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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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07DAKAR1515SENEGAL'S DONORS AGAIN GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the beginning of a two-week mission to negotiate a new program with Senegal, IMF officials on July 12 received a non-stop stream of complaints and concerns by the country's traditional donors over the current state of public finance and governance. Senegal very much needs a [...]
2007-07-23 07:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
07DAKAR1523CHINESE VICE MINISTER OF COMMERCE JIANGUO'S DAKAR VISIT
[...] Summary: Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo paid a visit to Senegal on July 12-13. The visit included the signing of four accords for economic cooperation and cultural projects. Wei's thirty-member business delegation discussed opportunities with their Senegalese counterparts. S [...]
2007-07-23 16:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1655FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY VISITS DAKAR, LECTURES AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) On July 26-27, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Senegal as the first stop on his mission to some of France's former African colonies. With the stated goal of heralding a new era in Franco-African relationships, he delivered a major speech on his African policy at a Dakar's Cheik [...]
2007-08-09 17:20:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON KISL SG
07DAKAR1727CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES
[...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...]
2007-08-22 16:53:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALECON EINV SENV CM SG
07DAKAR1934GUINEA BISSAU:LIFE ON THE ISLANDS COMES INTO FOCUS
[...] (C) The week of September 10-14 Poloff and FSN toured the Bijagos Archipelago, a collection of some 90 islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. On the islands of Bolama, Bubaque, Orango, Joao Vieira, Polao, Carache, Caravela, Caray, and Rubane Poloff learned what life was like in this remote, [...]
2007-09-27 16:34:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR ECON EFIS SOCI
07DAKAR1957SENEGAL'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Per reftel request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. 2. (U) Senegal is not a significant global producer of textile and apparel products. In 2006, total textile/apparel exports were USD 33.9 million, with exports to the U.S. at less than [...]
2007-10-01 15:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX ECON EINV AGOA SG
07DAKAR1993 WADE INFORMS AND MISINFORMS ON MCC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has publicly confirmed that his government will not pursue a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact to help with Dakar's toll road project. Having previously lost the opportunity for MCC funding of a new industrial platform because of [...]
2007-10-05 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR2212LA RENTREE POLITIQUE 2007 - SUCCESSION SUCCESSION,
[...] (C) In "Rentree Poltique 2006," we characterized the Senegalese opposition as self-pitying, the people as angry at the cost of living, youth as depressed about their prospects, and President Abdoulaye Wade as personalizing power. Not only has nothing changed since then, but the situation has w [...]
2007-11-14 15:28:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2258SENEGAL: THREATS AGAINST FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] (SBU) Recently four journalists, Moussa Gueye, Moussa Doucar (REF A),Pape Amadou Gaye, and Elhadj Malick Seck were all arrested and later ordered released by President Abdoulaye Wade in the face of serious pressure from the union of journalists and public opinion. Gaye, editor-in-chief of "L [...]
2007-11-19 09:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR276GUINEA BISSAU: GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY BUSINESS
[...] (C) As AF/W desk officer Dorsey Lockhart, PolOff, and PAO met with Bissau-Guinean government, NGO, human rights, and business leaders, January 24-26, they heard "government is the only business in Bissau." Some might have added that narcotics is fast catching on (Reftel). On January 27, the [...]
2007-02-02 14:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON SNAR PU
07DAKAR506GUINEA BISSAU: UPDATE FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON
[...] (U) At a time when traditional Western donors are proceeding slowly with budgetary and program assistance to Guinea-Bissau, China is surging ahead with new trade and aid programs for the impoverished nation. The PRC is still focused on fishing but is also exploring agricultural assistance, h [...]
2007-03-05 16:23:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV PREL CH GB
07DAKAR674PRESIDENT WADE SEEKS MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL BIOFUELS
[...] (U) On March 22, Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo, the Acting Foreign Minister, convoked the DCM (then Charge) to present a March 8 letter from President Abdoulaye Wade to President George W. Bush seeking membership in the International Biofuels Forum that was launched in New York on March 2. An [...]
2007-03-23 16:25:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OPDC PREL SG
07DAKAR683GUINEA BISSAU: NO CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT, HIGH
[...] (C) A vote of no confidence leaves President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Vieira with some tough choices but no clear timeframe for having to make them. The crisis will indefinitely stall the security sector reform initiative, not to mention much needed social and economic reforms. Drug money may h [...]
2007-03-26 12:10:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL EFIN PU
07DAKAR696SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDING
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for President Abdoulaye Wade's second inauguration on April 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United Sta [...]
2007-03-27 14:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ELAB PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR823LABOR SECRETARY CHAO LEADS PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO
[...] SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao led the presidential delegation to the second inauguration of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, as well as the 47th anniversary celebration of Senegal's independence from France and related events. During the April 3-5 festivities, Senegal hosted [...]
2007-04-16 06:59:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP ELAB EAIR PGOV KMCA SG
07DAMASCUS1016UPDATE ON SYRIA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY
[...] (U) Summary. As Syria's oil exports decline, its textile/apparel industry is assuming a larger share of total Syrian exports at 17 percent. Relatively, however, Syria's textile/apparel industry remains a small player in the international arena. Combining subsidized raw materials and product [...]
2007-10-11 13:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ETRD KTEX SY
07DAMASCUS131 Syria/ Tajikistan, Syria/Oman, Syria/Germany, Syria/Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 11 reported the visit to Damascus by Tajik President Imamoli Rakhmanov on Feb. 9, and his talks with President Asad, VP Shara and FM Mouallem. The Presidents called for scheduling a withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, reiterated the importance of a Palestin [...]
2007-02-11 14:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS169Peace Process, Lebanon, Syria/Iran, Syria/Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 21 featured statements on the importance of achieving peace in the Middle East and boosting the peace process. The papers featured an article published by Spanish newspaper El-Pais on Feb.20 which said that Spanish PM Zapatero and Italian PM Prodi stressed the [...]
2007-02-21 14:34:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS194SYRIA CONTINUES WTO ACCESSION EFFORTS
[...] (U) Summary. The SARG is agitating to advance its 2001 application to join the WTO. So far, the SARG's new effort on behalf of its stalled WTO application seems to have much more to do with its effort to break out of its political isolation than it does with any new commitment to economic li [...]
2007-03-01 06:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFTA ETRD PREL SY
07DAMASCUS371 Syria/Iran, Syria/Palestinian Authority, Syria/Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 18 reported the Apr. 17 visit to Damascus of Iranian FM Manuchehr Mottaki, during which he held talks with Foreign Minister Mouallem and senior Foreign Ministry officials on bilateral relations and regional issues. Papers also reported VP Shara's meeting on Ap [...]
2007-04-19 09:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS491Events in Northern Lebanon, Mouallem/Ki-Moon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 23 reported that FM Mouallem received a phone call on May 22 from UN SecGen Ki-Moon about events in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. Mouallem expressed regret over the events, saying, "the leaders of Fatah al-Islam are wanted by the S [...]
2007-05-23 11:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS520 Presidential Referendum, Syria/UK, Lebanon, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 29 reported Vice President Shara's meeting on May 28 with former Archbishop Hilarion Capucci in which they discussed the regional situation and the international community's disregard of the oppression of the Palestinians under Israel's abusive practices. Shar [...]
2007-05-30 14:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS526Asad Re-election, International Tribunal, Syria/UK,
[...] Summary: On May 31 Syrian papers featured a statement by a Syrian Foreign Ministry source commenting on the US State Department spokesman's reaction to the Syrian popular consensus on renewing President Asad's term as president of the Syrian Arab Republic. The statement expressed surprise t [...]
2007-05-31 13:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS70 Syria/Norway, Syria/China, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Rice's
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 18 reported FM Walid Mouallem's meeting on Jan. 17 with Svein Sieve, Advisor of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for Middle East Affairs. Sieve reiterated the importance of Syria's role to cement security and stability in the region. FM Mouallem emphasized the n [...]
2007-01-21 08:05:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS716Primakov, Syria/China, Syria/Iran, Mousa, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 11 featured a press conference on July 11 held by Yevgeny Primakov, Chairman of the Russian Chamber of Trade and Industry and former Russian Premier, at the headquarters of the Rossiiskaia Gazeta newspaper on July 10 emphasizing that it is impossible to achieve [...]
2007-07-13 09:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS772Lebanon, Peace Process, Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers on July 29 featured Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on July 28 in mass rally in Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon commemorating the anniversary of the July 2006 war with Israel saying that the Lebanese resistance has foiled US plans for a new Middle East [...]
2007-07-30 06:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS824 Syria/India, Britain, Italy, Lebanon, Iraq, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 14 reported the visit to India by FM Mouallem on August 13. Mouallem conferred with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who praised President Asad saying that "Syria has achieved remarkable progress (which) showed wisdom in dealing with the developments of t [...]
2007-08-14 12:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DARESSALAAM1068BATTLE AGAINST COUNTERFEIT GOODS UNDERWAY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is establishing a comprehensive system for addressing the problem of counterfeit goods by improving existing legislation, preparing implementing regulations and seeking autonomy from the judiciary. In the meantime, the GOT's Fair Competition C [...]
2007-08-01 03:22:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM1249BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: THE STRUGGLE TO ENSURE
[...] (C) As Air Tanzania shops for new airplanes for its aging fleet, we remain troubled by separate press reports, quoting Air Tanzania leadership and most recently the Minister of Infrastructure, that a decision has been made in favor of Airbus. This decision would have been made without any ser [...]
2007-09-13 11:25:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV BEXP TZ
07DARESSALAAM1410TANZANIA, CORRUPTION, AND BOEING -- TALKING POINTS
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission here has aggressively advocated on behalf of Boeing in its competition with Airbus for replacement of Air Tanzania,s (ATC) aging fleet. Both the Ambassador and DCM have called personally on the Infrastructure Minister, the Ambassador has called on Air Tanzania,s [...]
2007-10-19 07:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALECON BEXP ETRD PREL EINV BTIO TZ
07DARESSALAAM1531EAC SAYS IT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE US-EAC TIFA
[...] (U) The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC),Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, told Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Africa Florie Liser November 13 that the proposed U.S.-EAC Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) would be at the top of the agenda of [...]
2007-11-26 11:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1587TANZANIA: SECRETARY PAULSON AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS
[...] (U) President Jakaya Kikwete told U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Henry Paulson, on November 15 that he would welcome more capital market investment in Tanzania to accelerate economic growth and raise the per capita income. Secretary Paulson expressed appreciation for both President Kikwete and Fi [...]
2007-12-14 04:06:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM260TANZANIA: A/S FRAZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with A/S Frazer, President Jakaya Kikwete outlined the Government of Tanzania's plans to train up to 1,000 Somali armed forces officers in Tanzania over the next 12 to 18 months. He confirmed that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has no plans to deploy ground troop [...]
2007-02-28 19:42:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU SO TZ
07DARESSALAAM305TANZANIA: UPDATE ON TRADE AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA
[...] (U) Tanzania has maintained diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1964. The Government of Tanzania's (GOT) relationship with the PRC has been historically strong, with frequent high-level exchanges and ongoing bilateral cooperation in development assistance, trade and [...]
2007-03-09 04:39:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV CH TZ
07DARESSALAAM355TANZANIA: INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In calendar year 2006, Tanzania's exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) still hovered at approximately USD 3.7 million in AGOA-qualified exports to the United States. The U.S. Congress' December 2006 extension of the third country fabric provisions could boost Tanzania' [...]
2007-03-14 04:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD TZ
07DARESSALAAM660TANZANIA: START OF ACOTA TRAINING DELAYED UNTIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As suspected, the Kikwete administration is facing civilian-military tensions: Tanzania's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is hindering the President and Minister of Defence's decision to take the next step in the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) progr [...]
2007-05-04 10:03:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL PGOV PARM TZ
07DARESSALAAM794TANZANIA: CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF
[...] (SBU) Members of the Parliaments of ten African Union (AU) member states and of the Pan African Parliament (PAP),met in Dar es Salaam from May 26-28 to consider national responsibilities in responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the AU Spe [...]
2007-06-05 03:34:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON MOPS SU TZ
07DHAKA1333BANGLADESH'S NUCLEAR POWER AMBITIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bangladesh's power crisis continues to worsen, and the Caretaker Government would like to show progress in this area. Since the IAEA approved Bangladesh's intent to develop a nuclear power plant on June 24, Bangladesh has continued to express strong interest in pursuing nuclear [...]
2007-08-15 05:27:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL BTIO TSPL BG KN
07DHAKA1590BANGLADESH TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Summary: Bangladesh has performed well in the post-quota era, despite fears of competition from China and India. In 2006 it raised its share of the U.S. market, and sales to the EU market, helped by duty-free access, have soared. The volume of exports increased by 16 percent in the year endi [...]
2007-10-01 09:43:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KTEX BG
07DHAKA1785DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: A Major narcotics bust in Dhaka in October 2007 supported law enforcement officials' claims of a sharp incr [...]
2007-11-13 09:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM BG
07DHAKA1808 BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (U) Summary: The official death toll in Cyclone Sidr rose to about 3,500 by early afternoon November 19, with local media quoting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society chairman as saying the number could go as high as 10,000. A round-the-clock Embassy cyclone control room is now staffed by State, [...]
2007-11-20 00:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1815 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-20 18:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1816 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 01:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1817 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1818 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 07:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1819 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 08:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1820 USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA
[...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...]
2007-11-21 09:13:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
07DHAKA1952007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA53DIPLOMATS COORDINATE STRATEGY ON BANGLADESH
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Key diplomatic missions in Bangladesh are coordinating their responses to the ongoing political crisis. The U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the European Commission, Germany (representing the European Union presidency) [...]
2007-01-11 08:15:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BG
07DILI173RESISTANCE ALUMNI TURN OUT FOR CNRT'S FIRST NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) held its first national congress April 28-30, under the slogan "The land has been liberated, it's time to liberate the people!" Delegates elected President Xanana Gusmao as the party president and Dionisio Babo Soares as its [...]
2007-05-02 14:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
07DILI327PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]
2007-09-25 09:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DILI338COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DILI359CHALLENGES IMMENSE AS GOVERNMENT PASSES THREE MONTH MARK
[...] (SBU) Three months after taking office, Prime Minister Gusmao can tally several accomplishments: selecting some energetic and skilled ministers, a couple of key legislative victories and the proper identification of policy priorities all linked to resolving causes or consequences of the 2006 c [...]
2007-11-08 11:16:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TT
07DILI61RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR
[...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]
2007-02-22 09:57:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DJIBOUTI708DJIBOUTI OFFICIALS SEEK U.S., NOT CHINA, FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Energy told Emboffs he welcomed U.S. assistance and put a high priority on partnership with the United States, rather than China or other potential partners, in the area of energy and mine development. Djibouti's geothermal energy development looks promising [...]
2007-06-20 13:16:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EMIN EINV DJ
07DOHA1040SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES QATAR'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C//NF) Summary: MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi in an October 23 presentation to a group of recently promoted senior U.S. military officers (CAPSTONE) gave a noteworthy overview of Qatar's foreign policy and made some significant remarks about domestic policy. [...]
2007-11-04 13:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM QA
07DOHA1071QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]
2007-11-15 09:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1195QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...]
2007-12-17 12:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA
07DOHA212QATAR ESTABLISHING A TOURISM NICHE
[...] (U) Summary. The acting Director General of the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) told Emboffs that in developing a tourism sector, Qatar is not looking to become a mass-market destination like Dubai but is aiming to be a niche market for East to West travel. The government has dedicated USD 18 bi [...]
2007-02-26 09:32:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON QA
07DOHA285INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...]
2007-03-15 14:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON EPET QA
07DOHA439QATARIS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON PRINCIPLE
[...] (C) Summary. Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs told S/R Frank Wisner that Qatar "will support the same position you support" on Kosovo. He appreciated consultation on the matter. He said a Serbian envoy had tried to convince him to back a "middle way" -- but the Qataris were not swa [...]
2007-05-01 10:58:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XH QA
07DUBAI155FUJAIRAH CUSTOMS: BUDGET, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 11:02:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON KCOR AE
07DUBAI281MINA SAQR - RAS AL-KHAIMAH'S MAIN PORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 08:24:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EWWT PINS KU AE
07DUBAI363MOHAMMAD GERGAWI DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ AND ISRAEL WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I, CN) met with Mohammad Gergawi, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, on May 29. Gergawi, also a close advisor to UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),described education as a primary weapon again [...]
2007-06-07 13:23:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IS IZ SY AE
07DUBLIN171IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]
2007-03-02 08:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUBLIN191SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BERTIE AHERN'S ST.
[...] (SBU) An imminent, potentially historic opportunity to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly sets the political backdrop for this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, "TEE-shuck") Bertie Ahern. Building on the 2006 UK/Irish-brokered talks among the [...]
2007-03-08 17:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR IE
07DUBLIN409IRELAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON OIE CHINA/TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:55:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR AORG TW CH EI
07DUBLIN748SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S
[...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...]
2007-09-27 12:36:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI
07DUBLIN757IRISH WANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME
[...] (SBU) POLOFF presented reftel points on October 1, 2007 to Ms. Islolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reported that Irish Ambassadors have been intensively demarching China, India, and ASEAN countries to encourage them to take action against [...]
2007-10-01 15:04:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN817EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO IRELAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs met with SIPDIS Irish government officials, members of the NGO community, and the AmCham to discuss the making of the Celtic Tiger, the economic path forward for Ireland, and assistan [...]
2007-10-25 15:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON EINV EI
07DUBLIN821IRISH VIEWS ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A AND DELIVERED REFS B AND C WITH ISOLDE MOYLAN, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, AND CONLETH BRADY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ON OCTOBER 26, 2007. MOYLAN AND BRADY REAFFIRMED THAT IRELAND REMAINED LARGE [...]
2007-10-30 07:17:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEI PGOV PHUM
07DUBLIN851IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...]
2007-11-16 16:48:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI
07DUBLIN854IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...]
2007-11-20 16:57:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI
07DUBLIN876IRELAND FACING NEW IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
[...] (U) The surge in immigration to Ireland during the past decade has presented the Republic with economic opportunities as well as social challenges. Foreign nationals now constitute upwards of 15 percent of Ireland's inhabitants, compared to 10 percent in the U.S. Ireland has used the immigra [...]
2007-11-30 12:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PGOV PREL KHLS EI
07DUBLIN883IRELAND: NIE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on December 4, 2007 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey welcomed the NIE acknowledgment that Iran is not an immediate nuclear threat. The report's finding, he said, that pressure from [...]
2007-12-05 13:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUSHANBE1031AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR
[...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...]
2007-07-06 09:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE
[...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]
2007-08-06 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE1242007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]
2007-01-19 12:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1252007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]
2007-01-19 13:28:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1253BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...]
2007-09-04 03:57:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1254TAJIKISTAN: PEACE PARK DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] PolOff discussed the creation of a Transboundary Peace Park with Deputy Minister Rustam Latipov at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (reftel). Latipov fully supports the creation of the Park and conservation of the Pamirs. Tajikistan will host a multi-national conferen [...]
2007-09-04 09:02:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1285TAJIK COMPLACENCY WORRIES INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
[...] Summary. The Tajik government's relaxation of monetary and fiscal policy worried International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Carlos Pinerua at a quarterly briefing for donors on the Tajik economy Sept 4. Locally, the real estate, construction, and consumer markets continue to expand rapidly. [...]
2007-09-07 15:38:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE135INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Broadcasting Bureau's Jim Lambert briefed Minister of Transportation and Communications Abdurahim Ashurov January 23 on the history of its broadcasts and transmissions from Tajikistan and proposed that the United States and Tajikistan negotiate and sign a bilate [...]
2007-01-26 13:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ECPS OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1432TAJIKISTAN INL DUSHANBE 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
[...] In the absence of INL regular quarterly reports, the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section in Dushanbe herein reports on activities for the period of January - September 2007: ---------------------------------- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Activities --------------------------------- Jan [...]
2007-10-10 07:15:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE1460PRIVATE POWER STATION IN EASTERN TAJIKISTAN RECOVERS FROM
[...] Summary: Pamir Energy, the private energy company serving all of Gorno-Badakhshan in eastern Tajikistan, has largely bounced back from its catastrophic accident in February 2007 when its main hydropower station Pamir 1 flooded, but continues to face cash flow problems due to inefficient distrib [...]
2007-10-16 09:23:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1466A TASTE OF YAK IN REMOTE MURGHAB
[...] (U) Summary: Remote, harsh and cold, and sparsely populated by residents with hardened wind-battered facial features, Murghab sits atop an 11,778-foot plateau in an area that defines remote in eastern Tajikistan. EconOffs drove to Murghab in eastern Tajikistan in early October to see how resid [...]
2007-10-17 12:36:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV EAID PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1516SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]
2007-10-19 13:36:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1584A LOOMING COTTON CRISIS IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: International banks have begun calling in part of their $360 million in agricultural loans to Tajikistan, which lacks the ability to pay, threatening a liquidity crisis in the banking sector here. Behind the scenes of this week's Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Central Asi [...]
2007-11-02 17:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1595THE ROAD TO KHOROG: THE TAJIK/AFGHAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The 1,344-kilometer Tajik-Afghan border is known for narcotics trafficking, unrelenting mountains, and as a boundary between the former Soviet Union and South Asia. EmbOffs traveled two-thirds of the remote Tajik-Afghan border in the eastern part of the country, finding poverty- [...]
2007-11-07 16:44:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SOCI ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE171TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIPOV'S BILATERAL WISH LIST FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov invited Ambassador February 1 to meet newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Abdujabbor Shirinov, and to discuss his ideas for additional cooperation in 2007, including the opening of the U.S.-funded bridge at Nizhnii Pyanzh and the Millennium [...]
2007-02-02 10:40:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1717DRYING OUT IN DUSHANBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An October decree by Uzbek President Karimov governing the transit of alcohol and tobacco products has created a beer shortage in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is highly reliant on Uzbek roads and rail lines to import products from Russia, and Uzbekistan has generally allowed goods to [...]
2007-11-30 03:26:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV ECON ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE337TAJIK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref demarches regarding the Iranian government's non-compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1737 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Chief of the American Countries Branch, Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov replied that the Tajik government op [...]
2007-03-09 04:59:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETKNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR TI
07DUSHANBE43TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]
2007-01-09 12:23:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE430TELECOM IN TAJIKISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR USTDA CONFERENCE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Tajikistan's presence at the upcoming US Trade and Development Agency Telecommmunications Conference in Almaty will be thin, the vibrant and competitive Tajik telecom sector continues to attract both consumers and foreign investment. Nine major companies serve approximat [...]
2007-03-28 11:35:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE517TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER POINTS OUT WEAKNESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (U) Summary: At an April 5 conference on "Kazakhstan's Role and Place in Central Asia" participants took a few gentle stabs at the United States, particularly over the security situation in Afghanistan but otherwise remained neutral. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhi [...]
2007-04-06 11:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI KZ
07DUSHANBE525TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...]
2007-04-09 07:20:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE527SETTING THE SCENE FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S APRIL 12-15 VISIT
[...] (C) Seven months after your last visit, you will find a Tajikistan that has set aside the promises of the November 2006 election, to a government less worried about international perceptions and more confident in tightening its control over society and the economy. President Rahmonov's minis [...]
2007-04-09 09:58:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE628SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
[...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]
2007-04-25 12:53:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE629TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER REUTERS
[...] (SBU) Senior Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Rahmatulloyev called in Ambassador April 24 to discuss an April 23 Reuters article, in which she said corruption is the major impediment to Western investment in Tajikistan. Rahmatulloyev said President Rahmon personally pays attention to [...]
2007-04-25 13:18:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG TI
07DUSHANBE690PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...]
2007-05-10 11:11:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ
07DUSHANBE786PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]
2007-06-01 13:11:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE862LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND TAJIK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent meeting with recipients of European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) small and medium sized enterprise loans shed new light on the obstacles facing small businesses in Dushanbe. Interviews with the owners of furniture, clothing, and household linens stores [...]
2007-06-11 08:13:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD EAID TI
07DUSHANBE886SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE
[...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]
2007-06-13 09:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE969EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM
[...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...]
2007-06-28 11:25:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07DUSSELDORF6CDU NRW MINISTER PRESIDENT RUETTGERS PLEASED WITH US VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers told the CG his recent visit was "very successful." His second trip in 12 months, he signed an agreement on energy and environmental cooperation with Pennsylvania. He was pleased with his meetings with Senators [...]
2007-03-01 11:06:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON PGOV GM
07FRANKFURT782LEADING GERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SEEKING USG
[...] (U) This is an action cable (action request in paragraph 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Conservative German human rights NGO "International Society for Human Rights" (IGFM/ISHR) would like to partner informally with the USG and U.S. organizations on Iran, North Korea, and persecuted Christians. The [...]
2007-02-16 13:57:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PREL GM IR KN CU CH
07FREETOWN153CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...]
2007-03-05 19:23:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL
07FREETOWN165SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone continues to make progress as it recovers from a devastating decade-long civil war that destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. In a little over a year, the level of awareness of trafficking in persons has risen considerably. However, trafficking remains a s [...]
2007-03-08 17:41:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL
07FREETOWN487SIERRA LEONE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES
[...] In response to reftel request, there is no textile/apparel manufacturing industry in Sierra Leone. There is only limited local production consisting of individual artisans who produce traditional hand-woven cloth to sell in local markets. All other textiles, much of which come from China, are [...]
2007-08-16 16:06:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX SL
07FREETOWN640HANDOVER AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 18:47:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN754FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in November 2007 included articles surrounding A/S Frazer's attendance at the inauguration of President Koroma, newly-arrived Ambassador Perry's courtesy calls on Ministers, the opening of two new American Shelves in Freetown, and the Embassy's commemoratio [...]
2007-12-21 13:43:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
07GENEVA1057JOINT U.S.-JAPAN MEETING WITH WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 05:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AORC
07GENEVA1060 WHO: Meeting on Options for Increasing the Access of
[...] Summary. The World Health Organization (WHO) convened subject meeting April 25 to discuss strategies to expand access to influenza vaccines, including stockpiling options and increased vaccine production. Participants included representatives from donor countries, countries affected by the H5 [...]
2007-04-30 08:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC
07GENEVA1163WHO: TAIWAN ISSUES AT THE 60TH WORLD HEALTH
[...] Summary. Ambassador Tichenor and Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki met April 24 with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO),as requested reftels, to urge Chan to improve the participation of Taiwan's experts in the technical work of the WHO. Chan promised to f [...]
2007-05-10 15:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM
07GENEVA1478ILO - BURMA: CONFERENCE SEES MINIMAL STEPS BUT LITTLE REAL
[...] SUMMARY. The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards considered the situation of forced labor in Burma in its special sitting during the 96th International Labor Conference, June 4, 2007. The Burmese ambassador said nothing about real steps in ending forced labor. He focused solely o [...]
2007-06-07 11:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PREL ILO
07GENEVA1656HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) held the first organizational meeting of its second year June 19-22 to follow up on institution-building in preparation for the next Council session (Sept. 10-28). In a worrisome indication that negotiations in Geneva are unlikely to be more transparent th [...]
2007-06-25 15:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA1713SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES
[...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]
2007-07-03 09:47:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA1803ECOSOC LAUNCHES ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered strongly-worded remarks at the July 2 opening of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) High Level Segment, stating that "existing trade barriers, agricultural subsidies and restrictive rules on intellectual property rights...make [...]
2007-07-18 11:50:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ETRD SENV ECOSOC UN
07GENEVA2373HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]
2007-10-11 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2375UN REFORM: US BLOCKS WIPO BUDGET OVER ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (U) At the WIPO 43rd General Assemblies, the US succeeded in its goal of forcing discussion of a confidential internal audit report alleging misconduct on the part the Sudanese Director General Kamil Idris. However, on the last day of the 10-day meeting, the African countries rejected a propo [...]
2007-10-11 20:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC WIPO
07GENEVA2421DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 13:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKIRF KISL PHUM PREF PREL
07GENEVA2431SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FORCIBLE RETURN OF
[...] (S) Per ref a, PolCouns demarched Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) Secretariat staffers Safir Syed (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak) and Michael Wiener (assistant to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion/Belief Asma Jahangir) on October 30. Syed and Weiner, [...]
2007-10-30 16:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKIRF KISL PREF PREL PHUM
07GENEVA2447ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...]
2007-11-02 17:43:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH
07GENEVA2626Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling
[...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...]
2007-12-17 16:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GEORGETOWN455MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...]
2007-05-11 13:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY
07GEORGETOWN511Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana
[...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...]
2007-05-22 17:40:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY
07GRENADA156SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]
2007-11-06 21:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ
07GRENADA173GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2007
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin Text: A. New Chinese Ambassador Sworn In China's second envoy to Grenada, Ambassador Zhang Wanhai, presented his credential [...]
2007-12-11 21:03:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID GJ CH PE
07GUANGZHOU1023Dept of Energy DAS Swift Discusses South China Energy
[...] (U) Summary: In an August 26-30 visit to Guangzhou, Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Justin Swift gave the keynote address at an APEC conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Outside the conference, he met with local energy sector contacts. An academic who researc [...]
2007-09-12 09:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1049South China Drug Makers Differ on Impact of Product Safety
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several pharmaceutical companies in South China appear to have taken steps to improve their quality assurance (QA) procedures and put them more in line with international standards. Product safety and integrity problems interestingly are reinforcing for Chinese companies the need [...]
2007-09-17 23:41:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1050Wai Jia Nu: Gender Inequality in the Urban Village
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last several months, equal rights for a group of women in South China who have married outside their home village has become an increasingly sensitive issue. After marriage, these women must tra [...]
2007-09-18 03:36:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1051Xiamen Taiwan Scholars Concerned about Chen's Next
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg, Reason 1.4 (b/d) 2. (C) Summary: A Xiamen-based scholar of cross-Strait relations told Congenoffs that mainland scholars are concerned that Chen Shiu-bian might take more provocative steps after a referendum on UN membership. He questioned [...]
2007-09-18 03:40:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV TW CH
07GUANGZHOU1052Wai Jia Nu: Women's Residency Rights an
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post has recently noted increasing sensitivity about the issue of land rights for married women. Though affecting only a small percentage of the local population, the "wai jia nu" issue (Reftel) has become [...]
2007-09-18 05:37:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI ECON PGOV
07GUANGZHOU1056Hotels in Guangzhou Face Food Safety Challenge
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In order to meet international food safety standards, foreign luxury hotels in Guangzhou import many of their ingredients and supplies, and even perform their own testing. They work diligently to raise the practices of vendors, employees, and contractors to the quality levels that [...]
2007-09-18 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1074Express Delivery Services Face Prospect of "Harmonious
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Dan Blair emphasized to Guangdong officials and businessmen his belief that vibrant competition and consumer choice in the express delivery service (EDS) market would provide greater benefits than government regulation. Chinese governme [...]
2007-09-21 08:13:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD EIND PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1075Avian Influenza Update: No Additional Culling Expected.
[...] (SBU) In a September 21 meeting with Congenoff, Vice Director Chen Heqing of the Guangdong Province Department of Agriculture's Division of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economy said there are no plans to cull additional fowl after the recent avian influenza outbreak in Guangzhou's Panyu District [...]
2007-09-21 08:14:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH
07GUANGZHOU108U/S Hughes and PD Envoy Kwan Engage Guangzhou
[...] SUMMARY: The January 21-23 visit to Guangzhou of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan, and Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. was an unprecedented opportunity to showcase American public diplomacy programs reaching out to previously untap [...]
2007-01-24 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL OVIP CH
07GUANGZHOU109South China Civil Aviation: Views on Subsidies,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major airlines in South China admit subsidies are available from local governments to offset losses from flying less traveled domestic routes. One airline mentioned they received subsidies for international flights. The airlines have limited expansion plans for the overseas ma [...]
2007-01-24 09:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU1094USITC Studies the Benefits of Doing Business in South
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Access to credit, tax benefits, historical and cultural ties, and the presence of a well-developed transportation system were among the reasons cited by executives from enterprises in Guangdong for doing business in South China during conversations with a visiting U.S. Internationa [...]
2007-09-28 08:38:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND ENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1095EPA General Counsel Martella Talks Environmental Law in
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Inadequate fines for polluters and lack of funding for inspectors have made punishment of environmental violations difficult in south China, according to local environmental officials. Public complaints about the quality of the environment are on the rise, and the proliferation of [...]
2007-09-28 08:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1100HOW CHINA'S PRODUCT QUALITY SYSTEM WORKS IN THE PEARL RIVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials hosted a tour of inspection facilities and export production sites (reported septel) that helped shed light on China's product quality control system for imports and exports. This telegram provides details on the system's bureaucracy and procedures as described [...]
2007-10-05 08:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1101CHINA HOSTS FOOD AND SAFETY TOUR FOR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A tour of inspection facilities and export production sites hosted by the Chinese government offered an opportunity for dialogue with inspection officials that improved understanding of China's food safety and product quality system. Despite obvious staging, it also revealed some [...]
2007-10-05 08:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1143Shenzhen Airlines to Buy 100 Boeing Aircraft
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shenzhen Airlines will soon announce a deal to buy 100 Boeing Aircraft -- the largest Boeing order for a Chinese airline -- according to senior executives. The carrier claims it is China's most profitable airline. It opened a pilot training school this year, which will graduate [...]
2007-10-17 07:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU1180Taiwan Investors Lament Changing Investment Environment in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan investors in Dongguan complain that China's new Labor Law, rising wages, and policies aimed at directing labor-intensive and highly-polluting industries away from coastal regions are harming the investment environment in the Pearl River Delta. However, even with these dow [...]
2007-10-31 02:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ELAB SENV TW CH
07GUANGZHOU1183Canton Fair: Seizing the Opportunity to Promote U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the first ever U.S. Consulate-hosted forum at the Canton Trade Fair, U.S. government and business representatives discussed - with an appreciative Chinese audience - American goods and services available for import and the impact of export controls on PRC companies doing busin [...]
2007-10-31 05:53:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1186CHINA DECLARES SUCCESS AT THE 102ND CANTON FAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Another record-breaking Canton Fair closed yesterday with increases in contract orders; attendance was lower. Attention to toy safety, export tariff policy changes, intellectual property rights and foreign imports all affected the final numbers, with a ten percent decline in toy [...]
2007-10-31 09:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
07GUANGZHOU1189Minority Girls in Guangxi Face Roadblocks to Higher
[...] SUMMARY: There are fewer assistance programs and educational opportunities for ethnic minority girls in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region than for other children in China. Many fail to complete compulsory education, and options narrow further at high school due to their being [...]
2007-11-01 08:35:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PGOV PHUM
07GUANGZHOU1190China Rolls Out the Red Carpet at ASEAN Expo
[...] (U) Summary: High-level Chinese and ASEAN officials agreed the text of a maritime agreement and a statement on food safety during meetings at the Fourth China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning. The trade fair-like Expo and related events in Nanning reinforce China's commitment to further develop relations [...]
2007-11-01 08:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL ASEAN CH
07GUANGZHOU1192Fuel Shortage in Southern China Leads to Fuel Hording and
[...] (SBU) Summary. China's fuel shortage is hitting the Pearl River Delta hard. High international oil prices have driven wholesale prices above government-mandated retail price caps. The November 1 increase in diesel and gasoline prices (9 percent) may not be enough to restore margins for retail [...]
2007-11-02 07:09:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
07GUANGZHOU1211China Southern Gets Called Up to the Majors with Membership
[...] (U) Summary: China Southern has made it to the Big Leagues: it will soon become China's first carrier to join an international airline alliance as a full member of Sky Team. After considerable investment upgrading its operations and services, China Southern sees membership in the alliance as t [...]
2007-11-09 08:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CH
07GUANGZHOU1213MATTEL - MENDING FENCES AND FIXING PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel's relations with Beijing are on the mend and there are no indications that provincial government authorities are planning to sue the company for alleged damage to the "Made in China" brand, according to Mattel executives based in South China. More frequent product testing [...]
2007-11-14 04:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1214(C) Visit of Comoran President Draws PLA Officers
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (C) At least one People's Liberation Army (PLA) general from the Lanzhou Military Region attended the meeting between Union of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua i [...]
2007-11-14 06:25:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH CN
07GUANGZHOU1226SAFETY ISSUES SHAKING UP TOY INDUSTRY IN SOUTH CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The toy industry in Guangdong Province is undergoing a major "shake-out" cruise as manufacturers seek to protect the integrity of their product, buyers express concerns, and government officials enforce regulations in the interests of maintaining the China "brand" name. In Shant [...]
2007-11-16 08:47:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1229Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Receives Fine and Jail
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) The trial of democracy activist Guo Feixiong ended November 14 with a conviction for "illegal business practices," resulting in a sentence of five years in prison and a fine of CNY 40,000 (approximately USD 5,387). [...]
2007-11-20 08:31:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1230VICE PREMIER WU YI TO VISIT MATTEL FACTORIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In another sign that Mattel and Beijing are working together to fix their mutual product safety image problem, Vice Premier Wu Yi, who will be in Guangdong to participate in a major product safety conference, will visit three Mattel factories next week, according to Mattel execut [...]
2007-11-20 08:32:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1231Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: advanced television flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement of air pollution laws; and PRD labor tre [...]
2007-11-20 08:33:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH
07GUANGZHOU1241CONSUL GENERAL'S IPR ROUNDTABLE - COMMUNICATION AND ACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Internet-based intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement continues to remain a pressing concern in south China, according to U.S. business people who participated in the Consul General's Annual IPR Roundtable on November 20, 2007. The participants also complained of incons [...]
2007-11-26 02:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1249CPSC RICH O'BRIEN VISITS FACTORY THAT PRODUCED TOXIC AQUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: How does a potential toy nightmare and company branding problem get underway? In the case of Aqua Dots, it was partially caused by having just one manufacturing option. The toxic adhesive formula used in the Aqua Dots was developed locally by the Chinese manufacturer after the [...]
2007-11-29 06:53:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1260New Guangdong, Guangxi Party Secretaries
[...] (U) Summary: Key announcements affecting south China leadership were made over the weekend: former Chongqing Party Secretary Wang Yang has been appointed Guangdong Party Secretary while Guangxi Deputy Party Secretary Guo Shengkun will move up to become Party Secretary, replacing Liu Qibao, who [...]
2007-12-03 07:35:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU1265KMT Stumps for Votes at Dongguan TBA Celebration
[...] (SBU) Summary: Clearly Dongguan in Guangdong Province - China's furniture capital, a city of 7-8 million people with over 6,000 Taiwan businesses - is rooting for Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang in the 2008 Presidential elections in Taiwan. The 14th anniversary of the Dongguan Taiwan Business [...]
2007-12-04 08:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EINV CH TW
07GUANGZHOU1266Guangzhou Institute to Play Key Role in China's Stem Cell
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health - in association with institutions in Shanghai and Beijing - will play a key role in China's national stem cell research strategy. Once limited by virtue of resources that could be expended, GIBH and others in China could now be i [...]
2007-12-04 08:25:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO CH
07GUANGZHOU1267Citigroup Turning Around Troubled Guangdong Development
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citigroup has made impressive progress in turning around Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) in the year since it invested in the bank and installed new management. GDB predicts a profit of RMB 1.67 billion (about US$230 million) for 2007 after sizeable losses a year earlier. Howe [...]
2007-12-05 23:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN CH
07GUANGZHOU1270Vice Premier Wu Yi's Product Safety Parade Hits South
[...] (SBU) Summary: With teams of inspectors scouring the path ahead, Vice Premier Wu Yi and a cast of hundreds (320 national and provincial officials to be exact) visited 11 Guangdong cities last week as part of the four-month national campaign on food safety and product quality. The Guangdong sit [...]
2007-12-06 08:18:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND TBIO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1272Fujian Cross-Strait Scholars Predict Referendum Passage and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The referendum on Taiwan joining the UN is likely to pass with possible serious consequences, according to cross-Strait scholars in Fujian's Xiamen and Fuzhou cities. They are concerned about actions Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will take in the remaining months of his term [...]
2007-12-07 07:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TW CH
07GUANGZHOU1275The World's Factory Floor: Unions and Government
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Widespread reports of a labor shortage in the Pearl River Delta are exaggerated, according to representatives from the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions (GDFTU) and local and provincial government labor officials. Union officials boasted both of portable pension schemes allo [...]
2007-12-11 08:21:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1278China's New Labor Mediation Law Gets Mixed Reviews
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new national draft law on labor dispute mediation and arbitration will significantly improve labor-employer relations, Guangdong provincial labor officials and lawyers told officials from the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). AmCham South China members di [...]
2007-12-13 08:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU128Efforts on Sanshui Port Closure Stymied, but Re-opening
[...] (U) Summary: Members of an American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) delegation, the firework industry's main lobby group, told Congenoffs January 26 that the November 1 closure of Guangdong's Sanshui port, which handles approximately 60 percent of all fireworks shipments to the United States, c [...]
2007-01-30 03:44:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU1301Making Themselves Heard: South China Christians in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a few exceptions to the general rule of silence, especially in instances where Christian government and media officials help facilitate access, Christians in south China have recently enjoyed opportunities to talk (openly or obliquely) about their faith, according to Guangdong s [...]
2007-12-27 05:48:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU1303Religious Freedom Varies for South China Expats
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Control over expatriate churches in south China -- ranging from heavy-handed to laissez-faire -- suggests that local governments have considerable latitude in how to interpret regulations on the practice of religion. Expatriate church members in Guangzhou report strict Religious A [...]
2007-12-28 08:20:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU147Nanning Activist Flees to Burma, Appears Safe for
[...] (U) Classified by Consular Chief William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On January 29, Nanning-based activist Li Xiaolong called Congenoff. Li, formerly of the Beijing group Empowerment and Rights Institute (reftel),said he had illegally crossed into Northeastern Burma, though the exact [...]
2007-02-02 08:16:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU174Rights Protection Conferences are Useful, but
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: South China participants at the December Amnesty International-organized conference for rights activists (held in Hong Kong) called the event useful, but too brief and disorganized. None of the activists t [...]
2007-02-07 07:32:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU175 Civil Society in South China, Part I: Middle
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Urban professionals in Guangdong are becoming more aware of their rights and demanding more independent representation and associations to express their interests. The cities of Guangzhou and [...]
2007-02-07 07:33:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU176Civil Society in South China, Part II: "NGO for
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three-year old NGO Institute for Civil Society (housed under Zhongshan University) was created to research, train, support, and network NGOs in Guangdong province. Started by Hong Kong academics and r [...]
2007-02-07 07:33:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU197Making Guangxi a Harmonious Society
[...] (U) Summary: Guangxi leaders vow to create a harmonious society in 5 to 10 years through careful implementation of the 11th, and possibly the 12th, Five Year Plans. Leaders emphasized the need to increase urbanization and industrialization, improve rural conditions, and raise the standard of l [...]
2007-02-13 08:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH NOTAG
07GUANGZHOU198General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to promote
[...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...]
2007-02-13 08:44:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA
07GUANGZHOU200AmCham Explores Guangxi, Discovers Investment Opportunities
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial-level and city leaders in the Guangxi cities of Nanning, Liuzhou and Guilin told the Consul General, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce South China and a 72-person business delegation that Guangxi was open for foreign business trade and investment. The lea [...]
2007-02-13 08:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU206Fedex moving forward on South China Hub
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fedex is moving strongly forward on both of its China hubs: one in Hangzhou for domestic operations and the other in Guangzhou to serve as its Asia Pacific Headquarters and international hub. A key draw for Guangzhou officials is the proven ability Fedex has demonstrated to att [...]
2007-02-14 09:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU208Tough to Talk About: TIP in South China
[...] (SBU) Summary: Talking TIP is not a popular topic in South China. Many recent requests by the Consulate have been turned down in Guangxi and Guangdong. However, trafficking in persons, particularly of women, continues to occur from within China's inland provinces to South China, as well as f [...]
2007-02-14 09:05:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU216South China View on Ma Ying-jeou Situation: Will
[...] (SBU) Professor Zhang Wensheng, Deputy Director of the Political Research Office at Xiamen University's Taiwan Research Institute, told Congenoff February 14 that Taiwan's political scene will be "chaotic" in the aftermath of Ma Ying-jeou's indictment and resignation as KMT Chairman. Zhang be [...]
2007-02-15 07:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI CH TW
07GUANGZHOU223DAS Christensen's Meetings on Cross-Strait Issues
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official and academic contacts in Xiamen from the local Taiwan Affairs Office and the University's Taiwan research center told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen February 2 that overall they were cautiously optimistic about the future cross-Strait relations. They pointed to economic ties [...]
2007-02-16 03:24:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI CH TW
07GUANGZHOU224General Counsel Sullivan Visits South China to Promote
[...] (U) Summary: During a three day visit to South China, the U.S. Department of Commerce's General Counsel John Sullivan met with senior representatives of Guangdong Province, legal representatives and U.S. business representatives, raising U.S. concerns regarding transparency, legal processes, an [...]
2007-02-16 07:36:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP ECON WTRO KIPR CH OCEA
07GUANGZHOU301The Labor Shortage in the Pearl River Delta
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the wake of the week-long lunar new year holiday, Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) businesses and governments are fretting about a labor shortage that has become more pronounced during the past few years. Migrant workers who left for the holiday are switching jobs, staying h [...]
2007-03-05 09:10:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU310Avian Influenza: Guangdong Officials Quick to
[...] (SBU) Guangdong Province officials denied the University of California- Irvine (UCI) report released on March 5 that the original and some subsequent strains of the H5N1 virus originated in Guangdong. The rapidity of the denial suggests the sensitivity of the issue, especially for a province w [...]
2007-03-08 03:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU317The Tiger Sprints Ahead: ExxonMobil First Western Oil Major
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil major to launch a fully integrated refining, petrochemicals, and fuels marketing joint venture in China with the signing of the contract on February, 25. Although Chinese partner Sinopec stated in the media that the company's ability to refin [...]
2007-03-09 08:52:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PREF CH TW
07GUANGZHOU322Guangdong Governor announces closure of Dongzhou incident
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly ten months after Dongzhou villagers were sentenced for their role in a December 2005 violent riot in which protestors were killed by police, Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua announced at a press conference on the sidelines of the Chinese national Congress meeting that poli [...]
2007-03-09 09:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU344U.S. Companies in South China are Profitable; Labor and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to an AmCham-South China survey released on March 15, most U.S. investors in South China are profitable and planning further investments in 2007. Companies prefer Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) because of its large and relatively prosperous domestic ma [...]
2007-03-16 06:14:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB EINV WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU357South China Migrant Worker NGO - Compensation,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Migrant worker health and labor rights NGO leader Jing Xiang told Congenoffs on March 2 that his Guangzhou-based group and PAS small grant recipient helps workers obtain work-injury compensation and facilitates legal aid for them in addition to organizing seminars to increase thei [...]
2007-03-20 07:31:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU376USTR's Second IPR Provincial Review to South China
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A USTR-led delegation traveled to four cities in Fujian and Guangdong provinces March 12-15 to engage local leaders on IPR issues and raise specific areas of concern. Provincial and municipal-level officials seemed engaged in IPR issues and often said the right things, but their [...]
2007-03-23 08:44:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU377Let's Make a Deal: Slow Start for Cross Border Emissions
[...] (SBU) Summary: The long-planned Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border emissions trading pilot program was implemented on January 31, 2007. Despite years of cooperative planning between both regions' environmental protection bureaus, no deals have yet been struck. Furthermore, the plan has been met [...]
2007-03-23 09:04:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU378NGO Leaders Discuss Barriers to the Growth of China's Civil
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than 20 NGO leaders and researchers gathered in Shenzhen on March 18 to discuss the challenges facing China's emerging civil society. NGOs struggle to gain the confidence of both the Chinese government, which is suspicious of their ties to foreign institutions, and the Chin [...]
2007-03-23 09:06:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU418Natural Gas in South China (Part 1 of 2): Delayed LNG Plans
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent progress in negotiations with Indonesia and other LNG suppliers suggest that the Chinese government has adjusted its expectations and renewed its interest in putting LNG projects back into the energy mix in South China. The government's unwillingness earlier to adjust nego [...]
2007-04-02 10:33:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH
07GUANGZHOU419Natural Gas in South China (Part 2 of 2): Chinese Taking
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has renewed efforts to diversify the nation's energy mix and improve the environment by bringing anticipated large offshore gas reserves in the South China Sea (which had previously been ignored, vented or flared) to production. As offshore oil and gas fie [...]
2007-04-03 03:11:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU421McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Under Fire for Wage
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut deny that they are violating any Chinese regulations with regard to payment to their employees, however they are consulting with local authorities to assure they are in compliance. The allegations of under payment, made in a recent article by a Gua [...]
2007-04-03 08:55:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU450Changes in Fujian Human Smuggling Patterns
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fujian Border Control Police told the Consul General that that the number of cases of human smuggling to the United States via sea has fallen. Human smuggling out of Fujian Province has increasingly involved traveling directly to the United States with legitimate visas or travel [...]
2007-04-10 08:29:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU458Guangzhou International Christian Church Faces RAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou International Christian Fellowship (GICF) faces renewed pressure to move its location, but the Religious Authorities Bureau (RAB) has told prospective landlords that the fellowship is composed of troublemakers and advised them not to rent to them. The RAB appears concer [...]
2007-04-13 04:02:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU460Seminary Lecturer Discusses Protestantism in Guangdong,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A lecturer at the Guangdong Union Theological Seminary provided an overview of the small but active provincial Protestant community. It has ties with U.S. and Hong Kong religious institutions and seeks to maintain good relations with the government. Local governments have encou [...]
2007-04-13 08:49:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU462McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut Cleared by Labor Bureau, but
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: McDonald's and Yum! Brands are pleased that the Guangdong Labor and Social Security Bureau (LSS) investigation has cleared them of charges that they underpaid student part-time workers. The companies acted in accordance with regulations that exempt certain part-time student work [...]
2007-04-13 10:16:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU475Draft Labor Contract Law: Companies are Concerned but
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Most foreign companies with offices in South China have negative impressions of China's draft labor contract law, but few companies believe the law will significantly impact their growth plans in China, according to a survey jointly released on April 11 by Hewitt and Baker & McKenz [...]
2007-04-17 09:14:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU484Canton Fair Adds Imports, Strengthens IPR Protection
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a move that China's leaders say will help reduce the country's trade surplus, the Canton Fair - which in its first one hundred sessions dating back to the 1950s has focused solely on Chinese exports - showcased, for the first time, products that could be imported fro [...]
2007-04-23 07:51:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON BEXP CH
07GUANGZHOU485Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look
[...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]
2007-04-23 10:03:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU487Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China (2 of 2): 3 Days in Fuzhou
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Conoff from Guangzhou's Fraud Prevention Unit and a LES Investigator visited Fuzhou from January 29-31, performing 14 immigrant-visa field investigations. Of the 14, 12 were confirmed to involve fraud and one applicant could not be located. In many cases, neighbors and village [...]
2007-04-24 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU494Guangdong IPR White Paper: Criminal Cases, Case Transfers,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong's 2006 intellectual property rights (IPR) white paper cites specific efforts against infringement in the audio-visual industry, improved coordination between Customs and PSB, and four new IPR complaint centers for the public. Guangdong courts concluded 113 IPR-related cr [...]
2007-04-26 08:54:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU498Copyright Infringement at the Canton and Jinhan Fairs
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from U.S. and Canadian art publishing companies noticed a slight decline in the number of infringing vendors at the Canton Fair on April 25, but spotted numerous repeat offenders. The overall reduction likely owes more to current market trends than IPR enforcemen [...]
2007-04-27 07:42:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU499South China Leadership Changes; Political Highlights
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang is poised to move to Beijing to become a Vice Premier and current Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan may become the next Guangdong Party Secretary. Beijing, which has long had reservations about whether Guangdong's leaders serve central government i [...]
2007-04-27 07:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU505Guangzhou Police Raid Underground Church, Seek
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a leader of the local Li Jiang Fellowship church, the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided her underground church on April 22. PSB officials disrupted the gathering of 100 churchgoers gathering in a local restaurant and warned church leaders to cease holding [...]
2007-04-27 09:31:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV SOCI PHUM CH
07GUANGZHOU52Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Finally Allowed Legal
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 8, legal activist Guo Feixiong (arrested on September 28) was allowed to retain legal counsel according to fellow rights protection activist Tang Jingling. Tang believes Guo's case, [...]
2007-01-09 09:01:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU526Xiamen Researchers Say Little Change in Taiwan
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Scholars at Xiamen University?s Taiwan Research Institute told the Ambassador April 17 that they believed there would be little change in Taiwan?s policy toward the mainland regardless which party wins the presidential campaign. In their view, it would be neither as [...]
2007-05-09 06:50:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TW
07GUANGZHOU527Dell China: Expanding Amid Concerns of Growing
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, executives from Dell-China took note of the critical importance of China to Dell?s future operations in the Asia-Pacific region, expressed confidence in their ability to continue building market share and discussed Dell?s expansion plans, especiall [...]
2007-05-09 06:51:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU543South China Pig Deaths Raise Safety Concerns
[...] (SBU) Summary: An epidemic outbreak in pigs in rural Guangdong, caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV),has killed several hundred pigs in Guangdong's Yunfu Prefecture and the county-level-city of Gaoyao since late April. The Prefectural Government excluded the po [...]
2007-05-10 08:56:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU544Land and Corruption Blamed for Gurao Riots
[...] (SBU) Summary: Riots over land sales and disputes over ownership in Gurao Town, in east Guangdong in early May underline again the fragile state of the social compact in the rapidly changing, oft-times corrupt south China environment. Local angry farmers in more than a dozen villages reportedl [...]
2007-05-10 08:57:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU556Guangdong's Pharmaceutical Professional Association Strives
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guangdong Pharmaceutical Professional Association (GPPA) disclosed that in 2006 it issued a self-regulatory code of standards for the local pharmaceutical sector in the province. GPPA's code appears to be an attempt to preempt Provincial Government investigation and sanction [...]
2007-05-15 00:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON ETRD SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU559Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong planners hope to spur development in the western Pearl River Delta (PRD) and create a more sustainable development model by expanding and integrating the PRD transportation network. They aim to create an A-shaped network that links both sides of the delta and integrate t [...]
2007-05-15 07:38:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU562 Guangzhou's Software Industry: Perspectives from a
[...] (U) Summary: The development of Guangdong Province's software industry has been a key priority in recent years for China's Ministries of Commerce, Information Industry, and Education, among others. Guangzhou has emerged as a focal point for the establishment of the province's leading software [...]
2007-05-15 08:59:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINT TSPL CH
07GUANGZHOU564Transportation Infrastructure in the Pearl River Delta
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong will initiate 62 major transportation infrastructure projects by 2010, requiring an estimated investment of RMB 550 billion (USD 71.5 billion). Projects planned for Guangdong's Pearl River Delta (PRD) include 17 expressways, a fourth and fifth rail line linking Guangzhou [...]
2007-05-15 09:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ELTN KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU58Human Rights: Guo Feixiong Charges to be Dropped
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Arrested legal activist Guo Feixiong could have his charges of "illegal business procedure" dropped, though new more serious charges might be added instead (leading to possible house arrest),according to [...]
2007-01-11 03:19:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU589Townspeople Riot Over Family Planning Abuses in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of people in Bobai County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, set fire to government buildings and vehicles and attacked family planning officials in response to alleged abuses, according to Hong Kong and foreign media. Some reports state that five people died in the cla [...]
2007-05-22 09:00:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU603CSR in the Classroom and on the Factory Floor
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Domestic factories are struggling to comply with multiple responsibilities that can complement one another but that may at times also be at variance with one another: their buyers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes of conduct and with government regulations on wages and [...]
2007-05-24 09:09:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU608Guangxi Officials Downplay Family Planning Riots
[...] (C) Guangxi officials and Mainland media acknowledged the violence in Bobai County almost a week after the incidents occurred, playing down the severity and extent of the riots. On May 24, Yulin Municipal Government spokesman Guo Chengqiu denied reports of fatalities, estimated that the large [...]
2007-05-25 08:50:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU61 Going Mobile in Heyuan
[...] (U) Summary: The northeastern Guangdong city of Heyuan was recently named by provincial authorities as a "Mobile Phone Manufacturing Base" - the first in the province. Discussion at December 2006 conference held at the Heyuan Hi-Tech Development Zone centered on the city's plans to become a c [...]
2007-01-12 05:47:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU618Guangxi: Trafficking on the Vietnam Border
[...] (U) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Trafficking of sex workers and spouses from Vietnam continues but cooperation between the Vietnam diplomats and Chinese authorities is good, according to Nanning-based Vietnam Consulate General. A China-announced repatriation center for Vietnamese trafficked victims, [...]
2007-05-30 09:06:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PGOV ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU620Xiamen Government Suspends Chemical Project After Public
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Xiamen government suspended, but did not cancel, plans for the construction of a large chemical plant near the city center after residents planned a large protest and the story was covered by the mainland and Hong Kong media. The Taiwan-invested paraxylene plant, which the Xi [...]
2007-05-31 08:25:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU622 SOUTH CHINA OUTWARD INVESTMENT IN 2006
[...] (U) Summary: In 2006, Chinese overseas investment surged by 32 percent and reached USD 16 billion, according to China's Ministry of Commerce. Last year Guangdong Province, which accounted for USD 600 million in total overseas investment, was first in the country again. The number of Guangdon [...]
2007-06-01 00:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO ECON EINV ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU624Fuzhou Hospital Struggles With Drug-Resistant TB and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fuzhou Lung Diseases Hospital emphasizes increased training and public education to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The growing drug-resistance of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, and the large number of migrant patients continue to challenge prevention a [...]
2007-06-01 05:59:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU627South China's Economy in 2006: The World's Factory Floor in
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite Chinese central government efforts to rein in economic growth rates and tighten macroeconomic controls, South China's economy surged ahead in 2006. Guangdong Province (paragraphs 5-23) led the pack in almost all areas - gross domestic product (GDP),growth rate [...]
2007-06-01 06:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU631A CLEANER GUANGDONG FACES MORE SEVERE POWER SHORTAGES THIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guangdong continues to be confronted by severe power shortages this summer. The provincial government's plan to lower local air pollution discharges and shut down small power stations has been affected by the shortages; rolling blackouts have been applied in different areas, ma [...]
2007-06-03 23:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV ECON KTDB CH
07GUANGZHOU640Guangxi: HIV/AIDS Programs on the Vietnam Border
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Consul General and USAID Bangkok Health officer visited the cities of Dongxing and Pingxiang in Guangxi to take a look at and support USG-assisted HIV/AIDS projects along the border between China and Vietnam. Although small in scale, the projects serve two purposes: to provide o [...]
2007-06-04 09:06:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU655South China Analysts Criticize Government's Handling of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the plunge in stock prices on the mainland, South China commentators and academics complain that central authorities showed a disappointing, but all too common, lack of transparency before unexpectedly tripling the stamp duty on share trades on May 30. Analys [...]
2007-06-08 06:25:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU663Energy Efficiency Conference in Guangzhou Provides
[...] (U) Under a U.S.-China cooperation program supported by USD 1.8 million in USAID funding - and convened by Guangzhou's Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law with the Vermont Law School and the Institute for Sustainable Communities - more than 200 government officials, scholars, and business rep [...]
2007-06-11 08:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH
07GUANGZHOU669RUSSIA RETURNS TO GUANGZHOU AFTER ABSENCE OF 45 YEARS
[...] (SBU) Russia's recently arrived Consul General in Guangzhou, Sergei Kotov, the son and grandson of Russian diplomats and sinologists, has a big job ahead of him - renovating the old Soviet-era consulate building abandoned these past 45 years, signing contracts for a diplomatic office with an u [...]
2007-06-12 07:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP PREL RS CH
07GUANGZHOU670South China Airports: Capacity Shortage,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet the rapidly mounting demands of passengers and cargo transportation, major civil airports in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region are gearing up to upgrade their infrastructure and service. Fierce competition is expected as both airports and airlines compete for a bigger [...]
2007-06-12 07:28:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU681Airline Expansion in South China
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rich and populous South China has become an air traffic hotspot. To win market share, airlines in the region are sharpening their competitive edge by opening new routes, buying more aircraft, and expanding cooperation with other airlines. As the Chinese Government deregulates [...]
2007-06-13 08:47:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU695Guangdong Discusses Anti-Corruption Efforts with Visiting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Guangdong government is targeting its anti-corruption efforts in the areas of land transaction and commercial development, according to Guangdong officials who met with a U.S. delegation from the bilateral Anti-Corruption Working Group. China's largest construction bidding c [...]
2007-06-15 06:11:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU699Alleged Labor Violations at Mainland Headwear
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the PlayFair 2008 report, "No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights," and media reports of alleged labor violations at four Pearl River Delta (PRD) factories, Congenoff visited one Shenzhen factory cited in the report - Mainland Headwear Holdings Limit [...]
2007-06-15 08:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU701South China EPB Structural Deficiencies Hurt Enforcement
[...] (U) Environmental accidents and major polluting discharges occur with all too frequent regularity in south China, the result of a failure to enforce existing regulations and to punish those who profit by ignoring public health and welfare. Even with increased media attention and campaigns by a [...]
2007-06-17 23:58:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU716Embassy IPR Attache Cohen Visits Shenzhen, Guangzhou to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Shenzhen People's Congress is revising its technical secrets rule and drafting a new IPR code, and the Shenzhen and Guangdong Intellectual Property Offices (IPOs) will seek meetings with USPTO in the United States this summer, officials told Embassy Senior IPR Attache Mark Co [...]
2007-06-21 06:21:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU717Alleged Labor Violations at Yue Wing Cheong
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congenoff's visit to a second mainland Chinese company (Yue Wing Cheong Manufacturing) cited in PlayFair 2008's report ("No Medal For the Olympics on Labour Rights") led to conclusions similar to those from his visit to Mainland Headwear (reftel). Yue Wing Cheong clearly has pr [...]
2007-06-22 02:26:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU720Environmental Training Helps Local Officials
[...] (U) Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) provided environmental permit training on May 14 to Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) experts in response to Pearl River Delta environmental authorities' concerns over deficiencies in their enforcement program. ESF explained how the U.S. EPA uses [...]
2007-06-25 00:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU722Gurao Protest Follow-up: Protests Against Illegal Land
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Factories in Gurao, Guangdong - China's largest underwear manufacturing base - continue to operate without incident despite May protests by hundreds of nearby villagers who claimed village officials profited from illegal land sales. Villagers continue to engage in low-level prote [...]
2007-06-26 09:04:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ELAB EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU751South China IPR: U.S. Companies Train Guangdong Customs How
[...] (U) Summary: At a recent post-organized seminar, five U.S. companies and a music industry association trained 70 working-level officials from Guangdong Customs on ways to distinguish genuine products from counterfeits. The companies highlighted recent trends in manufacturing and exporting. Gu [...]
2007-07-02 07:59:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU753IPR Roundtables on Apparel and Sporting Goods: Legal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's IPR regulations are vague and its enforcement agencies are weak, according to apparel and sporting-goods companies as well as U.S. and Chinese lawyers. The IPR enforcement efforts of most companies are primarily focused on shutting down domestic IPR violators and prevent [...]
2007-07-02 08:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD CH
07GUANGZHOU766Gender, Age, Beauty and "Unlucky Name" Discrimination
[...] SUMMARY: Students, officials and professors at several South Chinese universities lamented the failure of China's new Labor Contract Law (ref) to eliminate discrimination based on gender, age, and, of all things, beauty, the latter a requirement that usually includes a minimum height. The fema [...]
2007-07-05 08:50:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI SCUL PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU767CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: CHINESE AQUACULTURE COMPANY AFFECTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A LARGE GUANGDONG SHRIMP EXPORTER EXPECTS ITS REVENUES TO FALL BY 40 PERCENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT FDA ANNOUNCEMENT TO DETAIN SHRIMP AND OTHER SEAFOOD FROM CHINA. THE FDA MEASURE, AS WELL AS BAD PRESS FROM OTHER FOOD SAFETY SCANDALS, IS ACCELERATING A TREND TOWARD NON-U.S. EXPORT [...]
2007-07-06 01:35:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV ECIN CH
07GUANGZHOU785Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South
[...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...]
2007-07-12 01:34:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV EINV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU786Slow Progress in a Tough Neighborhood: Economic and
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: This cable by Guangzhou's departing Economic/Political Section Chief is a brief look at south China after four years, how it has developed economically, the pluses and minuses, challenges and potential, where it's going in the future. The Pluses: South China and part [...]
2007-07-12 05:22:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU787Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South
[...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...]
2007-07-12 05:22:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV EINV KIPR CH
07GUANGZHOU788Foreign Law Firms in China: Take Your Shoes Off and Stay
[...] (SBU) One year after the Shanghai Lawyer's Association petitioned for greater restrictions on foreigners practicing law in China, foreign legal experts in South China say the government has not imposed any new restrictive measures on foreign law firms. Nevertheless, protectionist sentiment may [...]
2007-07-12 09:38:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU789South China's Judicial System: Corrupt? Lacking Experience?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Procedural and structural flaws continue to impede the progress of China's judicial system, according to south China legal experts. Oral testimony, a key to perjury trials and many arbitral disputes, remains largely unreliable and thus, underutilized. Increased judicial activi [...]
2007-07-12 09:38:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI ECON EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU790Regulatory Climate in South China: Not All Investment Is
[...] (SBU) Summary: Regulatory issues, particularly those relating to administrative discretion, are the biggest impediments to foreign direct investment (FDI) in South China, according to legal professionals and businesspeople. Foreign investors encounter more obstacles when establishing local op [...]
2007-07-12 10:01:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD WTRO CH
07GUANGZHOU795Bountiful Harvests: A Look at Cross-Strait Agricultural
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Agricultural goods produced in Taiwan? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Taiwan seeds by Chinese farmers claiming to be Taiwan farmers? Produced in China with Chinese seeds claiming that the produce was a Taiwan product or "Grown in Tai [...]
2007-07-13 08:14:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PREL ECON ETRD TW CH KIPR
07GUANGZHOU797Guo Feixiong's Trial and Current Status
[...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Democracy activist Guo Feixiong stood trial July 9 on charges of "illegal business activity," but the content and nature of the proceedings belied the political character of his prosecution. Guo [...]
2007-07-13 09:05:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR CH
07GUANGZHOU806China Rule of Law: Improving Legal Efficiency
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In late June conversations with local judges, academics, and lawyers in Guangdong Province, Embassy Beijing Resident Legal Advisor Ronald Cheng discussed ways to improve the efficiency of legal process, responded to inquiries about U.S. legal culture, and the problems related to le [...]
2007-07-16 07:51:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS CH
07GUANGZHOU832Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...]
2007-07-24 05:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU836Consumer Product Safety in South China
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a time when the safety and quality of goods being exported from China -- not just to the U.S. but elsewhere in the world, from the Philippines to Europe -- has been called into question, foreign companies in this consular district, especially in the Pearl River Delta, are lookin [...]
2007-07-25 07:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU837International Standards a Challenge for Many Chinese
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As challenging as it may be at times for U.S. companies to get a grip on the changing scene here in South China in terms of consumer safety, it is probably a factor several times greater in terms of difficulty for Chinese companies wishing to export to the United States. They are [...]
2007-07-25 07:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU848Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety and Business in China
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wal-Mart China employs a robust quality assurance program to maintain high standards for the goods it sells. Within China, Wal-Mart is in the vanguard of product safety, utilizing a multi-layer system including producer inspection and education, cooperation with local government [...]
2007-07-27 05:13:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU849Wal-Mart Discusses Product Safety on a Global Scale
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As part of our series on consumer product safety, we paid a visit to Wal-Mart's Global Procurement team to discuss the company's Quality Assurance program and ways in which its work should assure an increasingly skeptical foreign market about the firm's ability to mon [...]
2007-07-27 05:13:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU850Foreign Banks: Optimistic About Profits, but Face Hurdles
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fierce competition from Chinese banks, a constantly changing regulatory environment, and difficulties in working with Chinese shareholders are the key challenges confronted by local government and foreign bankers in south China. Despite their concerns, the foreign banking communit [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU851Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association Stands
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with the Consul General on July 26, the new head of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Businessmen's Association, Zhou Zerong, said that the provincial government, with central government backing, had decided that the new organization was necessary to link together [...]
2007-07-27 07:00:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU862Have You Heard? China Slashes VAT Refunds
[...] (SBU) Summary: What's the impact on local companies in the region of the July 1 cut/elimination of export tax rebates on almost 3,000 products? Local companies are unanimous: the price of most goods imported from China just went up. Even so, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) here are not c [...]
2007-07-30 08:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU863HR Issues in South China -- The New Labor Contract Law and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Employers clearly emerged as "victors" in the labor contract law open comment vetting process, with the relaxation of several obligations that had been in the original draft, especially the requirement that they "seek approval from" their employees. Low-end manufactu [...]
2007-07-30 08:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU87Fujian Province Q3 Economic Report
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fujian continued its robust economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite the negative effects of natural disasters. Fujian's 12.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth was fueled by the manufacturing and service sectors, exceeding the national Q3 GDP growth rate of 10 [...]
2007-01-19 08:42:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU870Amway or the Highway: QA in a Risky Business Environment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Amway is confident that its Quality Assurance (QA) program enhances the quality and safety of its products. As in its dealings with Wal-mart, the Chinese government seeks Amway's advice on ways to elevate safety standards and educate Chinese companies. Across-the- [...]
2007-08-01 07:45:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU88Guangzhou Baiyun Development Forum: Promotion of
[...] SUMMARY: Guangzhou's Baiyun District is stepping up efforts to develop its bio-technology, real estate, and logistics sectors. Officials will focus on developing the industrial zone surrounding the new Baiyun International Airport, strengthening the bio-medical and bio-engineering sectors, an [...]
2007-01-19 08:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON TBIO KTDB EAIR EIND EINV CH
07GUANGZHOU887MATTEL IN CHINA: THE GOLD STANDARD IN TOY MANUFACTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mattel officials at the company's Dongguan factory - about an hour south of Guangzhou - told Ambassador Alan Holmer, the Special Envoy to China for the Strategic Economic Dialogue, that a new vendor used fake testing certificates to surreptitiously introduce lead paint into the [...]
2007-08-07 07:22:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU888"We Feed Waste, Not Oil"
[...] SUMMARY: Guangzhou GISE-MBA New Plastics Technology General Manager Eric Wang and MBA Polymers Operations Manager Ron Rau told Special Envoy to China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue Ambassador Alan F. Holmer during a visit to their factory that the economies of scale have made them an effic [...]
2007-08-07 07:23:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWTRO ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU889Microfinance Poised to Fill Gaps Ignored By Banking Sector
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Extending financial services to China's rural poor continues to be an uphill battle with seemingly distant rewards. While foreign banks hope that WTO-driven reforms will allow greater access to China's "nouveau riche," there is no great clamor to extend services to the countryside [...]
2007-08-07 07:29:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU891HHS Delegation Views Aquaculture Industry in China's
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials emphasized to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delegation touring the shrimp-processing industry in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province on August 3 their hope that the visit would help to ease or remove the current import alert on shrimp and other [...]
2007-08-08 06:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIS TBIO PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU897Mentoring: The Guangzhou Way
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly all 25 Entry Level Professionals at Congen Guangzhou serve in the consular section but the intent of management - and the desire of the ELPs - is to provide a varied experience, with mentoring integrated into every aspect of work. The Congen, mostly through a dynamic ELP w [...]
2007-08-09 08:46:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDAPER CMGT CH
07GUANGZHOU911Chinese Inspectors Blame U.S. Media and Unlicensed
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou Technical Supervision Bureau (TSB) Deputy Director General Liu Shu Biao blamed an overly negative U.S. media and unlicensed workshops for China's recent spate of high-profile product safety recalls. Despite the defensiveness of his remarks, he said that the central gov [...]
2007-08-15 09:19:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU937Rural Finance Case Study: Changjiang County Hainan Province
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Changjiang County, Hainan Province, a local branch of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) delivers small loans to assist poor farmers. The branch has experienced non-repayment problems rooted in inadequately trained staff and clients accustomed to government han [...]
2007-08-22 08:55:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ECIN PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU946Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...]
2007-08-23 08:04:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU952Export Processing in the PRD Hit with New Deposit
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 23, China started requiring export processing firms to pay large deposits, which could have a substantial negative impact on businesses in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Hong Kong and Taiwan industry associations in southern China have expressed serious concerns about th [...]
2007-08-24 08:09:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV CH HK TW
07GUANGZHOU962Human Rights: Guo Feixiong May Stand Trial Again;
[...] (U) Classified by Acting Principal Officer Mike Jacobsen. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The trial of Guo Feixiong, previously thought to have ended, has been placed on hold to allow investigators additional time to turn up new evidence. A new trial date, if granted, would likely be in lat [...]
2007-08-29 08:09:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU966Guangdong Cosmetics Manufacturers Reacting to Consumer
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Cosmetics manufacturers in southern China are acutely aware of heightened consumer product safety concerns. One manufacturer told congenoffs that local authorities lack capacity to enforce safety and quality standards. However, some firms are taking steps on their own to help fore [...]
2007-08-30 00:41:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU993CHINA'S NEW PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATIONS DELAY EXPORTS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. manufacturer in Guangzhou contacted ConGen Guangzhou after exports to the United States were delayed at the port due to new inspection requirements. After an initially haphazard approach, the Chinese inspectors focused on ensuring the quality and safety of the raw materia [...]
2007-08-31 08:41:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU997Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, September 5, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: official anger and apathy over food and product safety; an ambitious labor lawyer; an anniversary for China Southern Airlines; P [...]
2007-09-05 02:56:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAIR ECON PINR EFIN PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA2252SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN
[...] Your November 23 - 24 visit will afford you a chance to view adoptions processes and practices in Guatemala. You will also have the opportunity to review our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Ac [...]
2007-11-19 19:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CONS PREL GT
07HALIFAX55HALIFAX STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH U.S. COMPETITORS IN ASIAN
[...] The port of Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia are looking for C$400 million from Ottawa so they can go head-to-head with U.S. ports in handling rapidly increasing volumes of container traffic from China and India. Without federal support for marketing and infrastructure expansion, local [...]
2007-07-23 20:11:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ELTN ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV CA US
07HAMBURG62TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT SPEAKS WITH GERMAN FINANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The main focus of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt's and German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck's October 16 meeting in Hamburg was the creation of "guidelines" or "best practices" for Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Both Steinbrueck and Kimmitt agreed that the discussio [...]
2007-10-23 16:52:00Consulate HamburgSECRETEFIN ECON ETRD GR
07HAMBURG63THE SPD APPROVES OEF MANDATE, SIGNALS CONTINUED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overall, foreign policy played a minor role at the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) October 26-28 national convention in Hamburg (reftel). It was, however, the main focus of a pre-convention event October 25 sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and geared mainly tow [...]
2007-10-31 17:16:00Consulate HamburgCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KUNR GM AF EU RS TU
07HAMBURG70HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007 GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE CONGRESS IN BREMEN
[...] SUMMARY: Over 800 participants and several guests of honor, including German Federal Economics and Technology Minister Michael Glos and King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, attended the 7th German Foreign Trade Congress 2007 on November 13-14 in Bremen. Glos stated that Chancellor Merk [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BEXP BTIO GM
07HAMBURG72AIRBUS GROUNDED BY POWER8 AND THE DOLLAR?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Airbus, the renowned producer of the new A380 super jumbo jet, is one of the largest and most publicized firms in Europe. The civilian and military aircraft manufacturer has struggled to stay ahead of its competitor Boeing amid a corporate restructuring program, an executive scand [...]
2007-12-18 18:10:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD EIND GM
07HANOI1055TRIET'S PRC VISIT: ACCENTUATING THE POSITIVE
[...] (C) MFA and Chinese Embassy sources are billing President Triet's May 14-18 trip to China a success, both in maintaining the momentum of improved political relations between the two countries and in generating concrete results, particularly in the areas of trade and investment (Ref A). At the [...]
2007-06-05 09:36:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VM CH
07HANOI1057VIETNAM'S TRADE IN 2006: RAPID GROWTH IN LEAD UP TO WTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently-released figures from the Government of Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO),Vietnam's 2006 trade increased 21.6 percent from 2005, reaching USD 84.02 billion. This growth reflects Vietnam's increasingly international economic policy orientation and e [...]
2007-06-05 09:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KTEX VM
07HANOI1062CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...]
2007-06-06 10:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE
07HANOI1110LE DUAN: THE MOSTLY VARNISHED TRUTH
[...] (SBU) The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) recently sponsored several events to commemorate the life of former CPV General Secretary (GS) Le Duan. State-press has characterized Duan as a SIPDIS "bright example of revolutionary virtues," but topics such as his sidelining of CPV luminaries Ho [...]
2007-06-14 08:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI PREL VM
07HANOI1119CONOCO PHILLIPS AND BP CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, officials of Conoco Phillips (CP) and the UK Ambassador briefed the Ambassador on the latest developments regarding China's pressure to stop work on gas projects licensed by Vietnam in the South China Sea in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. According to [...]
2007-06-15 09:44:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PREL VM CH
07HANOI1147AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...]
2007-06-22 09:32:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1149Visit to Vietnam of Regional Financial Attache Baker:
[...] (U) This is one of five cables reporting on the May 29-June 1 visit to Vietnam of the U.S. Treasury Department's Susan Baker, the Regional Financial Attache (FinAtt) based in Singapore. This cable provides a general summary of the visit, some notes on institutional reform and tax policy, and [...]
2007-06-22 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1150Macroeconomic Developments in Vietnam
[...] (SBU) Summary. With capital inflows, inflation and credit growth reaccelerating, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is under increasing pressure to reign in liquidity. Because of official policies calling for stable interest rates and exchange rates, however, SBV has been forced to resort to bl [...]
2007-06-22 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1151Update on Banking Sector Reform in Vietnam
[...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) officials believe their efforts to reform the banking sector have put it on a firm path toward international standard supervision. However, they tried to distance themselves from the equitization process (over which they should have at least supervis [...]
2007-06-22 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1251LE QUOC QUAN MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs met with attorney, former detainee and recent NED Fellow Le Quoc Quan at his law office in Hanoi. Quan was extremely happy to receive officials from the Embassy and appeared very healthy. Quan's daily, lengthy interrogations in prison focused on his relationsh [...]
2007-07-13 09:59:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1265AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - WAVE DYING OUT BUT SAMPLE SHARING
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports no human cases infected with the H5N1 strain of highly pathologic avian influenza A (HPAI) beyond the total of five confirmed cases since May 1. There have been no cases among contacts and no common sources of infection. Outbreaks of AI in [...]
2007-07-18 17:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1271MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIETNAM FOUNDER HOANG MINH
[...] (SBU) On July 11, 2007, PolOffs met with long-time political activist and founder of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh, at his home in Hanoi where he remains under house arrest. Chinh is suffering from prostate cancer, and appeared seriously ill. Nevertheless, h [...]
2007-07-19 16:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI128RESULTS OF RECENT ASEAN SUMMIT IN STEP WITH GVN'S
[...] (SBU) On January 18, MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director Vu Ho briefed Poloff on the recently concluded ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Cebu. For the GVN, key accomplishments were progress on establishing an ASEAN community and adopting an ASEAN charter, the ASEAN Counterterrorism Conven [...]
2007-01-23 04:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VM
07HANOI1283VIETNAM MFA DISPUTES DETAILS OF ARTICLE ON CLASH
[...] (U) A July 19 Straits Times article reported that a group of Vietnamese boats fishing in waters near the Spratlys came "under fire" from Chinese naval vessels on July 9. According to the article Vietnamese "military sources" reported that one fishermen was killed and several others were injure [...]
2007-07-20 17:32:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON MARR PREL VM CN
07HANOI1311CORRECTED COPY: HFAC STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 1301 of July 24, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting Professional Staff Member Jonathan Cobb Mixter told GVN officials in Hanoi the recent wave of arrests and crackdown on political dissidents was causing serious concern on Capitol Hill and could ma [...]
2007-07-25 16:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF OTRA ECON BM VM
07HANOI1379 CHEVRON VIETNAM EXECUTIVES DISCUSS ENERGY PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron Vietnam Ltd has been negotiating for several years with Vietnam's Ministry of Industry (MOI) and the state-owned energy firm, PetroVietnam, over the Malay-Tho Chu Basin Natural Gas Concession Project. Chevron seeks to extract and sell a portion of the gas into regional m [...]
2007-08-03 17:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG TRGY EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI1381AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER DZUNG
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a cordial August 3 farewell call on Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung, the Ambassador and the Prime Minister reflected positively on the progress in bilateral relations over the past three years, including growing trade ties and increased cooperation in areas such as [...]
2007-08-04 12:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EAID EAIR KHIV VM
07HANOI1385AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed a wide range of issues during a cordial August 3 dinner. The Ambassador used the occasion to underscore U.S. concerns concerned over governance and human rights, and raised the cases of imprisoned individuals eligibl [...]
2007-08-06 11:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV CONS KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1390TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA
[...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]
2007-08-06 15:43:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1415NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES DEPART VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Four North Koreans who had taken refuge in the Danish Embassy in Hanoi left Vietnam for the ROK on July 27 via commercial air via Singapore without incident. UNHCR's Chief of Mission Vu Anh Son had met with the North Koreans, three women and one man, soon after they took refuge in the Da [...]
2007-08-08 15:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB KN VM
07HANOI1454ARRIVAL OF PETROVIETNAM LETTER ADVISING TRANSOCEAN TO CEASE
[...] (SBU) On August 8, Dr. Tran Ngoc Canh, President and CEO of Petrovietnam, sent a letter to executives of the U.S. oil company, Transocean, advising Transocean to cease exploration drilling activities in block 2/4 in the South China Sea (reftel). Petrovietnam addressed the letter to Mr. J. Micha [...]
2007-08-14 08:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV EPET MARR PREL CN VM
07HANOI1462"VIETNAMESE PEOPLE MORE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Marine met with prominent cyber-dissident and former political prisoner Dr. Pham Hong Son, who is under house arrest, and his wife, Vu Thuy Ha, at their Hanoi home on August 9. Son, best known for his 2002 arrest and imprisonment for his translation and dissemination of a democ [...]
2007-08-14 17:05:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ELAB VM
07HANOI1542CREATIVE PUSH FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH - HR
[...] (C) Summary: Dissident and former National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Fellow Le Quoc Quan informed Poloffs during an August 24 meeting that he and eight other leading human rights dissidents are planning a protest at the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi. On the surface, the purpose of the protest [...]
2007-08-28 17:36:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM VM CH
07HANOI1551FAO-GVN REVIEW AVIAN INFLUENZA STRATEGY IN AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) recently concluded that Vietnam's overall approach to the control and prevention of highly pathologic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry is sound and appropriate and recomm [...]
2007-08-29 17:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1563DISSIDENT ATTORNEY LE QUOC QUAN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (S) In an August 24 meeting with PolOffs, dissident Attorney Le Quoc Quan discussed the current dominance of conservatives in the Vietnamese government and the struggles for pro-reformists. Among those in the pro-reform camp, according to Quan, are Vietnam's two new Deputy Prime Ministers. Q [...]
2007-08-31 15:56:00Embassy HanoiSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1570Vietnam Starts to Organize Oil Pollution Policy
[...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Vietnam (GVN) environmental officials say that the GVN has begun to better coordinate its response to oil pollution that plagued the nation's coastlines in the first half of 2007. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) now chairs an inter-ag [...]
2007-09-04 08:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG EPET VM
07HANOI1599SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES
[...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...]
2007-09-07 16:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1623FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]
2007-09-11 17:06:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1627AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND MARD MINISTER PHAT DISCUSS AGRICULTURAL TRADE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his September 10 courtesy call with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Cao Duc Phat, Ambassador Michalak advocated on behalf of U.S. agricultural products, praised Vietnam's adherence to international agricultural standards, and thanked Phat for Vietnam [...]
2007-09-12 08:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO SOCI WTRO KFLU VM
07HANOI1653CODEL CHAMBLISS ENGAGES VIETNAM'S LEADERSHIP,
[...] (C) A bipartisan United States Senate delegation led by Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia held meetings in Hanoi August 29 with senior GVN leaders, including SRV President Nguyen Minh Triet, the Vice-Chairman of Vietnam's parliament, and Vice-Ministers of Defense and Public Security. The me [...]
2007-09-14 17:31:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALCN OREP OVIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1675ARRIVAL OF CHINA LETTER ADVISING POGO OIL TO CEASE
[...] (SBU) On September 8, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston sent a letter to the U.S. oil firm, Pogo Producing Company advising Pogo to cease exploration drilling activities in Block 124 in the South China Sea. The Block 124 lies along Vietnam's south central coast [...]
2007-09-19 17:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCN ECON EINV ENRG EPET MARR PREL VM
07HANOI1681NEWLY-APPOINTED DPM HAI NIXES GANNON PROJECT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador Michalak, new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai said that U.S. power-producer Gannon would not receive a license to build a clean coal-fired plant in central Vietnam. Hai also asked the Ambassador to urge ConocoPhillips to [...]
2007-09-20 13:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1731VIETNAM FRETS OVER ANTI-DUMPING POLITICS DESPITE CONFIDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese government (GVN) and apparel industry are confident that the data gathered by the Department of Commerce's import monitoring program will vindicate their claims that the country is not dumping apparel exports to the United States. In his meetings with concerned G [...]
2007-10-02 09:57:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTEX ECON EIND ETRD ETTC VM
07HANOI1746AMBASSADOR PITCHES PRISONER AMNESTY, GOOD
[...] (C) Meeting with the GVN's leading security official, the Ambassador raised a range of human rights issues, flagged the upcoming United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visit, and discussed a number of key security and property issues involving the Mission. In the [...]
2007-10-04 11:51:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT ASEC KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1763"WE EAT EVERYTHING ON FOUR LEGS EXCEPT THE TABLE":
[...] (U) Summary: Domestic consumption and regional exports of wild animal products threaten Vietnam's once-abundant wildlife. Vietnamese craving for wild meat and animal-based traditional medicines seemingly trump conservation concerns. Lack of high-level political will hamstring Government of Vi [...]
2007-10-09 08:15:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV SOCI EAGR VM
07HANOI1798AMBASSADOR AND MIC MINISTER HOP DISCUSS FUTURE COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) This cable contains biographical information for INR/B in paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In his introductory call on the new Minister of Information and Communications, Le Doan Hop, the Ambassador noted Vietnam's cooperation in the ICT dialogue, IPR enforcement and technology licens [...]
2007-10-17 00:30:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD KIPR VM
07HANOI1801AMBASSADOR'S CALL WITH VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met with Vietnam Minister of Defense, Senior General Phung Quang Thanh, on 19 September 2007 for an introductory call. After a warm welcome, Minister Thanh noted that Vietnam seeks to increase defense cooperation with the United States, [...]
2007-10-17 02:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PTER VM
07HANOI1810CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE: VIETNAM'S DEADLY ROADWAYS
[...] (U) Summary: Traffic accidents are Vietnam's unrecognized killers, leading to many more deaths than HIV/AIDS and avian influenza combined. As Vietnam has become increasingly prosperous, the number of motor vehicles, primarily motorbikes, on Vietnamese roads has skyrocketed. Large numbers of p [...]
2007-10-18 22:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ELTN VM
07HANOI1838VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE TALE OF TWO NORTHWEST
[...] (U) Summary: Northwest Vietnam has traditionally been Vietnam's poorest region. Natural topography, a widely-disbursed population, poor infrastructure, and, in part, provincial governance practices have prevented provinces in this region from keeping apace of economic development occurring el [...]
2007-10-26 07:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID EINV ETRD OTRA EIND KIPR PGOV VM
07HANOI1858VIETNAM SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS
[...] (U) Your visit, coming almost one year after President Bush's, is well timed to press Vietnam to continue its rapid pace of opening to the world. The national leadership remains eager to learn from the United States on economic matters, and will be attentive to what you have to say. Your visi [...]
2007-10-30 08:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1869VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF NATURAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, the Ambassador paid an introductory courtesy call on Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Khoi Pham. Pham said his ministry's main environmental challenges include the management of solid waste, air and water pollution, and natural disaster mitigat [...]
2007-11-01 03:25:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KSCA TBIO VM
07HANOI18922007-2008 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM
[...] The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007-2008 INCSR. 2. Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2007. Specific actions included: sustained effor [...]
2007-11-06 00:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR VM
07HANOI1920VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SCATTERED OUTBREAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Avian influenza outbreaks continue to flare up in various locations across Vietnam, with six provinces now reporting infected birds over the past month. All have been quickly and easily controlled. Officials have not yet linked the outbreaks, though they may represent the early [...]
2007-11-09 10:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1935HANOI REACTION TO USCIRF VISIT
[...] (C) The recent visit to Vietnam by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has generated strong negative reactions within certain circles of the GVN. GVN criticism has centered primarily on what was widely considered inappropriate behavior by USCIRF members in [...]
2007-11-14 10:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1966SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
[...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]
2007-11-20 07:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI2012VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...]
2007-11-29 06:57:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM
07HANOI2041A REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY VACCINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four years into its efforts to counter pandemic influenza, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has placed ongoing emphasis on a vaccination program to limit the possible spread of avian influenza (AI) caused by the highly pathogenic influenza A H5N1 virus. The nationwide program fo [...]
2007-12-05 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI2045OOG'S CHAIRMAN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA IN THE U.S. IN MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the TIFA talks in Washington, Office of the Government Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said that the GVN's top priority would be to overturn the apparel exports monitoring mechanism run by the Comme [...]
2007-12-05 10:55:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV PGOV KTEX PHUM VM
07HANOI2051SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]
2007-12-07 04:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI210COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET KICKSTARTS NAVAL
[...] (C) During a recent visit to Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Gary Roughead, proposed a range of new initiatives intended to broaden U.S.-Vietnam naval cooperation, including cooperation in the fields of Meteorological-Oceanographic (METOC) predict [...]
2007-01-31 10:20:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI2116SHAKY RESPONSE TO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnamese officials confirmed the death of a four year old boy from Avian Influenza (AI). However, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) response showed three significant communication failures; between animal and human health experts, between local and central officials, and betwee [...]
2007-12-28 11:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI221PARTY PLENUM: WILL POLITICAL REFORMS ENHANCE GVN
[...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee recently met for the fourth time since last April's Party Congress to discuss policy and personnel directives. Central Committee members reached consensus on reducing from eleven to six the number of Party commissions that review [...]
2007-02-02 10:06:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI256HANOI CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (SBU) On January 31, EC Ambassador Markus Cornaro hosted the third in a series of Hanoi Ambassadors' human rights discussions. Among the issues discussed were: -- The overall human rights situation in Vietnam: Most COMs noted progress, but expressed some concerns regarding Protestants in the [...]
2007-02-09 07:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF HUMANR PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI275PM'S VATICAN VISIT TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAPAL VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's January 25 visit to the Vatican has elicited guarded optimism from Catholics and GVN officials alike that both sides are moving closer to normalizing diplomatic relations. Recent efforts by the GVN to upgrade an important shrine in southern Vietnam may i [...]
2007-02-13 08:09:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF PHUM PGOV HUMANR VM
07HANOI286PRM A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT WITH MFA
[...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu in separate meetings. During the meeting with AFM Minh, A/S Sauerbr [...]
2007-02-14 09:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF VM
07HANOI287A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES POPULATION, SOCIAL ISSUES AND TIP
[...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with the GVN's Commission for Population, Family and Children and the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs. Commission Vice-Chairman Nguyen Ba Thuy discussed Vietnam [...]
2007-02-14 09:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KWMN PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI301UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...]
2007-02-15 10:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
07HANOI310USG OFFICIALS DISCUSS TIFA, IPR AND TRADE IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from USTR and the Department of Commerce discussed a range of current trade issues with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials during a Febrary 6-9 visit to Hanoi, including: a potential Tade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); itellectual property rights (IPR) e [...]
2007-02-22 06:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECPS KIPR EAGR USTR VM
07HANOI370VIETNAM TOURISM BOOMS, BUT "HIDDEN CHARM" UNDER THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials expecting the number of foreign tourists to rise roughly 15 percent annually from 3.6 million in 2006 to 6 million by 2010. Despite the positive trend, tourist industry exec [...]
2007-02-28 04:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ECON EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI452AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - POULTRY OUTBREAK IN HANOI
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has experienced four poultry outbreaks since February 13. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has now confirmed that H5N1 was the cause of two poultry outbreaks on farms in one of Hanoi's rural communes. Earlier this week, a poultry outbreak occurred at a farm in Ha Tay Prov [...]
2007-03-08 11:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI530DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE - GVN NOT WILLING TO
[...] (SBU) On March 20, Poloff met with MFA West Asia and Africa Department Southern Africa Desk Officer Cao Vu Mai to deliver reftel points on building international support for democracy in Zimbabwe. Poloff also left a copy of the Secretary's and Department Spokesman's statements. When asked for [...]
2007-03-21 01:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ZI VM
07HANOI535NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES SPRING SESSION
[...] (SBU) The 11th and final session of the 11th National Assembly (2002-2007) convened on March 20. With its elections in the offing (May 20),the National Assembly's (NA) shortened spring session will continue the legislature's focus on corruption, waste and mismanagement, and will include a rev [...]
2007-03-21 09:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV ECON ENRG VM
07HANOI547HEAT WAVE, DROUGHT HITS VIETNAM POWER AND AG PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Summary: Record high-temperatures and Vietnam's worst drought in 20 years may lead to power outages and damage agriculture production, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials say. Northern Vietnam's Red River and the rivers feeding northern Vietnam's hydropower and agriculture systems are fl [...]
2007-03-22 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ECON EIND EINV EPET ETRD VM
07HANOI550GVN RESPONSE TO U.S. ARF INITIATIVES AND ITS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, Poloff presented reftel points and proposals on ARF initiatives at the MFA ASEAN Department. While the reaction to the nonproliferation Inter-Sessional Meeting ("ISM") and cooperation statement initiatives was positive, the proposal to create ISM working groups rep [...]
2007-03-22 08:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF MARR PARM VM
07HANOI622CONSULAR DISTRICTS AND CONSULATES: ANOTHER PROTEST;
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a March 29 meeting with the CDA, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh presented another protest complaining of the "out of district" activities of Congen HCMC officials. After rece [...]
2007-04-02 04:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AMGT VM
07HANOI684LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...]
2007-04-11 10:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV VM
07HANOI69POLITBURO COMMISSIONS STUDIES ON POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's 14-member Politburo has tasked a little-known group of intellectuals and former and current Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) leaders to examine Vietnam's (and other countries') political systems and recommend possible political reforms in accordance with Vietnam's "polit [...]
2007-01-11 10:13:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV VM
07HANOI73VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. There have been no reported H5N1 human avian influenza (AI) cases in Vietnam this year and none reported in 2006. According to the Government of Vietnam (GVN),Kien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has become the fourth province to experience to an AI poultry outbreak. Two f [...]
2007-01-12 03:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI772COMMERCE A/S DAVID SPOONER ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER APPAREL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a much anticipated April 19 visit, Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner addressed concerns over the U.S. Textile and Apparel Products from Vietnam Monitoring Program with Vietnamese garment and apparel manufacturers, U.S. im [...]
2007-04-25 10:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HANOI816HOW ECONOMIC DECISIONS GET MADE IN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In place since June of 2006, Vietnam's Prime Minister and his deputy have taken greater control of economic policy and its implementation, increasingly dominating the traditional consensus decision-making process of the Politburo. While Hanoi-based economists state that the Commu [...]
2007-05-04 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI849U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOTH OPTIMISTIC AND CONCERNED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eighteen U.S. business representatives delivered a message of optimism mixed with concern during a mission of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) to Hanoi on May 3 and 4. The highlight of the mission's two-day series of meetings with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials, mo [...]
2007-05-09 08:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BTIO EINV WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI869VIETNAM'S PREPARATIONS FOR CITES COP 14
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 9, ESTHOff met with Nature Conservation Expert of Vietnam CITES Management Office in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Ms. Ha Thi Tuyet Nga to discuss Vietnam's positions on Document 52 of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Inte [...]
2007-05-11 09:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA VM
07HANOI897SCENESETTER FOR EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER HILL
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you back to Hanoi May 23-24. Your visit will be a key event in the lead-up to the June visit to Washington by President Nguyen Minh Triet. Indeed, I expect your visit to prove instrumental in determining the success of that visit by underscoring [...]
2007-05-16 10:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI923APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam),and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...]
2007-05-18 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI945MICROSOFT SIGNS LANDMARK SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung witnessed the signing of a multi-faceted agreement committing all GVN agencies to use licensed software. For its part, Microsoft will increase its investment to develop Vietnam's information a [...]
2007-05-22 10:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD ECPS VM
07HARARE1007ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS: IDENTIFIERS FOR TARGETED
[...] (C) This cable provides unclassified identifier data for the newly proposed Zimbabwe sanctions targets. Note that in each case involving a family relationship, the family ties have been confirmed by Embassy Political/Economic Section contacts or internet sources. Where internet sources are [...]
2007-11-08 14:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE14ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]
2007-01-05 10:08:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE154COPING IN ZIMBABWE'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Wilson International, a world class manufacturer of billiard tables and bedroom furniture, has become a low-cost outsourcer for a South African manufacturer and has also "twinned" creatively with Zimbabwean importers on forex deals in order to survive in Zimbabwe's harsh business clima [...]
2007-02-28 10:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV ZI CH
07HARARE170TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) This is Embassy Harare's response to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of SECSTATE 202745. -------- Overview -------- -- A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally and domestically trafficked persons. Women and young girls are the most at ris [...]
2007-03-07 13:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB KFRD PREF SMIG
07HARARE205SIGNS OF INDEPENDENCE IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Ruling party and opposition legislators in Parliament's 14 portfolio committees have demonstrated a growing willingness to challenge executive authority. The MPs have worked to conduct bipartisan public hearings, question ministers, and produce reports critical of the GOZ. This new-found [...]
2007-03-14 14:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
07HARARE322ZIMBABWE,S STRUGGLING FERTILIZER INDUSTRY
[...] (C) Battered by adversities, fertilizer production in Zimbabwe sunk last year to its lowest level since 1972. Sable Chemical Industries Ltd, the main producer, has been operating at 40-50 percent capacity for the past year due to foreign exchange shortages and price controls. It is also stru [...]
2007-04-13 10:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ZI
07HARARE394LAWYER'S MARCH ENDS IN VIOLENCE
[...] (U) A May 8 march organized by the Law Society of Zimbabwe to protest the arrest of two human rights lawyers, Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni (reftel),ended with violence as riot police used batons to disperse and beat a crowd of approximately 40. Police temporarily detained several of the [...]
2007-05-08 15:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZI
07HARARE448CAMPAIGN 2008: A ROAD TO DISASTER?
[...] (C) The ruling ZANU-PF party remains beset with infighting over Robert Mugabe's efforts to hang on to power. Mugabe is likely to secure the ruling party's endorsement as its candidate for next year's presidential lection at an Extraordinary Congress to be held later this year, according to ru [...]
2007-05-21 15:00:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07HARARE868SANCTIONS: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
[...] (C) Post's effort to obtain requested biographical information on SDNs and their families, as well as justifications for specified individuals for their inclusion on the OFAC sanctions list, is a work in progress. Because of hostile relations between the U.S. and Zimbabwe we do not have acce [...]
2007-09-21 10:25:00Embassy HarareSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
07HARARE879SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
[...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]
2007-09-28 09:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE883SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
[...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]
2007-10-01 10:08:00Embassy HarareSECRETPREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE911TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT IN
[...] (U) The competitiveness of Zimbabwe's textile and apparel sector has been highly compromised by an unstable macroeconomic environment characterized by persistent foreign currency shortages, obsolete equipment, power outages, fuel shortages and hyperinflation. While production and employment ar [...]
2007-10-05 12:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX ZI
07HARARE998NO END IN SIGHT TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRIC POWER WOES
[...] (SBU) Electric power demand in Zimbabwe far outweighs Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's (ZESA) capacity to supply, and low and erratic coal supplies from Hwange Colliery exacerbate the problem. The GOZ will not allow ZESA to raise its tariffs, among the lowest in the world, to a level [...]
2007-11-02 10:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
07HAVANA1057CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...]
2007-11-08 22:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA107025TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]
2007-11-16 13:44:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA198CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW
[...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...]
2007-03-01 19:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON VE CU
07HAVANA239RENE GOMEZ MANZANO: PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC) told COM Parmly and Emboff on March 6 that relations between Cuban pro-democracy groups are better than they have been in years. Gomez noted that all key opposition groups are u [...]
2007-03-12 18:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU KDEM PHUM SOCI
07HAVANA265PAYA: CUBAN REGIME NERVOUS ABOUT POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Cuban human rights leader Oswaldo Paya says that although the Cuban Government is projecting an air of confidence, thanks to Venezuelan largesse and expanding business with China, the regime is desperate about the domestic political situation and showing great insecurity. During a [...]
2007-03-19 11:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA332CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...]
2007-04-04 19:21:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA402CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T
[...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]
2007-04-25 10:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU
07HAVANA617HOW TO SHATTER A CASTRO-PHILE'S ARGUMENTS
[...] USINT is pleased to send in this distillation of the best of our briefings and responses to questions about Cuba, usually from audiences that are opposed to U.S. policy towards Cuba. These include foreign diplomats, U.S. university students and professors, U.S. congressmen and staff, U.S. jou [...]
2007-06-28 08:41:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDPROP PREL ECON KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA897THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...]
2007-09-11 16:21:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA977CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...]
2007-10-05 15:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA993PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC
[...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...]
2007-10-15 16:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EU PGOV PREL
07HELSINKI122FINLAND: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-9-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. Overview of Trafficking in Finland ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2007-02-23 06:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FI
07HELSINKI232DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS -- FINNISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland increasingly expects Russia to block any UNSC action to implement UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's final status recommendations for Kosovo. The Finns are also dismayed by eleventh hour hesitation from some EU member states -- especially Italy, a Contact Group member. No EU co [...]
2007-03-27 13:21:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU FI
07HELSINKI256"CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES THE EU RELEVANT TO ITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22 Econoff participated in the "Putting A Cost On Carbon ) Where to Post 2012?" Climate Change Seminar at the British Embassy in Helsinki. Though seminar participants often cited the U.S. as dragging its feet on climate change issues a-la-Kyoto, they also positively no [...]
2007-04-05 13:32:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY FI
07HELSINKI352NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...]
2007-05-14 14:06:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI509FINNISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) On June 20, Ambassador Ware briefed Finnish Environment Minister Paula Lehtomaki on the President,s new initiative for developing a post-2012 climate change framework by the end of 2008. While appreciative of the U.S. proposal, Lehtomaki continued to hold to the EU,s focus on binding in [...]
2007-07-05 10:30:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ETRD TPHY TRGY FI
07HELSINKI726FINLAND - TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Following is 2006 data for Finland (1 EUR=1.25 USD) keyed to ref request: --Total inustrial production: 159.9 billion USD --Total tetile and apparel production: 1,413 million USD--Textile and apparel share of Finland's importsexports: 3.2%/0.% --Exports of textiles and appaels to the US: 39 [...]
2007-09-25 13:08:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX FI
07HELSINKI830FINLAND TO STAND WITH THE U.S. ON IRAN-IAEA WORK
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on to Anssi Leino, Counselor for Iran in the Finnish MFA's Unit for the Middle East and North Africa. Citing the IAEA's Work Plan as the only positive sign on Iran's nuclear program in years, Leino said Finland strongly supports EU and U.S. demands that Ir [...]
2007-11-15 06:20:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR IAEA AORC FI
07HILLAH153BABIL: HILLAH MARKETS ABOUND WITH AFFORDABLE IMPORTS
[...] This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. Summary. Hillah markets and shops abound in imported consumer goods, most of which are affordable to average citizens. Open air produce markets typically stock an abundance of mainly Syrian and Iranian fruits and vegetables. Consumers face no shortage of app [...]
2007-11-13 03:32:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD IZ IR
07HILLAH84POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]
2007-06-06 05:33:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY10AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS CONTINUE, SUSPECTED HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 3 weeks, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been detected in poultry in 12 districts in four of the southern most provinces of Vietnam?s Mekong Delta. Over 9,000 birds have died from AI and over 24,000 have been culled since the disease first reappear [...]
2007-01-04 09:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1131HCMC WELCOMES SECRETARY GUTIERREZ WITH OPEN ARMS
[...] (SBU) Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez led the Department of Commerce Vietnam Business Development Mission to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on November 6 and 7, opening the doors of literally hundreds of Vietnamese policy makers, business community leaders and potential customers to the twenty-two U. [...]
2007-11-08 10:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX OTRA OVIP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1219AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN
[...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Chur [...]
2007-12-12 15:16:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1221AMBASSADOR MICHALAK'S MEETING WITH CARDINAL MAN
[...] (SBU) In Ambassador Michalak's December 3 courtesy call on HCMC's Cardinal Pham Min Man, Man described religious freedom in Vietnam as a kind of "controlled freedom," acknowledging that the situation for the Catholic Church has improved in general. The Cardinal outlined ongoing issues the Churc [...]
2007-12-12 15:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1265HCMC BOARD OF GOVERNORS OUTLINES AMCHAM PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During the monthly American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Breakfast on December 11, American business leaders in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) expressed frustration about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) approach to trading rights and distribution rights, explained efforts to improve customs c [...]
2007-12-21 12:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ELTN ETRD BEXP VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1266PATRIOTIC HCMC AND HANOI RALLIES NEVERTHELESS CHALLENGE GVN
[...] (SBU) Organizing themselves through blogs and instant messaging networks, students in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi gathered on December 9, and again on December 16 in Ho Chi Minh City, to protest China's decision to set up a government unit in Hainan to administer the Paracel and Spratly islands. [...]
2007-12-21 12:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY139QUANG NAM PROVINCIAL LEADER TALKS ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with the Consul General in HCMC on February 7, Quang Nam People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai expressed his concern about the lack of national environmental planning and a weak environmental disaster alert and response system. He was concerned about the potential i [...]
2007-02-08 10:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV SOCI ECON EINV KINR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY157SAIGON INSIDERS ON COMMUNIST PARTY POLITICS
[...] (C/NF) : Media contacts report that the Politburo has not yet begun to focus on the planned visit of President Nguyen Minh Triet to the United States. Triet has recovered fully from his bout with prostate cancer, but politically is weak. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung is consolidating power; [...]
2007-02-14 10:22:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY164SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS
[...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...]
2007-02-15 09:14:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY208APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]
2007-03-06 09:15:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY209APPAREL INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO GVN EXPORT LICENSE PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the apparel industry based in Ho Chi Minh City report that the GVN has agreed to implement a system of export licenses for garments exported to the United States. The HCMC branch of the American Chamber of Commerce proposed export licenses as a means of resp [...]
2007-03-06 10:04:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY407EAP DAS JOHN MEETS HCMC DISSIDENT LEADERS
[...] (SBU) GVN officials in Hanoi and HCMC protested but did not prevent EAP DAS Eric John from holding meetings on April 9 with dissident leaders Thich Quang Do and Tran Khue. Meeting in his pagoda where he has been under house arrest since October 2003, Thich Quang Do, General Secretary of the [...]
2007-04-11 02:03:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY471VIETNAM ECONOMIC FORUM 2007: VIETNAM?S NEIGHBORS TAKE THE
[...] (U) A recent investment forum hosted by the GVN in Ho Chi Minh City highlighted the importance Vietnam places on regional investors. The Vietnam Economic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI),in conjunction with the Vietnam News Agency and Asia News Network, was held [...]
2007-04-27 02:20:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD BTIO EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY523GVN STEPS UP DIVIDE AND CONQUER ATTACKS ON UBCV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security-affiliated newspaper covered prominently its Vice Minister's April 30 meeting with Thich Huyen Quang, the ailing 90-year old Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),as a gesture of GVN goodwill and reconciliation. The a [...]
2007-05-14 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY612HCMC BUSINESS CONTACT ON THE TRIET VISIT, CHINA, AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A reliable HCMC business contact with longstanding ties to President Nguyen Minh Triet told us on June 6 that Triet knows he will have a difficult visit because of the GVN's human rights crackdown, but is prepared to go to the U.S. "at any cost." Triet understands that postpon [...]
2007-06-08 10:39:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CitySECRET//NOFORNVM
07HOCHIMINHCITY622ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...]
2007-06-13 06:51:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY66VIETNAM'S MUSIC INDUSTRY: PARTY CONTROL AND IPR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three leading pop musicians told us that Vietnam's music industry remains constrained by rampant violations of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and direct and indirect government controls over content and presentation. The singers were optimistic that Vietnam's global integr [...]
2007-01-18 09:13:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI ECON EINV KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY80CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:38:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY81CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) HCMC looks forward to welcoming you and your team to southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Humanitarian Resettlement Section (HRS) Chief Tim Swanson will present you with a comprehensive picture of HRS activities here, including the bilateral Humanitarian Resettlement process, VISA [...]
2007-01-24 02:59:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PHUM PREF PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY921EWEC CONFERENCE PROVIDES VENUE FOR PRESS TO QUESTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of the most interesting developments at a recent Vietnamese-hosted conference to promote the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma was not so much the keynote address from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem to the 500 inter [...]
2007-09-05 08:07:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ELNT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY995APPAREL IMPORT MONITORING LEADS TO SHIFTING TARGETS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Domestic and foreign invested garment manufacturers lined up to share tales of market "re-balancing" with USDOC Assistant Secretary for Import Administration David Spooner. Garment exports remain far and away the largest component of our bilateral trade and producers say the ove [...]
2007-09-26 10:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD BEXP KTEX VM
07HONGKONG1068EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 02:42:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG110VATICAN MEETING ON CHINA POLICY UNLIKELY TO LEAD
[...] (U) Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen told the press on January 9 that he would travel to Rome shortly to discuss the Vatican's China policy. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will chair the meeting, scheduled for the latter half of January. According to Zen, the Pope will be [...]
2007-01-12 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG1177EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 03:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG12U/S LAVIN AND CITB SECRETARY WONG DISCUSS TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Franklin L. Lavin, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, met with Joseph Wong, Hong Kong Commerce, Industry, and Technology Secretary on December 8 to discuss the Doha Round, the Secure Freight Initiative, anti-dumping, intellectual property rights (IPR),aviatio [...]
2007-01-03 09:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EINV KIPR WTO HK
07HONGKONG1203MACAU LABOR DAY PROTEST MARRED BY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: An estimated 2,400 Macau residents participated in labor and anti-corruption demonstrations on May 1 that turned violent after demonstrators veered off the approved march route and clashed with police. Police fired five warning shots into the air and the violent clash resulted in [...]
2007-05-02 10:11:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG13U/S LAVIN DISCUSSES MACAU DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin met with Macau's Acting Chief Executive Florinda Chan on December 9. Chief Executive Edmund Ho was reportedly attending an economic conference in Guangzhou. Lavin and Chan discussed the liberaliza [...]
2007-01-03 09:49:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD MC
07HONGKONG1323NO "MASSACRE" AT TIANANMEN -- BEIJING LOYALIST'S
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong will not be ready for universal suffrage until "around 2022" -- or 25 years after the handover -- because many Hong Kongers lacked "national awareness," said Ma Lik, chairman of Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party. Ma referred to the local characterization o [...]
2007-05-16 10:37:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1447HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY INVESTIGATES PRC
[...] (S) Summary: Democratic Party (DP) legislator James To (strictly protect),who is chair of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (Legco) Security Panel, warned us in early February 2007 that infiltrators from Beijing had successfully penetrated the DP and put it in a "dangerous position" (ref). [...]
2007-05-30 08:24:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1462EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: STARLITE
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip A [...]
2007-05-31 04:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG150EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: A&P
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 09:09:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG151EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 09:10:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1510SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: MACAU'S PRESSING NEED FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Macau's economy booms, local authorities confront the dual challenges of modernizing the territory's infrastructure, while ameliorating the adverse effects of this rapid development. Macau,s air quality is worsening due to manufacturing in Guangdong province, emissions from [...]
2007-06-05 09:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCH HK MK SENV PGOV ENRG
07HONGKONG1566EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 07:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1579HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]
2007-06-13 01:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG1600HONG KONG COMPANIES REGISTRY: STARTING TO FEEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alan Fong, Assistant Principal Solicitor at the Hong Kong Companies Registry, acknowledged to EconOff that Hong Kong's quick and efficient corporate registration procedures -- heretofore believed by the Registrar to be plus -- is bringing unwanted attention on the Hong Kong gove [...]
2007-06-14 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR
07HONGKONG1653EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 04:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1661CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...]
2007-06-21 06:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC
07HONGKONG1664EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 07:26:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1665EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 07:26:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1689U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 30, a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) discussed Hong Kong political developments with Hong Kong Chief Executive's Office Director John Tsang and Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam. Lam, while noting th [...]
2007-06-25 06:04:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1691U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG:
[...] (C) Summary: During April 29-30 meetings in Hong Kong, Civic Party legislator and March 2007 candidate for Chief Executive Alan Leong told a visiting delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that his campaign had laid the groundwork for the Hong Kong people [...]
2007-06-25 06:48:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1692U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...]
2007-06-25 07:13:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK
07HONGKONG1698HONG KONG'S NEXT CABINET APPROVED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Government, on the nomination of Hong Kong's Chief Executive (CE),Donald Tsang, approved the appointments of principal officials for the third term of the HKSAR Government, as well as five officials who will head HK's disciplined services. Biographies for each new [...]
2007-06-25 23:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
07HONGKONG1729EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 02:52:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1773MACAU HEALTH CARE: RESPONDING TO NEW REALITIES
[...] (SBU) Macau's health care system is coping wth the territory's quick economic expansion, rapd population growth, and large influx of tourist. A system that was created to care for 400,000residents now provides health care services to oer 500,000 people and approximaely 21 million tourists (a [...]
2007-07-03 07:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG1777HONG KONG COMMEMORATES TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Hong Kong celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Special Administration Region's (SAR) reversion to the PRC with a mixture of official celebrations and the annual pro-democracy demonstration. PRC President Hu Jintao helped mark the anniversary by personally swearing in [...]
2007-07-03 09:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1779SENIOR IPR ATTACHE MARK COHEN DISCUSSES PRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative Councilor Sin Chung Kai told visiting Beijing Intellectual Property Senior Attache Mark Cohen and ConGen Hong Kong staff that Hong Kong's amended copyright law should generally please copyright owners, including U.S. companies, although he noted that a statutory "fa [...]
2007-07-05 03:44:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR KJUST PINR PGOV
07HONGKONG1800HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07HONGKONG1801MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...]
2007-07-09 00:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV
07HONGKONG1853HONG KONG GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF PUBLIC DEBATE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Government released a "green paper" on July 11 to kick off a three-month public consultation period on the timeframe and roadmap for the implementation of universal suffrage for future Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (Legco) elections. The HKG's propos [...]
2007-07-13 12:23:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG1854PRC MFA COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary: Beijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Hong Kong Lu Xinhua told the Consul General on July 11 that U.S.-China relations were "the best they've ever been" and that Beijing was "very satisfied" with the latest round of the Senior Dialogue meetings in Washington. Durin [...]
2007-07-13 12:39:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
07HONGKONG1881HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S GUAN YI ON RECENT TRENDS IN
[...] (C) Summary: AmConGen Economic Officer and Regional Medical Officer met with Guan Yi, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at Hong Kong University (HKU),and Gavin Smith, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at HKU, to discuss general trends in avian influenza i [...]
2007-07-17 23:50:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG1889POPE'S LETTER CLARIFIES CATHOLIC DOCTRINE IN CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that Pope Benedict's long-awaited letter to Chinese Catholics was intended to clarify the relationship between the underground Catholic and the PRC's "official" Catholic communities. After the ordinations of [...]
2007-07-18 10:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
07HONGKONG1931HK ECONOMISTS ADVISE CHINA AGAINST SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A senior Hong Kong private-sector economist has been advising the Chinese government that a high degree of transparency is not in the best interest of China's State Foreign Exchange Investment Corporation (SIC),as it will subject the fund to political pressure and media second [...]
2007-07-23 08:10:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG1951HONG KONG DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION: A TRIAL RUN
[...] (C) Summary: On November 18, Hong Kong will choose 529 District Councillors, 80 percent of them directly elected by universal suffrage. The District Councils are subordinate to the Legislative Council, but play an increasingly important advisory role to the government on grass-roots issues. W [...]
2007-07-25 10:15:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HONGKONG1982EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CONCORD CARNIVAL HOLDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 07:03:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2022PRIORITIES OF HONG KONG'S NEW ENVIRONMENT BUREAU:
[...] (SBU) During a July 19 meeting with local legislators, Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau detailed the environmental agenda for Chief Executive Donald Tsang's second administration. Yau said that Hong Kong SIPDIS Government (HKG) will strive to better regulate emission [...]
2007-08-03 00:47:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ENRG HK SENV PGOV
07HONGKONG2055U.S. CASINO EXECUTIVES NOT PRESSURED TO HIRE LOCAL
[...] (SBU) On August 5, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" (SCMP) carried a story and an editorial citing rumors that "senior Macau government officials" have pressured executives in the U.S.-owned Venetian Macau hotel and casino, currently under construction and due to open on August 28, 2007, [...]
2007-08-07 23:22:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL CH HK MC
07HONGKONG21HONG KONG HEALTH OFFICIALS PROBE DEATH OF PIG
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the June and December 2006 deaths of two Hong Kong pig farmers from a pneumonia-type illness. The Hong Kong government (HKG) reported that both men had traveled to mainland China's Guangdong province a few weeks [...]
2007-01-04 08:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH
07HONGKONG2127HONG KONG ECONOMISTS: CHINA'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong-based economists believe China,s recently announced Sovereign Wealth Fund will face significant difficulties and is unlikely to achieve positive returns in the near term. Although details of how the fund will be managed have yet to emerge, analysts expect the fund w [...]
2007-08-15 10:47:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CH HK
07HONGKONG2143MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...]
2007-08-16 09:17:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG218HONG KONG'S WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON ACTA:
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong government (HKG) officials expressed initial reticence about joining the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) during a digital video conference (DVC) held on January 12. The HKG queried officials from the USTR and the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) [...]
2007-01-23 06:44:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCH ECON ETRD HK KIPR TW
07HONGKONG2183PRC TO ALLOW RMB INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG MARKET,
[...] The Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced August 20 that it would allow mainland Chinese citizens to invest in the Hong Kong Stock Market. Chinese investors will be required to open a special account through the Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin, but will then be able t [...]
2007-08-22 02:37:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2204EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 09:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2205EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HOPESEA IMPORT &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2217HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS RESPOND TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Hong Kong Toys Council and The Toy Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong told Econoffs that the U.S. recalls of China- produced toys in August served as a wake-up call for Hong Kong toy companies to immediately review their entire supply and production systems. [...]
2007-08-24 09:27:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL CH HK
07HONGKONG2232EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: TECT ELECTRONICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 09:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2244RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...]
2007-08-28 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS
07HONGKONG2250HONG KONG VIEWS ON PRC LEGAL REFORM (C-AL7-00894)
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts and cooperative arrangements between Hong Kong law schools, academics, and executive and judiciary branch officials and their mainland counterparts have accelerated in recent years. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) has provided a similar boost for Hong K [...]
2007-08-29 09:38:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2263BANK OF CHINA TAKES CREDIT FOR TIANJIN/HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: The August 20 announcement by the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) that it would allow Chinese investors to open Hong Kong investment accounts through Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin - Binhai branch helped Hong Kong stocks overcome the fallout from the U.S. sub [...]
2007-08-30 09:02:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2289EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 23:37:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2313HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS
[...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...]
2007-09-06 07:56:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PGOV HK
07HONGKONG2359ANSON CHAN TO CONTEST LEGCO BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 11, former Hong Kong Government (HKG) Chief Secretary Anson Chan formally announced her candidacy for the December 2 by-election for the Legislative Council (Legco) seat vacated by the death of DAB Chairman Ma Lik. Chan apparently was convinced by several pan-democrat [...]
2007-09-11 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
07HONGKONG2413PEARL RIVER DELTA AIR POLLUTION FEASIBILITY
[...] (C) The Hong Kong government will announce the commencement of two precedent-setting regional air pollution feasibility studies at the end of September. These studies, sponsored by the Hong Kong and Guangdong Provincial Governments, are focused on the Pearl River Delta of Southern China. The [...]
2007-09-17 01:29:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG SENV PGOV HK CH
07HONGKONG2414STAFFDEL NELSON PURSUES FOOD/TOY SAFETY AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: House Energy and Commerce Committee Staff Delegation Nelson visited Hong Kong and Macau at the end of August to investigate import food and product safety, intellectual property rights and unfair trade practices. Meetings with Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private [...]
2007-09-17 01:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG244U/S HUGHES 1/23 MEETING WITH HONG KONG HOME
[...] (SBU) During the otherwise informal and largely unscripted meeting between visiting U/S Karen P. Hughes and Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary Patrick Ho on January 23 (report on visit septel),Ho pulled out a prepared text when Hughes alluded to China,s "one country, two systems" approach to Ho [...]
2007-01-25 07:36:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSCUL PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CH HK
07HONGKONG2443HONG KONG RESTRICTS POULTRY IMPORTS FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) suspended all imports of live poultry and birds, chicks, eggs, and meat originating from the Panyu District, Guangdong Province, Southern China following the confirmation of an H5N1 virus outbreak in Panyu duck fa [...]
2007-09-19 09:06:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU CH HK
07HONGKONG2465BEIJING OFFICIAL VISITS HONG KONG FOR FUNERAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Director Liao Hui of the PRC Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) visited Hong Kong September 18 for the funeral of journalist and veteran Beijing loyalist Xu Simin. Following the funeral, attended by numerous high-level political and business figures, Liao moved to Shenzhe [...]
2007-09-21 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CH HK SOCI
07HONGKONG2466HONG KONG IS WORKING TO IMPROVE CHINA PRODUCT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of recalls of potentially dangerous "Made in China" toys and defective consumer goods has resulted in intense international scrutiny of Hong Kong-invested China industries. Hong Kong companies operate some 80,000 production facilities in mainland China, employing app [...]
2007-09-21 10:16:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO HK CH
07HONGKONG2480EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SANMINA-SCI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 02:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2481EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]
2007-09-25 02:31:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2533CONSUL GENERAL AND CALIFORNIA AIR EXPERT URGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General James Cunningham and former California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Dr. Alan Lloyd urged Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau to take action on Hong Kong's growing air pollution problems, in a meeting on September 20. The Consul G [...]
2007-10-03 08:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ENRG PREL HK
07HONGKONG255AMERICAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SPECIAL ENVOY MICHELLE KWAN'S
[...] SUMMARY: American Public Diplomacy Envoy and figure skating champion Michelle Kwan put in two days (Jan. 23-24)of extremely effective outreach to Hong Kong youth organizations and schools, both in concert with Under Secretary Karen Hughes and on her own. Ms. Kwan shared with over 1,500 studen [...]
2007-01-26 07:11:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG256UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES' VISIT TO HONG KONG
[...] SUMMARY: U/S Karen P. Hughes put in one very busy day of active and extremely effective public diplomacy outreach in Hong Kong on Jan. 23, both jointly with American Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan in programs pitched to youth and Hong Kong's elite, and separately in a meeting with the H [...]
2007-01-26 07:20:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL OVIP HK KPAO
07HONGKONG2563EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ARROW ASIA PACIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 09:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2587HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS:
[...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...]
2007-10-10 10:42:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2597MACAU LABOR SQUEEZE EXACERBATES POLITICAL TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: A bill to overhaul Macau's outdated labor laws remains stalled in the legislative process. Exacerbated by a politically disengaged public and weak political party structure, labor woes are increasingly straining the livelihood of many Macau citizens. Several thousand Macau cit [...]
2007-10-11 10:40:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2598INFLATION, OVER-INVESTMENT KEY CHINESE RISKS HK
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong-based China analysts warned U.S. Treasury representatives that unproductive investment was a disturbing trend that threatened to derail Chinese economic growth and stability, but that the risk to the Chinese economy from a U.S. slowdown was minimal. Analysts differed i [...]
2007-10-11 10:41:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2683EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ZAND DYNASTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 02:39:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2696HONG KONG CATHOLIC DIOCESE ON SINO-VATICAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to Hong Kong papal representative Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the Holy See had been consulted on and approved the September selection of Father Joseph Li Shan to replace the late Michael Fu Tieshan as Bishop of the Beijing diocese. Because the issue was "sensitive," howeve [...]
2007-10-26 04:37:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK VT
07HONGKONG2785EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 23:23:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG2790CONSUL GENERAL AND TRANSPORT SECRETARY CHENG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Transport and Housing Secretary Eva Cheng told CG Cunningham that the Transport Bureau is focused on six-large scale infrastructure projects that will strategically shape Hong Kong's future competitiveness, while expanding land, sea and air links to mainland China. She stated t [...]
2007-11-08 09:28:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EWWT ELTN CH HK
07HONGKONG2806ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IN HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary: With the approach of Hong Kong local elections on November 18 and December 2, public criticism of pro-democracy legislator Martin Lee has abated, possibly due to fear of a voter backlash against the harsh commentary. Even before the Lee controversy, however, anti-foreign and anti- [...]
2007-11-09 08:46:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2807PREMIER WEN TOPS ALIBABA AS HK STOCK EXCHANGE
[...] Summary: Comments by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on preconditions for Chinese investors to purchase individual Hong Kong stocks drove the benchmark Hang Seng index down 1526 points on Monday, November 5, the largest one-day drop in the history of the Hong Kong exchange. Local observers were m [...]
2007-11-09 08:53:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2827HKMA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO
[...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in his annual policy speech October 10, announced that one of his priorities during his current term would be to review the government's role in the management of its share assets with an eye toward achieving higher returns and improving g [...]
2007-11-15 05:16:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HK
07HONGKONG2960EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: COMPUTIME LIMITED
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]
2007-12-05 08:27:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3068EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SCITOP INSTRUMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 07:40:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3088EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MINGXIN TECHNOLOGY (HONG
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]
2007-12-27 03:09:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3089EXTRNCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: C.A.D. (HK) LIMITED
[...] Unauthorized dislosure of the information provided below is prohbited by Section 12C of the Export Administration ct. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direcion of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Philip A [...]
2007-12-27 03:10:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3094EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HONGTU HANGYAN ELECTRONIC
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]
2007-12-28 01:45:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG3103NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES HONG KONG TO
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 29, Commissioner Lu Xinhua of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong briefed the Consul General, the U.K. Consul General, and a representative from the Office of the European Commission on the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) [...]
2007-12-29 06:22:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PHUM CH HK
07HONGKONG3115EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SOLTECH INDUSTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 06:50:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG38EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 07:14:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG417EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: APS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Ph [...]
2007-02-13 06:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG429EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 07:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG5832007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]
2007-03-01 10:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG5842007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) Per the ref, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those [...]
2007-03-01 10:07:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07HONGKONG603HONG KONG'S FIRST TELEVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's first Chief Executive (CE) debate, televised live on March 1, included some unexpectedly lively exchanges over political reform, air pollution, education, and poverty alleviation. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang appeared restrained but also denigrated his opponent's SIPDI [...]
2007-03-02 09:49:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG647HONG KONG ECONOMISTS HIGHLIGHT CHINA'S ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Comments from Hong Kong-based economists made in a series of meetings with visiting Beijing Finance Attache and Econoff suggest the following: Chinese economic policy makers understand the negative byproducts of the current macroeconomic policy mix: including overcapacity in some industr [...]
2007-03-07 06:12:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07HONGKONG738EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK: UNIQUE ELECTRONICS LIMITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 07:37:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG808EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 09:31:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG82EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 08:09:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG837HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN OCEANS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AmConGen Hong Kong Economic Officer and Deputy Agricultural Section Chief delivered reftel message to Dr. S.F. Leung, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's (AFCD) Assistant Director (Fisheries),and Dr. Albert Leung, Senior Fisheries Officer at AFCD. [...]
2007-03-23 11:03:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDCH EFIS HK KTIA PHSA SENV
07HONGKONG900EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 06:54:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG913EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 05:18:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG915EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: HANG TAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 06:29:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG971EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: TRONIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 08:01:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07IRANRPODUBAI2FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 17:02:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI27IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI30IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 13:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IR
07IRANRPODUBAI33IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 15:35:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI47RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 13:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KPLS IR
07ISLAMABAD1279PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]
2007-03-20 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1417UPCOMING BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 11:20:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL IN AF
07ISLAMABAD1514PAKISTANI PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) President Musharraf, Foreign Minister Kasuri, and Foreign Secretary Khan have all recently emphasized to Ambassador that one purpose of Pakistan's "Moderate Muslim States" initiative is to pressure Iran to modify its behavior. Pakistan believes that by not inviting Iran to the February [...]
2007-04-05 14:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIN MNUC PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2316SCENESETTER: CHAIRMAN JCS GENERAL PACE MEETING
[...] (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your meeting with Chief of Joint Staff General Ehsan Ul Haq of the Pakistan Army. Your meeting comes at an important time in U.S.-Pakistan relations: Politicians, opinion makers, and the press are paying close attention to what Pakistanis view as unfair pu [...]
2007-05-23 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PK AF IN
07ISLAMABAD250POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. The Government of Pakistan is a key ally in the War on Terror and an essential partner in our efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. President Musharraf and Prime Minister Aziz, both western-oriented modern [...]
2007-01-17 03:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PREL PTER PGOV KDEM OVIP OTRA
07ISLAMABAD2829THE RED MOSQUE STRIKES AGAIN: MASSAGE PARLORS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 23, students from men's and women's madrassahs associated with the Red Mosque kidnapped nine individuals, including six Chinese nationals, from a local massage parlor. The hostages were released sixteen hours later. The incident has embarrassed the Interior Minister, who o [...]
2007-06-26 08:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD2853PAKISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN JULY 2-3 AFGHAN RULE OF
[...] (C) On June 28, PolOff delivered reftel points to Amir Shaukat, Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shaukat told PolOff the Government of Pakistan would participate in the July 2-3 Afghan Rule of Law Conference in Rome. Shaukat said Interior Minister Sherpao would " [...]
2007-06-28 10:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPK AF PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2980PAKISTAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED ROZ LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, EconCouns met with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary and Raheela Tajwar, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss Pakistan's concerns over proposed ROZ legislation. Some concerns were resolved by discussing the wording in the do [...]
2007-07-10 01:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PK
07ISLAMABAD3694Will Pakistan's growth continue
[...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]
2007-08-23 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4108U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12
[...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]
2007-09-24 15:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4208 PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...]
2007-09-29 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4273AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4790PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE ADVISOR PROPOSES ENHANCED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA Agricultural Research Service Associate Administrator, met with Pakistan government officials and the scientific community October 31, as part of the ongoing Science and Technology Dialogue, a sub-group of the of the U.S. Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Mini [...]
2007-11-08 11:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EAID ECON EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD4794PAKISTAN, INDIA APPEAR TO HAVE AGREED ON PRICE
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan and Iran are very close to signing a bilateral gas pipeline deal, now that the gas pricing issue is resolved, according to November 8 press reports. Pakistan has also reportedly won the ability to resell Iranian gas to both India and Pakistan. Imported Iranian gas woul [...]
2007-11-08 13:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL PK IN IR
07ISLAMABAD4890MUSHARRAF NAMES CARETAKER CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: As expected and provided for under the constitution, Musharraf named a caretaker cabinet when the National Assembly's term ended on November 15. Caretaker governments will be named for the provinces beginning November 20. These caretaker governments will serve until new assembli [...]
2007-11-16 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PK PREL PINR AEMR KFLO CASC
07ISLAMABAD4968MUSHARRAF'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDALLAH
[...] (C) During a November 1 meeting between King Abdallah II of Jordan and President Musharraf in Islamabad, the two heads of state focused their brief discussion primarily on trade issues and the situation in the Middle East. The visit to Pakistan by King Abdallah was the third stop on a tour tha [...]
2007-11-21 15:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5022PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
[...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...]
2007-11-27 04:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISTANBUL159PRIVATE SECTOR MEETINGS INFORM U.S. - TURKEY EPC
[...] (U) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S. - Turkey Economic Partnership Commission began in Istanbul with a full-day session devoted to the private sector. These private sector meetings were designed to inform the government-to-government meetings that followed on February 9 (septel.) Priv [...]
2007-02-27 13:00:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD TU
07ISTANBUL468ONE INSIDER'S AKP: MISTAKES, POSSIBILITIES,
[...] (C) Summary. Metin Kulunk, an Istanbul-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) founding member and rival to Mehmet Muezzinoglu for AK Party's Istanbul Chairmanship, met with us May 23 to review his recent trip to the U.S. and share views of the AKP heading into parliamentary elections. He [...]
2007-06-01 09:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL624STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY/GUREVICH DISCUSS ELECTIONS, VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. In separate July 7 meetings, House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Senior Staff Members Alan Makovsky and Gene Gurevich discussed the July 22 parliamentary elections, the possibility of a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq, and the effects of a possible U.S. Arm [...]
2007-07-13 06:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL893AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...]
2007-10-02 06:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ
07ISTANBUL981MEETING WITH A TURKISH COMPANY THAT PLANS TO
[...] (SBU) Istanbul Pol/Econ officers met November 5 with executives from the Kartet company and its holding company, Karadeniz, to discuss a deal by Kartet to import electricity from Iran. (Our discussion on Kartet,s electricity exports to Iraq is reported septel.) Kartet director Nuray Atacik [...]
2007-11-09 09:44:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL IR IZ TU
07JAKARTA1008INDONESIA: AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR PAPUA SPACE LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials confirmed to us during a March 13 meeting that plans for a joint Indonesian-Russian satellite launch facility in Papua are well underway. The Governments of Indonesia and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2006, [...]
2007-04-10 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS PARM PREL EINV ID RS
07JAKARTA1009INDONESIA ENERGY AND MINING HIGHLIGHTS - March 2007
[...] Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) awarded 37 energy contracts worth at least a reported seven billion dollars in Subang, West Java on March 21. The contracts included exploration deals worth $4.1 billion, domestic gas supply agreements worth $1.61 billion and oil and gas contracts amo [...]
2007-04-10 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA1059PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING
[...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]
2007-04-15 23:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA1076UNSC/KOSOVO: GETTING INDONESIA TO YES
[...] (C) Summary. In response to Under Secretary Burns' request (ref A),I recommend that the Secretary, and even the President if necessary, contact their Indonesian counterparts to urge support for the Kosovo resolution. I have pressed the case with a former Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the [...]
2007-04-16 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KFLU TBIO YI ID
07JAKARTA1098CHARGE URGES SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI KOSOVO PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 18, a key Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutor articulated a more nuanced position on Kosovo, which we interpret as an indication that Jakarta might be looking for a way to support a UNSC Resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. While reiterating that Indonesia opp [...]
2007-04-19 07:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK IR YI ID
07JAKARTA1107INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]
2007-04-20 03:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1161INDONESIAN VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (C) We discussed reftel nonpaper with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 25. Rachmianto said Indonesia would participate in the Prepcom with an open mind on substance and [...]
2007-04-25 09:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT ID
07JAKARTA1187UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]
2007-04-27 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07JAKARTA1326Indonesia - East Java/China Trade Growing, Investment
[...] SUMMARY: China's legal exports to East Java were close to $1 billion in 2006; illegal imports may have been double that amount. East Java shoe and garment industries have taken a beating from illegal imports, with over 500 small and medium sized firms closing in the past two years. So far, fou [...]
2007-05-11 05:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON KIPR KCOR ID CH
07JAKARTA1388USTR FINDS IPR PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting USTR officials Barbara Weisel and David Katz reviewed efforts related to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in Indonesia during their May 3-4 visit to Jakarta. Members of the National IPR Task Force noted that difficult and ongoing challenges [...]
2007-05-16 08:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EINV ECON EMIN KCOR ID
07JAKARTA14INDONESIA - ILLEGAL LOGGING MOU PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta's Illegal Logging Task Force recommends Washington agencies divide the $1 million in proposed State Department ESF funds under the U.S.-Indonesia illegal logging MOU between the following three activities: --$550,000 for the enhancement of an existing DOJ-ICITA [...]
2007-01-03 09:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1424Indonesia/East Java: PRC Consulate Offers
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently established PRC Consulate General in Surabaya (ConGen China) is actively promoting Chinese interest in infrastructure and natural resource investment projects in Eastern Indonesia. Chinese Consul General Fu Shuigen (CG Fu) has worked hard to connect Chinese investo [...]
2007-05-21 07:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT PINR KISL EINV ID CH TW
07JAKARTA1452SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT A/S HILL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Jakarta and ConGen Surabaya welcome your upcoming visit to Indonesia. Rumbles within the U.S. House of Representatives of possible legislation that would jeopardize normalized military-to-military relations with Indonesia would unravel our recent progress in this area an [...]
2007-05-23 07:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR SOCI ID
07JAKARTA1563IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1540 IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. A two-day regional consultative workshop, held in Jakarta on May 28-29 for countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),considered ways in which regional and other states, as well as relevant international organizations, could cooperate in the implementation [...]
2007-06-06 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC KNNP OSCE KPAO AORC ID
07JAKARTA1566INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...]
2007-06-06 10:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1583A/S HILL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Hill met on May 29 with parliamentarian Theo L. Sambuaga, chair of the committee responsible for foreign affairs. A/S Hill urged continued progress in improving Indonesia's investment climate and increasing transparency, which he said is crucial to U.S.-Indonesian relations. [...]
2007-06-08 02:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC LE BM IR KN ID
07JAKARTA1656A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]
2007-06-14 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1757PSI AND LAW OF THE SEA: DISCUSSION WITH HASYIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Charge discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Ambassador (ret.) Hasyim Djalal, Indonesia's foremost authority on maritime law. Djalal advises the GOI on martime matters and his views are widely acknowledged to be a major factor in the GOI's reluct [...]
2007-06-26 09:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL BEXP UNO ID
07JAKARTA1771INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...]
2007-06-27 11:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1845CODEL PAYNE MEETS INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] SUMMARY: In a cordial 45 minute meeting on July 5, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and President Yudhoyono agreed on the need to build the capacity of the Indonesian Parliament. Congressmen Payne, David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA),who were in Jakarta for two days of meetings with [...]
2007-07-09 06:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ID
07JAKARTA1892CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE
[...] SUMMARY: Meeting in Jakarta on July 6, Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),David Dreier (R-CA) and James Moran (D-VA) complimented Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono for Indonesia's remarkable democratic progress. The Congressmen voiced concern about the slow pace of military reform, lack of ac [...]
2007-07-12 01:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1933SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]
2007-07-16 11:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2095Indonesia's Coal Output Increases In 2006
[...] Summary. During 2006 Indonesian coal production and exports increased 3.6% and 8.2%, respectively. According to unofficial statistics, Indonesia passed Australia in early 2007 to become the world's leading exporter of thermal coal, which is used mainly for power generation. Indonesian coal exp [...]
2007-08-03 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2097LARGEST COUNTERFEIT DRUG SEIZURE EVER IN INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23 Government of Indonesian (GOI) law enforcement authorities conducted the largest seizure ever of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Jakarta police raided a warehouse seizing over 16 million finished tablets of counterfeit pharmaceuticals valued between $3 and $7 million. [...]
2007-08-03 06:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD KCOR ECON SNAR ID
07JAKARTA2139VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO INDONESIA, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray and several Indonesian officials discussed climate change policy and the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP-13) meeting in Bali December 3-14. Dr. Emil Salim, P [...]
2007-08-07 23:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2140FORESTRY ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO
[...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray discussed deforestation and climate change with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials from the Ministries of Forestry and Environment, non-governmental organizations, and a policy advisor to President Yudhoyono. The GO [...]
2007-08-08 00:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2189ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WITOELAR WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Rachmat Witoelar told the Ambassador on August 9 that he welcomed President Bush's climate change initiative and the upcoming conference on climate change in Washington, DC. He welcomed opportunities for dialogue, such as the upcoming visit of White House Cou [...]
2007-08-10 10:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2191VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...]
2007-08-10 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN
07JAKARTA2194SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]
2007-08-11 12:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2211UN ENVOY GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSYG) Ibrahim Gambari visited Indonesia SIPDIS August 10 on a round of regional consultations re the UN SYG's good offices' mandate on Burma. He assured Ambassador Hume that Chinese and Russian officials would push the Burmese [...]
2007-08-14 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA2217INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...]
2007-08-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2234CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]
2007-08-16 06:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2317INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY - JULY 2007
[...] Summary: The Ministry of Forestry (MOF) signed a letter of intent with the Zoological Parks Authority of the Government of Western Australia on May 21 to cooperate on wildlife conservation. On May 21-24, Indonesia hosted the second meeting of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program [...]
2007-08-24 05:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2335SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]
2007-08-24 10:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2350ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION
[...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...]
2007-08-27 10:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2375EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]
2007-08-29 08:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2393YOGYAKARTA EVENT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-ASEAN TIES
[...] (U) Summary: The GOI's Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and Gadjah Mada University hosted an August 29 seminar in Yogyakarta celebrating 30 years of U.S.-ASEAN ties. Pol/C and Econ/C outlined strong U.S. support for the continued development of close political and economic ties between A [...]
2007-08-30 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2449GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...]
2007-09-06 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2470DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]
2007-09-06 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA2475PUTIN VISIT -- ARMS, ENERGY AND MINING DEALS
[...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin visited Jakarta September 6. Russia and the GOI signed several bilateral agreements, including an arms deal worth $1 billion, investment projects in mining and energy worth $4 billion, and an MOU on fighting terrorism. Defense Minister Sudarsono comment [...]
2007-09-07 09:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV MASS PTER ID
07JAKARTA2528MILITARY PROMOTIONS HOLD MIXED IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia recently publicized its military promotion list for 2007. As in past years, the promotions and reassignments represent a cross-section of the Indonesian military, and are a reflection primarily of seniority. Six key appointments have mixed implications for U.S. policy: [...]
2007-09-12 03:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2550PROPOSED REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Mark Linscott held a series of meetings on September 6 and 7 related to illegal logging. Officials at the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed the proposal of an informal regional dialogue on illegal logging. Government of Indonesia (GOI) offic [...]
2007-09-13 06:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2600TRADE MINISTER EMPHASIZES REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu outlined the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) "multi-track" approach to trade policy emphasizing multi-lateral and regional engagement over bilateral agreements in public remarks delivered on September 12th. Pangestu also stressed the inclusion of [...]
2007-09-17 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2609BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]
2007-09-18 00:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2683INDONESIA AT THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Indonesia wants the Major Economies Meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Bali in December. The GOI will be sensitive to any negative portrayal of Indonesia, whether as a destroyer of forests or as [...]
2007-09-21 09:10:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2690EXPERTS APPLAUD BANKING REFORMS BUT WARN OF LONGER TERM
[...] Summary. Financial sector experts working in Asia gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September 6-7 to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Asian banks over the next decade. They lauded Asian policymakers for largely correcting the excesses that led to the 1997 [...]
2007-09-24 06:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2695Invitation to COP-13 Trade Ministerial
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter is an invitation to attend a trade ministerial on the margins of the C [...]
2007-09-24 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2737INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]
2007-09-27 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2739U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES BURMA, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, AT ASEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Tandi Dammen provided Under Secretary Jeffery with a brief overview of ASEAN's draft blueprint for economic integration and expressed appreciation for the United States' robust cooperation with ASEAN on trade and economic issues, particula [...]
2007-09-28 00:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2759RESTRICTIONS ON CHINA BOOST TEXTILE EXPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia?s textile and apparel sector registered 10% export growth over the last year despite slow- moving progress on national investment climate reforms. Much of the growth is accredited to U.S. safeguard measures against China as buyers look to Indonesia for geographic dive [...]
2007-09-28 10:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTEX ETRD EINV ID
07JAKARTA2799INDONESIA AND BURMA: PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Charge took our views on Burma directly to the Indonesian public in a television interview. Indonesian legislators, media and civil society continue to focus on Burma and to press the GOI for action. END SUMMARY [...]
2007-10-03 09:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2923COMING TO GRIPS WITH "THE YEAR OF LIVING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events in the 1965-66 timeframe shook Indonesia to its core: faced with an attempted leftist takeover, the military launched a successful counter-coup. This was followed by widespread massacres as military and conservative Muslim elements killed an unknown number of alleged c [...]
2007-10-17 10:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA2929BURMA -- FM WIRAJUDA MEETS GAMBARI; SBY RECEIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Visiting UN Special Envoy Gambari discussed the situation in Burma with Indonesian FM Wirajuda on October 18 and is slated to meet with President Yudhoyono later today. In a brief press conference, Gambari suggested incentives could help lead the Burmese leadership toward chang [...]
2007-10-18 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA293PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCLES ON BURMA
[...] (C) In a relatively rare moment of constructive assertiveness, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) chastised the government of Indonesia for abstaining on the UNSC Burma resolution vote (Ref C). On January 25th, the DPR's Commission I - the Commission for foreign policy and defense [...]
2007-02-02 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA2956BURMA -- INDONESIA LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, the Ambassador briefed Secretary General Cotan on the USG's expanded sanctions on SIPDIS Burma and urged the Indonesian government to maintain pressure on the Burmese regime. Indonesia remains frustrated with the lack of progress in Burma, but does not have a cl [...]
2007-10-22 10:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2974CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...]
2007-10-24 06:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA3003PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...]
2007-10-26 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV PINR ID
07JAKARTA3044WAYS FORWARD ON THE BURMA ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dumont Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue offered ideas on moving the Burma situation forward, after discussions with leaders in the region, including Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda. Vatikiotis said it was important that ASEAN unanimously ratif [...]
2007-10-31 11:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3059INDONESIA SENDING OUT CLIMATE ENVOYS BEFORE BALI COP-13
[...] (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) will be sending four senior climate change envoys to a number of key countries, including the U.S., in order to sound out other governments' positions and gather input for December's conference in Bali. All four are advisors to Minister of Environment Rach [...]
2007-11-02 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA309INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...]
2007-02-06 07:03:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3098Indonesia National Trade Estimate 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Below please find the full text of the 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Indonesia. (A copy in Microsoft Word has been e-mailed to USTR as requested.) End Summary. 2. (U) Begin text: --TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 bill [...]
2007-11-07 10:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA31INDONESIA - POVERTY RISES DESPITE SOUND MACROECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an embarrassment for the Yudhoyono Administration, the incidence of poverty in Indonesia has risen over the past year from 16 to almost 18 percent despite the return of macroeconomic stability and GDP growth rates above five percent. Most analysts attribute the increase in po [...]
2007-01-05 07:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA3100PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TURBULENT
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed economic development, health, human rights and other concerns with key government and civil society interlocutors on a Novem [...]
2007-11-07 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA313AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...]
2007-02-06 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3130 INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's strong performance on its FY08 MCC indicator scorecard is a testimony to the country's stunning progress of transforming into a modern, free-market, secular and democratic nation that plays a positive and active role in the international community. Recognizing these [...]
2007-11-09 10:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3138 INDONESIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS WEATHERING TURMOIL
[...] Summary. Dr. M. Chatib Basri, a well-respected macroeconomist, stated that Indonesia has weathered recent turmoil in global financial markets and is unlikely to face another significant financial crisis in the near term at a seminar on November 6. Bank Indonesia (BI) Senior Deputy Governor Mi [...]
2007-11-13 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3140INDONESIA - INCSR II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL
[...] This report responds to reftel request for an anti-money laundering and financial crimes update for INCSR II. Background and Overview ----------------------- 2. Although neither a regional financial center nor an offshore financial haven, Indonesia is vulnerable to money laundering and t [...]
2007-11-13 08:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID
07JAKARTA3166MIDDLE EAST -- SPECIAL ENVOY REVIEWS GOI'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13 Indonesian Special Envoy for Middle East issues Alwi Shihab told the DCM that Iran was increasingly confident that it could proceed with its nuclear program without serious international action. He also said Indonesia continued to look for ways to support Palestini [...]
2007-11-15 07:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF
07JAKARTA3181COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART II:
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia--the fourth largest country in population in the world--has historically has not been considered a major drug producing, consuming or transit country. However, in recent years Indones [...]
2007-11-16 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR AFIN PREL ID
07JAKARTA3199DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...]
2007-11-19 10:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3302SITC REQUEST FOR BIOFUELS INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable respnds to a request for information (ref A) from th U.S. International Trade Commission regarding bofuels adoption and researrch in Indonesia. The Goernment of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambtious 5-year, multi-billion dollar investment pla to boost biofuel prod [...]
2007-12-03 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV OTRA ID
07JAKARTA3323Coal Update-Blue Skies for Black Coal in Indonesia
[...] Summary. Indonesian coal producers are enjoying boom times thanks to high global prices driven mainly China's new net importer status. Production is tipped to rise a modest three percent, however. With bench mark prices up 64 percent this year and global supplies tight, international coal buy [...]
2007-12-05 10:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA3355FIRST SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING OF CORAL TRIANGLE
[...] (U) Summary: Indonesia hosted the Coral Triangle Initiative meetings on the margins of the Conference of the Parties 13 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali. During a closed session of Senior Officials Meeting on December 6, the six CTI countries (Indonesia, East Timor, th [...]
2007-12-10 08:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA3358DEFENSE COOPERATION -- DASD CLAD'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Clad discussed U.S.-Indonesia mil-mil cooperation and East Asian regional security with MinDef Sudarsono on December 5. Sudarsono said Indonesia wanted an effective but low-visibility security relationship with the United States. He said the GOI was focusing its air capaci [...]
2007-12-10 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV ID IN CH XE
07JAKARTA33592007 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY. The GOI has a strong legal framework to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor. Implementation of these safeguards is lacking but improving. Passage of a robust anti-trafficking law in 2007 represented a step forward. Issues that need to be addressed include: child exploitation in [...]
2007-12-10 10:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3363INDONESIA -- SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES BURMA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Kerry expressed concern about the Burmese situation in a meeting with President Yudhoyono on December 10. Yudhoyono noted that he was also concerned and had urged the regime to take needed steps, but ASEAN had limited influence and needed U.S. help to push China and Indi [...]
2007-12-11 08:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID BM CH IN
07JAKARTA3395SENATOR KERRY AT THE BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 9-11, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Bali, Indonesia. During the visit, Kerry met Indonesian President Yudhoyono, the Indonesian Environment Minister, and a group of Indonesian legislat [...]
2007-12-14 07:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP SENV ID
07JAKARTA3439SINO-INDONESIAN TIES -- CAUTIOUS BUT INCREASING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is becoming an increasingly important player in Indonesia. It has incipient defense cooperation relations, and growing trade, investment and cultural ties with Indonesia. Taiwan and historical legacies complicate relations, while Indonesia's Chinese community offers a poi [...]
2007-12-19 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ECON ID CH
07JAKARTA353FIRST ROUND OF U.S.-INDONESIA MLAT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Summary. (U) On January 23-25, delegations from the U.S. and Indonesia met in Jakarta for a first round of negotiations aimed at conclusion of a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the two countries. The discussions were friendly and productive. All participants agreed that an MLA [...]
2007-02-09 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA ID
07JAKARTA368INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007
[...] Summary: Indonesia's exports soared to a record US$ 100.7 billion in 2006, largely due to high world commodity prices. Ministry of Industry (MOI) Secretary General Agus Tjahajana announced on January 18 that the Government of Indonesia (GOI) expects manufacturing sector output to grow by 7.9% [...]
2007-02-09 08:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
07JAKARTA390USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER
[...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for Indonesia industry-wide information related to certain polyester staple fiber. End Summary. 2. Post obtained information and data contained in para 4 through the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Production Association (ISFPA) and through pub [...]
2007-02-14 01:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON ID
07JAKARTA414ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007
[...] Summary. The Ministry of Finance on December 29 issued guidelines for guarantees of power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) "crash program" to develop an additional 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation capacity by 2010. On January 16, state power company PLN signed [...]
2007-02-15 08:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA427AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON VP KALLA
[...] (C) During a Feb. 15 farewell call, the Ambassador congratulated Vice-President Kalla on the successful election process in Aceh; expressed support for government efforts to control violence in Sulawesi; urged the GOI to open Papua to foreign visitors; raised plans to increase USG technical a [...]
2007-02-16 05:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET PINS ABLD ID
07JAKARTA430JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...]
2007-02-16 07:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS ID
07JAKARTA49INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER 2006
[...] Summary: The Indonesian Textile Association announced on December 7 that Indonesia's textile and garment exports reached $7.2 billion for the first nine months of 2006, and should meet earlier projections of $9 billion for 2006. Director General for International Trade Diah Maulida stated on [...]
2007-01-08 08:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
07JAKARTA507BURMA-INDONESIA JOINT COMMISSION MEETS IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) Summary. After three postponements, the Burma-Indonesia Joint Commission met in Jakarta on February 14 - 15. The Commission agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in sectors including commerce and trade, forestry, tourism, law enforcement, culture, and education, but more detailed agr [...]
2007-02-23 09:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA515USG PUSHES INDONESIA TO HELP STOP STATE SPONSORED
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 19-20 visit to Jakarta, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG's concern over the Burmese government's use of rape as an instrument of violence in three separate meetings with Indonesian Department of Foreign A [...]
2007-02-26 06:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA576AMB. REES RAISES RAPE IN BURMA WITH ASEAN SYG ONG
[...] (C) Summary: On Feb. 19, Special Representative for Social Issues, Amb. Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG concern over Burma's use of rape as an instrument of policy to ASEAN Secretary-General (SYG) Ong Keng Yong. Amb. Rees pushed for ASEAN support of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolu [...]
2007-03-01 01:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA63INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER
[...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on January 2, 2007 that December inflation rose to 1.21% month-on-month (MoM),mainly due to higher rice prices. On January 4, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 9.5%, a signal that the bank [...]
2007-01-09 08:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA688Yogyakarta Earthquake: Economic Recovery Rapid,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The May 2006 earthquake that shook Yogyakarta and surrounding areas caused $2-3 billion of damage and destroyed over 33,000 businesses, mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ConGen Surabaya visited the affected areas on February 12-13, 2007 and met regional economic and bu [...]
2007-03-09 08:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA727DAS JOHN ENGAGES PARLIAMENTARIANS AND GOI ON BURMA
[...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John discussed Burma with members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma and, in a separate meeting, with GOI Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Imron Cotan. DAS John emphasized that Indonesia' [...]
2007-03-14 00:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA739DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN
[...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...]
2007-03-14 23:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID
07JAKARTA766INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Summary: On February 1, "Eyes on the Forest", a coalition of three non-governmental organizations (NGOs),protested a Government of Indonesia (GOI) plan to auction 130,000 hectares of former concession areas in Riau and Jambi for plantation use. On February 13-16, the Indonesian Ministries of [...]
2007-03-16 09:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA777INDONESIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2007
[...] Summary: Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu said on February 26 that a global economic slowdown could reduce Indonesia's export growth to 14.5% in 2007, lower than the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) 20% target. The GOI issued a regulation on January 2 granting tax incentives for Indonesian comp [...]
2007-03-20 07:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON KIPR ID
07JAKARTA854ENGAGING INDONESIA ON BIOFUELS POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 17. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambitious 5 year, multi-billion dollar investment plan to boost biofuel production to 200,000 barrels per day by 2010. At a high-profile media event on January 9 the GOI signed [...]
2007-03-23 10:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA87AMBASSADOR URGES FORMIN WIRAJUDA TO SUPPORT UNSC
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda remained non-committal on support for our draft UNSC resolution on Burma. He continued to question whether the Burmese regime poses a significant threat to international peace and security. The GOI, he said, [...]
2007-01-10 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ASEAN SY BM ID
07JAKARTA871UNSC/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON AHTISAARI
[...] (C) Summary. According to an official at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, the GOI is still developing its position on independence for Kosovo. Despite long-held principles that would preclude support for an independent Kosovo, our contact conceded that the GOI would remain flexible [...]
2007-03-26 23:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI ID
07JAKARTA930FORMIN WIRAJUDA GRILLED OVER UNSC IRAN VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda defended Indonesia's vote in support of UNSCR 1747 before a hostile parliamentary committee. Despite Wirajuda's thorough explanation of the GOI's decision and the purpose of the resolution, the legislators accused him of [...]
2007-03-30 09:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA933MARCH 28 HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE
[...] (SBU) Indonesian Health Minister Dr. Fadilah Supari repeatedly pledged to resume sharing avian influenza (AI) samples with the international community during the March 29 "High Level Meeting on Responsible Practices for Sharing Avian Influenza Viruses and Resulting Benefit" in Jakarta. Supari [...]
2007-04-01 22:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JERUSALEM1801ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO
[...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...]
2007-08-27 12:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JOHANNESBURG231SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]
2007-08-03 14:57:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON ELAB KHIV SF
07JOHANNESBURG302SOUTH AFRICA: OPINIONS ON CHINA
[...] Summary: Consul General recently received his counterpart, newly-arrived Chinese Consul General FANG Li, and discussed US-China cooperation under the Strategic Economic Dialogue, as well as preparations for South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup Soccer. An October 18 discussion on Ch [...]
2007-10-24 08:37:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL ELAB SF CH
07JOHANNESBURG311SOUTH AFRICA: CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK OUTLINES AFRICA
[...] Summary: At an October 31 seminar on emerging powers and their impact on global economic governance hosted by the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA),the international advisor of the China Development Bank (CDB) provided a readout of the CDB's strategy and strengths in [...]
2007-11-02 14:07:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAGR ECON EINV SF CH
07JOHANNESBURG35SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" --
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]
2007-02-02 14:47:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG EINV ECON SF
07KABUL1006BANK SECURITY UPDATE - CRIME IS A GROWING PROBLEM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 09:02:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL1172SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for
[...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]
2007-04-10 07:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1327FM SPANTA'S VISIT TO IRAN: CONCERNS AMIDST
[...] (C) During wide-ranging meetings in Iran April 10-12, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta deflected Iranian pressure for an agreement on water rights surrounding the Harirud River and Salma Dam project, pressed Iran to stop supporting the National Front, and declined (again) an Iranian offer to con [...]
2007-04-18 11:06:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1555AFGHANISTAN TERROR FINANCE - DISRUPTING EXTERNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 12:43:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO AF
07KABUL178BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN
[...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]
2007-01-20 05:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2071RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND
[...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]
2007-06-27 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2339Afghanistan Energy: TURKMEN POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 17, citing President Karzai's July 5 and 6 visit to Ashgabat, the Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) clarified comments that the Minister for Economics (MOE) had earlier made to the Ambassador concerning Government of Afghanistan (GoA) efforts to import electric power [...]
2007-07-21 04:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3520EVENTS IN PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 11
[...] (U) Parliament continued to debate and, in some cases, amend the 100-plus remaining Presidential decrees enacted before its establishment. Speaker Qanooni's ongoing dispute with President Karzai over constitutional authority found expression in parliament's attempt to override Karzai vetoes o [...]
2007-10-17 14:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL3932AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]
2007-11-27 08:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]
2007-11-27 08:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL4005CANADA'S MANLEY PANEL IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian DCM Hoffman on December 4 provided the Charge with an assessment of the 10-day visit to Afghanistan by the Panel on the Future Role of Canada in Afghanistan (Manley Panel). Hoffman emphasized repeatedly that the Panel,s report will be critical to the future of the Canad [...]
2007-12-06 14:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL793AFGHANISTAN'S 2007 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's b [...]
2007-03-07 14:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
07KABUL881EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has approved a plan for a European mission to Afghanistan aimed at enhancing training for the Afghan National Police. The ESDP mission will strengthen the European contribution to police training, of which the largest part is now the German Police Prog [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL996PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE II
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province is changing. Its transformation will continue thanks to agents of change: a new road, radio broadcasts, cell phones, a maturing administration and an active PRT. Provincial officials have formulated specific plans to lay the foundation (ref A). Panjshir's f [...]
2007-03-26 16:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAGR AF
07KAMPALA1187UGANDA: RESPONSE ON FOREIGN ACQUISITION OF NATURAL
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese interest in Uganda's natural resources consists largely in importing timber, copper, and cobalt. Currently, Chinese investment in these sectors is limited. Ugandan law contains a variety of legal statutes aimed at protecting biodiversity and natural resources, but natio [...]
2007-07-20 07:16:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALECON CH PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA647UGANDA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government of Uganda (GOU) continues its efforts to attract foreign investment and exports to the United States, and protect American goods against counterfeiters. On a less positive note, a protest to protect a forest from being sold to investors turned violent as proteste [...]
2007-04-18 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UG
07KARACHI784SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]
2007-11-06 12:30:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KATHMANDU1033NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR AGREES MAOISTS HAVE NOT
[...] (C) The Maoists have not given up violence and intimidation, agreed Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xianglin in a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador. The two Ambassadors also discussed splinter ethnic groups in the Terai, their potential impact on elections, and the Maoist reaction to these groups. [...]
2007-05-24 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM KDEM CH NP
07KATHMANDU1099OHCHR FAILING TO REPORT ON MAOIST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On May 31 Lena Sundh, head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, defended her recent newspaper interview in which she slammed the failure by the Government of Nepal (GON) to implement its human rights commitments while saying nothing about Maoist abuses [...]
2007-06-04 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1314NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF OPPOSES INTEGRATION OF MAOISTS
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal told the Ambassador July 2 that he opposed integrating Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army for "five years." He estimated it would take that long for democracy to take root in Nepal. He said he had stressed to Prime Minister G.P. Koirala on [...]
2007-07-06 09:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PTER IN CH NP
07KATHMANDU1488AI CONSIDERED UNDETECTED IN NEPAL
[...] At an August 2 meeting of Post's avian influenza (AI) working group, Dr. Zandra Andre from USAID's Health and Child Survival Fellows Program briefed post on the spread of AI in South Asia and the level of Nepal's preparedness. With reported outbreaks in India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Nepal was [...]
2007-08-06 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KFLU AID SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU1530NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI
[...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]
2007-08-10 11:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1531NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN REFUGEE TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 Tibetan refugee Tsering Wangchen was deported from Nepal to China in an apparent violation of the so-called &gentlemen,s agreement8 between the Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR whereby new Tibetan refugee arrivals are permitted to transit Nepal to India and are not [...]
2007-08-10 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL NP CH
07KATHMANDU1603NEPAL: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION, REFUGEES AND
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Pradhan on August 13, the Ambassador emphasized the ongoing U.S. interest in assisting Nepal with its upcoming Constituent Assembly election and its democratic transition. Minister Pradhan responded that the election was the Gov [...]
2007-08-24 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PREF ELAB KDEM KWMN AMGT BT
07KATHMANDU1801NEPAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] In response to EEB's request, Post gathered the following 2007 data on textiles and apparel production in Nepal. Note that Nepal's fiscal year runs from July 16 to July 15 so the date is given as FY 05/06 and FY 06/07. - Total industrial production: FY 05/06 USD 2.39 billion and FY 06/07 USD [...]
2007-09-26 11:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX IN NP
07KATHMANDU1982NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police in 2007 suggests that N [...]
2007-11-15 07:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NP
07KATHMANDU25FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT NEPAL
[...] (C) In a meeting on January 5, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister and the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to become more assertive. Thapa complained about continui [...]
2007-01-05 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL NP
07KATHMANDU317NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO RESETTLE
[...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed to allow third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. On the ongoing violence in the Terai, the Ambassador encouraged the Prime Minister to both initiate a dialogue with all ethnic minoritie [...]
2007-02-07 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU719AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE
[...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]
2007-04-06 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION
[...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]
2007-04-06 13:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU751TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS
[...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]
2007-04-12 09:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU79NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF
[...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]
2007-01-12 10:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU855NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR WANTS COOPERATION ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zheng Xianglin told the Ambassador April 27 that he wanted to see more cooperation among China, India, and the U.S. to help Nepal's peace process succeed. The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the U.S. had a common interest in Nepal achieving [...]
2007-04-27 11:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR ELTN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU858NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]
2007-04-27 13:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU869NEPAL: YCL CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE IN RURAL NEPAL
[...] (C) Nepal Police and Nepal Army sources told Emboff during a trip with Defense Attaches from the U.S., Great Britain, China, Pakistan, and India on April 25 to Dolpa and Dang Districts in rural western Nepal that the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) continued to intimidate people [...]
2007-05-01 06:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU973PEACE MINISTER'S DIALOGUE WITH MADHESIS STALLED
[...] (C) Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador May 15 that Madhesi insistence on the immediate formation of a high-level Commission of Inquiry into events in the Terai had delayed his scheduled dialogue with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). However, P [...]
2007-05-16 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU988NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED
[...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]
2007-05-17 11:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU989AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST: U.S.
[...] (SBU) Mr. Deputy Secretary, during our recent consultation in Washington, you requested that I send you my reflections on how the new foreign assistance reform process was working for Nepal. As we discussed, a historic window of opportunity has opened in Nepal to ensure its transition to a pea [...]
2007-05-17 13:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID UDEM NP
07KHARTOUM1051BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND COMPLIANCE - THE KHARTOUM
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with a wide range of local players and observers reveal a Sudanese regime that is aggressively honing its survival strategy in the wake of its apparently real but very reluctant acceptance of the UN/AU Hybrid Force. Seeking to navigate a "middle path" between outrig [...]
2007-07-03 11:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM106SAVING THE NORTH/SOUTH PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),the keystone of U.S. policy toward Sudan, is at risk. The death of John Garang, the south,s charismatic leader, and the marginalization of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the co-architect of the peace agreement, have taken vision and energ [...]
2007-01-24 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1097MINAWI PROPOSES U.S.-NCP DIALOGUE, DISCUSSES
[...] (S/NF) Reporting on recent conversations with two senior National Congress Party (NCP) figures, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has renewed a previous proposal to facilitate a regular dialogue between the CDA and the NCP on the Darfur c [...]
2007-07-15 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM1174MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS 24 JEWISH GROUPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26 the Arabic pro-government "Al-Rai' Al-Aam" reprinted an interview with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdelrahim Hussein in which he claims that 24 Jewish organizations are provoking the conflict in Darfur. In the article, reprinted from an earlier interview from the i [...]
2007-07-29 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM118U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]
2007-01-26 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM119CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER?
[...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]
2007-01-26 11:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM1197MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]
2007-08-01 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1337DARFUR: USG CAN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL UN/AU
[...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union have developed a timetable for the Darfur political process that culminates in negotiations between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories and the Sudanese Government in early October. However, unrealistic expectations of the outcome of thes [...]
2007-08-23 13:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU LY ER CD CH
07KHARTOUM1402CHARGE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE BUSINESSMAN OSAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese entrepreneur Osama Daoud asserted to the Charge that U.S. economic sanctions are having an effect on Sudan,s economy, but contended that the burden is being borne by private sector and its employees, rather than by the regime. He contended that his sanctioned company [...]
2007-09-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1403IMF RESREP BRIEFS SUDAN DONOR COMMUNITY ON CURRENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep described 2006 as a &challenging8 year for Sudan, as the government, with only limited success, wrestled with a combination of growing expenditure commitments and disappointing revenues. As a whole the economy grew by a robust 12%. A one-time, 300% jump in inflati [...]
2007-09-05 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM1461UN/AU UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS IN LEAD-UP TO
[...] (SBU) One week before the September 21 meeting on Darfur in New York, the UN/AU provided an update on the peace process for representatives in Khartoum. With the exception of a proposed meeting of Darfur rebel leaders in N'djamena from September 16-17, the UN/AU provided few details on its pl [...]
2007-09-17 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU CD LY SU
07KHARTOUM1469 DEVELOPING PEACE DIVIDENDS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the Darfur Donors Coordination Group convened for the first time in several months to discuss criteria for resuming the DJAM and possible activities taking place in Darfur outside the DJAM framework. In addition to core donor representatives, non-traditional dono [...]
2007-09-18 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC PHUM EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1554SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-06 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1569S/E NATSIOS, MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) S/E Natsios and Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie agreed that they have low expectations for the initial Darfur peace talks in Tripoli, but hope that it may start a process that will eventually bear fruit. Nafie responded defensively to S/E Natsios, proposal for a package of confi [...]
2007-10-08 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1589`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]
2007-10-09 14:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1599SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]
2007-10-11 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1608HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]
2007-10-15 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]
2007-10-15 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1659 SUDAN - UN/DONOR PRINCIPALS MEETING RESUMES
[...] On October 21, the UN reinstated the UN high-level donor coordination meeting in Khartoum. The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Sudan (D/SRSG) and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) in Sudan, Ameerah Haq, chaired the meeting. At this f [...]
2007-10-25 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1670JEM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFRA ATTACK AND CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) On October 28, Abdulaziz Nur Ushar, who claimed to be the Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM,) told EconOff that his movement is responsible for the October 24 attack on the Defra oil facility where JEM fighters allegedly captured five hosta [...]
2007-10-29 10:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1708S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]
2007-11-04 11:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM171CHINA: LITTLE REVEALED ON DARFUR DISCUSSIONS
[...] (U) The February 2-3 visit to Khartoum of Chinese president Hu Jintao involved substantial pageantry, a variety of aid and trade agreements (septel),and a series of high-level meetings, but little new information on efforts to address a transition to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. The visit, the [...]
2007-02-05 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV UN CH SU
07KHARTOUM1720S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]
2007-11-05 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1735UNAMID: CHINESE ENGINEERING COMPANY BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Chinese Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Dong Jian Dong told poloff November 6 that, starting November 7, the first of eleven flights using IL-76 aircraft will begin to arrive in Nyala. Over a period of ten days, the flights will transport equipment and supplies for the construction of th [...]
2007-11-07 06:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1752JEM CFC REP WARNS OF LOOMING CONFLICTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a sobering November 6 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement representative to the Second Chamber of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) at AMIS Headquarters warned that the current widespread deployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) throughout the three Darf [...]
2007-11-08 15:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1770ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]
2007-11-14 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1804UNAMID PLANNERS RECOMMEND DELAYING DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate conversations with FieldOff on November 15 and November 18 in El Fasher, two UN senior military transition planners shared the joint recommendation they had made to UNAMID Force Commander GEN Agwai that deployment of UNAMID police elements be put on hold until the inf [...]
2007-11-19 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM181 Darfur: Pres. Bashir Reiterates Rejection of UN
[...] (U) During a February 5 address at the National Records Authority in Khartoum, President Bashir clearly reiterated Sudan's opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, stating that the Sudanese were the children and grandchildren of those revolutionaries who killed Major General Charles [...]
2007-02-06 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO US SU
07KHARTOUM184 Darfur: Pres. Bashir Speaks to Trade Unionists under
[...] During a February 6 address to the International Trade Union Conference at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, President Bashir rejected the entry of international troops into Sudan. The account, carried by government-aligned Sudan Vision daily, said Bashir asserted the Darfur problem could only be [...]
2007-02-07 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO ELAB SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1842BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]
2007-11-25 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1862ADDRESSING ABYEI
[...] (SBU) The complex issue of Abyei has haunted implementation of the CPA since the beginning. It is the only part of the agreement that seen zero progress towards implementation since the signing of the peace accord in 2005. A warning should be sounded to any in the international community who se [...]
2007-11-28 07:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1866CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS
[...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]
2007-11-28 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1871FEAR OF LOSS OF INTERNATIONAL CREDIBILITY MAY KEEP JEM ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 27 meeting with FieldOff, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) representative in El Fasher admitted that despite the movement's unhappiness with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),JEM would not carry out the threats its leadership has [...]
2007-11-29 09:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1889JEM/CL CLAIMS ZAGHAWA UNIFYING, WARNS UN/AU LOSING
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on November 29, cadres of the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) were optimistic that it will finalize its consolidation with the other major Zaghawa military elements in Darfur after upcoming field consultations and will be ready to resume ne [...]
2007-11-30 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1964JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]
2007-12-11 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2031MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]
2007-12-21 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2058CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]
2007-12-27 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]
2007-12-27 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM209RESPONSE TO PLAN B - SUDAN MOVING TO REPLACE THE
[...] (U) The Central Bank of Sudan is taking steps to use currencies other than the U.S. Dollar for commercial transactions. On February 12, the Bank announced it has approved the use of some Asian currencies in settlement of commercial transactions. Sudan's most important source of foreign exchan [...]
2007-02-12 14:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EPET ETRD ECON US SU
07KHARTOUM272SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT
[...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]
2007-02-22 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM290SPLM: PLAN "B"ACKFIRE
[...] (C) In a February 23 conversation with USAID Mission Director and Poloff, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Secretary General for the Northern Sector Yasser Arman described a crack in the National Congress Party's (NCP) control of Sudan, comparing it to "perestroika." He said t [...]
2007-02-26 13:38:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM30GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]
2007-01-08 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM319INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) An IMF team visiting Sudan the week of February 26 concluded that the inflation rate is likely to increase, perhaps to as high as 20 percent. In a meeting with Econ officer, members of the IMF team stated that, while inflation one year ago was running at about 7 percent, it is now estim [...]
2007-03-01 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN EAID EFIN PREL SU
07KHARTOUM392SUDAN REJECTS UN HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE
[...] (C) President Bashir's March 6 letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon on assistance for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rejected the UN's Heavy Support Package. Bashir's response contradicted the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006 and the Presidential Statement in the UN Security [...]
2007-03-13 16:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM460US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE
[...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]
2007-03-23 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN
07KHARTOUM485BASHIR ADVISOR: STRUCTURE DARFUR PROCESS
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Hume on March 28 that Sudan and the U.S. government had an "intellectual duty" to address the urgent aspects of the Darfur crisis. He suggested that the two governments structure a process to lay the groundwork for resolution of these issues [...]
2007-03-28 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM510DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]
2007-03-29 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM511MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR SALAH GHOSH
[...] (C) CDA Hume met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh on March 29 to discuss the current impasse on the deployment of UN peace keepers in Darfur. CDA underscored that the UN Security Council, including China, viewed UN command and contro [...]
2007-03-29 16:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM544SUDAN: AN ECONOMIST SHARES HIS PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) The economic advisor to the Khartoum stock exchange expressed pessimism on the outlook for the Sudanese economy for the near term. He predicts "turmoil" because of the pressures on the budget. He described how the ruling NCP is skimming off money in preparation for elections, and alleg [...]
2007-04-05 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM549CDA HUME URGES CHANGE IN SUDANESE POSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Previewing the forthcoming visit of Deputy Secretary Negroponte with Presidential Advisor Ismael, CDA SIPDIS Hume said that Secretary Rice was sending Negroponte to Sudan because of her concern about the overall outlook for U.S.-Sudanese relations. Secretary Rice was concerned [...]
2007-04-07 12:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM636SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]
2007-04-23 08:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM72MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]
2007-01-17 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM780AMIS READY FOR HONORABLE EXIT
[...] (S) A senior African Union official told Poloff on May 17 that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) needs a viable exit strategy to turn the peace-keeping mission in Darfur over to the United Nations. At a weekend "brainstorming retreat" in Port Sudan for AU staff a few days earlier, they [...]
2007-05-18 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO AU UN SU EG
07KHARTOUM832MINAWI OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN NCP AND WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
07KHARTOUM855COMMANDER OF JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS PROVIDES GRIM
[...] (C) Summary: The commander of Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIU) provided a grim assessment of the JIUs, their progress toward forming the nucleus of a new national army under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the prospects for withdrawal of the Khartoum-based Sudan Armed Forces ( [...]
2007-05-31 09:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM859DARFUR DONORS CONCERNED ON HAAVISTO APPOINTMENT,
[...] (C) Meeting on May 30, the core group of Western donors in Khartoum expressed reservations over the appointment of former EU Special Envoy for Sudan Pekka Haavisto as UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's new representative for the Darfur political process. While Haavisto's terms of reference had not yet b [...]
2007-05-31 16:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CH
07KHARTOUM900UN/AU PROCESS FLAILING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of a specific UN/AU plan for the Darfur political process has led to an increase in competing international initiatives. The UN and AU appear unable to exert the necessary leadership to shape these initiatives into a coherent strategy. They have wavered in their sup [...]
2007-06-07 16:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM902REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]
2007-06-07 16:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM94TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]
2007-01-22 15:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM943SCENESETTER FOR AMB KHALILZAD VISIT TO SUDAN
[...] (C) In keeping with the last twenty years of the bilateral relationship, the USG continues to use three instruments to implement our policy in Sudan: sanctions, humanitarian and development assistance, and diplomacy. An end to the crisis in Darfur is being pursued along two policy tracks--pea [...]
2007-06-14 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM956BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]
2007-06-17 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM959DARFUR: MUTRIFF REITERATES SUDAN'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Sudan reiterated its acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force during a June 18 briefing in Khartoum. Siddiq Mutriff, the Government's lead negotiator during the recent consultations in Addis Ababa, said that this acceptance included UN command and control, non-African personnel, and a full tr [...]
2007-06-18 15:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KIGALI1083RWANDA SUPPORTS PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 11:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI1114RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]
2007-12-10 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1145RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]
2007-12-27 09:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI218RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI405RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]
2007-05-02 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI42Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]
2007-01-18 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI529KAGAME VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. President Paul Kagame paid a five day visit to China May 14-19, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The two governments signed several accords, including debt cancellation, infrastructure development, expanded trade links, and cultural exchanges. Kagame also addressed th [...]
2007-06-04 07:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL RW
07KIGALI902RWANDA 2007 SUBMISSION FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Post provides the following responses to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production in Rwanda. 2. Requested Information -- Total industrial production in USD: 2006: USD 363 million. 2007 estimate: not available. -- Total textiles and apparel production in USD: [...]
2007-10-05 06:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX RW
07KINGSTON1011USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the U.S. rose to USD 2.3 billion or 37 percent of Jamaica's total trade at the end of 2005. At this level, the U.S. remained Jamaica's major trading partner. But while trade between both countries has grown in absolute terms, the U.S. share of trade has falle [...]
2007-06-28 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON299JAPAN/CARIBBEAN: TOKYO CONSIDERS OPENING ANOTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 20:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAID OFDP JA CH TW
07KINGSTON442JAMAICA: ELIMINATION OF FY-08 FMF WILL HAVE SEVERE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 20:54:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CASC MOPS OMB VZ CH
07KINGSTON640JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...]
2007-05-02 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL
07KINSHASA1032CONGO, ANGOLA ANNOUNCE PLANS TO DEMARCATE BORDER,
[...] (C) Summary. Congo and Angola agreed in July 24-31 meetings in Luanda to refer a lingering border dispute to a committee of experts, and to share certain offshore oil revenues. Presidents Kabila and dos Santos met July 30-31 and finalized these and other agreements. The two sides plan to c [...]
2007-08-30 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON PGOV EMIN CG AO
07KINSHASA1069DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]
2007-09-06 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1133DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR
[...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]
2007-09-21 05:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1161DRC: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED
[...] (U) Post submits the following in response to reftel's request for updated statistics and projection of future competitiveness. Data ---- 2. (U) The following are 2006 statistics: - Total industrial production in USD: 110,250,315 - Total textile and apparel production in USD: 5,426,1 [...]
2007-09-27 16:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD CG
07KINSHASA1168DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]
2007-10-02 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1250DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1341DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...]
2007-12-05 15:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1344President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation"
[...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]
2007-12-07 05:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA219ZIMBABWEAN DIAMOND TRADE DEMONSTRATES POROUS DRC
[...] (C) Summary. The recent illegal movement of Zimbabwean diamonds through the DRC demonstrates the GDRC's lack of control over its borders. For several weeks, reports have circulated in Kinshasa about the smuggling of unique Zimbabwean diamonds, setting off a flurry of interest in the Zimbabwean [...]
2007-02-22 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA265DRC/CHINESE RELATIONS BRIEF UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides the following updated summary of Chinese activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. --------------------- Diplomatic Activities --------------------- 2. (SBU) China was one of 14 members of the Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),an advi [...]
2007-03-02 12:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL CHG CG
07KINSHASA345DRC'S NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TARGETS CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Summary. New DRC Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu's immediate priorities include combating corruption, dismantling the guard forces maintained by the former transitional vice presidents, and finalizing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs (DDR) to streamline and profess [...]
2007-03-21 16:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA49DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]
2007-01-18 16:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA740KABILA SPEAKS OUT ON BEMBA, MONUC IN "JEUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview published in the latest edition of the weekly "Jeune Afrique," President Joseph Kabila said he wanted "justice to take its course" concerning Jean-Pierre Bemba. Kabila claimed Bemba tried to "physically eliminate" him during March fighting in Kinshasa, and that t [...]
2007-07-03 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA796RADIATION LEVELS AT THE LUISWISHI MINE
[...] (S) On 18 May 2007, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Minister of Mines and Property for Katanga Province, Barthelemy Mumba Gama, ordered ministry officials to form a commission to investigate radiation levels at the Luiswishi Mine. A nine person commission was formed, which went to Luis [...]
2007-07-11 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA CG EMIN
07KINSHASA888SSR CONTACT GROUP: SUBSTANCE REFERRED TO EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Contact Group on Security Sector Reform (SSR) formally recognized the GDRC's ownership of efforts to reform the Congolese military at the group's July 12-13 meeting in Kinshasa. Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu outlined a vision for SSR aimed at creating a core group of fi [...]
2007-07-26 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG ZA BE NL FR
07KINSHASA951DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - Hundreds of MIBA (DRC diamond mining parastatal) employees requested summer leaves of absence following nine months without pay. - Kinshasa's civil servants are demanding the implementation of the GDRC's "Strategic Document of the Organization of Congolese Civil Service." - A July [...]
2007-08-08 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KOLKATA171INDIAN MILITARY ENGAGING WITH BURMESE COUNTERPARTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During April and May, Senior Indian military officials appear to have undertaken a concerted effort to increase engagement with their Burmese counterparts. Several meetings have taken place both at political and military levels between officials of the two neighboring countrie [...]
2007-05-22 13:53:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PHUM PGOV IN BM CH
07KOLKATA292TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-20 05:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA297TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-21 11:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA30DALAI LAMA SPEAKS IN KOLKATA ON TIBETAN AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) On January 15 in Kolkata, the Dalai Lama spoke at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the of non-governmental organization Young Men's Welfare Society (YMWS). He made remarks on "Ethics in Human Development." During the question and answer period following his remarks, the Dalai Lama [...]
2007-01-29 10:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SENV CH IN
07KOLKATA331TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON TALKS TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) Politburo Member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to discuss economic development in India and West Bengal, and the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha r [...]
2007-11-04 11:09:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD EAGR WTRO IN
07KOLKATA376CHINA AND INDIA DISPUTE BHUTAN BORDER: INDIAN SOLDIERS MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Against the backdrop of efforts to improve bilateral relations, India and China continue to jostle over territory along India's northeast border with China. On December 12, India relocated 6,000 soldiers of the 27th Mountain Division (units of the 164 Mountain Brigade) from Jam [...]
2007-12-14 13:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR CH IN
07KOLKATA382NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]
2007-12-19 11:21:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA50NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 12, ConGen spoke with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus about his plans to enter Bangladesh politics. Yunus, on a two-day visit to Kolkata, expressed a strong interest to enter the political fray and said that he was reviewing his options. He expressed support [...]
2007-02-13 13:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IN BG
07KOLKATA54ITALIAN PM PRODI LEADS LARGEST EVER TRADE MISSION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. February 11-12, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Kolkata with over 300 business representatives, Italian Commerce Minister Emma Bonino and other senior government officials as part of a "global strategy to open new markets in Asia." The delegation consisted mostly o [...]
2007-02-14 14:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EIND IT IN
07KOLKATA56CHINA AND RUSSIA MAKING THEIR PITCH TO EAST INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEMONSTRATING GREATER CHINESE EFFORT AT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN EAST INDIA, ON FEBRUARY 12, FOREIGN MINISTER LI XHAOXING TRAVELED TO BIHAR TO INAUGURATE A NEW MEMORIAL HALL AT THE HISTORIC SITE OF THE ANCIENT NALANDA UNIVERSITY. A WEEK EARLIER, CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA USED THE [...]
2007-02-15 12:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PGOV EINV RS CH IN
07KOLKATA67LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]
2007-02-23 08:17:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]
2007-02-23 13:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KUALALUMPUR1001GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...]
2007-06-08 05:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE
[...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]
2007-06-20 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1064TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM?
[...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...]
2007-06-21 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV
07KUALALUMPUR1106Malaysia Economic Update June 2007
[...] (U) Summary: - Malaysian Cabinet approves Intellectual Property Courts - New Islamic Bond thirteen times oversubscribed - Oil palm prices more than double in past two years - KL Mayor blames "uncontrolled development" for flash flood damages. End Summary. -- [...]
2007-07-03 11:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1224Iran outdoes U.S. in FDI; Foreign Bank to Open in KL.
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's top investor for the first five months of 2007 is Iran, due to a joint venture by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and SKS Ventures Sdn. Bhd. to build a refinery in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia. The Central Bank approved another joint venture for Ba [...]
2007-07-31 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-07-31 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1317Ambassador's Farewell on Malaysian Central Bank Governor
[...] Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call on Malaysian Central Bank (Bank Negara) Governor Dr. Zeti Aziz on August 15. He relayed U.S. appreciation for Malaysia's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist finance; congratulated the central bank on its successful initiatives in develo [...]
2007-08-21 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KTFN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1375AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, in farewell discussions September 3-4, agreed that U.S.-Malaysia bilateral relations had strengthened over the past three years. The Ambassador raised Iran, export controls, trafficking in persons (TIP)),Free Trade Agreement [...]
2007-09-10 05:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD KNNP KISL ASEAN IR BU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1452 Malaysia's 2008 Budget: Pork Sold Separately
[...] Summary: On September 7, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled his 2008 budget proposal. Billed as a "fiscally responsible" budget, it projects a deficit of 3.1%, down from 3.2% in 2007. Although spending is up, the GOM projects higher GDP growth will generate more than adequate add [...]
2007-09-25 02:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1470BURMA: PM ABDULLAH SAYS CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Following the release of the tough September 27 ASEAN statement on Burma, both Prime Minister Abdullah and Foreign Minister Hamid hardened their tone and concluded that ASEAN would have to rethink its demands and expectations vis--vis Burma, with the PM stating that ASEAN's "constructive [...]
2007-09-28 10:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1491 Inflation and Auto Sales Rise; GOM Fuel Subsidies
[...] Summary: - Inflation in Malaysia increased in August, although the GOM continued to hold down prices on certain basic necessities through subsidies and price controls. - Soaring global oil prices may soon force the GOM to reduce subsidies for gasoline and natural gas, which have cost the [...]
2007-10-04 09:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1493Malaysia's Current Economic Performance Masks Need for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's central bank Deputy Governor considers the country's banking sector unexposed to the turmoil in the US sub-prime mortgage market and believes that the economy remains on track for six percent GDP growth in 2007. Private sector economists, however, point out that Mala [...]
2007-10-05 06:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1513BURMA: MALAYSIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ASEAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche on October 11 to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohamed Isa. Charge expressed appreciation for Foreign Minister Syed Hamid's statements October 7 urging the Burmese regime to begin a dialogue without preconditions with ASSK and the pro [...]
2007-10-11 09:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1534BURMA: GAMBARI'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari held talks in Kuala Lumpur with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on October 16 - 17. FM Hamid announced Malaysia and ASEAN would never suspend Burma or agree to sanctions against the military regime. Hamid co [...]
2007-10-17 13:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1563MALAYSIA SUPPORTS BURMA'S FULL PARTICIPATION AT
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia appears satisfied that Gambari is making some progress, and consequently Malaysia is not prepared to support a high-pressured ASEAN approach to Burma at the upcoming summit, per our October 24 meeting with a senior Foreign Ministry official to deliver the demarche on th [...]
2007-10-24 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1580EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S OCTOBER 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Ministerial Political Secretary Vincent Lim told visiting EAP DAS Christensen on October 17 that there is a perception in Malaysia and ASEAN that the United States is not heavily engaged in the region. He further commented that U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have neg [...]
2007-11-02 00:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CH MY
07KUALALUMPUR1648IMPORT SAFETY - MALAYSIA WELCOMES DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S.
[...] Summary: Malaysia is interested in expanding contacts with the United States on import safety issues. Malaysian trade officials have been following recent USG efforts to address import safety, and they support increased dialogue with the U.S. to preserve and enhance Malaysia's strong trade lin [...]
2007-11-27 01:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-11-27 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1679MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES PROTON WILL NOT SEEK A FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of back-and-forth negotiations with Volkswagen, the Malaysian government has decided that government-controlled auto maker Proton would no longer pursue a strategic partnership with the German auto manufacturer or any other foreign partner (including Gene [...]
2007-12-06 01:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1692 MALAYSIAN RACIAL ECONOMIC PREFERENCES CRITIQUED AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's race-based economic preferences were roundly criticized at the annual National Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). In the keynote address, the Crown Prince of the State of Perak called for national unity and pragm [...]
2007-12-11 08:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1702BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT INCLINED TO CONSIDER CHARTER
[...] (C) Polchief delivered reftel demarche on ASEAN measures to keep pressure on the Burmese regime to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Shabery Cheek on December 12. Polchief emphasized the regime's lack of concrete steps toward a dialogue, despite the efforts of UN Speci [...]
2007-12-12 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1731CATHOLIC CHURCH ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) The Catholic Church in Malaysia is taking a more active role in providing shelter to suspected trafficking victims and raising public awareness. The Church is raising public awareness via Sunday homilies and public outreach, and provides temporary shelter to women reportedly forced into [...]
2007-12-20 23:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN SMIG MY
07KUALALUMPUR184SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]
2007-01-31 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR396BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT FOCUSED ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Malaysia has "no new initiative" in mind for Burma and appears unfocused on next steps, according to our meetings with several Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials and a prominent government-linked think tank. One official in charge of UN matters questioned whether Malaysia would activel [...]
2007-03-02 09:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR398MALAYSIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination, and to a far lesser extent, a transit and source country for adults and minors trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The overwhelming majority of victims come to Malaysia seeking greater economic oppor [...]
2007-03-05 01:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
07KUALALUMPUR447FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS
[...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]
2007-03-08 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR506ELECTORAL REFORM NOT ON THE HORIZON
[...] (C) As Malaysia moves closer to its next national elections, electoral reform faces a very steep uphill battle, a conclusion highlighted during our recent meetings with Election Commission (EC) officials, NGO leaders and several academics. The UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) governing coalition ret [...]
2007-03-16 08:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR560MALAYSIA'S YOUNGEST MUFTI PROMOTES TOLERANCE AND
[...] The recently appointed Mufti of Perlis, Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, who at the age of only 35 is Malaysia's youngest state religious leader, is challenging the conservative trend line of Islam in Malaysia. With excellent Middle Eastern and Malaysian educational credentials, Asri advocates for i [...]
2007-03-27 02:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR6High-Tech toilets for tourism; rising Ringgit. Economic Update Dec 2006
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malaysia is ready to launch its drive to attract more tourists this year in honor of its 50th anniversary. Initiatives include a multi-million dollar Ferris wheel, sorely needed lessons in customer service, and 23 self-sanitizing toilets at a cost of USD 113,000 [...]
2007-01-03 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR651SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]
2007-04-11 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR719MALAYSIA COMMENTS ON U.S.-ASEAN RELATIONS AND TAC
[...] (C) In a discussion of U.S.-ASEAN relations, Malaysia's senior diplomat charged with ASEAN affairs said he believed U.S. accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) would be warmly welcomed by ASEAN members, signal increased U.S. attention to the region, and boost the U.S.-ASEAN di [...]
2007-04-20 08:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN MY
07KUALALUMPUR880DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) On May 17, we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division. He stated there was "no question" that Malaysia was committed to enforcement of all UN Security Council Resolu [...]
2007-05-17 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR964Ringgit Rises as Proton Flounders: Malaysia Economic Update for May 2007
[...] Summary: - Malaysia's currency continued its gradual rise against the U.S. dollar to reach a near 10 year high. - The Malaysian cabinet, reacting to loud protests from non-Malays, ordered the country's largest commercial bank to withdraw a requirement that law firms conducting business with the [...]
2007-06-01 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EPET MY
07KUWAIT1022BLUE LANTERN: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF
[...] (S/NF) Following up on April 18 assurances from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to investigate the case of a possible release of sensitive U.S.-origin Advanced Tactical Communications System (ATCS) technology to Chinese company Norinco (reftels),Econoff met again with Assistant Director of For [...]
2007-06-30 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC KU
07KUWAIT1072007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]
2007-01-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT1101KUWAIT: WHERE WE ARE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD --
[...] (C) This message summarizes my parting thoughts on key issue areas in the U.S./Kuwait relationship. It draws heavily on input provided by Matt Tueller, who recently concluded a distinguished tour as Deputy Chief of Mission and is en route to service at Embassy Baghdad. The report covers fiv [...]
2007-07-10 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV PTER KU
07KUWAIT1304ARABIAN ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE AND KUWAIT CUSTOMS DG
[...] (SBU) On August 22, Commercial Counselor and Econoff met with Scott Butler, CEO of the Dubai-headquartered Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA). Butler was accompanied by Albert Marshall, Legal and Business Affairs Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, who was making a tour of the Gul [...]
2007-08-29 05:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1511KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR
[...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]
2007-10-13 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1541FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN
[...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...]
2007-10-21 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT157BLUE LANTERN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] (S/NF) Post delivered reftel talking points to MFA by dipnote on 8 January, and followed up with repeated phone calls to Acting Director of the MFA Americas Department Hamad Al-Meshaan. Al-Meshan said the dipnote was forwarded to the Ministry of Defense on 13 January. On 3 February, Al-Mesh [...]
2007-02-03 12:08:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNKU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1598TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1600TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT162KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: MORE U.S. INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Ali Al-Ghanim told Econcouns that U.S. firms were losing out to more aggressive European and Asian firms in Kuwait, and he encouraged more U.S. firms to seek business opportunities outside of the government [...]
2007-02-04 10:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP ETRD KU
07KUWAIT1669SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, we look forward to your December 2-3 visit to Kuwait. We have scheduled a dinner meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem. A former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, the U.S.-educated Dr. Al-Ebraheem is a tr [...]
2007-11-27 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON KU PREL
07KUWAIT1690PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S
[...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]
2007-12-03 10:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1696PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]
2007-12-04 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1745DOW'S BILLION-DOLLAR PETROCHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE:
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with econoff, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib told econoff that a newly announced joint venture between state-owned KPC subsidiary Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) and U.S.-based Dow Chemical Company represents Kuwait's lar [...]
2007-12-18 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ETRD KU CH IN
07KUWAIT184JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]
2007-02-07 15:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
07KUWAIT264KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies sustained the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2006 that they demonstrated in 2005, and in some cases improved upon that performance. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pi [...]
2007-02-21 08:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT400COMMERCE U/S LAVIN AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Ambassador Frank Lavin met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Saad to discuss recent developments in trade and investment in U.S., Kuwaiti, regional and international markets. Al-Sa [...]
2007-03-18 13:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT577BLUE LANTERN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] (S/NF) Following the delivery of diplomatic notes on 8 January and 4 April and several calls to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Refs B and C),Post obtained a meeting on this issue with the Foreign Procurement Division of the Ministry of Defense on 18 April. Econoff met with Assistant Direc [...]
2007-04-18 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC KU
07KUWAIT865KUWAIT HOSTS EIGHTH ANNUAL GCC BANKING CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait hosted the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference on May 22-23. Organized by the National Bank of Kuwait in cooperation with the GCC Secretariat General and the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the conference entitled "Managing Growth and Risk in an Era of Openness" feature [...]
2007-06-03 05:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT874WORLD BANK NOMINEE ZOELLICK TALKS ASIA IN KUWAIT
[...] (SBU) On May 23, World Bank President Nominee and Goldman Sachs Group Vice Chairman Robert Zoellick delivered the keynote address at the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference hosted by Kuwait. Zoellick provided a brief historical overview of the tremendous growth of the world economy and high [...]
2007-06-05 07:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT902MFA U/S ON PM'S TRIP TO ASIA, RELATIONS WITH IRAN,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador June 10 that the Prime Minister's trip to Asia to promote economic relations had been "very fruitful" and a number of agreements had been signed. In a meeting earlier in the day with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Dire [...]
2007-06-11 11:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON IR KU LE PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT946THE CONTAMINATED OIL PATCH: KUWAIT GRAPPLES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: As a desert country with very little fresh water and arable land, Kuwait's environmental challenges are numerous. Almost all water is desalinated from the Arabian Gulf, meaning that ensuring a dependable water supply and controlling marine pollution go hand in hand. Governme [...]
2007-06-19 10:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV ENRG TBIO KU
07KYIV1064(S) UKRAINE/MTCR: TRAINING TO CHINA FOURTH ACADEMY
[...] (S) We relayed reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Although we were prepared with if-asked guidance to respond to possible arguments that MTCR was not intended to impede space development or that the RD-120 preparation [...]
2007-05-07 14:34:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA CH UP
07KYIV118UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]
2007-01-18 14:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV2491(S) UKRAINE/MTCR/NSG: CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMPS
[...] (S) On September 27, MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos provided us with a non-paper regarding delivery to China of centrifugal charging pumps to China from the Ukrainian company, Sumy Frunze Machine Building Scientific Production Associatio [...]
2007-09-28 10:49:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA PK CH UP
07KYIV2928(S) UKRAINE: ARSENAL DESIGN BUREAU AND CHINESE
[...] (S) We relayed reftel information November 30 regarding Ukrainian Arsenal Design Bureau's potential business with the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices and with affiliates of the China Sanjiang Space Group to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor [...]
2007-11-30 11:48:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC CH UP
07KYIV3071UKRAINE COAL MINE DISASTER: HOW CORRUPTION KILLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A November 18 explosion at the Zasyadko Coal Mine killed 101 miners in Ukraine's worst coal mine accident since independence. Subsequent explosions killed another five miners and mine rescuers. The Zasyadko mine has one of the country's worst safety records. Its director, Yuk [...]
2007-12-17 09:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN PGOV ELAB EAID UP
07KYIV449UKRAINE: 2007 SPECIAL 301 POST INPUT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (Ref A),although the Government of Ukraine is definitely moving in the right direction on IPR protection. The GOU has followe [...]
2007-02-22 15:07:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV705UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...]
2007-03-29 09:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US UP
07KYIV758(S) UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE LIQUID FUEL ROCKET
[...] (S) We relayed reftel points March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov regarding U.S. concerns about Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid-fuel rocket engine. Counselor [...]
2007-03-30 15:00:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL MTCRE CH UP
07KYIV852Ukraine: Plans for BSEC Chairmanship
[...] Summary: Ukraine envisions an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) from November 2007 to April 2008, according to MFA Director for Economic Cooperation, Serhiy Korsunsky. During a recent meeting with Econoff, he solicited U.S. involvem [...]
2007-04-11 14:10:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EFIN JA UP
07KYIV88UKRAINE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE BUILDER MOTOR SICH AND
[...] (C) Summary/comment: Ukraine's aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine producer Motor Sich occupies a dominant position in both Ukraine and Russia's aviation industries. The venerable company, which began producing aircraft engines in 1915, remains dependent on Russia for 41 percent of it [...]
2007-01-12 15:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC EAIR EIND PINR PREL RS UP
07LAGOS152ELECTION YEAR PORK BARREL POLITICS IN OSUN STATE
[...] (C) Summary: To improve his heretofore tepid and scattered support, Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has actively distributed patronage in the run up to the April 2007 election. His main opponent is Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola, whose campaign theme is Oyinlola has m [...]
2007-03-01 10:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS182DWINDLING POWER SUPPLY LEAVES LAGOS DARK
[...] (U) Summary: For the past three months, Lagos State has suffered a critical diminution in its power supply. Public power supply, normally spotty at best, has become almost non-existent. This has more than doubled operating costs for businesses and households for those fortunate enough to have [...]
2007-03-13 14:06:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS60SHELL'S BAD DAY: NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS OIL
[...] (C) Summary: Shell Managing Director Ann Pickard told visiting Deputy Director for West African Affairs Don Heflin the Government of Nigeria (GON) has notified the company that one of its oil blocks will be given to a Nigerian company. Unless the GON pays USD 1.2 billion in arrears Shell beli [...]
2007-01-30 15:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS752NIGERIA'S UBA PARTNERS CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (U) Summary: United Bank for Africa (UBA) is in partnership with China Development Bank (CDB) to fund Chinese investments in two trade zones, and in infrastructure and energy projects. UBA, which believes it currently has 20% of Nigeria's retail banking market, introduced a phone card that doub [...]
2007-11-21 15:04:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS99ECONOMIC ROUND-UP: JANUARY
[...] (U) Summary: In January, news media reported China granted duty-free status to manufactured goods imported from Nigeria; Delta State signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to rehabilitate several ailing publicly-owned companies; and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was offered Nig [...]
2007-02-09 12:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAPAZ169MORALES' ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY RALLY
[...] (U) On January 22, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) threw President Evo Morales a one year anniversary party in La Paz's Plaza de los Heroes. The event started late due to Morales' four and one-half hour address to Congress (Reftel). Surprisingly, only about 4000 MAS party loyalists atte [...]
2007-01-23 21:09:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1840TIME TO INVEST IN BOLIVIAN MINING? NOT LIKELY
[...] (C) In the past week emboff has fielded calls from three U.S. companies seeking information about the investment climate for Bolivia's mining sector. U.S. mining companies have also contacted U.S. congressional representatives with their views of the investment climate in Bolivia (in connecti [...]
2007-07-05 12:09:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2090MUTUN IRON MINE DEAL: JACKPOT OR JINXED?
[...] (C) On July 18 President Morales announced a contract with Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (India's third largest stainless steel producer) to develop the massive Mutun iron deposit, which straddles the border with Brazil. (Note: reportedly the contract allows Jindal to develop 50 percent of the B [...]
2007-07-30 21:32:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ3292SANTA CRUZ TAKING NO CHANCES WITH EVO
[...] (C) After the peaceful celebration announcing the referendum drive for Santa Cruz autonomy on December 15, opposition leaders are taking no chances with Evo Morales and preparing for a difficult 2008. Santa Cruz leaders are under no illusion that Evo or the MAS will cede on any issue and th [...]
2007-12-19 21:28:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
07LIBREVILLE224GABON WILL SEEK EARLY PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 10, the Gabonese Finance Minister briefed the cabinet on Gabon's new three-year IMF agreement, and said the GoG will now seek early repayment of Paris Club debt. Gabon's external debt burden is moderate and declining, thanks to high oil prices, although new borrowing is up [...]
2007-05-14 13:45:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV GB
07LIBREVILLE449GABON CONFIRMS WILLINGNESS TO HOST AFRICOM ELEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 16:54:00Embassy LibrevilleSECRETMARR PREL GB
07LIBREVILLE70MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER MAMBOUNDOU
[...] On February 06, Ambassador Walkley met with Pierre Mamboundou -- leader of the UPG, the largest of Gabon's opposition political parties -- to discuss the opposition agenda and relations with President Omar Bongo. Mamboundou said the UPG and the other opposition parties are united in refusing [...]
2007-02-07 12:20:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV GB KDEM
07LILONGWE735MALAWI: MOZAMBIQUE BLOCKS PATROL BOATS DONATION
[...] (C) Summary: Malawi Defense Force Commander General Marko Chiziko told Ambassador that Government of Mozambique (GRM) was blocking the delivery of the Taiwan's donation of four patrol boats for use on Lake Malawi, probably at the urging of the Chinese Government. Chiziko claimed the government [...]
2007-09-26 07:49:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PBTS MI TZ MZ
07LIMA1052PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO PROPOSALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 22:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PE
07LIMA1271TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETS WITH PERU'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Garcia received Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson March 20 for a discussion of the Peruvian economy, regional developments and his upcoming visit to Washington. Secretary Paulson reaffirmed the Administration and President Bush's determination to secure passage by Cong [...]
2007-04-04 22:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON OVIP ETRD PGOV PREL PE
07LIMA1303PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION
[...] (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo, MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent member [...]
2007-04-11 18:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07LIMA1451MAHOGANY IN PERU: A PRIMER
[...] SUMMARY: This cable lays out the basic facts of traded mahogany wood in Peru. 2006 Mahogany exports were worth about $30 million, about 17% of all timber exported. Approximately 90% of all exported mahogany goes to the U.S market. Mahogany is an Appendix II species under the International E [...]
2007-04-18 22:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE
07LIMA2000BOLIVARIAN INFLUENCE IN PUNO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern highlands region of Puno has emerged as the focus of Venezuelan proselytizing in Peru, with the Venezuela-funded "Bolivarian Alternative for Latin American and the Caribbean (ALBA)" center representing the latest evidence of deepening ties. While Regional President [...]
2007-06-07 19:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PE PGOV PINR PTER SNAR VE
07LIMA2019PERU: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROPOSAL
[...] (U) The Peruvian Government has shown a commitment to improving IPR enforcement by establishing courts and prosecutorial offices focused on IP issues in December 2006 and January 2007, and by committing to the provisions of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement's (PTPA) IPR chapter. These ne [...]
2007-06-08 22:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PE
07LIMA210PERU'S EXPORTS OF GOODS SURGE 36 PERCENT IN 2006
[...] On January 23, Trade Minister Araoz presented the GOP's official export statistics for 2006. Peruvian exports totaled USD 23.431 billion (all figures are FOB),35.6 higher than in 2005, and accounted for just over a quarter of Peru's GDP. Exports were the biggest contributors to Peru's impr [...]
2007-01-25 18:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR EMIN ENRG USTR PE
07LIMA222PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 2/2)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 18:40:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA2429EXPORTS TO CHINA GROW, FTA BY LATE 2008
[...] Summary: Peru's exports to China have surpassed those to the United States for two of the first five months in 2007, making China an increasingly important factor in Peru's economy. Mined metals and fishmeal accounted for 90% of Peru's exports to input-hungry China. By the end of July, Peru [...]
2007-07-16 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL USTR APECO CH PE
07LIMA330PERU-CHINA TRADE DIVERSIFIES, BUT INVESTMENT STRUGGLES
[...] Summary: With a bilateral trade relationship growing stronger, the GOP is trying to attract increased Chinese investment to Peru. Since 2004, China has overtaken the United Kingdom and Chile to become Peru's second largest export market and second largest import market (behind the U.S.). Peru [...]
2007-02-05 20:55:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN PREL TBIO PE CH
07LIMA3339PERU TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS GROW
[...] Summary: Over the last ten years, Peru has made a name for itself with its exports of cotton apparel, based on its high-quality pima cotton. In fact, textiles and apparel production is now one of Peru's more dynamic export industries. Major buyers in the U.S., such as Gap and Lands End recog [...]
2007-10-03 19:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO USTR PE
07LIMA3344PERU: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 2 to MFA Director for Asian Affairs Raul Bressani, who said the GOP was following closely the events unfolding in Burma. Bressani added that Peru's embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok were reporting regularly on the issue. (Peru has no resident [...]
2007-10-03 21:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM
07LIMA3518PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY
[...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...]
2007-10-26 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI
07LIMA3673ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS SEES PROGRESS IN PERU'S WAR
[...] (C) Summary: ONDCP Director Walters met with Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro and Drug Policy Agency (DEVIDA) head Romulo Pizarro during a November 5-6 visit to Lima. Alva Castro characterized Peru's anti-drug efforts as an urgent fight to which U.S. assistance was critical. Pizarro credite [...]
2007-11-20 13:37:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3782FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON PERUVIAN MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the feedback offered by Washington analysts in ref A and offers the following responses to questions raised regarding the status of Plan VRAE. (Ref A questions regarding internal political and congressional matters will be answered septel.) 2. (C) Has the Peruvian [...]
2007-12-07 16:46:00Embassy LimaSECRETPINR MOPS PGOV PINS PE
07LIMA417PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008
[...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...]
2007-02-12 20:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE
07LIMA447SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]
2007-02-14 22:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON OTRA ETRD PE
07LIMA458SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]
2007-02-16 17:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID PE
07LIMA826PERU'S FERVOUR FOR GLOBAL TRADE MARCHES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Peru waits for the US Congress to consider the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the GOP continues to discuss and engage in trade negotiations with numerous other countries. Peru recently completed an expanded trade agreement with Chile in October 2006; will fi [...]
2007-03-19 23:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EINV APECO PE BL CA CI CH CO EC
07LISBON1418PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DETAILS PORTUGAL'S EU
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 21, the Prime Minister's senior diplomatic advisor said Portugal's EU presidency priorities would comprise summits with Africa, Brazil, India, China, Russia, and Ukraine. On internal EU issues, the GOP's primary focus will be advancing progress on [...]
2007-05-22 07:42:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
07LISBON1766A/S SHANNON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS EU-LATIN AMERICA TIES
[...] (SBU) During Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon's visit to Portugal on June 25, he met with Portuguese government officials and EU member ambassadors to discuss Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil. Overall, most agreed that the US policy of supporting a Cuban-directed solution after Castro would be the [...]
2007-07-05 14:29:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAID PREL EUN PO
07LISBON1812SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL JULY 19-20
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit -- at the beginning of Portugal's EU presidency -- is particularly timely and provides an excellent opportunity to try to shape from the outset the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests. Portugal - Steadfast Ally ------- [...]
2007-07-11 18:30:00Embassy LisbonSECRETPREL PO
07LISBON1841TOUR D'HORIZON OF PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY AGENDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with EUR/ERA director Bill Lucas, Portuguese officials shared their latest thinking on Lisbon's agenda for its EU presidency (July ) December 2007). Lisbon has a number of challenges on its plate: securing final approval of an EU reform treaty; holding an EU-Afr [...]
2007-07-16 12:56:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN PO
07LISBON2054PORTUGUESE MFA ON MIDDLE EAST, EU-AFRICA SUMMIT,
[...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the Charge on August 8 that Portugal has not yet decided whether it will contribute troops to the new UN mission in Darfur. He expressed confidence that the EU-Africa summit would take place in December -- saying the EU and Africa have much t [...]
2007-08-09 15:44:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO
07LISBON2288AUSTR DONNELLY DISCUSSES TRADE ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) AUSTR for Europe and the Middle East Shaun Donnelly and USTR Director for European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs Paul Burkhead held meetings with Portuguese trade and economic officials in Lisbon on August 28. They discussed Doha Round next steps, November 9 Transatlantic Economic Cou [...]
2007-09-06 14:16:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PO
07LISBON2303PORTUGAL VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 7-8
[...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests regarding Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, China, India, and the Middle East. She also mentioned that the ministers will take up a discussion on Lebanon and Burma during their two days of [...]
2007-09-07 14:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALYI RS PGOV PREL PO EUN
07LISBON2307SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (SBU) Mr. President: Your meeting with Prime Minister Socrates -- two months into Portugal's EU presidency -- provides an excellent early opportunity to try to shape the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests, both from a bilateral perspective and in the E [...]
2007-09-07 16:09:00Embassy LisbonSECRETPREL PO
07LISBON253PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST
[...] (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels onl [...]
2007-01-29 10:51:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EU PO
07LISBON2558PORTUGAL: EU TO STRENGTHEN SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] (SBU) In response to recent unrest, the EU will discuss strengthening both political and economic sanctions regime against Burma during the October 3 COREPER meeting in Brussels. In addition, the EU is engaging China, India and the ASEAN countries, encouraging them to exert greater pressure [...]
2007-10-03 15:52:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BU
07LISBON2571PORTUGAL: 2006 TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] SUMMARY: In 2006, the Textile/Apparel sector represented Portugal's largest industrial/manufacturing sector, accounting for 11.8% of industrial/manufacturing exports, primarily to Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Textile/Apparel manufacturers are concentrated in the north [...]
2007-10-04 16:23:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX PO
07LISBON2572PORTUGUESE REACTIONS TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 16:33:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EUN PO
07LISBON2604EU CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPACE OBJECTS PROPOSED
[...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Division representatives passed us a draft Code of Conduct for Space Objects, on which the EU has been working for several months. The draft paper covers activities to avoid collisions and deliberate explosions, to develop sa [...]
2007-10-11 13:26:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA EUN
07LISBON2613PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- 16
[...] (U) In advance of the October 15-16 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded with Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests including Kosovo, Russia, Libya, the Middle East, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Chad, and Burma. She noted that the ministers will return to the issue o [...]
2007-10-12 14:53:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALYI RS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC EUN PO
07LISBON2750US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...]
2007-10-30 16:01:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
07LISBON2929PORTUGAL RESPONSE IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19-20
[...] (U) In advance of the November 19 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel points, including the upcoming summit with Africa, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, the Middle East, Burma, and Pakistan. She further mentioned that the GAERC plans to raise the p [...]
2007-11-16 18:02:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALIR IS IZ LE SY PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON2960EU-ASIA (ASEAN, CHINA, INDIA) SUMMITS: MORE THALK THAN SUBSTANCE
[...] (C) November ends in a flurry of EU-Asia Summits for Portugal's EU Presidency, with the EU-ASEAN Summit on November 22 in Singapore, EU-China Summit on November 28 in Beijing, and EU-India Summit on November 30 in New Delhi. Although agendas include everything from human rights to climate change, [...]
2007-11-20 19:47:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO TW IN CH EUN
07LISBON3095PORTUGAL: WILLING TO RAISE ADDITIONAL BURMA
[...] (C) Portugal strongly supported the recent tightening of EU sanctions against Burma and is willing to consider further "smart" sanctions, including targeting three banks used by the Burmese government per the USG suggestion. MFA officials asked the USG to elaborate further on its proposal so t [...]
2007-12-06 07:56:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PO BU
07LISBON3178EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...]
2007-12-18 16:54:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO
07LISBON3194PORTUGAL CLAIMS EU DELIGHTED WITH BALI RESULTS
[...] (C/NF) Fausto Brito e Abreu (protect),Advisor to Portugal,s Secretary of State for Environment Humberto Rosa, told post the EU was delighted with the final Bali text as a starting point for negotiations. He said the EU never would have imagined that, following the Major Economies Meeting in [...]
2007-12-20 14:53:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKGHG SENV ENRG PO EUN
07LISBON423DAS ERIC JOHN IN PORTUGAL TO DISCUSS EAST TIMOR
[...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon on February 5 to discuss the situation in East Timor and review military/police operations. All expressed Portugal's desire to work with the international community - particularly with the US and Australia. Portugal was not takin [...]
2007-02-15 17:41:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO PO TL
07LISBON49PORTUGAL'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEST BUT CONVINCING
[...] Proving the skeptics wrong, Portugal's Socialist government managed to reduce the budget deficit to 4.6% in 2006 from an all time high of 6.0% in 2005 and increase GDP growth to 1.4% from 0.3%. Even the ever cautious Bank Governor noted that Portugal's economic recovery, though modest, was c [...]
2007-01-05 17:10:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PO
07LISBON533PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer met MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha to solicit Portugal's views on the March GAERC issues. Energy, the UN Human Rights Council, and climate issues do not fall under Rocha's portfolio, so she did not comment. 2. (SBU) BOSNIA: The EU unanimously supports t [...]
2007-03-05 11:56:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALYI IR KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG PO
07LISBON966SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...]
2007-04-13 09:42:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF
07LJUBLJANA25SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...]
2007-01-19 11:43:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK EUN YI SI
07LJUBLJANA414SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC
[...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Director of EU Affairs, Matej Marn June 14. Cuba - Marn noted the conclusions of the PSC on Cuba and predicted there would be no further discussion at the GEARC. ENP - He did not think Belarus would be discussed since as a condition of ho [...]
2007-06-15 15:27:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA440SLOVENIA ON 5TH SESSION OF UNHRC
[...] Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to Smiljana Knez, Head of the Office for Human Rights at the MFA. Knez said she appreciated and shared much of the USG frustration with the recent session of the UNHRC. Though Slovenia did not become a member until June 19, she had been aware of the very [...]
2007-07-05 13:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA469SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY GAERC
[...] (C) Acting PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih July 18. Kosovo - Arih expressed hope that a UN resolution can be reached within the additional 120 days allocated for negotiation but is not optimistic. Slovenia has made no official deci [...]
2007-07-20 12:09:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA584SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER INFORMAL GYMNICH
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih on September 5. He said that he expected that most of the Gymnich would focus on Russia, rather than on other strategic partnerships with In [...]
2007-09-06 10:24:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN SI
07LJUBLJANA624SLOVENIA SUPPORTS KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE
[...] (U) CDA delivered reftel points to Ambassador Janez Premoze, Head of the COASI Working Group at the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Premoze stated that Slovenia supports the joint US-EU statement on Burma, the statement issued by EU Presidency Chair Portugal, and the UK propos [...]
2007-10-03 17:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM SI
07LJUBLJANA639SLOVENIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: THE CHALLENGES OF
[...] (SBU) On October 2, CDA met with Ambassador Janez Premoze, Head of the COASI Working Group at the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to deliver a demarche on keeping pressure on the Burmese regime. The ensuing discussion revealed that Slovenia has very few diplomatic resources in [...]
2007-10-11 05:44:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SI
07LJUBLJANA667SLOVENIA SUPPORTS COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On October 24, EmbOffs urged Ambassador Janez Premoze, head of the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to consider implementing or toughening financial sanctions against the Burmese government, particularly bans on the export of financial services and on new investment, as requ [...]
2007-10-24 14:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM SI
07LJUBLJANA707SLOVENIA ELECTS DANILO TUERK NEW PRESIDENT IN LANDSLIDE
[...] (U) On November 11, Slovenians voted in the second round of presidential elections and overwhelmingly elected center-left candidate Danilo Tuerk the new president of the republic for a five-year term. According to unofficial preliminary results, Tuerk won with a strong majority of nearly 70 p [...]
2007-11-13 14:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA71SLOVENIA RESPONSE TO FEBRUARY GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Polecon Chief met with MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points February 9. -- Kosovo/Serbia: The GOS sees Ahtisaari's presentation of his draft plan as a significant step toward settlement of Kosovo's status and agrees with the USG that a firm timeline should be maint [...]
2007-02-09 12:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA717SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel's non-paper to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on November 15. Arih remarked that we were on the "same line" on most issues, including Bosnia, Iran, and Pakistan. He requested that the U.S. consider inviting Slovenia to the Annapolis meeting. EU-China Sum [...]
2007-11-15 15:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07LJUBLJANA760SLOVENIA HAS LIMITED STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AGENDA
[...] (C) On November 29, EmbOffs accompanied Katherine Uhre, Senior Advisor of EEB's Commercial and Business Affairs Department, on a series of meetings with Slovenian officials from government economic agencies and commercial groups that highlighted Slovenia's disappointing lack of strategic econ [...]
2007-12-13 16:39:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA79SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...]
2007-02-13 13:40:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA90SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SITES IRRESPONSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. Since suffering from cancer, and, so far, beating it, Slovenia's president Janez Drnovsek has adopted a simplified and more spiritual approach to life, which is apparent in his public life as well as in his personal demeanor. In the last two years, he has written three top ten [...]
2007-02-14 14:52:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SI YI SR
07LONDON1206 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 50th session of the IMO DE S/C met in London 5-9 March 2007, chaired by Mrs. A. Jost (Germany). The session was attended by delegations from 60 member states, one associate member, one non-member state, one intergovernmental organization, and observers from 24 non-governmental o [...]
2007-03-29 11:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON1279ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 14:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALSNAR AF UK
07LONDON1873(C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...]
2007-05-16 15:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU UK
07LONDON2965(S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Demarche and non-paper were delivered July 31, 2007 to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HM Treasury (HMT) by Econoff. Guthrie said HMT would promptly consider and respond to the material and our request for UK information on Bank Melli that could be shared with [...]
2007-08-02 06:25:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON2994(S) BANK MELLI NON-PAPER CONVEYED TO FCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 14:25:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON317INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO):
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]
2007-01-25 16:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON3228BRITISH AGREE TO COSPONSOR TO 1518 COMMITTEE, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (S) The British are seeking Ministerial approval to co-sponsor to the 1518 Committee names 2-7 in State 104666, according to Sarah Bennett and James Smith of the Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwea [...]
2007-08-20 17:35:00Embassy LondonSECRETEFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3283(S) BRITISH QUESTION TWO NAMES ON PROPOSED 1518
[...] (S) Two of the names on Ref E's proposed listings to the UN's 1518 Committee "might be promising" participants in the Iraq Reconciliation process, according to the FCO's James Smith, Desk Officer Iraq Directorate, and Sarah Bennett, Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department. The [...]
2007-08-24 15:24:00Embassy LondonSECRETEFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3539SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...]
2007-09-14 16:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL UK
07LONDON3571UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...]
2007-09-17 18:16:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK
07LONDON3712Bio Information on UK Delegation to Major Economies
[...] (U) Following is biographic information on the five members of the UK delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies Meeting in Washington DC on climate change and energy security. The five people are Phil Woolas (Environment Minister at DEFRA),Michael Jacobs (Advisor to the Prime Ministe [...]
2007-09-26 16:51:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SENV UK
07LONDON3924IRAN DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF OCTOBER
[...] (C/NF) Summary: London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel nonpaper to FCO Iran Multilateral team leader Will Gelling, who said that at the GAERC HMG will be focused on autonomous sanctions only, and is confident the EU will quickly endorse this aim. Gelling added that HMG opposes trying [...]
2007-10-12 16:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR XF EUN UK
07LONDON3938GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...]
2007-10-15 16:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK
07LONDON4297PM Brown Announces "Marshall Plan" on Climate
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 19 speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reaffirmed the UK's commitment to 60% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 and 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020, and called for a "Marshall Plan" on climate to assist developing countries. He pledged $2.74 [...]
2007-11-20 12:21:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG UK
07LONDON4328(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 16:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LONDON4512UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...]
2007-12-10 12:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON4632ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Bodman met his UK counterpart Malcolm Wicks to discuss Caspian energy, climate change and nuclear energy issues on November 20. The two agreed on the need for coordinated engagement in the region - particularly with Turkmenistan. End Summary Caspian Energy [...]
2007-12-19 17:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG UK
07LONDON660INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The 51st session of the IMO FP S/C met at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London 5-9 January 2007, chaired by Mr. Juan Carlos Cubisino (Argentina). The session was attended by delegations from 43 member states, one associate member, one state not a member, one intergovernmental org [...]
2007-02-21 13:47:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON894INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]
2007-03-07 17:45:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
07LUANDA1015ANGOLA -- BENGUELA RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Benguela Railway is one of three strategic railroads linking Angola with its neighbors to the north and south. Although the China International Fund (CIF) won a contract to the restore the Benguela line in January 2006, the company has yet to lay down rails. The Chinese [...]
2007-10-03 12:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV AO CH
07LUANDA1069THE ROAD TO BENGUELA
[...] (U) Summary. The road connecting Luanda with Benguela-Lobito, a priority infrastructure project for the GRA, appears near completion, but the road has not been rebuilt, only resurfaced. End Summary. New-Old Road ------------ 2. (U) Most of the two-lane coastal highway from Luanda t [...]
2007-10-23 16:13:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN ECON EFIN AO CH
07LUANDA1127HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...]
2007-11-05 14:38:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN AO
07LUANDA1225ANGOLA ANNOUNCES PARIS CLUB AGREEMENT AHEAD OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GRA has reached agreement with the Paris Club on repaying interest in arrears (Reftel A). The news punctuates several announcements of new lines of credit offered as trade promotion vehicles by countries such as China, Germany and Brazil. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Fr [...]
2007-12-07 12:23:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA1271BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...]
2007-12-20 19:24:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EIND ECON AO
07LUANDA171CHINESE IN ANGOLA: DOING BUSINESS AND SETTLING IN
[...] (U) This is one in a series of cables on the Chinese business community in Angola. Previous cables have examined the Chinese line of credit. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chinese businesses, especially construction companies, are highly evident in Luanda. The Chinese are having an impact on the land [...]
2007-02-22 15:01:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PINR CH AO
07LUANDA287CLOTHESPINS TO CEMENT - PORTRAIT OF A CHINESE
[...] (U) This is one in a series of cables on the Chinese business community in Angola. Previous cables have looked at the social impact of Chinese expatriates in Luanda and the Chinese line of credit. Angola ) Land of Golden Opportunity ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Working in [...]
2007-03-21 17:14:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV AO CH
07LUANDA326U.S. AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS EXPLORE BILATERAL
[...] (U) Summary. On April 3, 2007, the Chinese and U.S. Ambassadors met to discuss potential areas for coordinated agricultural assistance to Angola. They reviewed their countries, respective engagement in agricultural assistance in Angola in an effort to find synergies for future cooperation. [...]
2007-04-09 06:14:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD AO
07LUANDA473ANGOLA - APRIL ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Table of Contents: -- Ministry of Finance Issues Its First Long-Term Debt -- Kyoto and Cartagena Protocols Ratified -- New Minimum Wage -- Luanda,s First Major Shopping Mall Opens -- Luanda Infrastructure ) Friction vs. Traction -- Angola-China Trade -- Portuguese Language Labeling on Al [...]
2007-05-15 12:33:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ENRG SENV ELAB ETRD AO
07LUANDA621ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...]
2007-06-21 13:44:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO
07LUANDA648ANGOLA: WORK STOPS ON THE MALANJE RAILROAD
[...] (C) Summary. Work has apparently stopped along the railroad line linking Luanda and Malanje with Chinese railroad workers claiming they have not been paid for eight months. At the root of the problem is the nature of the deal between China International Fund (CIF) a private Hong Kong corpora [...]
2007-06-27 10:55:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALELTN ETRD EFIN EPET PINR CH AO
07LUANDA847ANGOLA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) SUMMARY -- Supreme Court Proscribes 19 Political Parties -- Ministries Improve Documentation of Children -- Sixty Cuban Doctors Arrive In Luanda -- Angola Reestablishes Relations With Togo -- Angola and North Korea Re-affirm Military Cooperation -- MPLA Parliamentarian Criticize [...]
2007-08-16 07:01:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA923CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ANGOLA FOCUSED ON HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an initial call on Counselor Ding Shan at the Chinese Embassy, the USAID Mission Director and Ding compared the U.S. and Chinese assistance efforts in Angola, which both emphasize health. Ding also disclosed China will soon start sending "barefoot doctors" to work in [...]
2007-09-11 08:01:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EINV AO CH
07LUSAKA1029ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO SOUND DEBT MANAGEMENT, SAYS FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of high levels of bilateral and multilateral debt forgiveness, Zambia has maintained discipline in managing its external debt, according to the Minister of Finance and National Planning. Domestic debt and arrears continue to be fairly high, but government secur [...]
2007-09-10 14:57:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ZA
07LUSAKA1054ZAMBIA AUGUST 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] SUMMARY -- BOZ Bemoans Oil Prices, Warns Of Inflation Rate Rise -- Stakeholders Query Government Over CEE Act -- World Bank, IMF Caution On Copper Prices, Ag Subsidies -- BOZ To Withdraw Money From Commercial Banks -- Zambian Airways Records Growth -- Mining Companies Find High-Grade Uranium [...]
2007-09-17 09:50:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BEXP EAIR ZA
07LUSAKA1109 IMF GIVES ZAMBIA PASSING MARKS, BUT GROWTH PLATFORM "NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's macroeconomic performance continues to receive good reviews from International Monetary Fund analysts, but budget execution remains a challenge, and may generate excess liquidity and inflation later in 2007. To achieve higher rates of growth that lift more Zambians out [...]
2007-10-01 13:24:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV EINV ENRG ZA
07LUSAKA1253ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. Summary -- Civil Society and GRZ Consult on NGO Bill -- National Constitutional Conference to Meet in December -- November 8 By-Elections -- Sata Slammed as Hired Gun for Taiwan -- Tourism-related bills make their wa [...]
2007-11-08 13:28:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
07LUSAKA1318ZAMBIA NOVEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] SUMMARY -- ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS SUSPENDS FLIGHT SERVICES TO HARARE -- ANNUAL INFLATION RATE FALLS IN NOVEMBER -- LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEED OF NEW RADAR CONTROL SYSTEM -- KARIBA NORTH BANK EXTENSION PROJECT TAKES OFF -- SOUTH KOREAN MINERALS COMPANY ENTERS MARKET -- COMESA TRADE MINISTER [...]
2007-12-05 13:55:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EAIR ECIN ZA
07LUSAKA1327MMD PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION -- MANY EYES ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. Contenders to be the Movement for Multiparty Democracy presidential candidate for 2011 include party stalwarts, Mwanawasa loyalists, and outsiders. Sitting Vice President Banda is a long shot. With national elections still years away, the current strong contenders are those clos [...]
2007-12-10 12:49:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZA
07LUSAKA218ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development Seeks Pact with MMD -- Hakainde Hichilmema to Join MMD? -- Trouble in the UDA -- Mwanawasa and MMD Look to the Future -- ULP's Bob Sichinga Quits -- Defiance in Patriotic Front -- Parliamentary Election Petition Update UPND [...]
2007-02-26 12:43:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
07LUSAKA244ZAMBIA FEBRUARY ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 10:16:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ZA
07MADRID1110MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...]
2007-06-08 13:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID122MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Standard & Poor says as of 2007 Spain is the eighth industrial economy in the world, thereby surpassing Canada: The S & P ranking in billions of dollars follows. U.S. (13.8),Japan (4.5),Germany (3.1),China (3.0),UK (2.4),France (2.4),Italy (2.0),Spain (1.3). Spain's debt rating is [...]
2007-01-23 17:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK EFIN
07MADRID1265SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN LEBANON; GOS AND MAJOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 24, a car bomb attack killed six and wounded two Spanish soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. Spain has 1100 troops in UNIFIL and leads a multi-national brigade. Hizballah condemned the attack. Suspicion for the attack centers on Fatah al Islam, li [...]
2007-06-26 13:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS SP LE IR
07MADRID1295MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...]
2007-07-03 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1336SPAIN: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On July 2 Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to review the progress made in the bilateral relationship since the Ambassador arrived in country two years ago and to look at what each country would like to accomplish together over the next 18 [...]
2007-07-06 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID1404MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...]
2007-07-16 12:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1597SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...]
2007-08-17 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG SP
07MADRID1734MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]
2007-09-10 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1735MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]
2007-09-10 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1942MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT -
[...] (U) Spanish Employers Federation (CEOE) Economic Commission President Jose Luis Feito says the Spanish economy can withstand a dollar/euro exchange rate of 1/1.4 because most Spanish exports go to Europe and, besides, exports are not as important a component of Spanish GDP as they are for coun [...]
2007-10-06 08:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID197SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...]
2007-02-06 14:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP
07MADRID1987EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...]
2007-10-18 17:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU
07MADRID2034EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-25 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2046EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID -
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]
2007-10-29 15:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2066SPAIN/INCSR: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM EFIN SP
07MADRID2125SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for European Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 15. Fernandez-Arias emphasized that Spain was mainly in agreement with the U.S., but he highlighted subtle differences on several topics. //KOSOVO// 2. (C) Fernandez- [...]
2007-11-16 17:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2129MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER
[...] (U) The 0.7% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth figure was lower than the second quarter's 0.9%, so it tracks with other signs of a slowdown. The Spanish government forecasts full-year 2007 growth of 3.8%. (Comment: The big question is how much lower growth will be in 2008. The opposition conser [...]
2007-11-19 10:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP
07MADRID2201CLIMATE CHANGE-SPAIN SEEKS TO WORK WITH U.S. AT
[...] (SBU) On December 4, DCM delivered ref a points on USG climate change objectives to Spanish Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of the Environment Arturo Aizpiri. Aizpiri said he was optimistic about the prospects for progress in Bali. Spain,s objective was the EU one of setting a negotiating [...]
2007-12-05 17:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGCC SENV SP
07MADRID2207OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN
[...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...]
2007-12-07 12:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK
07MADRID2216MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER
[...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) held its 19th Business Roundtable with the GOS in Madrid on December 4. The EIU tried with mixed success to get the high-level participants to talk about the prospects of a hard landing versus a soft landing scenario for the Spanish economy. President [...]
2007-12-10 09:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT KIPR PARM PGOV SP
07MADRID2240DCM HOSTS CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY DISCUSSION
[...] (U) Summary. On November 14, the DCM along with various sections of the Embassy hosted an interagency group of key representatives from Spain's civil aviation security sector. The DCM expressed the Embassy's appreciation for GOS security efforts and pledged to continue and increase dialogue an [...]
2007-12-14 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSP ECON PREL ICAO EAIR AORC
07MADRID2277FAVORABLE SPANISH REACTIONS TO USG ROLE IN BALI
[...] (U) Spanish officials and commentators have praised the USG's role in contributing to the success of last week's UNFCC conference in Bali. Environment Minister Christina Narbona told reporters that the U.S. had taken a "very important step" toward reducing future emissions, and she valued the [...]
2007-12-20 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV SP
07MADRID256SPAIN DEMARCHES CHINA ON MINUSTAH MANDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID394SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 1 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the March GAERC meeting (ref A). Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC discussion would be mainly theoretical and analytical this month, a [...]
2007-03-02 17:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
07MADRID452SPAIN ON IRAN, MEPP, WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss a variety of issues on March 2. Dezcallar said that he would look into moving along the internal approval process for the draft NCIS agreement. He offered a brief summary of Foreign Minister M [...]
2007-03-09 10:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KPAL MO IR WI
07MADRID686SPAIN APPRECIATIVE OF MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEFING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of ongoing USG efforts to engage the Spanish government on missile defense, Missile Defense Agency deputy director Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly met with MOD and MFA officials, as well as opinion leaders and an influential opposition member of Parliament, on March 30. [...]
2007-04-13 10:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID687SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...]
2007-04-13 10:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID692MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT
[...] (U) Finance Minister Solbes, Central Bank Chief Ordonez and Secretary of State for Economy Vergara traveling to Washington this weekend to campaign for bigger IMF Quota: Spain's IMF quota share is 1.41%, below Belgium's 2.13%. The Spaniards are aware that China, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Bra [...]
2007-04-13 16:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID707SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...]
2007-04-18 15:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ
07MADRID71SPAIN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE RAISES AWARENESS
[...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Madrid January 10-11 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. On the government side, Schulte met with National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, Deputy Foreign [...]
2007-01-12 17:32:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MASS PINS PTER SP
07MADRID78MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION
[...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...]
2007-01-16 16:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SY LE SP
07MADRID859ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]
2007-05-10 13:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID9993RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...]
2007-05-24 15:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS
07MANAGUA1083NICARAGUAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, Nicaragua's chronically under-funded and fragile education system suffered turmoil over wage disputes, worsened by political rivalries. Teachers demanding a larger salary increase have paralyzed schools throughout the country through partial or complete wor [...]
2007-04-27 14:49:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV ECON ELAB NU
07MANAGUA1113LIBERAL DEPUTIES AGREE TO WORK ON JOINT
[...] (C) Summary: Liberal National Assembly deputies from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) recently pledged during a meeting with poloffs to jump-start negotiations on a joint legislative agenda and methods to coherently oppose objectionable proposals from [...]
2007-05-02 21:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EINV KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1318FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS GON ENDORSEMENT OF
[...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Nicaraguan government's (GON) position vis a vis North Korea (DPRK),specifically noting our concern over President Ortega's recent public remarks virtually endorsing the DPRK's efforts to become a nuclear power, a p [...]
2007-05-23 15:24:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KGIT XE NU
07MANAGUA155 EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...]
2007-01-19 21:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1562CHINANDEGANOS CONCERNED ABOUT ORTEGA, OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The politically active citizens of Nicaragua's north-western department of Chinandega are concerned about President Ortega's centralization of government and attempts to establish local citizens' councils. Members of the private sector note that economic activity is generally dec [...]
2007-06-21 16:26:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON KDEM MCC NU
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