives from ChevronTexaco contacted Emboffs on May 3 requesting an urgent meeting to discuss developments in the Jamaican petroleum market. Econoff, FSN Econ Specialist and FCS Specialist met with Maria Pis- Dudot, Regional Latin American Manager for Policy, Government and Public Af [...]
2005-05-24 17:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG JM
05KINGSTON1346WHA/CAR DIRECTOR NICHOLS DISCUSSES WHTI WITH GOJ
[...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols and Econoff met with Paul E. Pennicook, Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, to discuss the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on Jamaica's tourism industry, as well as the general prospects fo [...]
2005-05-26 16:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CPAS JM
05KINGSTON1361WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH LEADING PM CANDIDATE,
[...] (C) On May 11, visiting WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti Peter Black to discuss OASGA issues, the situation in Haiti, and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),about which Black registered concern. Nich [...]
2005-05-27 20:58:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PGOV KCRM PINR JM
05KINGSTON1363WHA/CAR DIRECTOR BRIAN NICHOLS GETS DOWN TO
[...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols, accompanied by Econoff, met with American Chamber of Commerce President Anthony Jenkinson to discuss the business climate in Jamaica. While citing the ongoing difficulties caused by the high crime levels and the GOJ's heavy debt [...]
2005-05-31 11:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1444GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...]
2005-06-06 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1460DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS VISITS USAID-FUNDED
[...] On May 12, WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols toured the USAID-funded Grants Pen Community Policing Facility located in Kingston. Facilitating the tour from the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) was Becky Stockhausen and Bob Olson from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Stockhausen [...]
2005-06-08 15:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM JM
05KINGSTON1472MEETING WITH PAULWELL - NO GUARANTEE OF ACTION IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 6, Charge and Econoff met with Commerce Minister Paulwell to discuss the ongoing blocking of telecommunications circuits by Jamaican carriers. Emboffs communicated USG concern about the tactic of blocking and infor [...]
2005-06-09 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM TIP
05KINGSTON1486CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA
[...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...]
2005-06-10 19:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM
05KINGSTON1529JAMAICA CIVAIR: QUERYING THE GOJ ABOUT FEES
[...] (SBU) On June 8, Econoff contacted the Ministry of Finance and Planning and was directed to Sheila Gordon, Director of the Taxation Division, who was aware of USG interest in the issue of the customs user fee being charged on jet fuel sold to international air carriers (ref A),in apparent con [...]
2005-06-17 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON1534KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]
2005-06-17 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON1602Request for Speakers on Information Technology
[...] SUMMARY: Post seeks two speakers to participate in a three-day program to include discussions and training for business and media professionals on using information technology to enhance their work. END SUMMARY 2. Proposed Program Dates: A four-day program in Jamaica in early October 200 [...]
2005-06-28 15:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO JM
05KINGSTON1611A DEFENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER HOSTS TIP
[...] (U) On June 24, at the request of National Security Minister Peter Phillips, Charge, USAID Mission Director, and Poloff (notetaker) attended a meeting hosted by Phillips on the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) at the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Unfortunately, Phillips used the [...]
2005-06-29 20:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1652KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JUNE 17-30, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Poll Shows Davies Gaining Ground -- Six Closer to Extradition to U.S. -- JCF Recruits Abroad as Crime Soars -- Jamaica to Launch Copyright Campaign -- Trade Deficit Deteriorates -- Jamaica and China Sign Bauxite Agreement -- Thailand Views Jamaica As Possible Hub - [...]
2005-07-05 11:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM KCRM CASC EAGR
05KINGSTON1676 WTO DEMARCHE ON SWISS FORMULA BENEFITS FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff met with Esmond Reid and Richard Brown of the International and Economic Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on July 5, 2005 to convey reftel demarche on the Swiss formula benefits for the Caribbean. He left the talking points and su [...]
2005-07-08 12:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV JM
05KINGSTON1745HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 14 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]
2005-07-15 20:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KINGSTON1746HURRICANE SITREP 01, 7/15/05, 1500 HRS - JAMAICA
[...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met in Kingston at 10:00 a.m. local on July 15 to finalize preparations for the approaching Hurricane Emily. The EAC discussed authorized departure, granted by the Department per Ref A. Although authorized departure has been approved, however, few Embas [...]
2005-07-15 20:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT
05KINGSTON1757JAMAICA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH CHINA
[...] Summary: Recognizing China's emergence as an economic powerhouse and the attendant benefits to be derived, the GOJ led by Prime Minister PJ Patterson has moved to forge closer and stronger ties with the Government of China. The fledgling economic relationship between both countries received a [...]
2005-07-18 20:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON176 INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 13:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM NOTAG
05KINGSTON1814 RE: WHA CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFO ON TRANSPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel A, on July 20 Econoff contacted the office of Minister of Transport and Works Robert Pickersgill. His office confirmed that the Minister would be attending the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) meeting to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, August 25-26, 2005. His s [...]
2005-07-26 16:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05KINGSTON188 INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-21 20:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM
05KINGSTON18842005 CULTURE CONNECT SPORTS ENVOYS
[...] Summary: PAS Kingston hosted Culture Connect Sports Envoys RaMell Ross and Alvin Green. Four basketball clinics were organized mainly for kids between 6 and 12 years of age, although several individuals between the ages of 13 and 25 also participated in each clinic. A total of 240 Jamaican [...]
2005-08-05 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO JM
05KINGSTON2026VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS JAMAICA
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Jamaica August 23 to conclude a 16-point agreement with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, including a bilateral Petro-Caribe accord. Chavez arrived the day after U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson called for the USG to assassinate him, raising the profi [...]
2005-08-29 12:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JM
05KINGSTON2052 HURRICANES STALL ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN JAMAICA
[...] Summary: Data published on August 15 by the Planning Institute of Jamaica showed that economic growth, for April to June 2005, continued to suffer from the lagged effects of Hurricane Ivan and drought conditions. The adverse weather conditions wreaked havoc on the country's already ravaged [...]
2005-08-31 17:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON2059GOJ LAUNCHES TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
[...] Summary: The GOJ on August 30 launched a yearlong public awareness campaign to educate its citizens about the dangers of trafficking in persons (TIP). In a move that appears to indicate the GOJ's determination to make sustained efforts against trafficking, the Cabinet Office organized a publi [...]
2005-09-01 16:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON2069LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM ACTING
[...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from Acting Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. The Honorable Peter Phillips, requesting the following condolence message be forwarded to His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States. 2. Begin text: The Government and People of Jamaica are [...]
2005-09-02 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPDC OPRC PREL JM
05KINGSTON211COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: PROSECUTION AND
[...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's INCLE-funded anti-trafficking in persons project proposal to G/TIP for funding considering from FY 2005 appropriations. This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact Post (see para 23) for clarification and furth [...]
2005-01-24 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG TIP
05KINGSTON2146COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 12:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID HA JM
05KINGSTON2163TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 16:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2166TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 18:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2220INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY - 2005 (ELEVENTH)
[...] (U) The Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15-26 August, 2005. The majority of the meeting's time was spent on the first detailed review of proposed regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobal [...]
2005-09-23 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA TPHY JM
05KINGSTON2293 GOJ REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE FOR VEHICLES
[...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION TELEGRAM; see para 9. The GOJ is refusing to license newly imported GOVs and POVs, and will not renew existing official and personal vehicle registrations unless the Embassy and its staff purchase local comprehensive insurance covering the value of duties and tax [...]
2005-10-05 17:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL JM
05KINGSTON2332USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2333USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2349BIG MACS NO MORE: MCDONALD'S CEASES OPERATIONS IN
[...] (U) Friday, October 14, effective 8p.m. local time, all McDonald's outlets remaining in Jamaica closed their doors. In a September 29 letter sent to Charge, the President of McDonald's Caribbean Division Jose Hernandez stated that the company's "intent is to continue the search for a qualified [...]
2005-10-18 13:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JM
05KINGSTON2397RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR CBERA
[...] Jamaica is in the process of implementing all of its WTO obligations, but the GOJ does not plan to implement any of those obligations ahead of schedule. Patent Law must be updated to be in compliance under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, but this [...]
2005-10-24 15:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON JM
05KINGSTON2505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DOHA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 14:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON KSUM PGOV JM
05KINGSTON2551JAMAICA AGREES TO CNIES
[...] On September 28, post received an affirmative response to its Dipnote requesting the GOJ agree to the conditions stated in the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System (CNIES). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Dipnote states in part that it "has the further honour to [...]
2005-11-15 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS PREL JM EARI
05KINGSTON26PM PATTERSON RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S ARTICLE 98
[...] On January 3, Post received by courier a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The dipnote accompanied a letter from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in response to the Secretary's November 22 letter regarding Article 98 (see Refs A and B). As the Prime [...]
2005-01-04 15:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM MARR OPDC OPRC PGOV XG XH XT KICC
05KINGSTON261WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING
[...] Per reftel request, Embassy Kingston has compiled the following list of private sector organizations that have an interest in discussions of tariff liberalization, both for and against. The Private Sector of Jamaica Mrs. Beverly Lopez, President psojinfo@psoj.org (876) 927-6957 The Amer [...]
2005-02-01 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD JM WTO
05KINGSTON2617SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PTER CO JM OAS
05KINGSTON2634GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR
[...] Response guidance is requested for Government of Jamaica diplomatic note received on November 15, 2005. Note gives notice of the candidature of Ambassador Professor the Honorable Ralston Nettleford OM for election to the Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent as representativ [...]
2005-12-01 20:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM
05KINGSTON2643RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC
[...] (U) This cable responds to information requested by Department (Ref A). It is a joint State-USAID message. Answers are updated from information provided by post (Ref B). 2. (U) Responses are keyed to Ref A. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has a draft e [...]
2005-12-05 15:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL JM
05KINGSTON2702JAMAICA 2005 INCSR - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 18:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON2728SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
[...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...]
2005-12-19 19:20:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON2731JAMAICA PROPOSES FORMAL SIGNING OF 2002 OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade requesting that the United States and Jamaica move forward with the formal signing of the Air Transport Agreement of 2002 ("Open Skies"),which was [...]
2005-12-19 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD KTIA JM
05KINGSTON275GOJ COMMITTED TO RATIFYING COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 20:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL JM
05KINGSTON292JAMAICA CIVAIR: INFORMING GOJ OF FAA REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, on January 27 Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with Transport Minister Robert Pickersgill, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Chief Col. Torrance Lewis, and members of their staffs, to advise of the areas in which the FAA found the Jamaica Civil Aviation Autho [...]
2005-02-02 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL JM
05KINGSTON294IN FACT IT'S A GAS: OIL COMPANIES UNHAPPY WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 20. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The petroleum industry has been a source of problems for the GOJ since it was fully deregulated in 1993. There have been several price riots and threats of industrial action in the sector over the pa [...]
2005-02-02 19:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JM
05KINGSTON363INL MONTHLY REPORT - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
[...] The following is a combined report for the period November and December 2004. It reflects activities in all INL supported programs and an assessment of progress in achieving mutual goals established in the current Letters of Agreement (LOA). 2. Drug Eradication and Interdiction Program - [...]
2005-02-10 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON364LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE RICE FROM JM MINISTER
[...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note with an accompanying letter from K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, requesting it be transmitted to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State. 2. Begin text: Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington DC USA D [...]
2005-02-10 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON JM OPDC OPRC PREL
05KINGSTON382JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL AORC JM OAS
05KINGSTON386JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...]
2005-02-11 20:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM
05KINGSTON465JAMAICA COAST GUARD INAUGURATES NEW
[...] In a brief ceremony on 16 February, attended by the top officials in the Jamaican security establishment, the Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard (JDFCG) dedicated a new station at Black River on the southwest coast of Jamaica. This facility will be manned by both the JDFCG and a contingent of [...]
2005-02-18 22:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON533JAMAICANS INTERESTED IN PURSUING PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] On 22 February, after seven months of repeated attempts by Embassy to obtain a reply from the Ministry of Health (MOH) to Ref A request, post received a letter, dated 16 February, containing the MOH response to the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT) invitation to join a disinsection pil [...]
2005-02-28 13:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR JM
05KINGSTON63DELIVERED: FINAL INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR JAMAICA
[...] On January 4, poloff delivered reftel text of Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment by fax to Ann Scott, Assistant Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott acknowledged receipt of the fax, and stated that she would pass the informati [...]
2005-01-07 17:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL JM TIP
05KINGSTON659JCF COMMISSIONER LUCIUS THOMAS ADDRESSES THE
[...] (U) Summary: On Friday, March 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a briefing by Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas for the diplomatic corps. During the briefing, Thomas described the major causes of crime as gangs, drugs, guns, and money laund [...]
2005-03-08 19:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON759MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 2005
[...] The Jamaica Defense Force Air Wing (JDF/AW) spent approximately 10 hours transporting members of the "Kingfish" operation, narcotics police and The Jamaica Defense Force Headquarters Intelligence team to the parishes of St James, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to gather information on narcotraf [...]
2005-03-17 14:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON806HCOC DEMARCHE - JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) On March 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed reftel talking points to Shorna-Kay Richards, of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving talking points as a non-paper. Richards carefully reviewed the points, as well as The Hague Co [...]
2005-03-21 23:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA JM MTCRE
05KINGSTON832JAMAICA: A NATION SADDLED BY DEBT
[...] (U) Summary: Despite GOJ efforts to lower its gargantuan public debt, Jamaica still has the unenviable record of being the second most indebted country in the world, after Lebanon, in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio. At the end of 2004, Jamaica's stock of public debt stood at USD 12.5 billion [...]
2005-03-24 11:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINSHASA1010DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...]
2005-06-20 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
05KINSHASA1033 CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP
[...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...]
2005-06-23 10:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC
05KINSHASA1039DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT
[...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...]
2005-06-24 11:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
05KINSHASA1112JUNE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. -- The Congolese Franc (FC) significantly appreciated against the USD and prices generally fell, though petroleum prices increased. -- In response to U.S. Coast Guard sanctions, the GDRC is trying to form a permanent commission to address port security. -- In the mining [...]
2005-07-08 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EMIN ELAB CG
05KINSHASA1149CEEC PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS ON KIMBERLEY PROCESS
[...] (U) Summary. July 8, the Centre d'Evaluation, d'Expertise et de Certification (CEEC),the DRC's mining regulatory body, met with various embassies in Kinshasa to present recommendations on Kimberley Process implementation. Victor Kasongo, the CEO of CEEC, outlined the difficulties of implem [...]
2005-07-15 07:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN EINV CG
05KINSHASA148 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CONGO-KINSHASA
[...] Summary: The Congolese Government (GDRC) has completed over one year of its transition from war to peace with only limited impact on the investment climate. The inclusion of former rebel groups in the GDRC has provided a modicum of political stability. Additionally, IMF and World Bank reform [...]
2005-01-27 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
05KINSHASA1647 CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES
[...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...]
2005-10-04 07:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID
05KINSHASA1717VP BEMBA UPBEAT ON POST-TRANSITION ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary. At an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Economic Counselor in his office, Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba was upbeat and optimistic about the DRC economy and ostensibly about prospects for 2006 and the post-elections period. He laid out the GDRC stance on the ongoing [...]
2005-10-14 10:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1801 CONGO/B: CHARGE'D'AFFAIRE'S INITIAL CALL ON
[...] (U) On October 27, Charge' d'Affaires, Mark Biedlingmaier and former A/CDA Sharon Rutherford paid an initial courtesy call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Aime' Clovis Guillond. This courtesy call was the first step to introduce newly arrived Charge' d'Affair [...]
2005-10-28 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CG UNGA PGOV
05KINSHASA1845 Congo/Brazzaville: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES
[...] The following demarches were delivered between October 7 and November 4. 2. 60TH UNFC: Support of UNGA First Committee Resolution (REF A): Econ/Cons Officer Bakken delivered talking points and resolution text to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (M [...]
2005-11-07 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON CF UNGA
05KINSHASA1860UNSC REITERATES SECURITY, ELECTION CONCERNS IN
[...] (C) Summary: An intense schedule for the visiting U.N. Security Council in Kinshasa focused on the election process and security sector reform. There was some focus of good governance issues, although clear misgivings by some UNSC members limited those discussions. For reasons that are uncle [...]
2005-11-08 15:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UNSC
05KINSHASA1870LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld a USD 5.7 million judgment against it. The Commercial Bank of the Congo (BCDC) claims that the October 28 decision is a gross miscarriage of justice and yet [...]
2005-11-09 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG
05KINSHASA1917CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND,
[...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...]
2005-11-20 12:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO
05KINSHASA1918CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these DHR projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...]
2005-11-20 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL ECON SENV AMGT CF TO
05KINSHASA1922CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND,
[...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...]
2005-11-21 07:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO
05KINSHASA1951 Congo/Brazzaville: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES
[...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on November 23, 2005. 2. MDA Demarch on Additional Geneva Protocol (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the informa [...]
2005-11-28 06:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON CF IMO WTO
05KINSHASA1993NEW DRC MINISTER OF ECONOMY, PIERRE MALOKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 13:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PINR PGOV CG
05KINSHASA2019 Congo/Brazzaville: Delivery of Demarches and
[...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on December 9, 2005. 2. EITI Update and Outreach (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the ROC has endorsed the ini [...]
2005-12-12 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KTFN ECON CF USTR WTO
05KINSHASA2041Congo/Brazzaville - CFC Contribution Tally
[...] Embassy Brazzaville TDY office CFC contribution total has been revised upward to reflect additional donation received: Number of potential donors: 3 (direct-hire Americans) Total number of contributions: 5 (includes TDY/WAE staff member and FSN Committee contribution) Total dollars [...]
2005-12-15 10:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT CF
05KINSHASA2072TAX AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's tax authority is grappling with a high-level scandal that also implicates several large enterprises. In October, Congolese authorities arrested the director of the national tax authority, Direction Generale des Impots (DGI),plus other DGI officials and businesspersons [...]
2005-12-21 11:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KCOR EINV ECON PGOV CG
05KINSHASA2088DRC NEARS AGREEMENT ON ELECTORAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) After extensive consultations, Congolese political leaders seem to be arriving at a tentative agreement on the DRC's draft electoral law, which will lay out the framework for the size of electoral districts and the type of voting system (i.e., majority or proportional) to be implemented for [...]
2005-12-23 10:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
05KINSHASA342 INCREASING UNION ACTIVITY: PRIVATE SECTOR UNION
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC labor sector is facing two key events in 2005: union elections and a civil census. Vice President Z'ahidi N'goma and the National Labor Council authorized labor union leadership elections in April 2004. The Ministry of Labor is attempting to organize these elections fro [...]
2005-03-01 06:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SOCI CG
05KINSHASA351FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the United States
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO CG
05KINSHASA375REQUEST FOR U.S. SPEAKER TO ADDRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 14:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL CG
05KINSHASA396FY-05 PROPOSAL FOR AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Kinshasa would like to submit the following proposal as its primary Cultural Preservation Project. This grant will fund the preservation project of the ethnographic and archeological collections of the National Museum of Lubumbashi thereby preserving the cultural and archeological her [...]
2005-03-07 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP ECIN SCUL CG
05KINSHASA399CONGO/B: FY2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL
[...] Brazzaville Embassy Office submits the following FY2005 project application for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. A. HEADING WITH COUNTRY AND CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy: Brazzaville Embassy Office Country: Republic of Congo POC: George W. Indyke Jr. (Deputy Chief of Mission [...]
2005-03-07 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECIN SCUL CF OXEC UNESCO
05KINSHASA402CONGO/B: PD PROGRAM REPORTING - PERFORMING
[...] Name of Program: Performing Arts - Ellison McDaniel Arttison (Singer and Cellist)American Corner Opening 2. Summary of Topics/Venues/Audiences: Topic: American Negro SpiritualsOpening of first American Corner in Congo/B Venues: MERC, BDEAC, French Cultural Center, Holy Spirit Church -Unite [...]
2005-03-08 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL ODIP KIRC KPLS KSPR AMGT CF
05KINSHASA653KABILA: ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY, 30 JUNE
[...] (C) Ambassador met privately April 16 with President Kabila, at the President's residence. In the wake of a very positive presentation to the CIAT April 15 by Abbe Malu Malu (President of the Independent Electoral Commission),in which he outlined progress on electoral preparations, including [...]
2005-04-18 11:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
05KINSHASA724CONGOLESE CENTRAL BANK OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) is currently undergoing strong scrutiny by the IMF. It has modernized its methods of open market operations, but still has little impact in most of the country due to the general weakness of the banking sector. The lack of effective branch offices - [...]
2005-04-29 09:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV CG
05KINSHASA731CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]
2005-04-29 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA76CONGO/B: CONGO BASIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP -
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Brazzaville obtained the program for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership - COMIFAC Heads of State Summit scheduled for February 1-7, 2005. The host government has provided a list of U.S. Government officials to whom invitations have been sent. Hotel space during the week of t [...]
2005-01-14 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON AMGT CF
05KINSHASA872CONGO/B: THE TROUBLED POOL REGION - EVERYONE'S TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-26 18:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CF
05KINSHASA894CONGO/B: FY'06 AFRP: "Investigative Journalism,"
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 14:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
05KIRKUK292AMBASSADOR LAYS CORNERSTONE FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad joined President Talabani and Planning Minister Dr. Barham Salih on December 11 in laying the cornerstone of the future American University in Iraq - Sulaymaniyah (AUI-S). The Kurdistan Regional Government is contributing $10 million to the project. In private m [...]
2005-12-17 05:48:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL EAID PGOV SOCI IZ
05KUWAIT1076EXTREME ISLAMIST JABER AL-JALAHMA SHARES WORLDVIEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Extreme Sunni Islamist Jaber Al-Jalahma, a frequent subject of questioning by state security officials for his links to militants and for preaching violent jihad, granted an unusual and exclusive interview to the Daily Star, which ran in the March 12 edition of the Kuwaiti English [...]
2005-03-15 13:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT113KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]
2005-01-09 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT114SENATOR KERRY AND KUWAITI FM AGREE ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion January 7, Senator John Kerry and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah discussed the necessity of holding elections in Iraq on January 30 and the importance of Sunni participation in the elections and representation in I [...]
2005-01-09 08:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1172KUWAIT PM'S ECON ADVISER ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC
[...] (C) On March 19, Ambassador met briefly with the Prime Minister's Economic Adviser, Dr. Youssef Al-Ebraheem, to discuss U.S./Kuwaiti TIFA discussions and the state of economic reform in Kuwait. Ambassador briefed on the overall impressions of the previous week's discussions with visiting USTR [...]
2005-03-22 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL KU
05KUWAIT1201 Getting Foreign Students Back to U.S.
[...] Summary/Recommendations: Over the last six months, Embassy Kuwait has begun a coordinated effort to reverse an alarming decline in the number of Kuwaiti students choosing U.S. colleges and universities. A significant percentage of current government, oil industry and private sector leaders [...]
2005-03-24 10:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT1295U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...]
2005-03-30 07:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECON EINV KU
05KUWAIT1308ISLAMIC EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI: GOK CONFUSION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extremist Salafi preacher Hamad Al-Ali continues to preach violent jihad in Kuwait despite GOK attempts to promote tolerance in the society. Al-Ali was recently detained by Kuwait State Security (KSS) for alleged links to two of the January shoot-outs between law enforcement of [...]
2005-03-30 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT1311KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS: MOCK PLEBISCITE CANCELED
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Government MP Jamal Hussein Al-Omar told the Ambassador that the GOK still lacks enough votes to pass legislation granting women's suffrage, but the Government continued to insist the voting rights bill would pass. Sources claim a cabinet reshuffle is in the works to secure en [...]
2005-03-30 14:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT1467AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH KUWAITI PM ON KEY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on April 9 to discuss political, security and economic support for the new Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Ambassador Jones, w [...]
2005-04-12 05:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1493NEW MINISTER OF INFORMATION HOPES TO DISSOLVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an introductory meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed said that he would consider himself a successful minister if he were able to dissolve the ministry. He said that he is committed to freedom of the press and would work with the [...]
2005-04-13 09:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKPAO ETRD PREL KIPR PINR KU IPR
05KUWAIT1496KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: RECORD PRICES AND PROFITS,
[...] (U) Summary: Kuwait Export Crude hits another record high in March, while sustained high oil prices push Kuwait's budget surplus to $9.2 billion for the current fiscal year and as high as $12-$13 billion in the next. Kuwait Oil Company expects to boost crude exports by an additional 150,000 [...]
2005-04-13 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT1594GOK SKITTISH ABOUT MEPI FUNDING, ASSERTS FOREIGN
[...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour voiced his concerns to the Ambassador about Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding of Kuwaiti organizations during an April 13 meeting. Under Kuwaiti law, he said, non-governmental organizations may not receive funding [...]
2005-04-19 08:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI PGOV PHUM KU MEPI
05KUWAIT1682COUSINS' CONSORTIA VIE FOR IRAQ POWER DEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Two wings of the influential Al-Ghanim clan are competing for the sale of electrical power to Iraq. Kutayba Al-Ghanim and Fouad Al-Ghanim recently presented similar, Kuwait-based BOT proposals to a visiting Iraqi negotiating team. The two consortia offer 7-10 year [...]
2005-04-25 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ENRG IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1711EMBASSY KUWAIT VALIDATION STUDY ON DOMESTIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kuwait has completed a nonimmigrant visa validation study on domestic employee B1 visa recipients. The purpose of this study was to measure the overstay and non-return rates for B1 visa holders with Kuwaiti sponsors, as well as the B1 sponsors' compliance with U.S. labo [...]
2005-04-26 16:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD PHUM KU
05KUWAIT1733DAS GLASER DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE LEGISLATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait on April 17, 2005. During the visit, DAS Glaser discussed the designation of Muhsin Al-Fadhli and inquired about any accounts that the Central Bank had frozen in response to that design [...]
2005-04-27 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETEFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT1830OIL AND WATER: REGIONAL HUB OFFICER RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his April 17-20 orientation visit to Kuwait, Amman Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) officer Jock Whittlesey met with a wide range of governmental, non-governmental and private sector individuals and participated in three public diplomacy outre [...]
2005-05-03 09:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EPET PREL KPAO KU TSPL
05KUWAIT1879KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY: DOING FINE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwait Investment Authority Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad said that KIA's assets had grown "substantially" over the previous year, but noted that recently KIA's U.S. investments had been a "drag on overall performance." He also said [...]
2005-05-07 12:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PINR KU
05KUWAIT1907MFA UNDER SECRETARY SAYS GOK SERIOUS ABOUT WOMEN'S
[...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on regional issues (ref b),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah opened the discussion with the Ambassador with comments about the debate between the Government and Parliament on women's political rights. Stating, "I can assure you the Go [...]
2005-05-09 10:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT1976BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]
2005-05-12 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2037AMERICAN CORNER OPENS AT AUK
[...] Summary: The Ambassador and President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK) officially opened the American Corner at AUK on Monday, May 9. In addition to opening the American Corner, the Ambassador visited with students at the campus library coffee shop and at AUK's career fair. The Am [...]
2005-05-16 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP KIRC XF KU
05KUWAIT2091KUWAIT: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT
[...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy, pointing as evidence to its 43-year-old constitution; active elected National Assembly; and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. The May 16 decision to grant Kuwaiti women full p [...]
2005-05-17 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM KMPI KU
05KUWAIT2119SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: QURAN ALLEGATION FOLLOW-
[...] Summary: While there has been coverage on the Quran allegations from Newsweek, Post has received little feedback from local contacts which would indicate widespread anger over the story (ref. A). Criticism from the media has generally come from anti-American sources. PAS issued a press rele [...]
2005-05-19 07:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR KISL XF KU
05KUWAIT2173ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SURPRISED BY VOTE ON WOMEN'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 21 meeting, Speaker of Parliament Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador the May 16 vote on women's political rights was a difficult day and he had not been confident legislation permitting their participation would pass. He named the Prime Minister as the reason for the [...]
2005-05-22 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN ECON EAID IZ KU EPTE WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT2174LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...]
2005-05-22 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT2197KUWAIT'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES ADVANCING ON
[...] (U) Summary and Key Findings: During May 2005, Ambassador met with the leading figures in the Kuwaiti private investment sector. The Ambassador encouraged continued investment in the U.S. and new investments in Iraq and in other countries of U.S. interest. The Ambassador encouraged the inve [...]
2005-05-23 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT2212SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT CELEBRATES NEW RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Kuwait's Women's Cultural and Social Society held an official reception to celebrate the May 16 passage of the law allowing women to vote and run for office. The event, held at the Society's headquarters and hosted by its President, activist Shaykha Al Nisif, featured [...]
2005-05-24 09:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT2229KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]
2005-05-24 16:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2486KUWAIT HOLDS SEMINAR ON POSSIBLE FTA WITH U.S.
[...] (U) Summary. In a June 4 seminar sponsored by American-Kuwaiti Alliance (AKA),the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the American Business Council of Kuwait and the Kuwait Economic Society, Kuwaiti, American, Jordanian and Singaporean speakers discussed the benefits of U.S. free trade [...]
2005-06-06 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP JO SN KU
05KUWAIT2548IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]
2005-06-08 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT256REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT
[...] This is an action request: please see para 3. 2. On December 31, 2004, the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan alleged that a U.S. Department of State report exonerated all Kuwaiti charities of support for terrorism (informal translation in para 3). The story was subsequently repeated in other pu [...]
2005-01-17 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT257KUWAIT'S 2004 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] Per reftel, following is Kuwait's submission for the 2004 report on supporting human rights and democracy. The Embassy point of contact is Richard Michaels. 2. Begin text: Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate. The Constitution provides for an elected National Assembly; however, it [...]
2005-01-17 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM ELAB PGOV PREL ECON KU HURI
05KUWAIT258AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST ATTACKS, CT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 17 meeting with Ambassador, National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said that while it was too early to reach any conclusions about last week's terrorist attacks, Kuwaitis everywhere were raising their voices against these incidents. He said he ho [...]
2005-01-17 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER EFIN PREL ETTC CASC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2587PM SENIOR ADVISOR SAYS IRAQ TOP PRIORITY,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting which focused largely on Kuwait's relations with regional neighbors, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Mohammed Abulhassan told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who left June 11 for Riyadh, was attempting to break stalemates between Gulf [...]
2005-06-12 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IR IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS IRAQ
05KUWAIT264KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls for increased monitoring of mosque sermons, weapons turn-in programs, and increased security throughout the country indicate a genuine and growing concern amo [...]
2005-01-17 15:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2654AMERICAN CORNER SPRING SEMESTER WRAP-UP
[...] Summary: Post programming at the two American Corners in Kuwait was wrapped-up with the completion of the spring 2005 academic semester. Emboffs, Fulbright scholars and visitors were programmed at both of the American Corners in Kuwait. Programming involved informal lectures, presentations [...]
2005-06-15 03:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP KIRC XF KU
05KUWAIT2694 Public Diplomacy in Kuwait -- What "Moves the Needle"?
[...] In the report "Changing Minds and Winning Peace" by the Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World," the authors emphasize the need for our public diplomacy programs to be evaluated by their ability to change attitudes towards the United States, using the metaphorical meas [...]
2005-06-19 04:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC PREL SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT2712A SHAYKHA ON THE MOVE IN KUWAIT'S EDUCATION AND
[...] (C) President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK) Dr. Shafiq Al-Ghabra recently invited the Ambassador to meet the chair of the university's board of trustees Shaykha Dana Nasser Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, granddaughter of the Prime Minister. Accompanying her at the June 13 meeting were Dr. A [...]
2005-06-19 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR KU
05KUWAIT2732MEPI KUWAIT: QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI committee -- comprising representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Diplomacy sections -- convened June 12 to review the current quarter's accomplishments and discuss potential projects for the upcoming period. During the April- [...]
2005-06-21 08:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMPI ECON KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT2902SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN
[...] Summary: The Department of State Trafficking in Persons report and widespread media coverage of a subsequent Embassy-sponsored DVC on the issue with Ambassador John Miller (reftel) has moved some Kuwaiti commentators to acknowledge human rights abuses, but rarely do they concede that such abus [...]
2005-06-28 15:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KISL KCRM PGOV KDEM KU
05KUWAIT2924KUWAITIS STILL CELEBRATING WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND
[...] (U) More than one month after the historic decision granting women full political rights and the subsequent GOK appointment of one woman to the Council of Ministers and two women to the Municipal Council, Kuwaitis continue to celebrate the achievements with receptions, symposia, and other al [...]
2005-06-29 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
05KUWAIT2931PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS,
[...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...]
2005-06-30 19:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT294DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE -- FADHLI
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on January 17. Al-Jarallah assured the Ambassador that Kuwait is ready to cooperate with the U.S., saying that the GOK recognized that people like Fadhli pose a threat to Kuwaitis as well as Americans, and that t [...]
2005-01-18 12:35:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
05KUWAIT2996AMERICAN SOLDIERS, KUWAITI WOMEN BOND OVER
[...] Summary: The First Annual Kuwait-America Friendship Basketball Exhibition, a basketball game held June 30 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, between the Arifjan servicewomen's team and the Kuwait Women's Sports Club team, was a huge success. Held against the backdrop of the May parliamentary approval of [...]
2005-07-05 04:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KDEM KU
05KUWAIT3037CFLCC/MOI SIGN BORDER MOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 4, CFLCC and GOK Ministry of the Interior signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the terms of use for the Coalition Crossing point on the Kuwait/Iraq border. This agreement entrusts the U.S. military with significant responsibility for control of one of the [...]
2005-07-06 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT3038SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SHAYKH
[...] Summary: The exhaustively covered and widely hailed visit of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al- Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington DC sparked many columnists to examine the state of Kuwait-U.S. relations. While some commentators noted recent bilateral points of contention, such as traf [...]
2005-07-06 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL KU
05KUWAIT3059KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SLOW BUT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge chaired on July 5 Post's monthly meeting of the Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). The CWG discussed continuing GOK efforts to locate wanted terror financier Mohsen Al-Fadhli; prompt GOK reaction to potential security threats, but limited follow up; the acquitta [...]
2005-07-09 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT3173MIN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY ON OIL PRICES AND ENERGY
[...] (C) At a July 16 meeting with Charge, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own voiced his concerns about the "NOPEC" legislation and described three problems keeping world oil prices high: lack of refining capacity; market uncertainty in major producing countries such as Iraq and Venezue [...]
2005-07-18 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PINR KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT3224ACTIVISTS LAUD WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS;
[...] (U) Summary: The Charge hosted on July 19 a tea for the three delegations of Kuwaiti women who traveled in early July to the U.S., the UK, and France to talk about women's rights (ref b). Other attendees included political activists, Members of Parliament, journalists, and members of the d [...]
2005-07-20 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KWMN KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT3246 Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, have deeply affected Kuwaiti leaders and opinion makers. Some contacts have said that the London attacks, in particular, hit them harder than the 9 [...]
2005-07-24 04:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3266READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 04:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3267READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on the debate over the Islamic religious education curriculum in public schools, an already politically divisive issue at the best of times. As Kuwaitis wrestle w [...]
2005-07-25 05:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3290HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ:
[...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...]
2005-07-25 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3384ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields for the purpose of engaging Kuwait's religious leaders and opinion makers in a formal dialogue about U.S. policy and world events. The guests, some of whom expr [...]
2005-07-31 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3507HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER TO DECENTRALIZE
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: At an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Murad said that the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) offices would be closing down on August 10, but said that the MFA would try to c [...]
2005-08-07 10:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PREF KU IZ
05KUWAIT3552AMBASSADOR HOSTS YES STUDENTS AS NEW GROUP HEADS
[...] SUMMARY: On Sunday, August 6, 2005, the Ambassador hosted a reception at his residence for past and present Kuwaiti participants in the YES program, their parents and AMIDEAST-Kuwait officials. Attendees said that they loved being invited to the Embassy. The event earned wide positive pres [...]
2005-08-09 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT3562NAVY MEDIA TRIP EARNS POSITIVE COVERAGE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: A three-day trip to two Coalition ships and an Iraqi oil platform by a team of Kuwaiti reporters earned three days of positive media coverage for Coalition maritime security operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Of particular value to post PA efforts were sidebar stories on the coo [...]
2005-08-09 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM KU
05KUWAIT3583ANTI-WEST, ANTI-ISRAEL AD MAKES ROUNDS OF LOCAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A virulently anti-West, anti-Israel advertisement calling on good Muslims to fight to defend the Quran and their faith appeared in two of Kuwait's five Arabic daily papers on three consecutive days this week. The ad, placed at considerable expense by an individual Kuwaiti said to [...]
2005-08-10 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KISL PREL PTER PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3607INSIDE THE KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK'S AML/TF OFFICE
[...] (C) Summary: Talal Alsayegh, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Section of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),confirmed that the CBK notifies Kuwaiti financial institutions of new terrorist finance designations and seeks to ensure compliance through periodic assessments. Alsayegh affirmed tha [...]
2005-08-13 13:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR KVPR KU
05KUWAIT362PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on S [...]
2005-01-26 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU
05KUWAIT366 MEDIA REACTION - SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION
[...] On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one commentator advocated equating all human suffering. Other commentators wrote they expect little or no change in Administration policies during President Bush's second term. Writers were highly critical of GOK for having "miscalculated" e [...]
2005-01-26 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT3809NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT CEO DISCUSSES REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 22, Ibrahim Dabdoub, the CEO of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK--largest Kuwaiti bank and third largest in the Middle East),made the following key points: (1) NBK has outgrown the Kuwaiti market and continues to expand worldwide; (2 [...]
2005-08-24 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3831KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait made the following key points: (1) GOK remains committed to enacting comprehensive legal reform on terror finance and money laundering; (2) an independent auditing [...]
2005-08-27 15:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER PINR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3860NEWS AGENCY HEAD QUESTIONS INFORMATION MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: In an amiable, wide-ranging meeting between Ambassador and Mohammed Al-Ajeeri, the Director General of the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA),on August 26, the Director General discussed his thoughts on the Minister of Information's plan for restructuring the ministry, the status of a dra [...]
2005-08-29 04:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KMDR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT3868KPC CEO ON OIF FUEL, REFINING CAPACITY, AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 28 meeting with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain, the Ambassador thanked KPC for its support for OIF, and noted that the U.S. military is currently receiving about 800,000 gallons of jet fuel per day from KPC but actually needs 1.1 million gpd. [...]
2005-08-29 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EPET MOPS KU IZ OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT3947TFUS01: GOK OFFERS $500 MILLION IN HURRICANE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Embassy recommendation in para 6 and action request in para 7. 2. (C) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has decided to provide $500 million in aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through a $100 million cash grant and $400 million in oil product [...]
2005-09-05 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT3957TFUSO1: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITIS EXTEND
[...] Summary: Kuwaitis from all sectors of society and across the ideological spectrum have joined in praising the Government of Kuwait's decision to offer $500 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, and effusive pledges of support covered the front pages of nearly every Kuwaiti newspaper. Ku [...]
2005-09-06 09:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL KU KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT3960TFUS01: KUWAITIS AND OTHERS OFFER OUTPOURING OF
[...] Summary and Comment: The private sector response in Kuwait to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina has been overwhelmingly supportive and positive, with dozens of offers of support and solidarity streaming in from all sectors and segments of society. The Kuwait Red Crescent Society i [...]
2005-09-06 09:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT3961TFUS01: AMBASSADOR THANKS KUWAITI NATIONAL
[...] (U) Ambassador called on the Acting Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Abdulwahab Rashid Al-Haroun on September 6 to thank him for the outpouring of sympathy and solidarity from the Kuwaiti parliament and population. The Ambassador also reiterated his public statement (carried in Kuwa [...]
2005-09-06 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT3970TFUSO1: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] Summary: Major daily newspapers gave front-page, banner headline coverage to the Ambassador's remarks thanking Kuwait for its generous offer of $500 million in aid for Hurricane Katrina victims. The remarks came on the heels of a meeting, also widely reported, between the Ambassador and the Ac [...]
2005-09-07 11:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL KU KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT3977POINTS DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S G-8 AFRICAN
[...] (U) Begin Summary: On September 4, Econoff delivered reftel points to representatives from the Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (a government entity) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. While neither organization deals strictly in humanitarian projects associated [...]
2005-09-07 12:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID EINV ETRD KU XA
05KUWAIT4008KUWAIT FREEDOM AGENDA: PRIME MINISTER'S SON
[...] (C) Summary: Shaykh Nassar Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the son of the Prime Minister and an advisor to the premier, advised the Ambassador to push the U.S. political reform agenda quietly in political circles rather than publicly. The Ambassador questioned Shaykh Nassar on the intentions of Pr [...]
2005-09-11 14:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT4029TFUS01: MINISTER SAYS GOK WAS OBLIGED TO HELP,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 10:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US KU AMER KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT4030LETTER OF CONDOLENCE RECEIVED FROM KUWAIT DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Kuwait received a condolence letter for Secretary Rumsfeld from Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Post has forwarded original letter, (in Arabic),to NEA/ARPI. 2. English translation of letter follows: Begin Text. In [...]
2005-09-13 12:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID
05KUWAIT4050TFUS01: GOK BEGINS TO CLARIFY ITS INTENTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary/Comment. Ambassador was convoked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14 by Khaled Al-Babtain, the acting MFA Under Secretary. Al-Babtain clarified that the GOK 500M USD assistance offer would be comprised of 100M USD in cash for humanitarian assistance (HA); 300M USD [...]
2005-09-14 10:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US
05KUWAIT4144KUWAIT MEPIC II: INCREASING MEPI'S PUBLIC OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador chaired Post's September 14 MEPI committee meeting -- with representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Affairs sections -- to review quarterly accomplishments and discuss upcoming projects for inclusion in the quarterly report (c [...]
2005-09-21 15:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMPI KDEM ECON KWMN KU MEPI
05KUWAIT4209COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]
2005-09-27 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4219GOK ADVISED OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION ON
[...] (C) On September 27, PolChief advised Hamad Al-Mashan, Second Secretary in the America's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the President's September 21 determination that Kuwait would remain a Tier 3 country with regard to Trafficking in Persons (TIP),but that sanctions would be w [...]
2005-09-28 07:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP
05KUWAIT4281FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFIES (SORT OF) BREAKDOWN OF
[...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador restated to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah U.S. appreciation for Kuwait's generosity to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He noted the $500 million pledge from the GOK as well as the reported $1.7 million in [...]
2005-10-02 10:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV ENRG KU AMER
05KUWAIT4316KUWAIT AGREES TO U.S. CONDITIONS REGARDING
[...] (SBU) Post received October 4, a diplomatic note from the Office of the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirming that the GOK will detain and try five of the Kuwaitis currently held in Guantanamo upon their return to Kuwait, as requested ref C. Post's unofficial transla [...]
2005-10-04 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4325MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB
[...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...]
2005-10-05 09:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI
05KUWAIT4338IRAQ SPECIAL ADVISER JEFFREY MEETS WITH GOK
[...] (C) Summary. On October 5, Senior Adviser on Iraq Jeffrey and his delegation met separately with the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Interior (also Deputy PM) to reaffirm the USG's long-term commitment to Iraq and to urge greater Arab [...]
2005-10-07 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID IZ KU
05KUWAIT4357DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] (U) On October 10, Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points and copy of Secretary Rice's letter to Hamad Al-Mashan from the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Secretary's letter separately conveyed to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...]
2005-10-11 05:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OPDC PREL SCUL KU UNESCO BHUM
05KUWAIT4380A VIEW FROM THE KUWAIT/IRAQ BORDER, FROM NAVISTAR
[...] (U) Please see para 10 for action request of all addressees. 2. (U) The references in this cable are photographs which are posted on Embassy Kuwait's classified website. Please visit http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ and click on the "Kuwait/Iraq Border Pictures" link in the Pictur [...]
2005-10-11 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4400KUWAIT: VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The flow of oil from Kuwait remains vulnerable to disruption by terrorist attack, accident or natural disaster, with the off-shore loading platforms and facilities being the most vulnerable. The onshore Mina Al-Ahmadi facilities are considered a restricted zone and [...]
2005-10-12 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETEPET ETRD EWWT KHLS PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4427DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered demarche and passed a letter from the Secretary of Commerce to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah during an October 15 meeting. Ambassador emphasized the U.S.' objections to the proposed convention, namely that aspects would be h [...]
2005-10-15 15:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL KU UNESCO UN
05KUWAIT4443CHEVRON FUNDS ACCESS ENGLISH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM
[...] SUMMARY: On October 2, 2005, AMIDEAST-Kuwait hosted a ceremony welcoming back 10 Kuwaiti boys and 10 Kuwaiti girls who spent four weeks in an intensive English-as-a- Second-Language summer camp in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chevron financed the Embassy-initiated program for 20 Kuwaitis chosen [...]
2005-10-16 12:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4451SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A
[...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]
2005-10-17 10:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT4510JAZEERA AIRWAYS TO LAUNCH LOW-COST FLIGHTS FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY On October 18, Econoff met with Suhail Homsi of the new Jazeera Airways (JA). JA is a publicly-traded company with the Boodai Corporation holding a controlling stake of 30% of the shares. The new airline will begin flights to Dubai on October 30 and to other regional destinatio [...]
2005-10-19 11:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KU FAA
05KUWAIT4527FY05Q4 IIP SPEAKER EVALUATION: PATRICK CLAWSON;
[...] SUMMARY: October 1-2, 2005, U.S. Speaker Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, conducted a speaking tour in Kuwait focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Addressing diverse audiences, Dr. Clawson spoke at Kuwait Unive [...]
2005-10-22 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4533KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM HUSSEIN
[...] Thursday, October 20, 2005 All five major newspapers carried photographs of Saddam Hussein in court on their front pages: -- Al Qabas "Sadam before the mother of trials: I do not recognize your authority." -- Al-Seyassah "Saddam faced justice with the delusion of a desperate despot." -- Al [...]
2005-10-23 04:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO IZ KMDR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4550CIRCUS GUY ROCKS KUWAIT, PROMOTES STUDYUSA
[...] SUMMARY: The Arab-American rock group "Circus Guy" conducted a "Study in the U.S." musical tour in Kuwait September 26-28, 2005. Circus Guy held concerts and educational workshops for youth audiences and the Kuwaiti public. The band performed at several private schools and Kuwait's Scientif [...]
2005-10-23 09:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4586MGXDO1: GOK NOT PLANNING NEW PLEDGE IN GENEVA AND
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel A, Embassy followed-up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to confirm GOK participation at the upcoming Geneva Donors Conference for South Asia earthquake victims and to urge continued GOK assistance to victims in anticipation of winter. The MFA's Asia and Ameri [...]
2005-10-25 11:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU
05KUWAIT4648COMMENTS FROM ENERGY MINISTER AND UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that prospects for a vote on the northern oilfields project were good for November or December and that he expected it to pass, echoing what Ministry of Ener [...]
2005-10-31 08:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4685SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER 13-14,
[...] (SBU) Secretary Bodman will arrive about one week after the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan. He will meet with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He will also meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sab [...]
2005-11-02 15:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
05KUWAIT4713KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RELEASE
[...] Kuwaiti Arabic language press celebrated the return of the five detained at the Guantanamo Bay facility. They were glorified as returning heroes with their names, photos, and biographical information occupying considerable space on front pages of the five major dailies. Only one writer took [...]
2005-11-08 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT475 MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI ELECTIONS;FEBRUARY 2
[...] Kuwait TV coverage of Iraqi elections remained eclipsed somewhat due to ongoing reports about Kuwait's response to recent clashes between security forces and suspected terrorists. Commentators continue to praise the course of Iraqi democracy after "thirty years of fear." End summary. ----- [...]
2005-02-02 09:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT4763MEDIA REACTION: INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] Moderate Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reprinted an article by Mohamed Yousef Al-Melaify titled "The audacity of the American report." Mr. Al-Melaify heavily criticized the International Religious Freedom Report. He questioned the authenticity of the report's information as well as the integrity o [...]
2005-11-15 04:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF IZ KU
05KUWAIT4770SECRETARY OF ENERGY THANKS GOK FOR KATRINA AID,
[...] (U) Summary: During his November 13-14 visit to Kuwait, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman thanked the Government and SIPDIS people of Kuwait for their generous support for Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as their support of reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere. The Sec [...]
2005-11-15 08:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
05KUWAIT4776Study in the U.S.A.: We Are Failing
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 12:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF KU
05KUWAIT4795MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN
[...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...]
2005-11-17 08:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT4811STUDY IN THE U.S.A.: WE ARE FAILING
[...] SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Despite the Mission's focused priority efforts at increasing the number of Kuwaitis studying in the U.S., the number of Kuwaitis opting for higher education in America continues to decline. In FY-05, 58 fewer F1 visas were issued to Kuwaitis than during FY-04, a [...]
2005-11-19 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF KU
05KUWAIT4832AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI
[...] (U) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meeting, they discussed reasons for the significant decline in the number of Kuwaiti students studying in the U.S., the benefits of increasing the number of Ameri [...]
2005-11-22 04:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU
05KUWAIT4904PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. In a letter dated 19 November 2005, Mohammad J. Al-Sager, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kuwaiti Parliament, wrote Ambassador requesting Embassy intervention with U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Kuwaiti citizen Ali Hijazi, a principal [...]
2005-11-27 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN CVIS KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4979DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WORLD BANK ON-SITE PRESENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-03 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KU
05KUWAIT4981DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-04 04:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT4982NO DEFINITIVE RESPONSE FROM GOK ABOUT WTO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-04 04:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO
05KUWAIT4993FREEDOM AGENDA: NOW SHOWING AT EMBASSY KUWAIT.
[...] (U) Post has taken advantage of its Motion Picture Licensing Corporation license to screen films addressing democratic reform issues and MEPI themes for host country audiences. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and post has made available purchased DVD versions of the movies to [...]
2005-12-04 11:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
05KUWAIT5012PROMOTING STUDY IN THE U.S. DURING INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Kuwait went on the offensive during International Education Week, November 13 to 18, 2005, advancing study in the U.S. by countering misinformation about visa difficulties, about Muslims being welcomed in America, and by arguing that higher education in America is second to [...]
2005-12-06 04:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL KIRC OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5063NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]
2005-12-10 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5069FREEDOM AGENDA: USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] PolChief participated December 10 in a program organized by the American Universal School in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Addressing an audience of approximately 100 students aged 15-16, and drawing from reftel, she emphasized the U.S. commitment to promoting and safeguardi [...]
2005-12-10 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KIRF KDEM KPAO PINR KU
05KUWAIT5083FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed told the Ambassador that he was very pleased by the progress of the revised press law and he believes it has a very good chance of being approved by the National Assembly in the near future. Al-Rasheed said that P [...]
2005-12-12 03:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALCVIS KDEM KPAO KU KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
05KUWAIT5101ENGAGING THOUSANDS - KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL BOOK
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy participated in Kuwait's 30th International Book Fair, organized by the National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters, from November 24 to December 2, 2005. Most of the tens of thousands of visitors were conservative Muslims accompanied by family members. Public Affair [...]
2005-12-13 04:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5113MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS
[...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...]
2005-12-14 04:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT5140THE HIGH IMPACT OF CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY KUWAIT'S CULTURAL AND SPORTS OUTREACH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REACHING NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF YOUNG KUWAITIS. SPORTS PROGRAMS SERVE AS A SUPERB TOOL WITH WHICH TO REACH YOUNG KUWAITI MALES, A KEY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS, AS WELL AS YOUN [...]
2005-12-16 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5142PLACEMENT REPORT: OP-ED ON TERRORISM FINANCING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 11:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPAO ETTC KTFN PINS CVIS AMGT AFSI KSEP
05KUWAIT5163NEW ORLEANS ALL-STARS THRILL KUWAIT
[...] SUMMARY: On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005, the New Orleans All-Star Brass Band performed to a packed hotel ballroom in downtown Kuwait to thank the people and Government of Kuwait for their support following Hurricane Katrina. The Charge d'Affaires welcomed and thanked the Kuwaiti pub [...]
2005-12-17 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5165KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY
[...] Summary: Over the Kuwaiti weekend, Arabic dailies provided a low volume of coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections. For the most part, offering only news of wide participation by Sunnis. Sporadic reports of the alleged Iranian truck full of forged ballot boxes being seized as it attempte [...]
2005-12-18 04:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5166KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language press continued its coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections calling the election "a step towards unity and a better future for Iraq." Despite claims of possible fraud, the Kuwaiti press paid more attention to the fact that the elections were carried out [...]
2005-12-18 04:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5231SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006
[...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...]
2005-12-21 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KU
05KUWAIT5283KUWAIT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROLE OF
[...] Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad opened on December 26 "The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon." The two-day conference brought together representatives from 27 [...]
2005-12-28 09:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5285MEPI AND BMENA IN KUWAIT: YOUNG ARAB LEADERS
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT On December 27, Ambassador met with Maha Al-Ghunaim, Vice-Chairperson and Managing Director of Global Investment House (GIH),to discuss the Young Arab Leaders organization in Kuwait (YAL-K). Also on 12/27, Ambassador spoke with Kuwait Economic Society head Dr. Rola Dasth [...]
2005-12-28 12:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI PINR KDEM KPAO ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT5288KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Iraqi Elections
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on Iraqi elections, praising the process and the peaceful manner in which it was carried out. The courage of the people going to the polls was also praised and they were seen as heroes in their own right. However Mr. Al-Ghabra, writing for [...]
2005-12-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM KMDR IZ KU
05KUWAIT5299HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...]
2005-12-31 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU
05KUWAIT568ENERGY MINISTER COMMENTS ON OPEC AND PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (U) Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy H.E. Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah regarding a variety of issues. This cable concerns the Minister's comments on the recent OPEC session in Vienna and major electricity and oil recovery infrastructure projects in Kuwait. [...]
2005-02-08 14:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG BEXP KU
05KUWAIT571BSE: COMMERCE WILL PUSH FOR REMOVAL OF WASHINGTON
[...] On February 8, emboffs met with Ministry of Commerce Undersecretary Rasheed Al-Tabtabaei and Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Controls Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi to discuss Kuwait's remaining ban on U.S. beef imports from Washington state. Econ/C explained that the regional ban does nothing [...]
2005-02-09 06:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO KU
05KUWAIT638KUWAIT'S COMMERCIAL BANKS: SURVEY OF RESULTS, IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Following up on his December 2004 meeting with the Central Bank Governor (Ref B) Ambassador met during January and February with the top executives of the leading Kuwait banks. The bank executives were generally positive about the Kuwaiti economy and the strength o [...]
2005-02-13 12:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER KU IZ
05KUWAIT726COURTESY CALL OF FEB. 9 ON CHAIRMAN OF KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Ali Alghanim spoke enthusiastically of the existing strong ties at all levels between the U.S. and Kuwait and hoped that such relations would be increased especially in investment. Kuwait and Iraq have immediate opportunities for joint ventures, and Iran could eventually b [...]
2005-02-16 12:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV TBIO
05KUWAIT729PEPSICO DELEGATION CONSULTS WITH EMBASSY ON TAX
[...] (U) Ambassador met with PepsiCo representatives on February 16, 2005 to discuss a tax judgment against PepsiCo that they are fighting in Kuwaiti courts. In October 2004, the Court of First Instance upheld the Kuwait Department of Income Tax (DIT) determination that the former local Pepsi bot [...]
2005-02-16 14:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EFIN ETRD KU
05KUWAIT73GOK INCREASES AID FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS
[...] Summary: The GOK's initial pledge of $1 million in humanitarian assistance immediately after the tsunami was subsequently doubled, then increased to $10 million by the first week of January. Private aid groups, companies and individual citizens have all stepped forward with donations of mon [...]
2005-01-05 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT730KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired February 14 a meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) to review developments in Kuwait's counterterrorism activities following the January discovery of a terrorist cell, and to identify areas where post can enhance its CT activities as well as strengt [...]
2005-02-16 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT762MFA REPLIES TO 15 FEBRUARY SECDEF LETTER ON
[...] (C) Summary. While protesting the tone of the recent SecDef letter to MinDef on OIF fuel, MFA told us on February 20 that the GOK will send an interagency team to Washington in March to resolve the fuel issue and "all other issues" related to Kuwaiti support for OIF. MFA made an "official o [...]
2005-02-20 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT797SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]
2005-02-22 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05KUWAIT936KUWAIT PROJECT (NORTHERN OILFIELDS) STATUS:
[...] (U) March 2005 newspaper reports and conversations with post interlocutors show continued progress by the National Assembly's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee on studying the enabling law allowing for outside investment in the petroleum sector. If passed, the law would allow for the [...]
2005-03-07 10:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT943MINISTRY OF ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY OUTLINES GAS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 6 meeting with Economic Counselor, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own outlined Kuwait's options for receiving much-needed gas to fuel electric power plants. He said that Kuwait was now focusing its efforts on the two most promising options: drilling in [...]
2005-03-07 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PINR KU IZ OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT986OPENING OF MAJOR BOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PLANT IN KUWAIT
[...] AMBASSADOR AND FCS COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST ATTENDED THE CEREMONY ON MARCH 8, 2005 TO COMMISSION THE SULAIBIYA WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION PLANT. KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH SABAH AL AHMED AL JABER AL SABAH AND VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE CABINET WAS ON HAND FOR THE FORMAL OPENING OF THIS HU [...]
2005-03-09 11:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV SENV KU
05LAGOS1289VIRGIN NIGERIA PLANS TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) soon plans to formally apply for a direct flight between Nigeria and the U.S. The airline sees New York, Chicago, and Houston, in that order, as the three most profitable routes. If approval is granted, VN hopes to begin operations by Christmas 2005. End Summar [...]
2005-08-17 06:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS1340NIGERIA TO CONCLUDE 2005 BID ROUND FOR 88 BLOCKS;
[...] (C) On August 26, Nigeria will hold a bid round for 88 oil blocks. Bidders will be judged on both commercial and technical bids in a Brazilian style competitive process. Changes to the Deep Offshore fiscal regime include the introduction of a royalty as well as an 80 percent cost recovery [...]
2005-08-26 12:20:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV NI
05LAGOS1363A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND TALKS ABOUT HIS TALK WITH
[...] Summary: During an August meeting with the Consul General, respected constitutional lawyer and former personal attorney of President Obasanjo Dr. Tunji Abayomi recounted a 90-minute July conversation with President Obasanjo. Abayomi described the President as fit and not acting like someone re [...]
2005-08-31 13:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1378CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTION AND GON
[...] (S/NF) In a wide-ranging discussion with Ambassador Campbell, Chevron Nigeria Managing Director (MD) Jay Pryor expressed deep concern regarding "an underground PR campaign" by the GON against the petroleum industry. He specifically mentioned public attacks by Minister of Solid Minerals Ezek [...]
2005-09-01 18:06:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV EINV ECON NI
05LAGOS1390NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST STATES TARGET CLINICS INVOLVED
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to information passed by Post's fraud prevention unit (FPU),police authorities in four of the five South-East zone states have raided clinics involved in trafficking infants. Clinic staff were paying less than 200 dollars to young, indigent pregnant women in exc [...]
2005-09-06 15:38:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI
05LAGOS1477SEPTEMBER 23 DELTA UPDATE
[...] (C) Port Harcourt remains calm but nervously so. An Amcit missionary and oil company contacts reported the city and most surrounding areas as being quiet. Some contacts said many local citizens remained home and many businesses were closed throughout the day. The police and military presen [...]
2005-09-23 16:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC NI
05LAGOS1585BELLVIEW IS EXPLORING A POSSIBLE U.S. ROUTE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Bellview Airlines CEO Odukoya said World Airways executives called him October 4 to discuss establishing direct air service between Lagos and the U.S. Bellview expressed interest in partnering with World Airways to begin scheduled charter services between Lagos and New York and L [...]
2005-10-13 12:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS1636LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND
[...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]
2005-10-21 16:35:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1642LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND
[...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]
2005-10-21 16:36:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1643SITREP #1: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME:
[...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Lagos officials were informed at 12:20 that domestic airline Bellview 3210 en route from Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria had disappeared from radar contact. US Consulate Lagos convened an Emergency Action Meeting at 1:45 and simultaneously sent Consulate officers to the Lagos (Mu [...]
2005-10-23 03:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1644SITREP #2: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME:
[...] (SBU) Bellview airline officials have still not/not yet made available the flight manifest list, claiming they will make it available once they finish checking it against passenger ticket coupons the airline retains when passengers board the aircraft. 2. (C) In the interim, the Managing Dir [...]
2005-10-23 05:12:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1648SITREP #5: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER
[...] (SBU/NF) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at approximately 19:30 yesterday, October 23. Per reftel, they reported no likely survivors and an unstable security environment around the crash scene. The crash site is not a very large area. The CRT did not see large sectio [...]
2005-10-24 10:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS167NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2005
[...] (U) This economic update includes: -- MTS First Wireless Management Crisis Sends US Citizen Packing -- Nigerian Stock Exchange Woos Real Estate Investors -- Virgin Atlantic Positions Itself for Vmobile Stake -- Banking Update - Mergers Continue Amidst Sector Uncertainty ------------------- [...]
2005-02-06 06:00:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON NI
05LAGOS1738NDLEA SAYS IT IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING
[...] (S) In late October, the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) created a special unit, consisting of 25 agents. The mandate of the new unit was to arrest drug kingpins, according to unit commander-Gadzama who was also the NDLEA's top officer in the currently dormant NDLEA/DEA J [...]
2005-11-08 08:14:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PINR SNAR NI
05LAGOS1761NIGERIA: WATER AND WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT,
[...] Summary. The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment named solid waste management as the state's most pressing environmental problem. Lagos, a state of an estimated 15 million people, produces approximately 10,000 metric tons of solid waste per day with virtually no capacity for its di [...]
2005-11-16 15:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEINV SOCI PREL NI
05LAGOS1768MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN BELLO LAFIAJI
[...] (S) Summary: During an often tense November 15 meeting with DEA Attache and the Consul General, Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman Bello Lafiaji continued to express his bitterness over the Ambassador and the British High Commissioner's meeting with President obasan [...]
2005-11-18 16:18:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PINR SNAR NI
05LAGOS1784AVIATION MINISTER PUSHING FOR U.S. DIRECT ROUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on November 21 for a readout on the aviation industry and to discuss the Minister's tentative plans to visit the Department of Transportation December 5-9. His visit would focus on the same areas he planned to raise prior to t [...]
2005-11-25 11:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS1875NIGERIA LAUNCHES ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
[...] (U) Continuing its high profile campaign to reform the power sector, the GON inaugurated the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on October 31. The 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) mandates NERC promote quality and efficiency in the provision of electricity, and en [...]
2005-12-12 15:26:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV NI ENERG
05LAGOS1934DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
[...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...]
2005-12-21 16:06:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS362ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM
[...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...]
2005-03-07 14:50:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV
05LAGOS364ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM
[...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...]
2005-03-07 14:50:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV
05LAGOS422GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH 2005 PETROLEUM
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department of Energy and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency: Please see paragraphs five and six. 2. (SBU) In a series of meetings on March 9 and 10 with a visiting Department of Energy official, Presidential Advisor for Petroleum and Energy Reso [...]
2005-03-16 17:01:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV NI ENERG
05LAGOS433CHEVRON LOOKS TO ETHNIC COUNCIL MODEL FOR DELTA
[...] (C) Chevron Texaco is moving away from the 'host community' paradigm for implementing its community relations and development programs in the Delta region, and instead is embracing state-level 'ethnic councils.' These councils would disburse Chevron community development funds, and be respo [...]
2005-03-18 06:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS494NIGERIA:AMCITS HELD ON VESSELS AS STRIKE MOVES
[...] (C) Tidex, an American maritime firm, is involved in a labor dispute with two oil unions. Union members have taken control of twenty-two vessels in Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa states. Seventeen American citizens and approximately 45-50 expatriates in total are affected by the labor action. [...]
2005-03-31 17:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS502TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS
[...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...]
2005-04-01 21:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS521TIDEX MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA TO WORK ON RESOLVING
[...] (C) Striking employees continue to hold Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members at Onne, Escravos and Brass ports. Ten Americans are detained in Onne. Management from Tidex and U.S. parent company Tidewater are meeting in Abuja with GON officials. Tidex management reports no substantiv [...]
2005-04-06 16:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS537NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...]
2005-04-08 13:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI
05LAGOS575VIEWS ON THE NIGER DELTA, FROM THE NIGER DELTA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Campbell's April 5-7 visit to Port Harcourt, Nigerian interlocutors identified poverty and corruption as their chief concerns. American citizens working in the area cited the absence of law and order as their biggest worry. Contacts said working in the Delta [...]
2005-04-15 12:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC NI
05LAGOS61LAGOS BUSINESS EXECS GRIM ON NIGERIAN BUSINESS
[...] (C) Commercial and Energy Officers recently met with group of senior business executives from American firms based in Lagos, who expressed substantial concern with the Nigerian business environment and import bans. They believe the GON is failing to develop the institutions and policies need [...]
2005-01-14 16:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET PGOV NI
05LAGOS661SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, APRIL
[...] This cable is a roundup of various recent incidents that reflect the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. - [...]
2005-05-04 14:55:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ELAB NI
05LAGOS696LATEST MUTATIONS OF NIGERIAN INTERNET FRAUD
[...] SUMMARY. NIGERIAN ADVANCE FEE SCAMS HAVE MUTATED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE DAYS WHEN AN OFFICIAL-LOOKING BUSINESS PROPOSAL ON LETTERHEAD WOULD ARRIVE IN THE UNSUSPECTING AMERICAN'S POSTAL MAILBOX. NIGERIAN SCAMS NO LONGER JUST BELONG TO THE REALM OF SUPPOSEDLY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY IN NEED OF AN O [...]
2005-05-11 09:59:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SOCI ECON NI
05LAGOS749NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 2005
[...] (U) This economic update includes: -- American Business Leaders Discuss Local AmCham -- Stock Market Affected by Banking Reform -- Shipping Dinner Reveals Hands Behind Cabotage Act -- GON Introduces Presidential IPR Initiative: STRAP -- Nigeria Census 2005, Plan for the Worst and Hope for t [...]
2005-05-20 09:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LAGOS924NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Summary. Since digital mobile licenses were awarded in 2001, Nigeria has improved from 400,000 telephone lines -- the world's third lowest telephony per capita rate -- to 10 million lines. This expansion has moved the country from a telecom emerging market to a quickly maturing market. T [...]
2005-06-15 12:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECPS ECON NI
05LILONGWE166PRESIDENT PRESSES DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
[...] Summary: President Mutharika last week launched a new series of regular meetings with donor heads of mission, and used the occasion to amplify his vision of Malawi's development. The president emphasized economic growth, rural development, performance evaluation, and the need to mobilize all [...]
2005-02-22 14:31:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID KMCA MI
05LILONGWE279MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, LILONGWE
[...] "Short memories, rude awakenings" 2. The independent daily, "The Daily Times" of March 9, 2005, carried an opinion piece by one of Malawi's prominent writers, Jika Nkolokosa, on his regular "Take it or Leave it" Nkolokosa argues that people in Malawi don't get the truth from politicians. [...]
2005-03-24 09:41:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KMDR KPAO MI
05LILONGWE308REQUEST FOR U.S. SPEAKER ON OUTREACH TO MUSLIM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 05:45:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL MI
05LILONGWE421MEDIA REACTION - GUANTANAMO, LILONGWE
[...] "Watch what you say: words can be deadly weapons" 2. The independent daily, "The Times" of May 18, 2005, carried an opinion piece by one of Malawi's prominent journalists, Jika Nkolokosa, on his regular column "Take it or Leave it". Nkolokosa chides Newsweek for the purported desecration [...]
2005-05-19 05:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO MI
05LILONGWE744MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL AID,
[...] "Bush Touches Desperate Souls" 2. The independent daily, "The Daily Times" of August 24, 2005, carried a full page story/opinion piece by Malawian journalist, Isaac Masingati. Masingati hails the newly launched Ambassador's Girls Scholarship Program as a key to easing underprivileged gi [...]
2005-08-30 05:05:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KOCI KPAO MI
05LILONGWE937(C) BINGU AGONISTES: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA SUMMONED AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO STATE HOUSE OCTOBER 26 FOR A TWO-HOUR-PLUS DISCUSSION OF HIS EFFORTS TO COPE WITH THE "WRATH OF MULUZI" (AS HE CALLED THE EFFORT TO IMPEACH HIM) AND THE HUNGER CR [...]
2005-10-26 15:09:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALMW PGOV PREL
05LIMA1092PERU'S IPR NEGOTIATOR RESIGNS, BUT THEN STAYS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Infighting between the Ministry of Trade (Mincetur) and Indecopi (Peru's IPR administrative agency) over Peru's intellectual property rights position in the FTA negotiations has become increasingly heated. Following the resignation of Peru's lead IPR negotiator and Indecopi emp [...]
2005-03-04 17:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PGOV PE FTA
05LIMA1171PERU: MULTI-TON COCAINE SEIZURES IN THE FIRST TWO
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the first two months of 2005, the Peruvian National Police (PNP),supported by DEA's Lima Country Office (LCO),have tracked and seized record-breaking amounts of cocaine HCL/base - close to 5 metric tons - compared to 7.11 metric tons of cocaine HCL in the whole of 20 [...]
2005-03-08 22:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1191COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXIM BANK OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 13:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN OTRA CI PE EXIM
05LIMA1233PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC
[...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...]
2005-03-11 19:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA1254ACTION REQUEST: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REAC ROSEMARIE
[...] Clearance is requested for Regional Educational Advising Coordinator for South America Rosemarie C. Arens to travel to Colombia. 2.Ms. Arens will assist with the country workshop for Colombian Advisers that will be held in Armenia from April 12 through 14, 2005 where she will make several p [...]
2005-03-15 13:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO SCUL PE
05LIMA1272FTA and culture: Peruvian response
[...] Summary: In July 2004, a group of renowned Peruvian artists and intellectuals, led by congresswoman Elvira de la Puente, created the Peruvian Coalition for Cultural Diversity to defend, promote, and protect Peruvian cultural industries and patrimony. The Coalition sent President Toledo a let [...]
2005-03-15 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP ECON KIPR PE
05LIMA1322Results Report: Target of opportunity speaker on
[...] On February 9-16, Dr. Sheila Walker, Director of the African Diaspora and the World Program and Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, visited Peru as part of PAS's activities to commemorate Black History month. Dr. Walker gave two lectures in Lima, the first organized by the Congressi [...]
2005-03-17 21:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA1346Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report
[...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]
2005-03-21 16:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA1390AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 3-5 trip to Cajamarca in Northern Peru, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries to discuss mining and economic development, toured the Newmont- operated Yanacocha mine, and visited with Peace Corps volunteers. Cajamarca has more factors in its favor than virt [...]
2005-03-23 12:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EINV ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA1564GOP RESPONDS QUICKLY TO CAMPESINO UNREST IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The GOP responded quickly to road blockages last week by campesinos around Andahuaylas, Apurimac Department, declaring a 30-day state of emergency on 4/3, substantially increasing police presence in the area and offering to send a high-level negotiating commission to address the [...]
2005-04-05 19:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA1660MOVEMENT ON THE EXXON-MOBIL DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Economic Commission of Congress is expected to deliberate on the Ministry of Finance (MEF) amendment to the tax law in upcoming weeks. The amendment would grant Exxon-Mobil a $15 million credit over the next three and half years. The Mining and Petroleum Society (SNMPE) [...]
2005-04-11 15:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON EPET KIDE PE
05LIMA1728ANDEAN FTA: LIMA ROUND SCENESETTER FOR A/USTR VARGO
[...] (SBU) We very much look forward to your April 17-22 visit to Lima for the ninth round of the U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Peruvian public support for the FTA, at 68 percent, continues to be the highest in the region and the government remains committed to concluding ne [...]
2005-04-13 18:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA1795COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ENCOURAGING CONSTRUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) On 4/15, D/Polcoun delivered reftel points with U.S. views on the April 28-30 Community of Democracies Ministerial to Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Director Nestor Popolizio, and to Human Rights and Social Affairs Director Carlos Roman. Popolizio told Emboff that he expected Fo [...]
2005-04-18 11:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PE
05LIMA2025CAN PERU IMPROVE COMPETITION IN TELECOMS INDUSTRY?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent developments in the telecommunications industry have GOP officials pointing to improved competition in the market. America Movil, a Mexican company owned by Carlos Slim, acquired the fourth mobile band on March 30 and should begin operations by early 2006. The Mi [...]
2005-05-03 16:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD EINV PE
05LIMA2027USTR DISCUSSES MOBILE TERMINATION RATES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the ninth round of U.S.-Andean Free Trade negotiations, USTR lead telecommunications negotiator Ken Shagrin met with both the Ministry of Communications (MTC) and Osiptel (Peru's telecommunications regulator) to discuss the lack of competition in the telecommunications [...]
2005-05-03 17:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD EINV PE
05LIMA2111PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, APRIL 2005
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CORAH started eradication in the hard-core zone of Polvora-Pizana north of Santa Lucia in the Huallaga Valley. The eradicators and their police security units encountered stiff resistance by some cocaleros, including rock-throwing that damaged 3 INL helicopters in 2 separat [...]
2005-05-10 15:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA2115TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Conflicts between communities and mining companies are among the most serious problems that confront Peru. One company, however, stands out as an exception: BHP Billiton, an Australian firm with a copper mine in Tintaya, has succeeded in ameliorating once highly conflictive relations w [...]
2005-05-10 19:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EMIN SOCI ETRD ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PHUM PE
05LIMA2180TOLEDO MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON 1995 CHILEAN ARMS
[...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo is maintaining the GOP's hard line on Chile's 1995 arms deliveries to Ecuador. In a declaration made on 5/10 while attending the South American Arab Summit in Brasilia, Toledo announced that the issue will not/not be resolved and there will be no/no 2x2 meeting [...]
2005-05-13 20:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PE CI
05LIMA2226ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...]
2005-05-18 16:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05LIMA2235AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FREE TRADE IN PIURA
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 5-6 trip to Piura in northern Peru, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries to discuss free trade and economic development, inaugurated a new AID-sponsored small business center, toured a local textile plant, and visited Peace Corps volunteers. Although the Wor [...]
2005-05-18 18:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA2335STRIKES BY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AFFECT TEN
[...] (SBU) Agricultural producers from 10 departments, all with distinct agendas, began a series of strikes and road blockages on 5/23. The GOP quickly reached an accommodation with potato growers in the south, and remains in negotiation with rice farmers from the north. Textile manufacturers and [...]
2005-05-25 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE
05LIMA2397ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE
[...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lob [...]
2005-05-27 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PE BO
05LIMA2461PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 20:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PE BO OAS
05LIMA2523PERU'S TEXTILE EXPORTS INCREASE 13 PERCENT IN Q1
[...] (U) Summary. Peru's textile industry witnessed a 13 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2005 year-on-year, despite local fears that the end of the Multi- Fiber Agreement (MFA) would limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete internationally. The GOP, noting [...]
2005-06-06 22:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA2540TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONCILIATION TO CONFLICT
[...] (U) Problems remain at BHP Billiton's Tintaya Mine in the wake of the May 23-25 agricultural strike (Ref A). Protesters temporarily occupied part of the mine's facilities on 5/24, demanding that the company revise a September 2003, Oxfam America-brokered agreement with local communities where [...]
2005-06-07 16:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE
05LIMA2546 FY 2006 Narcotics Certification for Peru
[...] Peru has cooperated fully in the bilateral drug program with the United States. This report is based on the benchmarks. 2. Coca reduction - The goal is to reduce the amount of coca for illicit uses under cultivation through eradication of illegal coca to 27,800 hectares as measured by th [...]
2005-06-07 19:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
05LIMA2551VENEZUELA MEDDLING IN PERUVIAN POLITICS
[...] (S) Ambassador requested a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros June 6 to discuss the Venezuelan government,s involvement with violent, extremist Peruvian organizations. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy had learned late last week that Venezuela,s Ambassador-desig [...]
2005-06-07 21:15:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPE PGOV PREL VE
05LIMA2589FUJIMORI EXTRADITION CASE HAS PROBLEMS SAYS EXPERT
[...] (C) The GOP's case to compel Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is poorly organized and filled with errors, according to noted human rights lawyer and former Truth and Reconciliation Executive Secretary Javier Ciurlizza (strictly protect). Foreign Minister Rodrigue [...]
2005-06-09 19:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PE
05LIMA2600 VISIT OF STAFFDEL WALKER TO PERU
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) During a busy two-day visit, Staffdel Walker raised pending U.S. company commercial disputes, trafficking of narcotics and persons, and the benefits of an U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in discussions with Members of Congress, high-ranking government officials, and pri [...]
2005-06-10 14:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON SNAR EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PE
05LIMA2616 Peruvian Congressman involved in visa fraud
[...] (SBU) According to a recent investigative report in the newspaper "Correo" dated March 17, 2005, Peruvian Congressman Roger SANTA MARIA Del Aguila, DPOB: September 26, 1950, Peru, appears to have been involved in visa/passport fraud by fraudulently filing a birth registration for a child who i [...]
2005-06-10 22:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS PGOV PE
05LIMA2692PERUVIAN FINANCE MINISTER PPK WILL RUN FOR IDB
[...] (C) Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) confirmed to the Ambassador in a private conversation June 16 that he will be a candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as IDB President. PPK said that he told Toledo recently of his desire to leave the Finance Minister position in mid-August 20 [...]
2005-06-16 16:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2720VISIT OF PERUVIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FTA
[...] (C) Summary. Four Peruvian Ministers -- Trade, Finance, Agriculture, and Production -- will be traveling to Washington D.C. for high-level meetings with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, USTR Portman, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, NSC Tom Shannon and several members of Congress, June 21-22. The Pe [...]
2005-06-17 19:33:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV EAGR PE ENIV
05LIMA2751VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER
[...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...]
2005-06-21 17:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI VE PE
05LIMA2791AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD
[...] Post applauds the re-establishment of the formerly Jazz Ambassadors program through the American Music Abroad and would like to be considered in one of the 2006 tours. 2. We prefer the month of February and a weeklong tour (5 program days plus 2 travel days). Best days for performances i [...]
2005-06-22 20:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA3006FINANCE MINISTER NOMINATED FOR IDB PRESIDENCY
[...] On July 8, the Foreign Ministry convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the GOP's nomination of Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) as its candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). At the end of the day, Post received a diplom [...]
2005-07-11 15:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA3113AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UN REFORM PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (SBU) On 7/13, the Ambassador discussed Ref B talking points on overall UN reform priorities of the USG with Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez; their exchange on Security Council Reform and the G-4 Resolution was reported in Ref A. The Ambassador emphasized the critical nature of the reform pr [...]
2005-07-15 23:02:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR AORC PE UNSC
05LIMA3337TOLEDO'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH
[...] A confident President Alejandro Toledo delivered his annual State of the Nation speech on 7/28, in which he touted his administration's economic, political and social successes; emphasized that these accomplishments were achieved in conjunction with the Congress, political parties and the pop [...]
2005-08-03 21:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL PHUM PE
05LIMA3341EU AMBASSADOR PROVIDES READOUT ON SOUTH AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with EU Ambassador Mendel Goldstein on 7/27 to convey concerns about statements attributed to EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner that appeared to criticize U.S. counternarcotics policies in the Andes. Goldstein stated that Ferrero-Waldne [...]
2005-08-03 21:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL ETRD PTER EU PE
05LIMA3379NEW PRO-CHAVEZ PUBLICATION IN LIMA
[...] SUMMARY: A pro-Chavez, leftist publication entitled "Wankar" ("the Song of the People" in Quechua) recently appeared in Lima. The first issue has a slick paper cover with a dramatic color photo of Chavez sporting his commando cap, his fist raised in the air. The masthead of the magazine as [...]
2005-08-05 15:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL PE VE
05LIMA3414Peru's Evangelicals: A Rising Force
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a three-part series on Peru's Evangelical Christians. This cable traces the recent history of this key emerging sector. The second will delineate the Evangelicals' political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. The final cable will [...]
2005-08-08 22:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3415Peru's Evangelicals: Political Strategy
[...] (U) This is the second in a three-part series on Peruvian Evangelicals. It will delineate their political strategy for the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peruvian Evangelical Christians fervently believe that Peru needs thoroughg [...]
2005-08-08 22:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3419 Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between
[...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]
2005-08-09 15:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3429SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...]
2005-08-09 18:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE
05LIMA3434PERUVIAN COMMITMENT TO UN MISSION IN HAITI
[...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra, in recent conversations with Emboffs (most recently on 8/5 with the Ambassador),has echoed the concern expressed by UN SRSG Valdes that Chile and Argentina are leaning towards withdrawing their troops from MINUSTAH by June 2006 (Reftel). According to [...]
2005-08-09 21:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR PREL ASEC PE AA UN
05LIMA3474Peru: Human Rights Update
[...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]
2005-08-11 20:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3534AMERICA MOVIL BUYS PERU'S SECOND LARGEST MOBILE
[...] (SBU) Summary. America Movil, one of the largest mobile telecommunications providers in South America, expanded its infant operations in Peru on August 11 with the $503 million purchase of TIM Peru. Although TIM, Peru's second largest mobile provider with 31 percent of the market, recently [...]
2005-08-16 18:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD EINV PE
05LIMA3548NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE
[...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...]
2005-08-16 21:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR PE
05LIMA3571MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 21:24:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEMIN PGOV SNAR ASEC EINV ENRG PE
05LIMA3609MINING COMPANIES WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Canadian Ambassadors hosted a meeting on August 11 for representatives of international mining companies to review their operating difficulties in Peru and to coordinate efforts to improve the investment climate. Consensus among the companies is that radical forces [...]
2005-08-19 18:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD SNAR PTER ECON EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA3794ELI LILLY STRUGGLING WITH PATENT PIRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Eli Lilly, one of the ten pharmaceutical companies that hold patents in Peru, continues to combat the piracy of one of its best selling products, Zyprexa. According to Eli Lilly representatives, two local distributors, Ozone and PharmaIndustria, are selling copies of Zyprexa o [...]
2005-09-01 21:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PE
05LIMA3807DEVELOPMENTS IN PERU'S RELATIONS WITH CHILE
[...] (U) The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations has posted several items on its website documenting Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua's 8/23 visit to Santiago. Maurtua called on GOC officials, including President Lagos and Senate President Sergio Romero, as well as an extensive working meeting wit [...]
2005-09-02 15:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05LIMA3810PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, JULY 2005
[...] (SBU) The Peruvian police (PNP),strengthened by the influx of graduates from NAS police academies in May, have been giving CORAH unprecedented support in eradication operations, allowing eradicators to continue despite stiff local resistance. Police support has also allowed CORAH to run si [...]
2005-09-02 16:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA3824DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Summit of the Americas Declaration and Plan of Action (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, and to Carlos Chocano, the Ministry's Director of OAS Affairs and Action Officer for the Summit of the Americas, on 9/ [...]
2005-09-02 21:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA3832UPDATE ON OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM PERU FOR
[...] The Government of Peru, after being informed by the Ambassador of the priority needs listed in Ref B, is developing an assistance package likely to be composed of canned seafood (in lieu of MREs),sheets, t-shirts and non-pharmaceutical medical and veterinary supplies. (Note: President Aleja [...]
2005-09-05 18:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3854TFUS01: SPECIFICS ON PERUVIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
[...] Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador on 9/6, that Peru greatly desires to provide assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims soonest. Later that day, the Foreign Ministry's Action Officer for Hurricane Katrina assistance, Director of Secuirty and Defense Affairs Daul Matute, i [...]
2005-09-07 11:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3870INVITATION FOR SECSTATE TO SPEAK BEFORE
[...] Alejandro Miro Quesada, the President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and publisher of Peru's leading daily "El Comercio," has invited Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to address the opening session of the IAPA's General Assembly on 10/10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A previous [...]
2005-09-08 01:23:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PHUM PREL SOCI PE
05LIMA3887TFUS01: SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS
[...] The Peruvian Foreign Ministry, on 9/5, issued a communique on behalf of the South American Community of Nations (CSN),over which Peru currently presides, expressing that organizations' solidarity with the American people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the willingness of its member sta [...]
2005-09-08 20:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3907Request for speaker on Intellectual Property Rights
[...] Program Description: The American Chamber of Commerce has requested our support in co-sponsoring the tenth annual conference on intellectual property rights to be held on October 19, 2005. The theme of this year's conference concerns the development and opportunities of IPR in international [...]
2005-09-09 19:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA3914NEW PERM REP TO OAS
[...] A Supreme Resolution published on 9/7 in the GOP's "Legal Norms" named Fernando de la Flor Arbulu as Peru's Permanent Representative to the Organization for American States (OAS). A subsequent Ministerial resolution will determine the date upon which De la Flor will assume responsibility. 2. [...]
2005-09-09 20:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PGOV PE OAS
05LIMA3974ZEVALLOS ADVISOR HAS CLOSE TIES TO PERUVIAN
[...] (C) Summary. OFAC-listed Narcotics Kingpin Fernando Zevallos, who sold two planes to cargo carrier Air Guinea in January, has enlisted Ricardo Hernandez as a front man in the transaction. Hernandez is a close advisor of Peruvian Congressman Victor Valdez, Chairman of the Congressional Transp [...]
2005-09-13 22:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR SNAR CASC PGOV PE
05LIMA4008PERU AND AVIAN FLU -- OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE
[...] Summary: The GOP is slowly progressing on its action plan to combat the Avian Flu threat, but the Health and Agriculture Ministries have insufficient resources to implement it. Public health capacity is already stretched thinly across a wide range of needs. Peru is at risk due to expanding [...]
2005-09-15 19:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KSCA PREL SOCI KTDB ECON PE UNGA
05LIMA4078SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) In response to Reference A, Embassy Lima provides the following information for use in the preparation of the DS/DSS/ITA Security Environment Threat List (SETL). Responses are cued to questions posed in the SEPQ reporting guideline: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE -------------- [...]
2005-09-19 22:04:00Embassy LimaSECRETASEC PTER PE
05LIMA4108GOP TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MOBILE TERMINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 20, Osiptel, Peru's telecommunications regulator, published its model for the reduction of mobile termination rates. After a 40-day public comment period, Osiptel will hold a public hearing, scheduled for September 26, where companies will have the opportunity to reac [...]
2005-09-21 15:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4129 HIGH UNDER-EMPLOYMENT DESPITE SOLID MACRO SHOWING
[...] Summary: Despite doubling yearly exports since 2001, (projected to reach $15 billion in 2005) and 49 consecutive months of GDP growth, Peru's labor force remains largely informal and under-employed. In Lima, the average rate of open unemployment through July 2005 was 9.58 percent, up slightl [...]
2005-09-22 18:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA4139 PERU AMONG WORLD'S MOST INFORMAL ECONOMIES
[...] Summary: The World Bank ranks Peru as the world's fifth most informal economy. In urban Peru, nearly 70 percent of workers (62 percent in Lima) are employed informally, the third highest rate in Latin America. Bureaucratic barriers largely account for Peru's informality, generating problems [...]
2005-09-22 22:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA4176PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...]
2005-09-26 19:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4179EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND
[...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]
2005-09-26 20:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4184PERU: UPDATED TEXTILE AND APPAREL INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel sectors have grown rapidly in the past few years, due primarily to benefits under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). While textile and apparel exports values increased from $823 million in 2003 to $1.09 billion in 2004, thi [...]
2005-09-27 13:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ETRD ECON EINV PE
05LIMA4212CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PERU UNLIKELY TO PAY
[...] (U) Polcouns presented the demarche on persuading Peru to pay its dues to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/27. 2. (C) Garro said that it was highly unlikely that Peru would pay [...]
2005-09-28 13:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PE CWC
05LIMA4217CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RULES REGIONAL COCA
[...] SUMMARY: The Constitutional Tribunal (TC),on 9/27, ruled unconstitutional the pro-coca ordinances issued by the Cuzco and Huanuco regional governments. While siding with the GOP on the main legal point -- that coca policy is exclusively within the national government's domain -- the TC als [...]
2005-09-28 17:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PINS PE
05LIMA4226PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PERU'S MOBILE TERMINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 26, Osiptel, Peru's telecommunications regulator, hosted a public audience to hear comments on its model for the reduction of mobile termination rates. Osiptel officials began the conference by explaining how the model was derived and justified the need for a thr [...]
2005-09-28 20:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4261 DENSITY OF COCA CULTIVATION: NEW MEASUREMENT
[...] Eradication of coca in Peru has historically been measured and reported in hectares (2.47 acres). Embassy has reported on an expansion in the area under coca cultivation in Peru: UN figures for 2004 released in May show an increase of 14 percent over the previous year. In addition, on-the-gr [...]
2005-09-29 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PE
05LIMA4267DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (U) With Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua unavailable (he attended a decentralized Cabinet meeting in Tacna on 9/27 and was departing with President Toledo for the South American Community of Nations Summit in Brasilia on 9/29),the Ambassador raised the USG's concerns over the Summit of the A [...]
2005-09-30 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA4273TRADE MINISTER FORESHADOWS FTA RED LINES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Ferrero and Peru's Chief FTA Negotiator de la Flor highlighted two red lines for Peru in the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations. They warned that Peru's Congress would not accept an FTA that permitted the importation of used clothing o [...]
2005-09-30 20:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA4335DEMARCHE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CIRCUIT BLOCKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 18:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON ETRD PE
05LIMA4377PERUVIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER TOLEDO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the Toledo Administration, Peru's foreign policy has become more aligned with that of the United States than it has probably been at any time since the 1968 Velasco coup. While Peru continues to advocate policies that we disagree with, such as adherence to the Internation [...]
2005-10-11 18:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE US
05LIMA4393Tim Laughlin Jazz Quartet Tours Peru
[...] "We can't go back to our homes right now, so we thought we would bring a little bit of our home town- New Orleans- to the good people of Peru." With that simple but powerful statement, clarinetist Tim Laughlin captured the hearts of audiences during a four-city concert tour of Peru Oct. 1-11, [...]
2005-10-12 20:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PE
05LIMA4394LATIN AMERICA MISSING PERSONS (LAMP) NETWORK
[...] (C) The authors of the Peruvian website for Missing Persons, www.peruanosdesaparecidos.com, are now establishing a series of similar and interlinked web pages for missing persons in other countries called the Latin American Network for Missing Persons (LAMP). The system has already helped s [...]
2005-10-12 20:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA4411HIP-HOP ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM
[...] From October 1 to 4, 2005, PAS and Peruvian anti-drug NGO Cedro organized a five-day Hip-Hop/rap program with U.S. group Havikoro in underpriveleged neighborhoods in Lima, Callao, and the provincial city of Trujillo. The program sent a positive anti- drug message to disadvantaged Peruvian yout [...]
2005-10-13 16:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PE
05LIMA4504TOLEDO AND URIBE ENCOURAGE PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT FTA
[...] On October 17, we received a fax transmittal of a letter from President Toledo and President Uribe to President Bush regarding the subsequent conclusion of the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations. Presidents Toledo and Uribe have instructed their negotiators to quickly conclude negotiations. As su [...]
2005-10-18 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EAGR PE
05LIMA4521PETROANDINA FALTERING?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP Hydrocarbon Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff on October 13 that an Andean Community meeting to discuss PetroAndina failed to materialize. At the preliminary meeting at the subministerial level, Venezuela wanted PetroAndina to be a vehicle to help only the poor. Navarro a [...]
2005-10-19 21:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON VE PE
05LIMA4544PERU ON DEMONSTRATING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed this subject with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for the Americas Pablo Portugal on 10/14. Portugal said the GOP would make a public statement of support for the constitutional process in Iraq at some point in the future. Portugal had been briefed on the reftel ta [...]
2005-10-21 14:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ PE
05LIMA4568WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS WITH LEADING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA/AND Director Philip French, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, on 10/17, met separately with leading presidential hopefuls Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) and Alan Garcia (APRA party); the third principle contender, former Interim President Valentin Paniagua, [...]
2005-10-24 18:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PE
05LIMA4569WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...]
2005-10-24 18:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE
05LIMA4577DEMARCHE REQUEST: OCTOBER 3-7 SUMMIT OF THE
[...] Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. Polcouns delivered the demarche on the October 3-7 Summit of the Americas Negotiating Session (Reftel) to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, and Action Officer for the OAS and Summit of the Americas, Romulo Acurio, on [...]
2005-10-24 21:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA4578DEMARCHE: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS STAND ALONE
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the "Summit of the Americas Stand Alone Statements" to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, and Action Officer for the OAS and Summit of the Americas, Romulo Acurio, on 1024. 2. Garro said that he thought Peru would likel [...]
2005-10-24 21:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA4644FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS ISSUES
[...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and Polcouns, discussed the pressing Summit of the Americas issues (Reftels) with Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, U/S for the Americas Pablo Portugal, Director of North American Affairs Nestor Popolizio, and the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Alfredo [...]
2005-10-28 18:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKSUM PREL PE
05LIMA4645PERU PRESSING FOR PRO-FTA STATEMENT FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, reiterated Peru's interest in using the meeting at the Summit of the Americas between the Andean Presidents and POTUS to advance the FTA process. The Ambassador noted that USTR Portman is the person who w [...]
2005-10-28 18:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KSUM PE
05LIMA4654FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF CONSULAR SERVICES
[...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, said that during his attendance at Congress the previous day, many legislators had approached him with concerns over how the Foreign Ministry intends to safegua [...]
2005-10-28 21:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PE
05LIMA4673CONTROVERSY CONTINUES REGARDING PERU'S DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy between Peru and Chile over the GOP's introduction of legislation defining its maritime limits continues, although Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador that the two countries are talking and should eventually calm things down. Meanwhile, the F [...]
2005-11-02 22:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CI EC PE
05LIMA4674DEMARCHE: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DOHA STAND ALONE
[...] (U) Polcouns followed up with Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro on the demarche dealing with the "Summit of the Americas Doha Stand Alone Statement" (Ref A) on 11/02. Garro stated that the Ministry would be reviewing the proposed statement with the Foreign Trade [...]
2005-11-02 22:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA4704PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "COUNTERTERRORISM AND
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to introduce participants to initiatives employed in the United States to fight terrorism and international crime. Participants traveled to three different regions of the country and focused on topics including financial crime, border and [...]
2005-11-03 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4713PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "The FTAA and
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Elizabeth TABOADA participated in subject program to have an overview of the current status and trends in the FTAA. These included: implications for future development; perspectives of the different actors involved in and affected by economic integration throu [...]
2005-11-04 14:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4744PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "ADMINISTRATION OF
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Miluska CANO participated in subject program to examine the underlying principles of the U.S. judicial and legal systems, and the culture of lawfulness; to deepen understanding of the criminal justice system; and to examine the administration of courts, case mana [...]
2005-11-07 18:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4754PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "ADMINISTRATION OF
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Miluska CANO participated in subject program to examine the underlying principles of the U.S. judicial and legal systems, and the culture of lawfulness; to deepen understanding of the criminal justice system; and to examine the administration of courts, case mana [...]
2005-11-07 20:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4755U.S. PHOTOGRAPHER IN INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL IN
[...] PAS sponsored the visit of U.S. photographer Jay Manis to participate in the International Photo Festival, held in Lima during October and November 2005. During his visit, Mr. Manis presented an exhibition at the Miraflores City Hall Gallery, gave a conference on his 9/11 public art project, a [...]
2005-11-07 20:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PE
05LIMA4773A NEW ANDEAN DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Struble, Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner proposed several ideas for strengthening the relationship between the United States, the Andes and Latin America as a whole. The Andean Community would play a central role in the process. Wagner [...]
2005-11-08 16:33:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PE PGOV
05LIMA4775PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Luis Miguel GONZALEZ participated in subject program to examine the role of the media in the U.S., to explore how freedom of the press and freedom of speech are translated into reporting on activities of the government, public institutions and officials, busines [...]
2005-11-08 20:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4777PERU'S CHIEF FTA NEGOTIATOR ON FINAL ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Chief FTA Negotiator Pablo de la Flor told the Ambassador that Peru is ready to conclude the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations by Thanksgiving, pending resolution of specific IPR and Agriculture concerns. De la Flor warned that Peru's Health Minister would resign -- creating [...]
2005-11-08 21:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA478CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...]
2005-01-28 18:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON PE CH
05LIMA4797SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Post warmly welcomes Congressman Smith's visit to Peru and greatly appreciates his interest in both trafficking in persons (TIP) and women's and children's health issues. Over the last two years, the Peruvian Government has awakened to the TIP problem and has taken serious steps to combat it. [...]
2005-11-09 19:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA4818PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 MRP: "YOUTH LEADERSHIP II"
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Marithza ALDAZABAL participated in subject program to examine how young U.S. citizens acquire leadership skills to improve their communities and influence public policy at their local, national, and international levels; explore youth education and training to [...]
2005-11-10 21:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4820PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 SPECIAL MRP:
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Lucy Harman participated in subject program to familiarize herself with U.S. organizations involved in disaster relief, emergency management, and humanitarian assistance. She learned how U.S. society responds to global and local crises and observed the many in [...]
2005-11-10 21:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL PE
05LIMA4822PROGRAM EVALUATION: SPECIAL WINTER FY-05
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to provide grantees with a variety of perspectives on issues of U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy. The group visited think-tanks, international organizations, non- governmental organizations, and governmental agencies. 2. DATE, [...]
2005-11-14 12:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4848LAUNCHING PHASE II OF THE DIGITAL FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and Peruvian Minister of Production David Lemor signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 8 to launch Phase II of the Digital Freedom Initiative (DFI) as well as underscore the GOP's renewed interest in the program. Both the Minister and the Ambass [...]
2005-11-15 18:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4854HUMALA FEINTS TO THE CENTER, BUT CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Peruvian ultra-nationalist and Chavez admirer Ollanta Humala has recently made efforts to position himself -- at least rhetorically -- closer to the political center. Over the last month, he has publicly rejected the New Years Eve 2004 rebellion his brother, Antauro Humala, led in Andahu [...]
2005-11-15 18:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA4861FUJIMORI UPDATE: CONSPIRACY CONCERNS A SWIPE AT JAPAN BUILDING AN EXTRADITION CASE LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LARGELY MUM FUJIMORISTA PARTIES IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Former President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, pursuant to a Peruvian request for his preventive detention pending submission of an extradition request, continues to be the major domestic political issue in the country. President Alejandro Toledo and Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua susp [...]
2005-11-15 21:37:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PE CI
05LIMA4897PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005
[...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...]
2005-11-17 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4925PERU: DEMARCHE ON NEW REQUIREMENTS SWORDFISH AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Econoff delivered Reftel demarche in English and Spanish to the GOP Foreign Ministry and Fisheries section of the Production Ministry on November 5, and met with the GOP fisheries team on November 16. Industry and government contacts contend that Peruvian vessels comply with IATT [...]
2005-11-18 22:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIS SENV PE IATTC
05LIMA4934PERU'S UN AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ
[...] Peru's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Oswaldo de Rivero, who will represent Peru on the Security Council Starting in January, recently authored an article entitled, "Is Iraq Another Vietnam?" in the Lima intellectual journal "Quehacer." De Rivero's piece criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq [...]
2005-11-21 17:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA4947ACTION REQUEST: FY-2006 TEN-DAY FUNDED VOLVIS FOR THREE PERUVIAN ARCHAELOGISTS ON "PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF EARTH CONSERVATION STRUCTURES AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT" MARCH 20-30, 2006)
[...] Post requests a ten-day funded Voluntary Visitor program for three (3) Peruvian Archaeologists/Curators in Archaeological Projects, Victor Armando "PIMINCHUMO," Carmen Cecilia "GAMARRA," and Dulce Maria "DELGADO" 2. We request program dates on March 20-30, 2006. 3. Contact in Lima i [...]
2005-11-21 22:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL PE
05LIMA4983COUNTERING CHAVEZ IN PERU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively seeking to project his "Bolivarian Revolution" to Peru politically, institutionally (via Venezuela's membership in the Andean Community and South American Community of Nations),commercially (energy integration and offers of development [...]
2005-11-22 22:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ENRG PE VE
05LIMA4986FUJIMORI UPDATE: PERU'S SUPREME COURT APPROVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's Supreme Court has approved nine different cases for inclusion in the Fujimori extradition request to Chile. Upon his return to Lima from the APEC Summit, President Toledo would not comment on the specifics of his talks about Fujimori with Japanese PM Koizumi and Chilean P [...]
2005-11-23 14:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PE
05LIMA5037CHILE-PERU MARITIME BOUNDARY - ECONOMIC STAKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aside from national sovereignty, Peru's main interest in the disputed waters at the Chile/Peru border is the area's fishery. The approximately 14,600 square miles of disputed seas are rich in anchovies, but less so than further north, making the area probably more valuable to [...]
2005-11-28 17:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL CI MARR ETRD PBTS PINS PE
05LIMA5039REQUEST FOR A U.S. SPEAKER FOR CONMEMORATION OF BLACK
[...] Program description: Post requests a speaker to commemorate Black History Month and to promote African American and African Peruvian identity and culture among adolescents in Lima, and the provincial cities of Ica and Lambayeque. The program would consist of a series of artistic workshops to h [...]
2005-11-28 18:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA5073TELECOMS REGULATOR PUBLISHES IMPROVED MOBILE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian telecommunications regulator, OSIPTEL, published its new mobile termination rate on November 24. The new rate is based on cost factors including the value of a company's network investment and the spectrum value. Under the new plan, OSIPTEL will lower the mobile [...]
2005-11-29 21:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA5086PERU AND CUBLA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING
[...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...]
2005-11-30 18:24:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PE
05LIMA5087PERU AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING
[...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...]
2005-11-30 18:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PE
05LIMA5090SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA,
[...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Lima I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to lay the groundwork for close cooperation on the UN Security Council (which Peru will join in January for a two-year term) and on U.N. reform issues. We are arranging [...]
2005-11-30 19:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA5205EVALUATION OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA5210SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...]
2005-12-09 16:08:00Embassy LimaSECRETPREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC
05LIMA5222ANDEAN COMMUNITY SECGEN WAGNER'S LETTERS TO
[...] The Embassy has received identical faxed letters, dated 12/6, from Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner to the Secretary and to U.S. Trade Representative Portman. The letters express concerns that the U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement could have a negative impact on the Bolivian soy [...]
2005-12-09 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ETRD PE
05LIMA5231DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] The Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented Embassy with a diplomatic note received here on 12/7 which requests information on the circumstances of the death of Martin Jara, a Peruvian citizen who was working as a contractor for the U.S. firm MVM Inc. The note also asks the USG to provide informa [...]
2005-12-12 12:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR PE
05LIMA5247AMERICAN EMBASSY LIMA, PERU, SUMMER HOURS SCHEDULE
[...] American Embassy Lima will start its summer hours schedule January 2, 2006 through March 31, 2006. 2. The scheduled workweek will be Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Embassy will be closed for business on [...]
2005-12-12 17:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PE
05LIMA5251ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA (PERU)
[...] (C) Polcouns raised the USG's concerns regarding events in Bolivia (Reftel) and inquired how Peru viewed its options with respect to these developments during a 12/7 meeting with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Security and Defense Affairs, Daul Matute, Director of North American Affairs, [...]
2005-12-12 19:18:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PE
05LIMA5252PROGRAM REPORTING: SPEAKER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
[...] Armando Irizarry, Counsel for Intellectual Property Rights at the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy and Coordination, visited Lima under PAS auspices from November 2-3, 2005. Mr. Irizarry's schedule included meetings with key IPR players from the public and private sectors, a vide [...]
2005-12-12 19:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA5284PERU AND ENERGY RING: THREE ELECTIONS AWAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions on November 21 and December 6, GOP Hydrocarbons Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff that the GOP needs two elements in place to consolidate a "South American energy ring" deal: the participation of Bolivia and more proven gas reserves in Peru. The Energy Ring is [...]
2005-12-13 22:38:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON CI PE
05LIMA5286SECOND DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
[...] On 12/12, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the Embassy with a second diplomatic note, dated 12/9, requesting information regarding the death in Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the note inquires about the relationship between the USG and the companies that [...]
2005-12-14 13:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR PE
05LIMA5309THIRD DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
[...] On 12/14, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the Embassy with a third diplomatic note regarding the death in Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the Foreign Ministry conveys the request of the 31st Lima Public Prosecutor's Office that Mr. Jara's body be returne [...]
2005-12-15 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR ASEC PE
05LIMA5322TOLEDO CRITICIZES CHAVEZ IN ARMY DAY SPEECH
[...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo clearly, albeit indirectly, criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his Army Day speech on 12/9. In his remarks, President Toledo recalled that Army Day commemorates the Battle of Ayachucho, where an army made up of recruits from many nations defeate [...]
2005-12-16 15:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA5328REQUEST FOR A U.S. SPEAKER ON CULTURAL MARKETING
[...] Program description: Since 2002, Post has sponsored a series of training programs for Peruvian museum personnel under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and the GOP to protect and promote Peruvian cultural patrimony. PAS would like to request your support in identifying [...]
2005-12-16 16:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA5332THE PERUVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BASELINE: HUMALA
[...] (SBU) The Peruvian presidential race currently has four major contenders: Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional alliance; ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has yet to register his Peruvian Nationalist Party; former President Alan Garcia of the APRA party; and former Interim President Va [...]
2005-12-16 18:18:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD SNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5336PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]
2005-12-16 22:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5343PERU: 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. After several years of anticipation and prolonged prodding by Post, Peru's telecommunications regulator Osiptel issued resolution No. 70 on November 21, 2005, which establishes a new mobile termination rate for calls made from pay phones and mobile phones. Under the new regul [...]
2005-12-19 17:45:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD EINV PE
05LIMA5391INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]
2005-12-21 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5396FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...]
2005-12-21 22:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5430A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, DECEMBER 2-6
[...] (C) A/S Silverberg, in meeting with Foreign Ministry counterparts, opinion leaders and the Chair of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a strong message about U.S. priorities for UN reform during her December 2-6 visit to Lima. The Foreign Ministry said that Peru shares [...]
2005-12-27 16:38:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA5467CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 14:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA PE
05LIMA757CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS (PERU)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 15:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA PE XL UNSC
05LIMA992Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative
[...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...]
2005-03-02 17:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR
05LJUBLJANA103COM CALLS ON SLOVENIA'S MINISTER OF PUBLIC
[...] Summary. On February 10, COM called on Dr. Gregor Virant, Minister of Slovenia's newly created Ministry of Public Administration. Virant described his ministry as a consolidation of human resources, information management and eGovernment initiatives into one, central, transparent, and servi [...]
2005-02-15 09:36:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA152KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...]
2005-03-08 04:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI HR OSCE KO RU
05LJUBLJANA157SLOVENIA: INFO FOR REPORT ON EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and background information on 17 February to MFA Head of Department for North America and Latin America Vojislav Suc and U.S. Desk Officer Amela Kentric. Kentric replied on 8 March with the following information: Slovenia did not provide any bi [...]
2005-03-10 06:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA193EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...]
2005-03-25 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO
05LJUBLJANA216 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. EUCOM provided three options on ACSA and we have contacted the Slovenes for their preference on how to proceed. The Combined Training and Education Plan was submitted to EUCOM; highlights are below. New FMF cases to purchase spares for Slovenia's HMMWVs were signed this month; the [...]
2005-04-04 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA302 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Interest in purchasing C-27 has been informally discussed; Multi-national military exercise is being hosted by Slovenia; HMMWV spare parts are arriving; Slovene uniforms available for EDA; Bell 412 IFF installation delays; ACSA may be signed by June; ODC Chief transition is being coo [...]
2005-05-06 05:38:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA364 REQUISITION #19K002-5137 FOR LJUBLJANA
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana, Slovenia would like to order the following Telephone Equipment, per reftel: - NT5D61AB, Pack IOP/CD-ROM/FD Multi-Disk Unit IODUC, 1ea - NT5D03PB, Pack 160MBs Memory and 68060E Call Processor CP4, 1ea - QPC43R, Pack Peripheral Signalling PS, 1e [...]
2005-06-06 07:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET KRIM
05LJUBLJANA369MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 09:19:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR SI
05LJUBLJANA407 SLOVENIA: PORTALS IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT ENTERS
[...] (U) The Department of Energy's Second Line of Defense Portals Implementing Agreement (the "Agreement") between the U.S. and Slovenia entered into force on May 23, 2005. The Agreement (full text in para 3, below) was signed by both parties on April 4, 2005. The U.S. diplomatic note (see reft [...]
2005-06-17 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA SI
05LJUBLJANA449SLOVENIA: COM LUNCH WITH PM JANSA - THE REST OF
[...] (C) Summary. COM met with Prime Minister Janez Jansa June 28. In addition to Slovenia's support for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Ref A),they discussed a range of bilateral issues including denationalization, which is moving more slowly than hoped, but the current log jam should be bro [...]
2005-07-01 08:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA652SLOVENIA ON JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON
[...] Charge delivered ref A points to MFA director for Americas on September 8, Polecon Chief shared the points with the UN Department at the MFA, and Econoff delivered the points to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture. None were able to definitively commit Slovenia to joining the I [...]
2005-09-12 06:00:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO SI
05LJUBLJANA794SLOVENIA: RESTITUTION PROCESS FOR JEWISH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a September 22 meeting between Slovenia's Commission for Resolving Open Questions Pertaining to Religious Communities and the President of the Jewish Community of Slovenia (JCS),Andrej Kozar Beck, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced that it will conduct a compreh [...]
2005-11-18 08:18:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNAR SI
05LJUBLJANA859 FY06 "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY" SUBSCRIPTION
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana, Slovenia, would like to subscribe to the following publication per reftel: Publication: Journal of Democracy Year: 2006 Number of Subscriptions: 3 ea 2. Please charge the ordered subscriptions against the following fiscal data: Agency: 1900 Appropria [...]
2005-12-16 01:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP
05LJUBLJANA8732006 HOLIDAY CLOSURE - LJUBLJANA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 08:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
05LJUBLJANA885SLOVENIA ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Oliver Dajic, North America desk officer at the MFA. Dajic said he would pass along the information within the MFA. Contacts on the MFA's Russia desk as well as at the Ministry of the Economy that deal with natural gas matters were all on leave [...]
2005-12-28 04:08:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA886SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA
[...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Bostjan Jerman, MFA security policy staffer, and Oliver Dajic, MFA desk officer for North America. Both Jerman and Dajic understood the USG's dismay at the EIB decision and said they would immediately pass along the information within the MFA. Du [...]
2005-12-28 05:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA894SLOVENIA ON EIB IN SYRIA: PUSH THE BIG PLAYERS
[...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points 30 December to Sibil Svilan, CEO of the Slovene Export Corporation and Slovenian representative to the European Investment Bank. A former senior Finance Ministry official and long time EIB board member, Svilan said he was not aware of the USG position on the [...]
2005-12-30 05:38:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL PGOV
05LONDON4981IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR
[...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...]
2005-06-15 10:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI
05MADRID12004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID100INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]
2005-01-12 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID1004SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JOAN MALING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, March 18-24, to attend the 5th International Symposium on Biligualism. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-16 11:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP THPY NSF
05MADRID1010ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]
2005-03-16 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1027SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DARRELL K.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hydrologist Darrell K. Nordstrom, from U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Seville, Rio Tinto, Huelva and Zaragoza, March 19-April 8, to visit the Rio Tinto Basin in south-central Spain and review the current state of knowledge of the [...]
2005-03-16 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA TSPA ECON SP
05MADRID1030SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...]
2005-03-16 18:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1035SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS BARNARD, HANES,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Barnard, Research Geologist; Daniel Hanes, Research Oceanographer; and Asbury Sallenger, Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, April 1-10, to attend and participate in the Coastal Dynamics 2005 Conference [...]
2005-03-17 08:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1036SPANISH POLICE COORDINATE MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL
[...] The Spanish Civil Guard reported March 16 that police officers from 12 European and Latin American countries were arresting 500 people on charges of distributing child pornography on a Spanish-language Internet chat site. It is unclear whether the location of the server has been identified. [...]
2005-03-17 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1050SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Shelby consisting of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, Staff Director Kathleen Casey, Communications Director of SBANK Andrew Gray and LTC Doug Carney to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Seville March 28-April 1, [...]
2005-03-17 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID1063SPAIN'S AID PROGRAM IN ANDEAN REGION
[...] Econoff met March 13 with Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI) officials in the Subdirectorate General for South America to answer reftel questions. Our contacts noted that Andean countries have been priorities for Spanish Aid for several years, and that most Andean countries wi [...]
2005-03-17 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL CO ECIN PE BL VE SP EUN
05MADRID1066SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JAMES SKALECKY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Skalecky, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Seville, March 21-25, to observe noise measurement flight tests of the Airbus A300-622R at Moron Air Base for the pu [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1067SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DANIEL HANLON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Hanlon, WAAS Program Manager; ATO-W; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Torrejon, March 28-April 1, to discuss the IWG interoperability concerns that involve international (ICAO) standards and participate in the 14th Sat [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1073UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]
2005-03-18 12:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID1094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DANIEL MUHS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Geologist Daniel Muhs, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Palma de Mallorca, April 8-17, to conduct fieldwork on his project, "Eolian History of North America," which studies the climatic significance of Eolian (windblown) sed [...]
2005-03-21 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID112004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1103SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USITC STAFF BAUMERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USITC staff members Jennifer Baumert and Laura Bloodgood to travel to Madrid, April 14-19, to meet with Spanish private sector and government officials to discuss renewable energy-related issues. 2. Control Officer is Economic Officer Ken F [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ASEC OTRA
05MADRID1104EU PARLIAMENTARIAN SALAFRANCA ON UNDP CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Spanish EU Parliamentarian for the Popular Party (PP) Jose Ignacio Salafranca visited Charge on March 18 to solicit USG support for his bid to replace Malloch Brown as UNDP director. Salafranca said he wanted to clarify to the USG that although he had the support of the Spanish Governme [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP UNDP
05MADRID1110SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WHYTE, KAUFMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wayne Whyte, Bradford Kaufman, and Glenn Feldhake, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid, April 2-8, to attend a joint European Space Agency/NASA-Japan Aerospace Agency 2005 meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-03-22 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick; Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Robert Bradtke; Executive Assistant Ross Wilson; Special Assistants Christine Davies, Campbell Marshall and Gene [...]
2005-03-22 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OVIP
05MADRID1118MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...]
2005-03-22 16:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU SP
05MADRID1123SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL MARK LACY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Lacy, California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Granada, April 15-24, to attend the High Redshift Radio Galaxies Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]
2005-03-23 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1124SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),and Dr. Paul Grant, Staff Clinician, NIMH, to travel to Barcelona, April 11-19, to attend and give individual presentations at the 12th International Sympo [...]
2005-03-23 12:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1125SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC BERARD, BRAY,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Diana Berard, Drs. Michael Bray, Heather Greenstone, Catherine Laughlin, Charles Litterst, Harold Radtke and Christopher Tseng, NIH staff from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Center for Scientific Revie [...]
2005-03-23 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1126SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel to Madrid, April 17-20, to confer with collaborators at the University of Madrid on virus structure and to give a talk on papillomavirus structure. 2. Em [...]
2005-03-23 12:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LITTLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, Charles Q. Little and Ralph R. Peters, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-27, to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy [...]
2005-03-23 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL CHENG,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Yang Cheng, Terrance Huntsberger, Andrew Johnson, Jeffery Norris and Mark Powell, from the California Institute of California, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International [...]
2005-03-23 12:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1131ADDRESSING VWP REVIEW CONCERNS
[...] CHARGE AND CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTED DEMARCHES AS INSTRUCTED IN REF A TO GOS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. 2. MARCH 21, 2005, CHARGE AND CG PRESENTED DEMARCHE IN REF A TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIG [...]
2005-03-23 12:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO SP
05MADRID114MADRID PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE
[...] SUMMARY. During 2004 there was a general increase in the cost of living in Madrid and the CPI rose 2.9%. The transportation and food sectors experienced the highest cost increases, whereas domestic utilities, property taxes and leisure activity prices remained relatively stable. Many of th [...]
2005-01-12 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON AMGT ALOW SP ELTN EFIN
05MADRID1141SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]
2005-03-23 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, and Robert Dickey, Supervisory Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Vigo, April 9-21, to speak on Marine and Freshwater Toxins Analysi [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA ROBERT DEVLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Robert Devlin, Branch Chief, ORD Office of Research and Development (OAR),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to make a presentation entitled "Making in Vitro Studies Relevant: Factors to Consider in Exposing Lung Cells to Envir [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1164SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SUDHAMAY BASU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sudhamay Basu, Research Engineer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),Nuclear Reactor Reasearch, to travel to Madrid, April 4-14, to attend the OECD/NEA Program Review Group (PRG),and Management Board (MB) meetings. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP TECH
05MADRID1165SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MASSOD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Massod Z. Hadi, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, April 28-May 5, to attend the European Symposium of the Protein Society 2005, and present a poster entitled "High Throughput Methods for Protein Complex Isolation and I [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT NANCY ANN WENTZLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Ann Wentzler, Chief Economist with the Comptroller of the Currency, to travel to Madrid, March 29-April 2, to attend a meeting at the Institute of International Finance. 2. Embassy reminds travelers to submit country clearance request [...]
2005-03-31 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID1238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PERRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Perry Blackshear, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 7-9 to present a seminar, "The TTP Family of CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Proteins in the Regulation of MRNA Turnover." [...]
2005-03-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ENRIC CORTES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Enric Cortes, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS),to travel to Jaen and Barcelona, April 8-18, to give lectures on shark fisheries. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-31 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
05MADRID1251EXTRADITION CASE OF MANUEL ISAAC MARQUEZ SR
[...] Country clearance is granted for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephanie Christine Perez and Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Javier Rodriguez. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS KCRM SP MARQUEZ MANUEL ISAAC SR
05MADRID1252FALL 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, one for the Management [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
05MADRID1257 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DOC
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARIO CARDULLO, COUNSELOR ON TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURISM TO TRAVEL TO BARCELONA, SPAIN FROM APRIL 11 TO 16, 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMES (INSME) ANNUAL MEETING. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 01031 WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOTE [...]
2005-04-01 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BEXP SP BGMT
05MADRID126WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:SPAIN PRIORITIES
[...] There follows below in para.2, Embassy Madrid's assessment of U.S. services market priorities in Spain and market openness. This analysis was largely conducted by the USCS based on experiences with American firms doing business in Spain. We found the market openness rating difficult to make. [...]
2005-01-13 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SP WTO
05MADRID1277EXTRADITION CASE OF MARK M. ROSS
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Michael Robert McClung, and Donald Irving Exum. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshals Michael Robert McClung, Donald Irving Exum and Roger Wellborn Devall, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139 [...]
2005-04-04 13:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP ROSS MARK
05MADRID1281SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Asturias and Barcelona, April 17-May 1, to meet with Spanish investigators to review exposure assignments with collaborators on the Spanish Bladder Cancer S [...]
2005-04-04 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1284SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Johnson, Senior Chemist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Barcelona, April 24-May 1, to attend the 7th International Forum of International Lignin Institute (ILI). 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-04-05 08:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1285SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROGER PORTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger Porter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, April 2-8, to discuss outstanding and new coordination issues of the three agencies and to present a briefing on new GSFC missions and associated spectrum r [...]
2005-04-05 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1289SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-26, to meet with colleagues at the University of Barcelona and discuss a number of projects such as, heteromerization of: cannabinoid CB1 [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MILES BRAUN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Miles Braun, Director, Division of Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 14-20, to attend the mid-year meeting of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISEP). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1291SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA SHIEW MEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Shiew Mei Huang, Deputy Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-20, to attend the 3rd World Drug Absorption, Transport and Delivery Clinical Significance and Regulatory Impact Conference. [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1292SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Kleeberger, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 22-26, to give a talk on "Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Pulmonary Responses to Inhaled Pollutants" at the Exp [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1293SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF KAMAL SHUKLA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kamal Shukla, Program Director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 4, to attend the 6th European Symposium of the Protein Society. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1308SPAIN REGISTERS CONCERN WITH HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting to discuss GOS concerns with this year's Human Rights Report. Poloffs met March 29 with Manuel de la Camara Hermoso, MFA Deputy Director of North American Affairs, and Jose Antonio de Ory Peral, MFA Director General of Human Rights. [...]
2005-04-06 10:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SP
05MADRID1324DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID1350SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC VILMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vilma Carande-Kulis, Senior Policy Advisor in Health Economics, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-15 to attend a public health meeting, present "Definition of Public Health Economics" and "Investing in Promoting Public Health and Pr [...]
2005-04-07 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1351SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PHILIP YIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip Yin, Clinical Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 12-17, to give a presentation at the 18th International Conference on Antiviral Research. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-04-07 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1353MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...]
2005-04-07 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER MO SP
05MADRID1368SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PHILLIP TAYLOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Phillip Taylor, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santaigo de Compostela, June 17-25 to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and associated European [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1369SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. JUNKU YUH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Junku Yuh, Program Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, April 19-30 to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2. [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1371SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA LINDA KOBAYASHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Kobayashi from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-04-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1409SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN HUTCH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dan Hutch, Economist, Office of the Administrator (OA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Cadiz and Madrid, May 1-7, to attend a conference that will cover quantitative and qualitative analyses and research relevant to smart g [...]
2005-04-13 08:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1456SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON
[...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...]
2005-04-14 15:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO WI SP
05MADRID1458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALEXEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alexei Yeliseev, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 5, to present a poster, "Bacterial Expression of Functional Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptor for Structural Studi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1459SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 27-30, to attend and give a lecture at the First International IVI Congress: Reproductive and Maternal-Fetal M [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1460SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDWIN MELENDEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edwin Melendez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Silvota, Asturias, May 7-17, to visit AsturPharma and conduct a human drug pharmaceutical inspection for compliance with FDA's current Good Manufacturing Practi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1461SPECIAL 301:PUSH FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRESS ON
[...] Summary: The GOS has agreed to an IPR Roundtable with the U.S. On April 8, the Council of Ministers approved and publicized the "Integrated Government Plan for the Reduction and Elimination of Activities Damaging Intellectual Property ( http://www.mcu.es/gabipren/notas/2005/abril/c ul_08_p [...]
2005-04-14 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID1472SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JPL) FRISH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center delegation to travel to Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid, April 17-June 19. Harold Frish will travel to Valencia to attend a meeting to define system engineering standards; Vladimir Lumelsky will travel to Barc [...]
2005-04-15 12:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1475MORATINOS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL SP
05MADRID1477SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]
2005-04-15 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1478SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN COSTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Dan Costa, Supervisory Research Physiologist, Office of Research and Development (ORD),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to meet with Spanish counterparts to exchange latest technological advances in the area of toxicological e [...]
2005-04-18 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1518SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID L. LEACH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David L. Leach, Research Geologist, USGS, to travel to Salamanca April 20-25, to attend an organization meeting regarding international field trips and conferences in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to be attended by USGS and other international geological [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SP
05MADRID1519SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROSALIND GRYMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rosalind Grymes from NASA's AMES Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, April 28-May 10, to plan upcoming collaborative workshops and Joint Astrobiology Summer School 2005 with international partner Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/EGC BARBARA DE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Barbara de Rosa-Joynt from OES/EGC, to travel to Oviedo, April 29-1 May, to participate as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Technical Group meetings of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SENV TRGY SP
05MADRID1526SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS BERNARD FRIEDMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bernard Friedman, Senior Social Science Analyst, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 7-14, to present two papers at the Biennial Meeting [...]
2005-04-20 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TVBIO
05MADRID1527SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE VASILIS FTHENAKIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vasilis Fthenakis of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 5-12, to give an oral presentation entitled "Emission Factors in the Production of Materials Used in PV." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RICHARD KING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard King, of the U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Technologies Program, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the European Conference on PV Solar Conversion. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2005-04-20 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1529SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, May 14-21, to attend an information meeting and give a lecture titled "Dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID153 EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA OFFICIALS LAVONNE CLARK AND FREDERICK MINES TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN JANUARY 30 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2005 TO CONDUCT COST VERIFICATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM SPAIN. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00089 WE UN [...]
2005-01-14 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA ASEC AU BEXP SP
05MADRID154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SANJAY DESAI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, January 28-February 1 to meet with malaria research collaborators at the Glaxosmithkline Plant. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-01-14 11:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1563SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE FERREIRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, USGS, to travel to Barcelona, April 21-May 4, to participate in the Euro Strataform Gulf of Lions Research Cruise aboard the RV Endeavor and American UNOLS Fleet Research Vessel. 2. Embassy appreciate tha [...]
2005-04-22 08:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1585SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTRY: "TRUST US ON VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of State for Defense (deputy minister equivalent) Francisco Pardo called a meeting with Charge April 20 to discuss Spain's plan to sell ships and planes to Venezuela. Pardo said the Zapatero government wanted to be as transparent as possible on the sale but was frustrated tha [...]
2005-04-22 17:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1587SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]
2005-04-25 11:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1604SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]
2005-04-26 06:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1617SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JANE SEWARD,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Seward, Chief Medical Officer; Lorraine Alexander, Medical Officer; and Gustavo Dayan, Senior Service Fellow, National Immunization Program, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia, May 17-21, to present various projects related to immunization p [...]
2005-04-26 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1621SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA TIMOTHY O'BRIEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, May 4-23, to meet with NASA and Spanish Government officials and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landin [...]
2005-04-26 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1626SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]
2005-04-27 06:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1629SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CHRIS PADDOCK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chris Paddock, Medical Officer, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Logrono, June 17-23, to attend the 4th International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Disease and present "Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in the Americas: A Decade of Discover [...]
2005-04-27 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1645SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. LUNA AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe Gangloff, Senior Counsel, US Department of Justice (DOJ),and David Luna, State/INL, to travel to Madrid, April 26-29, to participate at the Steering Committee Meeting for the OECD-UNDP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "Good Governance f [...]
2005-04-27 14:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV KCRM SP OECD
05MADRID1651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV CLARK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, DOE funded personnel: Harvey W Clark, Ronald A. Hansen, Scott E. Hulse, Christopher J. Joines, and Richrad L. Waters, to travel to Rota, May 5-15, to support the Do [...]
2005-04-28 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROBERT C. BURRUSS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert C. Burruss, USGS Research Geologist, to travel to Oviedo, April 27-May 1, to represent the USGS at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Technical Group Meeting and participate in the Storage Taskforce Meeting to prepare a workplan [...]
2005-04-28 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1684SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA CHARLES LARSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Charles Larson, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Valencia, May 20-27, to conduct a devise inspection of Industrias Quirurgicas de Levante. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visi [...]
2005-04-29 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1689SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MEENAN, JACK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Flight Inspection personnel Mitchael Meenan, Pilot; Kenneth Jack, Pilot; John Dewitt, Technician; and John Hodges, MX Support, to travel to Rota twice, May 25-26; and May 30-31, for certification of aids for the Department of Defense and ce [...]
2005-04-29 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP FAA
05MADRID1700SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Scientist Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH; and Dr. Igor Belyakov, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Malaga, May 16-21, to attend and participate in the [...]
2005-05-04 14:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
05MADRID1701SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Mischchenko from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, May 15-21, to participate at the Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2005-05-04 14:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1702SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAMES DUNNIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Dunnie and Lydia Rosas-Marty, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Girona and Barcelona, May 21-27, to inspect drug manufacturers Fort Dodge Veterinaria, S.A. and Inke SA., for compliance with FDA's current [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1703SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DAVID GARRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Garrison, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela and Madrid, June 17-25, to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oce [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1704SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Warach, Senior Investigator, Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 15-18 to participate in a meeting on stroke research with colleagu [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1705SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Carl K. Andersen, Federal Highway Administration representative, to travel to Leon, May 12-21 to attend the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) meeting and participate in working sessions of various technical committees. 2. Embas [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TSPL OTRA SP
05MADRID1729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WEST AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert West and Padme Yanamandra-Fisher from the California Institute of California working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Granada, May 13-22 to attend the 8th Annual Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nons [...]
2005-05-06 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DURAND BEGAULT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Durand Begault, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, May 26-June 1, to attend and present a paper at an Audio Engineering Society (AES) Workshop on Audio-Haptic Interaction and to meet with collaborators and colleagues [...]
2005-05-06 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES A. COSTRELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James A. Costrell, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, June 19-23, to attend management meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passport [...]
2005-05-06 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC ANGULO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Frederick Angulo, Medical Epidemiologist; Peter Gerner-Smidt, Microbiologist; Michael Lynch, Medical Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, May 30-June 7, to attend two meetings: the Annual International Burden of Foodborne Illne [...]
2005-05-06 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA KESSLER;
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Kessler; Daniel Schultz; Ginette Michaud; Ronda Balham; Kimberly Trautman; Steven Niedelman; and David Kelly from the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, to travel to Sevilla, May 16-20 to attend the Glo [...]
2005-05-06 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV FUNDED
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation funded personnel: Randy R. Rogers; William J. Dougherty; Brian B. Peters; Scott E. Gable; and Michael G. Hoxie to travel to Algeciras, May 23-Jun [...]
2005-05-10 07:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID1769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. ABHIJIT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation at the National Science Foundation, to travel to Benalmadera, June 16-19 to attend the 14th International Association of Science and Technolo [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, May 22-26, to participate in the Third Course Ian Donald Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, an [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1771SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA PAULA BONTEMPI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paula Bontempi, from NASA HQ, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 18-24, to attend a special session on Applied Ecosystem-Level Research to Reverse Coral Reef Degradation, sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1772SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief, Surgical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca, May 23-29, to give an update on "Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer," at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid, and giv [...]
2005-05-10 09:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1786UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]
2005-05-10 15:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1798SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Barry, III, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 17-18 to participate in a workshop, "The Biology of Persistence," sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO KHIV SP
05MADRID1799SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DONATUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donatus Ekwueme, Health Economist, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-14, to do a presentation entitled "Cost analysis of screening, diagnosing, and staging for prostate cancer: a review of the literature," at the 5th Internati [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1800SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DEBORAH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Philp, Research Fellow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Sitges, May 27-31 to present a poster titled "The Actin Binding Site on Thymosin Beta-4 Promotes Angiogenesis" at the Fifth European S [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1819SPANISH VIEWS ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:REVISED
[...] Summary: The GOS devotes significant staff to services. Insurance, telecoms and banking are Spain's main interests. The EU is making an effort to improve its services offer according to GOS interlocutors. The EU has not shared with Member States examples of alleged "roll-backs". The EU is pl [...]
2005-05-12 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTO
05MADRID1825SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS GLYN T. DAVIES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs to travel to Sevilla, May 13-15 to attend the U.S.-Spain Council Meeting. 2. Control Officer for this visit is Economic Officer Carl Schonander who can be reached at: O [...]
2005-05-12 16:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PREL SP
05MADRID1826 LOOKOUT SHARING
[...] CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. MANZANARES PRESENTED DEMARCHE AS INSTRUCTED IN REFTEL TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON MAY 10. FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WAS IN SPAIN AND HAD A MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ALONSO IN WHICH H [...]
2005-05-13 05:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC PGOV PTER PINR PREL KPAO EU SP
05MADRID1854SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID E&E/EG/EI ROBERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Archer, Physical Scientist, USAID/E&E/EG/EI, to travel to Madrid, May 31-June 5, to review energy regulatory distance learning program financed by the World Bank and developed and managed by Comillas University; meet with Union Fenosa re [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP AID
05MADRID1855SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Schreck, Senior Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Pamplona, May 24-27 to lead meetings of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Research Annex 11 and Annex 20. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1865SPAIN'S COMPETITION TRIBUNAL TRAVESL TO WASHINGTON
[...] Summary: The President of Spain's Competition Tribunal Gonzalo Solana Gonzalez travels to Washington next week to meet with U.S. Foreign Trade Commission officials, the Department of Justice and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Solana's goal is to discuss proposed reforms to compe [...]
2005-05-16 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON SP
05MADRID1870SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELLIOT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elliot McVeigh, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-5, to attend and give a lecture, "Advance Imaging, Modeling and Simulation on the Heart: [...]
2005-05-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1871SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC RONALD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Director, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, May 24-26 to attend the seminar of presentation for the annual report on HIV enhanced surveillance and the commemoration of 10 years of the Center for Epidemiological [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1872SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ULRICH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ulrich Siebenlist, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 22-25, to give a talk, "Novel Contributions of NF-Kappab in Health Disease," at the Juan March Foundation Spring 2005 Wor [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1879U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...]
2005-05-17 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Douglas A. Chinn, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, February 5-10, to attend the Smart Fabrics Conference and present standard talk called "Carbon based electronics at Sandia." 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-01-19 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1880SPANISH REACTION TO NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF KORAN
[...] The Spanish media have given very prominent coverage to Newsweek's retraction of its Koran desecration allegation story. All national and major regional broadcast and print media have made the retraction either the lead or one of the top three international stories in May 17 reports, includin [...]
2005-05-17 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID1881DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO
[...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...]
2005-05-17 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID191SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marueen E. Quinn, Kurt E. Amend, USN Commander Debra Maddrell and Worth S. Anderson to travel to Madrid, January 25-26, to consult with the EU and key NATO allies regarding the role of the international community in Afghanista [...]
2005-01-19 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SP NATO
05MADRID1912SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay, Pittsburgh Certificate Management Office, Coraopolis, PA, to travel to Barcelona, May 25-26, to perform international check airmen surveillance. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-05-19 09:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1921SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC) PORTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen V. Porter and John D. Cornwell, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Madrid, May 28-June 2, to meet with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Thermal Working Group Formulation. [...]
2005-05-19 12:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1922CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION DEMARCHE
[...] Summary: Spain supports the philosophy underpinning the Cultural Diversity Convention, and there is a political desire on the part of the GOS for the international community to adopt the Convention. There does not appear much willingness on the part of the GOS to revisit the Chair's proposal [...]
2005-05-19 13:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL SP UNESCO
05MADRID1929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. MORRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Morrison, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH; and, Dr. Silvio Gutkind, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 29-June 3, to give individual presentations [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1930SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BEZRUKOV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergey Bezrukov, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Castellon, May 31-June 5, to attend a program/collaboration meeting on Physics of Ion Channels, at the Universitat Jaume I, De [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1931SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark W. Becker from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the International Workshop on Information Hiding, and the 1st Watermarking Virtual Laboratory (WAVILA) of the European Network of Excellence (ECRYP [...]
2005-05-19 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1932SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (KSC) TIMOTHY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, June 6-12, to meet with NASA representatives, and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landing sites. 2. Embassy understan [...]
2005-05-19 15:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JCS) ASTRONAUT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Astronaut Lt. Colonel Rex J. Walheim, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to the Canary Islands, June 9-14, to serve as a speaker for the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-05-19 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1934SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA COLLEEN FLAHERTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Colleen Flaherty, Biologist, Office of Pollution, Prevention, and Toxic Substances, EPA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-25, to attend the ASLO Summer Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...]
2005-05-19 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1938SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK W. GRAFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick W. Graff, Director SEDM, Italy & Spain Defense Issues, European and NATO Affairs, OSD-ISP, to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 23-May 28, to attend meetings with US and Spanish MOD on resolution on high level defense committee action i [...]
2005-05-20 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID1940SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO STEADMAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Velica Steadman and Angela Reilly, Intellectual Property Research Specialists, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to travel to Barcelona, May 22-27, to attend the Momentum Barcelona 2005 Conference hosted by the Centre Convencions International [...]
2005-05-20 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC SP
05MADRID2061COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes Representative Alcee Hastings to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 6-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 2. Admini [...]
2005-06-01 07:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID2064COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. HOWARD GADLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Seville, Spain from June 15-21, 2005. the purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation at the International Association for Conflict Management 18th Annual C [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2065COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RYAN MUTTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Mutter, Junior Service Fellow, and William Encinosa, Senior Economist, Center for Delivery Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 7-14, 2005. Th [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2066COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. ABHIJIT DESHMUKH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation, National Science Foundation, to travel to Malaga, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 14th Internatio [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA SP
05MADRID2067COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IVAR MARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ivar Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 15-July 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP KSCA TRGY
05MADRID2068COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR WOJIECH ZUREK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Benasque, Spain from June 27-July 5, 2005 to attend the summer session on Quantum Information and Dec [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2069COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS/CDC GERARDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Garcia-Lerma, Senior Fellow, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this trip is to present, "Drug Resistant HIV-1 and Viral Fitness" at the 1st Symposium of the Spanish Retrovirus Working Gro [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA US SP CDC
05MADRID2070COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR NOAA/TSUNG-HUNG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Tsung-Hung Peng, Edward Cokelet, Henry Vanderploeg, Doran Mason, Thomas Nalepa, and Andrea Jaeger, NOAA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from June 17-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate [...]
2005-06-01 10:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SENV KSCA SP
05MADRID2071SPAIN: ICAO DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 10:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC SP
05MADRID2072COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GREGORY DASCH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Dasch, Team Leader, Marina Eremeeva, Biologist, Robert Massung, Microbiologist, Amanda Loftis, Microbiologist, Herbert Thompson, Branch Chief, William Nicholson, Microbiologist, David Swerdlow, Team Leader, Alice Chapman, Epidemiologist [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN RICHARDSON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA TPHY KSCA SP
05MADRID2084COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes and grants country clearance to Judith Monte and Brian Weyand, INR/I/M Geographic Specialists, to travel to Madrid, Bilbao and A Coruna, July 2-15, for map collection as well as for Ms. Monte's attendance at the International Cartographic Association Conference in A Cor [...]
2005-06-01 17:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINR OTRA SP
05MADRID2097COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOTT ESTON HULSE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Hulse, Bechtel Nevada, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from June 6-9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide scientific and technical support to Department [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2098COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO VALENTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 15-21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "The role of ABC-Transporters in Antiretroviral Therapy," at the Firs [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2099COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. HARVEY KLEIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Harvey Klein, Chief, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from June 15-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to moderate s symposium and to give a talk entitled, "Transfusion-Transmit [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2100COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GYORGY VIZKELETHY AND BARNEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gyorgy Vizkelethy and Barney L. Doyle, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Seville, Spain from June 17-July 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 17th I [...]
2005-06-02 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KSCA SP
05MADRID2101COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERARDO ORTIZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Ortiz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Benasque, Spain from June 18-July 2. 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Worksh [...]
2005-06-02 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2102COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US DELEGATION TO THE OSCE
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Governor George Pataki, Head of Delegation, Major Gary Berwick, Chairman Charles Gargano, David Catalfamo, Director of Communications, Salvatore Graven, Travel Aide, Jeffery Lovell, Senior Policy Advisor to th [...]
2005-06-02 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREL SP OSCE
05MADRID2114EU CUBA POLICY: SPAIN CONTINUES TO FAVOR INCREASED
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 6 to MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and requested GOS views on Cuban government actions over the last six months and how the EU should respond. Sandomingo said that the GOS remained confident in its long term strategy toward [...]
2005-06-03 15:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID2127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ELDERDGE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leo V. Elderdge, Carlos Rodrigus, Ted Urda and Dieter Guenter, FAA employees to travel to Malaga, June 20-25, to attend the GBAS Working Group Meeting hosted by Eurocontrol ATND ANE. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BENNING, HATHAWAY,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Benning, Kurt Hathaway, Deke Moser and Dick Bailey, FAA safety inspectors, to travel to Madrid, June 13-17, to inspect Iberia Airlines FAA Repair Station pursuant to their authorization to conduct maintenance on U.S. registered aircraft in [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2129SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Eston Hulse, DOE funded person, to travel to Madrid, June 6-9, to provide scientific and technical support to a DOE customer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplom [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KSCA SP
05MADRID2130SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay, FAA Inspector, to travel to Barcelona, June 30-July 1, to perform an international CA certification. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and o [...]
2005-06-06 13:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2131SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for democracy [...]
2005-06-06 14:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SP
05MADRID2135COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPAIN DESK OFFICER
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - SPAIN DESK OFFICER DONALD CALVERT TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON JUNE 13 AND 14 FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH EMBASSY, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND SPANISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON KEY TRADE ISSUES. 2. WE CONFIRM HOTEL RESERVAT [...]
2005-06-06 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
05MADRID2137SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS/IO DENNIS DELEHANTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Delheanty, Director for Postal Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of Technical Specialized Agencies, to travel to Madrid, June 4-9, to participate in the meeting of the Arrears Working Group and Reform Working [...]
2005-06-06 16:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SP USPS
05MADRID2138SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS RYAN MUTTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Mutter, Junior Service Fellow, and William Encinosa, Senior Economist, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Health-care Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 7-14, to participate in [...]
2005-06-06 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2139SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ONE MORE DOE/EE/NREL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, part of DOE group (Ref A and B),to travel to Barcelona, June 4-12, to participate in the 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-06-06 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2141COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN ZAVALES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Zavales, OFDA Military Liaison Officer, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from June 8-18, 2005. The purpose of this trip is to provide briefings to the NATO Civil-Military Coordination Course. 2. Embassy understands no further assistance i [...]
2005-06-07 08:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2143SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUIGI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Director, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 15-19 to present a lecture titled: "Disability prevention: Is it the first step for dependency prevention?" at [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2144SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARVEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Harvey Klein, Chief, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to San Sebastian, June 15-19, to moderate a symposium and give a talk on "Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in the Immunosuppressed Patient," at a mee [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANTONIO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, to give a talk "The Role of ABC-Transporters in Antiretroviral Therapy," at the first GTR sponsored Antiretroviral Therapy Meeting, and to meet with Spa [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HOWARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Seville, June 15-21 to give a presentation at the International Association for Conflict Management 18th Annual Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2147SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC GERARDO GARCIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Garcia Lerma, Senior Fellow, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, June 16-19 to present a paper on "Drug Resistant HIV-1 and Viral Fitness" at the 1st Symposium of the Spanish Retrovirus Working Group. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP CDC
05MADRID2148SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIAID GROUP OF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sherry Coleman; Robert Heinzen; Dale Howe; Sam Perdue; Messrs. Paul Beare and Jeff Shannon, to travel to Logrono, June 17-24 to attend and participate in the 4th International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases. 2. Emba [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2149SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DASCH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Dasch, Team Leader; Marina Eremeeva, Biologist; Robert Massung, Microbiologist; Amanda Lofits, Microbiologist; Herbert Thompson, Branch Chief; William Nicholson, Microbiologist; David Swerdlow, Team Leader; Alice Chapman, Epidemiologist [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2150SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA SUSAN RICHARDSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Richardson, Research Chemist, Office for Research and Development (ORD),to travel to Barcelona, June 17-22 to evaluate practical aspects for the usefulness of tandem mass spectrometric techniques for screening and quantitation of organic [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID2151SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following DOE funded personnel: Gyorgy Vizkelethy and Barney L. Doyle, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Sevilla, June 17-July 4 to attend the 17th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ISMAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ismael Ortega-Sanchez, Senior Service Fellow, NIP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-13 to make a presentation at the International Health Economics Association 5th World Congress Conference on Treatment on Prophylaxis and Economic of An [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MAYA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maya Vijayaraghavan, Health Economist, NIP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 6-14 to present results of research conducted at the Global Immunization Division (GID) at the 5th World Congress of the International Health Economics Associatio [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL WILLIAM WEBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Weber from California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Madrid, June 17-23 to attend management meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL TAHER DAUB
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Taher Daub, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Canary Islands, June 11-26 to attend the International Work-Conference on Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Co [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2194SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC HAROLD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold Frisch and Antonio Mannino from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Valencia and Santiago de Compostela, June 10-25. Harold Frisch will visit Valencia to define system engineering standards. Antonio Mannino will visi [...]
2005-06-08 13:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF PAUL KEMP
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Kemp, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 16-25 to attend the 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...]
2005-06-08 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2211SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV THOMAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Sanford from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 2, to enhance Sandia's reputation; attend the 32nd Plasma Physics Conference, and receive the 2005 Hannes Alfven Prize of the European Physical Society in [...]
2005-06-08 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF GARY THOMPSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Thompson, Program Director in the Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-16 to attend an annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and give a presentation ti [...]
2005-06-08 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2222SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK W. GRAFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick W. Graff, Director SEDM, Italy, & Spain Defense Issues, European and NATO Affairs, OSD-ISP, to travel to Madrid, Spain June 14-16 and June 27-30, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with US and Spanish MOD Officials. [...]
2005-06-10 08:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2233SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BARIS METE UZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Baris Mete Uz, Associate Program Director in the division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 19-28 to attend the 2005 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting. 2 [...]
2005-06-10 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2234SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV GALEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Galen R. Gisler, from Los Angeles National Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, June 22-26 to work with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography to discuss modeling of Tsunami gener [...]
2005-06-10 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2235SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MATZEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Keith M. Matzen and Stephen M. Slutz, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 8 to attend the 32nd European Physical Society (EPS) Plasma Physics Conference and the 8th International Workshop [...]
2005-06-10 13:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2236SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. GARY THOMPSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Thompson, Program Director, Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-16 to attend an annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and give a presentation at that [...]
2005-06-10 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2237SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NESDIS KENNETH S.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth S. Casey, Physical Scientist, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-25 to attend and present in two sessions of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer 2005 meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2005-06-10 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PING ZHANG AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ping Zhang, Health Economist; and Kumiko Imai, Economist and Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-14 to attend and participate in the International Health Economic Association (IHEA) 5th World Congr [...]
2005-06-10 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP CDC
05MADRID2239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS SELDEN, BANTHIN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Selden, Economist; Jessica Banthin, Director, Division of Modeling and Simulation; and Didem Bernard, Senior Economist, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Public Health Service to t [...]
2005-06-10 14:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2244SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NOAA/NMFS ZETWO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michele P. Zetwo, Jeremy Rusin, Jessica Kondel and Stephen B. Reilly, to travel to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, June 10-21 to participate as U.S. delegates at meetings of the parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Pro [...]
2005-06-10 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
05MADRID2248GOS SUGGESTED COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON TERRORISM
[...] (C) During the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counterterrorism Experts Working Group on May 16-20 in Madrid (reftel),Spanish judicial officials proposed a joint investigation into the finances of the Islamic Cultural Center. The Center is a prominent Islamic institution l [...]
2005-06-10 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2266SPAIN LEGALIZES STATUS OF NEARLY 691,000 ILLEGAL IMMGRANTS
[...] (U) Summary: Spain concluded its three-month amnesty program for illegal immigrants having collected more than 691,000 petitions nationwide. Officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs stated they expect to approve 80% to 90% of the petitions. New immigrants earnings could generat [...]
2005-06-13 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CVIS SP
05MADRID2268SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS BOZEK, CLOERN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Bozek, Unit Leader; James Cloern, Physical Scientist; Dale Honeyfield, Chemist; Tara Schraga, Oceanographer; and Rob Striegl, Hydrologist, from the U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-July 4, to attend a [...]
2005-06-13 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2275SPAIN: RESPONSE TO HAITI ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 09:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV SP HA EUN OAS
05MADRID2290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV PATEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Praveshkumar Kantibhai Patel and Eduard Liviu Dewald, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Tarragona, June 25-July 2. Mr. Dewald will attend and participate at the 32nd European Physical Society (ESP) Conference on Plasma P [...]
2005-06-14 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2296SPAIN FAVORS NICARAGUA MANPADS DESTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 15:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETMARR PARM PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. FREDERIC
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Frederic Lipshultz, Associate Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 18-26, to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and associat [...]
2005-06-14 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2303SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA LESTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lester Crawford, Acting Commissioner, and Helen Winkle, Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Malta, June 19-21, to attend and participate at the International Generic Pharma [...]
2005-06-15 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2304SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DARRYL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Darryl L. Smith, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 4-8, take part in a seminar at the University of Barcelona Physics Department. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2005-06-15 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2305SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SC JOHN MANDREKAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Mandrekas, Program Manager, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, Department of Energy, to travel to Tarragona, June 26-July 3, to attend the 32nd European Physical Society (EPS) Plasma Physics Conference, and the 8th Intern [...]
2005-06-15 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2306SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEONID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leonid M. Gurvits, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Santander, June 30-July 9, to attend and participate at the Foundations of Computational Mathematics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-06-15 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2314NOVEMBER 14-16 TERRORISM FINANCE CONFERENCE IN
[...] Summary: The Embassy, Ministry of Interior and the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (a well-respected thinktank) are collaborating on a November 14-16 terrorism finance conference in Madrid. This will be the fourth conference on terrorism issues we put together with the GOS and the Foundation. The [...]
2005-06-15 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2319SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS WILLIAM LAWRENCE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Lawrence, Senior Service Fellow, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Health-Care Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 10-14, to present a workshop on the use of cost-effectiveness analysis i [...]
2005-06-16 07:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2320SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA BRUCE RUNNEGAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bruce Runnegar, NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-15, to co-direct the Joseph Comas I Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology, at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP). 2. Embassy und [...]
2005-06-16 07:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2322SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN WARBURTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Warburton, Electronics Engineering Supervisor; ATO-P; William J. Hughes Tech Center; Atlantic City, NJ; to travel to Malaga, June 20-25, to attend the GBAS Working Group Meeting hosted by Eurocontrol and AENA. 2. Embassy understands t [...]
2005-06-16 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
05MADRID2325SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NNTRAV TEAM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel: Stephanie P. Clarke, William E. Kilmartin, Department of Energy; Edward E. Coyne, William J. Dougherty; Luis G. Rivero, Michael G. Hoxie, Paul M. Jackson, Albert S. Kacoroski, Timothy Yu Lai, George G. Lord, Brian B. [...]
2005-06-16 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2326SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA TIM DULIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Tim Dulin, Aerospace Engineer, International Branch, ANM-116, to travel to Madrid, June 29-July 1, to attend CASA Type Validation and continuing airworthiness meetings at the DGAC Facility. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-06-16 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2328SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DONALD L. GAUTIER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donald L. Gautier, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, June 11-19, to attend and present a paper at the annual meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-06-16 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2329SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA EMMANUEL BOSC AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Emmanuel Bosc and Marjorie Schmeltz, from the California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 19-24, to participate in the American Society of Limnology and Oceano [...]
2005-06-16 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2344SPAIN: AMBASSADOR O'DONNELL ENGAGES SPAIN ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10, following the OSCE's Conference in Cordoba on Anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance, Ambassador Edward O'Donnell, U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, met with Ambassador Ana Salomon Perez, the Spanish envoy for Jewish Affairs, to discuss Spanish membership [...]
2005-06-17 08:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
05MADRID2363CLIFFHANGER IN THE GALICIAN ELECTIONS: IS IT THE
[...] (SBU) In a high turnout election, the opposition Popular Party (PP) appears to have lost the absolute majority it has held in the Galician Regional parliament since 1989. Though the PP won the popular vote in Galicia comfortably, taking approximately 45%, with all votes counted it has won only [...]
2005-06-20 13:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP PSOE
05MADRID2375COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSOULA USEAC IN MISSOULA, MT TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON JULY 5 TO 7, 2005. MR. PETERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A TRADE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN REHGERG. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 02479 WE UNDERSTAND THAT [...]
2005-06-20 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN EI SP
05MADRID2392SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC LARRY BERGMANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Bergmann, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, June 21-July 6 to meet with a team of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) to conduct an assessment of the CPSS/IOSCO securities settlement principles. [...]
2005-06-21 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID2396SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS JAYASREE BASU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jayasree Basu, Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Primary Care, prevention, and Clinical partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-14, to attend the annual meeting of [...]
2005-06-21 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2397SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ROGER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger L. Clough, from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid, July 8-20 to attend and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Advisory Group Meeting on Controlling Radiation Degradation in Polymers. 2. Embassy unde [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2398SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC COLEVAS,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Alexander Colevas; Ilona Linnoila; James Mulshine; Jyotsna Pandey; and David Schrump, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH, to travel to Barcelona, July 2-8, to attend and participate in the 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer. 2. Emb [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2399SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel from the University of Rochester--Lab for Laser Energy: Christian E. Stoeckl; Jacques A. Delettrez; and Jason F. Myatt, to travel to Tarragona, June 25-July 3, to attend the 32nd European Physical Society Plasma Physics Co [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2430SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael T. Tobin from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 4, to attend and present a paper at the 32nd EPS Plasma Physics Conference and the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2431SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PHILLIP A. GOMEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phillip A. Gomez, Inspector, Pittsburgh Certificate Management Office, Coraopolis, PA, to travel to Barcelona, July 19-23, to perform a U.S. Airways station inspection. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearances be sent at least seven [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2432SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA CHRISTOPHER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christopher Mertens from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Granada and Tortosa, July 22-25, to work on an improved formulation and numerical implementation of the Curtis Matrix and in Tortosa to give a talk at the Internationa [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2433SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA GERALD L. CONDON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerald L. Condon, from NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Valencia, June 27-July 13 to present a paper at the Technical University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2005-06-23 10:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2435SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Kenneth Balick, from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, Cordoba and Albacete July 5-23, to participate in the European Sentinel 2 and Fluorescent Experiment collecting data on quantitative remote sensing hyperspectral and [...]
2005-06-23 11:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2437AMCHAM REPORTS GROWING CORPORATE PESSIMISM TOWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 15:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SP
05MADRID2438SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NIGEL GREIG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nigel Greig, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Madrid, July 5-9, to discuss recent Alzheimer's disease findings at a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Neuropharma. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-06-23 16:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2447SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROSALIND GRYMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rosalind Grymes from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-19, to attend the summer school "Titan, Perbiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life" at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-06-24 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2448SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ASTRONAUT LT.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lt. Colonel Eric A. Boe, Astronaut, and Goeroge D. Zamka, from NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza, July 10-15, to provide technical support to the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) in support of STS-114 in Moron Airbase. 2. Emb [...]
2005-06-24 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2449SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JUAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Juan P. Paz from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Benasque and Barcelona, July 11-24 to participate in Benasque in the workshop on "Decoherence in Condensed Matter Systems" and in Barcelona to participate in information meetings and [...]
2005-06-24 13:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2463SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. STEPHEN KATZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from July 8-14, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture and attend the 50th Anniversary of Cruces U [...]
2005-06-28 07:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2464SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DUXBURY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Duxbury, California Institute of Technology at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Coruna, Spain from July 814, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2005 International Cartographic Conference (ICC'05) [...]
2005-06-28 07:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2470SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. MUSTAFA DOSEMECI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Industrial Hygienist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Oviedo and Barcelona, Spain from July 6-18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to train industrial hygienists for the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study at the [...]
2005-06-28 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2471SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. NANCY BREEN, DR.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),National Cancer Institute (NCI),and Fogarty International Center (FIC),NIH, Dr. Nancy Breen, NCI, Dr. William Cartwright, NIDA, Dr. Steven Clauser, NCI, Dr. Dean Jami [...]
2005-06-28 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2478SPAIN: AMBASSADOR AGUIRRE'S MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: One day after his June 27 arrival in Spain, US Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre met with Foreign Minister Moratinos to lay the groundwork for a new relationship after a year of difficult relations with the Socialist government, but also to make clear US concerns about Spanish policy toward V [...]
2005-06-28 14:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID2485SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BILL KRAMER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bill Kramer, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Water (OW),Environmental Protection Agency, to travel to Tarragona, July 5-10, to attend the Coaster Water Quality Monitoring Seminar. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...]
2005-06-29 14:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID2505SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC FRAGOSO AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gilberto Fragoso, Bioinformatics Specialist, Center for Bioinformatics, National Cancer Institute, NIH; and Mr. Alexander Rosenthal, Director, Division of Enterprise and Custom Application, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel [...]
2005-07-01 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2506SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA KRISTTINA WILMOTH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kristtina Wilmoth, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-16, to attend the Astrobiology Summer School "Titan, Prebiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life." . 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2005-07-01 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2507SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Wassmer, Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden Colorado, DOE, to travel to Madrid, July 9-13, to visit the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid to check out the progress of their solar decathlon houses. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-07-01 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2508SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Heather L. Wilkens, General Atomics, sponsored by DOE/NNSA, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, July 30-August 7, to attend and participate at the 12th Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE 12). 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2005-07-01 14:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2509SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ CALDWELL HARROP
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Caldwell Harrop, Antitrust Division, DOJ, to travel to Madrid, July 19-20, to attend the Third Annual Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum hosted by the OECD and IDB. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-07-01 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OTRA KIPR AORC SP
05MADRID2520SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS USERY, VARANKA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Lynn Usery, Research Geographer; Dalia E. Varanka, Research Physical Scientist; and Susan D. Mills, Cartographer Technician, to travel to La Coruna, July 7-19, to attend the international Cartographic Conference, to present papers and repres [...]
2005-07-05 10:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS LIU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chuan-Fen Liu, and Matthew L. Maciejewski, Research Health Specialists, VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA, to travel to Barcelona, July 81-14, to attend and participate at the 5th World Congress of the International Health Economics. 2. Embass [...]
2005-07-05 10:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2523DRUG TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION TRENDS CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Spain's National Drug Plan (PND) latest Annual Statistical Report on Drugs reports increases in total drug seizures (29%),trafficking arrests (11%),and arrests for drug possession (22%) between 2003 and 2004. Officials consider these statistics to be an indication tha [...]
2005-07-05 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KSEP PINR PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID2528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS, CSI, OFFICIAL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Carolyn Frey, Senior Network Engineer, CBP, to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, July 11-18, to participate in the site assessment for the new CSI offices in those ports. 2. Post understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-07-05 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA SP
05MADRID2560SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAUL HEBERT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul Hebert, Consultant; Jane Sisk, Senior Biomedical Research Service; Edward Sondik, Director, NCHS, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-14, to deliver a presentation at the International Health Economic Association (IHEA) Conference on [...]
2005-07-07 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2562SPAIN (MAD) - COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance to TSA Aviation Security Inspectors Yasmin Moorgan and Sandra Johnson to visit Madrid from 10-21 July 2005 to perform the airport and air carrier station assessments at Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD). 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]
2005-07-07 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC PTER OTRA KHLS
05MADRID2564SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV KARL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Karl Leslie Gass, from Sandia National Laboratories, DOE funded, to travel to Valencia, July 17-19, to a meeting to support a proposed communications development effort and represent the U.S. in that meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-07-07 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2565SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark J. Stevens, from Sandia National Laboratories, DOE funded, to travel to Benasque, July 30-August 12, to attend the Biological Membranes workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2005-07-07 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2566SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE JULES ROUTBORT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jules Routbort, Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, September 9-20, to interact with international leading scientists and technologists experts in microstructural evolution. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-07-07 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2576SPAIN'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 60TH UN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Spain intends to send the following delegation to the UN High Level Event (HLE) and/or General Assembly in September: A. --Head of State: King Juan Carlos will NOT attend. B. --Head of Government: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President --Plans to attend the S [...]
2005-07-08 08:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP PREL OTRA OVIP SP UNGA
05MADRID2581SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DONALD ACKERMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donald Ackerman, Sanitarian, Vessel Sanitation Program, NCEH, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, August 4-7, to provide technical consultation to ship personnel on the construction of the passenger vessel MS Aquamarine. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-07-08 11:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2590SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. IONE HUNT VON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ione Hunt Von Herging, Program Director, Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-26, to attend and be a speaker at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. [...]
2005-07-08 16:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALLEN MINTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Nation Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 29-August 27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is help set up a Static Light Scattering Workstation [...]
2005-07-14 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO TPHY OTRA SP
05MADRID2652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Mr. Vann H. van Diepen, Head of Delegation, Director, Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, US Department of State Mr. Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology, US Departmen [...]
2005-07-14 11:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PREL PARM AMGT OTRA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2653AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]
2005-07-14 12:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID2718SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ARIAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Arias, Statistician, NCHS, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 27-August 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the "Stochastic Demographic Forecasting" Second International Institute of Forecasters workshop at th [...]
2005-07-21 08:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2721SPAIN: RESPONSE TO AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 11:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT SP EUN
05MADRID2731AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
[...] Summary and introduction: The Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Minister of Finance and the Economy Pedro Solbes July 20. Solbes was accompanied by Chief of Staff Soledad Abad Rico and Secretary of State for the Economy David Vegara. Solbes provided a fairly comprehensive tour [...]
2005-07-21 14:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
05MADRID2741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDY RONALD ROGERS + 8
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals from the Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Algeciras, Spain from July 26-August 25, 2005: Randy Ronald Rogers, AHTNA Government Services Corporation G [...]
2005-07-22 10:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2742SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTC ERIC A. BOE AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LTC Eric A. Boe, NASA Johnson Space, and George D. Zamka, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain, and to Moron Air Base, Spain from July 24-28, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support to the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) site [...]
2005-07-22 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2744EXTRADITION CASE OF FERNANDO
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel, Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, te [...]
2005-07-22 11:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP GUTIERREZ
05MADRID2758SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC SCHMIDT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Schmidt; Thomas Friers; Robert Frostrom; Bruce Ledford; Kevin Decker; and Alvaro Diaz, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, August 8-29, to meet with NASA representatives and to support the mic [...]
2005-07-27 09:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2847SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BILAL HAQ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bilal Haq, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF, to travel to Vigo, September 4-10, to attend a conference on gas in marine sediments. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2005-08-03 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY ECON KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2869SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC MORRIS AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard V. Morris and Douglas W. Ming, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Nerva, September 2-14, to meet and perform field work with members of the Spanish Astrobiology Institute on Mars analog terrain near the Rio Tinto River as [...]
2005-08-05 07:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2875 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/DAVID J.
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR NOAA SCIENTIST, DAVIS J. STENSRUD TO TRAVEL TO PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 11 - 13,2005 TO GIVE SEMINAR- VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00003344 WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOTEL RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN ALR [...]
2005-08-05 14:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SENV BEXP SP
05MADRID2876AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] Summary: Ambassador stressed the importance of a level playing field in government procurement/infrastructure projects and explained our trade policy interests, particularly in intellectual property rights and agricultural biotechnology. Responding to the Ambassador, Montilla noted the import [...]
2005-08-05 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
05MADRID2887SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MELISSA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Melissa Stick, Chief, Scientific Review Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, August 22-28, to attend and participate in the XIX European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine [...]
2005-08-08 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2892SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector (AVIONICS),AMR Certificates Management Office, to travel to Madrid, August 15-18, to perform flight inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2005-08-09 14:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2902SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) Embassy Madrid plans to deploy reftel points on GITMO and detainees as appropriate in several sets of outreach programs led by the Ambassador which we are planning for the coming months. This will be addition to our on-going engagement on the subject with the Spanish press and political [...]
2005-08-10 09:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05MADRID2910SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE ROBERT KLEINMANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Kleinmann, Director, Geosciences Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Office of Fossil Energy, DOE, to travel to Oviedo, September 3-9, to attend and participate in the 9th International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Conferen [...]
2005-08-10 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2927SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EUGENE HILL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Eugene Hill, Chief, Scientific and Technical Advisor for Aeronautical Communications, AIR-100, FAA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, September 7-9, to attend the 1st International Conference and Exposition on Icing Technology. 2. Embass [...]
2005-08-12 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2938SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ALENA,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Alena, Stephen Dunagan, Howard Cannon, Raymond Gilstrap, Brian Glass, Larry Lemke, and Carol Stoker, from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Huelva, August 16-October 4, for the Rio Tinto Mars Analog Drilling Experimen [...]
2005-08-16 13:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/WR ABRAHAM VAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Abraham Van Luik, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE/OCRWM),and Stephen Sevougian, Contractor, Sandia National Laboratories, Las Vegas, Nevada, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM),to travel to Madrid, Aug [...]
2005-08-16 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY SP
05MADRID2942SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector, AMR Certificates Management Office, FAA, to travel to Madrid to perform line station facility inspection and flight inspections to AALA. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2005-08-16 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2980SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ALBERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Albert Ahumada and Andrew Watson, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to La Coruna, August 19-27, to attend the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-08-19 07:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2988SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and extend country clearance as requested Ref. A, to: Randy R. Rogers; Terry L. Baumgartner; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; M. Robert Corlew; Edward E. Coyne; Whitney J. Creer; Timothy A. Gregoire; Cody J. Hostick; Elizabeth M. Hughes, Paul M. Jackson; Dung Z. Le; [...]
2005-08-19 14:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2990SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following DOE funded personnel: Eduardo M. Bringa, LLNL; Vasily V. Bulatov, Jose A. Caro, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia and Jaime Marian, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; to travel to Madrid and Alicante, September 6-25, to attend the [...]
2005-08-19 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2996SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Willenbring, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 9-14, to attend meetings with Spanish Health Officials and give a presentation entitled "Screening and Brief Interventions: [...]
2005-08-22 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2997SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DILLON, YANEZ,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA employees Walter Dillon, International Airworthiness Programs Officer; Karl M. Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer; Michael Fradette, Aviation Safety Inspector; and Brian A. Yanez, Senior Aerospace Engineer, to travel to Madrid, September 15-23 [...]
2005-08-22 14:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
05MADRID2998SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV WENDY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Wendy S. Doyle, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid, September 5-11, to attend and participate at the 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2005-08-22 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3023SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC GEORGE LAVDAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Lavdas, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Barcelona, August 29-September 2, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-08-24 12:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3024SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. WOLFGANG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Wolfgang Sommer, Staff Clinician, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 8-13, to attend the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (EBPS) 2005 Scientific Meeting. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-08-24 13:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3041SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN WARREN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Warren to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 to September 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy personnel for consultations. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at Hotel Gran Melia Fenix, located at c/Hermos [...]
2005-08-25 08:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC PREL OTRA SP
05MADRID3043COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PDAS ELIZABETH L.
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 6, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Government officials. 2. Embassy understands Ms. Cheney will be accompanied by her Secret Service detail. S [...]
2005-08-25 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3045SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHUNILL HAH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chunill Hah, from NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, Spain, October 2-7, to attend the NATO/RTA Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomati [...]
2005-08-25 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3046SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to travel to Barcelona and Benidorm, September 3-13, to present a seminar on multimedia documents and interactive publications and hold discussions at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, and in [...]
2005-08-25 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3063SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS LORENSON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas D. Lorenson, and Kenneth E. Peters, Research Geologists, USGS, to travel to Vigo to participate in the 8th International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments, and in Sevilla to attend the 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemis [...]
2005-08-29 13:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3064SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CRAIG D. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Craig D. Allen, Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Sevilla and Alicante to do field work, and present a paper at the World Conference on Ecological Restoration in Zaragoza. Dates in Spain: September 1-29; October 6-11; Octobe [...]
2005-08-29 13:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3070SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE GILES AND JOHNSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harry Giles, Petroleum Industrial Specialist; and David Johnson, Director, Planning and Engineering Office, Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Barcelona, September 17-24, to attend and participate in the 9th Internation [...]
2005-08-30 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3071SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV KAMYAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded researcher Kamyar Rahimian, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, September 9-17, to attend the EUROSENSORS XIX Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2005-08-30 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3072SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC RICHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Mushotzky, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Madrid, September 24-October 1, to attend the X-Ray Universe Conference 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded th [...]
2005-08-30 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPE ERIC STEWART AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DIRECTOR PAUL DACHER TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON SEPTEMBER 26 - 29, 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. - SPAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERT [...]
2005-08-30 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA BEXP SP
05MADRID3075SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC ARUN SEHRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arun Sehra, NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, September 30-October 8, to present a paper at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3076SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. CARMEN HUBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carmen Huber, Program Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Segovia, September 20-30, to attend the U.S.-Spain Workshop on Nanoscale Materials. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3077SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC MARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Martin Rabinowitz, from NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Sitges, September 17-22, to present opening keynote speech at the International Association for Stability, Handling, and Use of Liquid Fuels Conference. 2. Embassy und [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3078SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GROUP OF SEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Jennifer Bossert Rajeev Desai, Yavin Shaham, NIDA; Markus Heilig, Andrew Holmes, Kenzie Preston, NIAAA; and Husseini Manji, NIMH, to travel to Barcelona, September 8-13, to attend and participate in the 11th Biennial European Behavioral Ph [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3079SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RAFAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Rafael Camerini Otero, Branch Chief, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 8-19, to visit the Universidad Autonoma and to speak at the 7th European Meiosis Meeting titled "Chro [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3080SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARAD/DOT DORIS J.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Doris J. Bautch, Director, Great Lakes Region, Maritime Administration Official, Department of Transportation, to travel to Madrid, September 4-10, to participate as the principal U.S. representative to the International Navigation Association [...]
2005-08-30 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC AMGT SP
05MADRID3144SPAIN: NEW HIV/AIDS INFECTION RATES CONTINUED TO
[...] Health Ministry 2004 statistics on HIV/AIDS in Spain, released August 16, indicate that new AIDS diagnoses declined 6.6 percent from 2003 to 2004 (from 2,218 new infections in 2003 to 2,071 in 2004). A sampling of some interesting statistics includes: -- 37.2 percent of those newly diagno [...]
2005-09-06 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI KHIV SP
05MADRID3145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MICHELE MARIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michele Marie Merkle, Scientific and Technical Advisor for Human Factors, FAA, to travel to Sevilla, September 11-16, to attend the Cooperative Air Traffic Management (C-ATM) User Forum 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...]
2005-09-06 09:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
05MADRID3181SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DUE/NNSA/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Elizabeth Holm, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid, September 9-16, to attend the Micromechanics and Microstructure Evolution Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-09-08 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3182SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DUE/EE/NREL VAHAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vahan Gevorgian, Senior Electrical Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, September 12-18, to present the U.S. views on procedures to use for the International Electrotechnical Commission Powe [...]
2005-09-08 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID3183SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA JAMES VALENTI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Valenti, Acting NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Program Manager, NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS),to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 10-14, to visit prospective safety net recepto [...]
2005-09-08 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3184SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ADRIAN STOICA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adrian Stoica, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 8-15, to participate in the Conference on Evolvable Systems. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-09-08 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3185SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MELVIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Melvin R. Baer, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to La Coruna, September 16-25, to attend the Fluid Structures Interaction 2005 Conference and to present a paper titled "Modeling Enhanced Blast Explosives Using a Mu [...]
2005-09-08 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID32SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE ROBERT B. SHELTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Robert B. Shelton from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Majorca, January 8-14, to participate in a meeting sponsored by the European Commission at the Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA). 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-01-05 13:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
05MADRID3201 AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON:
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...]
2005-09-08 16:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG
05MADRID3207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SEC SUSAN YASHAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Yashar, Assistant Director and Marianne Olson, Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 12-15, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO [...]
2005-09-13 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CFTC PHYLLIS CELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phyllis Cela, Chief Council, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 12-15, to participate in the International Organization of Securities Commissions Standing Committee 4 and Screening [...]
2005-09-13 11:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3209SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL ADRIAN STOICA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adrian Stoica, employee of the California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 8-15, to participate in the Conference on Evolvable Systems. 2. Embassy appreciates tha [...]
2005-09-13 11:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM L.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William L. Halvorson, Supervisory Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza, September 8-19, to attend the international annual meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration. 2. Embassy appreciates that country [...]
2005-09-13 11:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3211SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS RICHARD L.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard, L. Schroeder Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza, September 9-19, participate in the World Conference on Ecological Restoration, and to discuss ecological restoration issues, and future collaborative proj [...]
2005-09-13 11:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC MARY ANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Ann Smith, from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Salamanca, September 11-17, to participate in the 19th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearance be requested [...]
2005-09-13 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3213SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ASHITEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ashitey Trebiollennu, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 12-25, to participate in the 1st International Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems [...]
2005-09-13 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3215SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to , September , to attend . 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passport [...]
2005-09-13 12:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3216SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JUAN SALVADOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Juan Salvador Bonifacino, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols, September 17-22, to present a talk titled, "Sorting of Transmembrane Proteins Mediated by Dile [...]
2005-09-13 12:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC HECTOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hector D'Antoni from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, Seville and La Coruna, September 14-19, meet with collaborators, discuss joint research, and to visit the Rio Tinto drilling site. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3218SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Lichten, Laboratory Chief, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 14-18, to give an invited talk titled "Studies on the Directionality of Heteroduplex Formation and the Crossover/Noncrossover Decision," at th [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3219SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA GILBERT SALUD,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gilbert Salud, Calvin Koerner, and Michelle Jessen Investigators, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Porrino, September 13-23, to conduct a pre approval inspection of Genetech Espana, for compliance with cGMPs and [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3220SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -CORRECTED COPY- FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 24-October 2, to participate in a seminar titled, "Cryopreservation of Mouse Gametes and Embryos," at the Center of Energy Investigation, Central An [...]
2005-09-13 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3221SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ERIC JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Eric James, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Huelva, September 9-17, for the Rio Tinto Mars Analog Drilling Experiment. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers o [...]
2005-09-13 12:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3222SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC SANJAY GARG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sanjay Garg, of NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, October 1-8, to participate in NATO research and technology applied vehicle technology panel on more intelligent gas turbine engines. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-09-13 13:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3223SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN CLAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Salamanca, September 18-25, to present a paper titled, "Starting and Stopping a Bistable Pagemaker," at the 18th International Confe [...]
2005-09-13 13:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3224SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ANGEL CASTILLO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Angel Castillo from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, October 7-15, to attend a post award discussion and budget planning meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic an [...]
2005-09-13 13:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -AMENDED- FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to a team critical to support Construction Management, Field Engineering, Quality Control and Environmental, Safety and Health in Algeciras, from September 26-October 28. Clearance for the team: Randy R. Rogers; Guadalupe Chavez, Gary E. Mizell [...]
2005-09-13 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3234SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JOHN CONWAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Conway, Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Madrid, October 4-9, to attend a conference on Recent Advances in Operator-Related Function Theory, in El Escorial. 2. Em [...]
2005-09-13 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3252SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S PAULA DOBRIANSKY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U/S Paula Dobriansky to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 27, 2005. Embassy will arrange meetings in accordance with the priorities described in reftel. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer Ricard [...]
2005-09-14 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL OTRA SP KENV
05MADRID3254SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ERWIN LITTAU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Erwin Littau, FAA Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to conduct maintenance on U.S. registered aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic an [...]
2005-09-14 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID3255SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector (AVIONICS),AMR Certificates Management Office, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to perform flight inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remi [...]
2005-09-14 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3258SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK WHITE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark White, Epidemiologist, Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC, HHS, to travel to Menorca, October 12-16, to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Scientific Seminar. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2005-09-15 07:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP
05MADRID3263SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC RANDALL ROY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Randall Roy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO Joint Forum on Risk Assessment and Capital Liquidity. [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3264SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV AMY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded employee Amy Cha-Tien Sun, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to La Coruna, September 19-25, to attend the 8th International Conference on Computational Modeling and Experimental Measurements of Fee and Moving Boundary Problems. [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3265SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT. OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roberto Jose Groszmann, to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 1, to attend the International Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3267SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Scott Leischow, Branch Chief, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, October 4-9, to participate in the International Symposium on Women and Tobacco. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-09-15 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3268SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JORGE MARTINEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jorge Martinez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Rota, September 23-27, for a regulatory/inspection of US naval hospital. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminde [...]
2005-09-15 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3274SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC MARK LEON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Leon, NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Huelva, September 17-22, to participate in the Marte Project Outreach. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearance requests be sent at least seven days prior to visitors arrival in Spai [...]
2005-09-16 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3276SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF NEA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Tammy Mank Wincup, NEA/PI Office Director, Charles King Mallory IV, NEA/FO Senior Advisor, Ahmad Hussein Kamel Dabous, NEA/PI Contractor, and Shaha Riza, NEA/PI Contractor, to travel to Madrid, Spain on Thursday, September 22, 2005. The purpose [...]
2005-09-16 10:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3292SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER TO FM MORATINOS (S/ES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 16:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL SP
05MADRID3492SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]
2005-10-04 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID3503SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF KEN CHONG AND JORN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Ken Chong and Jorn Larsen-Basse, Program Directors, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Bilbao, November 11-18, to participate in the 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnolgy in Co [...]
2005-10-04 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3506SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARC-ALAIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Marc-Alain Widdowson, Medical Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS, to travel to Menorca, October 13-16, to attend the conference on "European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2005-10-05 07:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP
05MADRID3507SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV BARRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded person Barry Dale Schoeneman, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Gran Canaria, October 8-15, to present a paper at the 39th IEEE International Conference on Security Technology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2005-10-05 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3508SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES W. ADAMS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James W. Adams, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Madrid, October 30-November 4, to participate in a deep space network site visit for Stereo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-10-05 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3516SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELIZABETH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elizabeth Brown, Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, October 17-20, to exchange information regarding lymphoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...]
2005-10-05 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3557SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Terry Muckleroy, Federal Reserve Board; William Estes, Carolyn Healy, and Nancy Jaimes, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Robert O'Sullivan, Alexa Philo, and Coryann Stefansson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; to travel to Madrid, La Coruna a [...]
2005-10-11 11:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN SP FRB
05MADRID3558SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC J. TROY BEATTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to J. Troy Beatty, Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, October 15-19, to attend a seminar on International Cooperation, at the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO). 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-10-11 11:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3561SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JOAN TODD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joan Todd, Branch Chief, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, HHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, October 15-23, attend the International Electrotechnical Commission 606001-1, Subcommittee 62D, Joint Workgroup 3, Hospital Bed [...]
2005-10-11 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3562SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2H MARK D. PASTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark D. Paster, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cell and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to Seville, October 24-27, to attend the IPHE Renewable Pathways for Hydrogen Production Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-10-11 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3563SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/DFRC GLENN BEAVER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Bever, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC),to travel to Madrid, October 31-November 5, to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Systems Concept Integration (SCI) Flight Test Technology (T3) Meeting. 2. [...]
2005-10-11 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3566AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PSOE PRESIDENT MANUEL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on October 6 with Manuel Chaves, national President of the governing Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),as well as President of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. Their discussion touched on US-Spain relations, initiatives in the Middle East and North Afric [...]
2005-10-11 14:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SP
05MADRID3570U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] Summary. During her September 27 visit to Madrid to meet with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos (REF A),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky also met with Director General for International Organizations and Multilateral Affairs Arturo Laclaustra to discuss USG initiativ [...]
2005-10-11 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO PGOV EAGR SP
05MADRID3575SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARILYN MANSER,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Marilyn Manser, Associate Commissioner, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 13 to October 20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper entitled, "U.S. Qu [...]
2005-10-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA SP
05MADRID3580SPAIN ASKS FOR US BACKING FOR REELECTION OF MARINO
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking support for the Spanish candidate for the committee on torture. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation sends regards to the Embassy of [...]
2005-10-13 13:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM DANCHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Danchi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Granada, Spain from November 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Science Advisory Team (TE-SAT) Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-10-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, Spain from October 24-29, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with conference organizers at the University of Salamanca. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-10-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3629COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADOLFO A. FRANCO AND DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aldolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, and David Mutchler, Senior Advisor for Cuba, to travel to Madrid, October 24-29, to attend the Cuba Conference sponsored by The University of Miami. 2. Embassy Points of contact are Jennifer P [...]
2005-10-17 15:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA SP
05MADRID3631SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE
[...] Ambassador Aguirre paid a previously scheduled courtesy call October 17 on Spanish First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, who, among her many duties, coordinated arrangements for the Ibero-American Summit which Spain hosted in Salamanca October 14-17. In a warm, cordial me [...]
2005-10-17 15:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID3659SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, October 24-29, to participate on a meeting panel on controlling noise at work at the 8th Edition of the Euroamerican Encounter "Risk and Work." 2. E [...]
2005-10-19 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3660SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA JEFF MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeff Morris, Associate Director for Science, Office of Research and Development (ORD),EPA, to travel to Barcelona, November 5-10, to participate in a workshop that will focus on toxicity testing approaches for nanotechnolgoy. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-10-19 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA SP TPHY EPA
05MADRID3661SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WILLIAM DANCHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Danchi, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Granada, November 22-26, to attend the Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Science Advisory Team (TE-SAT) meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-10-19 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3662SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Bray, Medical Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to travel to Madrid, October 26-31, to attend at the Viral Vaccine Meeting (VVM) 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...]
2005-10-19 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3671MUSLIM OUTREACH PROGRAM: EMBASSY MADRID HOSTS ITS
[...] Summary. As part of its Muslim Outreach program, Embassy Madrid held its first Embassy Iftar on the evening of October 13 in the Ambassador's residence. Approximately fifty guests attended, including leaders of Spanish Islamic organizations, mosques, and immigrant associations, as well as fore [...]
2005-10-19 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID3677IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY CUBAN ISSUES CONTROVERSY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 12:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL SP VE
05MADRID3679SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS LEE, RUBIN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Homa J. Lee, Research Civil Engineer; David M. Rubin, Research Geologist; and Christopher R. Sherwood, Research Oceanographer, to travel to Salamanca, October 18-31, to attend the final Annual Meeting of the Eurostrataform Project and to atten [...]
2005-10-20 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3681SPAIN SUPPORTS BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 15:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BL SP
05MADRID3683SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CALEB MCCARY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Caleb Charles McCarry, Cuba Transition Coordinator, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a speech at a seminar regarding Cuba Transition Issues and meet with appropriate government officials [...]
2005-10-21 08:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3692SPAIN SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE UN
[...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, 2005 seeking support for the candidacy of Spain to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: 14 October 2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3695SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JACKIE BLACK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Inspector, to travel to Bilbao, October 24-26, to do a recertification for Aerospace Engineering. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and officia [...]
2005-10-21 17:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3751SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, October 24-29, to meet University of Salamanca officials and to participate in a meeting on controlling noise at work at the 8th Edition of the Euroameri [...]
2005-10-26 10:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID3752LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM SECRETARY GENERAL OF
[...] At Embassy Madrid's Iftar dinner on October 13 (see reftel),the Ambassador received a letter from the Secretary General of the Islamic Commission of Spain (ICS),Mansur Escudero, addressed to President Bush. Post is engaged in an active program of Muslim Outreach, and in this area, Escudero i [...]
2005-10-26 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKISL SP
05MADRID3757COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/U.S. AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT MIGUEL ROMANO, WHO WILL VISIT MADRID, SPAIN FOR A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND AMBASSADORIAL PROGRAMS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10 AND 14, CONCLUDING THAT EVENING WITH [...]
2005-10-26 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BE GM SP
05MADRID3759SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA FRED EMBRY MOONEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Fred Embry Moone, Aviation Safety Inspector, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Mallorca, November 11-17, to conduct aircraft simulator evaluations. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-10-26 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3760SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RICHARD JONES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Jones, Aviation Safety Inspector, Seattle Aircraft Evaluation Group, FAA, to travel to Madrid, November 12-19, to attend Airbus A-330/340 Structures Working Group. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visi [...]
2005-10-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3767SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. HWANG,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paul Hwang, Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),NIH; Toren Finkel, NHLBI, NIH; and Luis Sierra, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Aging, NIH; to travel to Madrid, November 6-10, to attend an [...]
2005-10-27 07:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3768SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CRAIG D. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Craig D. Allen, Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza and Alicante, September 1-29, and then return October 6-28, to meet with University of Alicante representatives and present a paper at the World Conference on Ecological [...]
2005-10-27 07:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA SENV SP
05MADRID3784 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) ROUNDTABLE IN
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric Stewart and Spain's Under Secretary of Culture presided over a day-long U.S.-Spain IPR Roundtable in Madrid on September 28. This event stemmed from former Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash's February 27 Roundtable proposal t [...]
2005-10-27 15:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID3792SPAIN: MFA LATIN AMERICA DG VIEWS ON BOLIVIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Latin America Director General Javier Sandomingo told visiting USAID Assistant Administrator Adolfo Franco October 27: (1) Evo Morales was not a "lost cause" and could evolve into someone we could do business with; (2) pushing Chavez too hard could actually increase rather [...]
2005-10-28 11:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID3808SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RACHELLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Rachelle Hollander, Senior Science Advisor, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, November 5-12, to participate in a Nanomaterials Workshop. 2. Embassy unde [...]
2005-10-28 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SF SP
05MADRID3809SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HRSA/HHS GEOFFREY EVANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Geoffrey Evans, A/Director, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),HHS, to travel to Madrid, November 9-14, to present a paper at the 3rd Congress of the Aso [...]
2005-10-28 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3810SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JASON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel, Jason C. Lashley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, October 30-November 3, to take part in a professional working group and visit the Physics Faculty at the University of Barcelona. 2. Embassy un [...]
2005-10-28 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3811SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. MARY ANN HORN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mary Ann Horn, Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Sevilla, December 10-15, to attend the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-10-28 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3812SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA NAKISSA SADRIEH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nakissa Sadrieh, Associate Director for Research Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, November 6-9, to attend the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Scientific W [...]
2005-10-28 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3813SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Randy R. Rogers; Allison C. Bennett; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; Michael R. Corlew; Pedro Cortez; Whitney J. Creer; Scott E. Gable; Timothy A. Gregoire; Elizabeth M. Hughes; Paul M. Jackson; William B. Ostendorf; Paul F. Power; [...]
2005-10-28 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3903SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN WILLIAM BAITY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Baity, Deputy Director, FINCEN, to travel to Madrid, November 11-16, to attend the Conference on Terrorism Finance, organized by the Instituto Universitario de Investigacion Ortega y Gasset, with the collaboration of the State Secretar [...]
2005-11-07 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM PREL PTER OTRA SP
05MADRID392SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Geophysicist Joanne C.T. Ferreira to travel to Barcelona, February 4-19 to participate for the USGS Tripod and Mooring component and to be the primary specialist for USGS and Spanish Tripod instrumentation and to assist the Institut de Ciencies [...]
2005-02-02 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FHA RICHARD LIVINGSTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Livingston, Federal Highway Administration representative, to travel to Bilbao and Madrid, November 11-20, to present a paper and participate in the 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, and in Madrid, to coordi [...]
2005-11-13 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TSPL OTRA SP
05MADRID395SPAIN ON AFGHANISTAN, ISAF STAGE II CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Afghanistan Maureen Quinn, accompanied by Department of Defense, JCS, and State Department officers met with Spanish MOD, MFA and Presidency officials on 1/26 to discuss Spain's commitment to lead a PRT in western Afghanistan. Just before Ambassador Quinn's arrival, the [...]
2005-02-02 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SP NATO
05MADRID3987SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DR. URI TEN BRINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Uri Ten Brink, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Madrid, November 20-22, to discuss progress in the processing and interpretation of the data collected during the joint Spanish-USGS research cruise last April and to write a new p [...]
2005-11-16 13:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3988SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. NRC JANET KOTRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janet Kotra, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),to travel to Barcelona, November 18-24, to represent the NRC at the 6th Annual Country Workshop of the OECD/NEA Forum on Stakehold [...]
2005-11-16 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP TECH
05MADRID3989SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS ROBERT R. GABEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS),to travel to Baeza, November 23-25, to participate as an instructor in a training course on implementation aspects of the Convention on International [...]
2005-11-16 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TBIO SP
05MADRID3990SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC DELEGATION OF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Friers, Jose Garcia, Kevin Decker, Timothy O'Brien and Jean Flowers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, November 30-December 16, to meet with NASA representatives; in Zaragoza and Moron to do mai [...]
2005-11-16 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3991SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA CHI WAN CHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chi Wan Chen, Deputy Director, Office of New Drug Chemistry, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, November 27-December 2, to present a paper at the European Conference on "Getting Specifications in the new [...]
2005-11-16 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3999SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUTZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Lutz Birnbaumer, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, November 30-December 3, to meet with counterparts at the University of Alcala de Henares to discuss and consult on ongoing [...]
2005-11-17 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID400SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC, DR. THOMAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Misteli, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona February 10-12, to present a seminar entitled "Nuclear Architecture and Disease," at the Center for Genomic Regulation. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-02-03 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID4000SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS DR. EDGARD ESPINOZA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Edgard Espinoza, Deputy Laboratory Director, Fish and Wildlilfe Service (FWS),to travel to Baeza, December 3-10, to participate as an instructor in a training course on implementation aspects of the Convention on International Trade in En [...]
2005-11-17 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TBIO SP
05MADRID4005SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HOWARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded person Howard A. Scott, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to participate in the 4th Non-LTE Kinetic Code Comparison Workshop being held at the Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2005-11-17 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID4006SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE GRAHAM M. PUGH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Graham M. Pugh, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Dept. of Energy, to travel to Madrid, November 19-23, to address the 2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-11-17 13:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID4007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEONID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Leonid Gurvits, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Seville, December 10-20, to participate in the 44th Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference 2005. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-11-17 14:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID4008SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPRTAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel: Stephanie B. Hansen, Hyun-Kyung Chung, Richard W. Lee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Joseph Abdallah, Christopher J. Fontes, Los Alamos National Laboratory; to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December 9-1 [...]
2005-11-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID4009LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM FM MORATINOS
[...] (SBU) During the November 16 visit to Madrid of EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon gave A/S Fried a letter to Secretary Rice from Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. The letter discusses the Spanish government,s positive view of the stat [...]
2005-11-17 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP
05MADRID401SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC EDWIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edwin Kilbourne, Chief Medical Officer, NCEH/ATSDR, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, February 15-18, to attend the WHO Scientific Committee for the Spanish Toxic Oil Syndrome (TOS) meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...]
2005-02-03 13:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID402SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA JOHN KOUGH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Kough, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA, to travel to Madrid, February 20-26, to attend an International Life Science Institute (ILSI) Sequence Similarity Analysis for Biotech Safety Assessment meeting. 2. Emb [...]
2005-02-03 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
05MADRID4026AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH CULTURE
[...] Summary: Ambassador's courtesy call was characterized by good atmospherics but little indication that the GOS will move significantly on the issues of concern to us. Minister Calvo started by enthusiatically describing U.S.- Spain cultural cooperation hightlights, especially the upcoming Pica [...]
2005-11-18 16:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR KPAO SCUL SP
05MADRID403SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELISE KOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elise Kohn, Senior Investigator and Section Head, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Valencia, February 23-26 to attend the 5th International Symposium on Advanced Ovarian Cancer and give a presentation on "Ovarian Cancer in the [...]
2005-02-03 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID4039SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC IANNELLO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christopher Iannello, Wayne Martin, Steven Luciano, and Alvaro Diaz, NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Zaragoza and Moron, November 30, December 14, for contingency landing site repairs and maintenance. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-11-22 11:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID4095EUR A/S FRIED AND WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, accompanied by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, visited Madrid November 15-16 for meetings with Spanish officials to discuss cooperation to advance Broader Middle East reform, the upcoming NATO summits, and areas for possible collaboration in Latin [...]
2005-11-28 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID4117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. MARIO ROTEA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mario Rotea, Program Director, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation, to travel to Seville, December 12-15, to attend an editorial board meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IE [...]
2005-11-30 10:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID4314AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on FM Miguel Angel Moratinos on December 22 to review the progress made in U.S.-Spain relations over the last six months and to identify areas that remained problematic. He said the Spanish ship/plane sale to Venezuela had undermined progress in other areas, parti [...]
2005-12-23 11:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID457SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. IVAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ivan Montoya, Medical Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Ciudad Real, February 22-27 to attend and serve as the keynote speaker at the XXXII Sociodrogalcohol National Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-02-07 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ALICIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Alicia Mozzachio and Luella Rossi, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Valladolid, February 18-25 to conduct a drug inspection of Crystal Pharma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...]
2005-02-07 13:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID475SPAIN'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AID SUPPORTS
[...] Summary. In a February 4 meeting Charge and Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation Leire Pajin SIPDIS discussed Spain's international assistance program including electoral assistance to Iraq and forgivneess of Iraqi debt. Pajin characterzed Spain's effort in responding to [...]
2005-02-07 16:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL SP KBIO
05MADRID477SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC DAVID GRIM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Grim, Branch Chief of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, February 12-15 to attend a meeting at the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing Committee No. 5 Meeting [...]
2005-02-08 09:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID484SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF GEOFFREY PRENTICE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Geoffrey Prentice, Program Director in the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems, at the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, March 1-5 to participate in the Forum on Converging Technologies. 2. Embassy unders [...]
2005-02-08 13:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP THPY NSF
05MADRID515INCREASED SPANISH ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. Regional leader and Socialist Party (PSOE) President Manuel Chaves touched off a minor political scandal when he announced in Havana that King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero would make official visits to Cuba in 2006. Representatives of both the King and President Zapatero d [...]
2005-02-09 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
05MADRID517SPAIN OFFERS AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Spain's illegal immigrant population has multiplied three-fold over the last five years, from 300,000 to nearly one million. Now, new Spanish immigration measures taking effect February 7 through May 7 could grant amnesty to as many as one million illegal immigrants currently working in [...]
2005-02-10 08:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CASC CVIS KFRD SP
05MADRID521ETA CAR BOMB DETONATES IN MADRID
[...] SUMMARY: On 10 February at 0930, a car bomb exploded outside the entrance to Madrid's main convention center. The Basque separatist group ETA had called in a warning about the attack to the Basque newspaper Gara shortly before 0900 that morning. The attack followed an overnight anti-terrorism [...]
2005-02-10 10:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID541SPAIN: TIME TO DEFROST THE DEEP FREEZE?
[...] (C) Summary. After a tumultuous year in our bilateral relations with Spain, the Mission is considering how best to establish a more productive relationship with the Zapatero administration. The GOS scored early political points with the Spanish public by withdrawing Spanish forces from Iraq, attack [...]
2005-02-10 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID550SPAIN PREPARES FOR EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM
[...] SUMMARY. On February 20, Spain will become the first EU country to put the European Constitution to a popular referendum. Because of support from both the governing Socialist party and the opposition Popular Party (PP),there is little doubt that a "yes" vote will win. Many in Spain see Sp [...]
2005-02-11 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SP EUN
05MADRID553SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MCGIRL AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerald McGirl, and Sriram Subramaniam, Office of Regulatory Affairs, and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, to tavel to Sevilla, February 19-26 to visit Hospital Virgen del Rocio and conduct a joint audit inspection of Dr. Otero Lissen, P [...]
2005-02-11 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID556SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC ROSSANNE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rossanne Philen, Medical Director, Expi-X, EPO, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid February 14-20 to attend the 36th WHO/CISATER Scientific Committee for Toxic Oil Syndrome meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-02-11 14:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID569ZAPATERO VENEZUELA POLICY PERPLEXES SPANISH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' chief official for Andean countries informed poloff February 9 that a majority of officials at the MFA are as perplexed as the U.S. is at President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero's policy of building closer relations with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. [...]
2005-02-11 16:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP CO VE
05MADRID57SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEES ANDRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors Andre Lamarre and Erwin Littau to travel to Madrid, January 10 to 14, to conduct inspection and maintenance on U.S. aircraft at Gestair repair station. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. P [...]
2005-01-10 15:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HOWARD CANNON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Howard Cannon and Carol Stoker from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid and Nerva, February 26-March 6, to participate in testing and integration of instruments in Marte. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA STEVEN GENDEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Steven Gendel, Biotechnology Program Lead, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA, DHHS),to travel to Mallorca, February 22-25, to attend the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) workshop on bioinformatics and give a presenta [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID594SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Seville, March 12-17 to present and participate at the International Electrotechnical Commission, Technical Committee 88, Maintenance Team 12 Mee [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID607COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S WILLIAM LASH AND
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA A/S WILLIAM LASH AND EUR DAS ERIC STEWART TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN FEBRUARY 16 THROUGH 18, 2005. 2. WE CONFIRM HOTEL RESERVATION FROM FEBRUARY 16 UNTIL FEBRUARY 18 (2- NIGHTS) FOR MESSRS. LASH AND STEWARD AT: HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL PASEO DE LA [...]
2005-02-15 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
05MADRID623 SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and the Consulate General in Barce [...]
2005-02-16 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
05MADRID642SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE VLADIMIR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vladimir Bazjanac, Staff Architect, Contractor, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to travel to Madrid, February 19-28, to lead the International Allian [...]
2005-02-17 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID644SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC ALDEN ABBOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission official Alden Abbott, Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation, Bureau of Competition, to travel to Madrid, February 20-23 to speak at the Spanish Competition Tribunal's Annual Symposium of Competition. 2. Emba [...]
2005-02-17 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA SP
05MADRID653SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON NA
[...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to inform that the Spanish Government has decided to present its candidacy for reelectio [...]
2005-02-18 16:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OPDC SNAR SP UN
05MADRID655NSDD 38: Department of Homeland Security/U.S.
[...] Summary. Embassy Madrid supports the establishment of a new CSI program in Spain. This program would enhance Mission's MPP goal of prevention and response to terrorism. In order to effectively meet the duties required of CSI Spain, Embassy requires personnel and operational control changes to [...]
2005-02-18 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT APER ECON EWWT ASEC PTER KMRS SP
05MADRID659SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note that we received from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15 regarding Spain's candidacy for reelection to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its comp [...]
2005-02-22 08:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UN OPEC
05MADRID66COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KNOWLES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Knowles, Staff Member, and delegation to travel to Spain from January 12-13, 2005 to review programs and activities under the jurisdiction of the Military Construction Subcommittee. 2. Embassy administrative Point of Contact for this vi [...]
2005-01-10 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT SP
05MADRID67SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC JOHN O'BRYAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. John O'Bryan, Investigator, to travel to Madrid, January 29-February 2, to give a lecture at the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, National Institute of Health, Unidad de Biologia Celular in Majadahonda. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-01-11 09:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID68SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEPHANIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Stephanie London and Matthew Longnecker, Senior Investigators from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),NIH, to travel to Granada, February 1-5, to attend a workshop about "Children and the Environment." 2. [...]
2005-01-11 10:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID688SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NEAL COPELAND,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Cancer Institute staff members, Drs. Neal Copeland; Kent Hunter, and Nancy Jenkins, to travel to Madrid, March 5-9 to attend and give individual presentations at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, Animal Tumor Models a [...]
2005-02-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID696SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION
[...] Summary: Piracy in Spain continues to be a major problem. The new government is formulating, in concert with stakeholders, an integrated plan against piracy (ref B). Industry is skeptical but is working actively with the government to fix some legislative loopholes and to encourage more effect [...]
2005-02-23 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID699SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]
2005-02-24 09:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID707SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen O'Brien, Geneticist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, March 2-5, to give a presentation on "Plagues and Adaptation: Learning the Genomic Lessons of History" at the Evolution of Biodiversity: Past and Future Mee [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
05MADRID708SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Willenbring, Division Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Valencia, March 2-6 to give a plenary address and co-chair a symposium focused on new developments in the treatment of alcohol depende [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID709SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC) FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegia from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Bilbao, March 14-17, to attend the 21st International Conference and exhibition for the LNG event at the Bilbao Exhibition Center. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID727SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIALS,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials: Thomas McGowan, Felicia Kung, David Lynch, Michael Macchiaroli, Susan Koski-Grafer, and Julie Erhardt, to travel to Madrid, February 26-March 4, to attend meetings of the International Organiz [...]
2005-02-25 09:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC JASON LOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Lohn from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, February 28-March 7, to attend the Chiroptera Inspired Robotic Cephalod (CIRCE) 3rd workshop on Biomimetic Ultrasound. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2005-02-25 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID740SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE IRA D. BLOOM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE, Office of Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, Ira D. Bloom, of Argonne National Laboratories to travel to Madrid, March 1-5 to meet Spanish counterparts and gather information for DOE. 2. Economic Officer Ken Forder, w [...]
2005-02-25 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID741MFA READOUT OF CUBA/VENEZUELA DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request for guidance on Venezuela in paras 4 and 15. 2. (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with polcouns on February 24 to discuss his recent meetings at the Department and the NSC, which he s [...]
2005-02-25 15:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU CO SP VZ
05MADRID743RACIAL HATE CRIME IN MADRID AGAINST AMERICAN
[...] On the evening of February 22, following a Real Madrid Soccer game, five male and three female students, all from Columbia University but now attending Syracuse University in Madrid, were assaulted by five persons who identified themselves as "nazis" and had shaved heads. The students were e [...]
2005-02-25 16:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC
05MADRID91SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC GARY FELSENFELD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Felsenfeld, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, February 6-10, to participate in a workshop on Epigenetics and Chromatin: Transcriptional Regulation and Beyo [...]
2005-01-12 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID960BMENA - POSSIBILITY FOR COOPERATION WITH SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID961SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC GREGORY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Wallace, Medical Officer, National Immunization Program, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Murcia, April 7-9, to give a presentation about "Challenges of Vaccinology for Near Future." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-03-14 15:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID983ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MEETING WITH SPANISH FIRST VICE
[...] Summary. During his visit to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, Attorney General Gonzalez met with First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, together with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Spanish Minister of Justice Lopez Aguilar a [...]
2005-03-15 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER CU SP VZ
05MADRID984SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Cordoba, March 31-April 3, to speak at the VI Drug Addiction Symposium and accept the Sixth Castilla Award for Achievement in Psychiatry at Fundacion Castilla [...]
2005-03-15 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID985SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JAMES PAUL FERNOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA employee James Paul Fernow, Principal Staff; MITRE F082; FAA Eastern Region, to travel to Madrid, March 27-April 1, to participate in the 14th Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG) which will be hel [...]
2005-03-15 09:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID992SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S BORDER MONITORING
[...] (C) Charge raised the issue of a Georgia Border Monitoring Organization (BMO) in a March 14 discussion with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, and Josep Pons, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy for Europe and North America. Dezcallar professed little knowledge of [...]
2005-03-15 15:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS GG PBTS EUN OSCE
05MANAGUA1604PRESSURE INCREASES ON NICARAGUA TO RESOLVE IMF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A strong message from European donors has increased the pressure on the GON to take action to awaken the "dormant" IMF program or jeopardize losing USD 120 million in aid, including direct budget support. This echoes similar comments from Carlos Castaneda, IDB Executive Direct [...]
2005-05-30 16:01:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN NU IMF
05MANAGUA1867NICARAGUAN IMF PROGRAM ON THE ROPES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, President Bolanos broke the two-month standoff over fiscal reform legislation intended to close the spending gap created by the National Assembly's 2005 budget. He yielded to the Assembly's refusal to accept or override his partial veto and sent the measure for public [...]
2005-06-22 21:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN NU IMF
05MANAGUA2093USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) FY 2006 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENT
[...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]
2005-07-20 19:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID
05MANAGUA2094USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON
[...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors will mak [...]
2005-07-20 19:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID
05MANAGUA2096USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON
[...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]
2005-07-20 19:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID
05MANAGUA2097USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON
[...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...]
2005-07-20 20:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID
05MANAGUA2140NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR
[...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]
2005-07-26 19:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAGUA2142DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON GON CONCERNS WITH 2005
[...] On July 15, post received diplomatic note MRE/AN/0122/07/05 from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. The diplomatic note relates to the GON's concerns regarding the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons report (discussed in reftels). Informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. The [...]
2005-07-26 19:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG NU
05MANAGUA3257AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANAGUA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-30 16:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NU AEMR
05MANAMA101SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S JANUARY
[...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. On the key issues of Iran, counter-terrorism, and Article 98, you will find the Bahraini government to be fully supportive of U.S. foreign policy objectives and interests. However, on CT and Article 98, you will find that there are specific areas [...]
2005-01-24 10:04:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER PARM ASEC KISL BA IR IZ KICC IAEA
05MANAMA1012SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACS:
[...] (C) The Embassy, in response to Ref A instruction, has focused its initial efforts to encourage denunciation and delegitimization of terrorist violence on engagement with Bahrain's senior leadership, including the King, Minister of Information/Min State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaff [...]
2005-07-13 13:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAO BA
05MANAMA103 BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]
2005-01-25 04:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1164PROPOSED CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE (CME)
[...] (SBU) Post would welcome the proposed Crisis Management Exercise for Manama, Bahrain during the 1Q of FY06. However, due to a previously scheduled visit by the Office of the Inspector General, several Muslim holidays and two significant conferences that will include high-level U.S. delegation [...]
2005-08-10 13:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC BA OTRA KCOM
05MANAMA1165BAHRAIN: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel talking points concerning detainee operations at Guantanamo to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa August 10. In presenting the points, the Charge emphasized that capturing and detaining enemy combatants is a national [...]
2005-08-10 13:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC KISL PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA117MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN PRINCE TO PRESIDENT GEORGE
[...] (U) On January 22, 2005, post received a facsimile letter from the Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force, His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, to President Bush. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: The Hon. George W. Bush President of the United States of [...]
2005-01-26 12:08:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL BA
05MANAMA1179WOMEN MINISTERS SET POSITIVE PRECEDENT
[...] (C) Bahrain's two women ministers are setting a positive example for women's leadership in Bahrain. Minister of Health Dr. Nada Abbas Haffadh, who was appointed in April 2004, and Dr. Fatima Al Balooshi, appointed in January 2005, are the first women to serve in Bahrain's cabinet. End Summ [...]
2005-08-15 15:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KWMN BA
05MANAMA1256CROWN PRINCE CONCERNED ABOUT SECTARIAN SPILLOVER
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman expressed concern to the Ambassador August 28 that Iraq will not be able to meet its goal of improving security for some time. While making clear that Bahrain fully supported the U.S. position in Iraq, he worried that a developing sectarian paradigm "is doomed to fail [...]
2005-08-29 13:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA1259CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM BAHRAIN'S DEPUTY PRIME
[...] Post received a condolence letter from the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain addressed to the Secretary of State. Subject of the letter is the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. The original will follow and has been pouched by the Ministry to their emba [...]
2005-08-30 11:50:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1265MINISTER OF JUSTICE SUPPORTS MEPI JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador August 29, Minister of Justice Dr. Mohamed Al Sitry called the new Political Societies Law a step forward and pledged to work with political societies to make its implementation as agreeable as possible. The Minister gave his full support for MEPI-sponsor [...]
2005-08-31 15:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM PREL BA
05MANAMA1269CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE TO
[...] Embassy received a condolence cable from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to President George W. Bush. Subject of the cable is the Hurricane Katrina disaster. No original will follow. 2. Begin Tex [...]
2005-09-04 12:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1270CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE TO
[...] Embassy received a condolence cable from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to Vice President Dick Cheney. Subject of the cable is the Hurricane Katrina disaster. No original will follow. 2. Begin T [...]
2005-09-04 12:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1292ISLAMIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL PROMOTES MODERATION,
[...] (C) Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Ambassador September 4 that he welcomed USG support for exchange programs to promote the concepts of tolerance and moderation in Islam. The Ministry would assist in programming American speakers on Islam in the Uni [...]
2005-09-07 12:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO OEXC SCUL BA
05MANAMA1297 MAJOR COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR'S THANKS TO BAHRAINI
[...] Major Arabic and English dailies carried a statement September 7 from the Ambassador expressing "profound gratitude" for the $5 million offer of assistance from the Government of Bahrain, as well as the many gestures of compassion, concern, and generosity shown by the Bahraini people. Englis [...]
2005-09-08 09:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA1320"We Are All in This Together": Solidarity Across
[...] Summary: The Ambassador, in his remarks during a commemoration of September 11, honored the victims of many nations and faiths who have perished in terrorist attacks. Ambassadors of the United Kingdom and Egypt joined the Ambassador in calling for a united stand against the border- less threa [...]
2005-09-12 11:52:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA136MGIZ01: KING, CABINET PUBLICLY HAIL SUCCESS OF
[...] (SBU) King Hamad and the Bahraini Cabinet January 30 issued statements celebrating the success of Iraq's elections. The King sent a message, which was released to the press, to Iraqi Interim President Ghazi Yawar congratulating him on the success of the elections, saying that this was "the f [...]
2005-01-31 11:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BA IZ
05MANAMA1361Ramadan 2005 Public Diplomacy Strategy
[...] Summary: Ramadan presents an opportunity to promote mutual understanding, support democratic dialogue and demonstrate respect for religious traditions in Bahrain. It is also an opportunity to show a side of America that listens and has a voice of its own in matters of faith. Programs will in [...]
2005-09-21 15:05:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRF PREL BA
05MANAMA137BAHRAIN'S MEDIA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY
[...] Summary: Bahrain's media overwhelmingly welcomed the success of Iraq's elections with front-page coverage, banner headlines, and positive editorials on January 31. The Embassy's outreach efforts on Iraq elections paid off with a four-page elections insert on January 30 in "Al Wasat," drawing [...]
2005-01-31 11:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OIIP KDEM KMDR KPAO BA IZ
05MANAMA1373PM THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR U.S. ROLE IN POLITICAL
[...] (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 13 that over the last four years Bahrain had sacrificed economic reform for political reform; he said he hoped in the future there would be a more balanced focus on both. He noted that increased cooperation [...]
2005-09-24 13:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD KDEM KJUS BA
05MANAMA1375CABINET SHUFFLE IMMINENT; NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Begin Summary: Newspapers and Embassy sources indicate another cabinet shuffle is expected soon, possibly by the end of this week. Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, is expected to step down and we are told will be replaced by Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, B [...]
2005-09-25 07:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1403COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN
[...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]
2005-09-29 08:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1413KING DISCUSSES TRADE, INVESTMENT WITH AMCHAM
[...] (C) The Ambassador introduced the members of the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain to King Hamad in a September 14 meeting that covered the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Saudi WTO accession, investment in Bahrain, and economic reform. The King told the delegation [...]
2005-10-02 07:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON BEXP PGOV BA
05MANAMA1426NEWSPAPER'S FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST EMBASSY
[...] (C) Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej September 29 printed a small front-page item accusing the Embassy of a superpower of requesting the names of Sunni preachers in Bahrain so it could monitor their statements and criticisms. Several Sunni Imams denounced this alleged request in their September [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KISL ETRD BA
05MANAMA143 BAHRAIN: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET
[...] Per reftel request post recommends the following Bahraini private sector contacts to be included in a discussion about a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization: Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Hussein Chairman, Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions Tel. (+973) 1772-7333 Fax. (+973) 1772-9599 E-mail [...]
2005-02-01 11:43:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BA WTO
05MANAMA1433BAHRAIN SPECIAL IV PROPOSAL: "BRIDGES ACROSS FAITH
[...] Summary: Embassy Manama proposes a special International Visitor program to send a delegation of five to six Bahraini religious leaders to the U.S. under the theme of "Building Bridges Across Faith and Culture." Efforts to engage regional Muslim leaders and encourage messages of tolerance, m [...]
2005-10-03 14:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA1444CONGRATULATIONS FROM CROWN PRINCE TO SUPREME COURT
[...] Embassy received a congratulatory message from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to The Honourable John Roberts, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. No original will follow. 2. Begin Text: 4th Oct [...]
2005-10-05 11:56:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1447TRANSFERRING BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL WADI
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador, in separate conversations October 5, advised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar that the United States, after evaluating the written assurances receive [...]
2005-10-05 15:01:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1462TRANSFER OF SECOND BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) The Ambassador contacted Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 8 to advise him that the United States was prepared to transfer from USG control to Bahrain custody and control Bahrain national Abdullah Al Noaimi. Ambassador reviewed ref a talking points [...]
2005-10-10 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1484MFA CONVENES G-8 TO DISCUSS FORUM FOR THE FUTURE,
[...] (SBU) The MFA convened G-8 Ambassadors and Charges October 7 to outline Forum for the Future (Forum) conference plans and discuss support for the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Bahrain (CEEB). MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up and meeting chair Shaikh Abdu [...]
2005-10-12 15:44:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1485PARLIAMENT BLASTS GOB FOR LIFTING BOYCOTT
[...] (C) In a nearly unanimous vote October 11, the parliament issued a strong rebuke to the GOB for lifting the ban on Israeli goods and closing the boycott office. The parliament expressed its displeasure by issuing a "proposal" to reinstate the Israeli Goods Boycott and reopen the boycott offic [...]
2005-10-12 17:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD ETTC ECIN ECON BA
05MANAMA1547HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...]
2005-10-22 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1553ARTICLES ALLEGE SEXUAL HUMILIATION, HUNGER STRIKE,
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (U) Sister newspapers Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej and English daily Gulf Daily News October 19 and 20 published two articles alleging the sexual humiliation of Juma Al Dossary and the advanced hunger strike of Issa Al Murbati, both B [...]
2005-10-23 11:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER ASEC PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1558 Citizen-Teacher Ambassadors Reach Bahraini
[...] (U) Youth empowerment and civic participation were the core messages of a three-day visit by ECA Citizen Ambassadors, nationally recognized award winning American teachers Shannon C'de Baca and Linda Plattner. The Citizen Ambassadors visited six Bahraini public schools and met with over 400 [...]
2005-10-24 09:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1564 Proposal for Cultureconnect Envoy Muslim American
[...] (U) This cable contains a proposal for a Cultureconnect Envoy Visual Arts Program entitled "Muslim American Calligrapher in Bahrain." 2. (U) Begin proposal text. CULTURECONNECT ENVOY REQUEST Project Type: Visual Arts "This project meets the ACULSPEC Request Criteria" CONTACTS FOR [...]
2005-10-24 15:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1571American Imam in Bahrain Stresses Shared Values,
[...] Summary: U.S. speaker Imam Yahya Hendi, in public and private appearances across Bahrain, urged religious leaders to "put differences away," and to form a clear vision of the future based on foundations of political, economic, and social justice shared by Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike. [...]
2005-10-29 04:28:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA158U/S BOLTON PRESSES FOR MOVING IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton January 30 met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed, Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar to discuss Iran's nuclear program and bringing into force the bilateral Article 98 agreement. In response to U/S Bolton's [...]
2005-02-03 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PTER BA IR KICC
05MANAMA1581EDB CHIEF OUTLINES ECONOMIC PLAN
[...] (C) Economic Development Board (EDB) CEO Shaikh Mohammed Bin Essa Al Khalifa October 18 presented the EDB's plan for economic reform to a gathering of the local American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Shaikh Mohammed identified three key pillars for reform: investment in people; stimulation of [...]
2005-10-29 14:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ELAB ETRD BTIO BA
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