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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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08MANAMA762GOB WARNING TO OPPOSITIONISTS: EMPTY THREAT OR
[...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Interior threatened to enforce a long-disused law that would penalize the internationalization of sensitive domestic issues, such as the October briefing to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Several Shi'a opposition factions defied the warning and publicly p [...]
2008-11-10 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC KISL BA
08MANAMA763RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN
[...] (C) CDA made ref A demarche to Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifah, the substantive number two at the foreign ministry. Al Khalifah responded that Bahrain's UN delegation was probably on course to vote in the Third Committee as it had last year (i.e. opposing condemnation of Iran and [...]
2008-11-11 09:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BA
08MANAMA765KING HAMAD ON IRAN, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RUSSIA,
[...] (S) Summary: King Hamad confirmed that Iran expressed concern to Bahrain about U.S. naval "weapons systems." Bahrain plans to continue pushing its proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. The King was suspicious of China, apologetic about his upcoming visit to Russia, and warm [...]
2008-11-12 13:49:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR IR RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA787POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 09:40:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF BA
08MANAMA795(U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773
[...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...]
2008-12-02 10:35:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA835IRAN: BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad complained that Bahrain hosts "belligerent" U.S. forces, and reiterated Iran's rejection of Bahrain's proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. Bahrain and Iran renewed a 2003 agreement on cooperation against smuggling. End summary. 2. (C) [...]
2008-12-28 12:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SA BA
08MANAMA845ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN ALLEGED NATIONAL DAY BOMB
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB claimed that a pipe bomb plot implicated Shi'a oppositionists in London, and that some plotters trained in Syria. Bahraini Shi'a are skeptical and angry over the charges. The GOB charges beg many questions, and the USG should treat them cautiously until more evidence c [...]
2008-12-31 13:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM SY BA
08MANAMA89BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE CONSOLIDATING HIS AUTHORITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 11:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM BA
08MANAMA98BAHRAIN WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 12:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK EU BA
08MANAMA99BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND THE
[...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad told the Ambassador that Syria was working to have anyone but Siniora represent Lebanon at the Arab League Summit; Qatar was proposing Bouez as a compromise choice for President, and Abu Mazen bemoaned Arab in-fighting. End Summary. 2. (S) During an hour-long aud [...]
2008-02-14 13:53:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SY SA LE QA BA
08MANILA1463NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SEEKS RESUMPTION OF MILF
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with Ambassador on June 18, President Arroyo's new top advisor on the peace process -- retired Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon -- said he is working to end a six-month impasse in negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liber [...]
2008-06-18 10:54:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA2621CABINET OFFICIALS DISTURBED BY THAI UPHEAVAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In conversations with the Ambassador, President Arroyo's most senior advisors voiced deep dismay at the current political turmoil in Thailand, but believed that the Philippines' lively democracy would stay within constitutional bounds. Defense Secretary Teodoro privately critici [...]
2008-11-28 07:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RP TH
08MANILA539PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...]
2008-03-03 11:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP
08MANILA976EU HEIGHTENS ENGAGEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS, HUMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 14 visit of ten European Union (EU) ambassadors to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Central Mindanao underscored the EU's interest in the peace process. At the same time, recent EU assistance to improve governance, particularly in resolving cases of extrajudicial [...]
2008-04-24 10:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EU RP
08MAPUTO1008PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION: Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana expressed significant frustration to the Charge on October 23 about the failure of factions in Zimbabwe to achieve a lasting political solution. He said that Mozambican President Armando Guebuza had many important domestic issue [...]
2008-10-23 18:39:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ ZI
08MAPUTO1085U.S. ELECTION NIGHT CELEBRATION DRAWS RECORD CROWDS
[...] SUMMARY: In the final weeks of the 2008 U.S. Election, Mozambicans remained captivated, and Public Affairs Maputo responded with a number of programs, culminating in a grand elections night bash with close to 600 people at the national conference center. The November 4 celebration is not the [...]
2008-11-17 12:08:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
08MAPUTO60MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...]
2008-01-18 06:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ
08MAPUTO729HEALTH MINISTER: WE MUST COOPERATE BETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge met with the Mozambican Minister of Health, Dr. Ivo Garrido, on July 3 to discuss the planned $1 billion USG investment in the Mozambican health care sector over the next five years via the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and President's Malaria [...]
2008-07-29 09:46:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KHIV SOCI MZ
08MAPUTO802IN SADC TROIKA, MOZAMBIQUE UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) On August 16 and 17, the 28th Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government in South Africa elected Mozambican President Armando Guebuza as Deputy Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security Cooperation. Guebeza is part of a "troika" that includes former chair [...]
2008-08-22 09:05:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ ZI
08MAPUTO857FOREIGN MINISTER BALOI ON ZIMBABWE, SADC TROIKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi was very frank in his appraisal of the crisis in Zimbabwe and Mozambique's role via the SADC Troika (ref A). Baloi said the Troika had taken on specific mediation interventions, and he described President [...]
2008-09-09 11:37:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI MZ
08MAPUTO963U.S. ELECTIONS PROGRAMS A BIG DRAW IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: Responding to the enthusiastic Mozambican interest in the U.S. Presidential race, Public Affairs Maputo continues to organize successful elections-related events, with several more planned in the final month of campaigning. These events have been excellent opportunities to engage ke [...]
2008-10-08 13:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
08MASERU106LESOTHO: REGAL HOSPITALITY FOR SWAZILAND'S KING
[...] SUMMARY: King Mswati III of Swaziland, accompanied by Queen Lantentesa, various princes and princesses, cabinet ministers, and traditional chiefs, made an April 9-11 state visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho. While King Mswati has visited Lesotho on several occasions for SADC and other regional [...]
2008-04-23 06:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID WZ LT
08MASERU107LESOTHO: A DEFENSE FORCE WORTH SUPPORTING
[...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's growth as an emerging regional military partner is significant. Senior military leaders have publicly embraced AFRICOM and its objectives; the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) participates fully in all USG training opportunities, encourages professionalism within its ranks and [...]
2008-04-23 09:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MASS MCAP MOPS MARR LT
08MASERU11LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...]
2008-01-17 11:49:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT
08MASERU130LESOTHO: LOCAL STAFF COMPENSATION LOSES GROUND
[...] SUMMARY: Recent economic, labor, and commercial reporting and U.S. Mission Maseru's LE Staff Compensation Questionnaires provide growing evidence that post's LE staff compensation plan is not sufficiently competitive in the local market to effectively recruit and retain qualified staff. Sinc [...]
2008-05-09 14:27:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN ECON AMGT KICA LT
08MASERU137LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS OUTREACH
[...] (U) In response to reftel, post knows of no dissidents from un-free nations who are living in exile or seeking asylum in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Post has confirmed this with Lesotho's Commissioner of Refugees at the Ministry of Home Affairs. 2. (SBU) Post notes the case of one Cuban doctor [...]
2008-05-14 18:09:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU LT
08MASERU149LESOTHO: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE
[...] Per reftel request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods, post contacted representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO),Lesotho's Office of the Commissioner of Labor, and the Ministry of Trade. Post was not able to d [...]
2008-05-20 05:59:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI LT
08MASERU167WILL POWER HIP-HOPS ACROSS LESOTHO
[...] SUMMARY: From May 6-12, American Hip Hop Artist Will Power conducted a high impact, dynamic program in the Kingdom of Lesotho on the history of hip-hip music. In his numerous events, ranging from university lectures to rural jam sessions to live mass audience performances, he projected a vit [...]
2008-06-06 10:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL PREL EAID LT
08MASERU168LESOTHO: WORRYING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION DEVELOPMENTS
[...] SUMMARY: Inflation in Lesotho continues to erode economic gains and the purchasing power of salaried employees. The year-on-year increase in the consumer price index reached 10.7% in March 2008, as reported by the nation's Central Bank as well as the Bureau of Statistics, sources which typic [...]
2008-06-06 12:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN AFIN AMGT LT
08MASERU181LESOTHO: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Maseru submits the following updated contact information for Government of Lesotho officials. All individuals on this list speak English fluently. Head of State Title: His Majesty King Letsie III Point of Contact: Senior Private Secretary, Mabotse Lero [...]
2008-06-20 12:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL LT
08MASERU274LESOTHO: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL request, post provides the following information on high-level Lesotho government officials who will attending the 63rd UN General Assembly. A. Attendance of head of state: - His Majesty King Letsie III will not attend. B. Attendance of head of government: - [...]
2008-09-18 17:37:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LT
08MASERU29LESOTHO: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. The Kingdom of Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors favorably. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is p [...]
2008-02-06 11:45:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR OPIC KTDB LT
08MASERU303LESOTHO: SADC NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL, VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 13:11:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV LT BC PREL ASEC
08MASERU324UPDATE ON SECURITY FEATURES OF LESOTHO PASSPORT- CORRECTED
[...] Summary: On October 21, 2008, Consular Officer Lillie J. Kamanu visited the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Passport Services to obtain information about security features of Lesotho's passport. The passport is required identification for primary school leavers and fo [...]
2008-11-01 14:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT
08MASERU327CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI
[...] Embassy Maseru received a congratulatory letter from the Kingdom of Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha B. Mosisili for President-elect Barack Obama the afternoon of November 6. 2008. 2. Text of the letter is as follows: Your Excellency, Today, Lesotho joins the entire world in congrat [...]
2008-11-06 16:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP PGOV OPRC LT
08MASERU370SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 19-VISIT TO LESOTHO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 20:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM LT
08MASERU389A/S FRAZER VISITS THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM OF LESOTHO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-29 07:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ZI OVIP LT
08MASERU43LESOTHO: ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY EVENT WELL RECEIVED
[...] SUMMARY: On January 22, U.S. Embassy Maseru held a highly successful event commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ambassador Rob Nolan addressed some 125 participants, including Lesotho's First Lady and numerous community leaders, with a message on the relevance of [...]
2008-02-13 14:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL LT
08MASERU51GAP INC SEES CLOUDY SKIES FOR LESOTHO'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY
[...] Summary: According to a regional representative of Gap, Inc., the largest buyer of Lesotho-made garments, the company's U.S. orders from Lesotho are gradually declining due to long lead times in sourcing, limited technology to produce higher value-added textile products, and low domestic inve [...]
2008-02-26 11:39:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ECIN EIND EINV ELAB PREL LT
08MASERU62LESOTHO: 2008 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE
[...] Lesotho 2008 Country Commercial Guide Chapter 1: Doing Business in Lesotho The economy of Lesotho, a mountainous southern African nation completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is based on agriculture, livestock, light manufacturing, water exports, earnings from the Souther [...]
2008-03-03 15:07:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO LT
08MASERU72LESOTHO: GOL DISCUSSES TRADE COMPLEXITIES FACING LDC'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Government of Lesotho (GOL) officials and local business leaders discussed a range of national economic challenges publicly and in private meetings with Ambassador Nolan, Charge, Deputy USTR Ambassador Allgeier, and AUSTR Liser prior to, and on the margins of, a February 27-29 Le [...]
2008-03-10 11:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO PREL LT
08MASERU73LESOTHO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following extensive interviews with local experts, law enforcement officials, and members of Lesotho's civil society, post has not identified a substantiated case of trafficking in persons in the Kingdom of Lesotho. In drafting this report, sources informed post of a case involvi [...]
2008-03-10 17:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG LT
08MASERU75LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SOLIDIFY DOHA POSITIONS AT MASERU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kingdom of Lesotho's Ministry of Trade and Industry hosted a Least Developed Countries (LDC) Trade Ministers' Conference February 27-29 in Maseru. During the conference, which produced a "Maseru Declaration" on LDC positions, trade representatives from 36 developing nations [...]
2008-03-12 15:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO LT
08MASERU79LESOTHO: INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In accordance with reftel, post submits the following information for the President's 2008 report on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). ------------------------- AGOA Trade and Investment ------------------------- 2. Lesotho's exports to the United States under AGOA and Ge [...]
2008-03-13 15:23:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN LT
08MASERU88NORMALLY COMPLIANT LESOTHO SENATE REJECTS CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: In a stunning demonstration of rare political independence, on March 19 Lesotho's Senate, the upper house of the nation's Parliament, defeated a controversial constitutional amendment which had been approved by the elected lower house of the Parliament on February 8. Local observers [...]
2008-03-20 17:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
08MBABANE193SWAZI ELECTIONS: A PRIMER ON POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 13:49:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL WZ
08MBABANE197 PROBLEMS STILL PLAGUING SWAZI AIRPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Since January 2008, safety conditions at Swaziland's Matsapha International Airport have attracted increasing attention from the local press and public. The main problems affecting the airport are unreliable back-up generators, bird strikes, and an unresolved labor union dispute. I [...]
2008-07-09 14:38:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ELAB CASC ASEC TSA WZ
08MBABANE236 SWAZILAND - MCC BACK ON RADAR
[...] SUMMARY: On August 8, 2008, Ambassador Maurice Parker met with King Mswati III and discussed a variety of topics, including Swaziland's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) scorecard and qualification possibilities. King Mswati showed extreme interest and said he would organize a committee to [...]
2008-08-11 12:31:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KMCA WZ
08MBABANE240LEGAL CHALLENGES TO SWAZI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 14:46:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM WZ
08MBABANE244 TRADE UNIONS CHALLENGE SWAZI DEMOCRACY, MAKE COMPARISONS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 21, the Southern African Trade Union Coordinating Council (SATUCC),a regional labor umbrella organization, called for a boycott of goods destined for Zimbabwe and Swaziland. On August 10-11, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU),a SATUCC member, hosted a Zimb [...]
2008-08-13 09:16:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB ETRD KDEM WZ ZI
08MBABANE344MBABANE: MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINDOM OF
[...] The following message is being transmitted from the The Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Dr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini to Senator Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States. QUOTE On behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, t [...]
2008-11-07 09:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OPDC OVIP PREL WZ
08MBABANE353SWAZI KING APPOINTS NEW CABINET THAT SUGGESTS CHANGE, BUT DIRECTION LOOKS MIXED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 14:19:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ
08MBABANE355SWAZILAND: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] TARIFFS Swaziland is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO),the Southern African Customs Union (SACU),the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC),and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). As a member of SACU, Swaziland's tariff policies are generally de [...]
2008-11-18 13:58:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN WZ
08MBABANE356 Swazi Government Cracks Down on Opposition
[...] SUMMARY: The September 19 detonation of a small bomb (reftel),which detonated early and killed two of the suspected instigators but left no structural damage, was the catalyst for King Mswati III's decision to make fighting "terrorism" his number one concern. The King's choice of a new gover [...]
2008-11-19 03:21:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ
08MBABANE389COMESA GIVES SWAZILAND TIME TO MANEUVER
[...] SUMMARY. The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland's (GKOS) trade office has secured a two year extension of its Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) derogation. The derogation gives Swazi goods preferential price treatment on a non-reciprocal basis. COMESA's intention to cre [...]
2008-12-18 13:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN WZ
08MBABANE397SWAZI POLICE TARGET LABOR, CIVIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
[...] SUMMARY: In the two months following King Mwsati III's appointment of Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini and the government's ban on four political organizations, Swazi police have detained, beaten or threatened numerous members of political organizations, trade unions, and civil society. On No [...]
2008-12-20 09:47:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM WZ
08MELBOURNE149Tasmania: Opposition Struggling to Find Foothold
[...] (SBU) During a December 1-2 visit to Tasmania, political leaders told Consul General that the Labor party has maintained popularity despite recent political scandals due to a relatively weak opposition. The Greens continue to play a balance of power role in the state and are pushing to return [...]
2008-12-16 22:43:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AS
08MEXICO104SCEENSETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CUELLAR TO
[...] Welcome to Mexico City and Matamoros. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve [...]
2008-01-16 19:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX
08MEXICO152MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO2037SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: improving security and [...]
2008-07-03 21:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON MX
08MEXICO2657GOM PROPOSES NEGOTIATING BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON
[...] (U) Summary: During bilateral consultations under the Western Gap Treaty and the Treaty on Maritime Limits, the Government of Mexico (GOM) formally proposed opening negotiations with the United States (USG) on an agreement to regulate the exploitation of transboundary - both maritime and land [...]
2008-08-29 21:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX
08MEXICO2673SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleagues to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: imp [...]
2008-09-02 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON MX
08MEXICO2890SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USOAS AMBASSADOR AND SUMMIT COORDINATOR HECTOR MORALES TO MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 1, 2008
[...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleague to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy o [...]
2008-09-26 21:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP
08MEXICO2959MX #2008-271, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Specialized English Training, Lackland AFB, Texas and Eglin AFB, Florida, 11/15/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...]
2008-10-06 12:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO81SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B.
[...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...]
2008-01-11 16:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR OVIP MUKASEY MICHAEL MX
08MINSK151EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]
2008-02-29 14:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MONROVIA255 LIBERIA: AGOA Workshop Roaring Success, but a lot to do
[...] Summary: The first-ever Africa Growth and Opportunity (AGOA) workshop held in Monrovia March 20-21 attracted strong participation by members of the business community, GOL officials, members of civil society organizations, and the press. The presentations by the inter-agency USG delegation, [...]
2008-04-03 16:40:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID EINV ELAB EAGR EFIN ECON LI
08MONROVIA446LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...]
2008-06-06 07:54:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI
08MONROVIA607LIBERIA: EMBASSY UNVEILS PLAQUE IN HONOR OF SLAIN AMCIT
[...] SUMMARY: The Charge unveiled a plaque July 30 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral in Monrovia in honor of five American nuns who were killed in 1992 during Liberia's civil conflict. The unveiling ceremony was attended by approximately 150 people including the Catholic Apostolic Administrat [...]
2008-08-06 12:01:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM EAID ECON LI
08MONROVIA613LIBERIA POLICE STRUGGLES TO REFORM, NEEDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberia National Police (LNP) faces numerous challenges as the Government of Liberia (GOL) increasingly looks to its security agencies to counter internal threats, most recently via an anti-crime campaign. The LNP leadership finds itself called upon to provide an effective po [...]
2008-08-07 18:06:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALKCRM MASS PHUM PREL LI
08MONTERREY121DRUG VIOLENCE FOCUSES ON SMALL DEALERS; PUBLIC YAWNS
[...] (C) Summary. Although the number of drug executions and kidnappings remains high in Nuevo Leon, the drug violence has shifted its focus to small time drug dealers and people who owe them money. Public interest in this issue is declining as people have become accustomed to drug killings and s [...]
2008-03-12 19:41:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM ECON MX
08MONTERREY506MEXICAN BUSINESS SUMMIT TOUTS LIMITED ENERGY REFORM;
[...] Summary. Approximately 200 business leaders and government officials attended the sixth annual Mexican Business Summit in Monterrey, and they discussed energy reform, the impact of the U.S. financial crisis on Mexico, whether Mexican can increase its economic development, President Calde [...]
2008-11-21 05:52:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ENRG ETRD EINV SNAR MX
08MONTREAL59ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...]
2008-03-05 19:54:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08MOSCOW1213PROGRESS, PROBLEMS FOR RELIGIONS IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with representatives of Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations show that the rapid growth in membership that accompanied the turbulent '90s has come to an end. Most representatives ascribe the current stagnation to the unprecedented prosperity which, th [...]
2008-04-30 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1303NO SURPRISES - PUTIN CONFIRMED AS PREMIER
[...] (SBU) Putin's castling move from Kremlin to White House concluded today with his two-hour confirmation hearing as Premier. Hours after yesterday's inauguration, President Medvedev and Putin made their opening moves, with the former taking steps to tackle his goals of economic reform and innov [...]
2008-05-08 14:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1691RUSSIA-SAUDI TIES REMAIN FIRM BUT PUZZLING
[...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Russia-Saudi relations remain "firm" despite the tough stance the Saudis took during bilateral negotiations on Russia's WTO accession. Agreement was reached only after a personal phone call from Putin to King Abdullah. The MFA said that Russian Railways' fai [...]
2008-06-13 13:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD SA RS
08MOSCOW1865SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 10:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1875SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...]
2008-07-03 08:00:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW2521RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...]
2008-08-22 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR SY RS
08MOSCOW2649JORDANIAN KING'S VISIT FOCUSED ON BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian King Abdullah's August 24 meeting with Medvedev focused on bilateral issues and was not intended to demonstrate Jordan's support for Russian actions in Georgia, according to both Russian and Jordanian diplomats. The agenda was heavy on economic issues, including ways t [...]
2008-09-04 12:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR GG JO RS
08MOSCOW2754BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Summary: Diagnost representatives told us they plan to purchase the reftel item to use as a demonstration model for prospective customers, including Zenit. Diagnost was established in 1991 and the five original owners still run the company. Diagnost operates as a broker of monitoring and [...]
2008-09-12 11:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW282DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov expressed concern that interest in Russia's proposed post-Annapolis conference was waning. Russia hoped the Quartet members would follow through on their commitment to relay their proposals for the conference by the end of [...]
2008-02-04 16:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
08MOSCOW2824RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...]
2008-09-19 11:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS
08MOSCOW288MEDVEDEV: MANAGING A FOREIGN POLICY NOVICE
[...] (C) Summary: Given Dmitriy Medvedev's foreign policy inexperience and disastrous initiation in Russia's Ukrainian policy, we are likely to see a period of extended "regency," with Putin strongly influencing the shape and direction of the Medvedev administration. The awkwardness inherent in [...]
2008-02-05 11:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW3009ZAPATERO MEETS MEDVEDEV
[...] (C) In his October 1 visit to Konstantinovsky Palace outside of St. Petersburg, Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero met Medvedev for the first time in what Spanish diplomats here report was a session short on substance. While no agreements were signed and the talks covering economic, cultural, [...]
2008-10-09 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP RS
08MOSCOW3584MFA Discusses the Kiril Islands with Codel Rohrabacher
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) met with Russian MFA's Director of Asia-Pacific Regions Mikhail Galuzin on December 6 to discuss the Kiril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan. The Congressman presented to Galuzin his proposed solution to the dispute, whil [...]
2008-12-11 15:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS JA
08MOSCOW3673CLIMATE CHANGE: RUSSIA'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, Post reports that Russia's lead agency on the political aspects of climate change is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE). The Federal Service for Hydro-meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet),a semi-autonomous agency unde [...]
2008-12-18 14:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG RS
08MOSCOW390KING ABDULLAH'S LOW KEY MOSCOW VISIT
[...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah met Putin and his presumptive successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, during a February 11 visit that focused on maintaining continuity in Russia-Jordan relations. MFA First Secretary Elbrus Kutrashev and Jordanian Consul Hasan Saraireh told us separately [...]
2008-02-13 14:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW517MFA ON RUSSIAN-JORDANIAN TIES AND CHECHNYA
[...] (C) MFA Jordan Desk Officer Andrey Vavilov explained that Jordan's position as a moderate Arab state, and the growing ties between Jordanians of Chechen descent and Chechnya contributed to Russian-Jordanian relations. Speaking to us following King Abdullah's February 11 Moscow visit, Vavilov [...]
2008-02-26 13:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW531RUSSIAN PRISONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian prison system combines the country's emblematic features - vast distances, harsh climate, and an uncaring bureaucracy - and fuses them into a massive instrument of punishment. Russia imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any other country in the world (s [...]
2008-02-27 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TBIO RS
08MOSCOW587RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND
[...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]
2008-03-01 13:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW630THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]
2008-03-06 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW751THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]
2008-03-19 13:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW854RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographic results continued to improve in 2007. Overall births increased by 8.5 percent, deaths declined by four percent, and a surge in migration helped to offset much of the natural population decline. The overall population stood at 142 million as of January 1, 2 [...]
2008-03-28 11:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
08MUMBAI94GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER BEGINS EFFORT TO RECAST IMAGE WITH
[...] (U) Summary: On March 10, the Government of Gujarat (GOG) withdrew a controversial 2007 amendment to a 2003 religious conversion law. Human rights activists informed Congenoffs that the withdrawal of the 2007 amendment was a) unnecessary and b) meaningless without withdrawing the original 2003 [...]
2008-03-12 10:07:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM IN
08MUSCAT205FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP IN OMAN
[...] (U) On March 3, Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki released inward foreign investment figures for 2006. Total gross foreign investment in Oman reached 5.99 billion Omani rials (USD 15.58 billion) in 2006, a 1.99 billion rial (USD 5.17 billion) increase from the 4 billion [...]
2008-03-11 12:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL MU
08MUSCAT344SULTAN QABOOS BEGINS EXTENDED OVERSEAS VISIT
[...] (U) All major Omani dailies on May 7 devoted colorful front page spreads to the start of the three-day official visit to Abu Dhabi by Sultan Qaboos, who departed Muscat the previous day. Accompanied by a delegation of seven ministers and other senior Omani officials, the Sultan was greeted at [...]
2008-05-07 13:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MU
08MUSCAT636DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi said Oman was "confused" by conflicting reports on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He was disappointed by events following Annapolis and doubtful that an agreement could [...]
2008-09-07 13:00:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ MU
08MUSCAT772OMAN REACTS TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: As the November 4 presidential election approached, on Election Day, and in the immediate wake of the election results being announced, Omanis at all levels have been remarkably focused on events as they unfolded. In the media, online, and in person at a range of recent events, we ha [...]
2008-11-12 10:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08NAGOYA27JFTC MAY LOOK AT MANUFACTURING SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS IN
[...] (SBU) Newly arrived Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Central Japan Director Toshihiro Hara paid a courtesy call on Nagoya PO on July 2. Looking beyond the recently concluded Nagoya Subway bid-rigging case, Hara said his office plans to focus on buyer-supplier relationships in the manufactur [...]
2008-07-03 09:01:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV JA
08NAIROBI1041KENYA'S CABINET SWORN IN: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Ending weeks of contentious in-fighting between President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),Kenya's expanded cabinet was sworn in today, April 17, with much pomp and ceremony. As announced by the President on April 13 (see [...]
2008-04-18 10:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1257Somalia - Meeting With President Yusuf
[...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf met with the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss his trip to the United States and next steps for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of this momentum. Yusuf highlighted the deteriorating security environment and urged us to pre [...]
2008-05-14 12:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI13KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...]
2008-01-02 21:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI1373KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: The bad news on the corruption front in Kenya is that the new coalition government has given some of the country's most egregious thieves a new lease on life and strengthened their already strong sense of impunity. Meanwhile, Kenya's legal system continues to stymie vs. deliver j [...]
2008-06-04 12:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1453TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN
[...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...]
2008-06-13 11:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1726Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech
[...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...]
2008-07-14 14:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2182Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting
[...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...]
2008-09-17 10:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
08NAIROBI2232Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2375JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF
[...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...]
2008-10-16 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2612SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8
[...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...]
2008-11-18 14:45:00Embassy NairobiSECRETEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2715 KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08
[...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...]
2008-12-04 12:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR
08NAIROBI2779SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...]
2008-12-15 15:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2869UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI
[...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...]
2008-12-23 12:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA
08NAIROBI516Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation
[...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...]
2008-02-20 14:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO ET
08NAIROBI680Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society
[...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2008-03-10 14:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI763KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...]
2008-03-18 14:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE
08NAIROBI803 Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit
[...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...]
2008-03-20 16:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US
08NAIROBI989 KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED
[...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...]
2008-04-14 11:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAPLES38ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN
[...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...]
2008-06-06 17:20:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NASSAU898TCI Prime Minister Fights Ouster Attempt
[...] (U) According to news reports December 16, nine of thirteen elected members of the governing Progressive National Party (PNP) of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) parliament, including the Deputy Premier, have written to the current governor expressing no-confidence in Premier Michael Misick. [...]
2008-12-19 15:13:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BF TK UK
08NDJAMENA201CHAD: NGO HEAD KILLED IN APPARENT CARJACKING
[...] (SBU) The UN and NGO community is assessing the security environment in eastern Chad after the tragic death of a Save the Children representative in an apparent carjacking attempt on the heavily traveled Abeche-Adre corridor. With banditry rising in eastern Chad, EUFOR/MINURCAT's ability to pr [...]
2008-05-06 16:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV CD MARR MOPPS CT SU
08NDJAMENA381CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008
[...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...]
2008-09-02 17:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD
08NEWDELHI1019BIOGRAPHY: BHUTAN'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
[...] (SBU) On April 5, Druk Phuensum Tsogpa (DPT) President Jigmi Thinley was unanimously endorsed by his party to serve as Bhutan's first Prime Minister of its new democratically elected government. On March 24, the DPT crushed the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) during National Assemb [...]
2008-04-08 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR
08NEWDELHI1096INDIA COMES TO GRIPS WITH MAOIST VICTORY IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary. Official India welcomed Nepal's relatively free and fair election, saying in public statements that it was satisfied with the results and looked forward to working with the Maoist goernment. Foreign Minister Mukherjee has called Pushpa Dahal ("Prachanda") to offer official congr [...]
2008-04-17 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI130MAYAWATI THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM UPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 7 press conference, notoriously mercurial Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Mayawati threatened to withdraw support from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and claimed that certain Congress members were trying to kill her. Congress waved off the claims an [...]
2008-01-15 05:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1330INDIAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGING CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 13 meeting with PolCouns, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury: -- said the Maoists won the Nepalese election because they turned out to be the most pragmatic, mature and best organized of any of the competing parties; -- reported that he h [...]
2008-05-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1344UPDATE ON MAY 13 JAIPUR BLASTS
[...] News outlets have published e-mails sent by "Indian Mujahideen," claiming responsibility for the May 13 bomb blasts in Jaipur. The messages included video attachments that purported to show bombs strapped to the bicycles that were used in the blasts, and included the details of a bicycle frame [...]
2008-05-15 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV EAID IN
08NEWDELHI189NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 14-18, 2008
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 14-18, 2008. VERIZON RECEIVES LONG DISTANCE LICENSES ------------------ 2. (SBU) U.S. Telecom company Verizon Business announced on January 9, 2008 that India's Ministry of Communications a [...]
2008-01-18 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI196DELHI DIARY, JAN 14-18
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 14-18, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Announce Historic Election Date -- Coalition Crisis in Goa -- Darul Uloom Deoband Madrasa authorizes use o [...]
2008-01-18 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KIRF SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2038INDIA'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AFTER THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a dramatic July 22 confidence vote (Ref A),the political fallout has produced an emboldened United Progressive Alliance (UPA),a demoralized National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and somewhere in between, a regional party amalgam "Third Front," struggling to achieve nat [...]
2008-07-25 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2541INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2543INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2544INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2545INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2552INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities in [...]
2008-09-22 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2604RAILROADS AND REFUGEES: GOI'S TAKE ON DAHAL'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI was favorably impressed by the new Nepalese PM Dahal, according to Joint Secretary Preeti Saran, who reviewed the highlights of Dahal's September 13-18 visit to New Delhi. Saran called him "a statesman with political dexterity" and said that he was reassuringly mindful of [...]
2008-09-29 15:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM IN
08NEWDELHI264BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT
08NEWDELHI2653MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN SENATE APPROVES DEAL", editorial in theM October 4 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "At last, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal has been given the green signal by the American Senate by a huge margin. It was an extremely vital stage of the entire process, concluding in the de [...]
2008-10-06 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2735NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 13 to October 17, 2008, including the following: -- Chidambaram Still Eager for Reforms as Parliament Opens -- Industrial Production Index Drops, Other Data Positive -- Eastern India Feeling Pinc [...]
2008-10-17 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2783MAYAWATI: PORTRAIT OF A LADY
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff traveled to three cities in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the week of October 13-17 to gauge the political state of play. A wide range of business, political, academic and media contacts generally agreed that Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have done [...]
2008-10-23 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2852SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "YES, HE CAN," editorial in the November 6 centrist THE TIMES OF INDIA. "Obama campaigned consistently as the candidate for change by handing a landslide victory to its first ever African-American president, America already is a different country ... With Obama's election America has come cl [...]
2008-11-06 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2860SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR
[...] Begin summary: The India media gave unprecedented attention to the U.S. elections this year. Only India's own national elections aftermath could have surpassed Senator Barack Obama's election victory in sheer volume of coverage. In reporting and commentary, there was widespread admiration fo [...]
2008-11-06 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2872KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) Even in the midst of hi coronation celebrations, His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck sent a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama via fax on November 5. The speed with which the Bhutanese sent the message reflects the intense interest the U.S. [...]
2008-11-07 07:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
08NEWDELHI2878SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...]
2008-11-07 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2879NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 3 to November 7, 2008, including the following: -- IMF Lowers World, Indian Growth -- Jet Airways Serves Notice to Expat Pilots -- GE Commercial Air Services Files for Repossession of Kingfisher [...]
2008-11-07 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2904MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]
2008-11-12 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2911BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI296425 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]
2008-11-21 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI2969DID DIKSHIT DELIVER? DELHI DECIDES
[...] (U) Summary: Delhi Assembly elections, to be held November 29, are heading to a tight finish between the sitting Congress Party government of popular, two-term Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, and her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent V.K. Malhotra. Adding drama, and national significance, t [...]
2008-11-21 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3016SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT
[...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...]
2008-11-28 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI3058INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Criminal prosecutions against individuals for trafficking offenses remain a challenge in India, due to several inherent problems. Law and order is a state responsibility per the Indian constitution, which makes it difficult for the central government to intervene to enforce laws effecti [...]
2008-12-04 09:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIN KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP
08NEWDELHI3096DIKSHIT DELIVERS DELHI FOR CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise, Delhi voters returned the Congress Party and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to power with a comfortable majority on December 8. The vote assumes greater significance because it occurred on November 29, during the Mumbai attacks. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attem [...]
2008-12-08 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3184AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN ASSAM AND WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of India has confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza in the states of Assam and West Bengal. State and Central Government response has been quick and effective with culling operations underway in all locations. There are currently no confirmed cases of H5N1 i [...]
2008-12-18 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV TSPL
08NEWDELHI3187LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...]
2008-12-19 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH
08NEWDELHI431DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]
2008-02-08 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI499NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 11-15, 2008. FURTHER DE-RESERVATION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ITEMS ----------------- 2. (U) Continuing its steady reform process to increase the competitiveness of the Indian industry, the [...]
2008-02-15 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI525DELHI DIARY, FEB 11-15
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 11-15, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Notice Issued to Sonia Gandhi over Belgian Honor -- Renegade Politician Finally Breaks Ties with Congress -- Supreme Court Seeks Stay [...]
2008-02-19 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC IN BE
08NEWDELHI542INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI573NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 18-22, 2008. BIOTECH COTTON INCREASES FARMER INCOME ----------- 2. (U) The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications reports that biotech crops are gaining gr [...]
2008-02-22 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI721NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...]
2008-03-07 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI849BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...]
2008-03-24 06:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI932DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...]
2008-03-31 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS
08NEWDELHI971WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]
2008-04-02 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NICOSIA114ROUND TWO DEALS TO DETERMINE ULTIMATE VICTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 17 first round of Cypriot elections will narrow to two the list of contenders but simultaneously make the third-place party a potential kingmaker. Current polling on second round scenarios is next to worthless, since the final result will depend more on party lead [...]
2008-02-15 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA134PRESIDENT-ELECT CHRISTOFIAS PROMISES TO REVIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Cypriots on February 24 elected their first-ever Communist president, AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias. The Soviet-educated Christofias defeated Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed challenger Ioannis Kasoulides by nearly seven points, 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. [...]
2008-02-26 09:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA32CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]
2008-01-14 10:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA940CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]
2008-12-02 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
08NICOSIA985ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION FAVORS GREEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a property-related lawsuit with potentially great precedent value, European Court of Justice Advocate General Julianne Kokott on December 18 opined that a judgment of a court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced in other EU member states, even where it re [...]
2008-12-22 12:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY TU
08NOUAKCHOTT256MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...]
2008-05-29 13:01:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV PTER MR
08OSAKAKOBE33GREEN PASSPORTS, RED HEARTS? KOREANS IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan are increasingly switching from GOJ-issued travel documents to ROK passports. The ease with which ethnic Koreans can change nationality makes it difficult to assess ties to the DPRK and apply visa clearance requirements. As this tren [...]
2008-02-12 07:27:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KN KS JA
08OSLO148NORWAY'S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO MARCH 28
[...] (C) On February 20, Foreign Minister Stoere announced Norway's intent to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence. This public, early recognition was designed by the MFA to help stabilize the situation. At the same time, the Ministry worked closely with Serbs to encourage dialogue and [...]
2008-03-14 13:09:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV KV NO
08OSLO40MUSLIM AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN IN NORWAY ON FAITH,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The visit of Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Oslo 7-11 January focused on peace and reconciliation in the Middle East and establishing ties to Norway. It was a boon to post's interfaith outreach and helped combat stereotypes of the United States and administration policy. END [...]
2008-01-18 06:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL KPAL KIRF OREP NO
08OTTAWA1024CANADIAN AIR FORCE EMBRACES, RUSHES TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan is a "transformation driver" that has obliged the Canadian Air Force (CAF) to develop a new Air Expeditionary Wing. The current deployment of about 350 airmen to the Afghan theater will grow to about [...]
2008-07-31 17:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO CA
08OTTAWA1396CANADA WILLING TO SIGN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CHALLENGE
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre confirmed to pol/miloff on October 30 that Canada wants to avoid the "complications" that would accompany a formal b [...]
2008-10-31 17:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
08OTTAWA1424OTTAWA HOSTS LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES INFORMAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted an informal meeting of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe in Ottawa on October 30. Delegates agreed that MDC and ZANU-PF are in the midst of a power struggle to which there is no easy solution in sight. Several countries expressed concern at the Like-Minded Group,s [...]
2008-11-07 16:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA
08OTTAWA1504MISSION CANADA ASSESS CURRENT POLITICAL TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on December 1 that Prime Minister Harper appears to have badly miscalculated by introducing a divisive political issue (the elimination of public financing for political parties) in the fall economic statement (reftel),when the public expe [...]
2008-12-01 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1511"UNCHARTERED WATERS" FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The usual ceremonial role of a Governor General may slip into a grey constitutional zone as she faces an imminent decision on a possible new federal election, prorogation of Parliament, or even formation of a new coalition government. While Governors General in Canada have almos [...]
2008-12-03 19:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA272CANADA AND JORDAN AGREE TO NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE
[...] (U) Summary: Canada has announced it is launching negotiations with Jordan on a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiations are to begin in April in Amman. If concluded, the agreement would be Canada,s first FTA with an Arab country. Canada hopes the FTA would serve as a gateway to other Middl [...]
2008-02-21 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON CA JO
08OTTAWA274CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 20:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER
08OTTAWA283CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 15:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA
08OTTAWA305ELECTIONS IN CANADA: A "HOW TO" PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: In Canada's parliamentary system, governments must retain the "confidence" of the House of Commons to govern. The Governor General may dissolve the House of Commons -- on the advice of the prime minister - if a sitting government fails to win a "confidence" measure. Minority g [...]
2008-02-28 20:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA346CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]
2008-03-07 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA360 CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM
[...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...]
2008-03-11 21:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA
08OTTAWA377Canada's Treaty-making Process
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada in January 2008 revised its treaty-making process to include review of all international treaties by the House of Commons before entry into force. The government, however, will maintain the legal authority to decide whether to ratify the treaty; no vote in Parliament is n [...]
2008-03-14 15:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KIPR KTIA CA
08OTTAWA626REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA
[...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...]
2008-05-07 15:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA695TBI: CANADA LOOKING TO INCREASE CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada is increasing its engagement in the Caribbean in order to bolster prosperity, security, and democracy. The move reflects the government's desire to recast Canada as a capable and reliable "player" in the hemisphere. Canadian government officials over the past year have h [...]
2008-05-22 18:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS XL CA
08OTTAWA712BIOGRAPHY OF NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID EMERSON
[...] (SBU) Summary. PM Harper appointed Vancouver Member of Parliament David Emerson on May 26 as interim Foreign Minister, replacing Maxime Bernier. Emerson will retain his existing ministerial portfolios of International Trade as well as the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, in [...]
2008-05-28 19:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA85CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...]
2008-01-15 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08OUAGADOUGOU963ARS Speaker Dr. Ekovich Educates Burkina on U.S.
[...] Summary: August 29 -September 6, 2008 ARS Speaker Dr. Steven Ekovich presented a series of lectures to Burkinabe audiences from academia, media, government, military and students. The topic themes revolved around the U.S. political system, the electoral process, and especially the upcoming P [...]
2008-10-15 16:29:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM UV
08PANAMA34PANAMA POST: 2ND EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this addition of the Panama Post, our headlines are: -- Alberto Vallarino, declaring "Enough already!" launches campaign for Panamenista Party nomination; -- Cambio Democratic presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany with four rallies; -- Panam [...]
2008-01-11 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA881DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...]
2008-11-21 21:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PM
08PARAMARIBO232 U.S. Speaker feeds hunger for elections information,
[...] (U) This cable is a program evaluation of FY 2008 U.S. SSI Speaker Ann Stone A. Name of Speaker: Ann Stone B. Dates of Program: May 19 - May 21 2008 C. MSP Themes Addressed: Goal #1, mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect contributing to a more effective partnership; Goa [...]
2008-05-30 20:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO62INL 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2007 End Use Monitoring Report 2. (U) Procedures: Receiving law enforcement agencies sign documentation confirming receipt of all materials and committing to use the resources for their stated purpose. Receipt includes serial numbers, quantities, and ex [...]
2008-02-15 18:00:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
08PARIS1170NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR
08PARIS1177UNESCO - UPDATE ON HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Warning that Washington's end of fiscal year budget priorities will be finalized soon, the US again asked UNESCO's education sector for details on the recommendations it will present to the upcoming Executive Board on Holocaust education. ADG Education Burnett promised to deliver [...]
2008-06-23 14:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
08PARIS1200POLDIR PROPOSES FURTHER TARGETED IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Political Director Gerard Araud summoned DCM to talk about Iran. He said his guess was that little would change in the coming months so the question was how to avoid the extremes of acquiescing or resorting to military force. He advocated a two-pronged approach invo [...]
2008-06-25 13:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR FR
08PARIS1221FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE LEVANT ON
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on June 26 provided a rundown of key issues in his area of responsibility, most notably Sarkozy's visit to Israel, French views of where Israel is with Syria and Lebanon, Syria and the July 13 Paris summit, rumors of a Sarkozy visit to [...]
2008-06-27 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE SA
08PARIS123S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY:On January 7, Ambassador Williamson met with acting A/S-equivalent for international organizations Marc Giacomini and Christian Bernier, Special Assistant for international tribunals, to discuss various war crimes issues, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC) and res [...]
2008-01-24 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1261FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR
[...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...]
2008-07-03 18:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA
08PARIS1358THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...]
2008-07-17 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR
08PARIS1369OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...]
2008-07-18 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
08PARIS1391Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18
[...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...]
2008-07-22 17:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR
08PARIS141FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2008-01-28 14:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PARIS1446FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...]
2008-07-29 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN
08PARIS1703ELYSEE READOUT OF SARKOZY'S SEPTEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary: During his September 3-4 visit to Damascus,President Sarkozy told Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that in order to establish a relationship of trust with France, Syria would need to honor its commitments and respect certain principles (e.g., Lebanon's sovereignty and the International [...]
2008-09-09 18:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR LE UNSC PREL
08PARIS1716MFA THINKING ON IRAN AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged progress over the past year in Iraq and said that as a result, France had moved away from its previous idea of convening an international conference to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. [...]
2008-09-12 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ IR
08PARIS1751USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1949A EUROGROUP COUP FOR SARKOZY?
[...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy,s October 21 speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, touching on a number of issues related to the financial crisis, is being interpreted by some observers here as a trial balloon for a Sarkozy presidency of a transformed (head-of-state) Eurogroup. [...]
2008-10-23 18:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV FR
08PARIS1979DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...]
2008-10-28 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS2079FRENCH OFFICIALS: NATO UNITY REQUIRES NO DECISION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During PDAS Marcie Ries' meetings on Friday, November 7 with French officials Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA; all of he [...]
2008-11-10 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO FR RU
08PARIS216LATEST ELYSEE TAKE ON LEBANON
[...] (C) French Presidency adviser on NEA affairs Boris Boillon told us February 1 that France has run out of "levers, carrots, and sticks" to use in resolving the continued political impasse in Lebanon. The word from the French embassy in Damascus, he added, was that Syrian President Asad has s [...]
2008-02-06 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS2195FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...]
2008-12-04 10:10:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR
08PARIS2317SANCTIONS ON EU PRODUCTS DUE TO HORMONE-BEEF BAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy Paris recommends modification of proposed list of French exports targeted under revised sanctions. Country Team believes that, to be effective, sanctions need to target major corporate interests with political clout. Sanctions that target artisanal p [...]
2008-12-23 13:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR FR
08PARIS300S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) During meetings in Paris February 14-15 largely devoted to Iraq, S/I David Satterfield discussed Lebanon and Syria at the French Presidency and the MFA. Diplomatic adviser to the French president Jean-David Levitte on February 14 said that France has tried everything but was not present [...]
2008-02-20 16:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM FR LE SY SA
08PARIS304S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...]
2008-02-21 13:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ
08PARIS34S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE
[...] (C) Summary: S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield on December 28 urged French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon in separate meetings to strengthen the Siniora government in Lebanon pending election of a president and to consider using the Arab Leag [...]
2008-01-08 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS572FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...]
2008-03-27 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS741SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Kouchner and other GOF officials during April 14 consultations in Paris, Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson stressed the need to accelerate deployment of UNAMID and to exploit the possibility that the Khartoum regime might be willing to seek [...]
2008-04-18 11:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MOPS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS909FRENCH MFA ON LATEST LEBANON CRISIS
[...] (C) We passed reftel points on Lebanon early in the day May 9 to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille. In a subsequent meeting, Pouille stated that French FM Kouchner was engaged in active telephone diplomacy with Lebanese political faction leaders to urge restraint and respect for the [...]
2008-05-12 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS94DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...]
2008-01-18 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08PARTO122201(U) Secretary Rice's Participation in the December
[...] (U) December 15, 2008; 3:00 PM; New York City 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador DiCarlo Assistant Secretary Hook Assistant Secretary Frazer United Nations Security General Ban Ki-moon United Nations Security Council Croatian Prime Minister S [...]
2008-12-22 21:30:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PHUM PGOV ZM
08PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...]
2008-07-12 12:10:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08PESHAWAR431FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...]
2008-08-22 09:16:00Consulate PeshawarUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR435FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...]
2008-08-26 00:37:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PHNOMPENH1023CAMBODIA'S 2009 NATIONAL BUDGET GROWS NEARLY 30
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national budget for 2009 grew 29.6% over 2008, with large increases in military and security spending, as well as current and capital expenditures. However, to meet the challenges posed by slowing economic growth predicted for 2009, donors note the government needs to ensur [...]
2008-12-24 09:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH1024CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1025CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 11:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1027CAMBODIA'S YEAR OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576)
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: China has spared no effort this year in celebrating the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations with Cambodia. This elaborate and lavish effort to court Cambodia,s top leadership -- with royal banquets, trips to Beijing, the first-ever visit by a Chinese warship, and high-l [...]
2008-12-25 03:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CH CB
08PHNOMPENH113 CAMBODIA'S NEW LAW ON PROTECTED AREAS: NGOS APPLAUD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, 2007, the Cambodian National Assembly passed the Law on Protected Areas, which, for the first time, regulates commercial activities within the country's 23 protected natural areas. The law aims to promote economic development and reduce poverty while protecting [...]
2008-01-25 10:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EMIN ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH318INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1998, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2008-04-10 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC USTR KTDB CB
08PHNOMPENH372CAMBODIA: INVESTMENT, TEMPLE CONTROVERSY, DEBT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riding on a wave of increased U.S. investor interest in Cambodia, 17 corporate leaders representing nine major companies visited Cambodia May 1-3 as part of a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council delegation. Prime Minister Hun Sen used his two-hour-long meeting with the group to pres [...]
2008-05-06 07:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL EPET PGOV ENRG CB TH
08PHNOMPENH499THREAT TO SAM RAINSY'S PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bid by the prosecution in the Sam Rainsy defamation/disinformation case to lift Sam Rainsy's parliamentary immunity has been rejected in yet another rebuff to a court seemingly out of control. The court's request submitted June 16 through the Ministry of Justice to National [...]
2008-06-18 12:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KPAO CB
08PHNOMPENH503WORKING CONDITIONS IMPROVED, BUT LABOR UNIONS STILL
[...] Summary: Even as a recent report touted Cambodia's low labor costs, labor union leaders and employers report that working conditions and respect for the labor law and regulations have continued to improve in Cambodia's garment sector in recent years due largely to the USG-funded Better Factor [...]
2008-06-19 08:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON KTEX CB
08PHNOMPENH578PREAH VIHEAR: TENSIONS STILL HIGH AS FACE-OFF
[...] (C) Cambodian sources seemed increasingly anxious about continued tension along the Thai-Cambodian border July 17. A Cambodian official told the Ambassador that the RGC is seeking a face-to-face meeting early next week. A senior armed forces (RCAF) official text messaged the acting Defense [...]
2008-07-17 10:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH629CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-ELECT: SOMETHING OLD,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly-elect may not be sworn in until sometime in September if the opposition chooses to drag out the election appeals process. Nonetheless, it appears the CPP will hold onto its 90 seats (Ref B) and a clear electoral mandate. Whether CPP will form a coalition [...]
2008-07-31 09:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH694AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PM HUN SEN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Ambassador's farewell call on Prime Minister Hun Sen August 20, the Prime Minister thanked the U.S. for its encouragement for a peaceful resolution to the dispute over Preah Vihear and expressed his appreciation for the Ambassador's contribution to improved relations be [...]
2008-08-21 04:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH701AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FM HOR NAMHONG: DEEPER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 21 farewell call on Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the Ambassador congratulated the FM on his diplomacy in respect to the dispute over Preah Vihear, highlighted the continued strengthening of bilateral relations, expressed his optimism about proposed KRT funding from [...]
2008-08-22 10:02:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH705IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]
2008-08-26 11:37:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH706IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]
2008-08-27 01:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH735 SCENESETTER FOR D'S VISIT: A MATURING CAMBODIA?
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his departure cable, "Seven Significant Failures", outgoing Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli framed the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as hovering on the brink of a transformation: better than it has ever been, but with clearly identifiable areas for improvement. In the weeks since t [...]
2008-09-03 10:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON CB
08PHNOMPENH75CAMBODIA TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT NOTED BY STAFFDEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia's significant economic and political developments were highlighted by a visiting Senate State Foreign Operations Subcommittee staff delegation led by Paul Grove January 12-14. Grove, Minority Clerk of the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Prog [...]
2008-01-16 11:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH763CAMBODIA: CPP CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER CHEAM YEAP
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with A/DCM, CPP Central Committee Permanent Committee Member and Cambodian National Assembly Permanent Committee Member Cheam Yeap stated that the CPP has enough legal documents to "easily" show that it has legitimately won 90 National Assembly seats in the July [...]
2008-09-09 12:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH789PM HUN SEN ANNOUNCES PARDON, PAVING THE WAY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 17 announcement that he would seek a pardon for Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the self-imposed exiled Prince to return to Cambodia. The NRP decision to recognize the July general election results is paying dividends, not only for R [...]
2008-09-22 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH800HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
[...] This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S.-sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S.-sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human right [...]
2008-09-25 13:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
08PHNOMPENH818CAMBODIA'S RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C) Emboff delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Europe Department Director Kao Samreth October 6. While not disclosing specifically whether the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia will support or oppose the Serbian resolution, Kao stressed that Cambodia [...]
2008-10-06 10:00:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNGA KV CB
08PHNOMPENH861EMBASSY PHNOM PENH'S NOMINATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN
[...] Embassy Phnom Penh is proud to nominate Sam Sreymom for the International Woman of Courage Award. Charge d'Affaires Piper Campbell oversaw the nomination process which proved to be difficult this year considering the number of Cambodian activists that have received regional and international a [...]
2008-10-27 05:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PREL PHUM ELAB
08PHNOMPENH881ROYALIST PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR FUTURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fallout from the 2008 elections continues as the royalist parties face the retirement of their stars, defection from their ranks, and questions about their future. Prince Norodom Ranariddh's retirement from politics has shaken his followers and led to defections from his namesa [...]
2008-10-30 10:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH922INFORMATION ON CIVIL SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Post's response to questions posed in reftel are as follows: A. NGOs 1) (U) WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR LOCAL NGOS OR ASSOCIATIONS, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF TIME, THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES RESPONSIBLE, AND ANY DIFFERENCE IN REGISTRATION FOR PARTY ORGANIZATIONS? Prospect [...]
2008-11-14 08:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPINR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CB
08PHNOMPENH932CAMBODIA STILL CONSIDERING RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary of State Oouch told DCM October 18 that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) was probably still maintaining its position from last year on UNGA Third Committee human rights resolutions, noting that Japan had once again demarched in favor of the DPRK human rights [...]
2008-11-18 13:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH934GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING HOME IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodia's financial sector has little direct exposure to the turmoil affecting international financial markets, concerns about the indirect impacts of the global financial crisis on the health of Cambodia's macroeconomic development are growing. Weakening global demand [...]
2008-11-19 09:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PHNOMPENH96 CAMBODIA: MARCH IN HONOR OF SLAIN UNION LEADER PROGRESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, about 100 union leaders, rights activists, workers and teachers marched in honor of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of union leader Chea Vichea. In speeches at the event, union leaders, opposition politicians, and human rights activists urged the rele [...]
2008-01-23 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB CB
08PHNOMPENH981CAMBODIA'S DRAFT NGO LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen recently told the Council of Ministers in a public address that drafting an NGO law is a priority for the RGC. He indicated that the law may be used as a tool to fight terrorism, and to ensure that NGOs and their workers are paying appropriate taxes. Hu [...]
2008-12-11 09:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM EAID CB
08PODGORICA105MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE CONDUCT OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro will hold presidential elections April 6. Despite initial lack of clarity on electoral legislation, observers believe the voter registry is solid and that political party oversight, procedural safeguards, and domestic and international observers will adequately ensur [...]
2008-03-31 16:26:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
08PODGORICA273MONTENEGRO: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary: Organized crime groups use Montenegro as a transit country for cannabis from Albania and Kosovo, and smaller amounts of other narcotics from the Middle East (heroine) and Latin America (cocaine),destined for the western Balkans and Western Europe. A small proportion of the smuggled na [...]
2008-11-03 16:46:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM MW
08PORTAUPRINCE1240HAITI NERVOUS ON THE EVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL
[...] (C) Summary: As the new government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis continues to seek confirmation in a precarious political climate, Haiti is facing economic and security challenges that could flare up in the near term, bog down the new government, and potentially caused renewed unres [...]
2008-09-04 18:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1458NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]
2008-10-15 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE161HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2008
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 3. (U) STUDENT PROTESTS In mid- to late January, students barricaded themselves in the Haitian [...]
2008-02-01 15:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
08PORTAUPRINCE210HAITI PUTS ON CARNIVAL 2008: NO DEATHS, IMPROVED
[...] Summary: Improved security, a better organized HNP, and a greater Diaspora presence marked Haiti's 2008 Carnival celebrations. With the approval of the EAC, Embassy officers were permitted to attend Carnival events for the first time in 5 years. The organizational skill the GOH and private gr [...]
2008-02-12 17:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE73GOVERNMENTS ON HISPANIOLA DESIRE COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. A regional consultative meeting on travel document fraud, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),brought together representatives of five Caribbean countries to discuss [...]
2008-01-15 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA CVIS SMIG
08PORTOFSPAIN377 CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET
[...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...]
2008-08-15 19:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN378 CLOSER TIES UNDER DISCUSSION AS REGIONAL LEADERS MEET
[...] (U) Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Stevenson King of St. Lucia and President Bharat Jagdeo of Guyana joined Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada and Prime Minister Patrick Manning in Port of Spain August 14 to discuss regional issues. Durin [...]
2008-08-15 19:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN388 REGIONAL INTEGRATION: THE JOINT DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) An MFA source passed us the "Joint Declaration on Collaboration towards the achievement of the Single Economy and Political Integration among Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago" signed August 14 in Port of Spain (text in para four). [...]
2008-08-26 17:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN55T&T CIVIL AVIATION DG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago expressed optimism that a bilateral Open Skies civair agreement between the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago could be reached as early as the end of 2008. END SUMMARY 2. In a meeting with EconOff, Ramesh Lutchmedi [...]
2008-01-29 11:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA TD
08PRAGUE246CUBA: CZECHS PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON SOFTENING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During her April 15 visit to Prague, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison engaged a wide range of Czech officials, parliamentarians, NGOs, and think tanks on Cuba. The Czech perspective on how to promote democratic change in Cuba dovetails closely with USG policy on Cu [...]
2008-04-21 12:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE614CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Finance, Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) on September 12 and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, America's Desk on September 15. On September 17, FAU Director Karel Korynta reported that his office had found no records of any of t [...]
2008-09-19 07:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL EZ
08PRAGUE7072008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. While the overall number of drug users in the country is relatively stable, the rates of use for marijuana, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines are among the highest in Europe. Marijuana, grown locally a [...]
2008-11-12 09:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ELAB PHUM SOCI EZ
08PRAGUE78CZECH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: PROFESSOR VERSUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Current Czech President Vaclav Klaus remains the favorite to win the February 8 presidential election in the parliament. However, the success of his challenger, Czech-American economics professor Jan Svejnar, in attracting public attention has shaken the Czech political scene. [...]
2008-02-07 06:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE798 CZECH REPUBLIC: HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS CONFERENCE IN JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Top Czech officials are urging attendance at the highest possible level by the United States and 46 other invited countries at the June 26-30 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets (HEA). The Czechs see the conference as a follow up to the 1998 Washington Conference and [...]
2008-12-23 13:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ KNAR SCUL
08PRETORIA1000MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND
[...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...]
2008-05-09 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1003SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...]
2008-05-10 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1057SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, April 2008, Volume 3, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- EMBASSY PRETORIA AND PARTNERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY -- POWER SWITHCHED OFF [...]
2008-05-19 13:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1204MDC LOSING HOPE IN SADC
[...] (C) On 04 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's foreign policy and security advisor Stuart Doran told PolOff that the MDC is losing hope that SADC as a collective, or even a majority of SADC countries, will take any public stance against the current regime in Zimbabwe, the ongoing violence, or [...]
2008-06-05 13:35:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1310SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION MONITORS FEWER THAN EXPECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa has increased its election monitoring team by only ten members, bringing the total to 70 observers. An advance team of 20 observers left on 9 June, while the remaining 50 are meant to depart on 20 June. However, SAG's DFA is considering a proposal by the Institute f [...]
2008-06-13 16:01:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF
08PRETORIA1312SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - World Bank Upbeat on SA Economy - Another Interest Rate Hike - Current Account Deficit Raises Concern - Electricity Problems Likely to Ha [...]
2008-06-14 07:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1392SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI
[...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The second meeting of Special Envoys on Burundi was held in Magaliesberg, South Africa June 9-10, 2008. The SAG Minister of Safety and Security, Charles Nqakula, hosted this meeting along with the SAG [...]
2008-06-26 13:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1462AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ANC PRESIDENT ZUMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a cordial July 2 meeting with the Ambassador, a confident ANC President Jacob Zuma said he shared U.S. concerns about the deteriorating political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, but supported President Mbeki's approach toward the crisis. Like Mbeki, Zuma claimed that [...]
2008-07-07 14:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC OVIP SF
08PRETORIA1570MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]
2008-07-17 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PINR SF ZI
08PRETORIA1572MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]
2008-07-18 07:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1634 Donor Coordination on Health Issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang (Minister) at a recent high-level Annual Donor Consultation Meeting stressed that the national Department of Health (DOH) must coordinate donor efforts in the health arena in order to ensure equitable allocation of resources across provi [...]
2008-07-25 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA SF
08PRETORIA1972SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 5,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Executive Turnover on the Increase - Mboweni Not Quite Ready to Retire - JSE Chief Sees More Foreign Selling Ahead - Vehicle Sales Take a [...]
2008-09-05 15:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA209SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, Issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Sell-off Imperils Rand, Current Account - Inflation Rises above Forecasts - MPC Leaves Repo Rate Steady at 11% - Banks Expected t [...]
2008-02-01 07:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA2093SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S RESIGNATION
[...] Summary: In a September 21 televised address to the nation, Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation as President of South Africa. Mbeki said he respected the African National Congress (ANC) September 20 decision to recall him (reftels). He thanked the nation and the ANC for the opportunity to [...]
2008-09-22 15:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA250SAG NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BURUNDI PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolCouns and PolOff on 4 February met with SAG Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, to discuss recent developments concerning the possible resumption of peace talks between the CNDD-FDD government and the Palipehutu-FNL after a six month stalemate. Tho [...]
2008-02-07 11:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA2515SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 14,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Standard & Poor's Dim View of Rand, Rates - JSE Out of Favor, But Not Africa - The Final Frontier: Nando's Opens a Fast-Food Restaurant [...]
2008-11-14 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2628SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, November 2008, Volume 3, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- US EMBASSY AND UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA INAUGURATE U.S. SCIENCE R [...]
2008-12-03 14:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA271TELECOMMUNICATION LIBERALIZATION MOVING AT A
[...] (SBU) Summary. ICT Officer met with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) officials to discuss implementation of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). Market analysis, licensing, and spectrum management were identified as the main focus for implementation. ICASA ex [...]
2008-02-11 05:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD USTR SF
08PRETORIA2716SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]
2008-12-15 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA420SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSSING UNSCR ON FDLR
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Director, United Nations (Political) Directorate Simon Cardy told PolOff February 28 that South Africa is discussing internally the idea of a UNSCR on the FDLR (ref A). The French Embassy delivered a demarche on the same issue February 27, and provided [...]
2008-02-29 09:11:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CG RW SF
08PRETORIA428SOUTH AFRICA OUTLINES NEW BURUNDI PEACE PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 22-23 South African Government (SAG)-sponsored seminar, Facilitator Charles Nqakula and Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined SAG plans to reinvigorate its Burundi mediation through creation of a "Political Directorate" that would include the Government of Buru [...]
2008-02-29 17:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA475MAMABOLO SAYS FNL AND GOB ON BOARD WITH PEACE PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Burundi (GOB) and the Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) fully endorse the South African "Programme of Action" to conclude the FNL peace process in 2008, according to DFA Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo, who just returned from meetings in Dar es Salaam and Buju [...]
2008-03-07 13:17:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY SF
08PRETORIA482ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICA TO SEND 50
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy approximately 50 election observers to Zimbabwe as part of the SADC delegation. Angola, as chair of the SADC Troika, will lead the SADC delegation, which the South African Government hopes will include at least 100 regional observers. Ambassador Kingsle [...]
2008-03-07 14:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA527ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]
2008-03-13 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA606SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVER HEAD SAYS SADC IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) The goal of the SADC election observation delegation is to "assist the Zimbabweans" to ensure the holding of "credible elections," according to the head of the South African component of the SADC delegation, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo. In press briefings on March 13 and 19, Mamabolo s [...]
2008-03-20 15:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA729ZUMA ADVISOR TRIES TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS ON
[...] (C) On 08 April, ANC President Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that the international community should not expect ANC President Jacob Zuma to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis. When PolOff mentioned that the extensive media coverage surrounding MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 07 April meeting with [...]
2008-04-08 15:04:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF
08PRETORIA740SAG OFFICIAL FAVORS TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN
[...] (C) DFA's Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, who headed South Africa's SADC election observation team in Zimbabwe, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 08 April about the current Zimbabwe crisis. He started the conversation with the admission that "it looks bad [...]
2008-04-09 12:56:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA772008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]
2008-01-15 08:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA775BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS STALLED
[...] (C) DFA Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Kingsley Mamabolo, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 8 April about Burundi's stalled peace process. Only a month ago, Mamabolo was upbeat about negotiations, believing the FNL was serious about the peace process (reftel). Mamabolo now a [...]
2008-04-14 12:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY SF
08PRETORIA782NO NEW FUNDING FOR SOUTH AFRICA/CONGO BINATIONAL
[...] (U) Amid concerns that South Africa has not lived up to its promises to fund projects agreed to during past binational commissions, President Mbeki on 2-3 April hosted Congolese President Kabila in Pretoria for the 5th South Africa-DRC Bi-National Commission. Press reports note that the two c [...]
2008-04-14 14:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SF CG
08PRETORIA799FNL FEELS SHUT OUT
[...] (C) On 10 April, FNL-insider Jan Van Eck expressed concern to PolOff about stalled negotiations between the FNL rebels, the SAG, and the GoB, describing the entire Burundi facilitiation process as "hostile." Van Eck, who said he talks to the FNL by phone almost everyday, said that the good wi [...]
2008-04-15 16:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY SF
08PRETORIA951SAG SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) PolOff received identical readouts from Swedish and Irish diplomats who visited DFA Director: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania Edward Xolisa Makaya separately on 06 May regarding the SAG's current position on Zimbabwe. Both diplomats said that they were told that the SA [...]
2008-05-06 16:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA997MDC LEADERSHIP DELAYS RETURN TO HARARE AMIDST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's return to Harare will now be delayed until at least Sunday 11 May due to increased security concerns for not only Tsvangirai, but also MDC Spokesperson Tendai Biti. At least one SAG official, however, doubts that Tsvangirai will return anytime soon [...]
2008-05-09 15:06:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRISTINA388KOSOVO: DONORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Donors Conference held in Brussels on July 11 garnered 1.2 billion euro to support Kosovo's socio-economic development and gave the Kosovo Government a high-profile opportunity to tell its story, informing donors about progress made since independence and of its futur [...]
2008-07-21 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA395KOSOVO: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ambassador Sada Cumber visited with political and Islamic community leaders in Kosovo July 23-24. Cumber discussed opportunities for raising the profile of the Kosovo recognition issue in the Islamic world, and [...]
2008-07-28 13:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA71KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...]
2008-02-15 15:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08QUITO1128LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...]
2008-12-08 16:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC
08QUITO693EMBASSY INTERNS REACH OUT TO AFRO-ECUADORIAN YOUTH
[...] As part of the US Mission's public diplomacy outreach to youth and non-traditional audiences, on July 17th a group of six Embassy interns presented the USG-produced paper show illustrating the "Legacy of Martin Luther King" and led related activities at Colegio Roberto Luis Cervantes in the ci [...]
2008-07-30 20:24:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL
08QUITO696MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...]
2008-07-30 22:22:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL EC
08RABAT1005CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO PROVIDES DETAILED
[...] (S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the note, the GOM [...]
2008-10-20 07:07:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KCRM MO
08RABAT1017RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN
[...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...]
2008-10-23 08:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN MO
08RABAT1031SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS'S NOVEMBER 13-
[...] (SBU) Representative Lewis, we welcome you and your delegation to Morocco, our oldest and closest ally in the region. You will find a country that is "on the move," through a range of social, economic and political reforms aimed at making government more responsive to citizen concerns and en [...]
2008-10-27 17:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON ETRD PREL PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT1049MOROCCO: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco,s counternarcotics efforts appear to be a function of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which places emphasis on co [...]
2008-11-04 16:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MO
08RABAT1060WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS MEMBER SAYS ORGANIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 18:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV WI MO
08RABAT1100SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] (SBU) Representative Hastings, my staff and I warmly welcome your visit. As you are aware, Morocco is a member of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership and has hosted OSCE meetings in Rabat, but there is potential for more engagement. Morocco has given us exemplary cooperation in the struggle [...]
2008-11-25 14:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG WI MO
08RABAT1109MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]
2008-11-28 13:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT1110ELECTRICITY CHIEF DISMISSED OVER BROWNOUTS, POOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco abruptly removed Younes Maamar, chief of the National Electricity Office (ONE) on November 14 following widespread discontent related to unannounced extended brownouts in Casablanca's industrial zones. Our Casablanca contacts and media reports indicate t [...]
2008-11-28 14:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD MO SP
08RABAT112WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]
2008-02-06 11:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT1122MOROCCO'S "ADVANCED STATUS:" A ROADMAP TO AN
[...] (C) Summary: The European Union's attribution of "advanced status" to Morocco reflects the close relationship between the Cherifien Kingdom and its European partners, but is likely to change little in the short run in relations between the two parties. European diplomats are careful to stress [...]
2008-12-05 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1143UNDER SECRETARY GLASSMAN'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his November 20-22 visit to Morocco, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman conducted a variety of activities focused on providing support and productive alternatives to young people vulnerable to radicalization. The visit succe [...]
2008-12-12 12:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KISL KPAO KIRF MO
08RABAT1144MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...]
2008-12-12 12:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT1150MOROCCO: KING WITHDRAWS RESERVATIONS TO UN WOMEN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed as an important symbolic step, King Mohammed VI announced in a December 10 speech that Morocco will lift its remaining and outdated reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The objections covered co [...]
2008-12-12 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN MO
08RABAT116SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND
[...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...]
2008-02-07 12:45:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT1161Special Media Reaction: Election of Barack Obama
[...] Summary: Reflecting broad Moroccan interest in the U.S. presidential elections, the Moroccan press has been filled with reporting and commentary on the election of Barack Obama as America's 44th president. Commentators variously aver that Obama's leadership will be to Morocco's benefit, detr [...]
2008-12-17 09:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT1167PRIME MINISTER TOUTS PROGRESS IN MCC SCORECARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: As previewed during the delivery of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard for Morocco for 2009 (Ref A),Secretary General to the Prime Minister Mohamed Hajoui provided to the Ambassador a copy of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's December 12 letter to Ambassador J [...]
2008-12-17 16:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KMCA MO
08RABAT1169AL ADL WA IHSAN: MOROCCO'S ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: The banned Islamist religio-political organization Al Adl wal-Ihsan (Adl) (more commonly known as the Justice and Charity or Justice and Good Works Organization) may be moving toward political participation, perhaps as a legal political party. Adl spokesman Fatallah Arsalane highlighte [...]
2008-12-18 17:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT MO
08RABAT1177MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...]
2008-12-19 18:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1180MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...]
2008-12-22 16:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO
08RABAT1194MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...]
2008-12-24 12:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO
08RABAT1199VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 19:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT1202GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM
[...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...]
2008-12-30 16:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT1204MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...]
2008-12-31 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT127BROKEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFFERS NO EASY FIXES
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified - entire text. 2. (SBU) Summary: The backdrop to our efforts to negotiate a bilateral agreement on American schools in Morocco is a national education system that is widely believed to be broken beyond repair. This grim reality was highlighted in this week' [...]
2008-02-08 17:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SCUL MO
08RABAT140HUMAN RIGHTS DILAOGUE, WESTERN SAHARA, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second annual session of the U.S.-Morocco bilateral human rights dialogue, our senior GOM interlocutor used the occasion to criticize the existence of separate human rights reports for Morocco and Western Sahara. The Moroccans also complained that the USG distorted the go [...]
2008-02-14 12:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MO
08RABAT150EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...]
2008-02-19 09:58:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT151DAS GRAY URGES MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR UNIFIL AND
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray urged Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri to increase Moroccan support for Lebanon during a meeting February 8, otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). He pressed for a contribution to the Hariri tribunal and ask [...]
2008-02-19 10:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS LE MO
08RABAT154MR. EL-HIMMA GOES TO PARLIAMENT: AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting, prominent parliamentarian and royal confidante Fouad Ali El-Himma discussed with the Ambassador his efforts to better coordinate local, regional and national governance in the poor constituency he represents. El-Himma asserted that Morocco's legislature has "a [...]
2008-02-19 17:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MO
08RABAT155THE AMBASSADOR'S VISITS TO ZAGORA AND AGADIR
[...] Summary: During January 24-25 visits to the provinces of Zagora and Agadir, the Ambassador called on ranking local officials, met with local civil society leaders, and visited a range of USG-funded projects. The Ambassador and Embassy team found in Zagora a rural and remote province beset by [...]
2008-02-19 17:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SCUL KPAO KMCA PREL MO
08RABAT157DAS PATTON VISITS MOROCCO
[...] (U) Summary: DAS Kent Patton and MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Casablanca and Rabat January 16-19 to discuss post's democracy reform activities, introduce the new Democracy Working Group program, and meet with Moroccan contacts from both the government and civil society. Patto [...]
2008-02-19 18:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID KMPI ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO
08RABAT158MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...]
2008-02-19 18:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT16MOROCCO BACKS EFFORTS TO PRESS SYRIA ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MFA's Co-Political Director passed us a message that Morocco was supporting efforts to break the political deadlock in Lebanon and had urged the Saudis to turn up the heat on the Asad regime. MFA Director-General Mohammed Azeroual said Morocco believed "enough [...]
2008-01-08 11:51:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO LE
08RABAT170SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...]
2008-02-22 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
08RABAT183PRESS COVERAGE OF NEA A/S WELCH'S VISIT
[...] NEA A/S Welch's remarks to the press following his meeting with King Mohammed VI generated substantial positive local broadcast and print media coverage. Semi-private "2M" and government-run "SNRT" television both ran lengthy lead stories during their prime-time French- and Arabic-language ne [...]
2008-02-28 07:23:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OVIP MO
08RABAT185NEA A/S WELCH,S MEETINGS WITH KING MOHAMMED VI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI received NEA A/S Welch for an hour on February 25. The wide-ranging exchange of views focused on bilateral cooperation, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Algeria and Western Sahara. In most respects, the audience mirro [...]
2008-02-28 16:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MO
08RABAT193MOROCCAN FM TO SYRIANS - "WHO WILL REPRESENT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) bluntly expressed Morocco's dissatisfaction with the political impasse in Lebanon during Syrian Foreign Minister Mouallem's visit to Marrakech on February 26, according to Director-General Mohammed Azeroual, point-man on Arab and Islamic affairs. A [...]
2008-03-03 11:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO SY LE XF
08RABAT194NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]
2008-03-03 11:32:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT20AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 3, on the eve of his departure for the next round on UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri expressed his frustration with Algeria's unwillingness to move beyond the status quo to resolve the issue and truly cooperate on economic and securi [...]
2008-01-09 06:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EAID KMCA KPAL MO
08RABAT222MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PARTY LEADER COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD) number two, Lahcen Daoudi, roundly criticized the recent arrests of several prominent Islamist politicians in connection to the Belleraj terrorism case. During a March 5 meeting with Polcouns, he argued that the security service [...]
2008-03-11 12:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT235FM FASSI FIHRI REPORTS THE ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 meeting with visiting Ambassador Swing, otherwise devoted to thanking Morocco for its support in his quest to lead the International Organisation for Migration (IOM),Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri shared some impressions of the Cairo Arab League Ministerial, [...]
2008-03-13 10:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL AL LE MO
08RABAT236FM FASSI FIHRI STRESSES GOM CONCERN OVER POLISARIO
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri called in the Ambassadors of the five UNSC Permanent Members March 7 to formally table a complaint about Polisario activity in the trans-berm area of the Western Sahara. He acknowledged that Moroccan complaints about t [...]
2008-03-13 13:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT265MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...]
2008-03-26 14:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
08RABAT289TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS
[...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...]
2008-04-04 16:12:00Embassy RabatSECRETELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO
08RABAT29MOROCCO: CODEL MARTINEZ MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS.
[...] (C) On January 5, CODEL Martinez met Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Speaker of the House-equivalent Mustapha Mansouri among other Moroccan officials. Interlocutors thanked the delegation for U.S. support for the Moroccan Western Sahara proposal and criticized Algeria and the POLISARIO. T [...]
2008-01-14 08:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOREP MOPS PREL SENV MO
08RABAT319UNHCR DEPUTY JOHNSTONE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Craig Johnstone, at the end of a regional tour, told Ambassador Riley UNHCR can live with the imprecise number for Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf Camps. He said UN agencies get around the dispute by counting both the number of rations (reflecting a [...]
2008-04-14 10:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT39LEADER OF NEW ISLAMIST PARTY WARNS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: A new Islamist party, the Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV),competed for the first time in Morocco's legislative elections in September 2007. Though the party garnered just below 1 percent of the national vote, a Casablancan imam representing the PRV won a lower house seat f [...]
2008-01-16 12:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER MO
08RABAT391RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Rising food prices have quickly become Morocco's principal domestic issue, sparking sporadic protests and threatening to bring the ongoing "social dialogue" between the Moroccan government and labor unions to an impasse. The government and the King will handle this cautiously, rememberin [...]
2008-04-30 18:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT398EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC
[...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...]
2008-05-05 12:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF
08RABAT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit, the third by a congressional delegation in the New Year, following visits by delegations headed by Senators Martinez and Harkin, will help to underscore the importance the United States accords to our r [...]
2008-01-03 16:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON EAID PGOV PREL SENV MO
08RABAT401TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT
[...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...]
2008-05-07 12:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN MO AL XA
08RABAT411MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO AL-MASSAE VERDICT
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche, the Government of Morocco (GOM) has formally asserted that the libel case against al-Massae was a private law suit to which the GOM was not a party, and in which the GOM did not interfere. Although Minister of Communications Naciri told the DCM tha [...]
2008-05-08 15:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT413ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN
[...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...]
2008-05-09 10:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO
08RABAT414MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]
2008-05-09 12:45:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT415MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]
2008-05-09 12:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT416MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]
2008-05-09 12:45:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT417MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]
2008-05-09 12:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT422EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM
[...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...]
2008-05-12 10:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL MO XF XA
08RABAT442 MOROCCO RECEIVES USD 500 MIL SAUDI GIFT
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced that Saudi Arabia had granted Morocco USD 500 million to help it weather the shock of oil price increases. Over the previous fortnight Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as a speci [...]
2008-05-16 17:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EFIN MO
08RABAT462MOROCCO: ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS FEELING THE HEAT
[...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's largest Islamist organization, Al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI),recently told us that the group was facing intensified pressure from the GOM. AWI Political Committee Chairman Abdelwahed Motawakel underscored the group's rejection of formal political/elector [...]
2008-05-20 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR ECON SCUL MO
08RABAT463KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 17:29:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT469GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION
[...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...]
2008-05-21 12:12:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO
08RABAT489SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO
[...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...]
2008-05-23 18:31:00Embassy RabatSECRETOVIP MARR PREL PTER MO
08RABAT493AL-JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF EXPECTS RABAT OFFICE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Al-Jazeera's Rabat bureau chief dismissed Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that the suspension of Al-Jazeera's broadcast license was technical. Given that no one in the GOM would claim responsibility for the decision, he believed it came directly from the King. He criticized [...]
2008-05-28 16:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC MO
08RABAT495MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...]
2008-05-30 13:21:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER EAIR PREL MO
08RABAT496ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...]
2008-05-30 13:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN PBTS AG MO
08RABAT512MOROCCAN RELATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco is very much an African country. Its foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan African countries, like its worldwide foreign policy, is dominated by a single issue: promoting its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Western Sahara issue, in parallel with the broader rivalry bet [...]
2008-06-03 12:45:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL EAID PREF KPKO XA MO
08RABAT569MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST
[...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...]
2008-06-19 10:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO
08RABAT570MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI?
[...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...]
2008-06-20 07:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO
08RABAT572MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT573MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:22:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT574CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:27:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT577PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM
[...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...]
2008-06-23 07:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT579MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]
2008-06-23 14:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT593THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...]
2008-06-27 08:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO
08RABAT60MOROCCAN REACTIONS TO THE POTUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Moroccan media of President Bush's trip to the Middle East was almost entirely, even studiously, factual and based largely on wire service articles. One opinion column in a mass market Arabic daily was stingingly critical. A January 14 visit to Morocco by King A [...]
2008-01-22 17:51:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
08RABAT617AMBASSADOR AND KING MOHAMMED VI DISCUSS MILLENNIUM
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's June 30 meeting with King Mohammed VI, they briefly went over the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Ambassador expressed his pride in its focus on creating sustainable jobs for the poorest sectors of the economy, much like the King,s own National Ini [...]
2008-07-03 12:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID KMCA MO
08RABAT648MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...]
2008-07-14 14:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO
08RABAT681ZAPATERO FINALLY MEETS WITH KING:GOOD FRIENDS
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met with King Mohammad VI on July 11. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the strong relations that already exist between the two countries, primarily highlighting cooperation in the areas of economics, security, and immigrati [...]
2008-07-22 17:20:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KMIG SP MO
08RABAT683MOROCCO: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A TOUCH
[...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]
2008-07-22 19:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT684CORRECTED COPY: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A
[...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]
2008-07-22 19:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT688NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE
[...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...]
2008-07-24 15:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT693NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...]
2008-07-25 15:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT710SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES
[...] (SBU) Representative Reyes, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opportunities to shore up our strong bilate [...]
2008-07-31 16:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT711DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: MOROCCAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT
[...] (U) Summary: Educated Moroccan youths are concerned about Parliamentary dysfunction, constitutional imbalances, and corruption among elected officials. During a conference attended by young academics and opinionmakers, debate focused on problems related to the mismanagement of public resources [...]
2008-08-01 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL MO
08RABAT716MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO
[...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1 through June 30. During the quarter MEPI Women's Pillar Program Manager Olivia Ricchi visited Morocco to assess breast cancer awareness, and the Mission approved two new local grant proposals. Other activ [...]
2008-08-01 16:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT718NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS
[...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]
2008-08-04 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS
[...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]
2008-08-04 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT727MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...]
2008-08-04 16:13:00Embassy RabatSECRETMARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO
08RABAT735MOROCCO: THE AMBASSADOR'S CHAT WITH A KEY ROYAL
[...] (C) Abdelaziz Belfkih, Counselor to King Mohammed VI on education, energy and agriculture issues, told the Ambassador that concern over energy and fuel supplies remains a high priority for the Kingdom, but mitigating strategies are hampered by Morocco's complicated relationship with Algeria. [...]
2008-08-07 13:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM ENRG PGOV PINR PREL KMCA MO
08RABAT737MIXED SUCCESS FOR MOROCCO'S SOCIAL HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after King Mohammed VI directed that social housing be made a "national priority," the range of government programs aimed at reducing the national housing deficit and helping Morocco's working poor to obtain decent accommodation has registered important progress. Tens [...]
2008-08-07 15:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV SCUL MO
08RABAT746SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (SBU) Representative Thompson, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats and to discuss border security issues. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opp [...]
2008-08-11 16:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT785JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...]
2008-08-22 16:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO
08RABAT819MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...]
2008-09-02 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO
08RABAT832MOROCCO FURIOUS WITH UN ON VAN WALSUM REMOVAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told PolCouns September 4 the GOM was deeply unhappy with the UN and its "bad faith" in ending the UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's mandate, and had conveyed this in a letter to the SYG. Bourita felt the [...]
2008-09-05 16:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
08RABAT833MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...]
2008-09-05 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO
08RABAT850LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...]
2008-09-10 12:19:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO
08RABAT852SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF SECRETARY
[...] Summary: Moroccan press coverage of Secretary Rice's September 6-7 visit to Morocco was principally factual and positive, focused on statements she made that the press described as supportive of the Moroccan perspective on Western Sahara negotiations. The Moroccan press also highlighted her [...]
2008-09-10 15:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT878FASSI FIHRI CONVOKES PERM 5 PLUS SPAIN TO COMPLAIN
[...] (C) On September 16, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri convoked the Permanent 5 Ambassadors and Charges, plus the Spanish Ambassador, to bemoan the way in which Peter Van Walsum, the UNSYG's former Personal Envoy for the Western Sahara, was treated by the UN and to press for MINURSO [...]
2008-09-16 17:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UN AG WI MO
08RABAT879MAURITANIAN ENVOY EXPLAINS COUP TO GOM
[...] (C) During a long September 16 briefing on Western Sahara (septel),Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Perm 5 Ambassadors and Charges, as well as the Spanish Ambassador, that King Mohammed VI and he had met new Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in C [...]
2008-09-16 18:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MR MO
08RABAT887MOROCCO'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION STARTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's long-promised Central Commission to Combat Corruption is finally starting to take shape following King Mohammed VI's August 21st appointment of local Transparency International co-founder Abdesselam Aboudrar to head the entity. Aboudrar told us in a September 10 meeting [...]
2008-09-18 15:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCOR MO
08RABAT937LOW TURNOUT AND VOTE BUYING MARS PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Summary: A recent Moroccan special election to fill eight parliamentary seats was marred by low voter turnout and accusations of vote buying. Voter participation in the election, which took place in four Atlantic coast cities, was 27%. Increasing public distrust of the efficacy of poli [...]
2008-09-30 12:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RANGOON198GOB ENCOURAGES USE OF SINGAPORE DOLLARS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a change to its banking policy, the Burmese Government now permits private companies with foreign export earnings to open Singapore dollar-denominated bank accounts in three state-owned banks -- Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank, and Myanmar E [...]
2008-03-17 01:02:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PREL BM
08RANGOON307BURMA: MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL DOWN, BUT NOT
[...] (C) Summary. Myanmar Airways International (MAI),one of Burma's two international airlines, recently lost one of its planes due to the sudden cancellation of its wet-lease contract and was forced to halt flights to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur beginning on April 24. Although it just signed a o [...]
2008-05-02 10:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
08RANGOON3083D FUND ANNUAL REVIEW SHOWS POSITIVE RESULTS, IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 10:32:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
08RANGOON309BURMA: MONITORING THE 3D FUND
[...] (C) Summary. The 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),the largest and newest donor in Burma's health sector, has taken steps during the past year to improve the administration of its programs. Aware that monitoring and evaluation (M/E) of its programs are key to securing future funding from donors, the 3D [...]
2008-05-02 10:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON706BURMESE TIMBER EXPORTS ON THE RISE
[...] (SBU) The value and quantity of Burmese timber exports increased dramatically in 2007, up six percent and 26 percent respectively over last year's figures. Timber industry experts predict that 2008 will be a record year for Burmese timber exports, despite international sanctions on Burmese [...]
2008-09-08 04:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON SENV PREL PGOV ETRD BM
08RANGOON844BURMA: ANALYZING 3D FUND'S OPERATIONS
[...] (C) The Three Diseases Fund (3DF),the single largest health donor in Burma, has successfully worked for the past 18 months to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria, according to 3DF Manager Mikko Lainejoki. The 3DF's mandate prevents it from f [...]
2008-10-29 09:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON963D FUND PROMOTING HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. After getting off to a slow start, the 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),run by UNOPS, has started moving: 26 implementing partners are fulfilling 38 health contracts worth $21 million in 300 townships throughout the country. 3DF activities target the most vulnerable and under-served po [...]
2008-02-08 06:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08REYKJAVIK270 ICELAND REACHES AGREEMENT ON ICESAVE, OPENING DOOR FOR IMF
[...] (SBU) The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands came to an agreement November 16 on the compensation for deposits held in Icesave accounts, the online savings accounts offered by now-nationalized Landsbanki. The Icelandic government will pay the first EUR 20,000 (25,3 [...]
2008-11-17 16:30:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08RIGA574LATVIA: NO IMMEDIATE POSITION ON KINGPIN DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 14:42:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE SNAR KCRM LG
08RIODEJANEIRO337BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10
[...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]
2008-12-18 19:03:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIYADH102SARKOZY IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. French President Nicholas Sarkozy's visited Saudi Arabia on January 13-14 to make clear that Saudi Arabia is now "at the top" of the French Middle East policy list. Pres. Sarkozy met with Saudi King Abdullah, addressed the Shura council and spoke briefly with Saudi business leaders. [...]
2008-01-26 11:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETFR PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1022UPDATE ON JAILED POLITICAL ACTIVIST MATRUK AL-FALEH
[...] (C) During a June 28 meeting with noted Saudi political and human rights activist Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb (protect),PolOff spoke by telephone with Jameela al-Ughla, wife of imprisoned Saudi political activist Matruk al-Faleh (Reftel A, B). An emotionally upset al-Ughla told PolOff that she had [...]
2008-07-01 13:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKJUS KMPI PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH1034SEN. KERRY IN SAUDI - IRAN, IRAQ AND OIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) traveled to the Kingdom on June 28-30 where he met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Asaf, and Assistant Interior Minister for Security Aff [...]
2008-07-06 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALCIA ECON IR IS IZ MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR
08RIYADH1035SAUDI KING ON MADRID INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting with Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in Jeddah, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud elaborated on furthering global religious tolerance and combating extremism through the Inter-Faith Dialogue he launched, where the next step will be a multi-faith conference, [...]
2008-07-06 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH107CANADIAN FM IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Canadian FM Bernier visited Saudi Arabia on January 9-11. Bernier met with various SAG officials, including Saudi King Abdullah. Topics included aid to the Palestinians, Syria/Lebanon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, operations in Afghanistan, UN make-up and commercial interests. T [...]
2008-01-26 14:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALAF CA FATAH IR IS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1070SECTARIANISM UNDERMINES LOCAL CONFIDENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite King Abdullah's efforts to foster religious tolerance, an increase in local sectarian tension and a series of perceived anti-Shi'a actions by Saudi authorities in the Eastern Province have undermined confidence among many Saudi Shi'a that the SAG's interfaith efforts will [...]
2008-07-10 13:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALCIA KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1077UPDATED PERSONAL INFO ON SAUDI KING
[...] (S/NF) A western physician whose professional duties include frequently consulting with members of the Saudi Royal family shared with DCM on July 11 personal information gleaned from Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud's personal medical file, including King Abdullah's true age and curre [...]
2008-07-13 06:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA INRA INRO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1078THE VISIT OF THE MNF-I COMMANDER TO THE KINGDOM OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Commander David Petraeus met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the primary cabinet officials responsible for the national security of Saudi Arabia. The meetings were frank yet quite cordial and appeared to establish Petraeus as an off [...]
2008-07-13 08:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MASS MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1090INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN MADRID - AGENDA AND MUSLIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Muslim World League (MWL),under the auspices of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has organized a global interfaith dialogue in Madrid from July 16-18 (Reftels). This is a ground breaking event as the Saudis have organized an event that puts Christianity and Judais [...]
2008-07-15 05:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH111MOI FEEDBACK ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
[...] (S) The Saudi Government has made a decision to expand the relationship between the USG and and Ministry of Interior (MOI) with regards to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),building on the existing Joint Working Group relationship. This will involve the USG working with many, probab [...]
2008-01-27 15:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA
08RIYADH1119SAUDI MESSAGE TO EMBASSY RIYADH RE: SETTLEMENTS
[...] (C) Post has received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs soliciting support for the Arab Group's draft resolution on Israeli settlements. The dip note contains the following text: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presents its com [...]
2008-07-19 13:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PA PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
08RIYADH1133 Saudi Arabia: Media Reaction to the Madrid Interfaith
[...] Summary and comment: The Madrid Interfaith Dialogue Conference provided Saudi press with an excellent opportunity to advance King Abdullah's agenda of promoting interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance among the broader Saudi society. Highlights include a commentary by a prominent editor w [...]
2008-07-22 04:58:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO KDEM PHUM SA
08RIYADH114PAKISTAN OFFICIAL: SAG LOOKING TO RUSSIANS FOR NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 09:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PGOV PINR PK PREL SA
08RIYADH1150SAUDI POLICY ON PREVENTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The SAG has long been active in stemming the flow of Saudis attempting to enter Iraq as foreign fighters, and has been highly cooperative in broadly addressing this issue with the USG. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) The SAG shares the overall USG policy objective of establishing a s [...]
2008-07-26 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAG EG IZ JO LY MCAP MO MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
08RIYADH1151STEEL MARKET ILLUSTRATES CHALLENGES IN REALIZING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With Gulf countries eager to translate windfall oil profits into global commercial leadership, the GCC project market has boomed, recently surpassing two trillion USD - more than double the combined GDP of the GCC economies. With massive industrial, utility, and real estate proje [...]
2008-07-27 05:11:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD SA
08RIYADH1155SAUDIS WILL ENGAGE EUROPE OVER SYRIA
[...] (S) Pol Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche to Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Saleh Al-Kuhaimi on July 27. Al-Kuhaimi stated the SAG is engaged with the EU and all major European governments. He fully agreed that Syria has long been a sour [...]
2008-07-28 07:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEUN PGOV PREL SA SY
08RIYADH1160SAUDIS PREFER SEPTEMBER FOR CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Post formally advised the MFA of the Department's invitation to participate in discussions on civilian nuclear cooperation on July 21 in an urgent diplomatic note. We also conveyed the information to the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST),which functions as the de [...]
2008-07-28 14:26:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENERG IAEA KNNP SA
08RIYADH1162DEPORTATION OF CHRISTIANS IN TAIF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 26 and 27, 16 Indian Christians were notified that they have been ordered for immediate deportation. They were reportedly told by their sponsors, who were told "not by the police, but thobe-claded secret agents from Makkah Governate." There is currently no evidence of a [...]
2008-07-28 15:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKIRF PHUM PGOV SA
08RIYADH1163EMBASSY DELEGATION MEETS WITH SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy POLOFFs met with Dr. Mufteh Al-Kahtani, the Vice President of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) on July 21. We received a briefing by Al-Kahtani on the NSHR, including the role it plays between citizens lodging human rights complaints and the SAG, as well as [...]
2008-07-28 15:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH1170KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...]
2008-07-30 05:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1174SAUDIS INVEST IN FOREIGN AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD
[...] (C) Summary: One of the unintended consequences of the dramatic increase in oil prices has been huge inflation in basic commodities, including grain. Food security continues to be a concern in Saudi Arabia, especially with regard to lower and middle income population, and foreign workers. Th [...]
2008-07-30 13:20:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1175SAUDI OIL ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN PROCEEDING SLOWLY
[...] (S) Recent conversations with the Assistant Minister of Petroleum, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance, and the Pakistani Embassy point to one conclusion: the Saudi offer to assist Pakistan by deferring crude oil payments is proceeding slowly. With King Abdullah, Petroleum Minister Naimi, [...]
2008-07-30 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEPET PREL PK SA
08RIYADH1176SAUDI ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post obtained the official Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) delgation list for the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). No specific dates for arrival or departure are available, nor has SAG provided Post with information regarding the travel of spouses. Post will se [...]
2008-07-30 14:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP OTRA OVIP PREL USUN
08RIYADH1190SAUDIS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. According to the no. 3 official in the Saudi Foreign Ministry, the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) is slowly moving toward official SAG recognition of Kosovo. He ascribed the SAG's reluctance to recognize the newly independent Balkan republic heretofore to concern over Russian se [...]
2008-08-04 10:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEU EUN FR GR KPKO PGOV PREL RS SA UNC KV YI
08RIYADH1197RADICAL SHI'A CLERIC SUPPORTS IRAN, WARNS OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, a Shi'a sheikh in Qatif, Saudi Arabia has once again caused controversy with his radical statements supporting Iran and challenging Saudi authority. In a July 11, 2008 sermon al-Nimr defended Iran's right to respond to "American aggression" and stated t [...]
2008-08-05 10:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1205SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAQ
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudis support USG policy and strategy in establishing a stable Iraq. However, the Saudis remain extremely distrustful of PM Maliki and highly concerned over Iranian influence there. Therefore, they are still hesitant, at least for the interim, to commit any political capi [...]
2008-08-06 10:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1211DEMARCHE TO THE SAUDIS ON POTENTIAL DEPORTATION OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Early on the morning of August 6, the Charge' d'Affaires contacted Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir and MOI Major General Dr. Sa'd al-Jabry regarding the case of fourteen Indian Christians in Taif who are awaiting deportation (reftel A). The Charge' explained the poten [...]
2008-08-06 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKIRF PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH1212SAUDI GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER TRIBALISM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-09 13:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PINR PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1218SAUDI ASSISTANT MINISTER OF INTERIOR: INDIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-10 15:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SA
08RIYADH1230CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN SAUDI: NEXT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The enormous Saudi energy facilities located in the Kingdom's Eastern Province, which provide approximately 12 percent of global oil supply, remain highly vulnerable to external attack. Even partial disruption of these production facilities would have an immediate impact on oil s [...]
2008-08-11 16:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1235SAUDI PET BAN RAISES HACKLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia made world headlines last week by banning the sale of cats and dogs in the capital, Riyadh. On the surface, the ban appears to be just another example of the Saudi religious police run amok. However, the topic has exposed a divide in views between Saudi religious lead [...]
2008-08-12 12:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA SENV
08RIYADH1237SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (C) On August 11, 2008, The Saudi Council of Ministers approved the Government of Saudi Arabia's (SAG) agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enforce the Nuclear Safeguards Agreement under the frame work of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treat (NPT),as reported in loc [...]
2008-08-12 13:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENERG IAEA KNNP SA
08RIYADH1245TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]
2008-08-14 10:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1258INFLATION CONTINUES TO SOAR: SAG DELAYS RICE
[...] (C) Summary: Rising food prices in Saudi Arabia have resulted in clamoring for relief, particularly from the middle and lower classes and expatriate workers. The SAG committed in April to pay subsidies of SR 1,000 (approximately $270 UD) on each ton of rice imported, but it has not yet implem [...]
2008-08-18 05:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1268KACST PRESIDENT ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para nine. 2. (S) SUMMARY: POL/ECON counselor met with President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Dr. Mohamed Al-Suwaiyel on August 12 following the announcement that the Saudi Council of Ministers approved bringing into f [...]
2008-08-18 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL KNNP PARM ENRG SA
08RIYADH1269BRINGING FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS BACK TO SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With the Emergency Action Plan essentially complete and the return of adult dependents authorized for Saudi Arabia, post considers this an appopriate time to resume the Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program in this country. We request authority to reactivate the U.S. grantee comp [...]
2008-08-18 14:51:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SA SCUL
08RIYADH1270SAUDIS FIND THEIR VOICE ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Public opinion on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia continues to develop in the wake of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's Madrid Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Senior SAG officials railed against the USG's lack of public support after the Conference concluded. Conservative S [...]
2008-08-19 04:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1271MICROSOFT LEADING COLLABORATION WITH SAG TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary: Intellectual property rights (IPR) violations in Saudi Arabia are receiving increased attention from the Saudi government (SAG). The SAG has made significant efforts to address IPR violations, which in the Kingdom occur most notably in the pharmaceutical and software sectors. W [...]
2008-08-19 04:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KTFN SA
08RIYADH1272READOUT OF ABDULLAH-MUBARAK MEETING BY EGYPTIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa provided a readout of the Saudi King Abdullah-Egyptian President Mubarak meeting held in Cairo on Aug. 15. Essa again relayed the message that Egypt asks to have side discussions on Iran during the next 6 2 1 meetings, as well being kept infor [...]
2008-08-20 04:57:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1283MEETING WITH CONTROVERSIAL SHI'A SHEIKH NIMR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with PolOff, controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr sought to distance himself from previously reported pro-Iranian and anti-American statements, instead adopting a less radical tone on topics such as the relationship between Iran and the Saudi Sh [...]
2008-08-23 05:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1298CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: The USG's first assessment for Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil facility was completed on August 19. It was a success in that it established the basis for our working relationship under the auspices of the Joint Commission on Infrastructure and Border Security Protection (CIP). Follow [...]
2008-08-25 13:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL KCIP ENRG EPET PGOV PTER ASEC SA
08RIYADH1302DIVERSIFYING THE SAUDI ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SAG efforts to economically diversify beyond oil have drawn much attention during the current energy boom. Projects such as the King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh and the Knowledge Economic City in Medina, with soaring goals and price tags, spark debate as to whether the Kingd [...]
2008-08-26 05:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EMIN EINV ENRG SA
08RIYADH1321SHI'A POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Shi'a of the Eastern Province (EP) - located primarily in the oases of Qatif and al-Ahsa - comprise the vast majority of the Saudi Shi'a, the largest minority in the Kingdom. With strong socio-religious ties to Iran, and residing on lands holding one quarter of the world's [...]
2008-08-27 23:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER PGOV PINS SA
08RIYADH133RIYADH EAC - 27 JANUARY 2008
[...] (S) On Sunday, January 27, the Charge d'Affaires convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture. Present were the ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, POL, LEGAT, MSG, DAO, CLO, MGT, and RSO. BPM and RSO reported no new specific and/or credi [...]
2008-01-30 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1346SAUDIS REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR U.N. SESSION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal will call for UN endorsement of Saudi King Abdullah's Interfaith Dialogue initiative in his address to the upcoming 2008 U.N. General Assembly. A Saudi MFA official revealed that t [...]
2008-09-02 04:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1408MOVING FORWARD ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by CENTCOM J5 met Assistant Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MBN) to discuss the next steps in implementing the Critical Infrastructure and Border Protection (CIP) program designed to safeguard Saudi Arabia's oil production and wa [...]
2008-09-15 13:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET LE MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV
08RIYADH141KING ABDULLAH TO LEBANESE FM: SAG MIGHT BOYCOTT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: According to the Lebanese DCM Ziad Itani, King Abdullah supports the current Lebanese government and its push for immediate presidential elections. The King reportedly told PM Siniora during his January 25 visit that if the Syrian government prevents Lebanese elections, neither [...]
2008-02-02 12:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL PINR LE SA
08RIYADH1436RIYADH EAC - 20 SEPTEMBER 2008
[...] (S/NF) On September 20, the DCM convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture in response to additional threat information received describing further attacks planned against U.S. interests in the region following the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in S [...]
2008-09-22 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1450SAUDI IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: During a 20 September meeting with the Saudi delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Dr. Turki Al-Saud, Dr. Turki requested U.S. assistance to arrange a visit to the U.S. by a delegation from the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technolo [...]
2008-09-24 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG IAEA KNNP BEXP SA
08RIYADH1479OIL MINISTER ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al Naimi told the Ambassador on September 20 that the press conference following the September 9 OPEC meeting in Vienna did not accurately reflect members' discussions there and that there had been no agreement to cut production or a [...]
2008-09-28 15:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL ENRG ECON TSPL SA
08RIYADH1480DANCING IN THE STREETS: SAUDI NATIONAL DAY
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi National Day was observed September 23 with unprecedented celebration in the Kingdom. Unlike previous years, which saw a more somber observance of the day, this year's anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom was a joyous display of nationalism, particularly among the [...]
2008-09-28 15:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON KWMN PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO SOCI SA
08RIYADH1488INFLATION HIGH BUT NO THREAT TO SAG
[...] (C) Summary: Inflation in Saudi Arabia continued to climb in July and August but is expected to slow in the coming months. Key contributors to this increase are high economic growth, a limited supply of real estate, and global increases in food prices. While the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG [...]
2008-10-06 12:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1504KING ABDULLAH APPOINTS WORLD CLASS BOARD OF TRUSTESS FOR
[...] Summary. On October 3 King Abdullah decreed the appointment of the first Board of Trustees of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The King intends that KAUST be a world-class, co-educational research institute at the graduate level, with English as the language of inst [...]
2008-10-08 08:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV ENRG PINR OEXC SCUL SA
08RIYADH1507FINANCIAL CRISIS CATCHES UP WITH SAUDI MARKETS
[...] (C) Summary: The Saudi stock market (the Tadawul) declined more than 16 percent October 6 - 7. The 9.8 percent drop on October 6 was the largest ever single-day fall in percentage terms. The Tadawul is famous for its volatility, and although this recent drop is likely due to skittishness af [...]
2008-10-08 15:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SA
08RIYADH1532RIYADH EAC - 10 OCTOBER 2008
[...] (S/NF) On October 10, 2008, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Mission's security posture and the continuation of restrictions on Embassy personnel in light of recent threats involving the Embassy as reported in ref B. Also discussed [...]
2008-10-14 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1538DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELANS DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on September 23 on the three Venezuelan individuals designated under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Post will inform the Department of any response we receive. RUNDELL [...]
2008-10-15 14:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE SA
08RIYADH1541PAKISTANI RELATIONS WITH SAUDIS “STRAINED”
[...] (C) SAUDIS UNHAPPY WITH ZARDARI: Echoing Pakistani interlocutors in Washington and Islamabad, in an introductory call with PolCouns, Pakistani DCM Sarfraz Khanzada (protect) characterized Saudi-Pakistani relations as "under strain." This was due, he said, to a lack of Saudi confidence in the Zardar [...]
2008-10-16 10:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SA PK
08RIYADH1568SAUDI TERROR COURTS BEGIN TRIALS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Riyadh General Court began the long-planned prosecution of detained terrorist suspects charged with attacks inside the Kingdom, including bombings of residential compounds in Riyadh in 2003. This follows the King's approval of the appointment of ten judges to ov [...]
2008-10-20 14:07:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1572SAG UPBEAT ON ECONOMY, BUT SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN
[...] (C) Summary: While still generally upbeat when discussing their economic prospects, Saudi businesses and government agencies have begun to temper their statements with an element of caution. Many embassy contacts have told us they expect a slight economic downturn, but that its effects will [...]
2008-10-21 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV EPET SA
08RIYADH1573RIYADH EAC - 19 OCTOBER 2008
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, October 19, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened a regularly scheduled meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The RSO and BPM said that threat reporting levels remained consistent and that no new, specific threats to U.S. interests were received [...]
2008-10-22 04:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1574SAUDI KING TO ATTEND UNGA INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (C) KING ABDALLAH TO NEW YORK: During an October 18 meeting, FM Saud Al-Faisal confirmed to Ambassador Fraker that King Abdallah would address the UNGA meeting requested by the Saudis to discuss their interfaith dialogue initiative. The King will travel to New York accompanied by a very large [...]
2008-10-22 07:44:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL SA
08RIYADH1575SAUD AL-FAISAL: MORE US ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SATISFIED WITH SLEIMAN: Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal touched briefly on Lebanese President Michel Sleiman's October 12-13 visit to the Jeddah during a meeting with Ambassador Fraker on October 18. Saud reported that King Abdallah was "very impressed" with Sleiman and that the visit went "very [...]
2008-10-22 07:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER SA LE
08RIYADH1577SAUDI EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD "LINKED TO SECURITY"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 07:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XF IZ
08RIYADH1579UPDATED SAUDI VIEWS ON JCCIP IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed bin Nayif bin 'abd al-'Aziz (MBN) to discuss the next steps in implementation of the Joint Commission for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Border Security (JCCIP). MBN reiterated the urgency posed by the [...]
2008-10-22 08:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1607DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Ambassador Fraker met with King Abdullah to discuss the upcoming G-20 summit, the global financial situation, and the impact on other countries, particularly Pakistan. Deputy Secretary Kimmitt also stressed that the United States is planning for a smoo [...]
2008-10-27 08:11:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL SA
08RIYADH1615CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE: THE SAG PUSHES RELIGIOUS
[...] (S) (Summary) The Ramadan season in Saudi Arabia saw prominent media coverage of controversial religious opinions that focused attention on the harsh and unyielding interpretations of Islam that have for so long permeated the thinking of the country's religious establishment. Over the past few [...]
2008-10-28 11:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1619SAG AGREES TO USG STEPS TO PROTECT OIL FACILITIES
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraph 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY. The Joint Commssion on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Border Security (JCCIP) initiative in Saudi Arabia made significant progress this week. On October 27, a Department of Energy delegation led by DOE DAS Wm. Bryan, with Am [...]
2008-10-29 10:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1620NO INDICATION SAG HAS CHANGED POLICY ON TAIF
[...] (S) In an October 27 meeting with Saudi Assistant Minister for National Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Naif (MBN),Charge Rundell raised the issue of the Taif Christians (ref A). MBN reiterated previous assurances that the deportation orders in question had been rescinded. Nevertheless, [...]
2008-10-29 10:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08RIYADH1625EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KING SAUD
[...] Reftel requested that Post conduct post-shipment verifications relating to the shipment of 8 Waters Breeze High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Systems exported as No License Required by Waters Corporation, Milford, MA. This order was placed through Waters Europe and Gulf Scientific Co [...]
2008-10-29 12:42:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08RIYADH1626EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KING FAISAL
[...] Reftel requested that Post conduct a post-shipment verification of a Waters 2695 Separations Module and a Waters 2998 Photodiode Array Detector and related equipment exported as No License Required by Waters Corporation, Milford, MA. This order was placed through Waters Europe and Gulf Scientif [...]
2008-10-29 12:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08RIYADH1627EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KING FAISAL
[...] Abu Dhabi based Regional Export Control Officer was unable to complete reftel post-shipment verification at King Faisal University in Al-Hufof due to logistical issues previously highlighted to BIS/OEA. 2. Post requests that this PSV be cancelled. FRAKER [...]
2008-10-29 12:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08RIYADH1629THE SAUDI PUBLIC POSITION ON G-20 SUMMIT ISSUES
[...] (C) In response to the specific questions in ref A, Post provides the following answers concerning Saudi attitudes towards the November 15 G-20 financial summit: a. (C) Based on public comments made by host government officials, what are the country's likely objectives in attending the summi [...]
2008-10-29 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SA
08RIYADH1647RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA DEFIES LIMITED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's footprint in Saudi Arabia - official and unofficial - is relatively small compared to the U.S. and many other countries. While several positions in their Riyadh embassy remain unfilled, Russia seeks an office location in Mecca to house their mission to the Organization o [...]
2008-11-03 06:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08RIYADH1648SAG FORMALLY REQUESTS OPM-FSF
[...] (S) On Nov. 1, the Saudi Ministry of Interior presented to AmEmbassy Riyadh a formal Letter of Request (LOR) addressed to U.S. Central Command requesting the USG the establish the Office of Program Management - Facilities Security Force (OPM-FSF) to train and equip Saudi forces to protect Saudi [...]
2008-11-03 07:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1655NEW LEADERSHIP AT SAUDI ARAMCO
[...] (S) Summary: On November 2, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Ibrhaim al-Naimi announced that Khalid Abdulaziz al-Falih has been appointed as the new president of Saudi Aramco, succeeding Abdallah Salih Jum'ah who held the position for fourteen years. When al-Falih, a relatively y [...]
2008-11-04 10:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH1657SAUDI INTELLECTUALS CALL FOR FAST IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of thirteen Saudi intellectuals has called a November 8-9 fast to protest the detentions of eleven individuals they claim are being held for their political beliefs. Word of the protest has spread via the Internet, with like-minded Saudis invited to join. The intellectua [...]
2008-11-04 13:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER SA
08RIYADH1659SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]
2008-11-04 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL SA
08RIYADH1663DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PREL EPET KIPR SA
08RIYADH1665REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT APER SA
08RIYADH1688MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF ON SAUDI CT EFFORTS
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. ON 25 OCTOBER 2008, TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY ROBERT KIMMITT AND AMBASSADOR FRAKER MET WITH ASSISTANT MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF. THEY DISCUSSED SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS, THE PROPOSED CHARITY COMMISSION, IRAN, U.S.-SAUDI SECURITY COOPERATION AND THE NEED [...]
2008-11-12 04:30:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN KISL SA IR
08RIYADH1691TAIF CHRISTIAN "DEPORTATION" ISSUE RESOLVED
[...] (S/NF) DEPORTATIONS RESCINDED: On November 9 and 10, two contacts confirmed to Poloff that the Makkah Governorate's orders to deport 13 Taif Christians (Ref A) have been rescinded. Reji Johnson (strictly protect) asserted that the situation had been definitely resolved thanks to a higher ord [...]
2008-11-12 12:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08RIYADH1699GEN PETRAEUS IN SAUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. CENTCOM CG GEN Petraeus met with Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense and Aviation Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Interior Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Asst. Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al Abdulaziz (KBS) to discuss regional [...]
2008-11-15 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAG ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ MARR MCAP MOPS OVP
08RIYADH1708SAUDIZATION REQUIREMENTS HAMPER BUSINESS
[...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Dhahran Consul General Kenny, Abdulrahman Ali al-Turki, a leading business person in the Eastern Province (EP) of Saudi Arabia, candidly spoke out against a government quota system that requires a percentage of a company's workforce to consist of Saudi nationals. [...]
2008-11-17 15:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETELAB KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
08RIYADH173SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEETS WITH THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During his first meeting with Ambassador Fraker, Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Turki Al-Sudairy emphasized that the creation of the HRC only 18 months ago was a huge step forward for the Kingdom. Al-Sudairy hoped that the USG would become less critical and more supporti [...]
2008-02-06 14:20:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SA
08RIYADH1745SAUDI OIL COMPANY TO STRENGTHEN TIES TO U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 23 Dhahran Consul General Kenny met with Saudi Aramco president designate Khalid al-Falih in his Aramco office. Al-Falih, educated at Texas A&M, values his U.S. education highly and expressed hope that most Aramco employees could be exposed to American higher educ [...]
2008-11-24 12:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EPET KPAO OEXC PGOV SA
08RIYADH1748NAJRAN LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz issued a royal decree relieving Prince Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz from his duties as governor of Najran province at his own request. Contacts widely believe he was fired for his inability to manage relations with the Is [...]
2008-11-24 15:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SA YM
08RIYADH1755U/S GLASSMAN ENGAGES SAUDI PRINCES AND PROFESSORS ON
[...] Summary and comment: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman engaged Saudi Princes Salman Ibn Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh, and Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, and university professors in deliberations about counterterrorism strategies and U.S and [...]
2008-11-25 13:48:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV OEXC SCUL ASEC PTER KWMN KISL SA
08RIYADH1757SAUDI SUCCESSION: WHAT HAPPENS IF CROWN PRINCE
[...] (C) CROWN PRINCE ILL?: In an unusually candid notice, the Saudi Government announced November 23 that Crown Prince Sultan flew to the U.S. for medical tests. He was accompanied by his son, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, and his full brother, Riyadh Governor Prince Salman and a large retinue of pri [...]
2008-11-25 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1780SAUDI REACTION TO U.N. INTERFAITH SESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi King Abdullah got what he wanted from the November 11-12 UN General Assembly session on interfaith dialogue in New York: a UN endorsement of the value of interfaith dialogue and a boost to his Interfaith Dialogue Initiative (IDI). Domestic Saudi reaction was mixed. Saudi m [...]
2008-12-04 19:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SA UNGA
08RIYADH1808PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) In a short phone conversation with Deputy Finance Minister Dr. Hamid al-Baz'y on December 14, Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche regarding a possible donors conference for Pakistan to be held in early 2009. Econ Counselor also asked Baz'y to comment on press reports to the effect [...]
2008-12-16 11:37:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN SA PK
08RIYADH1823THE SAG TAPS SAUDI ARAMCO TO FILL KEY POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has increasingly looked to Saudi Aramco executives to fill important ministerial-level positions and ambassadorships. Three former Aramco executives have been named to Ambassadorships to the UN, China and Japan in the past year alone; with a pos [...]
2008-12-20 15:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR
08RIYADH1848GUIDANCE ON SAG'S CHILD CUSTODY AND PRESIDENTIAL
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Saudi Arabian Government formally requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on December 17. The note also asked for updates on the status of chil [...]
2008-12-23 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN OPDC PREL SA
08RIYADH1849SAUDI RESPONSE TO FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered the points contained in reftel on leveraging the FATF statement on Iran to Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, Deputy Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA),on December 23. Dr. Hamidy responded by highlighting Saudi Arabia's active participation in FATF [...]
2008-12-23 15:13:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP SA IR
08RIYADH1850SAUDI ECONOMY SHOWS MORE SIGNS OF SLOWDOWN, NO
[...] (C) Summary: Public comments by Saudi leaders, particularly with regard to the price of oil and its effect on the Saudi economy, have become much less bullish in recent weeks as OPEC's announcements of production cuts have failed to stymie the falling price of oil. In addition, despite margi [...]
2008-12-23 15:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD EPET SA
08RIYADH1864SAUDI ARABIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] Saudi Arabia has only recently begun to examine how nuclear energy can best meet its national needs. Government statements have noted that Saudi Arabia would benefit from the ability to produce electricity from nuclear sources as well as to power expanded desalination operations. Part of the S [...]
2008-12-29 06:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SA
08RIYADH1868GAZA'S RIPPLE EFFECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Disparate yet vocal groups in Saudi Arabia are stepping out of the shadows to protest events in Gaza. In Eastern Province, protesters on December 19 reportedly carried Hezbollah flags and Hassan Nasrallah posters while chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans. Privately, a grou [...]
2008-12-29 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALBA EG IS LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH1871SAUDI PUBLIC OUTRAGED OVER GAZA
[...] (U) OFFICIAL CONDEMNATIONS: Saudi King Abdallah, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and other officials have strongly condemned the Israeli action and called on the U.S. to intervene to end the bloodshed. The King received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his farm outside Riyadh on Decem [...]
2008-12-29 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL EG IS LE PGOV SA
08RIYADH1879DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA
[...] (C) In the absence of FM Saud Al-Faisal, currently in Muscat with King Abdallah attending the GCC Summit, Charge delivered reftel A points to the Saudi MFA's Ra'ed Krimly, Director of Western Affairs. Krimly responded that Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned what he termed "the Israeli aggres [...]
2008-12-30 12:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM
08RIYADH1880SAUDI 2009 BUDGET APPROVED, BENEFITING FROM STRONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst plunging oil prices and a struggling world economy, the Saudi cabinet endorsed a strong countercyclical 2009 budget on December 22, which local market analysts have widely praised. The new SAR 475 billion ($127b) budget is 6.9 percent less than actual 2008 expenditures [...]
2008-12-30 13:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PGOV SA
08RIYADH1883SAUDI-QATARI COORDINATION MEETING SEALS
[...] (C) RECONCILIATION OFFICIAL: As noted in reftel, Qatari Crown Prince Tamim led a large delegation to Riyadh December 15-17 for the first meeting of the Qatar-Saudi Joint Council on Coordination. Interior Minister Nayif stood in for Crown Prince Sultan to lead the Saudi side. (Note: Sultan is [...]
2008-12-30 14:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL QA SA
08RIYADH1885DHAHRAN EAC DECEMBER 30, 2008 - REVIEW SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, 2008, the Consul General convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the status of Consulate General Dhahran security as it relates to the present Israeli Palestinian conflict. It was noted the planned social outing to the Qatif area [...]
2008-12-31 09:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1888HAJJ MESSAGES FOLLOW KING'S LEAD
[...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz spoke to Muslim leaders at an Eid reception. The King called for "a dialogue of the Ummah within itself." Of terrorism, the King said Muslims themselves were responsible. "The terrorism that threatens the entire world is attri [...]
2008-12-31 13:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PTER SA
08RIYADH190CONFRONTING INTOLERANCE IN SAUDI MOSQUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting/DCM and PolOff met with Assistant Deputy Minister for Islamic Affairs (MOIA) Dr. Abdullah al-Lheedan on February 3 to discuss SAG efforts to combat extremism. Al-Lheedan focused on SAG efforts to monitor and rehabilitate intolerant imams. He also touched on the charities [...]
2008-02-10 14:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PGOV SA
08RIYADH191CONSULATE DHAHRAN HOLDS FIRST EVER MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 9, Consulate Dhahran officers held our first ever meeting with Shaykh Hasan al-Saffar, the paramount religious figure in the Saudi Arabian "Shirazi" movement. For more than a decade, al-Saffar has consistently rebuffed Consulate requests to meet stating that "the time [...]
2008-02-11 05:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH233WOMEN'S REFORM IN SAUDI ARABIA: NO CELEBRATIONS YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The opening weeks of 2008 have brought a flurry of rumors and announcements regarding potentially important advances in the rights of Saudi Arabia's female citizens. On January 21, the English newspaper "Telegraph" reported that the SAG unofficially planned to drop the ban on wo [...]
2008-02-13 18:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH284SAUDI ARABIA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST INPUT
[...] Despite continuing deficiencies, Saudi Arabia improved its protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the preceding year. The Violations Review Committee increased its productivity and transparency considerably under new leadership, the SAG offered a counter-proposal to USTR's Exclu [...]
2008-02-19 13:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SA
08RIYADH286RIYADH EAC - 17 FEBRUARY 2008
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, February 17, the Ambassador convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture and to review existing reverse tripwires for the return of adult family members. BPM and RSO reported no new specific an [...]
2008-02-20 08:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETAMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH291C-NE7-01842: SAUDI-QATAR RELATIONS WARMING; WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi-Qatar relations appear to be warming, however, there is little evidence of long-term improvements. The Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) told PolOff during a February 13 meeting that Saudi-Qatar tensions are not played out [...]
2008-02-20 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR QA SA
08RIYADH293BILLIONAIRE AL-SANE,A ON INVESTMENTS, ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 18, 2008, Ambassador Fraker met with Ma'an al-Sane'a in the Saudi billionaire's elaborate al-Khobar offices. During the meeting, the Saad Group Chairman revealed various aspects of his current business plans, most notably his company's lower leverage profile, new two [...]
2008-02-21 13:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH326SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2008-02-26 13:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR SA
08RIYADH346DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG ON ARAB PARLIAMENTARY
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on Wednesday, March 27, 2008. MFA was unavailable to meet with PolOff due to the visits of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah II last week. FRAKER [...]
2008-03-01 11:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH347DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG ON MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on Wednesday, March 27, 2008. MFA was unavailable to meet with PolOff due to the visits of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordanian King Abdullah II last week. According to media reports, the purpose of these visits was to discuss the [...]
2008-03-01 11:41:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH362DHAHRAN EAC - 26 FEB 2008
[...] (SBU) On 26 February 2008, Consulate General Dhahran convened an full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss the ramifications of REFTEL A on ConGen Dhahran operations and the current threat environment in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. In attendance were the CG, RSO, FCS, [...]
2008-03-04 08:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC AMGT SA
08RIYADH365SAUDI LEADERSHIP KEENLY INTERESTED IN PEACEFUL
[...] (S) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney led an 8-person delegation to Riyadh, February 26-27, to consult with senior Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) officials about possible U.S. engagement with the Kingdom on civilian nuclear [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP KGIC KNNP SA PREL IR PINR PGOV
08RIYADH368TRIBES: A SILENT PLAYER IN MODERN-DAY SAUDI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Traditionally seen as a domestic issue, tribalism plays a key role in modern-day Saudi foreign policy. Tribalism affects which conflicts and issues the Saudi government (SAG) engages in, the extent of the SAG's involvement, and with which side it chooses to align itself. Despite [...]
2008-03-05 07:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
08RIYADH37SARKOZY INTENDS TO OFFER SAUDI ARABIA PEACEFUL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. French President Nicholas Sarkozy will arrive in Saudi Arabia January 15 and depart the next day. French Embassy contacts have confirmed that Sarkozy will discuss the transfer of peaceful nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and may present a formal offer to be signed during the [...]
2008-01-08 05:25:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETOVIP PREL PINR FR SA
08RIYADH371EP CLERIC,S CALLS FOR OPPOSITION GO UNHEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, 2008, in conjunction with local Ashura commemorations, Qatif-based Shi'a cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr called for the formation of a "Righteous Opposition Front" to combat social corruption, the "religious clergy," and political injustice against Shi'a citizens in Saud [...]
2008-03-05 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH373SAUDIS - WHIP INFLATION NOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent replacement of the Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry highlights growing dissatisfaction by many Saudis with the rising costs of living. The steep rise in the cost of living has led to public calls for price controls and depegging the Saudi Riyal from the U.S. doll [...]
2008-03-05 14:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH42AL-FAQIH ORGANIZES DAMMAM PROTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2007, immediately following the end of Friday prayer, an estimated 150 to 200 people protested outside of the al-Forqan mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, chanting the slogans "God is great" and "Death to the al-Saud." Organized via broadcasts on the al-Islah radio [...]
2008-01-09 15:46:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SA
08RIYADH434UN FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST SAUDI WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 09:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL SA
08RIYADH5BLOGGER'S ARREST MAY DAMPEN SAUDI BLOGOSPHERE
[...] (U) According to Saudi media reports January 1, the Saudi Ministry of Interior arrested on December 10 the &dean of Saudi bloggers,8 Fouad Al-Farhan. Reports stated that his arrest was sparked by his blog entry calling for the release of a group of Jeddah men arrested on charges of supporting [...]
2008-01-02 12:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH50SAUDI MEDIA ON EVE OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT
[...] Saudi Arabia's media has hailed the President's historic visit to the Middle East and has watched with great interest the first two legs of the trip. Editor-in-Chief of influential newspaper Al-Riyadh welcomed the President's views about the Kingdom stating "the friendship and cooperation be [...]
2008-01-12 11:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH508Special Media Reaction: Vice President's Visit to Saudi
[...] Vice President Cheney's visit generated editorial commentary that coupled oil prices with the weak U.S. dollar and urged progress on the Middle East Peace Process. Four local op-eds appeared in the local press in addition to factual reporting in all papers. 2. Local Commentary Oil pric [...]
2008-03-25 04:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL OIIP SA
08RIYADH547SAUDI ARAMCO TREASURER DISCUSSES ARAMCO'S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Saudi Aramco's Treasurer revealed to Consulate officials that Saudi Aramco manages liquid investments of approximately $60 billion, an amount he described as comparable to the fifth or sixth largest sovereign wealth fund in the Gulf. Aramco is considering a number of corporat [...]
2008-04-02 13:13:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EPET PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH550VISIT OF IIPA PRESIDENT TO RIYADH YIELDS
[...] (C) Summary. Eric Smith, President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, met with Saudi officials with copyright protection responsibilities from March 9-11. During a meeting with Smith, Minister of Culture and Information Iyadh bin Amin Madani instructed Ministry officials t [...]
2008-04-02 16:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
08RIYADH573FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) Saudi Arabia's annual budget is publicized through government sources, analyses by local banks, and the local media. Officially-released budget data is timely, but not highly-detailed. Most information is limited to broad sectoral allocations. Officially-available information is typically [...]
2008-04-06 12:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SA
08RIYADH578SAUDIS - NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION - NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and A/PolCouns, met April 6 with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal to discuss, inter alia, Saudi attitudes toward the draft Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Nuclear Energy (MOU),the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) [...]
2008-04-07 08:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON MNUC MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH582SAUDI FM ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] (S) The Ambassador delivered demarches on greater support for the current Government of Iraq (Reftel B) and for support against terrorism (Reftel C) to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on April 6. Saud was receptive to the request for greater support of the Nouri al-Maliki governme [...]
2008-04-07 12:49:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PNAT PTER PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH583SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON VISA VALIDITY ISSUE
[...] (C) In a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on April 6, the Ambassador raised the issue of increasing non-immigrant visa validity on a reciprocal basis. Noting that the recent visit to the Kingdom by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff had been a great success (reftel) [...]
2008-04-07 12:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALCVIS PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH586SAUDI FM: RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO WILL TAKE MORE TIME
[...] (C) In a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on April 6, the Ambassador queried him on the SAG's intentions regarding the recognition of Kosovo. Saud responded that Saudi Arabia will likely recognize Kosovo in "the next few months," but provided no further information on timing [...]
2008-04-07 13:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEU EUN PGOV PREL SA SR UNMIK YI
08RIYADH610SAUDIS REQUEST SUPPORT IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] Post received the following request for support in the Universal Postal Union elections via diplomatic note on April 7, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that the Government of Saudi Arabia hopes to be re-elected to the Universal Postal Union Administr [...]
2008-04-13 08:17:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECPS UPU SZ SA
08RIYADH618New Audiences Reached At Riyadh International Book Fair
[...] Summary: For the first time, Embassy Riyadh participated in the Riyadh International Book Fair February 26 - March 14. Despite the prohibition on any Embassies' exhibits and participants being limited to publishing houses, post negotiated its participation as the U.S. Information Resource Cen [...]
2008-04-14 04:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP SCUL SA
08RIYADH625PROFILE IN REFORM: NASCENT WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded by Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Ayouni in August 2007, the Society for Protecting and Defending Women's Rights (the "Society") has quickly become one of the most active and important rights advocacy groups in Saudi Arabia. Coordinating campaigns in the local community [...]
2008-04-15 14:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI SA
08RIYADH639SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON KING'S THINKING REGARDING
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the United States and Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir reaffirmed King Abdullah's strong interest in announcing or concluding agreements on visa reciprocity, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),and nuclear c [...]
2008-04-18 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCVIS ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH649SAUDI KING ABDULLAH AND SENIOR PRINCES ON SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, General Presidency of Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin bin Abd al-Aziz, and Interior Minister Nayif bin Abd al-Aziz during their Apri [...]
2008-04-20 08:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL MOPS SA IR
08RIYADH66SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER: FLOTUS VISIT HELPED END
[...] (S) In a December 2007 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal commented that Saudi Arabia was "meaningfully impacted by First Lady Laura Bush's visit" to the Kingdom in October 2007 and that her actions went a long way in affecting the "attitude of women [...]
2008-01-15 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPHUM PGOV SA SOCI TBIO
08RIYADH676SAUDI ARABIA: SECTION 527 UPDATE
[...] There are no investment disputes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that would be candidates for inclusion in the Section 527 Report. FRAKER [...]
2008-04-27 12:11:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV SA
08RIYADH678US SPECIAL ENVOY TO OIC MEETS WITH SAUDI FM
[...] (C) Summary: On April 26 Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber and the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal. Special Envoy Cumber shared with Prince Saud the U.S. role in the OIC and discussed Saudi recognition of Kosovo. Th [...]
2008-04-27 13:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIO MK MACEDONIA PGOV PHUM PREL RS SA SR SERBIA
08RIYADH7SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry January 2. Commenting on the current situation in Pakistan, Prince Saud voiced strong sup [...]
2008-01-02 15:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA KGCC PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH704CHEVRON LIKELY TO WIN RENEWAL OF PNZ CONCESSION
[...] (C) After almost two years of protracted negotiations, offers, and counteroffers, Chevron finally sees light at the end of the tunnel in its quest to renew its joint venture Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ) concession. Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz has confirmed to the Embassy [...]
2008-04-30 12:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH707IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - SAUDI
[...] (U) Summary. Driven primarily by rising rents and food prices, inflation in Saudi Arabia hit a 27-year high of 8.7% in February. Rents are up 18%, food prices have risen 13%, and Saudi food imports increased 44% for the 12 month period ending in January. The Saudi government has announced [...]
2008-04-30 15:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH708SAUDIS ON ASSISTING IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq and Economic Minister-Counselor Ambassador Charles Ries and a delegation from Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I, and NEA-I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 28-30 to discuss channeling $500 million of SAG funding for humanitarian assistan [...]
2008-05-01 11:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCIA ECON EFIN IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR
08RIYADH713SENIOR SAG OFFICIAL ORDERED THE RELEASE OF 16
[...] (S) The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission met with Deputy Minister of Interior (MOI) Mohammed bin Naif on April 29, 2008 to discuss the case of the 16 Indian Christians arrested in Ta'if. (reftel) Bin Naif said that the decision to arrest the Indians did not come from MOI in Riyadh or eve [...]
2008-05-03 14:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKIRF PHUM PGOV SA
08RIYADH717U.S. Foreign Policy Heavy Hitters: Mead and Telhami in
[...] Summary: Two first-rate U.S. foreign policy experts gave their views on U.S. policy from historical, contemporary, and forward-looking perspectives with eager-to-engage elite Saudi interlocutors. Both proved to be highly capable advocates for U.S. perspectives on foreign policy, Middle East [...]
2008-05-04 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM PGOV SA
08RIYADH72SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE
[...] Summary: Saudi print media has focused over the past week on President Bush's visit to the region and more specifically on his meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and his activities in Riyadh during his January 14-16 stay in the Kingdom. Reports on the President's official mee [...]
2008-01-17 17:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL OIIP SA
08RIYADH720TORTURE NOT AN ACCEPTED PRACTICE IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (S) Saudi Arabia in the past four years has made progress in the the context of human rights. Despite the alleged incidents of torture mentioned in the 2007 Human Rights Report, torture is not systematically practiced within the Kingdom. This is confirmed by DOS Embassy staff, and by Riyadh [...]
2008-05-05 06:29:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH731OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to recent media reports, the Judicial reform announced by Saudi King Abdullah al-Aziz in October, 2007 may take a few years. Even though the changes represent a significant shift for the Kingdom,s justice system, the country faces a huge challenge in the face of conse [...]
2008-05-07 13:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SA
08RIYADH732PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON ENERGY MARKETS, OPEC LAWSUITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 17:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG ECON NI SA
08RIYADH751SAUDIS DISMISS CALLS FOR OPEC MEETING, REITERATE
[...] (C) With NYMEX crude reaching $126-plus/barrel on May 9, the energy press speculated the production consensus in OPEC was beginning to crack. On May 10, Assistant Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud told us he believes that excepting Saudi Arabi [...]
2008-05-12 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH761 Saudi Media: Recent commentaries show environment
[...] Summary and comment. Local Saudi print media has recently favored regional issues concerning local topics over international issues. Editorials and commentaries from January to May 2008 have largely focused on three major Saudi issues: (1) debate on the activities and role of the Commission [...]
2008-05-13 13:28:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO KDEM SA
08RIYADH767S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO SAUDIS ON IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, along with MNF-I and Embassy Baghdad representatives, and Washington analysts, briefed three senior Saudi Arabian Governemnet (SAG) officials on May 6 and 10: Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Chief [...]
2008-05-14 09:19:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIR IZ LE MASS MCAP OVP PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08RIYADH791DAMMAM MUNICIPAL COUNCIL UPDATE: PUBLIC CORRUPTION
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The city of Dammam continues to be embroiled in a confrontation of governance, pitting four elected members of the Municipal Council against Eastern Province Mayor Dhaifallah al-Otaibi and Council Chairperson, Khalid al-Faleh, an appointed member and the second-in-charge of Saudi [...]
2008-05-19 17:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKCOR KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH792 Saudi Arabia: Media Reaction to President and Mrs. Laura
[...] Summary: Editorials pinpointed three major themes during President Bush's recent visit: (1) the Middle East Peace Process, (2) regional security, and (3) oil production and energy security. News stories reporting the visit filled the front pages of all Saudi dailies. The First Lady's separat [...]
2008-05-20 04:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO KDEM SA
08RIYADH799SIX HAIL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFER
[...] (U) On May 11, 2008, six members of the Hail municipal council presented their resignations to the President of the Hail City Municipal Council, Abd al-Aziz Ibrahim al-Toub. Citing a lack of progress in council performance, the members left two options for Minister of Municipal and Rural Affair [...]
2008-05-21 08:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH80SAUDIS OFFER TO ASSIST ON KOSOVO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In delivery of reftel demarche on Kosovo independence, the SAG expressed a possible willingness to engage the Russians and/or other governments to ensure a peaceful outcome should Kosovo unilaterally declare independence. Post requests guidance from the Department on what action [...]
2008-01-21 08:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PNAT PREL SA YI EU UN UNMIK
08RIYADH853STATE OF THE SAUDI SHI,A 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing dialogue between Saudi Shi'a leadership and the SAG, and slightly greater autonomy of religious and political action in the sub-governate of Qatif, the Shi'a community of Saudi Arabia continues to feel itself a second-class citizenry, facing both formal and inf [...]
2008-06-01 15:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH858MISSION REQUEST TO REVIEW JAFAR AL-SHAYEB,S VISA INELIGIBILITY
[...] (U) This is an action message. It has been cleared by State, GRPO, and DHS. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On April 24, 2007, CA/VO determined that Jafar Mohammed al-Shayeb (DOB: 10 Jan 1959, Saudi Arabia) was inadmissible under INA Section 212(a)(3)(B) based on information contained in TD 314/29893- [...]
2008-06-02 11:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNCVIS PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH867CONCERNS MOUNT REGARDING THE SAUDI GAS INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early 2008 pullout of French energy giant Total from its Empty Quarter joint venture with Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell and the continued lack of success by Chinese, Russian, and Italian-Spanish JVs in efforts to discover commercially viable quantities of gas in the Em [...]
2008-06-03 14:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PREL SA
08RIYADH868IS THIS OIL MARKET BROKEN? VIEWS FROM RIYADH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 15:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG EFIN SA
08RIYADH894SAUDIS ON TIP REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, post delivered demarche regarding the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Saudi MFA via diplomatic note on June 4, with a subsequent meeting by Acting Political Counselor with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director Abul Aziz al [...]
2008-06-08 14:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
08RIYADH918SAUDIS ANNOUNCE EMERGENCY OIL MEETING
[...] (U) This is an action request. DOE/International Policy and EB/ESC/IEC please see paragraph five. 2. (C) In the wake of oil prices reaching $139/barrel on June 6, press news broke on 9 June that the Saudi government plans to call an emergency meeting to discuss the current crude oil pr [...]
2008-06-10 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG SA
08RIYADH920SAUDI OIL MEETING DATE CLARIFIED
[...] (C) Ministry of Petroleum (MinPet) Public Relations Head Dr. Ibrahim Al Muhanna informed us late on June 11 that the proposed oil meeting would be held on June 22 in Jeddah. He pressed hard for U.S. attendance, saying, "We're doing this for you guys." Assistant Minister of Petroleum Prince [...]
2008-06-11 09:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENERG PREL SA
08RIYADH925CODEL RAHALL IN SAUDI - DISCUSS OIL, IRAQ AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Rahall on a visit to Riyadh met with various senior Saudi officials including Governor of Riyadh Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (MBN),Assistant Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salma [...]
2008-06-14 12:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB ENRG EPET IR KCRM KPAO PGOV PHUM
08RIYADH942SAUDI ARABIA: EDUCATION MINISTRY PLEDGES TO
[...] (S) Summary: Both Education Minister Abdullah Al Obeid and Deputy Minister for Educational Development Dr. Naif Alromi have pledged to continue reforming Saudi textbooks, and pledged specifically to continue removing intolerant language. In meetings taking place over the past three months [...]
2008-06-16 14:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPAO PHUM PREL SA SCUL
08RIYADH946 Saudi Arabia: Women Revved Up To Spread Word on Breast
[...] (U) Summary and comment: After First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush's historic visit to Saudi Arabia and her October 2007 launch of the US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness in Saudi Arabia, a fragile partnership is moving forward. Mrs. Bush's visit attracted national attention to this [...]
2008-06-17 04:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO SA
08RIYADH986RUSSIAN ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - DELAYED
[...] (S) In a routine diplomatic reception on June 18 hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh which included diplomatic representatives from various Embassies, Acting Pol Counselor inquired with Russian Political Counselor Alexander Bagdatiev on the status of the Russian weapons sale to Saudi Arabi [...]
2008-06-24 05:16:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC CIA ECON EU INRA MASS MCAP MOPS NATO
08RIYADH996WHAT DO SAUDI WOMEN WANT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Riyadh hosted a Women's Human Rights Breakfast on June 19 to discuss women's human rights issues in Saudi Arabia. The breakfast also provided an opportunity to bridge the cultural gap between USG and Saudi women. Some women were disappointed that the 2008 U.S. Human Rig [...]
2008-06-25 14:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN KISL SA
08ROME1053IAEA/CSC: ITALY WILL CONSIDER NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Government (GOI) officials have acknowledged the need to "dust off the files" on Italy's ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC),which has languished for a decade. They raised CSC ratification in a July 7 meeting with indu [...]
2008-08-18 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA PARM SENV IT
08ROME126INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]
2008-01-29 10:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08ROME1337BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT AND IPR -- FIRST SIGNS OF LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: Fabrizio Mazza, head of the Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hopes to see the GOI form an interministerial committee to deal with IPR, particularly Internet piracy, and would also like to see discussion of Internet Piracy featured in G-8 meetings durin [...]
2008-11-05 10:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IT KIPR PGOV
08ROME1530MOVING FORWARD ON COORDINATED NATIONAL MEASURES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 12 meeting in Rome of the "likeminded group" that focused on the implementation of national measures on Iran usefully brought Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea into the group (previously limited to France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Unite [...]
2008-12-17 13:06:00Embassy RomeSECRETKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME445ITALY WANTS COORDINATED ANNOUNCEMENT OF NDRANGHETA
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) This message contains an action request at para 3. 3. (SBU). SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Italian MFA informed Charge d'Affaires on April 9 that the GOI welcomes the possibility of a [...]
2008-04-09 14:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIT KCRM SNAR PTER
08ROME988U/S ROOD DISCUSSES IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Terzi thanked U/S Rood on June 23 for the U.S. assistance in including Italy in pre P5+1 consultations on Iran. He said Italy was pushing for stronger EU measures against Iran and wanted to include a robust discussion of Iran by the Quint on the m [...]
2008-08-05 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08SANAA1053YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE
[...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]
2008-06-18 09:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SANAA1563AMEMB SANAA 9/21 DAILY SITREP
[...] Security: On 9/20 we moved several personnel out of potentially vulnerable residences. In addition, we are coordinating with host nation security forces to increase security at our cluster housing locations. Septel to follow. Post One's security equipment upgrade should be completed by the [...]
2008-09-21 08:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1973SAUDI AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON YEMENI
[...] (C) On December 6, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali al-Hamdan passed to the Ambassador information on Faris Mana'a. Mana'a, one of Yemen's most successful weapons smugglers, has long been known to have a curiously close relationship with President Saleh, who once brought him into a meeting with [...]
2008-12-08 06:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPINR PARM PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA88PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]
2008-01-15 11:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANJOSE146 TOOLS FOR A GREEN ISLAND: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENT AND
[...] SUMMARY. While in Kingston October 21-24, 2007, REO met with UNEP, GOJ environmental officials, and U.S. Mission environmental partners to discuss priorities and potential tools. UNEP's Franklin Macdonald shared his views on WW2BW's future. Jamaica's National Environment and Planning Agency [...]
2008-02-22 17:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ENRG JM
08SANJOSE855COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution: Founder and Executive Director [...]
2008-10-30 15:22:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO CS
08SANSALVADOR1209HIGH GOES EXPECTATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: El Salvador will host the 2008 Ibero-American Summit October 29-31. All 21 participating countries, except Uruguay, have confirmed their attendance. The theme of the conference will be "Youth and Development" and the GOES expects the summit to produce a consensus declaration a [...]
2008-10-21 21:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AORC ES
08SANTIAGO1124 CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...]
2008-12-19 18:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO853CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...]
2008-09-18 16:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO873DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 20:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR KTFN VE LE CI
08SANTODOMINGO1953(C) GODR BLAMES 'EXPLOSIVE' LEGISLATOR FOR SEA
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan demarched Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols regarding concerns about the Dominican Republic's expanded sea boundary claims under a 2007 law. Trullols said the Foreign Ministry opposed this [...]
2008-12-22 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON EFTA PBTS PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1973DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] The 2009 Investment Climate Update for the Dominican Republic. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the [...]
2008-12-30 14:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO373FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...]
2008-03-13 21:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR
08SANTODOMINGO387ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...]
2008-03-17 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO39PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP
[...] (SBU) After a respite caused by two major tropical storms and the holiday season, rhetoric among presidential candidates heated up again over the weekend. The PLD party candidate, President Leonel Fernandez, launched the first attack. Referring to the 2003-2004 economic crisis during the las [...]
2008-01-08 17:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON DR
08SAOPAULO114MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA
[...] "The OAS' Prudent Decision" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/7): "Brazil, Argentina and Chile wisely decided to isolate caudillo Hugo Chvez, the main catalyst of the crisis being the first to break relations with Colombia and announcing the sendin [...]
2008-03-07 17:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO170HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO
[...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]
2008-04-02 12:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO225All Politics is National: Presidential Race is Endgame of
[...] (SBU) On April 24, the Sao Paulo State Executive Committee of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) voted unanimously to support Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab (Democratic Party - DEM) in this year's municipal elections. PMDB state president Orestes Quercia stated that nat [...]
2008-05-08 17:23:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO432SUGAR, ETHANOL, CHARGES OF SLAVERY, AND TIP STRATEGY IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 16:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF KCRM PHUM ELAB EAGR ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO605U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 15:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SARAJEVO1193BOSNIA - DODIK REMAINS TOP DOG IN THE RS DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his 2006 election campaign, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik promised the RS public that he would revitalize the RS oil industry and the Gacko thermo power plant, finish the highway connecting Banja Luka to Croatia, and build a comprehensive network of hig [...]
2008-07-24 16:26:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ECON KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1571BOSNIA -- MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FREE, FAIR AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia's October 5 municipal elections were conducted in an orderly manner with only minor irregularities at the polling stations. Turnout was low in some major cities such as Sarajevo (40 percent),but was considerably higher in rural areas such as Gacko (73 percent) and in t [...]
2008-10-06 14:00:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BK
08SARAJEVO161ICTY LEGACY VISIT TO BOSNIA
[...] (U) During a January 16-18 visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia Desk Officer Anna Stinchcomb, S/WCI Special Assistant Matt Lavine, Embassy The Hague's Deputy Legal Counselor Denise Manning, and S/WCI Regional FSN Dubravko Bolsec met with key justice officials, representatives from international organiz [...]
2008-01-29 13:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO16742008-2009 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) Below follows the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...]
2008-10-29 09:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1811BOSNIA - MAYORALTY BATTLES MAY THREATEN TENUOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 5 municipal elections, parties are measuring their strength not only in terms of the number of mayoralties and city council positions they hold, but in the concentration of power in the areas of importance to each ethnic group. As such, the Croatian Democrati [...]
2008-12-03 18:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SCTION02OF04NAIROBI1373KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 12:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
08SECTIN01OF02BUDAPEST836HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...]
2008-08-22 12:31:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU
08SECTION01F03BEIRUT1568LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS A/S HOOK HE MET NASRALLAH
[...] (S) Majority Leader Saad Hariri stressed to Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook the importance of building Lebanese state institutions and improving the Lebanese economy to counter Hizballah's influence. He said the calmer political situation followi [...]
2008-11-03 14:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER UNSC ECON LE SY
08SEOUL1141INVITATION TO CONFERENCE IN SEOUL ON UNITED
[...] (C) MOFAT delivered a diplomatic note to Post on June 3 concerning a Letter of Invitation to the International Conference on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, titled, "United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Major Achievements and Implications for Policy Development," to be held in Seoul [...]
2008-06-05 07:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PGOV PHUM UN
08SEOUL1808PRESS BULLETIN - September 11, 2008
[...] Preparing for a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 27) 2. A Sick State (JoongAng Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 30) 3. Talk of Kim Jong-il Being Ill Tests Our Crisis Management (Hankook Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 39) 4. Act, Don't Overreact, To Rumors a [...]
2008-09-11 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2408NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...]
2008-12-16 05:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
08SEOUL2446ROK EXPERT ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Professor Yoon Yeosang, President of NKDB (Database Center for North Korean Human Rights),in a December 9 meeting with Poloff, said DPRK authorities seemed recently to be adhering to two points of the North Korean criminal code they had previously ignored: limiting detention peri [...]
2008-12-22 00:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN
08SEOUL573ROKG RESPONSE TO TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON
[...] (S/NF) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Director Lee Jang-keun on March 21. Director Lee said he would urge the relevant ROK authorities and business interests to cooperate with this request and [...]
2008-03-21 07:33:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SEOUL623ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST
[...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...]
2008-03-28 07:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA
08SHANGHAI275CHINA SUMMIT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The China Summit on Anti-Corruption, a private-sector conference aimed at providing U.S. businesses and multi-national companies with information on anti-corruption best practices and strategies to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, took place in Shanghai from July 1 [...]
2008-07-23 00:47:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS CH
08SHANGHAI284SHANGHAI ENERGY EXPERTS - COAL IS KING
[...] (SBU) Summary. With summer peak demand for power approaching in East China, another round of possible thermal coal shortages is causing great concern. Industry experts said the main bottleneck in China's thermal coal supply is transportation, although coal exports (encouraged by a gap betwe [...]
2008-07-28 09:06:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETTC EINV CH
08SHANGHAI418AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...]
2008-09-25 09:57:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
08SHANGHAI419AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...]
2008-09-25 10:09:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
08SHANGHAI552SHANGHAI LEGAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET HIT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
[...] (SBU) Expansion of Shanghai's legal employment market appears to have come to a sudden halt. Partners at Chinese and international law firms report a hiring freeze, but they said their firms have not yet begun layoffs. Law students express frustration trying to find legal employment. Profess [...]
2008-12-17 00:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH
08SHANGHAI570ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY - A LOCAL UNIVERSITY WITH A GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) During a November 17-18 visit to Hangzhou, the Consul General (CG) met Zhejiang University President Yang Wei and discussed the university's international network, strategies to promote international student exchanges, collaborative research, scientific innovation and visa issues. Zheji [...]
2008-12-23 02:51:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CVIS KIPR ECON TBIO TRGY SENV CH
08SHENYANG173LIAONING'S ECONOMY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in three of the Liaoning Province's less well-off urban areas put a good front on this province's relative resiliency in the face of recession but privately conceded their worries. The most telling statistic is electricity demand, which was flat in October and dropp [...]
2008-12-03 03:09:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCH EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG PINR PREL
08SINGAPORE1059 GIC ISSUES FIRST ANNUAL REPORT IN BID FOR TRANSPARENCY
[...] Summary: In a bid to provide greater transparency and allay global concerns over sovereign wealth funds, Singapore's state-owned Government Investment Corporation (GIC) issued its first annual report offering some details on the operations of one of the world's largest and more secretive inve [...]
2008-09-30 09:03:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SN
08SINGAPORE1127DEPOSIT INSURANCE DOMINOS FALLING ACROSS SE ASIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Last week, Southeast Asian governments' limited deposit insurance schemes fell like dominos. Even though authorities insist that their financial systems are strong, expansions of deposit insurance in competitor jurisdictions outside Southeast Asia, especially Hong Kong, Austra [...]
2008-10-21 09:18:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN
08SINGAPORE1205ASEAN SUMMIT: SINGAPORE KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED
[...] (C) Singapore is guardedly optimistic the Thai-hosted December 15-18 ASEAN Summit will go well, despite Thailand's unsettled political situation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for ASEAN William Tan told E/P Counselor November 11 he thought Thai officials would face logistical ch [...]
2008-11-13 09:26:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ASEAN SN
08SINGAPORE1207ASEAN SUMMIT: SINGAPORE KEEPS FINGERS CROSSED
[...] (C) Singapore is guardedly optimistic the Thai-hosted December 15-18 ASEAN Summit will go well, despite Thailand's unsettled political situation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for ASEAN William Tan told E/P Counselor November 11 he thought Thai officials would face logistical ch [...]
2008-11-14 00:21:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ASEAN SN
08SINGAPORE1285SINGAPORE MFA PERMSEC HO SAYS POSTPONING ASEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Delaying the ASEAN Summit until March due to political turmoil in Thailand would be a setback for Southeast Asia and would reinforce perceptions that ASEAN is a disorganized grouping, Peter Ho, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told United States Ambassador [...]
2008-12-10 00:58:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEAN PINR SN
08SINGAPORE143IMF REFORM: ECONOMISTS, OFFICIALS AT SINGAPORE CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Asian economists and officials attending a Singapore conference agreed that the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) voting and board structure must change to become more representative of Asia's dynamic economies. Despite low participation by Asian officials and regulators in [...]
2008-02-06 09:13:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
08SINGAPORE34SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...]
2008-01-10 07:27:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08SKOPJE361MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI PLEDGES CLEAN ELECTION
[...] (C) In the wake of seriously flawed early parliamentary elections held June 1 (reftel),PM Gruevski told the Ambassador that he will not pursue coalition talks until free and fair re-runs are held at all polling stations where problems were noted. He said ongoing law enforcement actions would [...]
2008-06-03 13:27:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MK
08SOFIA18BULGARIA'S RULING SOCIALISTS SURVIVE FIRST POST-EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Socialist-led coalition government successfully bucked the trend of new EU members changing governments during the first post-accession year. Although shaken by a high-profile corruption scandal and social protests, PM Sergei Stanishev's government is intact, with a [...]
2008-01-10 12:50:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV BU
08SOFIA229INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev forced Interior Minister Petkov,s hand into a resignation after two weeks of a deepening scandal that had trashed Bulgaria,s international image and fed domestic cynicism over government collusion with criminals. Intense international pressure made the difference i [...]
2008-04-15 14:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR BU
08SOFIA256BULGARIA CABINET CHANGES: A MIXED BAG
[...] (C) Summary: PM Stanishev on April 22 replaced the Interior, Defense, Health, and Agriculture ministers and created a new Deputy Prime Minister position to manage EU funding. Stanishev's move is a cautious, incremental step, constrained by the need to maintain balance in the ruling coaliti [...]
2008-04-23 14:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA530GOVERNMENT FACES HOT AUTUMN AFTER DEFEATING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev's government on July 30 easily defeated (150/84) the no-confidence vote called over the critical July 23 EU monitoring report and loss of EU funds. Though the motion failed to shake ruling coalition unity or trigger cabinet changes, the government remains presse [...]
2008-08-01 17:39:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PCOR ECON BU
08SOFIA532GOVERNMENT FACES HOT AUTUMN AFTER DEFEATING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev's government on July 30 easily defeated (150/84) the no-confidence vote called over the critical July 23 EU monitoring report and loss of EU funds. Though the motion failed to shake ruling coalition unity or trigger cabinet changes, the government remains presse [...]
2008-08-04 09:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PCOR ECON BU
08SOFIA633BULGARIA: POLITICAL MANEUVERING INTENSIFIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's three party ruling coalition is limping through its last year, gasping to complete its five year mandate. Smelling blood, the opposition is hounding the government through joint protests and calls for early elections. Suffering from low ratings and growing domestic [...]
2008-09-26 12:38:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA713STRATEGY FOR EXPANDING BULGARIAN ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (NATO CONFIDENTIAL REL/UK) Summary. Bulgaria has 470 soldiers in Afghanistan (up from 80 in 2006),most of whom are in Kandahar. The Bulgarians will add their first Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT),in cooperation with the Tennessee National Guard, to Kandahar in February 2009. [...]
2008-11-07 09:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA759BULGARIA: COALITION PARTIES TREAD WATER, BARELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's three party coalition is gasping forward to 2009 parliamentary elections. In its November party congress, the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) papered over deepening cracks between President Parvanov and PM Stanishev. Facing a restive, old-think party base, S [...]
2008-12-01 14:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BU
08STATE100219Secretary Rice's 09/16/2008 Meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by EUR A/S Daniel Fried. Reason 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) September 16, 2008; 11 a.m.; Secretary's Office. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR A/DAS Nerissa Cook EUR/WE Stacie Zerdecki (Notetaker) Spain Ambassador Jorge Dezcallar DCM Jose Pascual Marco 4. (C) SUMMARY. Re [...]
2008-09-19 03:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP KV CU
08STATE102737UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs three and four. USUN should seek to delay by several weeks, if possible, a meeting of the Security Council at the Ministerial level proposed by Saudi Arabia and the Arab Group to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements. If a meeting is [...]
2008-09-25 17:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE SY
08STATE103379TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA
[...] This Travel Warning updates information on the general security environment in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and reminds American citizens of threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security [...]
2008-09-26 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE
08STATE103528INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTY judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-09-27 06:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM
08STATE105096FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN MEETING AT THE UN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. A/S Richard Boucher, SCA AFGHANISTAN Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta AUSTRALIA Foreign Minister Stephen Smith CANADA Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative to the UN [...]
2008-10-01 21:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNAMA UNGA KDEM EAID MARR MASS MOPS UN
08STATE105173IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran following the adoption of UNSCR 1835. 3. (U) BACKGROUND: On Saturday, 27 September 2008, the UN Securi [...]
2008-10-02 01:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM
08STATE108114SAUDI NEGOTIATIONS WITH TALIBAN AND AFGHAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) In his September 30 Eid message, President Karzai said, "Since two years I have been sending letters and messages to the Saudi king, and requested him, as a world Muslim leader, to help us bring peace in Afghanistan. The preparation for nego [...]
2008-10-08 21:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINS PREL PTER SA AF
08STATE108896FUTURE U.S. SUPPORT FOR GERMAN-LED BORDER EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States remains committed to helping Lebanon control its porous border with Syria, but will not contribute directly to the eastward expansion of Germany's mismanaged Northern Border Pilot Proj [...]
2008-10-10 14:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL SY LE GM
08STATE109267USUN INSTRUCTION: UPDATE LIBERIA SANCTIONS LISTS
[...] This is an action request; see para 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The UK Mission to the United Nations in New York has bilaterally expressed its desire to propose updates to the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee's lists of individuals subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 [...]
2008-10-10 23:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC LI
08STATE109919Second Meeting of the GNEP Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services
[...] Summary. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Working Group on Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services held its second meeting September 3 - 4 2008 in Vienna Austria. The Group decided to establish two sub-groups, one on fact-finding and a second on the back end of the fuel cycle. The Fact Fin [...]
2008-10-14 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY AU
08STATE112701IRELAND: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 2 when host governments are not meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),but are making signif [...]
2008-10-22 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG EI
08STATE11440363RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON
[...] - These changes are designed to clarify that all agreements, obligations, and commitments undertaken in the non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament arenas are important and to encourage support for capacity building and assistance for such upon request. - We believe tha [...]
2008-10-27 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNGA CDG PREL
08STATE115017APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]
2008-10-28 23:33:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE115454PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW SUPPLIES OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES FOR ASTANA AND TASHKENT: -- In coordination UK counterparts in country, Embassies Astana and Tashkent should convey to appropriate host government officials continuing U.S. concerns regarding possible Iranian at [...]
2008-10-29 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE115948PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE115964PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE116304U.S. AND EU DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and EU officials held their biannual discussions on East Asia (termed COASI, or Consultations on Asia) in Washington on October 3. In addition to a general review of developments in the region, this session included an exchange of views on the future of India, China, and ASEA [...]
2008-10-31 14:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EU XB NK CH
08STATE116392(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...]
2008-10-31 15:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF
08STATE116428NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
2008-10-31 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE116615UN FOCAL POINT DELISTING REQUEST FOR KHALAF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In June 2008, lawyers for Khalaf Al-Dulimi petitioned on behalf of Al-Dulimi (an Iraqi citizen resident in Jordan) and his company Montana Management Inc. [...]
2008-10-31 20:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE116806BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050100840 for the export of C-130 spare parts to Jordan. Embassy is requested to complete t [...]
2008-11-03 14:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
08STATE117019DRAFT SAUDI STATEMENT ON INTERFAITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Saudi Mission to the UN has shared with us the draft text of a statement it hopes to see issued following the upcoming UNGA plenary session on interfaith dialogue. A copy of the Saudi text is at paragraph 3. USUN should e [...]
2008-11-03 19:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNEP KISL SA
08STATE117570CHINA-PAKISTAN CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 12-13. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Following the return of Pakistani President Zardari from China, FM Sheh Mahmood Quereshi was quoted in the media announcing new civil nuclear cooperation with China to build two additional nuclea [...]
2008-11-04 22:39:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL PGOV PTER PK EAID ECON EFIN CH ETTC AORC
08STATE118079US POLICY ON RECONCILIATION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Department is releasing this message to reiterate interagency agreed guidance on reconciliation with the Taliban and insurgent leaders (reftel A) in light of recent press reporting. Posts are requested to draw upon background paragraphs with host government in [...]
2008-11-05 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AF
08STATE118173NEPAL: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN
[...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points in making its intervention during the UN Security Council debate on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) on Friday, November 7. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: -- We welcome Special Representative Martin to the Council today an [...]
2008-11-05 23:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PREL NP
08STATE118919TRAVEL ALERT ? HURRICANE PALOMA
[...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Hurricane Paloma in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Cuba. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be affected by Hurricane Paloma who do not have access to [...]
2008-11-07 17:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC XL
08STATE119005MGHH02: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING
[...] At 1500 EST on 11/07/2008 the Executive Secretary directed that the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs establish a Monitoring Group to coordinate all State Department activities relating to Hurricane Paloma as it affects the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and The Bahamas. The Monitoring Group will [...]
2008-11-07 19:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE119378MGHH02: Hurricane Paloma Monitoring Group
[...] (SBU) The storm hit the Cayman Islands November 7; there are no reports of serious damage. The airport is open and power has been restored to most of Grand Cayman. (MG/Embassy Kingston telcon) HURRICANE PALOMA STRIKES CUBA AS CATEGORY 4 ------------------------------------------- 2. (SB [...]
2008-11-09 03:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PTER ASEC XL
08STATE120153MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. Addressee and info addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming [...]
2008-11-12 18:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PREL PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC
08STATE121002RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]
2008-11-14 14:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE121325SAUDI BUTTER FOR LEBANESE GUNS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Department seeks Saudi assistance to deliver advanced capabilities to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in advance of Lebanon's 2009 legislative elections. The LAF has requested Cessna Caravan gunships [...]
2008-11-14 20:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER PM LE SA
08STATE122070BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050088569 for the export of cannons to Trinidad & Tobago. Post is requested to complete this B [...]
2008-11-17 22:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TD
08STATE122098URGENT ACTION NEEDED FROM UZBEKISTAN TO ADDRESS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. ------------------ SUMMARY ------------------ 2. (S//NF) Washington is considering options for USG implementation of the October 16 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) call for strengthened preventive measures against Uzb [...]
2008-11-18 00:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08STATE123081OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]
2008-11-20 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE124016GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, NOVEMBER 25
[...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for November 25. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. There are [...]
2008-11-21 23:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL LE IS SY
08STATE124112GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, NOVEMBER 25
[...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for November 25. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. There are [...]
2008-11-23 22:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL LE IS SY
08STATE124486U.S. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM CYPRUS FOR OSCE
[...] This is an action message; please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On October 29, 2008, the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus formally requested from OSCE participating States technical assistance with the destruction of 324 SA-7s MANPADS and their gripstocks (Ref A). At that time the [...]
2008-11-24 20:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL
08STATE125172DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE AFGHAN
[...] (C) This is an action telegram, please see para 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels December 2-3 to discuss the key issues facing the Alliance in 2009. Foremost among those issues will be our mission in Afghanistan. A key priority in that context will be supp [...]
2008-11-26 01:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS NATO PREL
08STATE125339INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE INDUSTRY AIDING IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have discussed the adoption of additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 15:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125441INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125496JOINT DEMARCHE WITH EUROPEAN LIKEMINDED ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Government of Switzerland to prompt its implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGROU [...]
2008-11-26 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125551SUBSTANTIVE REVISION: INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125658COORDINATED DEMARCHE ON IRAN WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Republic of Korea and Malaysia regarding the implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGR [...]
2008-11-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE1265REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA REGARDING CHINA'S JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 19:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08STATE126579SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...]
2008-12-02 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE127071UPCOMING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To inform our outreach partners in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea that they will soon be contacted by the Government of Italy to participate in a meeting in Rome on 12 December 2008 to discuss the impl [...]
2008-12-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ENRG ETTC EUN IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE127448REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE
[...] This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para) 2 and paras 6 through 11 for specific information requested. 2. Summary: This is a request for information to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are im [...]
2008-12-03 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
08STATE128877RESPONSE TO SAUDI REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL SAU) During the week of 13 October and in response to ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's encouragement to help increase pressure on Iran to change course, Saudi MFA Undersecretar [...]
2008-12-08 17:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN IR KNNP PARM PINR PREL
08STATE129448BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050134831 for the export of pistols to Jamaica. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2008-12-09 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
08STATE129841DEMARCHE: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM IN 2009 SAUDI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) With Saudi Arabia scheduled to appoint a new Majlis al-Shoura in April 2009 and to hold municipal elections in June 2009, the Department is formulating an elections strategy per the framework of post,s democracy strategy. [...]
2008-12-10 19:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM SA
08STATE129873APPROACHES TO EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: To thank Israel for its interest in coordinated demarches to East Asian countries on increasing financial pressures on Iran, to provide an update on our current coordinated demarches with the UK, France, Germany a [...]
2008-12-10 20:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR IS KNNP PREL XE
08STATE129941HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial at the UN Security Council on December 16 that we expect will adopt a resolution calling for intensified and coordinated international efforts against piracy off the Horn of Africa. We plan to build on this resolution to seek establishment of [...]
2008-12-10 22:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE130200INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-11 16:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE131277ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S DECEMBER 8 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried met December 8, 2008 with Turkish Undersecretary Apakan and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a two-hour discussion on European issues as part of the Shared Vision strategic dialogue. They covered U.S.-Turkish cooperation and share [...]
2008-12-15 17:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV TU
08STATE131600HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING:
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 16, 2008, it posssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Kayenga Mugumwa Rank: Captain DOB: Augfust 28, 1972 Unit: EMG/LOG Name: Djafae [...]
2008-12-16 15:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM CG
08STATE132095INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-17 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE132140ACTION FOR CONTINUING IRAQI COALITION EMBASSIES
[...] (C) Department requests Embassies Bucharest, San Salvador, and Tallinn, along with USNATO, share the text in para. four with host governments and NATO soonest to determine whether the formulation meets those governments'/NATO's requirements for authorities and protections for their forces in Ir [...]
2008-12-17 18:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08STATE132759PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]
2008-12-19 03:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE133199INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]
2008-12-20 01:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133455SOMALIA - DECEMBER 16, 2008 COMMUNIQUE OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met December 16 at the United Nations (UN) in New York to discuss Somalia's ongoing political process, security issues, reconstruction, and the humanitarian situation (reported septel). The meeting concluded with the adoption of a [...]
2008-12-22 16:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KPKO SO
08STATE133493U.S. PROPOSAL FOR PIRACY MOU
[...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. MOU text is provided SEPCOR. ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to demarche host government officials to pursue the following objectives: -- Deliver the proposed Memorandum of Understanding [...]
2008-12-22 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR MOPS PHSA PREL SO XA XW
08STATE1335SUBJECT: SUDAN - SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Sudan,s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),signed on January 9, 2005, calls for the formation of Joint-Integrated Units (JIUs) comprised of forces from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPL [...]
2008-01-07 13:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
08STATE133750INVITATION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PRE-MEETING
[...] This is an action request. Per reftel A, Assistant Secretary-level officials from 26 states and organizations are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) on January 13-14, 2009 in New York City. There will be a pre-CGSP meeting on the 13th with eight key [...]
2008-12-22 23:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE134229DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests posts urge host governments to support our redrafted United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution (in paragraph 10 below),establishing a UN peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu, Somalia and its environs. Department also requests USUN to d [...]
2008-12-24 01:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC KPKO SO ET
08STATE14230DUBAI CITES FATF IRAN STATEMENT IN WARNING TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On January 7, 2008, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) issued an advisory to all Senior Executive Officers of DFSA-regulated firms regarding dealings w [...]
2008-02-11 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR XF ZP AE
08STATE14281SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON: GUIDANCE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 23:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PTER PREL SY LE
08STATE14549BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 19:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AIT
08STATE15648APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...]
2008-02-14 23:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM
08STATE17076MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) According to U.S. Office Pristina, the assembly approved a number of laws of particular importance to the Serb community, including legislation covering special protective zones, local self-government, and municipal administrative boundaries. A tenth law, regulating the foreign ministr [...]
2008-02-20 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE17674EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary/Action Request: Department requests that post propose to the Netherlands Government (GONL) to extend the current bilateral SOFA through an exchange of diplomatic notes based on the text in paragraph 4 below, which is virtually identical to the text of the note currently in force (r [...]
2008-02-21 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
08STATE19466USG RESPONSE TO ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 22:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF IT MARR MOPS NATO PREL
08STATE20234BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050036317 for the export of defense hardware to Oman. Posts are requested to [...]
2008-02-28 15:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UK OM KOMC
08STATE20235BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-1014531 for the export of defense hardware to Saudi Arabia. Posts are reques [...]
2008-02-28 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC SA UK KOMC
08STATE2033VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]
2008-01-08 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE2034MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]
2008-01-08 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE20660NON-DOM TAX ISSUE: WASHINGTON GUIDANCE
[...] Per refel, post requested guidance on proposed talking points to respond to questions from H.M.Treasury (HMT) regarding the proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK, including Americans. As post noted, Amcits are chiefly concerned about possible double taxation and timing. Post [...]
2008-02-28 23:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08STATE20685READOUT FROM DECEMBER 4 IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS RSI IN
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and embassy representatives from Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, joined by S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey and other U.S. interagency representatives, met December 4 in Amman to discuss regional counterterrorism strategies at [...]
2008-02-29 04:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ADCO KISL ASEC KU
08STATE21770UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]
2008-03-04 01:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22352APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]
2008-03-04 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE22377REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...]
2008-03-05 00:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE22794OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIA ON
[...] Should Serbia or another OSCE participating raise the International Steering Group (ISG) for Kosovo during the March 6 Permanent Council meeting, Post is authorized to present the response at paragraph 2, either as an individual country statement or as a joint statement with other ISG members [...]
2008-03-05 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KV SR
08STATE24257DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request for posts in EU Member States and USEU. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 13-14 meeting of the European Council, which will bring together European heads of state and government, will include a major discussion of climate change and energy. The [...]
2008-03-07 22:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG EUN
08STATE24821BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on applications 050091071 and 050091983 and a post-shipment check on licenses 050051410 and 05-917152 [...]
2008-03-10 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GR
08STATE26036SECOND TRANCHE OF FAST TRACK COUNTRIES FOR LEAHY
[...] This cable announces the second tranche of countries for fast track treatment for Leahy vetting. Fast track treatment for selected countries with good human rights records was established in 2007 (reftel A) to alleviate workload and time required. Fast track policy is applicable to both Depa [...]
2008-03-12 20:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PINR PREL SNAR MASS ASEC
08STATE26678REPLY LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN
[...] Secretary Rice received a letter dated January 31, 2008 from Dr. Kinga G"ncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary, requesting support for the election of Hungary to the non-permanent seat available for the Eastern European Group in the United Nations Security Council for the term [...]
2008-03-13 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC HU
08STATE27268GUIDANCE FOR NATO INDUSTRIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MASS BEXP
08STATE2731PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]
2008-01-09 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE29096IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]
2008-03-20 14:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE29398PRESENTATION OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRAN-RELATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 and the Financial Action Task Force's February 2008 statement on the deficiencies of Iran's anti-money laundering and combating ter [...]
2008-03-20 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE29855UK-BASED IRANIAN BANKS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Malta's Ministry of Finance conveyed its concerns regarding attempts by two banks located in the United Kingdom, Melli Bank PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Melli Tehran, and Persia Internatio [...]
2008-03-21 19:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD UK MT
08STATE31896PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31939PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31944PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31946PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31953PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31961PSI: SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008 UK-HOSTED PSI
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Following the OEG meeting, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outr [...]
2008-03-27 22:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE32414BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-5. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests posts' assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050092988 for the export of Night Vision Scopes to Jordan. Posts are requested to complete t [...]
2008-03-28 20:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JO KOMC NL
08STATE34317WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN
[...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]
2008-04-03 02:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08STATE34695UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]
2008-04-03 18:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE36471LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS,
[...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...]
2008-04-08 18:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08STATE38022REQUESTING COORDINATED ACTION WITH
[...] (U) Embassy is requested to engage with officials from the European Commission (EC) and the Swiss government in Riyadh to coordinate action to address Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health's (MOH) failure to implement the Kingdom's world trade organization (WTO) obligations on transparency in the [...]
2008-04-11 03:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR SA EU SZ
08STATE38576LETTER TO INCOMING AU COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. The USAU Permanent Representative is requested, jointly with other Contact Group Permanent Representatives, to sign the following letter to Incoming AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping. Begin Text ---------- Chairman Ping, As supporters of the UN/AU-led D [...]
2008-04-11 22:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SU
08STATE41023THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP
[...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]
2008-04-18 15:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETIS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE41385SOMALIA: FOLLOW-UP ON RESTRUCTURING THE
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Posts are asked to approach host countries and relevant international organizations to pursue the following objectives: -- Inform participants of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia that [...]
2008-04-18 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV SO
08STATE42285HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Mission please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Guidance for use by the UNVIE Rep to the April 23, 2008 "Informal Meeting on the HCOC" is provided in paragraph 3. 3. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: The U.S. understands that the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic [...]
2008-04-22 15:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08STATE43492REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK SADERAT,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The United States has concerns about Bank Saderat's growing presence in Greece, both in size and profit margin. The U.S. designated Bank Saderat, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, for providing sup [...]
2008-04-24 16:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XG XT ZL ZS GR
08STATE43799DEMARCHE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The first anniversary International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Sweden and co-chaired [...]
2008-04-24 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08STATE44359PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The United States views the upcoming Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan as an opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its long-term commitment for Afghanistan through support for the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the 2009 and 2010 Afghan electi [...]
2008-04-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08STATE44522BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050099148 and a post shipment verification on license 050056149, both involve the export of C [...]
2008-04-28 14:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BE NI
08STATE44858RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SUPPORT OF THE BLUE
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of economic officer Deborah Winters and political officer Alica Lejlic in supporting the Blue Lantern program during the last year. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring th [...]
2008-04-28 21:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETTC KOMC JO
08STATE44867RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SUPPORT OF THE BLUE
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officer Oliver Moss and ICE Attache Jeffrey Outlaw for their extraordinary contributions to the Blue Lantern program in the United Kingdom during the past years. As you know, the Blue Lantern program i [...]
2008-04-28 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETTC KOMC UK
08STATE45414U.S.-RUSSIA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings in Washington, D.C., on March 26-27, 2008, senior-level U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John C. Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, respectively, discussed the draft text for [...]
2008-04-29 20:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MARR RS
08STATE4740ITALY: INFORMATION REQUEST CONCERNING UN 1267
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 11-14 and 18-19. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the Italian MFA's Office of International Cooperation against Terrorism conveyed a request to Embassy Rome officials for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban [...]
2008-01-15 22:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE48120RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: As a result of several different Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) as well as 9/11 Commission Act requirements designed to enhance U.S. security, Washington agencies have concluded a number of biographic [...]
2008-05-06 22:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08STATE49110ACTION REQUEST: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 5. Three of the five regional groups will have contested elections for the UN Human Rights Council: Eastern Europe, WEOG, and the Asia Group. Mission is requested to assess the likely outcome of a) the six candidacies for four Asia g [...]
2008-05-08 18:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNFR PHUM SP UK
08STATE50430BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050096158 for the export of defense hardware and technical data to Morocco. Post is requ [...]
2008-05-13 13:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MO
08STATE50592FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE JUNE 17-19, 2008, UAE
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. SUMMARY. Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad will co-host the Friends of Iraq Conference (previously known as the Iraq Conference) at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emir [...]
2008-05-13 17:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL
08STATE50680RESULTS OF THE APEC TELMIN 7, APRIL 20-25, IN
[...] (U) Summary: The seventh Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications Ministerial (TELMIN 7) took place April 20-25 in Bangkok, Thailand. The main output of the ministerial was the Bangkok Declaration, which included key USG concepts related to WTO Doha Round commitments, IPR [...]
2008-05-13 18:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINT APECO
08STATE50705BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]
2008-05-13 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDDA ETTC KOMC RS UK
08STATE50798Secretary Rice's April 23, 2008 meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by AF A/S Jendayi E. Frazer, Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) April 23, 2008; 11 a.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte A/S Sean McCormack, PA PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, AF Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates [...]
2008-05-13 20:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV EAID
08STATE51042BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050056771 for the export of C-130 spare parts to Malaysia. Embassy is requested to complete [...]
2008-05-14 13:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
08STATE51356KUDOS TO CONSULATE GENERAL JEDDAH FOLLOWING OIC
[...] Special Envoy (SE) to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber wishes to express his strong appreciation to all American Direct Hire and Locally Employed Staff at Consulate General Jeddah. He received extraordinary support during his April 24-25 visit to Jeddah to meet with [...]
2008-05-14 18:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIC
08STATE52042KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO UNSYG ON UNMIK TRANSITION
[...] (C) This is an action request for a demarche to UN SYG Ban Ki-moon in response to reftel request for guidance. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) The objective of this demarche is to underscore to UNSYG that the Quint is unified in its position that UNMIK must reconfigure after June 15, that [...]
2008-05-15 22:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV UNMIK KO YI
08STATE52343BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050103443 for the export of L100 spare parts to the UAE. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2008-05-16 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
08STATE55468BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050077970 for the export of C-130 aircraft and S-61 helicopter spare parts to Denmark. Emba [...]
2008-05-23 14:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC DA
08STATE555082008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...]
2008-05-23 15:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
08STATE55841MGLBO1: LEBANON MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
[...] (C) CODEL Rahall (D-WV) plans to attend parliamentary events in Beirut May 25 and expects to meet with LAF General Sleiman. Other delegation members include Darrell Issa (R-CA),Ray Lahood (R-IL),Charles Melancon (D-LA),John Linder (R-GA),and Jack Kingston(R-GA). (Ops/H e- mail) ---- [...]
2008-05-23 21:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT LB
08STATE55955AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN CONSULTATIONS ON A DRAFT
[...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department authorizes USUN to begin consultations with the United Kingdom and France and subsequently the other Security Council member states on the following draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement on recent violence in Abyei: The Secu [...]
2008-05-25 17:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SU
08STATE55965MGLBO1: LEBANON MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Parliament elected Michel Sleiman president, with 118 votes cast in his favor, Embassy Beirut confirms. Six MPs cast blank ballots. Media report the three remaining ballots included a symbolic vote for Rafiq Hariri and "all the martyred MPs." (Ops/Embassy Beirut e- mail, AFP) 2. [...]
2008-05-25 22:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT LB
08STATE56560FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. BACKGROUND. The Friends of Iraq Conference, hosted by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad, is set for June 17-19, 2008 at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ref [...]
2008-05-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL
08STATE57532SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]
2008-05-29 18:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE58327BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 24-27 with country team and Emirati officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and other defense trade issues in t [...]
2008-05-30 22:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL AE
08STATE5863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050077526 and 05-050079235 for the export of automatic rifles to Jordan. Post is requested t [...]
2008-01-18 16:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JO KOMC
08STATE58704REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] (SBU) PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department requests Embassy Khartoum to demarche the Government of Sudan (GOS) in order to pressure the GOS to provide freedom of movement for the hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). P [...]
2008-06-02 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU
08STATE59042BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 27-28 with country team and Jordanian officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and other defense trade issues in [...]
2008-06-02 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL JO
08STATE59463READOUT FROM APRIL 29 -IRAQ AND NEIGHBOR RSI SVTC
[...] (S) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey hosted an Iraq and Neighbors Regional Strategic Initiative Secure Video Teleconference (SVTC) with U.S. Chiefs of Mission (COMs) from Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, as well as Embassy Baghdad's Political Military Minister-C [...]
2008-06-03 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC IZ XF
08STATE5981BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON TAA
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check on a Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) for the export of technical data associated with GPS to the United [...]
2008-01-18 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
08STATE60216DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to urge host governments to send high-level representatives to the donors' conference to be held in Vienna June 23 and to contribute generously to the joint appe [...]
2008-06-04 20:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA
08STATE60269REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-04 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60282KOSOVO: SUPPORTING UN RECONFIGURATION PLANS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN. The Department requests that USUN give its support to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's initiative to reconfigure the UN presence in Kosovo. Our support should be made conditional on the understanding that Ban will move forward with all elements of r [...]
2008-06-04 22:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE60393FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - AWAITING
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. For Embassy Suva, please coordinate this action with the Kingdom of Tonga only. 2. The June 17-19 Friends of Iraq conference in Abu Dhabi will commence in less than two weeks. Action addressees' host governments have not yet registered fo [...]
2008-06-05 12:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ
08STATE60442PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The U.S. recently shared information with Pakistan, the EU3 and Israel that Bank Melli may be seeking to establish a branch in Pakistan (REF A). We understand (REF B) [...]
2008-06-05 14:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PTER FR UK GM IR
08STATE60525REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-05 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE62009JUNE 2008 SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE --
[...] For Embassies Vienna and Monrovia: Please deliver the following letters to Foreign Minister Plassnik of Austria and Foreign Minister King-Akerele of Liberia. No signed originals will be forthcoming. Reftel gives details about the June 19 Security Council thematic debate on sexual violence i [...]
2008-06-09 22:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM OPDC PREL
08STATE62235BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]
2008-06-10 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE63111G8 NPDG CONSIDERS NONPROLIFERATION STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) At its June 5 meeting, the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) agreed on most of the nonproliferation language for the G8 Summit statement, but left some key issues unresolved. These included the G8's view of the way forward on nuclear disarmament, the DPRK (whether to mention ab [...]
2008-06-11 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC
08STATE65500NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH SAUDI ARABIA: NEXT STEPS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On May 16, Secretary Rice and Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal signed a Memorandum of Understanding on peaceful nuclear energy cooperation similar to those signed earlier with Bahrain, Jordan and t [...]
2008-06-18 15:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL
08STATE66284SUDAN - ABYEI MEETING IN LONDON AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. Background - Convening of International Partners ------------- 2. (U) Michael O'Neill, Special Envoy to Sudan for the United Kingdom, convened a gathering of capital-based representatives on Friday, June 13 to discuss the current si [...]
2008-06-19 20:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO PGOV PREL SOCI UNSC AU SU
08STATE67437MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]
2008-06-23 21:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE68446HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR MOBILITY COMMAND
[...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HOST NATION NOTIFICATION AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING USAFE FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A). POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RESULTS OF HOST NATION NOTIFICATION NO [...]
2008-06-25 20:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETMARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE70382BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050110612 for the export of defense hardware to the United Kingdom. It is requested that [...]
2008-07-01 12:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
08STATE70444BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050106560 for the export of ammunition to Jamaica. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...]
2008-07-01 13:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JM
08STATE70829PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Department requests action addressees to approach respective Foreign Ministries to seek support for a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the United Nations in New York during the final week of the [...]
2008-07-02 00:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08STATE71583HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED KING AIR
[...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]
2008-07-03 12:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE71695BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license check on distribution agreement (DA) 2592-05 for the export of defense services and technical data related to App [...]
2008-07-03 15:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GM
08STATE71786DEMOCRACY STRATEGY AND GOALS: SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) The Department approves Embassy Riyadh,s proposed democracy strategy for the next twelve to eighteen months as discussed on April 9 via video conference. This cable summarizes the Department's understanding of the new strategy, which is an update to Embassy Riyadh,s previous democracy [...]
2008-07-03 16:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMPI EAID SA
08STATE71859BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of satellite and space-related components to Japan via the United Kingdom. Post is requeste [...]
2008-07-03 18:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JA KOMC UK
08STATE72693INTERFAITH DIALOGUE CONFERENCE IN SPAIN
[...] Summary and Action Request: Department requests that action addressees report on the Interfaith Dialogue Conference, which will be held in Spain on July 16-18. This conference may serve as the forerunner for a UNGA Special Session this fall on the same topic. The Department would therefore app [...]
2008-07-07 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KIRF KISL SP SA
08STATE73660TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] This Travel Warning updates information on the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S . citizens of recommended security precautions. It supersedes the Travel Warning issued December 19, 2007. 2. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks [...]
2008-07-09 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL PTER SA
08STATE73794DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...]
2008-07-09 22:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ
08STATE74750DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON IRANIAN BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, France and the United Kingdom will jointly, through their respective UN missions, provide information to the UNSC President and Chairman of the Iran Sanctions Committee on Iranian [...]
2008-07-11 19:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIO ISN NEA IR TREAS
08STATE74922(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]
2008-07-12 14:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE75846BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050077032 for the export of heated navigation boards to Saudi Arabia. These items shipped from [...]
2008-07-15 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
08STATE76371UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTR judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-07-16 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XA
08STATE76526CORRECTED COPY: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR
[...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 68446 THAT CHANGES THE CLASSIFICATION OF PARAS 2-3 TO ALLOW THE RELEASE OF DETAILS ON U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS. 2. (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HO [...]
2008-07-16 19:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETMARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE76653Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-16 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE77144NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the auspices of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to share experience on nuclear forensics and illicit trafficking issues. The I [...]
2008-07-17 20:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC
08STATE77331Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-18 12:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE80034MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]
2008-07-24 20:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE80510T LETTER OF THANKS TO FCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL LESLIE
[...] SUMMARY: FCO Director General for Defence and Intelligence Mariot Leslie led a panel on ways to continue strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) at the Senior-Level Meeting for all PSI endorsing states held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth [...]
2008-07-25 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UK
08STATE82699FOLLOWING UP WITH MEXICO ON PSI
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: In advance of the May 29 U.S.-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, the U.S. extended invitations to a number of key countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI and also urged their endorsement. Washington appreciates Embassy [...]
2008-07-31 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL MX
08STATE85940MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref C, the U.S. circulated to MTCR small group members in June a suggested proposal on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach t [...]
2008-08-11 16:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE90314DEMARCHE ON VISA SERVICES FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS
[...] (U) This is an action request - Embassy Islamabad see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Background: On July 17, 2008, the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul delivered a diplomatic note to Embassy Kabul. In that note, the government of Pakistan announced that henceforth "it will not issue Pakistani visas [...]
2008-08-21 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PHUM PK PREL AF
08STATE91332AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...]
2008-08-25 20:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK
08STATE91448BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 12:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC EZ
08STATE92346TRAVEL ALERT - TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV
[...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas affected by Tropical Storm Gustav in Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. U.S. citizens in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Gustav w [...]
2008-08-28 01:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC XL
08STATE92723ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]
2008-08-28 20:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93161BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118916 for the export of a FLIR Thermal Imaging System to Ireland. Post is requested to c [...]
2008-08-29 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
08STATE93343TRAVEL ALERT ? TROPICAL STORM HANNA
[...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Tropical Storm Hanna in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Hanna and who do not have acc [...]
2008-08-30 17:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC XL
08STATE93352HURRICANE GUSTAV MGJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 2
[...] (U) The storm center is projected to pass 100 miles southwest of Havana. JAMAICA HAS YET TO DECLARE DISASTER OR ASK FOR U.S. HELP --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kingston reports severe agricultural sector and infrastructure damage, with several [...]
2008-08-30 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
08STATE93970LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]
2008-09-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08STATE97064CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MEMORANDUM OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Norway) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Norway to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weap [...]
2008-09-10 20:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL CWC NO
08STATE97129USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN UNSC MEETING ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 02:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE97316DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]
2008-09-11 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STATE99701DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]
2008-09-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08STOCKHOLM118SWEDISH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) DCM Silverman met February 14 to review Kosovo issues with MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall and urge early recognition. Lyrvall said: -- Sweden intended to recognize Kosovo, but internal procedures would delay the actual recognition until after a "Privy Council" meeting March 4. I [...]
2008-02-14 17:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW YI
08STOCKHOLM135SWEDEN DECLARES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] (u) Both Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Bildt made statements February 18 declaring Sweden's intention to recognize the independence of Kosovo. Because of internal political processes, formal recognition is expected to occur only following a special March 4 meeting of the Fore [...]
2008-02-20 15:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW YI
08STOCKHOLM288FM BILDT ON U.S. HELP TO MAKE THE ICI A SUCCESS
[...] (C) On April 17, Ambassador met with FM Bildt in anticipation of Sweden's hosting the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) conference. Bildt was joined by MFA State Secretary Belfrage, Ambassador Christer Kumlin (in charge of conference logistics),Chief of Staff Karin Olofsdotter, Am [...]
2008-04-18 11:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SW
08STOCKHOLM321UPDATE ON ICI PROGRESS IN STOCKHOLM
[...] (C) Summary: Belfrage said the main message to send out of the ICI is that Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now looking forward. (He commented that while it might be difficult to get European FMs to say this publicly, their attendance would send the right signal.) At the April 29 GAE [...]
2008-04-30 13:59:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UN EU IZ SE
08STOCKHOLM416SWEDEN: TREASURY DEPUTY'S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) On May 28, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt raised the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) with Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation; also in attendance were Per Jansson, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and Anders Turesson, Sweden's Ch [...]
2008-06-09 08:37:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENGR ENRG SENV EAID TBIO TRGY SW
08STOCKHOLM452U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]
2008-06-23 11:07:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08STOCKHOLM571TFGG001: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--SWEDEN CONDEMNS
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Swedish MFA official told poloff the EU is divided into two camps and the French have watered-down the GAERC conclusion. Unless the situation in Georgia worsens, the EU is unlikely to offer a stronger statement until after Sept. 6, when the foreign ministers will meet in [...]
2008-08-15 11:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM593SWEDISH KING TO VISIT KYIV 30 SEPTEMBER
[...] King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 30 September to 3 October. A Swedish business delegation will also visit during this time. 2. The visit was in the planning stages from early 2007, but was delayed by domestic turbulence in Ukrainian politics, accor [...]
2008-08-28 07:04:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UK SW PREL
08STOCKHOLM747SWEDEN'S RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS
[...] (C) Sweden's EU Correspondent Anna Norell told poloff on November 7 the following regarding the November 10-11 GAERC: --Syria is not on the agenda. --There will not be a discussion on Iraq, just the passing of council conclusions as "A items." --The EU will take a formal decision on the anti [...]
2008-11-07 15:46:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
08STOCKHOLM749SAAKASHVILI-PM REINFELDT MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 17:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM750BILDT VISITS OFFICIALS AND TROOPS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Swedish FM Bildt paid his first visit to Afghanistan October 29-31, 2008. On this "fact-finding" mission, he met with all levels of government in Kabul, including Foreign Minister Spanta and Minister of Interior Atmar, and with Balkh Province Governor Atta when he visited Sweden's PRT in [...]
2008-11-07 17:36:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AF SW
08STOCKHOLM757SWEDEN ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT
[...] On November 10, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on EU-Russia relations, signed by FM Bildt and FM Miliband The statement reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity and urged Russia to fully implement the August 12 and September 8 EU-brokered peace agreements [...]
2008-11-12 17:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SW
08STOCKHOLM836STOCKHOLM: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) Has Sweden worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- Since 1996, Sweden's Cuba policy has been to support democratic development and respect for human rights in Cuba throu [...]
2008-12-16 17:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SW
08STOCKHOLM84SWEDISH MFA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND ESDP MISSION
[...] (C) The Swedish position on Kosovo recognition appears to be starting to move in a positive direction. Sweden supported the January 30 approval of an ESDP mission. MFA contacts tell us Sweden will likely join in recognizing Kosovo, but would prefer for this to occur with substantial EU unity [...]
2008-02-01 16:20:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW YI
08SUVA109A TONGA ELECTION PREVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seventy-one candidates are running for the nine seats in Tonga's parliament reserved for People's Representatives(PRs) in the April 23-24 elections. While Tonga law has no provision for candidates to register their political affiliation, at least 30 are associated with the pro- [...]
2008-03-19 15:04:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TN
08SUVA174TONGA: PLOTTING THE FUTURE AFTER THE PEOPLE
[...] (C) Most everyone in Tonga accepts an April 24 election signaled the vast majority want rapid democratic reform. Prime Minister Sevele was shocked by the result. He thought an onslaught of ads tying veteran People's Representatives (PRs) to a riot in November 2006 would sway voters. He was w [...]
2008-05-07 13:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS PHUM SOCI KJAN TN FJ
08SUVA266FIJI, TONGA, KIRIBATI, NAURU, AND TUVALU: A STATUS
[...] (C) The five small Pacific nations within Embassy Suva's bailiwick all are of interest to the United States, not least because each has a vote in the UNGA. In Fiji, Commodore Bainimarama's December 2006 coup has discolored the bilateral relationship. He is frustrated at not achieving legitima [...]
2008-07-02 04:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR SENV EAID FJ
08SUVA331CHAUDHRY RESIGNS, FIJI WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL MEETING IN
[...] (U) Summary: Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry resigned from the interim government (IG) on August 18 following weeks of speculation that his head was on the chopping block for mismanaging the economy and harassing overseas investors. However, Chaudhry's departure may significantly diminish p [...]
2008-08-19 20:08:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ
08SUVA35Tonga's Investment Climate Statement 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American pro [...]
2008-01-30 15:57:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR TN
08SUVA41Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of recent events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors shoul [...]
2008-01-31 15:39:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
08SUVA71TONGA UPDATE -- DISCONTENT; ROYAL LIFESTYLE;
[...] (C) Conversations in Tonga Feb. 6-9 revealed that discontent continues. The economy is doing poorly; the King's lifestyle and his extravagant plans for an August 1 coronation rankle; allegations of official corruption are gaining currency; and pro-democracy elements hanker for more rapid prog [...]
2008-02-18 17:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CJAN PHUM TN
08TAIPEI156RISING KMT STAR ERIC CHU ON ELECTIONS, "TYPHOONS"
[...] (C) Summary. Taoyuan Magistrate Eric Chu, a rising younger generation KMT leader, told the Director on January 28 that he expects the KMT to "take off the table" its support for the UN referendum before the March 22 presidential election. He urged that the U.S. not make further statements, [...]
2008-02-01 07:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CH TW
08TAIPEI401PART ONE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) This is part one of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...]
2008-03-20 22:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW
08TAIPEI499MA INSIDER TAOYUAN MAGISTRATE ERIC CHU PREDICTS
[...] (C) Summary: Taoyuan Magistrate Eric Chu told the Director privately on April 9 that President-elect Ma Ying-jeou had already chosen his premier (Prof. Liu Chao-hsuan),and the likely candidates for Foreign Minister (David Lee),National Security Adviser (Su Chi),and the head of the Straits [...]
2008-04-10 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI626VICE PREMIER CHIOU AND FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Chiou I-jen and Foreign Minister James Huang resigned on May 6 to take responsibility for the potential loss of USD 30 million in a failed scheme to establish diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea (PNG). In 2006, then NSC Secretary General Chiou I-jen instruct [...]
2008-05-06 11:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
08TALLINN264ESTONIA'S EVOLVING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Summary. While a relative newcomer to the field of foreign assistance, Estonia continues to expand its role as a donor nation. The GOE goal is to spend at least 0.1 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on development assistance by 2010, still short of the EU target of 0.17 percent for n [...]
2008-07-29 12:10:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EN
08TALLINN372ESTONIA: NOMINATION FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Tallinn is pleased to nominate Sergeant-Major Jaune Engel for the 2009 Secretary's International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award. As a member of the Estonian Defense Forces ('ESTCOY-4') unit deployed in southern Afghanistan, Jaune Engel has shown remarkable courage by volu [...]
2008-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM EN
08TASHKENT102Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT113SECURITY SERVICE POWER-BROKERS LIMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel A discussed the keen interest of the counter-narcotics-focused Sensitive Investigative Unit in resuming active cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. However, it is still uncertain whether the Government of Uzbekistan would issue long-term visas to U.S. [...]
2008-01-29 04:23:00Embassy TashkentSECRETPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR PINR SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1204UZBEKISTAN: COTTON STILL KING AT 4th
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Fourth International Uzbek Cotton Fair and Fourth International Cotton and Textile Conference took place in Tashkent on October 14-15, 2008. The conference and exhibition highlighted Uzbekistan's continued strong position as a leading producer and exporter of cotton. It a [...]
2008-10-21 06:16:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PINR UZ
08TASHKENT129UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...]
2008-01-31 07:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT1322UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: While the atmosphere in Uzbekistan's majority Muslim community has improved somewhat over the past year, some smaller Christian evangelical groups - particularly those which are unregistered and have ethnic Uzbek members - continue to endure frequent raids, harassment, and the de [...]
2008-11-18 09:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT183UZBEK LEGAL REFORM CONFERENCE TO DRAW "POWER
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan agreed to substantially upgrade the scope of an upcoming March conference on law enforcement and human rights. The two-day conference is being organized by the USAID-funded Open Dialogue Project in conjunction with Eastern Kentucky University, the In [...]
2008-02-12 04:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT366UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...]
2008-03-26 13:23:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT485CARICC READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS PILOT PHASE NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a briefing by Barsultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Ilicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Sub [...]
2008-04-24 12:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT49THIRD STRIKE FOR FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL ERKIN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the independent Ferghana.ru website posted an open letter from the wife of Erkin Musaev, a former Uzbek Ministry of Defense and UNDP official who was sentenced to a total of 20 years' imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 for espionage and corruption in three separate trials [...]
2008-01-15 11:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM MASS PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT720UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS NOT KEEN ON THIRD
[...] (C) Summary: On June 16, poloff hosted another session of a periodic roundtable on human rights issues with Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov and counterparts from the British, French, German, and Czech Embassies. During the meeting, the EU diplomats expressed skepticism about attemp [...]
2008-06-24 06:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT771UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]
2008-07-03 08:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT79OPEN DIALOGUE PROJECT TO CO-SPONSOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 16, poloff met with the directors of the Open Dialogue Project (ODP) and National Democratic Institute (NDI),who talked about their recent activities and plans. ODP Director Mjusa Sever described her organization's plans to co-sponsor a March conference on law enforcem [...]
2008-01-22 12:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT865AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Uzbekistan on May 29 - 30, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with a variety of religious leaders, scholars, and human rights activists. On May 30, Hanford met a local Jehovah's Witnesses community representative, historian a [...]
2008-07-25 07:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TBILISI122FIVE EASY PRESENTATIONS - AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR BOB
[...] SUMMARY: Bob Rafelson was an ECA Cultural Envoy par excellence, representing the United States at the 8th Tbilisi International Film Festival from December 3-10, 2007. Mr. Rafelson is one of American cinema's leading figures, having distinguished himself over the past three decades as a directo [...]
2008-01-25 12:09:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI1317GEORGIANS DEMAND ABKHAZ LEAVE ACHAMKHARA HEIGHTS
[...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In an August 1 meeting with Ambassadors from Western Friends of the Secretary General, Giga Bokeria, Deputy Foreign Minister, along with Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA),and Shota Utiashvili, Chief, Analysis and Information, MOIA, relayed [...]
2008-08-01 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1496GEORGIA: SITREP 22: HUMAN CHAIN SHOWS GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary. On September 1 as many as 1.5 million Georgians rallied across the country to express national unity and opposition to Russia's actions. The OSCE did not observe any confrontations or movements, but did see the presence of heavy vehicles in an ethnically Georgian village southw [...]
2008-09-02 13:34:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI199GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2229GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND
[...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]
2008-12-02 12:31:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI277GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]
2008-02-19 10:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TEGUCIGALPA86PETROCARIBE AS HONDURAN POLITICAL THEATER
[...] (C) Summary: Local media report President Manuel Zelaya will sign an agreement today (January 28) to import Venezuelan fuel on concessional terms through Petrocaribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly signed the agreement in Caracas over the weekend. The Honduran Congress approved the out [...]
2008-01-28 22:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV VE HO
08TELAVIV1040SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1051ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1094ISRAEL WELCOMES VISIT OF STAFFDEL ANDERSON, MAY
[...] Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem welcome the May 26-28 visit of Ms. Wendy Anderson, Mr. Clyde Ellis and Mr. John O,Brien. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General [...]
2008-05-23 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC IS
08TELAVIV114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1226ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Egypt and Hamas announced on Tuesday that a cease-fire (tahdiya) between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will go into eff [...]
2008-06-18 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1359ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1523ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...]
2008-07-15 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1560ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]
2008-07-18 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1574ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in The Jerusalem Post) reported that PM Ehud Olmert will be replaced as Kadima leader in mid-September, barring unforeseen circumstances, after the Kadima council re [...]
2008-07-22 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1585ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that a Palestinian terrorist from East Jerusalem, Ghassan Abu-Tir, went on a rampage with a bulldozer in central Jerusalem. One of his relatives is senior Hamas member M [...]
2008-07-23 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1595MOD AND MFA RESPONSE TO WEST BANK DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge raised reftel demarche points with MOD Political Military Director res. MG Amos Gilad and newly appointed MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs, Barukh Binah, on July 23. Gilad provided details of GOI efforts to improve coordination with the PA in the West [...]
2008-07-24 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1657ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1696ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1755ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Fighting in Georgia 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend almost all media led with the fighting in Georgia. Today Yediot bannered: "Russia's Iron Fist." Ha'aretz quoted Foreign Ministry officials as saying that Is [...]
2008-08-11 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV19ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1933ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 05:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterd [...]
2008-08-27 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2007ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2043ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN VIEWS ON DETERIORATING
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Jordanian PolOff Asem Ababneh (please protect) September 2 to discuss the rising tensions between Jordan and Israel. Ababneh complained that Israel is taking Jordan for granted and is no longer acting in good faith on a range of issues, including the peace proces [...]
2008-09-08 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL KISL JO IS
08TELAVIV2315ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying that he would remain caretaker until the formation of a new government early next year. HaQaretz quoted police sources as saying on Monday that e [...]
2008-10-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Elections 3. Global Financial Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Knesset faction leaders decided yesterday to set the date for general elections on February 10. HaQaretz reported that Ka [...]
2008-10-29 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2419ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2427ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...]
2008-10-31 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2454ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2468ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Middle East ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media covered the last day of the U.S. electoral campaign. The printed media predicted that Sen. Barack Obama would clinch the presidency. This morning the electronic me [...]
2008-11-05 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2479SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 06:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...]
2008-11-13 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2534MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS KING
[...] Summary: Israeli voters went to the polls November 11 to choose their mayors and municipal councils. Incumbent Ron Huldai won re-election in Tel Aviv, while secular candidate Nir Barkat (formerly affiliated with Kadima) defeated ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) candidate Meir Porush (UTJ) in Jerusale [...]
2008-11-13 17:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PINR IS
08TELAVIV2553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2568ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that senior American officials fear that opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran could strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and help him win the pr [...]
2008-11-18 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2589ISRAEL AND JORDAN DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE, REMAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Poloff met November 20 with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli and MFA IO Desk Director Tibor Shalev-Schlosser to discuss the ongoing dispute between Jordan and Israel over the Mughrabi Gate. The pair provided a readout of MFA DG Abramovich's November 12 meeting wi [...]
2008-11-21 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2634ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2640MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...]
2008-11-28 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2788MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...]
2008-12-12 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO TS IS
08TELAVIV2816ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that important progress had been made in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians even though the goal of an agreement [...]
2008-12-16 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV29ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV392COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MORRISION, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv welcomes the February 16-18, 2008, visit of HPSCI Staff Members Brian Morrison, Eric Greenwald, Donald Viera and Jay Heath, and SSCI Staff Member Alissa Starzak. The visit officer is Political Officer Van Reidhead; phone 972-3-519-7565; cell 972-50-540-6667; email Reidhe [...]
2008-02-16 12:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AFIN ASEC IS
08TELAVIV437ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Kosovo 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that preparations are well underway for President Bush's "farewell" visit to Israel in May. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert will meet [...]
2008-02-22 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...]
2008-02-25 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV467PRESIDENT PERES PROPOSES AGREEMENTS ON WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. At the latter's request, the Ambassador called on President Shimon Peres the evening of February 27. Peres said he wanted to ensure that President Bush's May visit produce positive results. Noting that he did not think a political agreement with the Palestinians wo [...]
2008-02-28 16:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KWBG TU JO JA GE IS
08TELAVIV548EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Palestinian sources as saying on Tuesday that Israel, Egypt, and Hamas are close to a deal to deploy PA President Mahmoud Abbas's troops at the Gaza crossings. According to [...]
2008-03-12 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV592PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA),a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...]
2008-03-13 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS
08TELAVIV707ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV736ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Dutch Film on Islam ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and other media reported that PM Ehud Olmert told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as his Kadima faction on SIPDIS Monday that he would conti [...]
2008-04-01 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV824ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted U.S. sources as saying yesterday that President George Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month. The newspaper reported that PM [...]
2008-04-10 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...]
2008-04-15 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV900GENERAL JONES' MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security (SEMERS) General James Jones met with President Shimon Peres April 13. General Jones briefed Peres on his mission, including the Jenin project that is being coordinated with Tony Blair. Peres said he was skeptical that a politica [...]
2008-04-18 07:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KPAL IS JO TU GE JA
08TELAVIV916ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV941U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG)
[...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...]
2008-04-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ
08TELAVIV95SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV973ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1021CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) As always, the Conference of the States Parties offered a platform for a variety of meetings on its margins. The European Union hosted a day of meetings for National Authorities on December 1 that bridged the gap between the official National Authorities' meetings and the CSP; notable a [...]
2008-12-15 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE137NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON BALKANS, BURMA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence dominated the GONL briefing in preparation for the February 18 GAERC. Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk briefed allies February 13 on Dutch views regarding Kosovo, Serbia and SAA, Burma, Africa, the Middle East, Iran, t [...]
2008-02-14 13:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EU NL
08THEHAGUE330NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONCERN OVER RUMORED
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Summary: The GONL is concerned about rumors expressed in a recent Daily Telegraph article laying out U.S./UK plans to replace the Dutch during their upcoming command rotation of NATO operations in southern Afghanistan. Ac [...]
2008-04-10 15:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE368NETHERLANDS/BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs conducted a site visit per reftel of Applied Research Laboratory Europe BV (ARLE) on April 18. Although a sole proprietorship, ARLE appears to be a bona fide intermediary. ARLE stores items in a safe drilled into the concrete floor of a garage which is connected to a ho [...]
2008-04-28 12:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC NL JO
08THEHAGUE389NETHERLANDS: EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post received a diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 8 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. With the exchange of notes, the SOFA extension shall enter into force on th [...]
2008-05-08 16:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
08THEHAGUE397GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance regarding policy on the discussion of remediation issues in the context of the Netherlands United States Operational Group (NUSOG). Post understands from ISN/WMDT that the USG position is t [...]
2008-05-09 16:22:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
08THEHAGUE492NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR
[...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...]
2008-06-09 07:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE52NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR ARNALL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop summoned Ambassador Arnall January 16 to discuss an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times (reftel) in which Secretary Gates reportedly criticized NATO forces -- Canada, the United Kingdom, [...]
2008-01-16 12:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE576NETHERLANDS: NAMES/TITLES OF LEADING DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 12:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE625NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DUTCH VIEWS ON SUDAN,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Wepke Kingma, MFA Director of the Sub-Sahara Africa Department recently discussed the Dutch position on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Horn of Africa. END SUMMARY. Sudan ----- 2. (C) Regarding the recent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Dutch have expressed public [...]
2008-07-24 08:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NL SO SU XW ZI
08THEHAGUE790NETHERLANDS: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson explained U.S. priorities on Serbia, Kosovo, Belarus, and international tribunals during a September 16 meeting at the Dutch MFA. (Recent Georgia discussions, including those with Ambassador Williamson, reported reftel A.) The Dutch will firmly resist [...]
2008-09-23 11:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE834SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE WILLIAMSON WARNS
[...] (SBU) On September 16, 2008, Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met separately with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Fausto Pocar, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and Registrar Hans Holthuis. The meetings were successful, with [...]
2008-10-03 19:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR PGOV SR
08THEHAGUE866CWC: REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2008 CWC
[...] (U) On September 25-26, 2008 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sponsored a two day workshop in Florence for selected Western Europe and Other Countries Group (WEOG) State Parties and Japan in an effort to find common ground on two issues noted during the Second Review Conference(Re [...]
2008-10-15 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC IT
08THEHAGUE876CWC: AUSTRALIA GROUP, TECHNICAL EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) held a technical experts intersessional implementation meeting in The Hague from October 8-9, 2008. Discussion considered 3 proposals to the chemical control list and one proposal for the biological control list. Technical delegations considered a number of rev [...]
2008-10-17 16:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC CWC
08THEHAGUE910NETHERLANDS: DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO SHORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) instituted a series of preemptive measures in October to protect the vulnerable Dutch financial sector from the external shocks of the global financial crisis. Following the United Kingdom,s lead, the GONL announced a EUR 20 billion (US [...]
2008-10-30 08:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE998RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...]
2008-12-02 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK
08THESSALONIKI1NORTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2007
[...] Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan visited Komotini in Thrace on December 6, following a two-day official visit to Athens (Reftel.) The government of Greece tried to downplay the visit and present it as private, but local media reported extensively and negatively on Babacan's activities in [...]
2008-01-02 09:36:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ECON TU BU GR
08THESSALONIKI71GREEK MFA DIRECTOR OF THRACE AFFAIRS AND CG INSTANBUL SWAP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek MFA's Director for Thrace Affairs has switched positions with Greece's Consul General in Istanbul, in what both men describe as a small but sincere effort to improve Greek-Turkish relations. Both intend to continue the work of the other, while bringing their differen [...]
2008-10-14 11:21:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
08THESSALONIKI72ECHR REJECTS GREECE'S ARGUMENTS FOR BANNING ASSOCIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Greece's challenge of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, to allow the operation of associations that include the term "Turkish" in their names has proven unsuccessful. Minority circles said they were "satisfied with the outcome," and Greek diplomatic r [...]
2008-10-14 14:04:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM GR
08THESSALONIKI84NORTHERN NOTES - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) On November 7, a Rodopi First Instance Court issued a decision that was originally rendered, but immediately suppressed, in 2003, which ruled that Vistonida Lake and its surrounding area do not belong to Vatopedi Monastery but rather, to the Greek state. Vatopedi reportedly made a profit [...]
2008-12-04 14:39:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR GR
08TIRANA101THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA112PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...]
2008-02-13 15:17:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA174ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...]
2008-03-07 13:32:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA556ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY
[...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...]
2008-07-25 06:09:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV AL
08TIRANA99THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]
2008-02-08 18:13:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TOKYO1014JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1271DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 9 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that Japan remains committed to cooperating with the United States on a wide range of issues, including aid to Afghanistan, China's military buildup, and the realignment of U.S. forces [...]
2008-05-10 01:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1398 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1479JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1511DIET MEMBERS TO THE AMBASSADOR: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
[...] (C) Summary: Legislation criminalizing child pornography possession will not pass this Diet session, the ruling coalition's project team told the Ambassador May 28. However, it will be on top of the agenda for the fall Diet session, the Diet members promised. Although debate continues over [...]
2008-06-02 22:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA
08TOKYO1748OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...]
2008-06-25 09:27:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO
08TOKYO2308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2422TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...]
2008-09-04 04:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2443LDP SENSES OPPORTUNITY: YOSANO MAY CHALLENGE ASO
[...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of Prime Minister Fukuda's surprise resignation, there is cautious optimism in the LDP that their political fortunes may be improving. In contrast, there are worries in the DPJ that the LDP will use the September 22 LDP presidential election to cast the DPJ's "o [...]
2008-09-05 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2754 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2798 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2963 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
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