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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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06TELAVIV1083JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB.
[...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]
2006-03-17 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1178ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held this week: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of last week's poll. [...]
2006-03-24 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1391RECENT GOI PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director General Aharon Abramovitch told the Ambassador April 3 that the GOI seeks to abolish all forms of trafficking in persons. De facto Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Rahel Gershuni reported that the government's inter-ministerial anti-trafficking [...]
2006-04-06 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported on seemingly moderate gestures and pronouncements from Hamas vis-a- vis Israel. Ha'aretz reported that Hamas has been sending go-between [...]
2006-04-07 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1470SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND ISRAELI A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 11 -- the day that the Cabinet elected him Acting Prime Minister -- a confident and relaxed Ehud Olmert met with Senator Joseph Lieberman and the Ambassador. Olmert outlined his "convergence plan," with which he hopes to create defensible security borders, minimize Israe [...]
2006-04-12 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1600BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON ISRAEL'S CONVERGENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to begin implementation of what he calls the "convergence plan" within the next two years (reftels) confronts the USG with decisions on whether and how to engage with Israel on the issue. The complexities, potential benefits, and pit [...]
2006-04-24 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]
2006-04-26 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1652GOI SEEKS NGO INPUT ON NEXT STEPS IN FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI inter-ministerial anti-trafficking committee decided at its April 26 meeting to press for rapid passage of the draft anti-trafficking bill, and to address specific concerns raised by three leading NGOs critical of the GOI's anti-trafficking efforts. The committee invi [...]
2006-04-27 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1753HERZOG TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN THAT LABOR SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Labor MK Itzhak ("Boojy") Herzog told Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that the Labor Party advocates strengthening Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas. Herzog said he supports USG assistance to the Abbas-controlled Presidential Guard in order to enhance that bod [...]
2006-05-04 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1819ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday, at an international convention of mayors taking place in Jerusalem, that Israel will wait for six months to see whether the [...]
2006-05-10 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1932ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...]
2006-05-17 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1943ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert has decided to tone down his stance on the convergence plan, which Ha'aretz said may be related to staunch opposition worldwide [...]
2006-05-18 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2064EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ISRAEL INSTITUTE
[...] On May 24, 2006 Commercial Officer John Coronado and Commercial Specialist Yael Torres conducted a Pre-License Check at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) located at: 24 Reuven Street, Ness-Ziona 74100, Israel. Named institute is listed in BIS application D355002 as the end-us [...]
2006-05-26 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETTC IS ETRD ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV2087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Ehud Olmert are speaking of a "split realignment." The newspaper wrote that one of the options that Olmert is considerin [...]
2006-05-31 13:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2239ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2571(S) SHIMON PERES ON HAMAS, JORDAN, NEGEV-GALILEE
[...] (S) Summary: In a June 26 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres said the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom by militants, without the knowledge of Hamas Prime Minister Haniyeh proves that Haniyeh is as weak as President Abbas, at l [...]
2006-06-27 19:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO AF IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2879MOSSAD CHIEF DAGAN ON LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mossad Director Meir Dagan briefed CODEL Hoekstra on the Israeli campaign against Hizballah and the greater long term threat posed by Iran. Dagan stated that the initial aims of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon were focused on eliminating strategic weapons held by Hizballah and symbolic [...]
2006-07-24 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV2923ISRAEL CLAIMS IT IS SEEKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal told Staffdel Lara Alameh July 9 that the GOI is considering creative options to advance GOI-Vatican negotiations for a concordat on fiscal and legal matters, but Tal did not elaborate on what the creative options might entai [...]
2006-07-27 10:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF PHUM IL
06TELAVIV295SOLID FUNDAMENTALS KEEP ISRAELI ECONOMY ON GROWTH
[...] (SBU) According to preliminary Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) data released on January 1, 2006, the Israeli economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2005, and GDP per capita (USD 17,800) increased by 3.3 percent. Following growth rates of 1.7 percent in 2003 and 4.4 percent in 2004, in the initial [...]
2006-01-20 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS EIND EINV ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3054ISRAELI ECONOMY HOLDING ITS OWN
[...] (C) The Lebanon conflict war has negatively affected the resurgent Israeli economy, but has not yet caused severe damage. Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer said at a press event on August 2 that by the end of its first month, the war will have cut Israeli GDP growth by bet [...]
2006-08-04 13:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3272 ISRAEL: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS IN POST-CEASEFIRE POLLS
[...] Precisely 48 hours after implementation of the Lebanon ceasefire prime-time Israel Radio was offering a hotline to traumatized victims of the month-long Hizballah bombardment of northern Israel, but poll results from the center of the country, show that those outside the bombardment zone are al [...]
2006-08-18 05:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR IS
06TELAVIV349OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]
2006-01-25 13:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3503ISRAELI TOURISM INDUSTRY A CASUALTY OF WAR
[...] (C) Data from the first six months of 2006 indicates that Israel was on pace to welcome 2.6 million visitors this year, the most since 2000. Not surprisingly, the conflict with Hizballah has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of foreign tourists. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CB [...]
2006-09-01 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EIND IS
06TELAVIV3551HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS
[...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV3590MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...]
2006-09-08 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3669ISRAELI FISCAL RESTRAINT FACES CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Chief Bank Leumi Economist Gil Bufman thinks that the Israeli economy can sustain increased spending in the short-term to cover war-related expenses without undermining investor confidence in the Israeli market or reversing the economic gains of the last few years. However, he is deeply [...]
2006-09-14 16:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IS
06TELAVIV3732ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION
[...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that Israel´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...]
2006-09-19 13:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL SY LE IS
06TELAVIV390LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...]
2006-01-27 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV3909PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]
2006-10-04 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV4262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US Israel Relations 3. UNIFIL in Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported estimations of military sources indicating the Defense Minister Peretz does not intend to evacuate whole settlements. According to t [...]
2006-10-26 09:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4269BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...]
2006-10-26 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV4272ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...]
2006-10-26 15:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4293GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL
[...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...]
2006-10-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV4300IFPI ISRAEL: UPDATE ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a October 26 meeting with the Managing Director and Legal Advisor of the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Israel, Econoff emphasized the need to focus concerns about the Copyright Bill and the Copyright Tribunal Bill into a coherent argument that the U [...]
2006-10-27 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR IS
06TELAVIV4303THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...]
2006-10-27 16:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US
06TELAVIV4395ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP
[...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...]
2006-11-03 15:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4481ISRAELI REGIONAL EXPERTS SHARE VIEWS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to Israel, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at which DNI Negroponte asked a diverse group of Israeli experts to share their views on Iran, particularly Israeli perspectives on the intentions of the Iranian leadership. The DNI also solicited views on the pos [...]
2006-11-09 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR IZ SY KPAL
06TELAVIV4508ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Ha'aretz) reported that President Bush, speaking after a meeting at that White House with PM Ehud Olmert, called Monday for the world to unite in [...]
2006-11-14 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]
2006-11-16 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4579PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...]
2006-11-21 15:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4699ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]
2006-12-01 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4703ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...]
2006-12-01 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS
06TELAVIV4752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq Study Group Report 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) cited the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (a.k.a. Baker-Hamilton committee),which were made public at the US Senate on Wednesday. [...]
2006-12-07 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV522Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...]
2006-02-06 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV566EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...]
2006-02-07 16:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV567SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...]
2006-02-07 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV688IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]
2006-02-15 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV745RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...]
2006-02-22 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV808SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: US EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION
[...] (C) Summary. The overall climate for protection of intellectual property in Israel worsened in 2005. In December 2005, the Knesset passed a revision to patent term extension regulations that significantly curtailed the period of patent protection for research-based pharmaceuticals. The GOI c [...]
2006-02-27 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV840EGYPTIANS TELL GOI TO GIVE HAMAS TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told the Ambassador February 21 that Egyptian officials encouraged Israel to give the Hamas government time and rely on Cairo to deal with the terrorist group. He believed that this "change" in Egypt,s position is motivated by Egyp [...]
2006-02-28 07:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV853ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]
2006-02-28 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV877ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...]
2006-03-02 09:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV918ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV92SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL
[...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]
2006-01-06 16:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06THEHAGUE1148DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...]
2006-05-22 11:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL
06THEHAGUE1184DUTCH SOCIALIST PARTY (SP): NOT YOUR FATHER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the charismatic leadership of Jan Marijnissen, the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) is reconfiguring itself to become a credible left-wing alternative to the increasingly centrist Labor Party (PvdA) of Wouter Bos. In a rare meeting with Ambassador Arnall on May 16, Marijnissen and [...]
2006-05-24 15:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EU NL
06THEHAGUE1262006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]
2006-01-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1299NETHERLANDS/TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: DUTCH AFFIRM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 10:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1677AVIAN INFLUENZA: DUTCH FIND LOW PATHOGENIC AI
[...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture announced on August 1 that low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was discovered during routine sampling of a chicken farm in Voorthuizen. Voorthuizen, located in the center of the Netherlands, is situated in the middle of the main egg producing area of the country [...]
2006-08-01 15:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR KFLU NL
06THEHAGUE1723 NETHERLANDS/WTO: WE MUST SALVAGE WHAT WE CAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dutch Trade Minister van Gennip publicly blames the U.S. for the suspension of the Doha negotiations, but contacts at the ministries of Economic and Foreign Affairs stressed the need to avoid the blame game and restart talks. The Dutch see an agreement as critical to their inter [...]
2006-08-07 16:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDWTRO EAGR ETRD EU NL
06THEHAGUE1782NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...]
2006-08-14 15:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE1958NETHERLANDS/NATO: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 09:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MAAR ISAF NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE1976SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]
2006-09-11 05:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE2046NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VIEWS ON FMCT, BWC, INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Washington-based Poloff Robert Blum paid a courtesy call on new MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Henk Cor van der Kwast on September 15. Topics of conversation included recent EU efforts regarding the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),the upcoming Biological [...]
2006-09-19 16:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL KNNP NL
06THEHAGUE2277 SCENESETTER FOR ATT...
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...]
2006-10-19 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2286DETAINEE POLICY/MILITARY COMMISSIONS: BELLINGER
[...] (U) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger visited The Netherlands October 10-12, accompanied by EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and several other senior State and DOD officials. The team met with Dutch Defense, Justice, and Foreign Affairs officials for closed-door talks, answering detai [...]
2006-10-20 15:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PREL PTER NL
06THEHAGUE2299CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...]
2006-10-24 14:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2308Netherlands/Elections: Start Your Engines!
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch voters go to the polls November 22 to elect the 150 member Second Chamber of Parliament ("Tweede Kamer") and, indirectly, to choose the next Dutch government. Although formal campaigning does not begin until November 1, the race is already shaping up as a mano-a- mano fi [...]
2006-10-25 08:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2371NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...]
2006-11-03 14:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2587NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...]
2006-12-11 14:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
06THEHAGUE2595 SHARPER TOOLS FOR THE CT TOOLBOX: DUTCH
[...] SUMMARY: The Dutch Parliament approved three significant pieces of counter terrorism legislation in 2006. The first, permitting the use of intelligence information in criminal proceedings, went into effect November 1. The other two, which will expand the use of special investigative techniq [...]
2006-12-12 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2597NETHERLANDS/BALKENENDE: PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a December 12 meeting with Ambassador Arnall, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende expressed satisfaction with his party's strong performance in the November elections, and predicted a centrist-coalition government could be in place by February. According to Balkenende, th [...]
2006-12-13 09:48:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ECON IR RU NL
06THEHAGUE33NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PRESSING THE DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Post pressed GONL officials and parliamentarians from all major parties on Dutch participation in ISAF III over the last few days. Most indicated chances for deployment were grim, but were unwilling to rule out a positive decision completely. Some senior GONL officials are advi [...]
2006-01-06 18:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE356USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...]
2006-02-16 15:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE380DUTCH MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL has taken important steps since 2001 to bolster its ability to counter terrorism. It has passed tough new legislation, revamped institutional structures, strengthened the security of critical infrastructure, and devoted substantial personnel and financial resources to the coun [...]
2006-02-21 11:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE419DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16
[...] The Dutch Finance Ministry will host on March 15-16 in The Hague an international conference on terrorist financing issues. This initiative was first raised during Treasury Secretary Snow's June 2005 meeting with Dutch Finance SIPDIS Minister Zalm (reftel). The U.S. Treasury Department, S [...]
2006-02-24 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN ETTC PTER ECON EUN NL
06THEHAGUE453EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06THEHAGUE591FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]
2006-03-20 16:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE616DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16
[...] SUMMARY. Treasury Under Secretary Levey led the USG delegation to the March 15-16 Dutch-hosted international conference on terrorist financing issues. Expert-level workshops addressed enhancing the effectiveness of financial investigations, improving communications between the public and p [...]
2006-03-22 15:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER ECON EUN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE642NETHERLANDS: CONCERN SIMMERS OVER VENEZUELAN
[...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 15 with Dutch MFA, Interior, MOD and military intelligence officials. The Dutch message was consistent. The GONL is deeply concerned about developments in Venezuela - its neighbor - but does not currently see a direct military threat to the Net [...]
2006-03-24 13:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV BL CU CO NT VE NL
06THEHAGUE762NETHERLANDS: PLANS TO EXPAND PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GONL is paying increasing attention to African Peace and Security Architecture and is ready to commit additional resources. The GONL wishes, in cooperation with the Belgians, to take a lead on Burundi Security Sector [...]
2006-04-07 14:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL KGHA KHIV KPKO MARR MASS MOPS BE BY CG
06THEHAGUE814ONDCP DIRECTOR'S APRIL 5-6 VISIT TO THE HAGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Director for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters visited The Hague on April 5-6, at the end of a three-nation tour that included stops in Afghanistan and Belgium. Walters met with Thomas Driessen, Director of the Dutch National Crim [...]
2006-04-12 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PINS PGOV AF NL CO NS
06THEHAGUE834 AIVD REPORT...
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The AIVD, the Dutch civilian intelligence service, issued a report March 30 on the terrorist threat in the Netherlands, entitled ""Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat."" The report concludes that the terrorist threat in the Netherlands now [...]
2006-04-18 05:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PINS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE9NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STATE OF PLAY, RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet's failure to reach consensus on ISAF Stage III, and PM Balkenende's controversial decision to refer the question to Parliament without a clear Cabinet mandate have complicated an already heated public debate. Parliament is now seized with the procedural question [...]
2006-01-04 10:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO KPAO NL AF OIIP
06THEHAGUE982CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TAIWAN AND CHINA
[...] (C) On the margins of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council meeting in mid-March, Washington-based delegation officers discussed the question of Taiwan's relationship to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) separately with representatives of the local [...]
2006-05-03 10:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
06TIRANA420ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S
[...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...]
2006-04-27 08:52:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR AL
06TIRANA436BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: A HIGH LEVEL SMACKDOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last eight months, PM Berisha and his allies have engaged in a campaign to dump General Prosecutor Sollaku, claiming he is a major obstacle to progress in the fight against crime and corruption. Berisha has publicly accused Sollaku of everything from laziness to ties [...]
2006-05-02 15:19:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AL
06TIRANA618ENERGY POLICY CHANGES IN ALBANIA
[...] (U) Summary: PM Berisha recently described a series of energy-related measures to improve Albania's business climate. The GoA will alter its two-tiered electricity price structure to reduce energy prices for the private business sector to bring it more in line with regional norms and to spu [...]
2006-06-09 12:51:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV AL
06TIRANA662EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...]
2006-06-21 06:33:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AL GR
06TIRANA996SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO ALBANIA AND SEDM
[...] (C) Your attendance at the September 26-27 Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) is the event's highlight for your Albanian hosts. NATO entry is Albania's primary goal, one supported by all levels of society and all political tendencies. The Ministerial provides the chance for Albani [...]
2006-09-22 12:50:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV MCAP AL
06TOKYO1003DIET WILL LIKELY PASS DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a "good chance" the ruling coalition will pass a "Bill of Human Rights in North Korea" by the end of the current Diet session in June, LDP Upper House Councillor Ichita Yamamoto told us February 22. The proposed LDP legislation would: -- Establish a North Korea human [...]
2006-02-24 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM JA KN
06TOKYO1004 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1023JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 02:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1039 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/06
[...] Date of submission 2. Proponents 3. Reasons 4. Result  [...]
2006-02-28 06:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1058 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1112AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 2
[...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- Doesn't Pay to Cheat on the AI Test: Police Arrest Ibaraki Chicken Swappers -- 2. On February 27, prefectural police arrested four veterinarians and employees of the IKN Egg Farm Comp [...]
2006-03-02 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO1120 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1139BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON JAPAN'S DIET FRESHMEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the September 2005 election of 83 freshmen Diet members, Post has had several opportunities to gather biographic data on some of them. What follows is a summation of that data. END SUMMARY. 2. (C//NF) Yoshitami Kameoka of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) revealed d [...]
2006-03-03 05:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO1149 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1169JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1217 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1249 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1265AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 9
[...] No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- LPAI Stricken Ibaraki Prefecture to Further Strengthen its Outbreak Prevention Measures -- 2. On March 7, Ibaraki Prefecture authorities announced that they would strengthen measures [...]
2006-03-09 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO1300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-12 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1306JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1321 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 07:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1342 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1382JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1406APERC CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY SECURITY,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO1445SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. The U.S.-Japan relationship is healthy and strong. Japan is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. The Department of Homeland Security plays a central role in four of the key elements of a 21st century U.S.-Japan allia [...]
2006-03-17 08:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PTER PREL JA
06TOKYO1479DEFENSE MINISTER NUKAGA MEETS AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (C ) Summary: Defense Minister Nukaga on the evening of March 17 made a pitch for a "two plus two" ministerial meeting after the base realignment initiatives are finalized, stressing that a "political statement" is necessary to gain public understanding of the realignment initiatives, particu [...]
2006-03-22 06:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO1490 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1529AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MARCH 23
[...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period March 16 to March 23. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- New Domestic AI Poultry Vaccine Developed -- 2. On March 21, a research group [...]
2006-03-23 09:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO1567CONSENSUS EMERGING TO RAISE CONSUMPTION TAX TO 10
[...] (SBU) Summary: A domestic business sector consensus is emerging in favor of raising Japan's consumption tax from 5 to 10 percent, and the Japanese people are ready to accept it, according to LDP Tax Policy Committee Chairman Yanagisawa. A Cabinet decision to increase the rate is expected in [...]
2006-03-24 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JA
06TOKYO1570VISITING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NEPAL URGES MOFA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Thanking Japan for its cooperation on Nepal, visiting U.S. Ambassador Moriarty stressed to his MOFA interlocutors on March 20 the importance of continued pressure on the King and political parties to cooperate on democratic reforms. MOFA underscored its support for U.S. policy [...]
2006-03-24 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PROV PTER NP JA
06TOKYO1577JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1612AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- stressed the need to identify implementable steps for the next U.S.-Japan-Australia CT Trilate [...]
2006-03-28 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR EAID IN MY RP JA
06TOKYO1616 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1655LDP'S NAKAGAWA AND KYUMA ON DPRI, CHINA, IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the DCM March 29, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweights Hidenao Nakagawa and Fumio Kyuma shared their views on alliance realignment negotiations, Sino-Japanese relations, Iran and beef. Policy Affairs Research Council Chairman Nakag [...]
2006-03-29 09:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA
06TOKYO1684JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1691DUSTR BHATIA CUTS STRAIGHT TO THE BEEF
[...] (SBU) The United States is looking for an early resumption of beef imports to Japan. That was the message Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia conveyed during March 20 meetings in Tokyo. While underscoring that U.S. beef is safe, in separate meetings he told Vice Ministers at the F [...]
2006-03-30 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON JA
06TOKYO1705JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1735JAPAN DELAYS DECISION ON CHINA LOAN PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Japan has decided to delay a decision on extending ODA yen loans to China for FY 2005 (April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006),reflecting growing political difficulties in the bilateral relationship. The delay resulted from a determination by MOFA that its proposal for a yen loan pr [...]
2006-03-31 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH JA
06TOKYO1742 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1744 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-01 11:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1757MEDIA REACTION JAPANESE POLITICS/SINO-JAPANESE
[...] "Maehara's Decision Comes Too Late" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (4/1): "DPJ President Maehara's decision to step down marks a bitter end to the confusion arising from the phony email scandal. On Friday, Maehara and the rest of the party leadership resigned to take resp [...]
2006-04-03 02:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1786 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1801JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1842 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/06
[...] The speech lasted for more than an hour, and he devoted a large part of it to economic issues. He noted, "We must create a small but strong government." He thus added his own view to the ongoing argument calling for a small government in order to indicate that he is not a mere successor to t [...]
2006-04-06 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1894WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON: YOUR VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. You will arrive in Japan at a time when our relationship is as good or better than it has ever been; the government is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. Japan and the U.S. share many commonalities in our relations w [...]
2006-04-07 12:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK JA
06TOKYO1897HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-08 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1903 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-1
[...] The flight paths will avoid the skies over the Henoko, Toyohara, and Abu districts in Nago. 2. In determining the construction site based on the government's plan, consideration will be given to: (a) the safety of the residents near the new airfield; (b) natural conservation; and (c) th [...]
2006-04-10 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1919HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]
2006-04-10 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1982EAP A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN DG SASAE ON
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 11 tour d'horizon of issues affecting the Asian region, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told A/S Hill: -- Japan is emphasizing relations with Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam in its strategic thinking with ASEAN; -- Japan will not stand in the way of Russia becoming a [...]
2006-04-12 09:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ETRD EAID ASEAN ID TW IN CH
06TOKYO1989VCI SENIOR ADVISOR HEINTZELMAN AND ISN/RA SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Inspection Senior Advisor for Harry Heintzelman, IV, and ISN Regional Affairs Senior Advisor Eliot Kang met with MOFA non-proliferation officials on April 7 to discuss potential areas of cooperation in dismantling North Korean nuclear facil [...]
2006-04-13 00:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP JA KS KN
06TOKYO1990JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2008WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing April 10 consultations, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan was waiting for a positive response from Bolivian President Morales. Its three "issues" with Brazil were the status of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan, ethanol imports an [...]
2006-04-13 06:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EINV APECO ENRG XR XK LA CH
06TOKYO2017AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 13
[...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 6 to 13. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N1 to be designated a "Government-Decreed" Infectious Disease -- 2. The Ministr [...]
2006-04-13 10:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO2019JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 01:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2031 RECORD INDUSTRY WORRIES ON IP MULTICAST
[...] This is an action request please see paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: Three Japanese government working groups are addressing copyright issues for IP multicasting and are leaning towards adopting a change that would probably eliminate the ability of the U.S. recording industry to retain its righ [...]
2006-04-14 06:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON JP
06TOKYO2041 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2048JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2059WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese companies see potential for investment in Latin America, particularly in the areas of minerals, energy, and food, Japanese business representative told WHA A/S Shannon on April 11. Noting the success of the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement, they hoped the Japanese [...]
2006-04-17 07:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA
06TOKYO2063 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2075JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06
[...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...]
2006-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2093THE DPJ UNDER ICHIRO OZAWA: WHAT TO EXPECT (WHEN
[...] (C) Summary. The election of Ichiro Ozawa as leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) could have long-term significance for Japan's political scene, but there will be little or no immediate impact on U.S. interests. Ozawa has created a wide network of contacts throughout a lon [...]
2006-04-18 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO2094 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2117JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 01:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2144 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2196 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-22 02:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2237 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2241JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2276 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2283METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...]
2006-04-27 06:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2298JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2333EAP/DAS KEITH'S MEETING WITH METI OFFICIALS ON PRC
[...] (C) Summary: Questions from officials of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) focused on China's promises regarding exchange rate reform and intellectual property protection during an April 26 briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent U.S. visit by EAP Deputy Assis [...]
2006-04-28 06:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN ENRG APECO PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2341 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2377 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2445JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 01:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2540 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2564 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06
[...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]
2006-05-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2572AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 11
[...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 2 to 11. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- Japan-ASEAN Initiative to Combat Pandemic Influenza Launched -- 2. On May 2, the [...]
2006-05-11 09:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO2579JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2604 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2609S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]
2006-05-12 12:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2610S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WTIH DEPUTY
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging discussion on May 11, MOFA Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Yabunaka told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner: -- The main focus for Japan at the St. Petersburg G-8 summit is to be energy security, but he was skeptical that a useful outcome could be r [...]
2006-05-12 12:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG IR KS RS CH ID JA
06TOKYO2613S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]
2006-05-12 13:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2640S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH JDA VM
[...] SUMMARY: (C) During their May 10 meeting, S/P Director Krasner and Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya reviewed Japanese efforts to implement the Security Consultative Committee agreement on alliance transformation and the evolution of Japan's role in international s [...]
2006-05-15 04:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA
06TOKYO2650S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 11 MEETING WITH MOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 11 meeting, MOFA Disarmament DG Takeshi Nakane told visiting S/P Director Dr. Stephen D. Krasner that although Japan has not yet fixed its position, it remains concerned about the possible effect the U.S.-India nuclear agreement may have on the NPT regime, remains u [...]
2006-05-15 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR IS IN JA
06TOKYO2656U.S.-ROK POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 11 bilateral lunch meeting between ROK and U.S. policy planners, ROK Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-kook told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that although China is changing, it is still resistant to ideas that could limit [...]
2006-05-15 07:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR CH TW KN KS JA
06TOKYO2659U.S.-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Japan's leadership role in Asia were the main topics of a May 11 conversation between U.S. and Japanese policy planners. DVFM Kohno told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that he had expected the U.S. to make a counte [...]
2006-05-15 08:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ASEAN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2662 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 08:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2663U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In the May 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Session meeting between S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook, the three delegates o [...]
2006-05-15 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN EAID MARR UNSC IR IZ KS CH JA
06TOKYO2664U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: In Session 2 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook outlined t [...]
2006-05-15 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL APEC ARF MARR CH KS JA
06TOKYO2672JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2689 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2714U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: During the May 12 U.S.-Japan-ROK Policy Planning discussion, South Korea DFM Park In-Kook expressed concern over the conditionalities the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) places on recipient governments. Japan DVFM Masaharu Kohno observed that elections were key to the de [...]
2006-05-17 07:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID UNSC PHUM KS CH RS JA
06TOKYO2715 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2719AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT MAY 17
[...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period May 11 to 17. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the above period. -- More Positive Cases from Last Year -- 2. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfa [...]
2006-05-17 09:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO2724JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2758AMBASSADOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer told Trade and Economy (METI) Minister Nikai that he was concerned about reports that Japan was pursuing East Asian economic integration initiatives that excluded the United States. Nikai replied that Japan, too, wanted to sustain close relations and communi [...]
2006-05-19 05:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ECIN PREL CH JA
06TOKYO2768 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2790JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2803 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2875JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2879JAPANESE BUSINESS WANTS STRONG US TIES; CONCERNED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Fujio Mitarai told the Ambassador May 23 that Japan's most important foreign relationship was with the United States. He agreed with Ambassador Schieffer that it was time to consider further integration of the U.S. and Ja [...]
2006-05-25 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO2912JAPAN: ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] GOJ Approves Nuclear Energy Policy for the Next Decade: On October 14, the GOJ agreed to follow basic recommendations put forth by the Atomic Energy Commission that call for maintaining the policy of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for the next ten years. The new policy includes a study on t [...]
2006-05-25 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA TSPL SENV SOCI
06TOKYO2913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2939AMBASSASOR YAMAMOTO PREVIEWS CT TRILATERAL PLANS
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Tadamichi Yamamoto reviewed Japan's strategy for the upcoming U.S.-Japan-Australia Counterterrorism Trilateral with the Deputy Chief of Mission on May 25, 2006. Yamamoto hoped for a short plenary session that would include a threat assessment and [...]
2006-05-26 10:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV AS JA
06TOKYO2980 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2988ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S MAY 30 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with MOFA Vice Minister Yachi to discuss the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, SCA A/S Boucher said that he expected congressional approval for necessary amendments to U.S. domestic law. India and the U.S. must also satisfy NSG partners bef [...]
2006-05-31 09:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN JA
06TOKYO2989A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH MOFA DG NAKANE
[...] (C) Summary. SCA A/S Boucher reviewed for MOFA Arms Control DG Nakane on May 30 the status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement. Nakane explained that Japan had not yet determined its position, but that MOFA must be sensitive to the public,s nonproliferation concerns. He a [...]
2006-05-31 09:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN JA
06TOKYO3004JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3012 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/06
[...] Japan and the United States have held intergovernmental consultations, in which the Japanese and US governments reviewed the structure of US forces in Japan as well as the Self-Defense Forces' roles, tasks, and capabilities. On Oct. 29, 2005, the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (SCC) a [...]
2006-06-01 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO302SECRETARY MINETA ELICITS COMMITMENTS FROM MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: At Secretary Mineta's urging, Transport Minister Kitagawa promised to become involved personally in upcoming civil aviation talks. Minister Kitagawa also agreed with Secretary Mineta on the need to actively pursue the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) and to consider [...]
2006-01-19 09:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR JA
06TOKYO3023JDA'S TOKUCHI URGES GUIDELINES REPLACEMENT TO PDAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Japan Defense Agency May 29, Defense Councilor Tokuchi told visiting EAP PDAS Stephens that the 1997 U.S.-Japan Revised Guidelines need to be replaced by a "new policy framework" to enable successful implementation of the May 1 Security Consultative Committee ( [...]
2006-06-01 22:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL
06TOKYO3038 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3044LDP DIET MEMBER ISHIBA ON DPRI AND SDF DISPATCH
[...] (U) Summary. The main issues facing the Japanese government on implementing DPRI are finding funding within the government's budget and gaining the understanding of the Okinawan people, LDP Lower House Diet Member Shigeru Ishiba told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Paci [...]
2006-06-02 08:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
06TOKYO3052JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3078CONSPIRACY LAW STALLED AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Despite ruling and opposition camp admissions that a bill to criminalize conspiracy is needed, the conspiracy bill remains locked in a Lower House committee with almost no chance of passage before the Diet session ends on June 18. The conspiracy law would bring Jap [...]
2006-06-05 09:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON JA
06TOKYO3119JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3151JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3164METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE"
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA),according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...]
2006-06-08 07:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL APECO JA
06TOKYO3219JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 02:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3250 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3251MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...]
2006-06-13 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO3252SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE EAGER TO HOST FOREIGN BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Shizuoka Prefecture, located between Tokyo and Nagoya is eager to attract foreign direct investment even as it confronts problems with its large population of foreign factory workers. End Summary 2. (SBU) Introduction. Shizuoka will roll out the welcome mat for foreign inv [...]
2006-06-13 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO3289JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 02:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3319 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 10:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3324 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3337JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 08:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3449THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S NORTHERN EDGE: ABSENCE OF
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The lack of a peace treaty hinders development of relations between Russia and neighboring Hokkaido, according to local officials. City officials in Wakkanai, Japan's northern-most city and close neighbor of Russia, point to visa and customs issues as preventing incr [...]
2006-06-21 06:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD ECIN JA RS
06TOKYO3454 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3481SOME DIET ECONOMIC GOALS ACHIEVED DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi christened the 164th Diet session the "administrative reform" Diet, a fitting moniker in terms of legislative achievement. He refused to extend the Diet past June 18, leaving behind much unfinished business such as Constitutional and educational reform ( [...]
2006-06-22 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO3491JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3508164TH DIET SESSION CONCLUDES WITH MUCH UNDONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The 164th Diet session closed on June 18, leaving many in Tokyo unsatisfied. Scandals, a change in the opposition's Diet management style and a Prime Minister determined to finish the session on time left many high-profile bills related to history and national identity in the [...]
2006-06-23 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR JA
06TOKYO3523JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3534 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3560THE VIEW FROM NEMURO: HEART OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture are promoting the return of the four islands comprising the disputed Northern Territories in part by fostering "mutual understanding" with the islands' Russian residents. Visa-free exchanges and humanitarian assistance are their primary to [...]
2006-06-28 04:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EFIS RS JA
06TOKYO3580 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3595JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3676JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO374JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO375JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3797RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS: POST-SUMMIT PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Koizumi plans to raise the Northern Territories territorial dispute during his meeting with President Putin on the margins of the upcoming G-8 Summit, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Progress has been made in five of the 12 bilateral agreements signed [...]
2006-07-07 04:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG RS JA
06TOKYO3809 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 09:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3818JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3878JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 02:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3886NAKAGAWA DISCUSSES ECONOMIC VIEWS AT DIPLOMAT'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ruling party policy heavyweight Hidenao Nakagawa declared that Japan was finally on the path to a healthy economy and he highlighted the party's Policy Research Council (PARC) plan to cut budget expenditures to achieve a "primary balance" by 2011 during a recent lunch with dipl [...]
2006-07-12 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO3930JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 02:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3955 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-16 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3996JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 01:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4031GSDF MISSION TO IRAQ HAILED AS IMPORTANT MILESTONE
[...] (C) Summary: Media and political reaction to the July 17 withdrawal of the last Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit from Iraq on has focused on the success of the mission and its contributions to U.S.-Japan relations. Japanese officials are optimistic that the GSDF's positive experience in [...]
2006-07-20 04:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
06TOKYO4042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/20/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4061JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4100JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 01:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4146 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 02:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4183JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 03:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4204 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4217JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 02:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4229EMPEROR'S WORDS SPARK DEBATE ON YASUKUNI, HISTORY
[...] (C) Summary: Revelation of a memo quoting the late Emperor Hirohito as saying his refusal to go to Yasukuni Shrine was directly related to the enshrinement there of Class-A war criminals is already reshaping Japan's debate on Yasukuni. The release of the memo has refocused the debate as a [...]
2006-07-28 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO4231ABE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
[...] (C) Summary. A week after Yasuo Fukuda's announcement that he will not run in the September Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race, it now appears likely that current Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe has locked up the race and will consequently become Japan's next Prime Minister. [...]
2006-07-28 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
06TOKYO4259 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4273JAPAN TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will provide two million USD in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, according to a July 29 MOFA announcement. Japan has taken a low-key approach to current events in Lebanon, issuing three official statements concerning the ongoing hostilities. The Japanese press is pr [...]
2006-07-31 10:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM LE JA
06TOKYO4275JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4301LDP HOPEFULS TAKE THE STAGE AT TOKYO CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) drew huge crowds of supporters to its July 28 Tokyo bloc convention, the first in a series of 11 policy discussions to be held across Japan in the run up to September leadership elections. The low-key debate between Chief Cabinet Secr [...]
2006-08-01 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
06TOKYO4305 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4368TOKYO TOUTS CANDIDATE FOR WHO DG: HHS A/S AGWUNOBI
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 24, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Health John Agwunobi met with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Minister Jiro Kawasaki and other senior officials to discuss a wide range of regional and bilateral health issues, includ [...]
2006-08-03 12:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
06TOKYO438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/06
[...] The US is taking seriously the inclusion of specified risk materials for BSE being found in a US beef shipment to Japan. It was a great shock to us. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already removed the companies involved from the list of beef exporters to Japan. It also has increased [...]
2006-01-27 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4417JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 04:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4425JAPAN'S ANNUAL REPORT ON HIV/AIDS FOR 2005
[...] According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) AIDS Surveillance Committee Annual Report on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic for 2005, a total of 832 new HIV- positive cases and 367 new AIDS cases were reported in Japan during the year. While the number of new HIV positive cases incr [...]
2006-08-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI KHIV AMED KSCA JA
06TOKYO4434 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 23:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4452 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4453THE "COLLAPSE OF TRUST" IN JAPAN - ROK RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Japan-ROK relations presently suffer from a &collapse of trust,8 according to Prof. Masao Okonogi, a leading Japanese expert on Korea. Upcoming elections for prime minister of Japan and for president of the ROK will impact the future course of the bilateral relationship, Okonogi [...]
2006-08-08 09:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KS JA
06TOKYO4470JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4500DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: ROK GETS GREATER, BUT
[...] (SBU) The Japan Defense Agency (JDA) 2006 White Paper (reftel) devotes much more attention than last year to the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, and in particular, the Republic of Korea's defense policy. In 2005, the White Paper's section on South Korea was limited to a mere ten [...]
2006-08-10 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL JA
06TOKYO4507JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD
[...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...]
2006-08-10 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ JA
06TOKYO4513 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 17:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4543US-JAPAN COORDINATION ON DPRK MISSILES LAUNCHES:
[...] (S) Summary: A U.S.-Japan inter-agency meeting August 9 concluded that bilateral coordination in the period surrounding the July DPRK missile launches was extremely good, but room for improvement remained. The Japanese side reiterated their strong desire to learn what steps the USG was con [...]
2006-08-11 08:04:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR PINR KN JA
06TOKYO4548 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4561FACTIONS RUSH TO BACK ABE AS TWO MORE CHALLENGERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. CCS Abe's August 12 informal announcement that he will run for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President on September 20 came as no surprise. As the front-runner for weeks, he faces no serious challenge from the two remaining candidates, Finance Minister Tanigaki and Foreign Mi [...]
2006-08-14 22:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
06TOKYO4598JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4628YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...]
2006-08-15 07:58:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MASS PGOV JA
06TOKYO4629 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4637JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO464 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4660MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING
[...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]
2006-08-16 08:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4662MOFA SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA PROCESS ADVANCING
[...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Plus 3 Economic Ministers, when they meet next week in Kuala Lumpur, will likely recommend the creation of a formal intergovernmental study group as a prelude to actual free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations among the 13 ASEAN Plus 3 countries. According to an offi [...]
2006-08-16 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO4666TERRORISM FINANCE: JAPAN ALERTED TO NEW UN 1267
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 09:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER
06TOKYO4670ANY JAPANESE COMMITTMENT TO UNIFIL WILL TAKE TIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 09:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE JA
06TOKYO4720 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4751 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/18/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4755THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...]
2006-08-18 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV CE JA
06TOKYO4783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/06
[...] Aso 2. Abe 3. Tanigaki Asia  [...]
2006-08-22 00:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4830 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 23:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4834JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4891 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4913IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...]
2006-08-28 07:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4926JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/06
[...] Morihiro Hosokawa 68% 2. Junichiro Koizumi 50% 3. Tsutomu Hata 47% 3. Toshiki Kaifu 47% 5. Hayato Ikeda 44% 6. Ryutaro Hashimoto 43% 7. Tanzan Ishibashi 41% 8. Yasuhiro Nakasone 40% 9. Eisaku Sato 38 [...]
2006-08-29 04:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4970IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM: NOTE VERBALE AND MOO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo greatly appreciates the efforts made by the joint Department of State-Department of Homeland Security delegation to secure agreement on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP) documents. As agreed during the negot [...]
2006-08-30 09:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER JA
06TOKYO501 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5033JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 00:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5052AGRICULTURE REFORM IN JAPAN - TOO LITTLE TOO LATE FOR DOHA
[...] (SBU) Japan is set to change its policies in farm subsidies starting in fiscal 2007. Whether the changes will help the government to take a more accommodating posture in trade talks over the longer term -- both multilateral and bilateral -- remains to be seen, but nobody is predicting any dr [...]
2006-09-05 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON JA
06TOKYO5054JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5082ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral William Fallon told Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo on August 24, that US-Japan relations had grown stronger since his visit in 2001 and that this was a welcome development. Abe, responding to Admiral Fallon's questions, outlined his views of China-Japan rel [...]
2006-09-06 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5084NAKASONE ON JAPAN AND NUCLEAR ARMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A proposal by former Prime Minister Nakasone that Japan study the option of acquiring nuclear weapons under certain conditions is drawing critical attention here. Although the original written proposal and Nakasone's subsequent remarks to the press are heavily caveated, medi [...]
2006-09-06 22:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM JA MNUC PREL
06TOKYO510JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5138A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]
2006-09-08 05:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5146MEDIA REACTION Q GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - TOKYO
[...] Most Friday evening papers gave prominent front- and inside-page play to reports from Washington concerning President Bush's speech Wednesday at the White House, in which he acknowledged for the first time that the CIA has interrogated dozens of terrorist suspects at secret overseas locations. [...]
2006-09-08 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5166 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5209 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 08:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5211VICE MINISTER YACHI CONVEYS NORTH KOREA-RELATED
[...] (C) During a telephone call on September 11, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi relayed two North Korea-related requests to the Ambassador. Prime Minister Koizumi will convene a Cabinet meeting on September 19, Yachi said, to announce new sanctions on North Korea. Koizumi wou [...]
2006-09-11 09:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KN JA
06TOKYO5288SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING
[...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...]
2006-09-14 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO
06TOKYO5308 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5309JAPAN'S PLANS FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Summary. Gaining a permanent UNSC seat remains a top foreign policy objective, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Takizaki, and Japan looks forward to receiving a U.S. response shortly to Japan's most recent UNSC reform proposal. Japan's domestic political calendar makes it i [...]
2006-09-14 22:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNGA UNSC PGOV PREL BM JA
06TOKYO5325JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5357 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5410THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-20 10:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5423THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE
[...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...]
2006-09-21 02:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA
06TOKYO5493MEDIA REACTION Q TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON
[...] "US Taking New Strategy Toward China Under Paulson's Leadership" The Liberal Asahi carried an analytical report stating (9/23): "Secretary of the Treasury Paulson agreed with Chinese President Hu and Premier Wen on Friday that the US and China would cooperate on a wide range of economic issues [...]
2006-09-25 06:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5512 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5515JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]
2006-09-25 09:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5516ABE NAMES NEW LDP EXECS
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe named Hidenao Nakagawa, Shoichi Nakagawa (no relation),and Yuya Niwa to the LDP's three top executive posts on September 25. The three positions, which are the key LDP policy and party management slo [...]
2006-09-25 09:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV JA
06TOKYO5568U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...]
2006-09-26 10:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL
06TOKYO5574GOJ STRUGGLES TO UPGRADE INDIAN ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Despite India's position as a top Japanese aid recipient from 2003-05, growth in Japan-India trade over the past five years has lagged behind growth in India's trade with China, the United States, and others. What growth that has occurred has been one-sided, and Japan now ranks below the [...]
2006-09-27 00:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL EFIN EAID JA IN
06TOKYO5600ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...]
2006-09-27 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JA
06TOKYO5605 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO561MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION
[...] "'Democratization' at the core of US diplomacy" The top-circulation, centrist Yomiuri's Washington-based reporter observed: "President Bush stressed the importance of promoting liberty and democracy by setting an end to tyranny as the goal of US diplomacy. Given that democratic elections have [...]
2006-02-01 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO567JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5695GM RICE CREATES STIR WITH GOJ - COULD HAVE MAJOR
[...] (C) Over a month since USDA announced a genetically modified variety had been found in U.S. long grain rice crops, Japanese authorities continue to sound alarm bells, potentially putting at risk over $800 million of U.S. food exports to Japan. Several million dollars worth of frozen potatoe [...]
2006-09-29 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON JA TBIO
06TOKYO5721MEDIA REACTION Q ABE ADMINISTRATION - TOKYO
[...] "A Proposal for the Abe Administration" The business daily Nihon Keizai editorialized (10/2): "...In his inaugural speech at the Diet, Prime Minister Abe devoted more time to the nation's diplomatic and national security policies than any previous prime minister. His speech was akin to Preside [...]
2006-10-02 02:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5728The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - Abe's Conservative Cabinet 4 - GM Rice Creates Stir with GOJ 5 - Possible Resumption of Civair Negotiations in November 6 - New ANRE Head Bullish on New METI Minister 7 - U.S. Beef a Hot Item 9 - North Korean Supernotes Seized in Western Japan 11 - Governor Kimu [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5740 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5753TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...]
2006-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN JA PARM PREL PTER
06TOKYO577MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
[...] All six dailies carried editorials concerning President Bush's State of the Union address. 2. "Continued US Commitment to the World Reconfirmed" An editorial in the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (2/2): "The 'prescription' President Bush wrote for the difficult issues facing th [...]
2006-02-02 04:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5805JAPANESE IPR OFFICIALS POSITIVE ON ""GOLD STANDARD"" AGREEMENT; STILL NOT SUPPORTING WTO CASE AGAINST CHINA REF: A) TOKYO 3873 B) TOKYO 4025 TOKYO 00005805 001.2 OF 004 Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH DONOVAN FOR REASONS: 1.4 b, d
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese government and industry voiced strong support for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in meetings in Tokyo with State/EB DAS Chris Moore on September 21-22, but were not optimistic about changing Japanese laws to meet all elements of the &Gold Standard8 for IPR enf [...]
2006-10-05 05:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD WTRO CH JP
06TOKYO5824MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...]
2006-10-06 09:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA
06TOKYO5831 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-08 07:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5873 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5876JAPAN'S INITITAL MEDIA RESPONSE TO ANNOUNCED DPRK
[...] Summary. The public and media reaction to the DPRK's October 9 announcement of a nuclear test was universally condemnatory. Press coverage throughout the day highlighted the cool, unflappable responses of Prime Minister Abe and his aides, the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance, and the co [...]
2006-10-10 11:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO5887The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3 - EB DAS Moore Discusses IPR, Economic Relationship in Tokyo 4 - Investment Initiative Looks Toward Future under Abe Government 7 - Michalak Meetings Signal Progress on Some Investment Issues 11 - AIG flags interest in Japan Post, retirement serv [...]
2006-10-11 02:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO5903ABE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS
[...] (SBU) Although Prime Minister Abe's campaign platform for addressing social disparity issues lacked detail, he has already laid significant groundwork for related government programs, according to Cabinet Office and ministry contacts. Six members of his so-called "second chance" parliamentary [...]
2006-10-11 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EINV JA
06TOKYO5904ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM JAPAN REGARDING THE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 4-6. 2. SUMMARY: Russian Embassy Political Officer Sergey I. Kuznetsov and American Embassy Science and Technology Officer Ayanna Hobbs met with Japanese counterparts at MOFA on 2 October, and hand-delivered answers provided by Washington (reftel) [...]
2006-10-11 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA FR
06TOKYO593 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 08:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5989BILATERAL INVESTMENT INITIATIVE LOOKS TOWARD FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions with U.S. APEC Ambassador Michalak on the future of the U.S.- Japan bilateral investment initiative, GOJ counterparts expressed willingness to expand the initiative's agenda to include a study of investment chapters in FTA and possible exchange between U.S. and Ja [...]
2006-10-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON JA
06TOKYO599JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5998JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6042 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06
[...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]
2006-10-17 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6093CCS SHIOZAKI PLEASED WITH ABE VISITS TO CHINA, ROK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki expressed satisfaction that successful visits to China and the ROK had got Prime Minister Abe's administration off to a good start. Japan will play a role in implementing UN sanctions against [...]
2006-10-19 07:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO6112A/S HILL DISCUSSES ASIA SUMMITS AND DPRK AT DINNER
[...] (C) Summary. During a dinner meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in Tokyo October 16, MOFA DG for SIPDIS Asian Affairs Kenichiro Sasae asked the U.S. to consult closely with Japan on sanctions imposed following the recent DPRK nuclear test and requested that the U.S. take [...]
2006-10-20 04:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6188ABE BUOYED BY WINS IN OCTOBER 22 BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the big winner in October 22 by-elections in Osaka and Kanagawa, after LDP candidates swept both races by comfortable margins. The press is attributing the LDP win to Abe's personal popularity in the aftermath of his strong response to the DPRK nucle [...]
2006-10-24 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV JA
06TOKYO622JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6222 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6248JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ENDORSING DOCUMENTS AT THE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. SEE PARAGRAPHS 3-5. 2. On October 25, U.S. and Russian embassy officers delivered global initiative documents to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Japan expressed appreciation for the new draft. On October 26 [...]
2006-10-26 09:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL JA
06TOKYO6257JAPAN'S KEY CONTACTS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel message October 25 to MOFA Human Rights Division Women's Issues Officer Naoko Maeda. Maeda explained that her office is the contact point for international cooperation on women's development projects. 2. There are currently two women minist [...]
2006-10-27 02:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
06TOKYO6292 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 22:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6295AMB CRUMPTON MEETINGS WITH CRISIS MGMT CHIEF NODA
[...] (C) Summary. Japan is making progress on the 16 items of its 2004 Counterterrorism Action Plan, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Noda told Ambassador Henry SIPDIS Crumpton and his Australian counterpart October 24. Noda believed gaps in Japan's laws were partly a result [...]
2006-10-31 00:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL JA AU
06TOKYO6302JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06
[...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units  [...]
2006-10-31 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6404U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL
[...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]
2006-11-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO642 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6420JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6432 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6471ABE ON THE EVE OF APEC: STRONG, DECISIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has moved quickly and decisively to demonstrate strong leadership since assuming office on September 26. Perceived as pragmatic and effective, he is receiving approval ratings in the 65-75 percent range. Abe's emphasis on close ties with the United States an [...]
2006-11-09 10:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6475THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY
[...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]
2006-11-12 22:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6483MEDIA REACTION Q CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA -
[...] "Merits and Demerits of China's Africa Diplomacy" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/12): "China has stepped up its Africa diplomacy, hosting the China- Africa Cooperation Forum that brought the leaders of 48 African nations to Beijing. The Chinese government announced that it woul [...]
2006-11-13 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO6484TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S TOKYO MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with senior representatives of Japan,s three mega-banks, had lunch with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Watanabe, and met with Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Toshihiko Fukui. [...]
2006-11-13 05:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PINS JA CH KS IZ
06TOKYO6488The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...]
2006-11-13 05:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 07:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6497U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 09:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6499U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 10:13:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6529A REVIEW OF JAPAN'S ANTI-TIP POLICY: PROGRESS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 02:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SOCI SMIG JA
06TOKYO6538A REVIEW OF JAPAN'S ANTI-TIP POLICY: PROGRESS AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: Increased vigilance by police and immigration officers as well as new legislation has brought positive change to the trafficking-in-persons (TIP) situation in Japan. These measures have forc [...]
2006-11-15 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SOCI SMIG JA
06TOKYO6542 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO65692006 JAPAN INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards. A party to the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotics, Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the bigg [...]
2006-11-16 05:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI JA
06TOKYO65752006 JAPAN INCSR PART II
[...] (U) Japan is the world's second largest economy and a large and important world financial center. Although the Japanese government continues to strengthen legal institutions to permit more effective enforcement of financial transaction laws, Japan still faces substantial risk of money launder [...]
2006-11-16 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN
06TOKYO6576 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO658JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6584INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP REVIEWS PAST ISSUES, SETS FUTURE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),a joint undertaking of the bilateral Investment Initiative, held its semi-annual meeting on October 31 via digital video-conference. After a review of ongoing investment-related concerns on both sides, most prominently, the final impl [...]
2006-11-17 05:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ELAB ETRD CVIS JA
06TOKYO6587NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEBATE PERSISTS DESPITE OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Political debate over Japan's possession of nuclear weapons continues despite efforts by Prime Minister Abe to reaffirm the government's strict non-nuclear policy platform. Discussion has largely taken place in the Diet and media, with few indications that the public allergy to n [...]
2006-11-17 05:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KN JA
06TOKYO6591U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TROLATERAL LUNCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Japan-hosted lunch on November 6 following the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, participants discussed cooperation on Resolution 1718. The GOJ circulated a draft of Q & As to use in the event a ship would not consent to boarding for inspection. U/S Joseph s [...]
2006-11-17 06:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6597U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]
2006-11-17 07:25:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO6614The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. METI Minister Calls for Deepening of U.S.-Japan Economic Relations 4. Keidanren Joins Call for a U.S.-Japan FTA 5. ACCJ Business White Paper Says Economic Integration Agreement Is Needed 6. Kansai Business Leaders Meet Finance Minister in Osaka; FTAs, EPAs St [...]
2006-11-20 07:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6634U/S BURNS NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH LDP DIET MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of ruling party Diet members expressed skepticism over North Korea's willingness to abandon its nuclear weapons program during a November 6 lunch with U/S Burns in Tokyo. Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested that the recent agreement to restart Six-Party Talks [...]
2006-11-20 10:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO6638JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6690 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6710 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-26 22:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6714The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...]
2006-11-27 02:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6749JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 23:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6764SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMIC SUBCABINET MEETINGS, DEC.
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe has gotten off to a fast start in the beginning of his administration with a strong political and foreign policy agenda. However, he has yet to demonstrate the same leadership on domestic economic policy, regulatory reform, and international economic policy. In prepar [...]
2006-11-29 07:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL EAGR ENRG ECIN APECO JA
06TOKYO6785RUSSIA OIL SEMINAR REVEALS DIFFERING VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Russian guest panelists at a November 9 seminar on Russian energy strategy in Tokyo displayed starkly different views on Moscow's energy policy. An executive of the energy company Rosneft strenuously defended the Russian government and its environmental policies, particul [...]
2006-11-30 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
06TOKYO679ECONOMIC GOALS OF JAPAN'S 164TH DIET SESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Koizumi has labeled this 150 day session the &administrative reform8 Diet to emphasize his continuing commitment toward the structural reform of Japan's economy. Important economic bills this session include an administrative reform bill -- to be submitted by the [...]
2006-02-07 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6824TAKUMI NEMOTO AND ABE'S EVOLVING ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's initiatives to strengthen the Kantei (Prime Minister's Office) in the policy-making process have created a number of new economic players, one of the most important being Special Assistant to the Prime Minster Takumi Nemoto. There do not appear to be plans for Nemoto [...]
2006-12-04 05:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
06TOKYO6839LDP INTEREST IN AID TO INDIA SURPRISINGLY HIGH,
[...] (SBU) After a recent lecture on trends in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA),Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers peppered Takushoku University President Toshio Watanabe with questions about how to use aid to turn India into a counterweight to China, Watanabe told Econoff in a Novembe [...]
2006-12-04 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON JA PGOV IN
06TOKYO6842JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6846The Japan Economic Scope -- Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. GOJ Backsliding on Triangular Mergers 4. Japan Starts Indonesia EPA Process with Focus on Energy 5. ANRE's Arima Outlines Sub-Cabinet Energy Goals 6. Agriculture Minister Seeks to Increase Biofuel Production 7. Hokkaido Agriculture Co-op Proposes Japan's Lar [...]
2006-12-05 02:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO691 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6924TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attach conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on December [...]
2006-12-11 07:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC JA KTFN PREL PTER XR
06TOKYO6931The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...]
2006-12-11 22:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6940TOKYO DENIES REQUEST FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING FROM
[...] (U) In response to reftel, on December 8, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara notified Embassy Political Officer that Tokyo officials would not authorize foreign (i.e. U.S.) radio broadcasts to North Korea from Japanese territory. [...]
2006-12-12 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDBBG PHUM PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6941 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6943JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6954AMBASSADOR AND CCS SHIOZAKI ON NORTH KOREA, CHINA,
[...] (S) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki outlined Japanese expectations for the upcoming Six-Party Talks during a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on December 11. Shiozaki welcomed the resumption of talks in Beijing, but said Japan is not particularly optimistic about it [...]
2006-12-13 08:12:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KN CH JA
06TOKYO6979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-15 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6993TRIANGULAR MERGERS DEBATE REACHES THE END GAME
[...] (C) Summary: The triangular mergers debate is reaching the end game. A formal announcement from the ruling party's tax policy committee on the issue of tax deferral for stock swaps will likely come December 14. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki on December 11 called on the panel to ensure th [...]
2006-12-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON JA
06TOKYO7023The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Japan and Australia Agree to Begin Talks on Free Trade Agreement 4. Hokkaido Farmers Protest Japan-Australian EPA Negotiations 5. PMs Singh, Abe Likely to Announce EPA Negotiations 6. Sec. Bodman, METI Minister Amari Agree to Cooperate on Energy Security 7. [...]
2006-12-18 07:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7042JDA UPGRADE, FORM OVER SUBSTANCE?
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Diet passed a set of bills to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to full ministry status. The package of legislation also includes a revision to the Self Defense Forces Law that lists international peacekeeping, rear area support for U.S. forces, Non-comba [...]
2006-12-18 09:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
06TOKYO7071JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7072JAPAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Japanese leaders have publicly declared their firm commitment to stand by the United States to combat terrorism over the long term. Japanese support for domestic, regional and global counterterrorism efforts remained steady in 2006. Japan is party to all counterterrorism-related UN convention [...]
2006-12-20 23:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
06TOKYO7081FTA WITH AUSTRALIA: GOJ WILL DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN
[...] (C) There is a long, hard slog ahead after Prime Minister Abe and Australian PM John Howard agreed on December 12 to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. MOFA officials, including DG for Economic Affairs, Kaoru Ishikawa, described for us the difficulty these talks will pose, parti [...]
2006-12-21 04:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD JA
06TOKYO7098 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO71SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT LACKS BUYERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO711JAPAN'S UNSC REFORM EFFORT LOOSING STEAM?
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's Option C plan "did not fly" with its G3 partners, MOFA's UN Policy Division Director Aikawa told PolOffs February 7. Aikawa did not know how much longer Japan could "paper over" its differences with the G3. Implying that UN Security Council reform may be loosing steam do [...]
2006-02-08 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC XA JA
06TOKYO7115 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7130 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/26/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7139The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At-A-
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP Member Tatsuya Ito Reviews Regional Architecture Policy 4. Japan - Australia FTA: GOJ Will Drive Hard Bargain 5. Kagoshima Farmers: EPA with Australia, No Worries Mate? 6. Beijing Energy Ministerial Outcome: METI, MOFA Pleased 7. Transparency: GOJ Transla [...]
2006-12-27 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO7164U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART TWO,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials continued their full-day U.S.-Japan consultations on Central Asia with interagency meetings on foreign assistance and project finance. MOFA International Coop [...]
2006-12-28 01:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7192 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO729AVIAN INFLUENZA: TOKYO WEEKLY FEBRUARY 9
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N2 Infection not from Wild Birds... -- 2. (U) Ibaraki Prefectural Authorities announced on February 6 that all of the tests it conducted on 354 wild birds since October of last year came back [...]
2006-02-09 09:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO73CORRECTED COPY - SAKHALIN I PROJECT PROCEEDING BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG JA
06TOKYO761 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 02:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO77GOJ REACTIONS ON DOHA ROUND AFTER HONG KONG
[...] (U) WTO member states obtained about as much as they could under the circumstances at the Hong Kong Ministerial, according to Japanese officials from several ministries at a symposium hosted by Aoyama Gakuin University's WTO Research Center. The Director-General of the Agriculture Ministry's [...]
2006-01-06 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD EINV PGOV JA
06TOKYO775JAPANESE READOUT: DAI BINGGUO UNCOMPROMISING ON
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo relayed an uncompromising stand on Yasukuni Shrine and tried to elicit positive messages from Japanese interlocutors, according to MOFA sources, who speculated Dai was attempting to deflect domestic criticism of MFA's handling of [...]
2006-02-13 09:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL CH JA
06TOKYO795 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-1
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO796 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO805JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06
[...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe  [...]
2006-02-15 04:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO820 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO822CHINA WATCHERS PIN HOPES FOR IMPROVED JAPAN-CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: No improvement in Japan's relations with China should be expected during Koizumi's remaining seven months in office, according to Diet members and academic China specialists contacted by Embassy Tokyo. Citing domestic political difficulties in both countries, our interlocutors [...]
2006-02-15 09:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH JA
06TOKYO823ABE AND ASO SAY CLASS-A WAR CRIMINALS NOT
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders grilled Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe and Foreign Minister Aso in the Diet on February 14, regarding World War II and the War Crimes Tribunal. Although both Abe and Aso acknowledged the official line that the war was an act of ag [...]
2006-02-15 09:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO850AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT FEBRUARY 16
[...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the past week. Consulate-General Sapporo contributed to this week's AI report. -- Chugai Planning Domestic Production of Tamiflu -- 2. The Chugai Pharmaceutical Company has finalized plans to produce the antivi [...]
2006-02-16 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/06
[...] Perception of the war 2. Tokyo Trials/war criminals 3. War responsibility TOKYO 00000864 008 OF 013 Abe  [...]
2006-02-17 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO865MEDIA REACTION VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
[...] "Accidental Shooting May Reduce Vice President Cheney's Influence" The business daily Nihon Keizai's Washington correspondent Kato commented (2/17): "Vice President Cheney has been in a bind following the delay in announcing that he accidentally shot his friend while hunting quail at a Texas r [...]
2006-02-17 02:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO882JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 01:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO923 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/06
[...] Promote a strategy for growth in the Japanese economy, including the conclusion of a Japan-China economic partnership agreement 2. Urge China to become a democratic nation slowly by 2030 by expanding its middle class. Japan will share its experience with China. 3. Establish a trouble- [...]
2006-02-22 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO925JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS: STRONG EMOTIONS WON'T SHAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging bad relations at the top caused in large part by PM Koizumi's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, political, academic and diplomatic experts on ROK-Japan relations contacted in the run-up to Shimane Prefecture's February 22 "commemoration" of Takeshima [...]
2006-02-22 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA KS
06TOKYO929JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 02:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO960JAPAN-CHINA: CHINA TRYING TO "WALL OFF" YASUKUNI?
[...] (C) Summary. A flurry of political exchanges between China and Japan and initiatives arising out of the Dai Bingguo-Yachi "comprehensive policy dialogue" suggest that China's President Hu Jintao has decided to leave the Yasukuni issue aside for the time being and to move ahead on multiple fro [...]
2006-02-23 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON ENRG USUN PINR CH JA
06TRIPOLI363LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...]
2006-07-26 10:38:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LY
06TRIPOLI592THE LIBYAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR STANDARDIZATION AND METROLOGY
[...] SUMMARY: The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) was established with the goal of bringing Libya into conformance with international trade standards, focusing on eventual accession of Libya to the World Trade Organization (WTO.) The current focus within the LNCSM [...]
2006-10-17 14:40:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR BEXP ECIN EIND WTRO XI LY
06TRIPOLI671LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]
2006-11-17 13:30:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TUNIS10TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]
2006-01-03 13:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1099BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...]
2006-05-09 13:59:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1157SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]
2006-05-15 13:52:00Embassy TunisSECRETOVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1252THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 18, 2006; 6:00 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D [...]
2006-05-25 09:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KDEM TS
06TUNIS1253THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]
2006-05-25 09:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1277TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ TS
06TUNIS1343ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]
2006-06-02 12:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1402SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]
2006-06-08 11:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1622CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART I: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS?
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 10:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1630CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 13:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1650FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]
2006-07-03 09:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1673CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 12:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1818IPR PROTECTION IN TUNISIA
[...] SUMMARY: Tunisia has taken significant steps to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement throughout 2005 and 2006. There has been a noted change in attitude towards IPR among Tunisian officials, legal experts, and businesses. They now consider IPR not only as a legal t [...]
2006-07-19 05:28:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON TS
06TUNIS1922ANATOMY OF THE MOST POPULAR TUNISIAN NEWSPAPER:
[...] (S) Summary: With a circulation of 80,000, Ash Shourouq is Tunisia,s most widely read, most anti-American, and most irresponsible Arabic language daily newspaper. Nominally private, Ash Shourouq receives direct editorial input from GOT officials in both the presidential palace and the MFA. [...]
2006-07-28 13:16:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS2141A GROWING TUNISIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TREADS
[...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: In recent interviews with Poloff, Tunisian and expatriate Christian leaders and Tunisian Christian converts described a steadily growing Tunisian Christian movement, in spite of prevalent social stigmas associated with Christianity. Through Christian TV and radio, mission [...]
2006-08-18 11:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2173TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY - AUGUST 14
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Minimum Wage Increase B. Tunisian and Mauritanian Central Banks to Cooperate C. Arab Fund for Development Finances Tunisian Power Plant D. GOT to Liberalize the Cereal Sector E. GO [...]
2006-08-21 11:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS227SIGNS OF INCREASED PRESS FREEDOM, BUT TUNISIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 14:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2321SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]
2006-09-08 11:45:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2639TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]
2006-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2661MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER: WEAK, DIVIDED, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Movement of 18 October, a disparate group of opposition political leaders and activists promoting freedom of expression, association, and amnesty for political prisoners, recently marked its one year anniversary. While movement leaders claim the group has sent a strong message [...]
2006-10-31 11:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2743FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...]
2006-11-09 16:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2772 Erroneous Media Reports of a U.S./Tunisia Free Trade
[...] (U) Local news media recently published an article indicating that despite a relative slowdown of talks between the two parties, the U.S. and Tunisia were exploring opportunities aimed at concluding a Free Trade Agreement and mentioning that work groups have been set up to look into the servic [...]
2006-11-17 10:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2773GOT RELEASES 55 AN-NAHDHA PRISONERS
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4, President Ben Ali pardoned an unspecified number of prisoners on the occasion of the November 7 holiday marking his accession to power in 1987. Among those released were 55 prisoners that had been imprisoned on charges related to their membership in the banned Tunis [...]
2006-11-17 11:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS2801AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]
2006-11-24 09:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2802VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN
[...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]
2006-11-24 13:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2814GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB.
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]
2006-11-28 08:05:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS2844TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION ONE STEP CLOSER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tunisian Journalists' Union (SJT, not authorized by the GOT) has begun coordinating with the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) to establish a journalists' union under the rubric of the UGTT. The SJT, led by al-Jazeera correspondent and opposition activist Lotfi Hajji, [...]
2006-12-05 11:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS2856AFTER INITIAL REFUSAL, GOT AUTHORIZES NEW
[...] (C) Only weeks after refusing legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) leadership the necessary paperwork to begin the process of authorization to publish a newspaper (Ref A),the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reversed its position and approved publication, party [...]
2006-12-06 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM TS
06TUNIS2887WITHER LABOR INDEPENDENCE? THE UGTT ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As Tunisia's single labor confederation enters the final days before its December 14-16 congress to elect new leadership, labor activists continue to express their concerns that the results will indicate continued GOT influence over key officials. The General Union of Tunisian W [...]
2006-12-13 07:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2949TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MOUNTING, IN SPITE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE GOT CELEBRATED HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 10TH WITH THE USUAL SPEECHES ABOUT TUNISIA'S RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WITH NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANWHILE, HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, OPPOSITION PARTY ACTIVISTS [...]
2006-12-20 16:02:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2973SHOOT OUT LEADS TO SECURITY CLAMP DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In what may be a first in Tunisia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced on December 24 that a gun battle had occurred on the night of December 23 between the Tunisian police and armed individuals in a southern suburb of Tunis. With further details vague, the subsequent increa [...]
2006-12-28 13:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV TS
06TUNIS299TUNISIAN UNION COMPLAINS OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting with Laboff on other topics, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General for International Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi criticized the GOT for restricting press coverage of the UGTT's 60th anniversary celebrations in January. Trabels [...]
2006-02-13 10:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS344ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...]
2006-02-16 08:22:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV TS
06TUNIS388TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON GOT
[...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Poloffs met with senior officials of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have at times been outspoken critic [...]
2006-02-22 15:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS425GOT RELEASES MORE THAN 1600 PRISONERS, INCLUDING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 26, all daily newspapers carried an official GOT press release stating that President Ben Ali freed 1,298 prisoners and granted "conditional freedom" to 359 others. Notable among those released were approximately 70 members of banned Tunisian Islamist party an-Nahdha, [...]
2006-02-27 15:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS435TUNISIA CONSIDERS NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of Tunisia's ongoing energy challenges, the Tunisian press reported in mid-February that the GOT is studying the possible development of nuclear, and other alternative, power to meet its domestic energy needs to combat the challenge of rising oil prices. MFA contacts str [...]
2006-02-28 15:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS55SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]
2006-01-09 15:14:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS622SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS' COMMENTS TARGET USG AND EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent speeches by senior GOT officials have directly addressed domestic reform initiatives of (while not mentioning by name) USG, as well as other foreign entities and domestic activists. Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of Social Affairs Ali Chao [...]
2006-03-16 15:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS646A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH: ISLAMISM, TUNISIA REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with A/S Welch, FM Abdelwahab Abdallah discussed the "dangers of political Islam", claiming there is no such thing as moderate Islamists and accusing the West of having "insufficient knowledge of Islam," and being misled by the "double-speak of Islamists" who [...]
2006-03-21 09:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI PHUM TS
06TUNIS647A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]
2006-03-21 09:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS670ISLAMISTS IN TUNISIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent roundtable with Tunisian intellectuals and civil society activists, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Islamists in Tunisia. (NOTE: In this discussion, Islamists were defined as Islamic political activists. END NOTE.) While noting that di [...]
2006-03-22 13:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS730ABBOU UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: After a year in prison, Mohamed Abbou, jailed after posting two Internet articles critical of the GOT, President Ben Ali and his family, continues to receive attention and support from local and international human rights groups. The Tunisian Human Rights League head calls Abbou [...]
2006-03-28 12:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS750FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This quarter was marked by significant USG engagement of the GOT, including visits by SecDef Rumsfeld and NEA A/S Welch. The GOT took some positive steps towards increased political reform, including pardoning approximately eighty prisoners described as political prisoners by hum [...]
2006-03-30 08:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS816HOW THE GOT INTIMIDATES CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) INTRO: Tunisian officials adhere closely to President Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia is making great advances towards becoming a modern, democratic state (Ref C),but it is no secret that authorities continue to monitor, intimidate, and SIPDIS seek to discredit civil society activists of a [...]
2006-04-06 14:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV TS
06ULAANBAATAR134UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES AFFECTING US
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. Summary. Potential American investment into the wireless telephony business in Mongolia, based on a recent case, turned soursouth, when the Mongolian government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications unilaterally cancelled an operating license in apparent violat [...]
2006-02-24 07:32:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR137Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...]
2006-02-26 23:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR
06ULAANBAATAR173TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...]
2006-03-13 06:12:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU
06ULAANBAATAR275MPRP DENIES PRESS CLAIM THAT IT BLAMES THE
[...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: The April 14 front page lead article for Odrin Sonin, a major Mongolian daily under Democratic party ownership, quoted Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) officials as stating that the MPRP believed the most truthful rumors circulating held the U.S. Embassy respons [...]
2006-04-17 03:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR300Mongolia to Stay Shanghai Coop Org Observer
[...] (SBU) Poloff met on April 21 with MFA Acting Director for Policy Planning T. Janabazar. Poloff asked about a press report (ref a) that stated that Mongolia, along with Iran, India, and Pakistan, would soon become Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Janabazar categorically state [...]
2006-04-21 07:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PTER CH MG IN PK IR
06ULAANBAATAR320Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith
[...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...]
2006-04-26 08:06:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR401Speaker's views on Anti-corruption, Money
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 24 call on Speaker Nyamdorj, he expressed his firm support for the windfall profits tax passed by the State Great Hural (parliament),and opined that the body may override a veto if the President chose to take that step. Companies that expected to [...]
2006-05-25 06:26:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV EMIN ETRD KCRM SNAR PINR MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR433MONGOLIA ENERGY UPDATE: OIL IMPORTS RISE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia is entirely dependent on imported oil, importing 574,300 tons in 2005, principally from Russia (80%),Kazakhstan, and China. Mongolia exported its domestic production in 2005 of 25,000 tons to China, according to the Vice Chairman of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Au [...]
2006-06-07 02:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL ELTRN MG RU CH
06ULAANBAATAR434EAP DAS KEITH'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO MONGOLIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During EAP DAS Keith,s meetings with Government of Mongolia (GOM) officials on April 28, Keith expressed appreciation for the GOM,s continuing support in the war against terrorism and its participation in coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith reiterated the importance of add [...]
2006-06-07 06:30:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN PTER KCRM MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR461Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]
2006-06-15 09:02:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR537Mongolia's Parliament Passes Tax, Anti-Money-
[...] SUMMARY: Prior to the July 11-14 Naadam national day holiday, the State Great Hural (SGH - Parliament) passed three major pieces of legislation: an anti- corruption law; an anti-money laundering law; and amendments to the minerals law. The bills culminated a busy spring session for the legi [...]
2006-07-17 07:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EMIN EINV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR539Secretary Johanns' Visit Advances Relationship
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Secretary for Agriculture Mike Johanns headed a Presidential Delegation which visited Mongolia July 12-13. During very cordial meetings with President Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Enkhbold, Johanns conveyed President Bush's congratulations on Mongolia's 800th annivers [...]
2006-07-18 01:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP EAID MASS MG US
06ULAANBAATAR572Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...]
2006-07-27 23:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR610Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Kolbe
[...] We look forward to hosting you in early September, and to showing you how U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used here to benefit the Mongolian and American people. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Spea [...]
2006-08-13 22:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR615Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]
2006-08-14 07:16:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR616Country Clearance for Staffdel Bixby
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-26 visit by HIRC staff members Melanie Bixby, Paul Oostburg Sanz, and Lynne Weil to examine the proposed Millennium Challenge Account programs in Mongolia. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit will be DCM Brian Gol [...]
2006-08-14 07:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT PREL PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR621Mongolia's Shadow Economy: Half as Large as the Official
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a USAID-funded analysis, the informal economy in Mongolia is about 45% to 50% the size of the formal economy. This contrasts with the current official estimate of just 11% from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Using a new estimate based on a large sample surv [...]
2006-08-16 02:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EAID MARR SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR622Efforts Against Domestic Violence Increasing
[...] Mongolia is increasing efforts to combat an epidemic of domestic violence which affects perhaps a third of all women. As well as a 2004 law, a draft national action plan will be submitted in September, and the Supreme Court may clarify some remaining legal issues in coming months. While publ [...]
2006-08-16 02:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI EAID PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR657WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-08-31 09:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR658New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...]
2006-09-04 05:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR660Fiscal Snapshot: High Mining Revenues a Boon and a Danger
[...] SUMMARY: Buoyed by sharp GDP growth in the last few years, Mongolia's government finds itself in a time of relative plenty. However, these large revenue increases have been driven by high international commodity prices for gold and copper. When the good times end for copper and gold, Mongoli [...]
2006-09-05 02:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR667WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS?
[...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]
2006-09-07 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR671Codel Kolbe Advances U.S. Interests
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 1-3 visit, Codel Kolbe examined U.S. assistance programs in Mongolia, with a particular focus on the proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Codel stressed that qualifying for MCA is not enough, and that Mongolia will need to take the time and e [...]
2006-09-08 07:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID KMCA KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR728Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Hagel
[...] We look forward to hosting you October 7 to 9. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Speaker Hastert and delegation, then Rep. Leach (both in August 2005); Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (October); the Pres [...]
2006-09-28 07:03:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP EAID MARR MG
06ULAANBAATAR773Mongolia's New Golden Hoard: Five Months After New Tax,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six short days in May saw the abrupt passage by Mongolia's State Great Hural (parliament) of a windfall profits tax on gold and copper in a process utterly lacking in consultation with stakeholders foreign or domestic and the public. Just as Mongolia looks to large foreign inve [...]
2006-10-12 07:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG
06ULAANBAATAR829Country Clearance for MCA's Roche International
[...] We welcome and grant country clearance to Roche International consultants Christian Berube, David Burns, Asil Gezen, Dennis Lindberg, Lawrence Phipps, and Deana Silverston for their travels to Mongolia during the month of November. The purpose of the visit is to work with MCC's Burak Inanc and [...]
2006-11-11 07:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAID KMCA ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR861Mongolia INCSR: Part 1
[...] The following is post's submission for Part 1 of the INCSR. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Drug trafficking and abuse are not widespread in Mongolia, but continue to rise and draw the attention of the government. Mongolia's young, burgeoning urban population is especially vulnerable to t [...]
2006-12-08 07:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR870Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns
[...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]
2006-12-14 08:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR875Mass firing of Mongolian mineworkers sends message to
[...] (SBU) One of Mongolia's largest employers, Ivanhoe Mines, will fire 900 of its domestic and foreign workforce, or some 7.5% of the 12,000 workers directly employed in the Mongolian mining sector. Ivanhoe cannot afford to pay workers idled by the Government of Mongolia's refusal to reach an agre [...]
2006-12-18 23:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06USNATO603NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]
2006-10-13 13:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO610ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...]
2006-10-16 16:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AL
06USNATO643NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY &
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]
2006-10-27 13:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO699A/S FRIED BRIEFS ADRIATIC THREE MINISTERS ON RIGA
[...] (C) EUR A/S Fried briefed Albanian, Croatian, and Macedonian FMs December 3 on Riga summit outcomes and the upcoming decision on Kosovo,s final status. He urged their assistance in moderating both Serbian and Kosovar responses to this last unresolved Balkans security issue. The Adriatic Thre [...]
2006-12-07 07:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO716ACCESSION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO,
[...] (C) In a historic and emotional morning at NATO HQ on December 14, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia joined the Partnership for Peace by signing the PfP Framework Document in back-to-back meetings with the North Atlantic Council (NAC). BiH trilateral Presidency Chairman Nebosjsha [...]
2006-12-14 17:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR XB
06USOSCE246WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 16:17:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1013UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FOLLOW-ON
[...] The Security Council May 17 adopted a follow-up resolution to urge progress on the implementation of UNSCR 1559 (2004). Drafted by the UK, U.S. and France and co-sponsored by Slovakia and Denmark, UNSCR 1680 (2006) was adopted by a 13-0-2 vote, with Russia and China abstaining. 2. Reflectin [...]
2006-05-18 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1018WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 joint call with SRSG for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli, Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, noted the Security Council's April rollover of the MINURSO mandate and its failure to take action on the Secretary General's recommendation of direct talks bet [...]
2006-05-18 21:08:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06USUNNEWYORK1070UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH
[...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...]
2006-05-25 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN
06USUNNEWYORK1077UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...]
2006-05-26 16:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP UN
06USUNNEWYORK1148ICTY PRESIDENT POCAR PREVIEWS JUNE 7 ADDRESS FOR
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. Appealing for continuing U.S. support, Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),previewed his June 7 address to the Security Council for Ambassador Wolff on June 5. Pocar said he would focus on the ICTY's work [...]
2006-06-06 20:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC NL BK
06USUNNEWYORK1180ICTY/ICTR PRESIDENTS, PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Presidents of and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed the Security Council June 7 on their progress toward implementation of the Completion Strategy of the re [...]
2006-06-09 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICTY KJUS UNSC ICTR
06USUNNEWYORK1181UN REFORM: U.S. HOSTS LUNCH TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD
[...] Summary. In the latest in a series of lunches on reform in New York, Ambassadors and representatives from fourteen key countries on June 6 acknowledged that time was getting short and that it was critical to seek agreement on measures to strengthen the UN. At the lunch, hosted for the first [...]
2006-06-09 22:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1225UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE FOR THE
[...] (U) Summary: The UNSC held public and private sessions on June 15 to review the mandate of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) as well as to review Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) arrangements. Council members voiced unanimous support fo [...]
2006-06-16 21:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK1228DRC SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE CHAIR CALLS FOR MORE
[...] (C) DRC Sanctions Committee Chairman, Peruvian PermRep de Rivero, recently called on members of the Committee to submit new names of individuals and entities for sanctions under resolution 1596. Both France and the UK would like to respond to the Chairman,s call and submit new names for listi [...]
2006-06-16 21:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL CG EFIN ETTC PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1441LORD CARLILE SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON DEFINING TERRORISM
[...] This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. In a videoteleconference with USUN LegalOff, Department attorneys, and UKUN legal advisers on July 31, Lord Alex Carlile of Berriew Q.C., the UK,s independent reviewer of the Terrorist Act, sought U.S. views on the negotiations of the Compr [...]
2006-08-02 13:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV UNSC KTFN UNGA UK
06USUNNEWYORK1620UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES
[...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...]
2006-08-24 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA ASIG
06USUNNEWYORK1763HARIRI TRIBUNAL: UN LEGAL COUNSEL WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal, accompanied by French Mission political officers, delivered points (ref A) regarding the draft Hariri tribunal agreement to UN Legal Counsel Michel on September 5. We noted USG support for his return to Lebanon that evening. In addition per ref B request, U [...]
2006-09-07 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM LE MOPS PINR PTER SY UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1847UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: AMBASSADORIAL LEVEL
[...] Summary. On September 15, Ambassador Wallace met with Ambassador Tom Gronberg (Austria) who will negotiate the scale of assessment this fall on behalf of the European Union. Wallace and Gronberg engaged in a state of play discussion on US and EU positions (both of which remain under discussio [...]
2006-09-20 18:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1856A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF
[...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...]
2006-09-25 17:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALGR PREL PTER TU UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2053SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA
[...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...]
2006-10-30 18:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2085SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...]
2006-11-02 20:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY
06USUNNEWYORK2182BELGIUM RELUCTANT TO TAKE CTC OR 1267 CHAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep Verbeke told Amb Wolff on November 21 that Belgium is reluctant to assume the Chairmanship of the UNSC's Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) because of resource constraints. He also said Belgium is disinclined to accept the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committe [...]
2006-11-22 21:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE
06USUNNEWYORK2297UNSC ADOPTS RES 1735 ON AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 22, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1735, regarding al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions. The resolution focuses on sanctioning active members of the Taliban who are responsible for the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan. It also emphasizes the importance of [...]
2006-12-27 22:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC PREL PGOV AF
06USUNNEWYORK2298UNGA 6TH COMMITTEE DEBATES NEW TOPIC -- THE RULE
[...] (U) Summary. On November 16, the Sixth (Legal) Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolution on the "Rule of law at the national and international levels" (A/C.6/61/L.18) (as verbally amended). The U.S. joined consensus (REFS A, B). The resolution places the rule of law item on the [...]
2006-12-27 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK402MEETING WITH LEBANESE TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Ralph Riachy, Chief Justice of Lebanon's Supreme Court, and Choucri Sader, President of the Legislative Service of Lebanon's Ministry of Justice, discussed options for trying the persons responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri with USUN [...]
2006-03-03 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC LE
06USUNNEWYORK834UNSC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In an April 13 meeting, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs at the Japanese MFA Motohide Yoshikawa raised with Ambassador Bolton some of the economic and domestic pressures impacting Japanese government policy on Iran. He asked that U.S. statements not [...]
2006-04-24 13:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
06USUNNEWYORK882AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...]
2006-04-27 17:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
06USUNNEWYORK885UNSC: LEBANESE PM FOUAD SINIORA BRIEFS SECURITY
[...] Summary: Before a public meeting of the Security Council April 21, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora briefed on the Lebanese National Dialogue and delivered a strong message in support of Council actions and the recently released Secretary General's third report on UNSCR 1559. Siniora [...]
2006-04-27 22:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK915LARSEN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL WHY SYRIA NEEDS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During private consultations with the UNSC on April 26, UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen robustly argued that full implementation of UNSCR 1559 would not be achieved until Syria responded to Lebanon's offer to demarcate their shared border and establish diplomatic relations. [...]
2006-05-04 13:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
06VATICAN83POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 11:53:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPL SOCI PREL VT
06VATICAN95HOLY SEE: IRANIAN DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES US STATEMENT, POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary. UK ambassador met Iranian DCM June 1 and discussed Iran-US relations in light of Secretary Rice's May 31 statement. That discussion included reference to a draft letter from Ahmadinejad to Pope Benedict XVI and a possible letter from Ayatollah Khamenei, as well as Iranian inter [...]
2006-06-01 11:45:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IR VT
06VATICAN96HOLY SEE RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHE: THINKING IT OVER
[...] (C) Summary. The Holy See will probably issue some kind of response to our Iran demarche, supporting a "diplomatic path" but falling well short of what we have asked. The Holy See remains reluctant to speak out publicly on Iran (or indeed on most geopolitical issues) and appears to take a mil [...]
2006-06-02 12:30:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VIENNA1152AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - SOLID GROWTH AND
[...] Two Austrian economic institutes have presented growth projections of 2.4-2.5% for 2006 and 2.0-2.2% for 2007. Although export growth remains the engine driving the economy, industrial production and business investment should increasingly contribute to growth. Private consumption remains w [...]
2006-04-21 13:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA1270 Government Rescues BAWAG - Gets "Thanks" From
[...] (U) In a May 1 meeting, the GoA and the Austrian financial sector agreed on a rescue package for Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG). The GoA will provide a temporary Euro 900 million government guarantee to BAWAG to stop massive withdrawals and to reassure BAWAG cus [...]
2006-05-04 07:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV ELAB AU
06VIENNA142AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK
[...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]
2006-01-18 07:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA2030AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
[...] The Austrian economy exhibits solid growth and more optimism. Data for the first few months of 2006 show strong growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. The two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their 2006 forecasts slightly, predictin [...]
2006-07-07 10:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
06VIENNA2214TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted information on domestic designation of Abousofian Abdelrazik as well as on the submission of the name to the UN 1267 Committee on July 24 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Birgi [...]
2006-07-24 13:33:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU
06VIENNA2457SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL: AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) On August 16, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Defense Minister Guenter Platter publicly ruled out Austrian participation in a revamped UNIFIL for the time being. However, both left open the door for future participation, especially if the UN requests assistance in specializ [...]
2006-08-18 09:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AU LE
06VIENNA2515FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON AUSTRIAN TRANSFER OF
[...] (S/NF) On August 17, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor followed up on ref b concerns with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that he and an official from Austria's domestic intelligence service (BVT),met with Steyr Motors CEO Rudolf Man [...]
2006-08-22 16:21:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL AU
06VIENNA2541DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT UPDATE: AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (S) On August 16 and, following receipt of ref A, on August 24, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Control Division, to discuss developments in the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts case. Krehlik confirmed that on Augu [...]
2006-08-24 14:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA2740AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 13, 2006
[...] Bartenstein and Westenthaler came across as "buddy-buddy" in the debate, ORF online news comments. The coalition partners were "at pains to emphasize their joint successes of the past six years and to stress common goals, such as preventing a SPOe-Greens coalition government" after the October [...]
2006-09-14 07:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2749AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 14, 2006
[...] The leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SPOe),Alfred Gusenbauer, says he suspects a government plot to discredit his party ahead of next month's elections is behind allegations made by Wolfgang Floettl, one of those at the center of the Bawag bank scandal. The SPOe has denied Floettl's [...]
2006-09-14 16:30:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2801AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006
[...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...]
2006-09-20 12:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3056AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2006
[...] The second round of coalition talks for a new Austria government will begin on Tuesday with meetings between the SPOe and the OeVP. A daily speculates that the SPOe could make major concessions regarding the Eurofighter deal in order to form a government with the OeVP. ORF radio early morning [...]
2006-10-16 14:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3072AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2006
[...] The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, has ruled out participating in a coalition government with the OeVP and the BZOe, ORF online news and other major Austrian media report. According to ORF online news, the move means the Conservatives under Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel have lo [...]
2006-10-17 12:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3105OMV ON NABUCCO AND GAZPROM
[...] (C) OMV Gas executives Werner Auli and Reinhard Mitschek told emboffs on October 12 that Nabucco Pipeline International had formally requested exemptions from the EU's Gas Directive -- restricting initial third-party access to the pipeline to 50% and insulating the project from tariff reducti [...]
2006-10-19 13:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA3145AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 24, 2006
[...] Amid statements from the negotiation teams on the "positive atmosphere" during yesterday's meetings on domestic issues, talks today will address education issues. After the talks on domestic issues yesterday, both SPOe delegation head Norbert Darabos and Interior Minister Liese Prokop praised t [...]
2006-10-25 15:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3173UPDATE ON DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE
[...] (S/NF) Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, recently provided post with an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case. Frosch's father, Erich Frosch, remains under custody, and Austrian authorities hope to charge him with facilitating t [...]
2006-10-27 12:25:00Embassy ViennaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU
06VIENNA3196AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 31, 2006
[...] Despite massive protests from the OeVP and the BZOe, the Social Democrats -- with the support of the Greens and the Freedom Party -- went ahead during Parliament's first session yesterday with plans to create a committee to investigate the government's decision to purchase 18 Eurofighter jets. [...]
2006-10-31 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3277AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 08, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 13:46:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3296AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006
[...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...]
2006-11-09 14:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3297WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA
[...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...]
2006-11-09 14:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO
06VIENNA3336(SBU) UNOSEK: CONTINUING WORK AND OUTREACH DURING INTERIM
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 10, FOLLOWING THE SERBIAN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE FUTURE STATUS PROC [...]
2006-11-15 15:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA3355AUSTRIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting Part I of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) on Drugs and Chemical Control. Post will provide updates as they become available. Embassy POC for the INCSR Part I is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43 [...]
2006-11-20 07:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM AU
06VIENNA3392AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 22, 2006
[...] Coalition negotiations resume today between the Social Democrats and the People's Party. Party leaders Alfred Gusenbauer and Wolfgang Schuessel are to discuss issues aimed at paving the way for a grand coalition. Although Schuessel in an interview ruled out a coalition with the FPOe, Austrian m [...]
2006-11-24 07:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3394RAIFFEISEN ON BELARUS, UKRAINE, THE SALE OF BAWAG,
[...] (C) Summary: Friedrich Sommer, Raiffeisen Zentralbank's General Counsel, confirmed to us on November 17 that no senior Belarus officials have accounts with Raiffeisen's Belarus subsidiary, Priorbank. Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding has definitively ended its controversial trusteeship [...]
2006-11-24 07:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET ENGR BO UKR AU
06VIENNA3410AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 27, 2006
[...] The investigative committee looking into recent banking scandals in Austria continues to strain domestic politics. Following publication of an expert opinion last week, which found the banking committee is not authorized to investigate the Austrian Financial Markets supervisory Agency, informat [...]
2006-11-27 15:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3417EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV
[...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...]
2006-11-28 15:40:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA3532TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designation of Hizballah-related individuals/entities in the tri-border area on December 7 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing [...]
2006-12-12 15:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL AU
06VIENNA3584AUSTRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43-1-31339-2196 and email: RobisonDR(at sign)state.gov. Post emailed the updated Intellipedia version of this report to [...]
2006-12-20 13:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR EFIN AU
06VIENNA3602Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight
[...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...]
2006-12-22 10:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
06VIENNA3605Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight
[...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...]
2006-12-22 10:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
06VIENNA4622006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...]
2006-02-15 14:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENNA6Austria's Economic Footprint in Central Europe
[...] Austrian commercial interests continue to benefit greatly from intensified trade and investment relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),as well as Southeastern European (SEE) nations. Exports to CEE have more than doubled since 1995 and exports to SEE have quadrupl [...]
2006-01-03 12:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN ETRD AU EUN
06VIENNA643MTAG 5-96: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on March 2 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik assured us that the MOE had already denied permission to Daniel Frosch Exports (DFE) to ship a fri [...]
2006-03-02 15:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE IR AU
06VIENNA653AUSTRIAN CHANCELLERY'S VIEWS ON HAMAS: STICK TO
[...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, joined by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's senior foreign policy adviser, Hans Peter Manz, on February 22. Manz spoke at length on the approach that Austria's EU Presidency is taking toward [...]
2006-03-03 11:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL GM AU
06VIENNA678AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]
2006-03-06 15:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU
06VIENNA716THE VIENNA STOCK EXCHANGE - A BOOM THAT COULD
[...] The Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) is enjoying an extended boom phase. The VSE is up 51% in 2005, 219% over the period 2003 to 2005, and 242% from the 2001-2005 period. The VSE has been one of the best performing exchanges worldwide. On February 21, 2006, the Austrian Traded Index (ATX) hit a [...]
2006-03-09 11:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AU
06VIENNA941AUSTRIAN ENERGY INITIATIVES - BEST PRACTICES
[...] Post solicited information about domestic and international energy initiatives from Herbert Lechner, Scientific Director from the quasi-governmental "Austrian Energy Agency" (AEA),and from Aloisia Woergetter, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Unit. The GoA pro [...]
2006-03-30 11:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY AU
06VIENNA976 Bank's Problems Shake Austrian Political Scene
[...] Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG),already reeling from questionable loans to the bankrupt U.S. futures and commodities brokerage firm Refco, has admitted it incurred (hitherto concealed) losses of Euro one billion in 2000. The losses stemmed from high risk specula [...]
2006-04-03 13:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV ELAB AU
06VIENTIANE360REPORTS OF MASSACRE OF HMONG CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN
[...] (U) Suggested press guidance is provided at the end of this cable. 2. (C) Two separate Hmong sources have provided details of an alleged attack by Lao People's Army (LPA) forces against an insurgent group in northern Vientiane Province in which 26 people, almost all women and children, were [...]
2006-04-20 09:25:00Embassy VientianeSECRETPINR PINS PHUM PREL LA
06VIENTIANE596THE GREAT LAND GRAB
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price. What is feeding the frenzy is a boom in the mining industry and in agricultural commodities, principally rubber and eucalyptus. Foreign investment projects are [...]
2006-06-30 06:10:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM EAGR PREL LA
06VIENTIANE636AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LAO WOMEN'S UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-elected Lao Women's Union (LWU) President Sisay Leudetmounsone July 6 to discuss Embassy cooperation with the LWU across a range of issues. The LWU has played a prominent role on TIP issues, and Ambassador used the occasion to explain Laos' recent Tier [...]
2006-07-07 06:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KWMN LA
06VIENTIANE674TAKE ALL THE TREES, PUT 'EM IN TREE MUSEUM:
[...] (U) Summary: Laos' hardwood forests are rapidly being depleted ravaged by timber interests from three adjacent economies, with Japan and China as the largest final destination markets. The GoL does not have the capability or the will to manage the country's natural resources responsibly. So-ca [...]
2006-07-19 06:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENIV ETRD PGOV LA
06VILNIUS102SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]
2006-02-02 08:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS1032LITHUANIA LOOKS TOWARDS RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Looking towards the Riga Summit, Lithuania hopes for encouraging words on Baltic air policing and NATO enlargement. The GOL remains committed to success in Afghanistan, where it may redeploy special forces in 2007. End Summary. Lithuania considering sending SOF to Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-16 13:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LH LT
06VILNIUS11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER
[...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...]
2006-01-06 05:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS129LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]
2006-02-09 08:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDLH NOTAG
06VILNIUS198LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...]
2006-02-27 15:44:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
06VILNIUS223LITHUANIA'S AI PREPAREDNESS: IS FOUR PERCENT ENOUGH?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL continues to plan for the arrival of avian influenza (AI) virus in Lithuania, but budgetary constraints may hinder preparations, particularly the acquisition of antiviral medication. The Government issued orders requiring owners to sequester domestic birds indoors and p [...]
2006-03-03 11:39:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR SOCI PGOV KFLU LH
06VILNIUS279EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...]
2006-03-17 14:27:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET RS UP BO KZ LH
06VILNIUS29LITHUANIA'S ECONOMIC BOOM: IS THE END NIGH?
[...] SUMMARY: Lithuania's impressive economic growth continued in 2005. Wage increases, rising energy prices, and strong domestic consumption contributed to inflationary pressure, but a government budget surplus, improved credit rating, and a shrinking current account deficit indicate prudent eco [...]
2006-01-12 15:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD LH
06VILNIUS367LITHUANIA: THREE-PARTY COALITION REGROUPS
[...] (C) Summary. Leaders of Lithuania's Social Democrat, Labor, and Farmers parties signed an agreement April 12 to govern as a coalition following Parliament's removal of parliamentary chairman Paulauskas and the withdrawal of his New Union party from the government. Under the agreement, Prime [...]
2006-04-14 15:06:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LH
06VILNIUS42CODEL SENSENBRENNER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, discussed Lithuania's Visa Waiver Program (VWP) prospects and expressed U.S. appreciation for Lithuania's support in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in meetings with President Adamkus and other senior off [...]
2006-01-18 13:40:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CVIS OVIP LH
06VILNIUS442VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY
[...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]
2006-05-12 12:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06VILNIUS512PARLIAMENT APPROVES AGREEMENT TO SELL LITHUANIA'S
[...] (C) Lithuania's parliament on June 1 approved the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Next, the EU's competition authority must approve the deal, a process that could take months. With the question of the next owners now answered, MN will [...]
2006-06-02 14:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LT RS
06VILNIUS523(C) PM BRAZAUSKAS'S PRE-RESIGNATION FAREWELL
[...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, during the Ambassador's May 30 farewell call, outlined his five-year plan to increase defense spending and affirmed his commitment to Jewish property restitution. The Ambassador noted the GOL's tremendous contribution to the Global war On Ter [...]
2006-06-06 14:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH RS
06VILNIUS591LITHUANIA RESPONSIVE TO TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our interlocutors here positively appraised the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and reftel points. The report,s recommendations have already inspired the GOL to implement measures to improve anti-trafficking efforts. The GOL is also working on a comprehensive strateg [...]
2006-06-23 09:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG LH
06VILNIUS727LITHUANIA'S CHOICE: FIGHT OR SURRENDER ITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Lithuania and its Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery need to decide how to proceed, now that an "accident" has resulted in a complete cutoff in the refinery's pipeline-delivered supply of Russian crude. State Department Advisor Steve Hellman framed this issue for the Lithuanians d [...]
2006-08-04 15:12:00Embassy VilniusSECRETENRG ECON PREL LH XG VE LY
06VILNIUS922LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU QUITS AMID PRESS
[...] (C) Summary. The surprise resignation on September 29 of one of Lithuania's most influential foreign policy figures has shaken the Foreign Ministry. MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, long considered the Ministry's most influential official, has close ties to Lithuania's security services an [...]
2006-10-06 12:42:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV LH
06WARSAW1167POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...]
2006-06-13 14:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ
06WARSAW1169ARE THE KACZYNSKIS WOBBLY ON DEMOCRACY?
[...] (C) Summary: One month into the political marriage of convenience which delivered a long-sought parliamentary majority, the Kaczynski brothers are moving forward with their agenda to beat back the last vestiges of Polish Communism by means that their critics charge are anti-democratic. Thei [...]
2006-06-14 09:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PL PREL
06WARSAW1489ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...]
2006-07-20 14:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNAR PL
06WARSAW159VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI TO
[...] (C) Polish President Lech Kaczynski's determination to make his second foreign trip (after the Vatican) to Washington, with less than two months in office, is testament to our close partnership and to the deep admiration the new president has for the United States. A longtime activist in the [...]
2006-02-01 16:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
06WARSAW1592DEPARTMENT ENERGY ADVISER HELLMAN'S ENERGY
[...] (C) Economics Ministry State Secretary Piotr Naimski told visiting State Department Energy Advisor Steve Hellman August 1 that Poland is very concerned by the cut-off of Russian oil shipments to Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta refinery due to alleged 'accidents and technical difficulties.' The Pole [...]
2006-08-04 08:59:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET LH PL PREL
06WARSAW1679POLAND: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CARVE CHANNEL ON POLISH
[...] (U) Summary. Reftel describes the intermittent quarrels between the GOP and the Kaliningrad authorities and Moscow over ship access to the Baltisk Strait, which is the only point of entry into the Vistula Bay, and is located in Russian territory. As a result, the Polish city of Elblag and [...]
2006-08-11 14:55:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT SENV PREL RS PL
06WARSAW1721WORKING WITH THE KACZYNSKI BROTHERS - GO STRAIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that PM Jarek Kaczynski has consolidated power domestically, the Polish government is starting to re-consider its position in the world. Jarek Kaczynski has very little foreign affairs experience, but he has also chosen to take foreign policy decision-making authority on him [...]
2006-08-17 15:36:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OVIP PL
06WARSAW176U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...]
2006-02-03 15:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL UP BO RU
06WARSAW177POLISH GOVERNING PARTY SIGNS COOPERATION ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's governing Law and Justice (PiS) party concluded a "stabilization pact" February 2 with opposition protest parties Self-Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR),committing the parties to cooperate on a detailed legislative agenda but stopping short of a form [...]
2006-02-03 15:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW1798NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...]
2006-08-26 05:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PL
06WARSAW1890NEW EXXON-MOBIL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS POLAND POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. ExxonMobil Exploration (EM) executives briefed Acting Economic Counselor on discussions with the GOP to explore Poland's willingness to work with EM to utilize new gas technology that could unlock tight gas supplies. If EM decides to pursue the project, it plans to work with th [...]
2006-09-07 09:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG NO PL
06WARSAW2064POLAND: SECOND ROUND OF PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution 2. (SBU) At a September 15 meeting, Piotr Blaszczyk, the Acting Director of the Drug Policy and Pharmacy Department of the Polish Ministry of Health, issued a second round of price cuts to 27 pharmaceutical companies. The price [...]
2006-09-22 15:38:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON PL
06WARSAW2115TURBULENT POLITICAL SCENE CONTINUES AS PM
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's seemingly endless political turbulence continues to follow twists and turns that lead to constant speculation and disagreement about whether there will be early elections, whether Law and Justice (PiS) can form a new majority, and whether the opposition can cobble toget [...]
2006-09-29 15:30:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PL
06WARSAW2312MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]
2006-11-02 16:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2322UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS VIEWED AS A BAROMETER OF
[...] (U) Summary: Poles will vote in municipal and regional elections nationwide on November 12, in what is cast as a referendum on the Kaczynski government, and a barometer of their political strength in the wake of the latest series of domestic political troubles. The race for mayor in Warsaw i [...]
2006-11-03 15:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALQEL PGOV PL
06WARSAW2433POLAND OPTIMISTIC ON DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Pol External Chief and British counterpart delivered Ref B points jointly November 20 to Amb. Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of the MFA Middle East Africa Department. PolExtChief also took the opportunity to share Ref A text of Secretary Rice's letter to the UNSC President. SIPDIS [...]
2006-11-22 07:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2608LOT POLISH AIRLINES VIEW ON INCLUSION OF AVIATION
[...] (C) In a follow up to reftels, EconOff met with Edyta Michalak and Rafal Szalc of LOT Polish Airlines legal department to discuss inclusion of international aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). LOT lawyers explained to EconOff that LOT is currently embroiled in a domesti [...]
2006-12-19 14:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EINV SENV PL
06WARSAW312POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...]
2006-02-24 17:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO
06WARSAW339 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-01 06:42:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW347POLAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: CROSS AGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently discussed GOP contingency preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with the Polish Ministry of Health. Polish Health Ministry officials believe that AI is still primarily a threat to Polish agriculture, but stressed that the GOP has planned thoro [...]
2006-03-01 15:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL
06WARSAW358 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-03 06:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW381INFIGHTING CONTINUES AMONG STABILIZATION PACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the Stabilization Pact signed February 2 between Poland's governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) the League of Polish Families (LPR) and Self Defense (SO) helped stave off early elections, it has not stopped political battling among the partners, nor guaranteed the smooth [...]
2006-03-03 16:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW497POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]
2006-03-17 09:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW50POLAND: Scenesetter for CODEL Duncan Visit, January
[...] (U) Poland with an area of 313,000 square kilometers is about the size of New Mexico. Poland's population of 38.6 million (2004 est.) is 96 percent ethnically Polish and almost entirely Roman Catholic. However, there are also small German, Belarussian, Roma, Ukrainian, Jewish and Russian min [...]
2006-01-12 13:40:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN ECON PL CVIS ETRD
06WARSAW555POLAND: DCM MEETING IN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ON AIG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DCM met with Andrzej Kaczmarek of the Ministry of Economy March 23 to follow up Embassy's March 14 meeting (reftel) with Gmina Raszyn Mayor and Vice-Mayor. AIG Lincoln Residential Director Christopher Sweeney als [...]
2006-03-24 14:52:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PL
06WARSAW833IRAQ: POLAND CONFIRMS MND-CS CONTINGENT WILL STAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 14:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PL IZ
06WARSAW920ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...]
2006-05-18 15:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
06WARSAW953POLISH PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH UKRAINIAN, GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian and German presidents paid reciprocal visits to Polish President Lech Kaczynski in mid-May, marking the importance of those bilateral relationships and the slow warming of personal contacts between the apprehensive Polish leader and his colleagues next door. With Yu [...]
2006-05-23 10:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM UP PL
06WELLINGTON136YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Post recommends that New Zealand remain off the Special 301 List. Although the government has been relatively slow in updating its intellectual property laws, it is moving in the right direction. Moreover, New Zealand in general already provides adequate and effective protection of int [...]
2006-02-22 06:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON155CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...]
2006-02-28 01:37:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON157EAP/ANP DIRECTOR KRAWITZ'S FEBRUARY MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions during ANP Director Krawitz's February 8-11 visit to New Zealand addressed PRC activities in the Pacific, Pacific Island issues, regional stability, counter-terrorism, Antarctica, U.S.-New Zealand relations, bilateral military ties, and launch of a new U.S.-New Zealan [...]
2006-02-28 04:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON160TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2006
[...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Person report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 21. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. New Zealand has been a country of destination for internationally trafficked women in th [...]
2006-03-01 03:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
06WELLINGTON167FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS U.S. SHOULD RECOGNIZE NZ'S
[...] (C) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, his recent public observation that the United States should appreciate New Zealand's contributions in the South Pacific was not meant to be a criticism. Peters assures us that he was calling for both sides to recognize the positive [...]
2006-03-02 02:56:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON195SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL'S MARCH 18-20 VISIT TO
[...] (C) The Embassy welcomes your upcoming visit to New Zealand, which will enable you to meet a broad range of New Zealanders, including academics, journalists, lawyers, and students. Your meetings with GNZ officials will allow for productive discussions about regional/Pacific Island and securi [...]
2006-03-12 18:44:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV OVIP NZ
06WELLINGTON230GNZ AIMS TO COOL EXPECTATIONS FOR U.S. FTA
[...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government is preparing the public for the likelihood it will not attain free trade negotiations with the United States any time soon. After six years of pressing its case for such a deal, the Labour-led government has turned its attention to agreements in Asia. T [...]
2006-03-24 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON284A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...]
2006-04-13 02:58:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON389MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF
[...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...]
2006-05-19 05:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON451INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...]
2006-06-13 00:04:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ
06WELLINGTON459NEW ZEALAND TAKING LOOK AT WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Urged by members of the New Zealand business community, the New Zealand government has agreed to review its decision not to join the WTO Government Procurement Agreement. However, government officials expect the review to show that the government's costs of complying with the agre [...]
2006-06-15 23:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON465NEW ZEALAND TAX CHANGES WOULD END PREFERENCE FOR INVESTMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see Paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The New Zealand government has proposed changing the tax treatment of overseas stock-market investments in an effort to protect small investors. The proposal effectively would maintain a tax preference for portfolio i [...]
2006-06-19 21:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON478"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON479"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]
2006-06-22 05:30:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON483SOME QUESTION NZ'S DEFENSE STRATEGIES IN LIGHT OF RECENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy contacts have generally welcomed the defense spending increases in this year's budget. Some question, however, the general direction of New Zealand defense policy, and others remain concerned about what they say are continued problems with NZ Defense Force (NZDF) recruitment and [...]
2006-06-26 00:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON551NEW ZEALAND MAY SEE BIGGER HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Higher oil and gas prices are spurring plans for new exploratory drilling in several hard-to-reach sites in New Zealand. The government - despite a preference for expanding renewable energy sources - has sweetened the pot for prospective drillers through reductions in royalties [...]
2006-07-14 03:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON582FY2006 US Speaker Request - Dr. Gerard Fenin
[...] Program Description: Post requests a U.S. speaker visit by Dr. Gerard Fenin, Deputy Director of the East-West Center's Pacific Island Development Program in support of MPP Goal 07-01 Active Anti-Terrorist Coalitions (Counter Terrorism) & Regional Stability and Goal 07-03 Mutual Understanding. D [...]
2006-07-26 22:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP NZ
06WELLINGTON599GNZ VIEWS ON TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM FOLLOWING
[...] (C) With a vocal domestic population of 40,000 ethnic Tongans, the GNZ has monitored with interest the deaths of Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana in a July 5 car accident in the United States. GNZ views the death of the Prince as a blow to the political reform process in Tonga. [...]
2006-08-01 19:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON655VISIT OF EAP DAS DAVIES TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is eager to continue to identify areas of future US-NZ cooperation, GNZ officials told EAP DAS Glyn Davies during his August 17-19 visit. But PM Clark and other senior officials are wary of riling the Labour party's left, and prefer that we gradually signal our dialo [...]
2006-08-22 01:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ US
06WELLINGTON670NEW ZEALAND RE-THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While many Kiwis view the United States and Australia as the big bad wolves of global climate change, NZ officials are quietly turning the country's policies away from the Kyoto Agreement and towards longer-term energy and climate change strategies. The officials are motivated by [...]
2006-08-28 03:33:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NZ XV
06WELLINGTON820VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] Summary: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with New Zealand (NZ) government officials, private bank economists, academics and business people in Wellington on October 16 to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively st [...]
2006-10-18 23:31:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON832VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On his recent trip to New Zealand, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with officials, private economists, academics and business people to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively stable and in the midst o [...]
2006-10-25 02:07:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON878 NEW ZEALAND - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] Following is post's input for 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand per request reftel. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: --------------- IMPORT POLICIES --------------- In general, tariff [...]
2006-11-07 01:56:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON943GNZ SAYS FIJI TALKS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT IS TAKING NO
[...] (C) Summary: Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) characterized the meeting as a "considered and serious discussion" of Bainimarama's nine demands [...]
2006-11-29 07:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06YEREVAN1105REMITTANCES: ARMENIA'S SECOND-HAND DUTCH DISEASE?
[...] (U) Local media are abuzz with conspiracy theories regarding the sharp appreciation of Armenia's currency, the Dram. The Dram exchange rate is up nearly 30 percent against the dollar since 2003, 7 percent in the first six months of 2006 alone. We believe the Armenian Central Bank (CBA)--as d [...]
2006-08-11 12:59:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN1142RISKING A WTO COMPLAINT TO CURRY FAVOR WITH
[...] (C) The GOAM has announced that farmers with an annual turnover of less than AMD 8 million (USD 20,000) will remain exempt from value-added tax (VAT). This agreement appears to run counter to Armenia's WTO obligations and 2002 legislation requiring that farmers begin paying VAT as of January 1 [...]
2006-08-23 03:10:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD AM
06YEREVAN1204SETTING THE STAGE FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Election experts offer mixed views of ongoing efforts to improve key democratic institutions prior to the May 2007 parliamentary election. The challenges -- technical, bureaucratic and political -- are daunting. However there is room for cautious optimism that the GOAM is at lea [...]
2006-09-05 10:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMCA KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1264THE POLITICAL BUZZ: A SNAPSHOT OF LOCAL ANALYST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Garik Tsarukyan's new "Prosperous Armenia" faction is the hottest political topic, with divided views over the extent to which this pro-government faction is independent of the ruling Republican Party. Local analysts are generally pessimistic about chances for fair parliamentar [...]
2006-09-13 06:09:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1265FM OSKANIAN'S FAREWELL SENDOFF TOUCHES ALL THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian's farewell lunch for the Ambassador offered a review of current issues. Oskanian expressed relief and exasperation about the ability to reach consensus on how the NK/Occupied Territories fires issue would be managed at the UNGA. He worried over the Iranian nuclear [...]
2006-09-13 07:10:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC EAID SCUL OVIP KNNP UNGA AM IR
06YEREVAN127RUSSIAN GAS HASN'T REACHED ARMENIA YET
[...] (C) On January 29, Armenia cut gas to its thermal power plant in Hrazdan (which converts gas to electricity),reducing the country's average daily consumption to about 3.5 (down from 6.7) million cubic meters (mcm),enough to conserve about one more day of useful gas reserves. Banking on repo [...]
2006-01-30 14:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM
06YEREVAN1388GUAM ALLIES GANG UP ON RUSSIA DURING THINKTANK
[...] (U) A Russian analyst who spouted anti-Western rhetoric at a local thinktank seminar this week in Yerevan found himself outnumbered when panelists from Georgia (including a former foreign minister),Ukraine and Azerbaijan ganged up on him during their speeches and particularly during the quest [...]
2006-10-05 12:38:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK GG RU AZ AM
06YEREVAN1445 ARMENIAN REGIONAL NGOS MEETING WITH SOME SUCCESS
[...] PAO and PAS Grants Manager recently visited several NGOs outside of Yerevan that had received support from the Democracy Commission, whose work encompassed anti-corruption (in public education),journalism, and human rights. Not only did we find dedicated people, young and old, staffing the o [...]
2006-10-13 11:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EAID KPAO KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1456ARMENIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT NDI ACTIVITIES,
[...] (C) On October 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian delivered a non-paper to CDA objecting to some activities in Armenia of the National Democratic Institute. While the paper (full text below) purports to support NDI's democratization goals, it objects to alleged NDI actions to develo [...]
2006-10-17 13:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID AM
06YEREVAN1457SETTLING SCORES ON THE STREET IN ARMENIA
[...] (U) Oligarchs and thugs have taken to settling scores on the street in greater numbers in the last few months, and high-profile assassinations and murder attempts are on the rise in Armenia. Though the crimes do not appear to be related, and in most cases the motives are unclear, the increase i [...]
2006-10-18 04:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN1476BRYZA AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSES DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) EUR DAS Bryza met with Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian on October 4 to encourage Armenia to work towards free and fair elections in 2007 and 2008 and to discuss energy security and other regional issues. Markarian was open and engaged. He welcomed U.S. assistance on elections [...]
2006-10-20 13:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU AM
06YEREVAN1516REVISED ELECTION CODE MOVING FORWARD, FINALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenia passed its revised election code through its first reading October 26, a small positive step. The draft can still be modified before final passage. OSCE/ODIHR and the Council of Europe Venice Commission (CoE/VC) provided a detailed joint commentary on the draft bill. The [...]
2006-10-30 04:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1565USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY PUSHES FAIR ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Julie Finley, US Ambassador to the OSCE, visited Armenia October 17-19, and met a wide range of GOAM officials and non-governmental contacts. While they embraced her strong messages on free and fair elections, media freedom, trafficking in persons (TIP),and anti-corruption, offi [...]
2006-11-06 04:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1602FM OSKANIAN PRESENTS FOREIGN POLICY GOALS
[...] (C) Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian presented a succinct outline of Armenian foreign and domestic policy priorities during the Wilton Park Conference on the South Caucasus held in Yerevan November 6 - 10. Oskanian elaborated on Armenia's foreign policy of "complementarity," identified economic li [...]
2006-11-14 11:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ TU AM
06YEREVAN1645JAVAKHETI: AN ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Georgia,s predominantly Armenian Samstkhe-Javakheti (S-J) region periodically makes news in Armenia, colored by the local perception here that Georgians treat their Armenian minority shabbily. Armenian government officials have not generally complained on this theme, but others, including [...]
2006-11-27 13:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG AM
06YEREVAN1647IRAN'S MELLAT BANK MAINTAINING A SMALL PRESENCE IN
[...] (C) On November 27, while meeting on other issues, we spoke with Armenian Central Bank Board Member Vache Gabrielyan about banking relations between Armenia and Iran. Gabrielyan said the only Iranian bank in Armenia is Mellat Bank CJSC Armenia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mellat Bank Iran. H [...]
2006-11-28 08:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR AM
06YEREVAN1683ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT REAUTHORIZES IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] The National Assembly voted December 6 to reauthorize the Armenia's troop deployment to Iraq. The 85-19 vote followed two days of vigorous debate, and the personal appearance of Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian who debated with some skeptical deputies the wisdom of the deployment on the parlia [...]
2006-12-06 14:12:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PREL AM IZ
06YEREVAN1694 ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) Since Armenia's severe energy crisis in the early 1990s, energy security and independence have been critical priorities for the government of Armenia (GOAM). This cable, drawn primarily from conversations with representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Energy and USAID energy project [...]
2006-12-08 13:29:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG AM
06YEREVAN1704ARMENIA'S HEAD IN THE SAND ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) During a two-day conference on domestic violence in Yerevan, representatives of the police and the Prosecutor General's (PG) office variously denied the existence of the problem in Armenia, used flowery language to expound upon the strength of the Armenian family and vigorously opposed lo [...]
2006-12-11 13:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN AM
06YEREVAN1706ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (U) Members of parliament debated the country's first-ever draft National Security Strategy December 1. Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian presented the draft and moderated a remarkably civil and constructive discussion. Heads of foreign missions, representatives of NGOs and journalists were in [...]
2006-12-12 09:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR EAID KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1726ARMENIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2006. Per reftel instruction, the following is an update of Armenia's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. With substantial U.S. assistance, Armenia continues to strengthen its capacity to counter th [...]
2006-12-18 13:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER ASEC AM
06YEREVAN1735KOCHARIAN LAYS DOWN HIS MARKERS ON ELECTION PERIOD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian delivered a nationally-televised interview December 15, laying out his expectations for the campaign season and May 2007 parliamentary elections. Kocharian called for elections to be free and fair, placing the onus on election commissions and political parti [...]
2006-12-19 14:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
06YEREVAN176 THE REAL STORY BEHIND ARMENIA'S 7.7 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) According to the Armenian National Statistical Service, official unemployment at the end of 2005 was 7.7 percent. The official statistic is based on the number of Armenians collecting unemployment benefits. Many international organizations estimate that the true rate is closer to 25 per [...]
2006-02-07 11:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB AM
06YEREVAN237IS AN N-K SETTLEMENT DEAD? EVERYONE POINTING
[...] (C) Official Yerevan remains careful not to close the door on the possibility of a settlement in the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, while opposition politicians and thinktankers appear almost gleeful in what is being widely reported as a breakdown in the talks at Rambouillet. Most im [...]
2006-02-15 14:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN255DEMOCRACY, MCA AND CORRUPTION FOCUS OF USATF
[...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Vardan Khachatryan and Ambassador Evans co-chaired the mid-term review session of the U.S.-Armenia Task Force on Economic Cooperation (USATF) February 17. The USG raised issues linked to the Action Plan of the September 2005 USATF meeting held in Washington and reque [...]
2006-02-22 12:44:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV AM
06YEREVAN268AVIAN FLU UPDATE: USG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED
[...] (SBU) Although there are still no reported cases of AI in Armenia, the government has begun to take steps to prepare. Motivation for the GOAM's new level of action has come not only from increasing AI reports from neighbors, but also from strong international community pressure, with the USG at [...]
2006-02-23 13:47:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO ECON SENV AM
06YEREVAN269 ARMENIA ENJOYS FOUR YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT
[...] (SBU) For the fourth year in a row, Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a double-digit rate according to National Statistical Service data. (Note: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consistently praised the National Statistical Service for the quality of its data. End Note. [...]
2006-02-23 14:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN280ARMENIA'S NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[...] (C) Although parliamentary and presidential elections are still more than a year away, Yerevan's political season is well and truly underway. Several well-known political and business figures have announced the formation of new political parties in early 2006, in effect revealing their ambiti [...]
2006-02-24 13:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN294MORE ON RAMBOUILLET FROM KOCHARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private discussion February 28 with the Ambassador, President Kocharian did not rule out further talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, but dilated at some length on why he believed Rambouillet had been doomed to failure from the outset, and why he did not believe that Azeri President Al [...]
2006-03-01 11:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAJ AM PGOV PREL OSCE
06YEREVAN393DAS BRYZA: BALANCING ENERGY INTERESTS IN THE
[...] (C) During March 7-8 meetings in Yerevan, DAS Bryza found broad consensus for the need to diversify Armenia's sources of energy and general concern about GazProm's overwhelming influence in the sector. Bryza urged support for regional solutions to energy issues, including increased electricity [...]
2006-03-20 04:04:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06YEREVAN432EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES N-K, ENERGY SECURITY AND
[...] (C) During an informal dinner March 15 with a group of Armenian political leaders, visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried underlined the USG's policy that strong democracies were better equipped to solve the region's most pressing problems, especially the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and [...]
2006-03-27 09:25:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR AM RU
06YEREVAN586 ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: APRIL
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for April 2006. Major headlines include: -- Greek Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) to sell its 90 percent share in the Armenia Telephone Company (ArmenTel); -- GOAM sells Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant [...]
2006-04-27 12:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTDB CCSR BEXP BTIO AM
06YEREVAN688GOOD POLITICAL CLIMATE IN ARMENIA FOR A DEAL ON N-K
[...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Yerevan again. Given your familiarity with the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, we would like to take this opportunity to update you on domestic political developments, some of which may influence Armenian decision-making with respect to N-K. 2. (C) Des [...]
2006-05-18 12:42:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OTRA OSCE AJ AM
06YEREVAN751ARMENIANS CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Kocharian late June 1 to deliver ref A points on Iran, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian the following day. Kocharian had no immediate reaction except to repeat his concerns about the heightening tensions over Iran's nuclear program, to la [...]
2006-06-02 10:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN768 FITCH RATES ARMENIA "BB-" WITH A STABLE
[...] (SBU) On June 5, 2006, Fitch Ratings assigned Armenia foreign and local Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of "BB-" with a Stable Outlook. This is the first time Armenia has received a sovereign credit rating from an internationally-recognized rating company. Representatives from the Central Bank o [...]
2006-06-06 11:46:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD AM
06YEREVAN850ARMENIA: UN OPTIONAL ANTI-TORTURE CONVENTION
[...] The United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment came into force June 22 in Armenia. The Parliament unanimously ratified the Protocol on May 31. The Protocol, which the UN General Assembly adopted in December [...]
2006-06-23 11:20:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AM
06YEREVAN910ARMENIA'S "LEAST COST" ENERGY FUTURE INCLUDES
[...] (SBU) At a June 30 conference to plot out how Armenia's energy generation capability needs to change to match its projected demand, GOAM energy policy leaders and top USAID consultants presented persuasive arguments that Armenia must replace its aging nuclear power plant by 2015 with a new nuc [...]
2006-07-06 12:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL KNNP AM
06YEREVAN985DEFENSE MINISTER SARGSIAN OFFICIALLY ENTERS THE
[...] (C) Although parliamentary elections are still nearly a year away and presidential elections are almost two years off, Armenia's political scene has begun to coalesce. Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian has long been tipped as the likely successor to President Kocharian, and on July 14, he declar [...]
2006-07-21 13:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AM
06ZAGREB1TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...]
2006-01-01 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR
06ZAGREB1039ARTICLE 98: MESIC'S COUNTERPROPOSAL
[...] (C) Presidential foreign policy advisor Tomislav Jakic wrote former Ambassador Frank in late June (reftel) stating that President Mesic's office had examined the US draft "security cooperation agreement" which incorporated non-extradition language without specific mention of the ICC or Article [...]
2006-08-31 13:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1051KEEP CROATIA IN GSP
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post strongly supports the retention of Croatia's GSP eligibility and believes that there is a firm policy basis for such a decision. Among the factors we believe the Washington inter-agency should consider when reviewing Croatia's status are: supporting regional [...]
2006-09-05 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD HR
06ZAGREB1055GOC SKETCHES OUT RETURNEE HOUSING PROGRAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On 25 August the GOC approved a housing program for ethnic Serbs that provides for the construction of apartments for former tenancy rights holders (socialized housing) in non-war affected areas (outside the Areas of Special State Concern, or ASSC). The $500 million [...]
2006-09-06 08:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV HR HUMAN RIGHTS
06ZAGREB1092NEW GAS PIPELINE ASSURES WINTER SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The completion of a major new gas pipeline linking Croatia's Adriatic gas fields to the mainland gas distribution system is a major step forward in bolstering the country's near-term energy security. When the pipeline comes on line at the end of the year, domestic gas productio [...]
2006-09-13 06:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON HR
06ZAGREB1231SCENESETTER - PM SANADER’S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...]
2006-10-11 10:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB1232CROATIA RESOLVES BILATERAL ISSUE WITH ITALY; STILL
[...] (U) Removing a bilateral irritant and potential obstacle to EU membership, the GOC announced October 9 that it would acknowledge by exchange of diplomatic notes with Italy that Croatian citizens face no obstacles buying real estate in Italy, and it will extend the principle of reciprocity to I [...]
2006-10-11 12:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL HR IT REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1260FAR RIGHT POSITIONS ITSELF FOR 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary and comment: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) has consolidated its status as a major right-wing political party and gained greater acceptability as a democratic political entity, although some statements made by its leaders occasionally echo its extreme nationalist past. Domestica [...]
2006-10-18 07:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS
06ZAGREB1296CROATIA ASSESSES HOW TO MEET GROWING ELECTRICITY DEMAND
[...] Summary: Although Croatia's electricity supply is sufficient for current needs, government and industry are looking at ways to meet increased future demand while complying with various EU energy directives. Plans have already been mooted for new gas and coal-fired thermal plants, as well as hy [...]
2006-10-25 13:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON HR
06ZAGREB1332 CROATIA TAKES REGIONAL ROLE IN AVIAN INFLUENZA, BEGINS
[...] SUMMARY: Although there have been no new incidents of the H5N1 virus in Croatia, the country's designated avian influenza lab has begun active monitoring of wild birds as well as testing poultry suppliers on request. The director of the Poultry Center at the Croatian Veterinary Institute said h [...]
2006-11-03 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB1338CROATIA INCSR 2006 - PART ONE
[...] (U) Below please find per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling, particularly heroi [...]
2006-11-06 14:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR
06ZAGREB1362SEAS RICKMAN SCENESETTER: ANTI-SEMITISM RARE, BUT SPLIT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Overt anti-Semitic acts are rare in Croatia; the Government, NGOs and religious communities work together to promote tolerance as part of Croatia's recovery from ethnic conflict which ended eleven years ago. When members of the Jewish community were harassed in Zagre [...]
2006-11-13 15:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HR
06ZAGREB1380DEBATE ON GLAVAS DETENTION DIVIDES PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks postponed a vote today that may have led to the release of MP Branimir Glavas from detention (reftels). The planned vote did not have PM Ivo Sanader's support and had sparked widespread public criticism. Glavas has been in detention [...]
2006-11-17 16:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1392CROATIAN PM SANADER SAYS HE CANNOT SUPPORT THE
[...] (C) Summary: It would not be possible for him to support the Bosnian constitutional reform package from last spring, PM Ivo Sanader told the Ambassador November 20. Doing so would pit him against half the BiH Croatian community as well as the Catholic church, and would damage him both at ho [...]
2006-11-20 16:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR BK
06ZAGREB1394Croatia looks to wind for clean energy source
[...] (SUMMARY) Driving along the coastal highway, the 14 recently erected windmills appear on a bluff above the town of Sibenik, evoking sighs of delight from some and dismay from others. Croatians are split over whether windmills are another man-made environmental hazard or the means to help the co [...]
2006-11-21 11:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON HR
06ZAGREB1467CROATIA ON CEFTA: SIGN AND KEEP TALKING
[...] (SBU) In a December 11 meeting with Croatian MFA State Secretary Hido Biscevic, Ambassador urged the GOC to show SIPDIS flexibility in working to find a solution to the current disagreement with Bosnia over CEFTA, stressing Croatia's role in the region and the fact that a CEFTA without Bosni [...]
2006-12-12 14:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PGOV HR BK SY
06ZAGREB1504CROATIA VOTES TO ACTIVATE ADRIATIC FISHING ZONE IN 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amid no small amount of political posturing, the Croatian parliament voted to activate Croatia's self-declared Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone (ZERP) in the Adriatic as of January 1, 2008. The ZERP, first enacted prior to the last round of parliamentary elections in 2003, [...]
2006-12-21 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS ECIN HR
06ZAGREB159OPPOSITION ALIVE AND KICKING, BUT POWER CAN WAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 10:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB168Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the gr [...]
2006-02-09 13:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV HR
06ZAGREB173Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the g [...]
2006-02-10 10:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV HR
06ZAGREB203CROATIA SPINS VICTORY ON BALKAN FREE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Croatian PM Ivo Sanader scored domestic political points over the past two weeks in the controversy surrounding proposals for a Western Balkans Free Trade Agreement. Although the concept of a regional free trade agreement is one that Croatia has nominally support [...]
2006-02-16 09:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ECIN EU HR
06ZAGREB25Croatia Scene Setter for Lt. General Hanlon
[...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared the major political obst [...]
2006-01-09 07:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR HR
06ZAGREB266Croatia considering its geo-strategic
[...] Summary: Before Gazprom threw the switch on gas supplies to Ukraine on New Year's Day 2006, Croatia was already considering diversification of supply and its position in the regional energy sector. Croatia is a net importer of both oil and gas, with domestic production steadily declining. Th [...]
2006-03-01 10:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PREL EINV HR
06ZAGREB281CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND AND THE
[...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared major political obstacle [...]
2006-03-02 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV MARR HR
06ZAGREB298 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report. Last year, Croatia was ranked as a Tier 2 country and Post recommends retaining that ranking for this reporting period. The GOC is making a concerted effort to take a proactive stance against TIP. Towards that g [...]
2006-03-06 11:37:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
06ZAGREB311CROATIA DETERMINED TO RESOLVE LINGERING ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA State Secretary Hido Biscevic briefed Ambassador March 1 on PM Sanader,s February 28 meetings in Tirana with Albanian and Macedonian officials, and laid out the GOC,s plans to resolve a number of lingering bilateral issues with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) and Se [...]
2006-03-08 10:16:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL HR
06ZAGREB320CROATIA'S LIMITED ECONOMIC CHOICES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH CROATIA ENJOYS MODEST ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LOW INFLATION, TWO SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE LITTLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PARTIALLY, THIS IS THE RESULT OF POLITICAL INERTIA AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT ENTRENCHED INTE [...]
2006-03-09 14:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN HR
06ZAGREB337CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader have enjoyed several important successes since your last visit in May 2005. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and Hague indictee Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared majo [...]
2006-03-13 11:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB435HDZ: PARTY CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS EURO CREDENTIALS
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) used its 10th biennial party convention on April 1 in Vukovar to highlight its progress in bringing the country closer to Europe and EU membership. With leadership elections not due for another two years, this "reporting" congres [...]
2006-04-03 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB45CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]
2006-01-13 12:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB461VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...]
2006-04-11 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
06ZAGREB541CROATIA FOREIGN DEBT WORRIES CENTRAL BANK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia's foreign debt as a percentage of GDP reached 82.4 percent at the end of 2005 and has continued to climb in the first quarter of 2006, with some analysts predicting it could reach 86 percent of GDP by year's end. This seemingly insatiable appetite for foreign borrowin [...]
2006-04-27 14:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV HR
06ZAGREB729CROATIA EYES REGIONAL ENERGY MARKET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia currently covers 46 percent of its overall energy needs from domestic sources. However, the GOC predicts that by 2030 it will only be able to cover 30 percent or less if no other investments are made into the energy sector. Croatia is now engaged in several regional in [...]
2006-06-13 13:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV HR
06ZAGREB809(C) CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, NATO
[...] (C) Summary: The President's office and the Croatian Government are working on a "counterproposal" regarding the US desire to conclude a Bilateral Security Cooperation (Article 98) Agreement with the US, President Stjepan Mesic told Ambassador Frank during a June 29 farewell call. The two al [...]
2006-07-03 12:52:00Embassy ZagrebSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR HR
06ZAGREB823CROATIA SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During your July 9-10 stop in Dubrovnik for the conference "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us," you will witness firsthand the GoC's unshakable enthusiasm for promoting Euro-Atlantic integration. Still paddling on the wave of political op [...]
2006-07-07 11:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
06ZAGREB941AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...]
2006-08-08 11:58:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES
07ABIDJAN1018COTE D IVOIRE 2007 AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION
[...] Below is the text of Post's Eligibility Recommendation Input as emailed to EEB Janet Potash and USTR Connie Hamilton October 2nd: Country: COTE D'IVOIRE Current AGOA Status: Ineligible, Benefits Withdrawn January 1, 2005 Country Background Summary: Cote d'Ivoire's economy has struggled [...]
2007-10-03 16:57:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD XA IV
07ABIDJAN1110COTE D' IVOIRE SCENESETTER FOR D VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d,Ivoire. You will be the highest ranking USG official to visit Abidjan since 2005 when AF Assistant Secretary Connie Newman visited to discuss the peace process. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG interest i [...]
2007-10-31 18:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN1180COTE D'IVOIRE ADOPTS PLAN AGAINST CHILD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has adopted a National Plan of Action Against Child Trafficking and Labor that will run from September 2007 through December 2009. The plan's overall objectives are: to adopt laws specifically prohibiting these practices, to determine the scope of [...]
2007-11-27 16:22:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SMIG SOCI IV
07ABIDJAN120COTE D'IVOIRE: PARAMEDICS END DEBILITATING STRIKE
[...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire's "paramedics" (public health workers excluding doctors, who have pursued their own pay grievances independently) ended a 3-week old strike on January 29, following government commitments to give them two thirds of the pay increase they were demanding. This agreement, incre [...]
2007-02-01 11:51:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN1227SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Yours will be the second recent visit of high-level U.S. government officials, following the November visit of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG intere [...]
2007-12-14 17:49:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV
07ABIDJAN1265EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has the will to combat drug trafficking, but lacks the capacity. Also, as it concentrates on steering the country out of its five-year political crisis, its attention is focused on other priorities. The Inter-ministerial Committee to Combat Drug Traffick [...]
2007-12-31 16:33:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID KCRM PREL SOCI SNAR IV
07ABIDJAN135COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...]
2007-02-06 13:17:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD IV
07ABIDJAN14COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...]
2007-01-05 16:39:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
07ABIDJAN227COTE D'IVOIRE: 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup atempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoir has been partitioned in two with the governmentmaintaining control of the south and the rebel Nw Forces controlling the north. Tensions between he two sides have lessened through internationalmediation effort [...]
2007-03-02 07:35:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ABIDJAN560COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FALTERS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Privately-owned national electricity distribution company CIE and the Ministry of Energy and Mines continue to squabble over who is to blame for shortfalls in investments needed to boost natural gas production to meet national and regional energy needs. CIE, owned by French f [...]
2007-05-29 13:19:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON IV PGOV PREL
07ABIDJAN606COTE D'IVOIRE: ASECNA AVIATION FEES
[...] (U) This cable answers questions 1, 2 and 4 of reftel, and provides a partial answer to question 3. Septel will provide the balance of the responses once they are received from host government officials. 2. (U) Questions and Answers: Question 1) Are the airports (DIAP in Abidjan, DIYO [...]
2007-06-08 13:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKREC MARR MOPS PREL IV
07ABUDHABI102 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION
[...] Summary: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" describes President Bush's State of the Union speech as a depiction of the quagmire United States is currently experiencing. It assertsd that the policy of the neoconservatives needs to change from unilateralism to multilateralism when dealing with inte [...]
2007-01-25 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1021WILL UAE ENERGY NEEDS PROMPT IRAN-UAE GAS DEAL?
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iran has expressed interest in improving energy cooperation with the UAE and has had "on again off again" discussions with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi about gas purchase agreements. However, Abu Dhabi authorities are skeptical about the reliability of the Iranians [...]
2007-06-20 10:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL ECON IR AE
07ABUDHABI1119FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...]
2007-07-03 11:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO
07ABUDHABI1214SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...]
2007-07-19 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1257PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE
[...] (SBU) On July 25 Emboff met with Anwar Barout, MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations, to urge UAEG adoption of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) at its earliest opportunity. Emboff noted that other states in the Gulf region including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar (also Eg [...]
2007-07-26 13:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL AE
07ABUDHABI1292SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S
[...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]
2007-08-01 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1294ABU DHABI'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS -- THE TRILLION
[...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information. 2. (C/NF) Summary: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is the largest and most powerful of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, with over 90% of oil and gas reserves, and about 60% of GDP. In addition, it directly funds over half of [...]
2007-08-01 14:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV EFIN ECON PINR AE
07ABUDHABI1458FREEDOM AGENDA UPDATE FOR UAE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is a relatively progressive yet still conservative Muslim state with a large and diverse foreign population. The expansion of Western style freedoms is incremental. Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai regularly meet with UAEG officials and the broader [...]
2007-08-30 15:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KMPI KPAO SCUL XF AE
07ABUDHABI1479SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...]
2007-09-05 13:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE
07ABUDHABI1687AMABASSADOR LAGON'S VISIT TO UAE KEEPS SHARP FOCUS
[...] (C) During a September 24 through 25 visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),addressed USG concerns regarding UAEG's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) with both Federal and Emirate level [...]
2007-10-10 05:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE
07ABUDHABI1699SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...]
2007-10-10 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1700UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB
[...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...]
2007-10-10 14:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI18402007-08 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 10:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM AE
07ABUDHABI1864ASSESSMENT OF UAE TOOLS FOR USE AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy provides the following assessment of UAE tools that could be used against Iranian financial institutions. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Regulatory Regime ----------------- Â [...]
2007-11-08 04:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP AE
07ABUDHABI1865UAE DRAFT 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] (U) The following is our draft text for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed, a word document has been e-mailed directly to USTR. Begin Text UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was $6.21 billion thro [...]
2007-11-08 07:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EAGR AE
07ABUDHABI1869KEEPING THE FOCUS ON FREEDOM -- UAE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: This message reflects priorities in the U.S. Mission to the UAE's Democracy Strategy, originally designed in 2005 (ref J) and substantially updated in July, 2007 (ref F). It is designed to guide the practical application of resources, both programmatic and diplomatic, in pursui [...]
2007-11-08 13:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI PGOV ELAB PHUM KPAO AE
07ABUDHABI1891INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT: ABU DHABI
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A request for interim assessment of UAEG efforts toward advancement of TIP goals. As confirmed by Ambassador Lagon's September visit (ref D),the UAE seeks to gain respect for its compassionate treatment of foreign workers and build institutions to s [...]
2007-11-15 16:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB UN AE
07ABUDHABI203 UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 10:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
07ABUDHABI208Federal National Council Set to Convene February 12 - UAEG
[...] On February 6, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a decree setting the date for the FNC's opening session as Monday, February 12. At the same time he announced that plans were under development--and would soon be announced--to strengthen the FNC's legislative powers, and c [...]
2007-02-11 06:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM AE
07ABUDHABI240UAE Press Highlight FTA "Progress"
[...] (SBU) On February 13, the UAEG issued a press release on the progress of the free trade agreement negotiations and on the intention to restart the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council that received extensive UAE press coverage. The UAEG's press release specifically did not m [...]
2007-02-13 12:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL AE
07ABUDHABI245TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary. The USG has approached the UAEG since 2003 about concerns with Human Appeal International (HAI) with little progress. Despite assurances U/S Levey received in May 2006, HAI,s Dubai branch office still appears to be operational. Post has no objections to a designation but sugges [...]
2007-02-13 15:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON AE
07ABUDHABI368UAE 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]
2007-03-05 15:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUJA1012NIGERIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: FURTHER SUGGESTIONS
[...] (C) As both international and domestic observers reported, the April elections took place in a political environment of manipulation, bribery, intimidation and outright fraud. Independent observers (including IRI and NDI) have been clear in their assessments of the shortcomings of the electi [...]
2007-05-22 15:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI
07ABUJA1056NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S MAY 28-30
[...] (C) U.S. Embassy Abuja warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer and SIPDIS Special Assistant Fatuma Sanneh, who will visit Nigeria for the May 29 presidential inauguration. Your trip comes during a time of political tension and confusion. The April 1 [...]
2007-05-25 13:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL NI
07ABUJA1169A/S FRAZER'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH NIGERIAN CIVIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met on May 29 with representatives of civil society groups that had been involved in the 2007 elections. While the participants disagreed amongst themselves on many of the issues surrounding the elections, they agreed that the Nigerian electorate had been, in effect, [...]
2007-06-11 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA122NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...]
2007-01-19 10:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI
07ABUJA1238PAY HIKE FOR YAR'ADUA, TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC),which monitors withdrawals from the Federation Account, recommends revenue sharing agreements across the three tiers of government, and recommends salaries and other allowances for public officials announced a new Consolidated [...]
2007-06-13 15:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA1262NIGERIA: EX-IM BANK ABUJA VISIT
[...] Summary. ExIm Bank officials visited Abuja June 11, 2007 to assess the banking sector and country risk. They visited the Ministry of Finance (MOF),Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),and the Debt Management Office (DMO). They had further meetings [...]
2007-06-18 08:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1278NIGERIA: LABOR TO COMMENCE NATIONAL STRIKE JUNE 20
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced on June 18 that they will call on member unions to initiate an indefinite national strike beginning at midnight on June 20. Talks between the GON and the union confederations ende [...]
2007-06-18 15:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB NI
07ABUJA1302NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE -- SITREP #1
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated a national labor strike at midnight on the morning on June 20. Oil companies report that essential personnel have reported for work and there is no impact as of yet on production. Airports closed in Abuj [...]
2007-06-20 13:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM ENRG EAIR NI
07ABUJA1317NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #3
[...] (SBU) The national labor strike continues June 21 and it appears Nigeria is headed for a third day of striking. The meeting between labor leaders and the GON which was scheduled for 10 AM June 21 did not/not take place. According to NLC Deputy General Secretary Olaitan Oyerinde, it was clear [...]
2007-06-21 14:52:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC NI
07ABUJA1326NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #4
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) As Nigeria enters Day Three of the national labor strike, fuel availability and transportation remain critical problems. Though the strike remains peaceful, road blocks (some set up by labor sympathizers and others by groups of hoodlums) have been reported in Jos, Gombe, Kano [...]
2007-06-22 13:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
07ABUJA1342NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #5
[...] (SBU) Labor unions and the GON reached agreement late on June 23 (Day Four of the strike),with the strike officially ending at midnight that night. The agreement followed a reported intervention by President Yar'adua. In public statements immediately following the announcement of an agreeme [...]
2007-06-25 14:52:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
07ABUJA1353NIGERIA: CURRENT DEBT PROFILE AND FUTURE DEBT PLANS
[...] Summary. On June 11, Econ and EXIM bank officers met with Nigeria's Debt Management Office (DMO). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) external debt as of March 2007 stood at $3.287 billion, of which 87% was held by multilateral institutions. Domestic debt totaled 1.87 trillion naira ($14.7 bi [...]
2007-06-26 15:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1367NIGERIA: LABOR STRIKE HITS ECONOMY HARD
[...] Summary. The four-day nationwide strike that ended on June 23 impacted the Nigerian economy negatively in diverse ways. Many businesses were completely paralyzed; important government and business operations were suspended; and most commerce via ports was shut down. With fuel unavailable fo [...]
2007-06-27 15:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB NI
07ABUJA1435NIGERIA'S VISION--AFRICA'S FINANCIAL CENTER
[...] Summary. On June 18-20, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unveiled it vision for Nigeria's financial future, presenting a report titled "FSS 2020, Building Africa's Center of Choice". The FSS 2020 vision refers to the potential for Nigeria to emerge as the top economy in Africa and the 20th la [...]
2007-07-06 10:35:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1438NIGERIA'S VISION--AFRICA'S FINANCIAL CENTER
[...] Summary. On June 18-20, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unveiled it vision for Nigeria's financial future, presenting a report titled "FSS 2020, Building Africa's Center of Choice". The FSS 2020 vision refers to the potential for Nigeria to emerge as the top economy in Africa and the 20th la [...]
2007-07-06 11:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1508NIGERIAN PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES PARALYZED BY
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: There has been little progress in recent months within the Government of Nigeria (GON) to expand its peacekeeping role in Darfur and Somalia under the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The GON has been without ministerial le [...]
2007-07-13 12:54:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PINR PREL NI
07ABUJA151 2007 BUDGET UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: On January 8, 2007, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) held a briefing discussing the 2007 budget. President Obasanjo submitted the budget to the National Assembly (NA) on October 11, 2006 and it was passed on December 20, 2006. The budget cycle for the GON is by calendar year and this i [...]
2007-01-24 10:28:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON NI
07ABUJA1545 NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S END OF TOUR OBSERVATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In Africa, Nigeria has been indispensable to the U.S. It supplies a growing percentage of our oil and gas, is the site of our second largest investment on the continent (albeit almost solely in oil and gas),and, with up to one-quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, it [...]
2007-07-20 06:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
07ABUJA1575NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES SHARE CONCERNS WITH DOE A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gas exploration is necessary to meet supply commitments for both export and domestic use and the Government of Nigeria (GON) should provide adequate fiscal terms for international oil companies (IOCs) to invest in gas development for domestic use, according to IOCs Total, Shell, [...]
2007-07-24 15:30:00Embassy AbujaSECRETENRG EPET ECON PREL
07ABUJA1582NIGERIA: MISSING LONG-TERM ENERGY PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria faces power problems despite abundant oil and gas resources because it does not have a coherent long-term energy plan, according to Dr. Joseph Makoju, Special Adviser to the President on Electric Power. Since 2005, the GON has spent $13.7 billion on the power sector, h [...]
2007-07-25 11:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV EAID NI
07ABUJA1607NIGERIA: DOMESTIC ENERGY SECTOR IN TRANSITION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's power sector was in transition and the World Bank was integrally involved in this process, according to World Bank (WB) Energy Specialist Waqar Haider. He identified three aspects to the transition: unbundling the Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA); regulatory fun [...]
2007-07-26 14:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV EAID NI
07ABUJA1614NIGERIA: WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank-assisted West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project was nearing completion, but faced several lingering impediments, according to Senior World Bank (WB) Energy Specialist Waqar Haider. The pipeline would not be commissioned until June 2008 at the earliest. Pipeli [...]
2007-07-27 06:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV EAID NI
07ABUJA1638 NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA HOLDS ENERGY PORTFOLIO
[...] Summary. (U) President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. To assist managing the portfolio three deputy ministers have been appointed to oversee Power, Petroleum, and Gas. This decision is connected to the president's campaign promise that h [...]
2007-07-30 15:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA164NIGERIAN PARADOX - PETROL SHORTAGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Long gasoline queues have become endemic in the past two months. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) insists that the product stock available is enough to serve the entire country and that pipeline vandalisms is causing the supply hiccups. Pipeline sabotage has [...]
2007-01-25 16:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI PETROL
07ABUJA1642NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY PUSHES FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three months after Nigeria's deeply flawed elections, civil society is keeping the pressure on the new administration to acknowledge the failures of the 2007 elections and reform the electoral process. The week of July 23, civil society held two events: (1) a citizens' electora [...]
2007-07-31 15:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1694NIGERIA: ECON-RELATED NEW MINISTER BIOS
[...] SUMMARY: The incoming Ministers come from a variety of backgrounds in keeping with Nigeria's ethnic diversity and several analysts have praised the appointments. President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. Questions remain on several Ministe [...]
2007-08-07 15:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1749BUHARI LAWYER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Buhari's attorney Mike Ahamba (strictly protect) expressed displeasure at the pace of the Presidential Election Tribunal proceedings, averred that his case is solid, and maintained hope in the impartiality of the tribunal process. When the tribunal's substantive hearing begins in [...]
2007-08-14 15:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
07ABUJA182ELECTIONS PARTNERS -- KEEPING PREPARATIONS ON TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with representatives of IFES, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and PACT Nigeria on January 25 to discuss ongoing elections preparations efforts. INEC continues to register large numbers of voters in the final weeks of the registration exercise, claiming [...]
2007-01-26 11:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1828NIGERIA: BANKING CONSOLIDATION SECOND WAVE
[...] Summary. The second wave of banking consolidation is underway with a large portion of the banking community under-banked. By the end of 2007 at least 7 banks will have share capital in excess of $1 billion and ten with over $2 billion. Banks are raising additional capital in both the domest [...]
2007-08-23 09:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1865NIGERIA: NAIRA REDENOMINATION FLIP-FLOP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The sudden suspension of the naira re-denomination policy by the Government of Nigeria (GON) demonstrates a lack of coordination and cohesion in President Umar Yar'adua's economic team. Such policy flip-flops affect Nigeria's credibility adversely in the international financial [...]
2007-08-29 06:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
07ABUJA1876NIGERIA: CONGRESSMAN PAYNE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT,
[...] SUMMARY. Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne discussed regional security issues, the Gulf of Guinea partnership, electoral reform, economic development and anti-corruption efforts in a meeting on August 20. Yar'Adua reiterated Nigeria's comm [...]
2007-08-30 08:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPKO KCOR NI
07ABUJA1907 NIGERIA: ROAD MAP TO ECONOMIC REFORMS
[...] Summary. The Nigerian government (GON) has introduced new policies hoping to accelerate growth and sustain macroeconomic stability. The policies are in-line with the new administration's mantra of upholding the constitution and following rule of law, respect for due process, integrity, accoun [...]
2007-09-04 13:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
07ABUJA1948GON CRITICIZES EMBASSIES FOR NOT GETTING OUT THE
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 5 briefing for the Diplomatic Corps in Abuja, Foreign Minister Maduekwe and other senior officials described the GON's efforts to address the problems of the Niger Delta and improve the security situation there. The officials described the government's "holistic app [...]
2007-09-07 09:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA200CRITERIA TO EVALUATE NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) This cable suggests the criteria by which USG might evaluate the credibility of Nigeria's 2007 elections. The criteria take into account relevant international standards such as the ECOWAS Democracy Charter, SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, and the Inter-Par [...]
2007-01-30 15:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA2020NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S WORLD VIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria, has a long history of involvement in politics, where he is a survivor, as well as some involvement with foreign relations. Since taking over the helm of the ministry in late July 2007, he has pontificated to the d [...]
2007-09-17 13:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
07ABUJA2059NIGERIA: TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION 2006 DATA
[...] The following are statistical data for 2006 on textile and apparel production in Nigeria. At this time, 2007 data are unavailable: -- Total industrial production - $59.5 billion, comprising crude petroleum ($55 billion),mining and quarrying ($181 million),and manufacturing ($4.3 billion) [...]
2007-09-24 06:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KTEX ELAB ENRG EPET NI
07ABUJA2108NIGERIA - 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560 (World Bank 2006 Data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate democracy during handover from civili [...]
2007-10-02 12:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON NI
07ABUJA2191NIGERIA: INDUSTRY HURTING IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Northern business leaders were unanimous in voicing their displeasure with current economic conditions in the region. The supply of electricity is epileptic, requiring expensive generators run on expensive fuel to operate businesses. An energy expert provided a dire overview o [...]
2007-10-17 12:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI
07ABUJA220CROSS RIVER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ON THE STATE
[...] (C) Action Congress (AC) Gubernatorial candidate Emmanuel Ibeshi discussed his campaign and the state of Cross River with Polcouns on January 31, highlighting the need for local government initiatives to "rescue" the state. He outlined his proposal to build development "communities" based o [...]
2007-02-02 13:47:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCRM NI
07ABUJA2203NIGERIA'S LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR FALLS ON HARD TIMES
[...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) has produced three former Nigerian rulers, and scores of ministers, flag-grade officers, and high-level civil servants. Described in past USG reporting as the "cradle of the elite of the elite," NIPSS has played [...]
2007-10-18 13:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO NI
07ABUJA2227NIGERIA 2008 BUDGET
[...] Summary: The GON proposes a budget of $18.66 billion (Naira 2.37 trillion) for the year 2008, 7 billion naira less than 2007 budget. The budget is scheduled to be presented by President Yar'Adua to a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, November 8. Total revenue accruable to [...]
2007-10-19 13:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
07ABUJA2232NIGERIA'S PDP - WHEN IS A PARTY NOT A PARTY?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Nigerian Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) cannot be viewed as a political party within the common western understanding. Like velveeta cheese, the labeling claims it is a party, but upon further inspection, it lacks key ingredients most political parties share. This i [...]
2007-10-19 16:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA2240NIGERIA: BANK CAPITALIZATION - OVERHEATING, OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's bank reforms, recapitalization, and consolidation in the sector have been positive and in line with other macroeconomic and financial reforms. Rapid capitalization has raised the issue of possible overheating if Nigeria's commercial banks rush to push available funds [...]
2007-10-22 16:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
07ABUJA2309SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, U.S. Mission Nigeria welcomes your November 11-13 visit to Abuja. Your visit comes during a period of relative political calm as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua nears the end of his first six months in office. With his cabinet finally in place, Yar'Adua's new administration [...]
2007-10-31 16:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMIL ECON EPET KDEM NI
07ABUJA2320NIGERIA: GOVT. PRACTICES - INFO COLLECTION,
[...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on GON information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Watchlisting (C) The government of Nigeria (GON) maintains a watchlist which consists of binders with names and photographs of individuals of interest, coded by threat (terrorist [...]
2007-11-01 10:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR
07ABUJA233ELECTION PARTNERS: SKEPTICISM OVER VOTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with representatives of IFES, the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI) and PACT Nigeria on February 1 to discuss ongoing elections preparations efforts. Though INEC extended the voters registration exercise to Febru [...]
2007-02-05 15:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA2330WATER- A CHERISHED COMMODITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hadelia Jama'are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) covers over 45,000 square kilometers with the potential to irrigate 212,000 hectares in Kano, Bauch and Jigawa states. Agriculture is a big driver of Nigerian economic performance representing nearly 41% of GDP and [...]
2007-11-02 11:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO SENV PGOV SOCI NI
07ABUJA2369NIGERIA 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $25.7 billion in 2006, an increase of $3.1 billion from $22.6 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.2 billion, up 37.6 percent [...]
2007-11-13 12:47:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NI
07ABUJA2375NIGERIAN SSS ARRESTS ALLEGED TERRORIST OPERATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's domestic intelligence agency the State Security Service (SSS) officially acknowledged the arrests of militants with suspected terrorist links who possessed "explosive-making devices," confirming an earlier leaked, though not entirely accurate, press report. The announce [...]
2007-11-13 17:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV NI KDEM
07ABUJA2382NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12 meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua pledged to continue and deepen the U.S.-Nigerian bilateral partnership. The Deputy Secretary praised the Yar'Adua government's commitmen [...]
2007-11-15 13:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL MASS NI
07ABUJA2400NIGERIAN NAIRA CLIMBS AGAINST THE US DOLLAR
[...] Summary: The Nigerian naira has appreciated steadily against the U.S. dollar since September 2007. On October 23, the naira climbed to 118.50 per one dollar; its strongest level since July 2002. Experts suggest the appreciation may continue until the end of January 2008. The stability of [...]
2007-11-16 13:28:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV NI
07ABUJA2417NIGERIA: 2008 BUDGET SHIFT TO INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Summary: President Umar Musa Yar'adua presented to the National Assembly (NA) his 2008 federal government budget of $21.11 billion (2.47 trillion naira - exchange rate of 117 naira to one dollar) on November 8. The 2008 budget is a 6.5% increase from 2007 budget. The 2008 budget is nearl [...]
2007-11-19 15:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV NI
07ABUJA2428ABUJA SCENESETTER FOR AMB. YATES AND VICE ADMIRAL
[...] (C) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes your November 27-29 visit to Abuja. Your visit comes at a pivotal time in West Africa's engagement with Africom. Popular and official misunderstanding of the Africom concept, regional pride, and colonial baggage have made Nigeria and other regional c [...]
2007-11-21 16:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PMIL KPKO NI
07ABUJA2513CAMEROONIAN VICE PREMIER DISCUSSES BAKASSI WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting, Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister Ali told Nigerian President Yar'Adua that the Nigerian Senate resolution condemning the ceding of Bakassi was an entirely internal affair, to which Cameroon would not react. Cameroonian High Commissioner told PolOffs Yar'Adua [...]
2007-12-06 16:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CM NI
07ABUJA2589NIGERIA-IMF ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION, ECONOMIC DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVISORY DISCUSSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 12:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON EPET EAID PINR NI
07ABUJA2600TIFA COUNCIL- U.S.-NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting with the Government of Nigeria (GON),the U.S. and GON agreed on a work plan and joint-communique that paves the way forward for greater dialogue and engagement. Several GON officials expressed interes [...]
2007-12-21 12:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI
07ABUJA403IWU: "ELECTION GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN"
[...] (C) Summary: INEC Chairman Maurice Iwu said that election preparations are "going according to plan" and that he hopes the April 14 and 21 polls will be "hitch free." Sixty-one million voters have been registered, and according to Iwu, INEC is now in the process of checking each state's vote [...]
2007-03-02 10:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA426 THE THIRD IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI
[...] Summary. On March 3, 2007, the IMF held a briefing of the 3rd review of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Michael Bell, IMF Senior Resident Representative, stated that the report is still a work-in-progress and that discussions with the GON are at an interim stage, but the IMF has seen good [...]
2007-03-06 17:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD ECON PINR NI
07ABUJA441NIGERIA - 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In response to reftel, this cable contains Nigeria's submission for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA. . Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- -------- . 2. The Nigerian government (GON) is working towards reducing the [...]
2007-03-08 07:57:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON NI
07ABUJA460BUGAJE: A BAD ELECTION BETTER THAN A DELAYED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both external pressure from the international community and domestic activism are needed to ensure that the Nigerian Government sticks to its constitutionally mandated electoral calendar. Failure to adhere to the current calendar would plunge the country into a crisis of legitim [...]
2007-03-09 11:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA462ELECTION 2007 THIS WAY COMES
[...] (C) Summary: Worries about election readiness from the technical and political perspectives dominated the Embassy's March 8 meeting with NDI, IRI, and IFES. Though INEC has finished drafting polling day procedures, IFES and UNDP experts are troubled by many of them and are negotiating for r [...]
2007-03-09 13:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA484AMIN CHAIRMAN WARNS OF EXTREMISM, PLEDGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, Poloff met with Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh Al-Hussaini, Chairman of the Assembly of Muslims in Nigeria (AMIN),at his Abuja residence. Sheikh Al-Hussaini is also Chairman of the Fatwa Committee of both the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria and the Jama'a [...]
2007-03-13 13:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL PTER SOCI NI
07ABUJA524DEMOCRACY PARTNERS CONCERNED ELECTION CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With less than one month to go before elections the Nigeria-based U.S. election partners, NDI, IRI, PACT, and IFES, are strongly concerned that an election crisis is looming. The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has yet to begin basic election preparation [...]
2007-03-16 11:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA564SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate President Ken Nnamani says he is under immense pressure from President Obasanjo to manage sensitive debate at the National Assembly in the Executive's favor. Meanwhile, Nnamani continues to say that his objective is to remain neutral and ensure that elections happen on ti [...]
2007-03-22 16:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA582MISSION PLANS TO OBSERVE NIGERIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigerians are scheduled to vote for Governors and State Assembly members on April 14 and for the President and National Assembly members on April 21. These elections will mark the first transition of power from one civilian government to another in Nigeria's history. Election [...]
2007-03-26 13:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC AMGT EAID KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA597SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTION -
[...] (U) Following is an assessment of the current state of Nigeria's election preparations, keyed to REF A approved criteria. This is the first of four initial responses and updates as required. A. Pre-Election Technical Preparations (1) (U) Is the revised electoral law considered to be [...]
2007-03-27 16:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA598ELECTION PARTNERS CONCERNED OVER VOTERS ROLL
[...] (C) Summary: A random spot check of the quality of the voter's register by an American elections partner has raised troubling questions about the quality of INEC's final product. The check revealed numerous duplicate registrants, obviously underage children registered as voters, and entries l [...]
2007-03-27 17:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA618PROSPECTS FOR NIGERIA'S FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Nigeria is only two-and-a-half weeks away from State Governor and Assembly elections, and three-and-a-half from Presidential and National Assembly elections. Despite the short timeframe, there is considerable disagreement among Nigerians about whether the elections will happen, what they [...]
2007-03-30 06:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
07ABUJA628NIGERIA'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections, from some angles Nigeria's economic performance looks impressive: low debt, high reserves, strong export earnings, stable inflation, GDP per capita up, strong non-oil sector growth, improved budget management, and increasingly modern banking all form the b [...]
2007-03-30 14:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN ENRG EAID SOCI NI
07ABUJA630A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Political violence has increased over the past several months and many fear this trend will only worsen before the April elections. The driving force is a desire to capture power and control of state resources at all costs. Nigeria,s rampant corruption and patronage-based system support [...]
2007-03-30 15:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA631INEC: PREPARATIONS FOR 2003 VS. 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The current posture of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and preparations for the 2007 elections raise worrisome echoes of the failures of 2003, when preparations were inadequate and polling itself was embroiled in disarray, misconduct and confrontation [...]
2007-03-30 16:13:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA632IWU: INEC PREPARED, STEADY AND READY TO GO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: INEC Chairman Maurice Iwu told a packed audience of diplomats in Abuja that INEC is prepared to conduct credible elections as scheduled. He said that INEC had no intention of delaying the elections because of the death of a presidential candidate, although he acknowledged that i [...]
2007-03-30 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA666APRIL ELECTIONS, A SHAM IN SHAMBLES
[...] (C) Summary: American election partners to date have yet to see a template or ballot for next month's elections. Despite assurances from INEC chairman Professor Maurice Iwu, there is no evidence that any of the estimated 300 million ballots needed have been designed, printed or distributed. [...]
2007-04-10 14:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA668NIGERIAN ELECTIONS: CHAIRMAN IWU STILL BOBBING AND
[...] (C) In a April 6 meeting with local Chiefs of Mission (COMs),Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu at first insisted that all international observers of the forthcoming Nigerian elections would need to attend an orientation conference in Abuja the week of April [...]
2007-04-10 18:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA685NIGERIA: IF ACCREDITATION IS THIS DISORGANIZED...
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. INEC's April 10-11 Abuja accreditation briefing for international and domestic observers, clearly thrown together with little or no preparation, provided few answers and raised more doubt as to INEC's organizational capabilities. Iwu and other INEC officials, while offering li [...]
2007-04-11 15:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
07ABUJA708NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 2
[...] SUMMARY: With a couple of hours to go before the close of polls, confusion continues in the Gubernatorial elections in Nigeria. As of noon, mission, international and domestic observers report that the majority of polling stations have yet to receive materials. As the day wears on, more sec [...]
2007-04-14 13:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA717NNAMANI-- THE WORST ELECTION IN ENUGU'S HISTORY
[...] (U) Summary: Senate President Ken Nnamani summoned Poloff to his Enugu home late in the afternoon April 14. He pronounced Saturday's poll to be "the worst election in the history of the state" and reported that most of the people of Enugu (including the Senator and his family) had been dise [...]
2007-04-16 16:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA725DOMESTIC MONITORS RAISE CONCERN, REJECT RESULTS OF
[...] (U) A coalition of Nigerian civil society organizations including the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG),Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN),Labor Monitoring Team (LEMT),Women Environmental Program (WEP),Muslim League for Accountability (MULAC),Center for Democracy [...]
2007-04-17 15:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA746OBSERVATION OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A single characterization of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly elections across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones is impossible. Observations cover the full range -- from parts of Enugu and the Niger Delta regions where elections were simply never held, to some areas [...]
2007-04-19 15:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA766NIGERIAN "ELECTION" A CHARADE
[...] (C) Serious irregularities and blatant fraud were observed around the country during Nigeria's April 21 election. In many parts of Nigeria, especially in rural areas, no voting took place. Where voting did occur, it began several hours late, turnout was low, and the conduct of the polls was [...]
2007-04-23 14:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA768CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REJECT APRIL 21 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Begin summary: The Domestic Election Observation Group, a coalition of civil society organizations in Nigeria, has rejected and called for the cancellation of the April 21 Nigeria presidential and national assembly elections. At a press conference in Abuja, the group described the elections [...]
2007-04-24 06:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA786AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF THE 2007 NIGERIA ELECTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's April 14 (governors and state legislators) and April 21 (the Presidency and the National Assembly) elections were characterized by logistical and procedural shortcomings and by fraud. The announced results of the presidential, gubernatorial and Assembly races cannot be [...]
2007-04-25 15:34:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA787OBSERVATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The April 21 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred with irregularities similar to those of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly polls (Ref. C). However, in some instances, irregularities observed were significantly worse than the previous weekend's [...]
2007-04-25 15:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA791NIGERIA: LABOR CALLS ON GON TO REJECT ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on its strong April 17 statement on the Gubernatorial and state assembly elections (reftel),the National Labor Congress (NLC) issued a statement on April 24 that "the long-term interests of our nation will be better served by rejecting these elections." The statem [...]
2007-04-26 12:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA793ELECTION RIGGING NIGERIAN STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: Governor Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) was pronounced by INEC to be the winner of Nigeria's April 21 presidential election. However, fraud and mismanagement plagued the poll at every stage, and it is therefore impossible to assert any meaningful relatio [...]
2007-04-26 14:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR NI
07ABUJA855 NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA SAYS REFORM WILL CONTINUE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 2, Nigeria President- elect Yar'adua affirmed that the reforms instituted under President Obasanjo will continue. He also said that election law and practice will be reviewed from the ground up. He criticized Nigerian political culture with its "winner take al [...]
2007-05-02 17:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
07ABUJA887PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S FORUM ON ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS
[...] Summary. In April, President Obasanjo hosted a "Presidential Forum with Stakeholders of the Economy". Presentations were made by key ministries and government agencies giving a glowing tribute to Obasanjo's leadership. The general theme was that there had been progress, but many challenges r [...]
2007-05-07 15:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR NI
07ABUJA922NIGERIA'S ELECTION TRIBUNALS - LAST HOPE OR CATCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As international and domestic observers hang their hopes for redemption of Nigeria's electoral process on the electoral tribunals and their hearing of appeals, new concerns emerge regarding the timeliness of convening the tribunals and the ability of petitioners to meet the strin [...]
2007-05-11 13:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KREL NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA953REVIEW OF NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEEDS-2
[...] Summary. On May 3, 2007, the Government of Nigeria (GON) presented a review of its National Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) and the status of its successor, NEEDS-2. NEEDS exceeded it targets but development challenges remain. NEEDS-2 takes a medium- term outlook from 2008-2011 a [...]
2007-05-16 11:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR NI
07ABUJA970LAWYERS PROTEST MAY 18
[...] (C) Summary: The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) urged its members to boycott the courts on May 18 as a nation-wide protest of conduct of the April 2007 elections. A legal contact told Poloff May 17 that lawyers were also planning a May 18 demonstration at the Abuja High Court, which he hope [...]
2007-05-18 12:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ACCRA1585A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS IN GHANA: SUDAN, SOMALIA, AU
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the July 18-19 AGOA Forum in Accra, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer and NSC Special Assistant to the President on African Affairs Bobby Pittman met with senior GOG officials, including outgoing Foreign Minister Akufo-Addo and President Kuf [...]
2007-07-25 17:09:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAU GH PGOV PREL SO SU
07ACCRA1849GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS: RESTRUCTURING TOWARD FULL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the fourth in a series of cables on Ghana's energy sector. The first, ref A, provided background on the crisis and near-term remedial measures. The second, ref B, focused primarily on the impact of the crisis on the mining sector. The third, ref C, provided an update on t [...]
2007-09-04 09:09:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG GH
07ACCRA1889OPPOSITION PARTY OUTLINES CASE FOR CHANGE IN
[...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with PolChief, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),Ghana's SIPDIS main opposition party, complained that the Electoral Commission (EC) failed to conduct its annual update of voter registration lists in 2007, which the NDC contends will [...]
2007-09-06 13:39:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GH
07ACCRA2077Ghana: Input for AGOA Eligibility Review
[...] Ghana is a country of about 22 million people with a constitutional democracy dominated by a strong presidency. President John Kufuor has governed since assuming office democratically in January 2001, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who ruled for 19 years. Presidential elections are scheduled for [...]
2007-10-01 17:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD GH
07ACCRA2381Ghana - Signs of Economic Overheating
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of its most recent mission to Ghana, the IMF expressed concern about an overall worsening of the macro-economic situation and signs that the economy may be overheating. While growth continues to be strong, foreign reserves are at worrisome levels, inflation seems st [...]
2007-11-08 13:40:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID GH
07ACCRA2385Ghana - National Trade Estimate 2008
[...] Summary. This cable contains Embassy Ghana's submission for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed reftel, a copy in Word format was submitted via e-mail to USTR. End Summary. 2. Begin Text of National Trade Estimate: TRADE SUMMARY ------------- (Not updated, per r [...]
2007-11-09 07:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN ECON GH
07ACCRA2443GHANAIAN WOMEN - 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS BUT A LONG WAY TO GO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing more than half the population, Ghanaian women have contributed substantially to Ghana's development since independence. Aside from their critical role in Ghana's economy, women participate in the public sphere, taking on leading positions in politics and civil socie [...]
2007-11-27 12:59:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI ECON GH
07ACCRA249A Hero's Homecoming for Kofi Annan
[...] (SBU) Summary: Homecoming celebrations marked the return to Ghana of former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on January 23, 2007. In a conciliatory gesture, main opposition National Democratic Party (NDC) presidential candidate John Atta Mills attended a welcoming reception hosted [...]
2007-02-06 08:38:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AORC GH
07ACCRA2511WOMEN IN GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT - ACHIEVEMENTS AND OBSTACLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women have contributed significantly to Ghana's social and economic development since its independence fifty years ago. They play a critical role in agriculture, Ghana's largest economic sector, and are responsible for most of the nation's food production. In recent years, Ghan [...]
2007-12-12 07:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI ECON ELAB GH
07ACCRA2604RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Resource nationalism in Ghana has not been a major concern for the extractive industries since the nationalization of mining interests in the 1970s. The policy was reversed in the l980s under the Rawlings administration. Per the 1992 Constitution, mineral resources are the [...]
2007-12-29 13:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT EINV EMIN ENRG GH
07ACCRA484DIVIDED POLITICS ON THE EVE OF GHANA'S JUBILEE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Heading into its Jubilee week, Ghanaian politics is heated and polarized. The ruling NPP party and the main opposition NDC party have recently offered contrasting views of the state of the nation. NDC presidential candidate John Atta Mills will participate in Jubilee activi [...]
2007-03-01 18:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGH KDEM PGOV PREL
07ACCRA497CHINESE INFLUENCE IN GHANA - AN UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Chinese involvement in Ghana, dating from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, is strong and growing. After independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought close ties with China, a relationship that continued throughout the Rawlings years. The bilateral friendship b [...]
2007-03-02 14:39:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL XA XE GH
07ACCRA731FOREIGN MINISTER ON GHANA AS AFRICAN UNION (AU)
[...] (U) Summary: In a March 23 speech to parliament Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo noted President Kufuor's busy agenda of upcoming meetings in his capacity as AU Chair. The centerpiece is the AU Summit in Accra on June 25-July 3, which he said would focus on how the Union should be [...]
2007-04-02 17:35:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALAORC ECON GH IV PREL SO SU ZI
07ACCRA847GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: his is the first in a series evaluting Ghana's energy crisis, focusing on near-term remedial power generation measures. Providing over 65 percent of the country's energy, the water level at Akosombo Dam is at a record low; dam operations are limited, load shedding is more freque [...]
2007-04-18 17:44:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD GH
07ADANA102SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 01 -03, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 01-03, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. GUNDEM: The DTP-supported parliame [...]
2007-08-06 07:37:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA123TURKEY: ADANA'S STAGNANT ECONOMY STILL AWAITING BTC-FUELED
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Adana's business leaders are starting to develop alternatives to the big business-driven model that characterized the city's early growth. While an overvalued lira, financial mismanagement and removal of textile quotas in 2005 have led to closures of several large textile busin [...]
2007-10-31 10:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PREL ENRG TU
07ADANA83SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 15, 2007
[...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 15, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. EKSPRES ONLINE/ HABERLER.COM / HABER3. [...]
2007-06-18 10:19:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1042AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country. While HPAI has been confirmed in several states bordering Ethiopia (Sudan and Djibouti) [...]
2007-04-09 14:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1104ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...]
2007-04-12 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1234SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf said the security situation in Somalia was improving, but that Council of Islamic Court (CIC) remnants in Mogadishu continued to provoke the TFG. While the [...]
2007-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET DJ QA EG IR
07ADDISABABA1235ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA ADDRESSES NWC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 14:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KDEM ET ER SO CH
07ADDISABABA1271DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING AVIAN AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE
[...] SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country (reftel b). The GOE's recent revamping of its National Task Force for the Prevention and Contr [...]
2007-04-24 08:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1275ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA
[...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]
2007-04-24 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1280ETHIOPIA: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND
[...] (U) CORRECTED VERSION OF ADDIS 1271. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultation with local actors and international agencies, Ethiopia has developed a national avian influenza preparedness plan, which includes containment measures such as vaccination of domestic poultry and culling. The Government [...]
2007-04-25 05:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1281TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR
[...] Per reftel, Post submits the following anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2007 INCLE and ESF appropriations. As a Tier Two country, Ethiopia is trying to combat a significant trafficking challenge, especially of women and children; ESF and INCLE [...]
2007-04-25 05:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ET
07ADDISABABA1309ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-04-27 12:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1350ETHIOPIA: EU MEMBERS NEGATIVE ON GOE ACTIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassadors from EU member states emerged angry and pessimistic from a 3-hour meeting with PM Meles April 18. They were reacting to the Prime Minister's comments on defeating the insurgency in Somalia as well as his remarks concerning upcoming local elections in Ethiopia, which [...]
2007-05-03 08:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ASEC SO ET
07ADDISABABA1406ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]
2007-05-08 15:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1484ETHIOPIA: DAS SWAN URGES GOE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Jim Swan urged Minister Bereket Simon, Public Relations advisor to Prime Minister Meles, to seize the opportunity presented by a written apology from detained CUD leaders to release them. Bereket clearly took the point on board, but offered the standard GOE reply that the [...]
2007-05-16 08:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ET ER
07ADDISABABA1535ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS --
[...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]
2007-05-21 16:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1558ETHIOPIA: MELES TELLS ADMIRAL FALLON "TIDE HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Meles told visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon on May 11 that after a "second round" of fighting in Somalia in mid-April, the "tide had turned" against "jihadist insurgents" and in favor of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Meles acknowledged that th [...]
2007-05-23 07:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA18ETHIOPIA: PM MELES REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Meles told the Ethiopian Parliament Jan. 2 that Ethiopian military forces, along with TFG and Puntland militias, had defeated and dispersed Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) extremists. He highlighted the warm welcome and full cooperation Ethiopian forces had received from So [...]
2007-01-04 07:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA2049ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES SOMALIA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a June 28 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles highlighted successes in Somalia, stressing that the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),anticipated African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) expansion, and enhanced security for Somalia's Transit [...]
2007-06-28 16:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA207ETHIOPIA: USG ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MEET BURDEN OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's announcement that it will begin withdrawing troops from Somalia highlight the GOE's assessment that it has largely met its strategic objectives. While active engagement by the USG and others in the international community will be required to mobilize and support an [...]
2007-01-24 14:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETEAID PREL MASS KDEM ET SO
07ADDISABABA2159ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES COMMENTS ON PRIVATE-SECTOR
[...] SUMMARY: A two-day conference organized by the World Bank, donors, and the Ministry of Trade and Industry underscored the GOE's commitment to accelerate private sector and export-led economic growth. Following the conference, Prime Minister Meles met for two hours with selected conference part [...]
2007-07-11 09:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2324ETHIOPIA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR JUNE 2007
[...] SUMMARY: -- The GOE approved a federal budget of USD 4.9 billion for fiscal year 2007/08, a 20 percent increase over the previous year. -- The IMF reports that the Ethiopian economy grew by an average of 10.7 percent annually in the past three years, with 9.4 percent estimated for this year. [...]
2007-07-24 08:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR EAIR ET
07ADDISABABA238ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...]
2007-01-26 07:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2472ETHIOPIA: GIRLS LEAVING ORPHANAGES: A VULNERABLE
[...] SUMMARY: A conversation with girls in a government-run children's home in Addis Ababa indicates limited economic options exist for this vulnerable population. Government support after age 18 is minimal, and the girls are not prepared for an independent life. One of the potential livelihoods [...]
2007-08-07 10:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ECON ELAB ET KWMN SOCI
07ADDISABABA2561ETHIOPIA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR JULY 2007
[...] SUMMARY. --FEDERAL BUDGET: The Ethiopian Parliament unanimously approved a USD 4.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2007/08. The budget is Ethiopia's highest, representing a 24 percent increase over the 2005/06 budget, and a 44 percent increase over 2004/2005. The defense budget officially ro [...]
2007-08-16 10:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR EAIR ET
07ADDISABABA2576ANALYSIS OF USAID/OFDA WATER INTERVENTIONS AND RELATED
[...] SUMMARY. The USAID/OFDA Shelter and Settlements (S&S) Advisor in conjunction with USAID/OFDA Ethiopia staff monitored field activities in selected areas of Ethiopia's Oromiya Region from July 25 to August 4, to assess strategic water interventions and implications on population and migration i [...]
2007-08-17 02:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA258ETHIOPIAN POPULAR OPINION: INFLATION, POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY In an informal survey Post conducted of Addis Ababa residents, interviewees said that the current domestic political climate has yet to recover fully from the violence that marked the 2005 post-election period, and that a subdued anger continues to fester as a result. However, des [...]
2007-01-30 05:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
07ADDISABABA2597ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES FLUSTERED ON THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles expressed to the Ambassador and ORA chief on August 18 his frustration over international criticism of Ethiopian operations in the Ogaden. Defensive in tone, the Prime Minister said the counterinsurgency operation against the Ogadeni National Liberation F [...]
2007-08-21 09:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2710MELES DISCUSSES REGIONAL EVENTS WITH CJTF-HOA
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles thanked Admiral Hart August 30 for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, logistical support, and training for the Ethiopian military. The Prime Minister lamented that Ethiopia bears the primary burden in Somalia for providing [...]
2007-09-01 07:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS SO ET SU ER
07ADDISABABA2796A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN SO SU AU
07ADDISABABA2813ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS EXPLORING FUTURE OF PARTY AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since their pardon and release from prison in July and August, the members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Supreme Council have begun actively working to reestablish themselves as the recognized leadership of the CUD. After nearly two years in prison, the former lea [...]
2007-09-17 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2860ETHIOPIA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR AUGUST 2007
[...] SUMMARY --Council of ministers approved salary increase for civil servants; --The consumer price index still on the rise; CPI inflation reached 18% in August; Government action to curb price hike; minister asks to expose speculators; --The official exchange rate of the Ethiopian Birr again [...]
2007-09-19 12:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EAIR ET
07ADDISABABA2983ETHIOPIA: INFLATION AT RECORD LEVELS
[...] SUMMARY: Except during episodes of drought and macroeconomic shocks, Ethiopia historically has seen low rates of inflation. However, the recent rise in inflation, especially food inflation, during times of good agricultural output run counter to historic trends. The Government of Ethiopia (GOE [...]
2007-10-04 14:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3036ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION
[...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...]
2007-10-15 08:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA ECON ET
07ADDISABABA312A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]
2007-02-01 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3152ERITREA: ERITREAN OPPOSITION FIGURE ON FAILED
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 24 prominent Eritrean opposition figure Adhanom K. Gebremariam told PolOff that senior Eritrean government (GSE) military officials were behind the October 13 assassination attempt against the Deputy Eritrean Security Chief Simon Ghebredenghil, and that the attem [...]
2007-10-24 14:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ASEC ER
07ADDISABABA3154ETHIOPIA: PM'S SPECIAL ADVISOR LASHES OUT AT VOA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Voice of America's Horn of Africa Service Chief Fred Cooper, former Information Minister and current Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Bereket Simon implied that local accreditation of VOA stringers may be another casualty (see ref A) among U.S. interests re [...]
2007-10-25 04:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3266ETHIOPIA: POST ENDORSES 1206 TRANCHE TWO PROPOSALS
[...] (S) Embassy Addis Ababa strongly endorses the two FY 2008 Section 1206 tranche two proposals that Post's Security Assistance Office submitted to CENTCOM (ref). The first proposal requests $4.4 million in personal protective equipment for Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) personnel; the [...]
2007-11-07 14:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNEAID PREL PTER ET
07ADDISABABA3270AS LOCAL ELECTIONS APPROACH, THREATS TO THE
[...] (C) (Note: Following is an initial survey of the domestic political scene in the run-up to local elections, the first major elections since the historic May 2005 national elections and the violent aftermath. We will report developments as local elections are held next year. End Note) The ne [...]
2007-11-08 06:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM ET
07ADDISABABA3290ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN,
[...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]
2007-11-09 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3334USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...]
2007-11-15 14:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3368ETHIOPIA: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR OCTOBER 2007
[...] SUMMARY -- Joseph Stiglitz cites Ethiopia's impressive economic growth. -- Consumer Price Index (CPI) continues to rise: General inflation reached 19.3% and food inflation 29.2% in October. -- The Birr continues to depreciate: the official exchange rate continues a slow crawl, but the pa [...]
2007-11-21 12:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3404OGADEN: COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS HITTING A WALL, PART II REF: ADDIS 3365 Classified By: Political/Economic Section Chief Michael Gonzales for re asons 1.4 (B) and (D).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 09:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3430ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S
[...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...]
2007-11-30 12:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA3435ETHIOPIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] Requested information about the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia follows and is organized per reftel instructions. 2. For further references, please contact Political/Economic Affairs Officer Kimberly Wright at: WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor In 2005 [...]
2007-12-03 04:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
07ADDISABABA3492ETHIOPIA: INTER-PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than five months since wrapping up negotiations on a revised electoral law and election of a new National Election Board, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Movement (EPRDF) party has finally restarted the inter-party dialogue with opposition parties. H [...]
2007-12-11 08:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA446ETHIOPIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS MAKE IT A
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ethiopia,s December 2006 military incursion into Somalia clearly shows that the GOE was willing to undertake serious risks to advance its national security interests in Somalia. Ethiopia is committed to playing a significant military and diplomatic role in advancing its two-p [...]
2007-02-13 08:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA452ADDIS RESPONSE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S) Regarding reftel A query on likely host government reaction to domestic designation of Human Appeal International (HAI),Addis Ababa Country Team assesses that the GOE will have either a neutral or positive response. The GOE actively monitors and investigates Islamic NGO's, particularly [...]
2007-02-13 12:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETECON EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER
07ADDISABABA773ETHIOPIA: INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] Per reftel, Post is providing information for use in the 2007 President's Report on AGOA. Post is also including information on USG outreach efforts and technical assistance programs aimed at increasing Ethiopia's participation in AGOA. MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/ ELIMINATION OF TRADE [...]
2007-03-14 12:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA PREL PGOV EFIN ET
07ADDISABABA812ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 2 -
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. 3. (SBU) QUESTION 29 [...]
2007-03-16 06:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA813ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...]
2007-03-16 06:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA858YUSUF STILL KEY TO SOMALI RECONCILIATION; ERITREA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador and SIMAS chief March 19 that Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf was the best hope for the stabilization of Somalia. Leadership changes, particularly in the prime ministership, are necessar [...]
2007-03-20 11:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ER ET
07ADDISABABA874TRYING TO CORRECT ETHIOPIA'S COURSE AWAY FROM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 20 that increased tensions with Eritrea poses serious security challenges for Ethiopia and for stability in Somalia. Takeda has argued for a strong statement condemning Eritrea as a terrorist state, [...]
2007-03-21 15:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS ER ET SO AU
07ADDISABABA961ETHIOPIA: PM MELES DISCUSSES TRAJECTORY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Assistant Secretary Lowenkron on March 15 that governance issues remain a priority for the GOE. While Meles admitted that the GOE made mistakes before the May 2005 national elections as well as in responding to June and November 2005 anti-government demons [...]
2007-03-30 09:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA999MEETING WITH BURUNDI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON AMISOM
[...] (S/NF) Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told USAU Ambassador Courville and Ambassador Yamamoto that logistical questions remain in preparation for deployment of Burundi,s troops to AMISOM. The challenges are strategic lift, training, equipment, survey of the planned deployment [...]
2007-04-04 13:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS BY ET
07AITTAIPEI1008MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS; U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 3 on the joint statement issued at the conclusion of the May 1, 2007 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting with a special focus on its non-mention of the Taiwan issue, in contrast to the statement issued af [...]
2007-05-03 22:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1052MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 10 on the 2008 presidential election; and on a scandal over a local TV network allegedly falsifying information in a documentary on the 2-28 Incident of 1947. The pro-status quo "China Times" ran an exclusiv [...]
2007-05-10 09:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1062MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS; U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major dailies focused their front-page news coverage May 11 on a DPP plan to set up a task force next Wednesday to draft a "Resolution on Making Taiwan a Normal Country," to replace the DPP's "Resolution on Taiwan's Future." The other focus on their front pages is former Pre [...]
2007-05-11 06:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1107MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, TAIWAN POLITICAL
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 16 on Taiwan's setback in its bid to join the World Health Organization (WHO); on the new cabinet to be headed by Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung; on the island's Han Kuang No. 23 milit [...]
2007-05-16 23:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1116MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 08:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1135MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 19-21 on the Chen Shui-bian Administration's move to rename Chiang Kai-shek Memorial hall to "National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall" amid clashes Saturday; on the cabinet shuffle; and on China's decision last Friday t [...]
2007-05-21 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1147MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ON CROSS-STRAIT TRADE, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 22 on the cabinet shuffle; on the dispute between the central government and the Taipei city government over the renaming of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to "National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall;" and [...]
2007-05-22 08:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1285MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 7 on the 2008 presidential election; on the government's proposed minimum wage hike starting July 1 and its impact on local businesses; on a car accident involving a local singer; and on an alleged corruption scandal i [...]
2007-06-07 22:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1294MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN SEVERING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH COSTA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 8 on Taiwan's cutting diplomatic ties with Costa Rica after the latter decided to establish relations with China; on former President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine Thursday; on the cooperation between [...]
2007-06-08 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1429MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 22 on the release of a convicted "rice bomber" Thursday after President Chen Shui-bian granted him a special pardon; on the Basic Competence Test for junior high school students island-wide; on the 2008 presidential el [...]
2007-06-22 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1512MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 09:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1580MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-16 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1599MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: As the 2008 presidential election continued to remain in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on July 17 also focused on a nationwide amnesty, under which around 10,000 inmates were released Monday. The pro-unification "United Daily News" ran a news story on page four wit [...]
2007-07-17 09:20:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1610MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S REFERENDUM ON UN BID, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 18 news coverage on the 2008 presidential election, on the aftermath of a nationwide amnesty implemented Monday, and on a business scandal involving senior financial officials. The pro-unification "United Daily News" front-paged an [...]
2007-07-18 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1659MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 24 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's special mayoral fund case, on Taiwan's planned Double Ten Day parade in October, and on a local ass [...]
2007-07-24 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1685MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 26 on the Taiwan government's fuel subsidy plan to fight soaring oil prices; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on a graft scandal allegedly involving a DPP legislator; and on Afghan [...]
2007-07-26 23:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1690MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 27 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, on the plunging Taiwan stock price index Thursday, and on a local teenager who killed his father Thu [...]
2007-07-29 23:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1694MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 28-30 on the tumbling of Taiwan's stock price index, which fell 4.2% last Friday; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's visit to the United States; on Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations; on Japanese Prime Mi [...]
2007-07-30 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1702MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S
[...] Summary: As DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's U.S. trip and Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations remain in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on July 31 focused on the rising oil prices and on the 2008 presidential poll. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's l [...]
2007-07-31 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1866MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 16 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's formal announcement Wednesday that former Premier Su Tseng-chang will be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election; on the UN referendum; and on the Taiwan gove [...]
2007-08-16 08:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1988MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 29 gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's exclusive interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday. Both the centrist, KMT-leaning [...]
2007-08-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1993MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM AND PRESIDENT CHEN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 30 devoted much space again to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's remarks on Taiwan's UN referendum as well as President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Latin America, with an emphasis on his transit in Alaska and his [...]
2007-08-30 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2106EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 05:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI212MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 27-29 on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; on possible Blue and Green candidates for the 2008 presidential elections; on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks at the "Transformation in New Democracies" forum l [...]
2007-01-29 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2150MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 20 on the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, in which Taiwan's UN bid was blocked for the 15th consecutive year Wednesday; on the Federal Reserve's announcement Tuesday to cut its benchmark interest rate; an [...]
2007-09-20 10:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2205MEDIA REACTION: THE DPP'S "NORMAL COUNTRY RESOLUTION"
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 27 on the police crackdown of peaceful anti-government protesters in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday; on the DPP's controversial "normal country resolution;" and on DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun's announcement of his resigna [...]
2007-09-27 08:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2311MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage October 10-11 to the National Day celebrations all over the island, news coverage also focused on Taiwan's UN referendum and the severe damage caused by Typhoon Krosa, which pounded Taiwan over the weekend. The pro- [...]
2007-10-11 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2338MEDIA REACTION: CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 07:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2368MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN REFERENDA ON UN BID AND US-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: News coverage of Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies October 19 centered on the dispute over the arrangements for issuing referendum ballots during the 2008 legislative and presidential elections; YouTube's launching a site in traditional Chinese characters; and the returning of t [...]
2007-10-20 06:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2601MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage December 12 to AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's press briefing Tuesday, in which he severely criticized Taiwan's UN referendum and urged President Chen Shui-bian to keep his [...]
2007-12-13 01:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2606MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 13 on an Austrian base jumper who jumped from the Taipei 101 skyscraper Tuesday; on the 2008 presidential election and the UN referendum; and on the aftermath of the abrupt closing of the largest health club chain [...]
2007-12-13 22:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2619MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage December 15-18 to the exposure of the contents of a conversation between AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and KMT vice presidential candidate Vincent Siew on December 8. The p [...]
2007-12-18 23:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2623MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 19 on the controversy over the "one-step" and "two-step" voting formats for the 2008 legislative elections; on the arrest of a former Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau operative Tuesday who has allegedly thr [...]
2007-12-19 09:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI334MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NAME CHANGE CAMPAIGN, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage February 10-12 on the DPP government's name change campaign, on the 2008 presidential elections, and on other local political issues. The pro-status quo "China Times" front-paged a banner headline February 11 that said "S [...]
2007-02-12 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI386MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S NAME CHANGE CAMPAIGN, FORMER KMT
[...] Summary: The focus of coverage in Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 15 was the aftermath of the indictment on corruption charges of former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Tuesday evening that he would resign as party chairman but run for president next year; and on the [...]
2007-02-15 07:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI48MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S TRIP TO
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 6-8 on the insolvency crises involving The Chinese Bank and the Enterprise Bank of Hualien. Coverage also focused on legislative elections in 2007, the pairing of possible candidates as running mates in the 2008 p [...]
2007-01-08 22:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI509MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Several major Chinese-language dailies in Taiwan gave front-page coverage March 5 to President Chen Shui-bian's "Four Wants and One Without" remarks made at a banquet Sunday evening marking the 25th anniversary of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) -- namely, Taiwan wa [...]
2007-03-05 22:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI521MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 7 on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's "Four Wants and One Without" remarks Sunday, on Vice President Annette Lu's announcement to run for the DPP's presidential primary Tuesday, and on the 2008 presidential [...]
2007-03-07 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI530MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S "FOUR WANTS"
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 8 on the pairing between possible candidates vying for the 2008 presidential elections; on Vice President Annette Lu, who on Wednesday demanded a written apology from the Associated Press and CNN for using "Scum of th [...]
2007-03-08 08:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI549MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S "FOUR WANTS"
[...] Summary: As the 2008 presidential elections stayed in the spotlight of Taiwan's media, news coverage on March 9 also focused on the Rebar Group financial scandal, in which a total of 107 defendants were indicted and Rebar founder Wang You-theng was recommended for a 30-year prison sentence and [...]
2007-03-09 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI579MEDIA REACTION: THE REPORT OF VICE PRESIDENT ANNETTE LU BY
[...] Summary: Taiwan's newspapers March 14 focused their coverage on the second round of negotiations chaired by President Chen Shui-bian, in which the four DPP bigwigs agreed to accept negotiations; participate in debates; and not withdraw from the party or run on their own if they are not nomina [...]
2007-03-14 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI59MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI611MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's newspapers March 16 focused their coverage on the raids led by Taichung prosecutors at the Veutron Corporation's offices in Taipei and Hsinchu Thursday to investigate an alleged insider trading case. The other focus today is President Chen Shui-bian's announcement that, sta [...]
2007-03-16 08:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI691MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, DPRK, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage March 27 on the 2008 presidential elections, on the alleged scandal involving the privatization of the Taiwan Television Enterprise, and on other local issues. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an op-ed p [...]
2007-03-27 09:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI723MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 08:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI761MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-ROK FREE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave significant coverage April 4 to the crash of a military helicopter in Kaohsiung County Tuesday afternoon, in which eight soldiers were killed. News coverage also focused on the first trial hearing on former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's [...]
2007-04-04 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI767MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 5-6 on the military helicopter crash Tuesday afternoon, on the Executive Yuan's plan to lift the ban on gambling on horse and car racing in central and southern Taiwan, and on the year-end legislators' elections and 2 [...]
2007-04-06 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI783AIT DEMARCHES TAIWAN ON WHO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AIT Acting Director presented Ref A demarche conveying USG reaction to Taiwan's plan to pursue full membership in WHO to Presidential Secretary-General Chiou I-jen Chiou on April 9. Chiou responded by citing Taiwan's frustrations over ten years of non-progress in Taiwan's ques [...]
2007-04-09 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTBIO PREL WHO CH TW
07AITTAIPEI789MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave front-page coverage April 10 to the Executive Yuan's disciplinary action against the National Communications Commission (NCC) Monday by suspending two of its commissioners pending an investigation. News coverage also focused on the 2008 pr [...]
2007-04-10 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI79MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 11 on the probe into the alleged violation of securities transaction regulations of the Rebar Asia Pacific Group, and on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Nicaragua. The pro-independence "Liberty Times, [...]
2007-01-11 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI805TAIWAN APPEALS FOR FLEXIBILITY ON WHO INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to AIT's demarche on April 9 (Taipei 783),Foreign Minister James Huang told AIT Acting Director on April 10 that Taiwan still intends to apply for WHO membership in the name of "Taiwan" this week but will adopt a "flexible" approach in consultations with its friends [...]
2007-04-11 10:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTBIO PREL WHO CH TW
07AITTAIPEI863MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Several of Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave front-page coverage April 17 to the mass shooting in a U.S. college Monday, while the others continued to focus on the 2008 presidential elections and other local political issues. In terms of editorials and commentaries, an edi [...]
2007-04-17 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI923DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH COA CHAIRMAN SU: CCA AGENDA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24, Director Young met with Council of Agriculture (COA) Chairman Su Jia-chyuan to review a number of issues, including the status and plans for the Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA). Noting recent Executive Yuan (EY) approval of the founding documents and immi [...]
2007-04-26 05:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EFIS TW
07AITTAIPEI954MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S DEVELOPMENT OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from April 28-30 on the Taiwan authority's decision to reject China's proposed route for the 2008 Olympic torch relay; on the 3rd KMT-Communist Party of China forum held in Beijing on Sunday; and on the year-end legislative [...]
2007-04-30 22:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI968MEDIA REACTION: THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY ISSUE; ABE'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 1 on an interchange of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that melted and collapsed onto another highway ramp Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and caught fire. The other focus today is Vice Premier Tsai [...]
2007-05-01 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI997MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 2 on Taiwan government's restoration of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia; the resignation of Minister of Labor Affairs Lee Ying-yuan out of his stated dissatisfaction with Premier Su Tseng-chang's delayed announcem [...]
2007-05-02 22:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE
[...] (C) In a speech entitled, "Assessments and Perspectives," President Bouteflika December 26 surprised the nation by not outlining his proposed amendments to the constitution which must be adopted by referendum. Nor did he, as some media had speculated, reshuffle his cabinet. Instead, Boutefli [...]
2007-01-03 08:47:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PINR PGOV ECON KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1001AQIM FUNDING SOURCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European and Maghreb press reports, criminal activity if the traditional funding source for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). It is widely reported in the Algerian press that AQIM smuggles contraband to and from neighboring countries. In addition, AQIM extort [...]
2007-07-12 14:48:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PINR AG
07ALGIERS1035PRICE HIKE FEARS LEAD TO DIESEL SHORTAGES
[...] Rumors that private gas distributors would strike in response to an expected cut in state subsidies of diesel prices led to fuel shortages and long lines at filling stations throughout Algiers beginning July 11. Private distributorships have accounted for roughly half of the filling stations [...]
2007-07-21 06:41:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET KNRG AG
07ALGIERS1057LABOR MINISTER'S COMMENTS REVEAL TRUE COST OF LIVING HIKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of Labor and Social Security Tayeb Louh's July 21 announcement that Algerian purchasing power had increased by 66 percent since 1999 came in sharp contrast to official government figures and public sentiment showing the opposite. In the last year alone, prices [...]
2007-07-24 17:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1096SONATRACH GOES GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As speculation mounts regarding the date of the next international licensing round for Algerian exploration blocks, Sonatrach has signaled that either downstream market access or partnership in foreign projects will be a precondition for foreign firms wishing to partake in Algeri [...]
2007-08-01 18:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL AG
07ALGIERS1123ALGERIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR EMERGING FROM THE DARK AGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has billions of dollars in excess liquidity from hydrocarbon sales that its archaic banking system is incapable of absorbing and using to fuel economic growth and reduce unemployment. Unproductive state-run banks dominate the financial landscape despite the arrival on th [...]
2007-08-08 13:34:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1330GOA EAGER BUT CAUTIOUS ON FINANCIAL REFORM
[...] SUMMARY: The Algerian Ministry of Finance leadership recognizes it should foster predictability for foreign investors, diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons and reform its financial sector. It is eager for U.S. assistance to meet these goals, but fearful of any sudden shock to its fin [...]
2007-09-18 11:25:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID PREL AG
07ALGIERS1471INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...]
2007-10-10 13:15:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EIND AG
07ALGIERS1475ALGERIA WRITES OFF TEXTILE INDUSTRY
[...] SUMMARY: An estimated 95 percent of apparel in Algeria is imported and the remaining few home-grown firms in this sector are nearing extinction in the face of cheaper imports, both legitimate and counterfeit. As Algerians' cost of living rises faster than wages, consumers have flocked to inex [...]
2007-10-10 14:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX AG
07ALGIERS1638THE HIGH STAKES OF CITIBANK'S CPA BID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Citibank is the sole American bank bidding on the privatization of the state-owned bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA). Competition is considered stiffest from the two leading French banks, Societe General and BNP. Citibank may find itself disadvantaged by its recent announc [...]
2007-11-11 11:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PREL AG
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