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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 07NICOSIA213 | Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...] | 2007-03-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
| 07NICOSIA263 | ROC TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM March 23 delivered Kosovo-related points to Euripides Evriviades, MFA Political Director and former ambassador in Washington. In her demarche, she emphasized that Kosovo's independence was inevitable; it was vital the international community closely coordinate [...] | 2007-03-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
| 07NICOSIA396 | CYPRUS: WHALES - IWC MEMBERSHIP DEAMRCHE ON USG PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on May 3 demarche on the 59th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Alaska from May 28-31 to Alexandros Zenon, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also sent copies to SIPDIS Panicos Pouros, Permanent [...] | 2007-05-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PRL IWC ETRD CY |
| 07NICOSIA408 | CYPRUS: DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL WORLD [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post delivered on May 10 demarche on the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva, May 14-23, 2007, to Dr. Andreas Polynikis, Chief Health Officer at the Ministry of Health. Dr. Polynikis will represent Cyprus at the WHA. Avian Influenza ----------- [...] | 2007-05-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO CY |
| 07NICOSIA411 | CYPRUS WELCOMES GI INVITATION, WILL ATTEND [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, the Embassy May 10 delivered the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) "invitation" to Marios Kountarides, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's deputy chief for multilateral affairs. In his remarks, PolChief welcomed Cyprus as a new GI partner nation and vo [...] | 2007-05-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA45 | CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
| 07NICOSIA519 | POSITIVE REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT; SIDES FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a refreshing change from prior years, Cypriots on both sides of the Buffer Zone reacted constructively to the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report. Authorities, faced with a fair and factual report (and ranking),publicly admitted the need to combat trafficking in persons [...] | 2007-06-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO |
| 07NICOSIA596 | CYPRUS'S FOUR NEW CABINET MINISTERS SWORN IN [...] (SBU) GOC President Tassos Papadopoulos announced July 13 the appointment of four new ministers (including the first woman Foreign Minister, career diplomat Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis) to serve for the remaining seven months of the current administration. The four replace the communist AKEL mini [...] | 2007-07-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRN CY |
| 07NICOSIA657 | NO CHANGE ON CYPRIOTS' APPROACH TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, PolChief August 8 delivered Kosovo-related points to Constantinos Chrystomides in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's European Affairs division. Covering a staffing gap and admitting Kosovo and the broader Balkans were not his regular beat, Chrystomides offered only the [...] | 2007-08-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SE KO CY |
| 07NICOSIA696 | RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS [...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...] | 2007-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA777 | TWO OF THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS OUTLINE THEIR CYPRUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In televised press conferences on September 11 and 14, President Tassos Papadopoulos and Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides outlined their Cyprus problem policy - the top issue of every national election campaign. Papadopoulos confirmed tha [...] | 2007-09-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA804 | DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...] | 2007-10-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA843 | CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Eleni ("Elena") Pissaridou for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Pissaridou is the Director of STIGMA, the Organization for the Care of Vi [...] | 2007-10-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PREL PHUM CY |
| 07NICOSIA913 | CYPRUS UNRESPONSIVE TO DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Secretary Alkis Ieromonachou on November 9, highlighting the SIPDIS necessity that Russia allow the OSCE's observer team full and unhindered access in the run-up to December 2 Duma elections. Ieromonachou took note of our position an [...] | 2007-11-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL RS CY |
| 07NICOSIA933 | CYPRUS: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 197 [...] | 2007-11-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CY |
| 07NICOSIA940 | WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA979 | CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...] | 2007-12-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KO SE CY |
| 07NICOSIA986 | CYPRUS: SESAME REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT -- STILL NOT QUITE [...] (U) Summary. On December 11 and 12, 2007, Cyprus hosted the Eleventh Meeting of the Council of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). Per Ref e-mail, Post ECON Officer and ECON Specialist attended the meeting to follow up on developments. [...] | 2007-12-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO CY |
| 07OSAKAKOBE87 | NORTH KOREAN SANCTIONS VIOLATION: STAINLESS [...] (U) On March 29, the Hyogo Prefectural Police Department, after receiving a tipoff from Kobe Customs, launched an investigation into two firms in Western Japan for alleged violations of Japanese sanctions prohibiting all imports from the DPRK. The sanctions were enacted in response to last ye [...] | 2007-04-04 07:02:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EFIS PREL KN JA |
| 07OSLO1039 | HOT AND COLD NORWEGIAN ICE TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, U.S.-Norwegian Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks were held in Oslo, covering a wide variety of trade issues. Key U.S. matters included pharmaceutical patent protection, IPR issues, a Norwegian car tax adversely affecting American cars, the Government Pensi [...] | 2007-10-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV |
| 07OSLO1086 | NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...] | 2007-11-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO |
| 07OSLO1161 | NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...] | 2007-12-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO |
| 07OSLO187 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY DENIES REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Russian Ambassador to Norway Sergey Andreev to discuss reftel request for a joint approach to the GON to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles. Andreev declined on grounds that he had no official instruc [...] | 2007-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NO |
| 07OSLO248 | NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...] | 2007-03-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
| 07OSLO254 | STAFFDEL DISCUSSES LUGAR-SOLHEIM INITIATIVE, HEARS [...] (U) Summary: On March 7-9, Mark Helmke, Senior Professional Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),and long-time aide to former SFRC Chair Senator Richard Lugar, met with several high-ranking Norwegian government officials, including International Development Minister Er [...] | 2007-03-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ENRG ECON KIPR NO |
| 07OSLO382 | NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 05:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NO |
| 07OSLO404 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NO |
| 07OSLO513 | NORWAY CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Section for European Affairs and Trade Policy Senior Adviser Per Mannes and MFA West Balkan Section Adviser Toril Langlete. Mannes emphasized that the GON strongly supported the Ahtisaari proposals, and that the MFA has made such position known [...] | 2007-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO |
| 07OSLO519 | NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING IWC MEETING [...] (SBU) On May 15 we delivered reftel remarks to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Polar Advisor Karsten Klepsvik. Klepsvik told us that Norway would support the 5-year bowhead whale quota for U.S. and Russia. Klepsvik, however, was amenable to Japan's proposal for Small-type Coastal Whaling provid [...] | 2007-05-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO |
| 07OSLO529 | NORWAY BACKS U.S. POSITION ON OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV NO |
| 07OSLO598 | NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
| 07OSLO614 | POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NO |
| 07OSLO658 | PM STOLTENBERG´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...] | 2007-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NO |
| 07OSLO667 | FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...] | 2007-06-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NO |
| 07OTTAWA1046 | CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...] | 2007-06-04 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KCFE NATO PREL CA |
| 07OTTAWA130 | CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...] | 2007-01-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PINS MARR CA |
| 07OTTAWA145 | USITC Antidumping Investigation on remand of silicon metal [...] Summary: Our investigation reveals that the only producer in Canada of the product in question is Becancour Silicon, to which ITC has already presented a detailed questionnaire. Post compiled some trade data. However, free publicly available trade data is available from the national statistic [...] | 2007-01-26 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ASEC ECON CA RU |
| 07OTTAWA174 | S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...] | 2007-01-31 18:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR CA |
| 07OTTAWA2023 | CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...] | 2007-11-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
| 07OTTAWA2034 | CANADA ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adviser Che van Haastrecht on November 5 expressed appreciation for our text outlining how the P5 Plus [...] | 2007-11-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP IAEA IR CA |
| 07OTTAWA2135 | CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...] | 2007-11-21 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
| 07OTTAWA2138 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...] | 2007-11-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA |
| 07OTTAWA2150 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA |
| 07OTTAWA2266 | CANADA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and Southern Europe Robert Hage, Canada will not be among either the first or the last to recognize Kosovo following a unilateral declaration of independence. While the government has not yet reached a formal [...] | 2007-12-14 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI CA |
| 07OTTAWA856 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADA RETAINS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on May 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-proliferation Policy Officer Kendra Davidson. Canada, she assured us, would send its usual delegation of both policy and "hands-on" enforcement personnel to Paris. 2. (C) Respondi [...] | 2007-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW CA |
| 07OTTAWA877 | DEMARCHE ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] (SBU) EconMinCons and Econof delivered points in reftel to Wendy Clark, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's OECD Office. Clark said that the USG's views on all issues in reftel are very much in line with Canadian views. She said that Canada especially agrees th [...] | 2007-05-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD CA |
| 07OTTAWA915 | CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...] | 2007-05-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA |
| 07OUAGADOUGOU1086 | BURKINA FASO CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY IN GRAND STYLE FOR THE [...] (U) Key Points: -- On December 11, Burkina Faso held an elaborate celebration marking the 47th anniversary of its 1960 independence from France. The festivities included a Presidential address and a huge parade involving around 7,000 participants from Burkina Faso, including the entire U.S.- [...] | 2007-12-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MASS SOCI UV |
| 07PANAMA1673 | LATIN AMERICA BANANA PRODUCERS HIT EU TARIFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 4, 2007, representatives of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and the United States met in Panama City to discuss a collective response to the July 2007 European Union (EU) proposed changes to the EU's current banana tariff regime. The re [...] | 2007-10-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA184 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...] | 2007-02-06 21:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM |
| 07PANAMA185 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...] | 2007-02-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM |
| 07PANAMA221 | PANAMA: IO PDAS WARLICK'S UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) "Panama wants to be a constructive and pragmatic partner of the U.S. on the UN Security Council," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO PDAS) James Warlick on February 5. Mr. Warlick expressed app [...] | 2007-02-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PM |
| 07PANAMA276 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR PM |
| 07PANAMA279 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...] | 2007-02-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM |
| 07PANAMA461 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...] | 2007-03-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM |
| 07PANAMA490 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 19:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM |
| 07PANAMA523 | PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...] | 2007-04-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM |
| 07PANAMA557 | PANAMA SUPPORTIVE BUT WARY ON KOSOVO [...] (C) "Rest assured, we're on the same page" on Kosovo future status, First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador Eaton and POLOFF when he delivered reftel demarche on April 12. Lewis expressed Panamanian support of the UNMIK Administrator's recommendations -- including independence -- but a [...] | 2007-04-12 22:53:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIC PGOV YL PM |
| 07PANAMA780 | PANAMA: UNSC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON IRANIANS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 19:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IR RS PM PARM |
| 07PANAMA787 | NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...] | 2007-05-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM |
| 07PANAMA858 | GOP TO SUPPORT PRO-CONVERSATION VOTES AT IWC BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. EconOff delivered REFTEL points on May 22 and 23, 2007 to George Novey, Sub Administrator for the Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),and on May 23, 2007 to Deborah Siraze, International Economic Relations Division of the Ministry for Foreign Relations (MIRE). Novey and Siraze tol [...] | 2007-05-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL SENV IWC |
| 07PARAMARIBO121 | DUTCH WANT ENERGY, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Ambassador-at-large Maurice De Hond told EmbOffs that the Dutch have &good relations8 with Venezuela, their &neighbor8 through the Antilles. De Hond also indicated interest in alternative energy sources in South America, particularly ethanol out of Brazil. The Dutch appea [...] | 2007-03-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG NL VE NA NS |
| 07PARIS1 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE; [...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...] | 2007-01-03 05:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1034 | EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...] | 2007-03-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU |
| 07PARIS1063 | DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...] | 2007-03-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE |
| 07PARIS1066 | (SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION [...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...] | 2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
| 07PARIS1111 | GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] | 2007-03-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
| 07PARIS1115 | GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] | 2007-03-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
| 07PARIS1116 | OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...] | 2007-03-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1119 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April),the Gambia (in May),Sao Tome and Principe (in May),and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...] | 2007-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS1137 | MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...] | 2007-03-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC |
| 07PARIS1146 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR [...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...] | 2007-03-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1228 | A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...] | 2007-03-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR |
| 07PARIS1334 | OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...] | 2007-04-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS1383 | FRANCE ON SHAMBA VISA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG UNSC FR |
| 07PARIS143 | NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO MINSK WILL DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) French MFA Belarus desk officer told us on January 12 that France's new Ambassador to Minsk, Mireille Musso, intends to deliver a strong message to President Lukashenko when she presents her credentials. Musso is expected to arrive in Minsk on January 16 and will request that her credenti [...] | 2007-01-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR BO |
| 07PARIS1456 | FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...] | 2007-04-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI |
| 07PARIS1476 | HARIRI ADVISOR: CHIRAC DETERMINED TO PURSUE [...] (S) Summary: President Chirac has concluded that there is no way to establish the International Tribunal for Lebanon other than via Chapter VII action by the UNSC, and will exert all his influence to make that happen before leaving office next month, according to Basile Yared, the Paris-based [...] | 2007-04-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS150 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR [...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...] | 2007-01-12 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS1592 | FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...] | 2007-04-19 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR |
| 07PARIS1593 | CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...] | 2007-04-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 07PARIS1654 | NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...] | 2007-04-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN FR |
| 07PARIS1708 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...] | 2007-04-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR |
| 07PARIS1710 | FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...] | 2007-04-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI |
| 07PARIS1723 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...] | 2007-04-30 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR |
| 07PARIS1742 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...] | 2007-05-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS1763 | CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...] | 2007-05-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR |
| 07PARIS18 | FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...] | 2007-01-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR |
| 07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
| 07PARIS1870 | CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...] | 2007-05-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL FR GM UK |
| 07PARIS1888 | FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII [...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...] | 2007-05-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 07PARIS189 | COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...] | 2007-01-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR |
| 07PARIS1947 | MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...] | 2007-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL GM UK FR |
| 07PARIS195 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...] | 2007-01-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR |
| 07PARIS1984 | FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...] | 2007-05-16 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR |
| 07PARIS1995 | THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...] | 2007-05-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV |
| 07PARIS1999 | OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...] | 2007-05-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS2072 | VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...] | 2007-05-21 12:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF |
| 07PARIS2073 | GURRIA PLEASED WITH RUSSIAN INCLUSION IN OECD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. Gurria expressed satisfaction that Russia's inclusion in [...] | 2007-05-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OECD RS |
| 07PARIS2095 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...] | 2007-05-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU |
| 07PARIS218 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...] | 2007-01-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS2194 | FRENCH CONSIDER DELAYING TRIBUNAL VOTE TO APPEASE [...] (C) SELENA GRENET, THE MFA'S IO ACTION OFFICER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, TOLD US MAY 25 THAT FRANCE IS INCLINED TO ACCEPT DELAYING THE VOTE BY ONE DAY (TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 30) ON THE UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN ORDER TO APPEASE RUSSIA. GRENET SAID THE RUSSIAN DELEGATI [...] | 2007-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE UNSC PREL |
| 07PARIS2197 | FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...] | 2007-05-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR |
| 07PARIS2263 | FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...] | 2007-05-31 13:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
| 07PARIS232 | FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2007-01-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
| 07PARIS2374 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...] | 2007-06-05 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS243 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO [...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...] | 2007-01-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE FR |
| 07PARIS2485 | FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...] | 2007-06-08 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR |
| 07PARIS2516 | GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...] | 2007-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR |
| 07PARIS257 | FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE [...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...] | 2007-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS2604 | FRANCE/GAERC: LARGELY IN SYNCH WITH U.S. POSITIONS [...] (C) On June 15, MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet indicated France's general agreement with U.S. views in advance of the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Of note, he said that the EU Common Position on Cuba will not be weakened or strengthened and that decisiv [...] | 2007-06-15 17:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF FR |
| 07PARIS2605 | FRANCE AND THE JUNE 17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A NIACT demarche on June 16 to MFA duty officer Jean-Louis Falconi and MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet Union countries, Aurelia Bouchez. Falconi undertook to discuss the demarche with the appropriate MFA officials. DAS Bouchez agreed to contact the [...] | 2007-06-16 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHCR PREL FR |
| 07PARIS2606 | GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...] | 2007-06-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR |
| 07PARIS2643 | YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...] | 2007-06-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
| 07PARIS27 | FLYING IN STYLE: FRENCH STARTUP ELYSAIR EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: French start-up Elysair inaugurated flights on its Paris-New York route January 3 using its all business-class "L,Avion" brand. Touting fares that are 50% lower than Air France business-class and the convenience of using nearby airports at Orly and Newark, Elysair hopes to grab [...] | 2007-01-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON FR |
| 07PARIS2725 | ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...] | 2007-06-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS |
| 07PARIS2726 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...] | 2007-06-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR |
| 07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
| 07PARIS2787 | A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...] | 2007-06-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
| 07PARIS2827 | U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...] | 2007-07-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR LE UNSC PREL |
| 07PARIS2889 | CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...] | 2007-07-05 07:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR |
| 07PARIS2890 | CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...] | 2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
| 07PARIS2899 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...] | 2007-07-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS2967 | BRIEFING ON DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND [...] (U) As instructed reftel, on July 9, ESTH Counselor, together with Russian Embassy disarmament expert, Dr. Igor Kondratskiy, called on Martin Briens, Head of the Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Office, and Jean Cazalet, Adviser on Civilian Nuclear Matters, Economic Affairs Department [...] | 2007-07-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM FR |
| 07PARIS3032 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-07-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
| 07PARIS3039 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
| 07PARIS307 | A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...] | 2007-01-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL |
| 07PARIS312 | OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...] | 2007-01-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC |
| 07PARIS3132 | FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN [...] (S) Summary: In July 10 - 11 meetings with Elysee, GOF and Banque de France officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey, ISN A/S John Rood and accompanying delegation pressed France to consider ratcheting up pressure on Iran by targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),entities it contro [...] | 2007-07-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR |
| 07PARIS3166 | AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...] | 2007-07-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS |
| 07PARIS3198 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...] | 2007-07-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR |
| 07PARIS3199 | CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...] | 2007-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE |
| 07PARIS32 | MFA REMAINS LEERY OF CHAPTER VII OPTION FOR [...] (C) On January 4, Poloff reviewed legal options for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Salina Grenet, MFA Action Officer for Middle East issues at the UN. Grenet said the Quai is still taking a "wait and see" approach to the tribunal in hopes that the March 14 coalition will ye [...] | 2007-01-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS3200 | SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...] | 2007-07-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO |
| 07PARIS3202 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...] | 2007-07-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR |
| 07PARIS3209 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...] | 2007-07-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS328 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...] | 2007-01-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3295 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-08-06 07:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
| 07PARIS3336 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...] | 2007-08-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS3340 | THE WAR ON TERROR: FRANCE ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poloff shared reftel non-paper in late July with Louis Blin, Acting MFA DAS-Equivalent for Security and Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs. Following up in an August 7 meeting, Blin told poloff that the GOF was particularly impressed with the U.S. initiative, espe [...] | 2007-08-08 11:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KTFN FR |
| 07PARIS3341 | FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT [...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...] | 2007-08-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XA FR |
| 07PARIS3579 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...] | 2007-08-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR FR |
| 07PARIS363 | A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...] | 2007-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR |
| 07PARIS3737 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
| 07PARIS3738 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
| 07PARIS3798 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...] | 2007-09-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR |
| 07PARIS3799 | (S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...] | 2007-09-13 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR |
| 07PARIS3808 | A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...] | 2007-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD |
| 07PARIS3823 | KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...] | 2007-09-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR |
| 07PARIS3873 | FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...] | 2007-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU |
| 07PARIS3875 | A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...] | 2007-09-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR |
| 07PARIS3919 | FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...] | 2007-09-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
| 07PARIS3964 | USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE [...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...] | 2007-09-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF |
| 07PARIS3972 | FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...] | 2007-09-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS |
| 07PARIS3994 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 12 Tour d'Horizon, creditors welcomed in principle Jordan's proposal to buy back debt and generally supported the Secretariat's assessment of a 6-8 percent market discount. In a significant move, the Secretariat and creditors agreed with the U.S. [...] | 2007-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS403 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...] | 2007-02-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS414 | FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...] | 2007-02-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC FR |
| 07PARIS4176 | French Textile and Apparel Industry [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Federation of the French Textile and Apparel Industry (UIT - Union des Industries Textiles) provided us with an update on developments in 2006 and initial estimates for sector performance in 2007. In 2006, the French textile sector experienced growth in household c [...] | 2007-10-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON FR |
| 07PARIS4254 | FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES [...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...] | 2007-10-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ |
| 07PARIS4276 | MINFIN OFFICIAL BRIEFS DEPSEC KIMMITT ON WEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 12 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Finance Ministry Director General Xavier Musca highlighted his concerns regarding sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments, particularly when not made via intermediaries. When the Deputy Secretary inquired as to how [...] | 2007-10-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN UNSC IR FR |
| 07PARIS4357 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR |
| 07PARIS4362 | YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...] | 2007-10-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR |
| 07PARIS4399 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2007 REPORTING CABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Paris Club agreed to accept a buyback of previously rescheduled Jordanian debt at an average discount of 11 percent off face value. This figure is significantly above the 5-7% figure that the Paris Club Secretariat initially estimated to be a fair market disco [...] | 2007-10-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4420 | DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...] | 2007-11-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR |
| 07PARIS4439 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR |
| 07PARIS4514 | OSCE: FRANCE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on November 13 that France is not optimistic that there will be significant developments at the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial. Due to Russian intransigence on so many issues, even a Ministerial declaration appears increasingly unlikely, the Fr [...] | 2007-11-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE FR |
| 07PARIS4522 | USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...] | 2007-11-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
| 07PARIS4617 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND [...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...] | 2007-11-30 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL FR |
| 07PARIS4622 | PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...] | 2007-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4636 | SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON [...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...] | 2007-12-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FR |
| 07PARIS4667 | FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...] | 2007-12-07 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR |
| 07PARIS4685 | YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...] | 2007-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR |
| 07PARIS4695 | FRANCE INCSR 2007-2008 [...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. SUMMARY France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy and Belgium, France is a n [...] | 2007-12-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR FR |
| 07PARIS4709 | FRENCH SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO PRESSURE BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 13 to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremie Petit. Petit reiterated French interest in maintaining pressure on the Burmese regime, and worried that the international pressure on Burma and other Asian countries to start a dialogue on humanitarian [...] | 2007-12-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
| 07PARIS4732 | FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...] | 2007-12-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR |
| 07PARIS4750 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER [...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...] | 2007-12-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH |
| 07PARIS525 | OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...] | 2007-02-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
| 07PARIS542 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMABT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche about plans for outreach regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control Department official Philippe Errera on February 9. Russian interlocutors were unavailable to deliver the demarche jointly. GoF officials provided no res [...] | 2007-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
| 07PARIS571 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF: [...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...] | 2007-02-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL |
| 07PARIS572 | FY-2007 Voluntary Visitor Program: Madame Sylvie [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 07PARIS613 | GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...] | 2007-02-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS627 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...] | 2007-02-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS633 | FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE [...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...] | 2007-02-16 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR |
| 07PARIS636 | GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...] | 2007-02-20 07:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS |
| 07PARIS648 | BOSNIA PIC MEETING: FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) French MFA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) desk officer, Michel Clerx, told us on February 20 that France fully supported all of the points in the U.S. non-paper provided in reftel, including an extension of the Office of the High Representative's (OHR) mandate, and the reform agenda. He n [...] | 2007-02-21 07:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK FR |
| 07PARIS685 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...] | 2007-02-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ FR PL |
| 07PARIS701 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...] | 2007-02-23 18:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS702 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...] | 2007-02-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS72 | FRENCH THINKING ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France continues to support the UNSC resolution on Burma as the optimal outcome, but would accept a PRST if necessary to avoid a Chinese veto. Whether a UNSCR or a PRST, the MFA highlighted two points that remain "non-negotiable:" support for U/SYG Gambari's good offices mission [...] | 2007-01-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
| 07PARIS735 | A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY, OECD, G8 ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On February 14 A/S Dan Sullivan briefed French FASS Jacques Lapouge on the state-of-play on Caspian energy and his recent trip to the Caspian region. Sullivan said the U.S. was "very interested" in the French proposal for an "IPR FATF" tabled by Finance Minister Breton. On OECD e [...] | 2007-02-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG FR |
| 07PARIS743 | CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...] | 2007-02-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR |
| 07PARIS777 | SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...] | 2007-02-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL |
| 07PARIS807 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?; [...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...] | 2007-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS815 | FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...] | 2007-03-02 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL FR |
| 07PARIS830 | OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...] | 2007-03-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
| 07PARIS889 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH HIS MFA COUNTERPART ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe and Central Asia, told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 1 that France supported Germany,s engagement in Central Asia and fully backed EU Special Representative (EUSR) Pierre More [...] | 2007-03-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR ZK |
| 07PARIS917 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING [...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...] | 2007-03-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS921 | FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...] | 2007-03-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM |
| 07PARIS922 | SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...] | 2007-03-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL NATO FR |
| 07PARIS98 | MTCR: ASSURANCES OF MTCR CATEGORIZATION FOR BLACK [...] (S) ESTH Officer delivered note verbale in reftel to David Bertolotti, in the Bureau of Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the MFA, on January 9. In response, Bertolotti expressed his government's gratitude for the favorable result of USG deliberations on the missile system in question. Al [...] | 2007-01-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC TSPA MTCR FR UK |
| 07PARTO8 | (U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with [...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...] | 2007-06-05 00:29:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS |
| 07PHNOMPENH109 | CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...] | 2007-01-23 02:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN PHUM CB BM |
| 07PHNOMPENH315 | CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...] | 2007-02-26 05:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CB BM |
| 07PHNOMPENH455 | CAMBODIA SAYS YES TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On March 21, Ambassador and Russian Ambassador Valery Tereshchenko jointly presented the demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel) to Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong. The Foreign Minister reiterated Cambodia's commitment to fighting terrorism, d [...] | 2007-03-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB |
| 07PHNOMPENH534 | CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...] | 2007-04-10 04:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB |
| 07PHNOMPENH535 | TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...] | 2007-04-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID CB AS JA |
| 07PHNOMPENH560 | CAMBODIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On April 19, A/DCM and Russian DCM Vladen Semivolos met with MFA Director for International Organizations Sun Suon to pass on the Global Initiative documents sent to each respective mission. Prior to the meeting, A/DCM and Semivolos conferred on the documents sent by their respective [...] | 2007-04-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PARM KGIC PREL CB |
| 07PHNOMPENH62 | FINANCE MINISTRY ON CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT [...] (SBU) On January 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth at the Ministry of SIPDIS Economics and Finance (MEF) to relay points outlined in reftel A. Vissoth thanked the Embassy for the assurances regarding the USG position vis-a-vis the cut-off date, and ment [...] | 2007-01-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KTIA CB |
| 07PHNOMPENH694 | CAMBODIAN POSITION ON USG PROPOSALS FOR MAY 25 SOM [...] (SBU) A/DCM met on May 18 with MFA Deputy Director for ARF matters, Nong Sakal, to discuss points outlined in reftel. On the matters of UNSCR 1540 and the ISM for Nonproliferation, Nong Sakal indicated that he believed the RGC would support the USG positions. With respect to the ISM Workin [...] | 2007-05-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF KNNP PTER CB |
| 07PODGORICA1 | MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 [...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...] | 2007-01-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA122 | MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...] | 2007-04-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PARM MW |
| 07PODGORICA13 | KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO ADVOCATES CG UNITY ON EARLY DECISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM BELIEVES THAT DELAYING A DECISION ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL TO SERBIA AND THE SERBS. FM ROCEN STRESSED THAT CONTACT GROUP UNITY ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS CRUCIAL. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS SAM AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ROCEN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT R [...] | 2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA130 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MW RS SR |
| 07PODGORICA140 | "PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...] | 2007-04-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
| 07PODGORICA159 | SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...] | 2007-05-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA172 | RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...] | 2007-05-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA182 | MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...] | 2007-06-04 11:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MARR MW |
| 07PODGORICA195 | RIFT IN MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) A "principled" disagreement over privatization of the large thermo-electric plant in Pljevlja (TE Pljevlja) has led to a rift in Montenegro's ruling coalition. The larger Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is seeking to finalize the sale of TE Pljevlja to En+ Group, owned by Russian t [...] | 2007-06-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG MW |
| 07PODGORICA200 | HEAD RUSSIAN SPY VISITS MONTENEGRO, SAYS LOCAL MEDIA [...] (U) Summary: Sergei Lebedev, Director of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) is "secretly" staying in Montenegro as the guest of Montenegrin National Security Agency (NSA),according to "reliable sources" cited by the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on June 9. There have been no official announc [...] | 2007-06-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA214 | FOREIGN PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN MONTENEGRO (C-RE7-00522) [...] (U) Summary: Foreigners, mainly Serbs, own 1.39% of all land, and 8.5% of all condominiums, in Montenegro. Among foreigners, Russians are second in condo ownership, but fourth in land ownership. Current law in Montenegro allows foreigners to buy realty with few restrictions. End summary. [...] | 2007-06-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA220 | MONTENEGRO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO PRESENTLY IMPORTS 40% OF ITS ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION - IMPORTING 1866 GWH COMPARED TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 2818 GWH. THE KOMBINAT ALUMINA PODGORICA (KAP) ALONE CONSUMES NEARLY 2000 GWH A YEAR. THE GOM PLAN TO BEGIN PRIVATIZING THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF MONTENE [...] | 2007-06-26 06:48:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PGOV EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA222 | FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...] | 2007-06-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV MW |
| 07PODGORICA226 | FORMER PM DJUKANOVIC AGAIN IMPLICATED IN 1990S CIGARETTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FORMER PM MILO DJUKANOVIC AGAIN FACES THE PROSPECT OF INDICTMENT IN BARI, ITALY, ON CHARGES OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS FROM THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY ANSA. THE SMUGGLING, ALLEGEDLY UNDER COLOR OF GOM PERMISSION, BEGAN IN THE 1990S WHEN THE FE [...] | 2007-06-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PINR MW |
| 07PODGORICA227 | SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...] | 2007-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA229 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...] | 2007-07-03 10:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM MW |
| 07PODGORICA231 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...] | 2007-07-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW |
| 07PODGORICA24 | RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...] | 2007-02-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV MW RS |
| 07PODGORICA240 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH GOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC AND FOREIGN MINISTER ROCEN, MEETING SEPARATELY WITH VISITING EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED JULY 9, REITERATED THE GOM POSITION ON KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO SEEKS A BROADLY SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IN THE UNSC FOR KOSOVO, AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZ [...] | 2007-07-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MW SR |
| 07PODGORICA243 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...] | 2007-07-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW |
| 07PODGORICA28 | PRESS SAY MOORE "MOST SERIOUS CANDIDATE" FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) The Podgorica daily "Vijesti" on February 7 cites "diplomatic" (nfi) sources which speculate that Roderick Moore (currently DCM in Embassy Belgrade) is the leading candidate to become the first American ambassador to Montenegro. The front page story, later picked up by radio, says the U.S [...] | 2007-02-08 11:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER PREL MW |
| 07PODGORICA50 | MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
| 07PODGORICA94 | MONTENEGRO'S NORTHERNMOST CITY - PLJEVLJA: COAL, ELECTRICITY [...] SUMMARY: PLJEVLJA IS THE THIRD LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION (MUNICIPALITY) IN MONTENEGRO. IT IS HOME TO MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCER OF ALMOST HALF OF THE NATIONS ELECTRICITY. YET A VISIT TO THIS DOWN AT THE HEELS NORTHERN CITY OFFERS A SHARP CONTRAST TO DEVELOPME [...] | 2007-04-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD SOCI PGOV PINR MW |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE124 | MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...] | 2007-01-24 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1203 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-07) [...] bpTT, Energy Minister comment on Gazprom rumor 2. Gas audit: proven reserves down to 12 years 3. T&T Energy Conference charts policy directions 4. Chile joins the LNG queue 5. Uganda seeks T&T help to manage oil/gas reserves 6. Experimental methanol power plant commissioned 7. BG explor [...] | 2007-12-19 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
| 07PRAGUE1009 | CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH [...] (SBU) Summary and Conclusion: Ambassador Graber and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 with key Czech government officials and politicians to discuss missile defense. Franks' main message to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, and th [...] | 2007-09-05 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
| 07PRAGUE102 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT STRATEGY - MEET [...] (C) The Czech Government has adopted a strategy of maximum openness with the public in an effort to ensure the success of its plans to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. Czech opponents of missile defense have tried to draw analogies with Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; opponents also [...] | 2007-02-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1027 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a meeting with Pol-Econ Counselor Sept 5 to discuss the upcoming Gymnich meeting, Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA's Common Foreign Security Policy Department offered the following assessment of Czech views and goals for the meeting: Russia and the Portuguese EU Presidency --- [...] | 2007-09-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EUN EZ IN PGOV PREL RS |
| 07PRAGUE1073 | CZECH REPUBLIC SIGNS NUCLEAR FUEL REPATRIATION [...] Ambassador Graber and Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Riman signed the "Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Countering the Proliferation of Nuclear Materials and Technologies" (a.k.a. nuclear fuel repatriation agreement) on September 17 at the Ministry of Industry and T [...] | 2007-09-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EZ PREL RU |
| 07PRAGUE1080 | CODEL TAUSCHER DISPELS MYTHS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DURING [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Tauscher delivered a clear and effective message to Czech politicians and the public about Congressional views on the planned U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. The visit helped dispel a number of persistent myths by making clear that there is bipartisan Congressional support [...] | 2007-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO OVIP EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1146 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the upcoming October 15-16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on Iran, Russia, Chad and Uzbekistan, as well as his negative as [...] | 2007-10-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL RS KV IR BM UZ |
| 07PRAGUE1151 | C-RE7-01700: CZECH EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES - [...] (U) During a meeting with Embassy Officials, Michal Sedlacek of the Office of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for EU Affairs, outlined a range of issues related to the Czech EU Presidency, which commences January 1, 2009. Of key interest are the five priorities for the Czechs - Competitivenes [...] | 2007-10-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EZ ECON |
| 07PRAGUE1154 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES [...] (C) Your October 23 visit to Prague will be important to our effort to win Czech approval of our missile defense (MD) proposals, and to generally solidify the partnership with a key U.S. ally. While MD is likely to dominate discussions with government officials and members of parliament, you [...] | 2007-10-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1156 | IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...] | 2007-10-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1174 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...] | 2007-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1205 | THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1215 | CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...] | 2007-11-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG |
| 07PRAGUE1232 | CZECH-HUNGARIAN ENERGY JOINT VENTURE: POTENTIAL [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Prague and Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The proposed joint venture between Czech electricity giant CEZ and Hungarian energy group MOL is a deal driven by business interests -- CEZ's desire to get its foot in the door in Hungary as a [...] | 2007-11-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1241 | CZECH PRIORITIES FOR OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloffs met November 20 with Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director of the Czech MFA's Security Policy Department, to discuss the OSCE Ministerial that will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. The Czechs reviewed our proposals (reftel) and raised their three priorities for the Ministeri [...] | 2007-11-20 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
| 07PRAGUE1290 | CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...] | 2007-12-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE165 | POSSIBLE U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: The following is a suggested list of options for missile defense outreach in support of the establishment of a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic. End summary. 2. (C/NF) This outline is submitted in response to the February 15 sub-PCC on missile defense pub [...] | 2007-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE186 | CZECH REPUBLIC/MISSILE DEFENSE: RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As part of the ongoing dialogue with the Czech Republic on missile defense, both Washington and Embassy officials have briefed senior levels of the Czech government and opposition about U.S.-Russian consultations on missile defense and specifically the fact that the proposed MD system pose [...] | 2007-02-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE200 | PART I OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout the course of 2006, the Czech Government continued to improve its capabilities and methods to combat trafficking in persons. GOCR political will to fight trafficking remained strong. This [...] | 2007-02-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
| 07PRAGUE201 | PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...] | 2007-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
| 07PRAGUE203 | PART III OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS (ref Para 30 SECSTATE 202745) ------------------------------------ A) The primary vehicle through which the government assists trafficking v [...] | 2007-02-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
| 07PRAGUE211 | CZECHS ON RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE212 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus's March 5-9 visit to the United States comes less than two months after the USG proposed negotiations on a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic, and one month before Klaus heads to Moscow for meetings with President Putin. It comes as the Czech [...] | 2007-03-02 13:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE236 | CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN [...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...] | 2007-03-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ |
| 07PRAGUE262 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13 [...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...] | 2007-03-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE289 | U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...] | 2007-03-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU |
| 07PRAGUE313 | CZECH AMBASSADOR FOR ENERGY SECURITY'S TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This is Vaclav Bartuska's first trip to the U.S. in his capacity as Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security. He was appointed to this position last winter because the MFA saw the need for closer scrutiny and high level interagency coordination to develop a coher [...] | 2007-03-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CZ RU |
| 07PRAGUE315 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador March 23 that the Czech diplomatic note on missile defense (MD) is on track to be delivered by the end of next week. The Czechs intend to amplify their public debate after this weekend's opposition party congress, and are looking forward to the [...] | 2007-03-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR KIPR CVIS EZ |
| 07PRAGUE316 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USD(P) EDELMAN TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Eric, Welcome back to Prague. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the themes concerning missile defense that Secretary Gates relayed to Czech President Klaus during his visit to Washington earlier this month. Your meetings in Prague -- with Deputy Defense Minister [...] | 2007-03-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EZ |
| 07PRAGUE328 | AGING CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT A WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) held their annual party congress March 23-25, as an opposition party for the first time in nine years. Party Chairman Jiri Paroubek was re-elected. In spite of running unopposed, Paroubek received only 60% of the votes, down from the 92% he recei [...] | 2007-03-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE329 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-03-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
| 07PRAGUE33 | CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION WITH [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (C/NF) During a meeting January 11 with visiting EUR A/S Fried, Czech PM Mirek Topolanek raised GOCR concerns about the country's energy security, and particularly two commercial transactions that he believes threaten energy security by increas [...] | 2007-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ ENRG |
| 07PRAGUE343 | VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...] | 2007-03-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ |
| 07PRAGUE347 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE APRIL 5 [...] I look forward to welcoming Codel Lowey to Prague on April 5. In anticipation of our luncheon discussion at my residence, I offer some background information in this scenesetter. 2. Seventeen years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic is today a stable and rapidly developing cou [...] | 2007-04-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EZ |
| 07PRAGUE398 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TELLS THE CZECHS THAT MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Russian DFM Kislyak, visiting Prague on March 11-12 for meetings with FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, asserted that the planned missile defense sites in the Czech Republic and Poland are a step in a larger effort by the U.S. to develop a [...] | 2007-04-13 16:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR RU EZ |
| 07PRAGUE418 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Czech Foreign Minster Karel Schwarzenberg pays his first official visit to Washington this week. The Czechs are a dependable and engaged, albeit small, ally in NATO and the EU. Schwarzenberg himself is a committed transatlanticist. It is important for us that Schwarzenberg be a [...] | 2007-04-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE420 | MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR [...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...] | 2007-04-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU |
| 07PRAGUE44 | A/S FRIED IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE, VISAS, AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with senior Czech officials in Prague on January 11, A/S Fried covered the following: -- Missile Defense: the President is likely to reach a decision soon that will initiate a period of negotiations with the Czechs and/or Poles about terms for basing MD assets in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EZ |
| 07PRAGUE486 | CZECH-RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL MEETINGS CORDIAL; NO [...] (C) Summary. The visit of President Klaus with President Putin in Moscow was cordial and productive. Although press reports focused on the missile defense aspect of the visit, only about 10 per cent of the discussions in meetings concerned the issue. President Putin, who has been passionate in [...] | 2007-05-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU |
| 07PRAGUE497 | CZECH PRESIDENT: PUTIN SERIOUS ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus asked to see Ambassador on May 7 to brief on his April 26-29 state visit to Moscow, and specifically his discussions with President Putin on missile defense (MD). Klaus said he found Putin to be more strident than he had expected on the issue, adding that he " [...] | 2007-05-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RU EZ |
| 07PRAGUE501 | MISSILE DEFENSE: GENERAL OBERING HAS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary. Lt. General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, held meetings with a broad range of leaders in Prague on April 22-23 to discuss the U.S. proposal to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. Participants described the meetings as extremely useful, and [...] | 2007-05-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE527 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON OECD ENLARGEMENT: QUALITY OVER [...] SUMMARY: Emboffs met May 11 with MFA Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Section Head Petr Bambas to deliver reftel demarche. Bambas will be on the Czech delegation at the May 15 - 16 OECD MCM. The GOCR supports the "package deal" for Slovenia, Estonia, Chile, Israel and Russia to [...] | 2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE530 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-05-11 17:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
| 07PRAGUE531 | CZECHS ARE THE LONE HOLD-OUT ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C/NF) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of Americas Department Jakub Skalnik on May 4 to discuss the EU's diplomatic strategy on Cuba (reftel). Skalnik lamented that the Czechs find themselves in the unpleasant position of being the "spoiler" at the June review of the EU common policy on Cub [...] | 2007-05-11 17:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
| 07PRAGUE532 | CZECHS ON MAY 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs continue to (1) support independence for Kosovo (and privately expressed concern to Poloff about the possible impact on EU should the U.S. act unilaterally),(2) call for the Palestinian government to adopt the Quartet Principles, (3) seek solutio [...] | 2007-05-14 05:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF EZ |
| 07PRAGUE538 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE. [...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...] | 2007-05-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE552 | CZECHS SUPPORT UNSC NEGOTIATIONS ON KOSOVO; SHARE [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government strongly supports the UNSC resolution on Kosovo independence. The Czech MFA has minor reservations with the draft resolution (which it obtained from its mission in New York) and suggested ways to make the text more effective. The Czechs also expressed concern [...] | 2007-05-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EZ |
| 07PRAGUE565 | CZECH PM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador that questions regarding U.S. funding of missile defense projects in Central Europe are damaging Czech efforts to build political support for the system. Referring to the proposal in the House version of the defense appropriations bill that fun [...] | 2007-05-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE579 | CZECHS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 18, Political Economic Counselor and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko met with Jan Kara, Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver [...] | 2007-05-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC EZ |
| 07PRAGUE580 | CZECH REP: DEMARCHE ON JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 14, Poloff and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Director of the United Nations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2007-05-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE591 | FIRST MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Rood and an interagency delegation held productive negotiations on a ballistic missile defense agreement (BMDA) with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague on May 22. The Czechs see the BMDA as a much simpler agreement than the proposed Statu [...] | 2007-05-23 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE614 | SCENESETTER FOR KAREN HUGHES VISIT TO PRAGUE ON [...] (U) Under Secretary Hughes, we look forward to welcoming you to Prague on June 4. In anticipation of your visit, we offer the following background information on the Czech economy, bilateral relations, Czech democracy promotion, and plans for your stay. 2. (U) Seventeen years after the Velv [...] | 2007-05-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE644 | CZECHS AGREE WITH U.S. APPROACH TO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered the authorized portions of Ref A demarche on June 6 to Veronika Smigolova, MFA Director for Security Policy. Smigolova, who will lead the Czech delegation to the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, shared her fear that Allies could be faced with Russian tactics design [...] | 2007-06-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL EZ RU |
| 07PRAGUE648 | USNATO PERMREP NULAND IN PRAGUE - PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland visited Prague May 31 - June 1 to address an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on the consequences for transatlantic relations of U.S. missile defense in Europe. At the conference, in press interviews, and in meetings with senior Czech leaders [...] | 2007-06-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ AF NATO |
| 07PRAGUE67 | CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...] | 2007-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ |
| 07PRAGUE696 | CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT IRANIAN PROPOSAL [...] The Czech MFA delivered the following diplomatic note (#116851/2007-OSN) to Embassy Prague on May 25, 2007. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic presents its compliments to the Embassies of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and [...] | 2007-06-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EZ |
| 07PRAGUE717 | CZECHS ON JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs expect the EU will not reach consensus on Cuba and that the June measures will remain in place. The Czech Republic supports the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo and will seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear program issue. The GOCR is preparing to offer [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS AF EZ ETTC PARM PGOV |
| 07PRAGUE760 | INFORMATION ON U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered information on suggested U.S.-Russia expert-level missile defense consultations to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar and the Czech inter-ministerial missile defense working group June 25. A/DCM informed Pojar the consultations should take place in the next we [...] | 2007-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS AJ EZ PL UP |
| 07PRAGUE788 | TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN [...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...] | 2007-06-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE860 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS USG PRIORITIES AT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA EZ |
| 07PRAGUE861 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON JULY 23 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czechs expect Kosovo to dominate GAERC discussions and noted continue divide within the EU on final Kosovo status. Czechs believe forcing a vote now in the UNSC would result in a Russian veto that would leave a future EU mission without a legal mandate. On Ukraine, the focus wil [...] | 2007-07-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE905 | UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S AUGUST 2 CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte, in town for consultations with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Farda, met on August 2 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar and Political Director Martin Povejsil, who expressed characteristic Czech support for the U.S [...] | 2007-08-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP MARR IR EZ |
| 07PRAGUE928 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Emboffs visited Banzai, Ltd. General Sales Manager Lukas Trachta at his office August 8 to conduct a pre-license check on the purchase of M-60 machine gun parts for the Czech 601st Special Forces Group (601st). Trachta said his firm is acting as a broker for the 601st, and [...] | 2007-08-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC LO EZ |
| 07PRAGUE929 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The Czech position on Kosovo remains strongly supportive of U.S. and Contact Group thinking. The Czech MFA supports the upcoming round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina, but remains skeptical a mutual agreement will be reached. The MFA predicts the Czechs would recognize a [...] | 2007-08-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV EUN UN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE966 | RADIO FREE EUROPE'S STRUGGLE WITH CZECH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Czech government investigation of surveillance detection practices at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) is gathering steam, with increasing numbers of prominent Czech politicians involved behind the scenes but seemingly unwilling to su [...] | 2007-08-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EZ |
| 07PRAGUE970 | CZECH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER ON CFE [...] (C) On June 20, post delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director for Security Policy at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kuchynova-Smigolova said that she would study the U.S. proposal, but her immediate reaction was less than positive. She expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
| 07PRAGUE978 | CZECH REPUBLIC REJECTS SURPRISE RUSSIAN NOMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Russia's surprise nomination of former Czech central bank governor and former Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky as IMF Managing Director has received much attention in Czech media, mostly in the form of negative and cynical commentary about Tosovsky's checkered past and [...] | 2007-08-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV RU EZ |
| 07PRAGUE992 | CZECH ELECTRICITY GIANT'S MURKY GOVERNMENT CONNECTION MEANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Rising electricity prices, increasing demand from a robust economy, and a low cost generation fleet have led Czech electricity company CEZ Group (67.61% state owned) to become the most profitable company in the Czech Republic for the last two years. The lack of trans [...] | 2007-08-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV EZ |
| 07PRAGUE999 | MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...] | 2007-08-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
| 07PRAIA82 | CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD [...] Severino Almeida, The Secretary General came to the Embassy on January 24 to sign the condolence book opened in the memory of the late former President Gerald R. Ford. The Secretary General wrote: "In memory of former President of the United States of American Gerald Ford. The Ministry of [...] | 2007-01-31 18:44:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | CV PGOV PREL |
| 07PRETORIA1 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...] | 2007-12-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA1801 | DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...] | 2007-05-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR |
| 07PRETORIA2257 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 22, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Economy With Capacity Problems - Rate Hikes 'Filtering Through To Economy' - Warning For SA Trade - Labor Holds SA Back - New ANC lea [...] | 2007-06-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRETORIA3726 | Sasol Perseveres in Coal-to-Liquid Projects [...] SUMMARY: South Africa's Sasol is committed to expanding its coal-to-liquids production both within and outside South Africa. Most automobile drivers in South Africa's interior are burning its gasoline derived from coal. Sasol's Chief Engineer confirmed that Sasol is the world's largest single [...] | 2007-10-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND SENV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3744 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-10-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3778 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...] | 2007-10-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3891 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - MAYBE - MAYBE NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered contrary views on African diamond reserves. Some pundits expect output to increase significantly from West Africa, Botswana, Angola and the DRC, but others foresee a sustained decline in world diamond production. A [...] | 2007-11-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3901 | SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...] | 2007-11-07 16:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3902 | SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...] | 2007-11-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3903 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...] | 2007-11-08 05:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA3928 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Competitiveness Slides - Business Confidence Hits Three-Year Low - Sub-Saharan Africa Experiences Sustained Growth - Net Reserves Up [...] | 2007-11-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRETORIA4002 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-11-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 07PRETORIA4026 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...] | 2007-11-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA4027 | SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...] | 2007-11-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF |
| 07PRETORIA747 | FRANCE AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTES NUCLEAR ENERGY TIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see paragrah 7). 2. (SBU) Summary. France and South Africa seek greater cooperation around energy issues including increased electricity generation from nuclear power. The two countries are expected to sign a cooperative agreement on the peaceful use of nu [...] | 2007-03-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP SENV SF FR |
| 07PRETORIA771 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 09 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Ambassador Opens BEE Conference - Pace of Growth Jumps to Fastest in Two Years - Weather Affects Expected Corn Harvest - South Africa's U [...] | 2007-03-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
| 07PRISTINA150 | KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...] | 2007-02-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS |
| 07PRISTINA163 | UPDATE ON KOSOVO PRIORITY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are finding it difficult to close the book on the remaining Contact Group (CG) Priorities for Standards. We believe all CG offices here would agree that at least nine of the 13 Priorities are complete and that the onl [...] | 2007-03-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA186 | KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL [...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...] | 2007-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI |
| 07PRISTINA194 | KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...] | 2007-03-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA200 | KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...] | 2007-03-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA208 | KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...] | 2007-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
| 07PRISTINA264 | KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...] | 2007-04-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...] | 2007-04-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
| 07PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...] | 2007-05-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI |
| 07PRISTINA464 | KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...] | 2007-06-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
| 07PRISTINA490 | KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media attacks against Kosovo's fragile Unity Team (UT),composed of leading governing and opposition figures, are becoming an almost daily occurrence, as public frustration mounts over the continued uncertainty of final status. In the face of what is perceived here to be backsli [...] | 2007-06-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA534 | KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...] | 2007-07-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
| 07PRISTINA557 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...] | 2007-07-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA56 | KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...] | 2007-01-23 12:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA593 | KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...] | 2007-07-31 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
| 07PRISTINA622 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
| 07PRISTINA636 | KOSOVO: FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS ASK TROIKA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 families of Kosovo Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict asked local Troika representatives, made up of Charge, Russian Charge Kurbatskiy, and ICOPT head Jonsson, to pressure Belgrade to unlock its files and reveal the fate of their relatives. The Troika assur [...] | 2007-08-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA640 | KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...] | 2007-08-23 12:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
| 07PRISTINA756 | KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...] | 2007-10-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07PRISTINA764 | KOSOVO: AHTISAARI-MANDATED CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING [...] (C) Summary. A three day off-site planned for November 1-3 should see the culmination of seven months of intense discussions by the so-called "Pre-Constitutional Working Group" -- whose activities have been closely monitored and guided by USOP and ICO -- and result in a first rough draft of [...] | 2007-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KV |
| 07PRISTINA777 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...] | 2007-11-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
| 07PRISTINA782 | KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...] | 2007-11-16 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
| 07QUITO2208 | MIXED VIEWS: AMERICAN BUSINESSES WITH DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary. At an AmCham meeting, U.S. companies in heavily regulated industries noted a number of ongoing problems, but a textile company stressed that lightly regulated industries have fared much better. Several companies said they have good relations with the Correa Administration, whic [...] | 2007-09-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EPET EFIN EAIR BEXP EC |
| 07QUITO2344 | ECUADOR GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA ON CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking October 10 at a luncheon meeting with eight Ambassadors (including Ambassador Jewell),Government Minister Gustavo Larrea described the Correa administration's philosophy, how it translated into success in the Constituent Assembly elections, and provisions the adminis [...] | 2007-10-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL EAGR KCOR EC |
| 07QUITO851 | ECUADOR CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Russian First Secretary Viatcheslav Ulasik and PolChief jointly presented RefTel demarche in favor of GOE participation in the Global Initiative (GI) to MFA DirGen for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on April 13. Puma said the GOE was considering joining the initiative based on [...] | 2007-04-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EC |
| 07RABAT1545 | FUELING MOROCCO'S FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Morocco's GDP has grown by over 5 percent per year for the past five years, foreign direct investment is poised to set a record high for the third consecutive year, and the rapidly growing tourism industry has spurred a con [...] | 2007-09-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MO |
| 07RABAT1814 | WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...] | 2007-12-05 18:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI |
| 07RABAT1850 | G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...] | 2007-12-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS MO |
| 07RABAT277 | MOROCCO ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on February 9 informed Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the U.S.-Russia joint outreach plan for seven prospective partner n [...] | 2007-02-09 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PREL KGIC MO |
| 07RABAT375 | MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...] | 2007-02-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL MO |
| 07RABAT376 | MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...] | 2007-02-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL MO |
| 07RABAT493 | RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...] | 2007-03-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP |
| 07RABAT494 | RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...] | 2007-03-19 08:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP |
| 07RABAT565 | MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTBS MO FR AL |
| 07RANGOON1014 | BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...] | 2007-10-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON1035 | LIMITED PRODUCTION FROM BURMA,S ONSHORE GAS WELLS [...] (C) Summary. The GOB earned more than $2 billion in revenues last year from the oil and gas sector, although very little came from Burma's onshore fields. The Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) controls more than 70 percent of onshore fields, although the GOB has recently granted foreign [...] | 2007-10-19 08:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM |
| 07RANGOON1037 | BURMA: REGIME FOCUS ON "ROADMAP" IGNORES ABUSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 18, the regime announced a new constitutional drafting commission amidst reports of ongoing arrests and convictions of pro-democracy activists. Embassy sources reported several family members of prominent monk U Gambira were arrested on October 16 and 17. NLD official [...] | 2007-10-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON1060 | AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH REGIME LIAISON [...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with newly appointed liaison Aung Kyi at the Government Guest House the afternoon of October 25. Burmese State Television announced Acting PM Thein Sein would be appointed Prime Minister and that Quarter Master General LT GEN Tin Aung Myint Oo would replace T [...] | 2007-10-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON1093 | TAY ZA'S FAMILY TELLS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 6 meeting, Tay Za's older brother, Thiha, and Tay Za's eldest son, Pye Phyo Tay Za, responded to the latest U.S. sanctions and attempted to clarify the nature of Tay Za's relationship with the senior generals. Thiha questioned why the USG singled out Tay Za as a cr [...] | 2007-11-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM |
| 07RANGOON1095 | AIR BAGAN LIVES IT UP WHILE CRYING POOR [...] (C) Summary. Regime crony Tay Za, celebrating Air Bagan's third anniversary on November 5, held a press conference where he emphasized Air Bagan's charity work in Burma, detailed the future of the airline, denounced close ties to the regime, and condemned U.S. sanctions. After the press co [...] | 2007-11-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM |
| 07RANGOON1109 | BURMA: INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2006 and 2007. The country's economy remains dominated by state [...] | 2007-11-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM |
| 07RANGOON1111 | PINHEIRO RETURNS TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Pinheiro told the dip corps that cooperation he had received from the GOB had been positive. He had been given access to everyone he asked to see and taken to all the places he requested to visit. He noted, however, that his trip was not a "fact finding" mission because he had n [...] | 2007-11-15 11:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON313 | BURMA'S OFFSHORE WATERS BECOME MORE CROWDED [...] (U) Summary: Despite inconsistent results from new test wells, Burma's oil and gas potential continues to draw significant interest and investment from China, Russia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan. The regime has granted exploration rights to all remaining blocks just offshore B [...] | 2007-03-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM PGOV |
| 07RANGOON328 | THE BURMESE REGIME'S NUMBER ONE CRONY: TAY ZA [...] (SBU) Summary: To curry favor and win the most lucrative deals, 42-year old Tay Za, Burma's number one crony businessman, entertains regime leaders lavishly and hires their children in his many business ventures. Now active in all Burma's profitable sectors, Tay Za first made his name as an a [...] | 2007-04-03 05:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV BM |
| 07RANGOON478 | BURMA: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES GEAR UP TO RALLY PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students and other democracy activists continue their campaigns to mobilize the public, with the goal of preparing an effective public response when the regime unveils its dictated constitution. Meanwhile, the regime is using its proxy mass-member organizations i [...] | 2007-05-21 11:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
| 07RANGOON555 | BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...] | 2007-06-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 07RANGOON61 | BURMA UNSCR: REGIME GLOATS, OPPOSITION REGROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Burma to China and Russia's veto of the UN Security Council Burma resolution has split as expected. The regime gloated and claimed the result demonstrated international repudiation of U.S. and British meddling in Burma's internal affairs. Pro-democracy groups in Burm [...] | 2007-01-18 05:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM |
| 07RANGOON68 | BURMA'S ILO INITIATIVE STALLS AFTER UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary: After recently making hurried, but significant, progress on a mechanism to address forced labor with ILO, the GOB fell silent in the wake of the unsuccessful January 12 UN Security Council vote on the Burma resolution. ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey attributes the GOB's earlie [...] | 2007-01-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV BM |
| 07RANGOON746 | DAEWOO NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA FOR SHWE GAS [...] (C) Summary. The GOB continues to pressure Daewoo International Corp., the Korean-based company that holds a 25-year concession to develop and produce Shwe gas, to sell the gas to the Chinese. Daewoo has two options - to either sell gas to China or liquid natural gas (LNG) to Korea. The com [...] | 2007-08-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM |
| 07RANGOON93 | BURMA: RELEASED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS STRATEGIZE [...] (C) Summary: Recently released leaders of the 88 Generation Students, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, appreciate the United States' efforts to pass a UNSC resolution on Burma and emphasize their group is not discouraged by China's and Russia's vetoes. They believe the regime is gearing up for a [...] | 2007-01-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
| 07RANGOON977 | RAIDS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires has been summoned to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister for a one-on-one meeting about the situation; we learned that the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors had been invited for similar meetings today. Nightly arrests and raids on monasteries [...] | 2007-10-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM |
| 07RANGOON986 | BURMESE EFFORTS TO GAIN U.S. UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary: Charge received word from the Foreign Ministry of a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy, which she dismissed as ludicrous, and advice that Embassy officers stay away from demonstrations, which she rejected on the grounds that we needed accurate information about what was going on [...] | 2007-10-05 15:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM |
| 07REYKJAVIK166 | ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK192 | Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...] | 2007-07-03 08:02:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK247 | ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING, [...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...] | 2007-08-27 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK248 | ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 08:39:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK322 | ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...] | 2007-11-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PINR IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK42 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EZ PL IC |
| 07REYKJAVIK76 | Demarche on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism [...] (SBU) On March 19 DCM and the Acting Political Officer presented points contained reftel plus text of Global Initiative Statement of Principles to MFA Arms Control Representative Petur Thorsteinsson. Russian DCM was informed of our planned demarche but did not participate since he had approache [...] | 2007-03-22 12:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IC |
| 07RIGA100 | LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SIGNING BORDER TREATY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's parliament voted 69-26 on February 8 to authorize the government to sign the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The legislation should become effective on March 5 and the Latvians have proposed a signing ceremony in Moscow March 6-7. Following the February 5-6 visit to Lat [...] | 2007-02-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA110 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: RELATIONS WITH LATVIA GOOD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the possibility of inclusion of non-citizens in the Visa Waiver Program; Kalyuzhny's view that there was a potential for significant transit cargo growth at the Freeport of Riga if the Latvians [...] | 2007-02-15 11:42:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CVIS ETRD PINR RS LG |
| 07RIGA144 | LATVIA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points on missile defense to Latvian Political Director Ilgavrs Klava February 23. As Latvian FM Pabriks had just received a call from his Lithuanian counterpart on this issue, Klava was grateful for our points. He said Latvia would look to issue a stateme [...] | 2007-02-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS EUN LG |
| 07RIGA147 | OIL EXEC OUTLINES CORRUPTION AND COERCION AT RIGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Managing Director of Latvia's branch of Statoil Baiba Rubess outlined to emboffs a Riga Freeport and Riga International Airport (RIX) that lack transparency, are dominated by the interests of the political elite, but that ultimately will be developed significantly and profitab [...] | 2007-02-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR ECON ENRG ETRD KCRM LG |
| 07RIGA148 | PM KALVITIS ON BORDER, RESTITUTION, ECONOMY, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis hopes to sign the border treaty with Russia March 26 - 27, and plans for speedy ratification, he told the Ambassador in a February 27 meeting. He suggested that there was a possibility of movement on restitution of Holocaust-era Jewish communal property, b [...] | 2007-02-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PINR PREL SOCI CVIS KIPR LG |
| 07RIGA186 | LATVIAN MEDIA: TWO SEPARATE WORLDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Latvian media exists in two parallel spheres, based on language, which media experts refer to as the "two information spaces". This media segmentation tends to reinforce existing ethnic-based differences in Latvian public opinion, and creates some challenges for Latvia's leadershi [...] | 2007-03-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PGOV LG |
| 07RIGA192 | LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...] | 2007-03-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG |
| 07RIGA193 | Latvian cabinet authorizes signing of border treaty; still [...] On March 6, the Latvian cabinet granted PM Aigars Kalvitis the authority to sign the border treaty with Russia, pursuant to legislation adopted by the parliament in February (reftel). In its decision, the cabinet made reference to "respecting the OSCE principle of not changing accepted borders" [...] | 2007-03-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA200 | SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...] | 2007-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM SNAR LG |
| 07RIGA290 | SCENESETTER FOR LATVIAN PRESIDENT VIKE-FREIBERGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will make her final official visit to Washington the week of April 30. In her eight years in office she has been a leader in securing democratic values in Latvia and bringing it into the EU and NATO, and a force in supporting others who wish [...] | 2007-04-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS LG |
| 07RIGA309 | LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...] | 2007-05-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG |
| 07RIGA337 | NEWS CORPORATION PURCHASES TWO TV STATIONS IN LATVIA [...] (SBU) On May 11, Ambassador Bailey met with three executives of U.S.-based News Corporation to discuss the company's purchase this week of two Latvian television stations. The company bought LNT (a leading Latvian language station) and TV5 (a prominent Russian-language station). During the me [...] | 2007-05-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV BEXP LG |
| 07RIGA344 | Latvia to hold July 7 referendum on security laws [...] Summary: Latvia's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that the necessary signatures in support of holding the referendum on amendments to national security laws were collected and the referendum will be held on 7 July 2007, the day President Vaira Vike-Freiberga's term of office exp [...] | 2007-05-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PREL LG |
| 07RIGA349 | LATVIAN GOVERNMENT STUMBLES OVER ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary: When the Latvian parliament rejected a resolution of support for Estonia on May 3, it soon became clear that the governing coalition had mishandled its response, either out of political pettiness, an effort to avoid violence here, a desire to maintain good relations with Moscow, o [...] | 2007-05-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EN LG |
| 07RIGA358 | DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 10 VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer paid a one day visit to Riga, mainly focused on Moldova. In a bilateral meeting at the MFA, the Latvians reviewed their efforts to provide assistance in Moldova and their hope to find ways to provide training to mid-level Belarusian officials. MFA State Secr [...] | 2007-05-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BO MD RS LG |
| 07RIGA373 | Latvian parliament approves Russian border treaty [...] Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 70-25 on May 17 to ratify the Latvia-Russia Border Treaty signed by both prime ministers on March 27. Although the two main opponents of ratification of the treaty - the coalition party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK) and the opposition part [...] | 2007-05-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA382 | RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER": LATVIA SYMPATHETIC [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 22 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL mission in Vienna is well aware of the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter" and of Russian FM Lavrov's planned intervention at the May 23 [...] | 2007-05-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV LG |
| 07RIGA402 | Opposition nominates Aivars Endzins for President in last [...] (U) Summary: On May 24, the last day allowed for the nomination of presidential candidates, opposition party "Harmony Centre" (Saskanas Centrs, SC) unexpectedly nominated as its presidential candidate Aivars Endzins, former Chair of the Constitutional Court. Though his name has been surfacing a [...] | 2007-05-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LG |
| 07RIGA411 | LATVIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - A TRAGIC-COMEDY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) will vote May 31 for a new President to replace Vaira Vike-Freiberga as she completes eight years in office. The outcome remains unclear. The coalition candidate, Valdis Zatlers, has no political experience, has been underwhelming in press and pu [...] | 2007-05-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LG |
| 07RIGA415 | LATVIAN PRESIDENT CRITICIZES ENDZINS CANDIDACY [...] (U) Summary: Indirectly, but quite clearly, criticizing the presidential candidacy of Aivars Endzins, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga stated in an interview on Latvian State Radio May 30 that she is critical of the possibility that the next president might be a person who had worked in the Comm [...] | 2007-05-31 05:14:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LG |
| 07RIGA416 | Latvia elects its new president: Valdis Zatlers [...] (U) On May 31, after an hour-long debate, the Saeima (Latvian parliament) elected Latvia's new president - Valdis Zatlers, candidate of the coalition parties, with 58 votes. 39 lawmakers voted for the opposition's candidate, Aivars Endzins, one member voted for neither candidate and two members [...] | 2007-05-31 11:54:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LG |
| 07RIGA417 | LATVIA'S FIU ANNOUNCES TWO OF ITS BIGGEST CASES [...] (C) Summary: It was recently announced that Latvia's Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) handed over two of their largest cases to the Prosecutor General's office since 1998. These two cases involved over 160 people and companies from all over Latvia and well over four million USD in illegal f [...] | 2007-05-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM LG |
| 07RIGA426 | (S/NF) RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Bailey met for 40 minutes on June 4 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Kaluzhny at his Embassy, joined only by interpreters. Kaluzhny seemed more fatigued than in previous meetings and admitted that he was tiring of his diplomatic posting. Kaluzhny, though, said several things [...] | 2007-06-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA430 | LATVIA: SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS AT THE [...] (U) Summary: Your visit to the June 11-13 Baltic Regional Energy Forum provides an excellent opportunity to view first hand both the challenges and opportunities that Latvia (and the other Baltic States) faces as it strives to craft an energy policy that: enhances security, ensures a stable en [...] | 2007-06-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON LG |
| 07RIGA432 | LATVIA SUPPORTS CFE REVIEW GOALS; DOESN'T WANT TO [...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref a points and ref b background to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klave on June 6. Klava took detailed notes throughout the conversation. Although Latvia will not participate in the review conference (it is not party to the CFE treaty),it would actively engage at the HLTF [...] | 2007-06-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KCFE PREL NATO LG |
| 07RIGA463 | Public and press reaction to Zatlers' election [...] (U) Summary: The reaction of the media and general public to Valdis Zatlers' election as president has been predominantly negative and rather emotional, though some commentators have remained neutral and called on others to give the new president time to prove his independence and skills. The r [...] | 2007-06-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LG |
| 07RIGA51 | LATVIA'S PROPOSED AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON - [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia has nominated Andrejs Pildegovics, currently President Vike-Freiberga's Chief of Staff, as its next Ambassador to Washington and Mexico City. We have had a long and productive relationship with Pildegovics and have always found him accessible. While his academic and car [...] | 2007-01-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV LG |
| 07RIGA520 | RIGA JUDICIAL CONFERENCE: A MODEL RULE OF LAW [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Riga, in cooperation with the Latvian Supreme Court and the Latvian Ministry of Justice, hosted an international conference entitled Judicial Reform, Ethics, and Transparency July 2nd - 3rd. At Ambassador Bailey's invitation, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito came to [...] | 2007-07-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS EAID LG |
| 07RIGA53 | GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...] | 2007-01-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA533 | LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...] | 2007-07-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG |
| 07RIGA55 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Pabriks January 18 to discuss points in reftels on Afghanistan and Kosovo. Pabriks asserted that Latvia remained committed to sending additional troops to ISAF, although the Ministry of Defense was still working on when it would be possible to get additional [...] | 2007-01-22 06:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO YI AF LG |
| 07RIGA56 | LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...] | 2007-01-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG |
| 07RIGA579 | Poll: Latvians feel secure; support national defense [...] (SBU) Summary: An annual opinion poll commissioned by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in December 2006/January 2007 confirms the tendency shown by previous polls commissioned by the MoD since 2000: the majority of Latvian residents consider Latvia a safe country and in general support the governm [...] | 2007-07-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MARR LG |
| 07RIGA591 | LATVIA/RUSSIA: LAVROV TO RIGA? AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov has proposed coming to Riga September 17 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The GOL is cautiously agreeing to this, although it could lead to public protests if the constitutional court has not yet ruled on the treaty's v [...] | 2007-08-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
| 07RIGA610 | LATVIA STANDING UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is concerned about the missile impact in Georgia and frustrated by the weak reaction of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. While urging NATO support for Georgia through a NAC briefing and possible NAC visit to Georgia, Latvia will send a person to participate in the inte [...] | 2007-08-10 12:02:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG LG |
| 07RIGA617 | The Latvian Court System: A Primer [...] (U) Summary: Latvia's civil law judicial system is a three tier structure consisting of district or city courts, regional courts, and headed by a Supreme Court. All civil and criminal matters go through these courts. The Constitutional Court is a fully independent body whose mandate is to int [...] | 2007-08-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM LG |
| 07RIGA629 | LATVIA REMAINS CAUTIOUS ON PLANS FOR A/CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvia continues to be wary of any plan to move forward on ratification of A/CFE that might leave them behind. They welcomed hearing more detail on our action for action plan and will have more thoughts in upcoming US/Baltic consultations on CFE. The Latvians are looking to ge [...] | 2007-08-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KCFE MARR PREL PINR RS LG |
| 07RIGA636 | LATVIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANA HELD UP BY RUSSIAN DELAYS [...] The Latvian MOD has informed us that a number of items that Latvia has pledged to the Afghan National Army are delayed due to a nearly year long effort to get retransfer authority from Moscow. With President Zatlers hoping to visit Afghanistan in September, the Latvians would welcome any assist [...] | 2007-08-23 08:08:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM MARR AF RS LG |
| 07RIGA647 | LATVIA/RUSSIA: BORDER TREATY SEEMINGLY DELAYED, [...] (C) Summary: Earlier reports of a September 17 Lavrov trip to Riga to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty appear unlikely. Moscow has told the Latvians of challenges in the sequencing of events mean they would not be ready for action on the treaty by Sept [...] | 2007-08-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG |
| 07RIGA648 | LAVROV VISIT TO RIGA OFF FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
| 07RIGA685 | THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH [...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...] | 2007-09-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG |
| 07RIGA741 | FURTHER WORRYING STEPS ON RULE OF LAW IN LATVIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Additional developments on rule of law in Latvia only add to our concern. Late September 28, we became worried that there was a move afoot within the Latvian government to sack prosecutor General Maizitis. We strongly warned senior levels of the GOL against such a move, noting [...] | 2007-10-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR SNAR LG |
| 07RIGA782 | LATVIAN POLITICS TURNS WEIRD; FM RESIGNS, PM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's internal political machinations took a bizarre turn on October 19. FM Pabriks submitted his resignation, telling the Ambassador that he had "lost trust" with the current cabinet. But PM Kalvitis refused to accept the resignation and Pabriks is, in effect, hostage in t [...] | 2007-10-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR LG |
| 07RIGA788 | PM ACCEPTS FM'S RESIGNATION; MACHINATIONS CONTINUE [...] Summary: October 22 began what will be a busy week in Latvia's ongoing political saga. Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis revised his earlier decision and accepted the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Artis Pabriks, effective October 29. The opposition has called a special session of parl [...] | 2007-10-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL LG |
| 07RIGA794 | LONG TRUCK LINES LIKELY TO CONTINUE ALONG LATVIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary: A combination of factors, specifically, a significant increase in trade from the EU to Russia; a lack of action thus far to modernize and increase the capacity and efficiency of Russian checkpoint operations; and the lack of attractive alternative routes, have caused extended delay [...] | 2007-10-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS PREL ETRD EUN RS LG |
| 07RIGA796 | SECENSETTER FOR OCT 31 VISIT OF PM KALVITIS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis comes to Washington Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 politically weakened but still enormously influential. Latvia's longest serving PM in the post-Soviet era, Kalvitis is enmeshed in a political battle over the dismissal of the anti-corruption chief and with growing voter [...] | 2007-10-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS LG |
| 07RIGA812 | Old Believers in Latvia [...] Summary: Latvia is well-known for its large Russian community, mainly the large number of non-citizens and claims that they are discriminated against, especially on language. However, it would be a big mistake to perceive Russians in Latvia as a homogenous religious community. While the majorit [...] | 2007-10-30 05:13:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF LG |
| 07RIGA821 | WHAT'S LIKLEY TO HAPPEN NEXT IN LATVIA? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conventional wisdom in Latvia is that PM Kalvitis will announce his resignation following the adoption of the 2008 budget, scheduled for November 8. If he does step down, we expect a somewhat protracted period of government formation that could likely go until Christmas or eve [...] | 2007-11-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LG |
| 07RIGA831 | LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO DELAY EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) Officials in both the PM's office and the MFA have confirmed what we expected - that the current political situation in Latvia has delayed the exchange of instruments of ratification for the Latvia-Russia border treaty. FM Lavrov's proposed visit for November 14 or 15 is off as there is c [...] | 2007-11-07 07:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS RS LG |
| 07RIGA837 | PM KALVITIS PLANS TO RESIGN DEC. 5 [...] (C) Summary: Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis announced November 7 that he will step down on December 5. He said he wanted to ensure a smooth transition. At the same time, he nominated candidates to fill three of the four vacancies in the cabinet, including Maris Riekstins as foreign minister. The [...] | 2007-11-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV LG |
| 07RIGA84 | LATVIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HRC, LUKEWARM AT BEST [...] (C) Pol/econ chief has held several conversations with Latvian MFA pol dir Ilgvars Klava regarding ref A request to explore Latvian willingness to pursue a seat on the Human Rights Council. Klava, who has been very critical of the council (ref C),has agreed that we should avoid having Belaru [...] | 2007-01-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC LG |
| 07RIGA850 | LATVIA: DAS GARBER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER, CFE, AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Judith Garber visited Riga on November 7 and 8 for meetings with GOL officials at the MFA and DOD. All MFA officials stressed the Visa Waiver program as priority number one in the bilateral relationship. The Latvian MOD expressed strong support for U.S. efforts to negoti [...] | 2007-11-14 10:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MARR LG |
| 07RIGA86 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS [...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...] | 2007-01-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG |
| 07RIGA865 | A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG |
| 07RIGA872 | LAVROV VISIT DEC. 18? KALVITIS TO STAY UNTIL DEC. [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov will likely visit Latvia December 18 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty. As a result of this and other events, it seems likely that PM Kalvitis will resign as planned on December 5 but stay in caretaker mode through Dece [...] | 2007-11-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN RS LG |
| 07RIGA873 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...] | 2007-11-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG |
| 07RIGA877 | LATVIA ON MADRID: NERVOUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is wary of the Spanish/German effort on CFE in Madrid and greatly appreciates the US support for core principals in this area. Latvia will make a strong statement of support for ODIHR and election observation. They support the closure of the OSCE mission in Croatia and sup [...] | 2007-11-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE OSCE LG |
| 07RIGA884 | Court rules Latvia-Russia border treaty complies with [...] Summary. Latvia's Constitutional Court (ST) announced November 29 that the Latvia- Russia Border Treaty, which provides Latvia's acknowledgment to the transfer of the Abrene region of Latvia to Russia in Stalin's era, complies with the Constitution of Latvia. The court ruled that the Treaty its [...] | 2007-11-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PBTS PREL RS LG |
| 07RIGA895 | Kalvitis officially resigns as Latvian PM; Lavrov invited [...] On December 5, Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis submitted his resignation to President Zatlers, as he pledged last month. Under the Latvian constitution, the resignation also covers all ministers and the government goes in to caretaker mode until the Saeima (parliament) approves a new government. K [...] | 2007-12-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS LG |
| 07RIGA898 | Decision on Putin documentary raises censorship concerns [...] Summary. The decision by Latvian National Television (LTV) to cancel the planned December 1 broadcast of a documentary "Putin's System," which is critical of the Russian President, has produced significant drama and raised questions of censorship. LTV first claimed that the broadcast was cance [...] | 2007-12-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM LG |
| 07RIGA906 | THE APPEARANCE OF BOLD ACTION, LOOKING FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The process of forming the next Latvian government took a not entirely unexpected turn on December 12 when President Zatlers decided to consult with potential candidates for Prime Minister from outside the party structure. Although Zatlers seems interested in doing something unex [...] | 2007-12-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LG |
| 07RIGA908 | LATVIA REMAINS ON BOARD REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia remains fully on board with a way forward on Kosovo based on the Ahtisaari plan. It has no problem with deploying the planned ESDP mission, although budget constraints may limit its participation. When the time comes, Latvia is prepared to recognize an independent Kosovo, [...] | 2007-12-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN YI LG |
| 07RIGA92 | Latvian parliament approves border treaty on first reading; [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 65 - 26 on February 1 to authorize the government to sign the border treaty with Russia that has been pending since 1997. This was only the first reading and the bill will have to pass again on February 8 before it is final. However, the near [...] | 2007-02-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS RS LG |
| 07RIGA932 | LATVIA-RUSSIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO RETURN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL [...] Summary: On December 3, the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation signed an agreement to return remaining spent nuclear fuel from Latvia's decommissioned Salaspils research facility to Russia for recycling and storage. The agreement stems from efforts in Latvia started in the late 1990 [...] | 2007-12-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP RS LG |
| 07RIYADH1006 | DOW AND SAUDI ARAMCO SIGN MOU FOR $20 BILLION [...] (C) On May 12, US firm Dow Chemical's CEO Andrew Liveris and Saudi Aramco's President and CEO Abdullah Jum'ah signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding for a major petrochemical facility, the "Ras Tanura Integrated Project" (RTIP),the cost of which will likely reach more than $20 billio [...] | 2007-05-14 18:01:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EIND SA |
| 07RIYADH1412 | GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA [...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...] | 2007-07-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA |
| 07RIYADH1519 | AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...] | 2007-07-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET VE SA |
| 07RIYADH1528 | DESPITE PUBLIC OUTCRY, MUTAWWA'IN REMAIN ROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, there has been unprecedented media coverage of three legal cases involving the mutawwa'in or religious police working for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV). Two cases allege that CPVPV members, including non-field staff, [...] | 2007-07-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA |
| 07RIYADH1691 | SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...] | 2007-08-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RS SA |
| 07RIYADH1923 | IRAQI DEBT: MEETING WITH SAUDI MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on September 16 with the DCM, Hamad Al-Baz'y, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, conveyed a lack of urgency in reconciling the debt owed by Iraq to he Kingdom. Al-Baz'y described the three meetings in which the Saudis and the Iraqis h [...] | 2007-09-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ SA |
| 07RIYADH1950 | TOO DARN HOT: SAUDI EP BOOM REACHING LIMITS? [...] SUMMARY (C) With temperatures reaching 115 degrees, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is both literally and metaphorically "too darn hot." With vast investments being made in oil and petrochemical projects, post hears constant complaints of shortages of materials, qualified workers, and i [...] | 2007-09-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL SA |
| 07RIYADH2056 | NOVEMBER OPEC SUMMIT IN RIYADH [...] This is an action request. DOE/International Policy and EB/ESC please see paragraphs five and nine. -------------- Summary -------------- 2. (C) On September 30, Energy Attache and DOE Officer met with Advisor to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) and Director [...] | 2007-10-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON SA |
| 07RIYADH212 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...] | 2007-02-01 12:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA |
| 07RIYADH2322 | SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON IRAN, SANCTIONS [...] (S) Summary: In remarks November 20 to the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir adopted a very harsh tone on Iran. Al-Jubeir asserted that Iran is behind most of the difficulties facing the US and Saudi Arabia in the region at present. He claimed that recent US-Irania [...] | 2007-11-20 16:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG PTER SA |
| 07RIYADH2461 | KING ABDULLAH SNUBS AHMEDINEJAD'S INVITATION [...] (S) On December 7, Ambassador Fraker and POL/C met with King Abdullah at his Al-Jandriyya farm to discuss President Bush's planned visit to Saudi Arabia (SA) in January. During the discussion, the King told the Ambassador that on the margins of the GCC summit in Doha, Iranian President Mahmo [...] | 2007-12-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR SA |
| 07RIYADH313 | ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETS IN RIYADH, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud, Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMR) convened an Energy Working Group (EWG) in Riyadh on February 3. The E [...] | 2007-02-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV SA |
| 07RIYADH318 | UNOFFICIAL SAUDI REACTION TO PUTIN VISIT: CLEARLY [...] (U) Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded on February 12 a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- the first ever by a Russian head of state. Described by some analysts as an "historic visit," Putin was accompanied by a delegation that included approximately 60 businessmen. The [...] | 2007-02-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET RU SA |
| 07RIYADH364 | SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...] | 2007-02-24 08:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA |
| 07RIYADH367 | APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...] | 2007-02-24 12:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA |
| 07RIYADH651 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...] | 2007-04-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA |
| 07RIYADH67 | PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM [...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...] | 2007-01-14 17:14:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PGOV SA RS |
| 07ROME1015 | LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...] | 2007-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC LE IT |
| 07ROME1105 | ITALIANS OPPOSE RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE CHARTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV IT |
| 07ROME1109 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador May 23 made the points on the Special Lebanon Tribunal to FM Massimo D'Alema. D'Alema said he had spoken to both the Lebanese PM and French FM. The French were pushing hard for immediate action. However, while the GOI favored the resolution, it advocated waiting fo [...] | 2007-05-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PTER LE IT |
| 07ROME1187 | KOSOVO: TADIC CLAIMS RUSSIANS HAVE PROMISED TO [...] (C) Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on May 29 that Russia had promised Serbia a veto of any UNSC resolution that would separate Kosovo from Serbia, according to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona. Tadic told Prodi and D'A [...] | 2007-05-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
| 07ROME1487 | ITALIAN REACTIONS TO USG PROPOSALS AT NUCLEAR [...] (C) After a lengthy delay occasioned by the travel of the Italian official responsible for nonproliferation and export control issues and other postponements on the Italian side, Econoff recently succeeded in exchanging views on USG proposals for information sharing at the Nuclear Suppliers Gr [...] | 2007-07-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA IR IT |
| 07ROME149 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART II [...] This is part two of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. (See ref A for part one.) BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS ------------------------------- 2. As of December 2006, Italy has bilateral investment agreements with the following countries: Albania Algeria Angola (s [...] | 2007-01-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
| 07ROME1497 | ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON UN ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In bilateral meetings on the fringes of the Rome Afghan conference, Italy's prime minister and foreign minister guardedly welcomed the prospect of a new, high-level UN envoy for Afghanistan. But PM Prodi told USUN Amb Khalilzad it would be important for such an envoy to have adequate res [...] | 2007-07-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IT |
| 07ROME1511 | GOI SHARES ITS THOUGHTS ON ENI-GAZPROM "SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with Econoff to discuss the agreement between Eni and Gazprom to build the "South Stream" natural gas pipeline connecting Russia and Bulgaria, GOI officials emphasized their continued commitment to the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline, which will carry Azeri natural gas [...] | 2007-07-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IT |
| 07ROME1588 | D'ALEMA/KOSOVO: CAN'T LET RUSSIA IMPOSE WILL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador probed FM D'Alema on Kosovo in a meeting on July 23, shortly after the minister returned from the GAERC. Ambassador noted that the situation was dangerous, and could blow up in Europe's face if there were no independence. FM D'Alema said recognition of Kosovo independen [...] | 2007-07-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT |
| 07ROME162 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT |
| 07ROME17 | ITALY LOOKS TO SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (S/NF) Pol M/C called MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi January 4 to follow up on GOI thinking following passage of UNSCR 1737, and in particular next steps on Bank Sepah and Iran's Aerospace Industries Organnization (AIO). Terzi said the GOI has no plans to withdraw Bank Sepah's authority [...] | 2007-01-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN KNNP IR UNAUS IT |
| 07ROME175 | ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...] | 2007-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC IT |
| 07ROME1842 | ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA - [...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...] | 2007-08-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT |
| 07ROME1873 | D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU integration as a way to achieve regional stability. Ischinger stated th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT |
| 07ROME188 | PUTIN-PRODI MEETING FOCUSES ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Italian PM Prodi's January 23 dinner with Russian President Putin focused largely on bilateral trade issues. According to the MFA Russian Desk, Putin will visit Italy in mid-March for a bilateral visit to Rome and the Vatican and then to Bari for an summit focused primarily on trade, telec [...] | 2007-01-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RU SR YI IT |
| 07ROME1900 | ITALIAN MFA: KAZAKHS USING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO [...] (C) Summary. An Italian MFA official told us the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is using alleged environmental violations as part of a negotiating strategy aimed at squeezing more money out of the international consortium developing the Kashagan oilfield. Italian oil and gas parastatal Eni [...] | 2007-09-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV EPET SENV KZ IT |
| 07ROME192 | PRESSING ITALY ON AFGHANISTAN CAVEATS AND IRAN [...] (C) Visiting EUR/WE director Allegrone urged GOI officials to look hard at ways to enhance Italy's military contribution in Afghanistan. MFA officials responded that they were doing so, but had to tread carefully to avoid a veto of mission funding by far-left members of the governing coaliti [...] | 2007-01-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV XF AF IR IZ LE KNNP IT |
| 07ROME1946 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
| 07ROME1947 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
| 07ROME1948 | (C) ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT SHARING IRAN-RELATED [...] (C) On September 10, Econoff delivered to the Italian Trade Ministry ref A demarche regarding the USG proposal to release to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iran-related Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) export denial information. Salvatore Pistorio, the Trade Ministry official r [...] | 2007-09-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IR IT |
| 07ROME1949 | D'ALEMA/IRAN: OPEN TO FURTHER UNSC SANCTIONS, [...] (C) The Ambassador engaged FM Massimo D'Alema on Iran and Syria in a meeting on September 12, shortly after the minister returned from trips to the EU GYMNICH, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. The conversation also followed recent visits to Italy of Syrian VP al-Shara, Iranian DFM Jalili, Isr [...] | 2007-09-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF LE XF UN KNNP IT |
| 07ROME198 | IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA),to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...] | 2007-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
| 07ROME1993 | ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIA FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) On September 10 the Italian MFA hosted an international conference on Central Asia in Rome. The conference included the participation of the FMs from Italy and Uzbekistan, DFMs from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Representatives of Italy, the US (SCA/CEN Spratlen) [...] | 2007-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IT KZ KG TX TI UZ |
| 07ROME2046 | ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...] | 2007-09-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
| 07ROME209 | IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT |
| 07ROME2113 | BURMA: ITALY WELCOMES UNSC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: S/P Gordon raised the violent crackdown in Burma with Italian PolDir Terzi October 1. Terzi said Italy's position was in perfect alignment with that of the U.S., that Italy supported UNSC action on Burma and that he would instruct Italy's PermRep in New York to be in touch with A [...] | 2007-10-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM IT |
| 07ROME2131 | S/P GORDON ENGAGES GOI ON KOSOVO, IRAN, [...] (C) S/P Director David Gordon engaged senior GOI officials on Kosovo, Russia, MEPP, Iran, Lebanon, UNSC reform, Darfur, Afghanistan and climate change during October 1 consultations. On Kosovo the Italians said the goal should be a UNSCR, and that the Kosovars should be persuaded to postpone [...] | 2007-10-04 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XF AF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT |
| 07ROME2167 | A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...] | 2007-10-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO |
| 07ROME2208 | ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...] | 2007-10-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT |
| 07ROME2214 | AUTSR DONNELLY ENGAGES GOI ON DOHA, IPR/ACTA, AND [...] (U) Summary. In a September 26 meeting, GOI trade official Leonardo Schiavo told Assistant USTR Shaun Donnelly the GOI is committed to the success of the Doha Round, at the same time making clear that geographic indications are a key issue for the GOI. Schiavo characterized Italy as "one of [...] | 2007-10-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL IT |
| 07ROME2317 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) As you visit Italy, the Italian government will be once again dealing with the instability that has characterized political life here during most the post-war period. The coalition government of Romano Prodi holds on to power in Italy's parliamentary system by a very thin margin. The g [...] | 2007-11-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPRT PREL PGOV IT |
| 07ROME2360 | ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT |
| 07ROME2395 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...] | 2007-11-29 19:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ |
| 07ROME2477 | (S) ITALIANS TELL U/S LEVEY "THERE IS GROWING [...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 28, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed senior Italian officials to take additional measures to protect the international financial system from abuse by Iranian entities and individuals. U/S Levey passed detailed i [...] | 2007-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT |
| 07ROME2484 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN BANKS [...] (C) Summary: U/S Levey met with Italy's major private sector banks on November 27 and 28 in Milan and Rome. He explained USG designations (for their involvement in Iran,s proliferation activities) of Banks Melli and Mellat, and of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its associat [...] | 2007-12-18 08:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT |
| 07ROME2505 | (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) On December 21, Econcoff delivered reftel points on efforts by the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) to procure large quantities of chemicals useful in producing chemical weapons to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Au [...] | 2007-12-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY IT |
| 07ROME310 | PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...] | 2007-02-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IR IT |
| 07ROME336 | GOI STOPS FASTBOAT ENGINE SHIPMENT TO IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Over the past four years, Post has engaged the GOI repeatedly on Italian exports of fastboats and their components to Iran (refs B, C, and G). We recently heard that fastboats and marine diesel engines exported t [...] | 2007-02-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC IR IT |
| 07ROME411 | ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...] | 2007-03-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG |
| 07ROME46 | ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (C) MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian says Italy is fully onboard with the Contact Group's support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari. She stated that there is broad bipartisan and expert consensus in supporting Kosovar "delinkage" from Serbia and a NATO and EU future for all the countries of the [...] | 2007-01-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SR YI IT |
| 07ROME522 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...] | 2007-03-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT |
| 07ROME535 | PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...] | 2007-03-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT |
| 07ROME563 | ITALY-RUSSIA COMMERCIAL TIES DEEPEN ON MARGINS OF [...] (U) Summary. Russian and Italian companies signed a number of agreements on the margins of the March 14 bilateral meeting between PM Prodi and Russian President Putin. The agreements, concentrated in the areas of energy and transportation, provide "proof of the strategic partnership between [...] | 2007-03-21 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG RU IT |
| 07ROME566 | ITALIAN MFA INSISTS NO CHANGE IN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C/NF) On March 21 poloff contacted Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the Balkans Office of the Italian MFA, to raise concerns that Italian comments in the wake of the March 14 Putin visit to Italy were creating confusion among Contact Group nations and UNSC members. Specifically, poloff raised [...] | 2007-03-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
| 07ROME69 | IRAN SOLICITS ENI INVESTMENT IN AZADEGAN AND SOUTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni told the Ambassador that the Iranian Energy Minister has offered Eni investment opportunities in Iran's South Pars and Azadegan oil fields. Scaroni said Eni is interested in additional inve [...] | 2007-01-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL IR IT |
| 07ROME710 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...] | 2007-04-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT |
| 07ROME779 | KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...] | 2007-04-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
| 07ROME817 | KOSOVO: UN SECRETARY GENERAL GIVES ITALY RIGHT [...] (C/NF) Leonardo Bencini of the UN office of the Italian MFA told poloff that during an April 18 visit to Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Italian FM D'Alema that he SIPDIS fully supported the recommendations by UNOSEK Ahtisaari and asked Italy to work in conjunction with other EU [...] | 2007-04-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
| 07ROME96 | FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE [...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...] | 2007-01-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO IT |
| 07ROME992 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. According to the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, the GOI is already heavily engaged in discussion at the OECD Council on OECD enlargement and financing reform. Regarding OECD enlargement, the GOI is especially concerned that enlargement proceed in such [...] | 2007-05-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN IT |
| 07RUSSELS1548 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 05:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZK |
| 07SANAA1186 | BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, [...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...] | 2007-06-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM YM |
| 07SANAA1343 | HIGH PRICES CAUSE CONCERN IN YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prices of basic consumer goods in Yemen have risen in real terms by at least 100 percent since the September 2006 Presidential Election. Inflation has worsened the already abysmal poverty rate and has led to the bankruptcy of at least 2,400 businesses. The Republic of Yemen Go [...] | 2007-07-16 06:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM |
| 07SANAA1801 | YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY08 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER [...] The ROYG is currently contending with a looming water crisis, explosive population growth, food insecurity, internal conflict, and increasing terrorist activity in the country. To help ease the burden on the ROYG, a reliable partner in the GWOT, Embassy Sanaa seeks $20 million in FY2008 Food [...] | 2007-09-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID YM |
| 07SANAA2090 | THIRD FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING [...] Yemeni Prime Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohy Al-Dhabbi and German Ambassador to Yemen Michael Klor-Berchtold co-chaired the third Forum for the Future planning meeting in Sanaa on October 27. NEA DAS Kent Patton, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, NEA Foreign Affairs Officer Blake Thorkels [...] | 2007-11-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KMPI YM |
| 07SANJOSE524 | COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...] | 2007-03-16 22:32:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS |
| 07SANSALVADOR1452 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloffs met with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) to raise reftel points. Rivera responded that El Salvador is fully supportive of the US position on the participation in the Community of Democracies. 2. (U) Rivera agr [...] | 2007-07-30 16:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES TW |
| 07SANTIAGO1846 | MEDIA REACTION - IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT AFTERMATH [...] Summary: The Chilean press continues to collect opinions among experts and international commentators about the impact of the clash between the King of Spain and Chavez. The overall consensus is that Chavez' primary goal is to disrupt relations among nations in the region to his own advantag [...] | 2007-11-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI |
| 07SANTIAGO1859 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM - DVC WITH [...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador Greg Schulte, briefed via Digital Video Conference (DVC) Chilean TV and radio commentators, think tank analysts, and university academics on the danger of Iran's nuclear program and the need for Iranian complian [...] | 2007-11-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV OPRC PTER CI IR |
| 07SANTIAGO292 | CHILEAN MFA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FALCON-CONDOR [...] Summary: (C) Working level Foreign Ministry officials expressed concern February 14 that participation of U.S. F-16s in bilateral military exercises in Peru would allow "Peru to game a potential conflict with Chile." The seeds for this concern were apparently planted by the Russian military [...] | 2007-02-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL CI |
| 07SANTIAGO443 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) Ambassador Kelly, joined by Yuriy Filatov, his Russian counterpart, delivered reftel demarche on March 16, to Ambassador Luis Winter, Director of the MFA's Office for Special Projects (DIPESP). Also present were Rodrigo Hume of DIPESP, E/POL Counselor, and the Russian embassy's political [...] | 2007-03-16 20:23:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CI |
| 07SANTIAGO790 | NEWLY-APPOINTED UN SPECIAL ENVOY ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) Ricardo Lagos, one of three newly-appointed UN Special Representatives on Climate Change, told visiting OES A/S Claudia McMurray May 11 that it would be imperative for all nations -- including developing ones -- to agree on an agenda for addressing climate change. But it would also be imp [...] | 2007-05-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IO PINR PREL SENV UNGA |
| 07SANTIAGO89 | RECONSIDERING NUCLEAR ENERGY IN CHILE [...] (C) Summary: Chile's increasing reliance on foreign regarding the viability of nuclear power and the long term prospects for the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP). End summary. 2. (C) President Michelle Bachelet has publicly and privately maintained that Chile will ""not go nuclear" [...] | 2007-01-17 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP PARM UNSC CI |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2466 | LIQUID PROPANE GAS TANKER RUNS AGROUND: THREAT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV KPAO DR |
| 07SAOPAULO206 | MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ AND [...] "The Guyana Factor" Political columnist Eliane Cantanhede opined in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/16): "President Bush made rapprochement gestures towards US friends in Latin America while Chvez poured millions of dollars into Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia a [...] | 2007-03-16 12:06:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO301 | GOB UNVEILS NEW EDUCATION PLAN TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS [...] Prominent commentators and politicians have increasingly identified deficiencies in Brazil's public education system as a leading cause of the country's subpar economic performance and its inability to keep pace with other so-called BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) economies. Recent result [...] | 2007-04-16 15:19:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI PGOV ECON KPAO BR |
| 07SAOPAULO460 | MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: EU-RUSSIA TENSIONS; WESTERN [...] "Cold War Signs" Center-right national circulation and influential daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (5/28): "In addition to the Middle East horrors, a new focus of international tension has continued to expand in recent months and weeks. It is the remarkable deterioration of the relat [...] | 2007-05-29 17:23:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO504 | EUROPE: G-8 SUMMIT, RUSSIA, CLIMATE CHANGE; WESTERN [...] "George and Vladimir" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (6/10) editorialized: "Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush did not solve their nations' differences at the G-8 Summit, but succeeded in moderating the tone of the rhetoric between Russia and the U.S..... Both k [...] | 2007-06-11 17:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO652 | MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA: DARFUR, UN PEACEKEEPER FORCE; SCO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 13:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO657 | MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA'S CLAIM OVER THE ARTIC; SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-03 13:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO768 | BRAZIL: INVESTMENT GRADE BY 2008? [...] (U) Amid public speculation surrounding Brazil's possible ascent to an investment grade bond rating, Econoffs visited the credit ratings agencies Standard and Poors (S&P) and Moody's to solicit their views. Both ratings agencies have divergent opinions about the quality of Brazil's fiscal acc [...] | 2007-09-14 19:32:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV BR |
| 07SAOPAULO776 | MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 14:05:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SAOPAULO891 | MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA;SAO PAULO. [...] "The Language That Chvez Understands" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (11/6): "A regime that permits a caudillo to remain perennially in power, deprives minorities and the opposition their fundamental liberties and allows a nation to be ruled without [...] | 2007-11-06 16:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR |
| 07SARAJEVO1157 | NEW SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES EARLY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary: During his first official visit to Bosnia May 28, new Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic stressed his government's commitment to improving relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and ICTY cooperation. Alkalaj provided post a generally positive readout of his meeting with Jeremic. [...] | 2007-05-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS SR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO1461 | BOSNIA: PIC CONFRONTS DETERIORATING POLITICAL [...] (C) During the June 18-19 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo, Bosnian political leaders demonstrated little willingness toabandon the nationalist rhetoric and confrontatinal positions that have stalled the reform proces and resulted in government paralysis. PM Spiri [...] | 2007-07-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL EUN |
| 07SARAJEVO1738 | BOSNIA: GEORGIAN ARMS DEAL REVIVED? [...] (S) In recent weeks, several high-ranking government officials have raised the possibility of reviving a Bosnia-Georgia arms deal that was scuttled in 2006 over strenuous Russian objections. President Komsic and his senior advisors seem to be the main proponents of reviving the sale, which i [...] | 2007-08-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BK GG RS SR |
| 07SARAJEVO1987 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...] | 2007-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2174 | BOSNIA--HIREP ON MOSCOW TRIP, POLICE REFORM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 dinner for Quint Ambassadors and previewed in an earlier courtesy call with the Ambassador that day, OHR High Representative Miroslav Lajcak shared a read-out from his visit to Moscow, his plans for police reform, and ideas to promote Dayton-implementation . L [...] | 2007-10-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2236 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP IMPOSES FIRST MEASURES; DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, High Representative Lajcak publicly announced three measures designed to improve decision-making in and the functionality of state-level government. After Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik was briefed by OHR in advance of the actions, he called the Ambassador [...] | 2007-10-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2237 | BOSNIA - SERBS CONTINUE PLANS TO CONFRONT HIGHREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intensive public and private diplomacy over the October 19-21 period, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and other leaders of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) still appear determined to force a confrontation over the HighRep,s October 19 use of the B [...] | 2007-10-22 11:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2293 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 30-31 PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik's ongoing challenge to the authority of the High Representative represents a serious challenge to U.S. interests and is the most fundamental challenge to the integrity of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the signing of Dayton. Kosov [...] | 2007-10-26 16:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2296 | BOSNIA- DEFENSE MINISTER ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic requested to meet with the Ambassador on October 27 to discuss developments in the security situation in Bosnia. Though clear threats to the stability of the country were present, Cikotic told the Ambassador that he believed that he had control over the secu [...] | 2007-10-27 17:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2309 | BOSNIA - EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRIS HOH'S OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his October 16-20 visit to the Brcko District, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo, visiting EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh expressed concern about the current political stalemate, but pledged continued US support to help Bosnia move forward. While the economy has visibly improved [...] | 2007-10-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2327 | 2007-2008 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I) [...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...] | 2007-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2371 | PIC EXPRESSES PROFOUND CONCERN; RUSSIA BREAKS [...] (C) During the October 30-31 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, representatives expressed deep concerns over the increased political tensions precipitated by Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's moves to challenge the authority of the High Representative. With the notabl [...] | 2007-11-02 18:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2372 | BOSNIA: DAS DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) EUR DAS DiCarlo held bilateral meetings with political leaders on the margins of the October 30-31 PIC to discuss the current political crisis in Bosnia. She reviewed USG concerns with Haris Silajdzic (SBiH),Dragan Covic (HDZ),and Sulejman Tihic. Silajdzic complained about the high bar [...] | 2007-11-02 19:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2373 | BOSNIA: DODIK MEETS DAS DICARLO; REJECTS LAJCAK [...] (C) On the margins of the October 31 session of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC),the Ambassador and EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to register U.S. concerns with his reactions to High Representative Lajcak's October 19 measures and [...] | 2007-11-02 19:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2395 | BOSNIA- DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIAN MLRS SALE [...] (S) Summary. The dispute over the proposed sale of Bosnian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) components to Georgia has resurfaced -- this time with an unusual new twist. As previously reported (reftel),an earlier request by Georgia to purchase the systems was scuttled on "foreign policy [...] | 2007-11-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2425 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S NOVEMBER 15 REPORT TO THE UN [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will make his semi-annual report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the backdrop Bosnia's most serious political crisis since Dayton. Bosnian Serb Chairman of the Counci [...] | 2007-11-13 16:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EU UN BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2448 | BOSNIA - KEEPING THE US FLAG ON NATO HQ SARAJEVO [...] (C/NF) Earlier this year, my predecessor concluded that it remained critical to U.S. objectives in Bosnia for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo (Ref A). After careful review, I have now reached the same conclusion. I am writing to ask you to reconsider the decision not to ret [...] | 2007-11-14 17:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2518 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK BRIEFS QUINT AMBASSADORS ON NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak briefed Quint Ambassadors on November 21 about the current political crisis and his plans for managing it. Lajcak told the Quint that he plans to attend the November 22 meeting of governing-coalition political party leaders hosted by Bosniak member of t [...] | 2007-11-21 18:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2570 | BOSNIA - OIC AMBASSADORS SUPPORT HIGH [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a November 27 lunch for key Organization of Islamic Council (OIC) Ambassadors and Charges in Sarajevo. The OIC Ambassadors expressed support for High Representative Lajcak and his October 19 measures. They also endorsed the Ambassador's Dayton anniversary message th [...] | 2007-11-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2623 | BOSNIA - PREVIEW OF DECEMBER 9 RS SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Republika Srpska (RS) will hold a special election for RS President to fill a position vacated by the September 30 death of former RS President Milan Jelic. While there are several strong candidates, most analysts agree that none of them are likely to defeat the [...] | 2007-12-07 14:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
| 07SARAJEVO2636 | A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (C) During a December 4-5 visit to Sarajevo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic, Party for Democratic Action president Sulejman Tihic, Social Democratic Party president Zlatko Lagumdzija and Hig [...] | 2007-12-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK PGOV PREL |
| 07SARAJEVO2655 | BOSNIA- PRESIDENT KOMSIC SUPPORTS US POSITION ON [...] (C) On December 12, Ambassador reviewed reftel points on next steps on Kosovo status with Chairman of the Presidency Zeljko Komsic. Ambassador highlighted the points recently raised by A/S Fried during his visit to Sarajevo that the United States understands the particularly delicate position [...] | 2007-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK YI |
| 07SARAJEVO292 | BOSNIA: USG MESSAGE ON KOSOVO DELIVERED TO KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with all three members of the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and the DCM with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs February 5 and 6 to discuss the Ahtisaari Kosovo plan. All of the Embassy's interlocutors expressed cautious support for the proposal, and none said they were [...] | 2007-02-08 14:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK YI |
| 07SARAJEVO319 | BOSNIA: THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the new BiH Council of Ministers, confirmed by the BiH House of Representatives on February 9. Details of the parliamentary session will be reported septel. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SVEN ALKALAJ (Sven AL-ka-lye),SBiH ---------------------- [...] | 2007-02-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BK |
| 07SARAJEVO441 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 26-27 PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect the February 26-27 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) to approve a one-year extension of OHR's mandate (i.e., to June 2008),though we anticipate the Russians will complicate efforts to reach consensus on this decision. High Representative Christian Schwa [...] | 2007-02-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS BK |
| 07SARAJEVO487 | BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...] | 2007-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 07SARAJEVO509 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...] | 2007-03-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK |
| 07SARAJEVO526 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP BALKS AT ANNULLING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six below. 2. (C) High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling convened a special session of the Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) on March 7 to discuss the recently released decision by the Bosnian Constitutional Court calling on the Bosnian [...] | 2007-03-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK UN |
| 07SARAJEVO541 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH BIH FOREIGN MINISTER SVEN [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, called on new Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj at the Ministry March 7. In a wide-ranging exchange, Minister Alkalaj reviewed Bosnia's efforts to fulfill itsPartnership for Peace (PfP) commitments, and disussed the current controversy [...] | 2007-03-09 17:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM PGOV PINR ENRG EPET BK |
| 07SARAJEVO62 | DECERTIFIED POLICE: SOLUTION REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the Department. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: After a December 21-22 visit to Sarajevo, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg assessed that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) police decertification process had flaws [...] | 2007-01-11 17:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KJUS PGOV PINR PREL EUN UNSC |
| 07SARAJEVO971 | OHR PUTS FORWARD LAJCAK AS NEXT HIGH [...] (C) At the May 4 session of the weekly Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting of Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA),Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian announced that the EU had named Slovakian diplomat Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak as the candidate to succeed Christian Shwart [...] | 2007-05-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN BK UNSC |
| 07SECTION01OF03ANKARA365 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 07SEOUL1175 | KOREAS AGREE TO RICE AID AND TEST RUNS OF RAILWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 23 briefing on the April 18-22 Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee talks in Pyongyang, Director-General for Unification Policy Planning Um Jong-sik told A/DCM that the ROKG used the meetings to emphasize the need for the DPRK to implement the Februar [...] | 2007-04-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
| 07SEOUL1211 | THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (1 OF 3) [...] (C) SUMMARY OF CABLE SERIES: This report, the first in a series of three on the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Alliance, examines South Korean perceptions of their security environment. The second looks at what role the ROK sees for the Alliance in its security. The final report addresses how [...] | 2007-04-26 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA |
| 07SEOUL1352 | SOUTH KOREA NOT CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN LIBYAN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: An April 14 Financial Times article quoted a Libyan official as saying that Libya was in discussions with South Korea and other countries about a nuclear power plant project. On May 7, Embassy received a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) saying that [...] | 2007-05-08 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG KNNP KS LY |
| 07SEOUL1362 | ROK SHARES CONCERNS ON UNSC-DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (S) On May 8, A/POL conveyed reftel points highlighting the costs of allowing individuals designated under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through their territories to Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Director. Park said that the ROKG recently held an in [...] | 2007-05-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM KNNP KS IS |
| 07SEOUL1364 | ROKG ON IRANIAN INVITATION FOR REACTOR BIDS [...] (C) A/POL delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Park Chul-min on May 8. Park indicated that his office was aware of the Iranian invitation to bid and agreed with reftel points that the nuclear power plants were an eff [...] | 2007-05-08 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM KS |
| 07SEOUL1398 | MARRIAGE BROKERS OUT IN FRONT OF KOREAN LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The trend for international marriages continues to rapidly increase in Korea as in other countries in the region. Marriage brokers have quickly adapted to the increased demand and have found ways to cash in on the lucrative business. Despite the plethora of legitimate broker companies [...] | 2007-05-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG |
| 07SEOUL1711 | LEE MYUNG-BAK: SMOOTH SAILING TILL DECEMBER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 meeting, the Ambassador and GNP presidential front-runner Lee Myung-bak discussed North Korea, the December elections, and the FTA. Lee also asked the Ambassador to help set up a meeting with Secretary Rice during his scheduled June 11-14 trip to Washington D.C. Le [...] | 2007-06-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS ECON KN |
| 07SEOUL1739 | ROKG SHARES CONCERNS ON RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) On June 1, poloff discussed USG views on the inadvisability of Russian-Burmese nuclear cooperation to MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Park Chul-min. Park responded that Seoul shared USG concerns about potential nuclear proliferation consequences. However, the ROKG woul [...] | 2007-06-07 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KNNP KGIC RS BM |
| 07SEOUL2014 | FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea's presidential candidates have focused much of their campaign efforts on domestic and economic issues. On foreign policy, from what we can glean from public statements, debates, and meetings with foreign policy advisors, one thing is certain: all of the candidates, [...] | 2007-07-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL217 | POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 2: ENERGY [...] (C) S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner and his delegation met with Korean and Japanese counterparts January 10-11 for a trilateral policy planning dialogue (ref a). Over lunch on January 11, the three delegations discussed energy security, peacebuilding, and UN reform. Both Korea and Japan, [...] | 2007-01-23 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL AORC KUNR KPKO KS JA US |
| 07SEOUL220 | POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 1: THE KOREAN [...] (C) During Session 1 of the January 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Talks, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister Masaharu Kono, and S/P Director Stephen R. Krasner outlined their respective countries' foreign policy priorities and strategies toward North Ko [...] | 2007-01-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KS |
| 07SEOUL2241 | ROK LEANING TOWARD INCLUDING RUSSIA, NIGERIA, [...] (SBU) On July 18, poloff delivered reftel points to Jang Hyun-cheol, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. On July 23, Jang replied that, while the ROK agrees with the USG's views concerning the state of democracy in Russia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, the ROK belie [...] | 2007-07-25 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM UNGA |
| 07SEOUL23 | ROK DEFENSE REFORM AND THE 2007 NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The ROK National Assembly (NA) has approved the Bill on Defense Reform designed to modernize the ROK military by the year 2020 at the cost of Won 621 trillion (USD 667.7 billion). Motivating factors behind the military modernization plan include deterring the North Korean threat, [...] | 2007-01-04 04:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KS KN |
| 07SEOUL2457 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...] | 2007-08-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
| 07SEOUL2471 | GNP DECISION TIME APPROACHES: LEE MYUNG-BAK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) will hold its primary in polling booths throughout the country. Polls show a significant lead for front-runner Lee Myung-bak -- anywhere from 5 to 12 percent -- and while the number of undecided voters is still high and the [...] | 2007-08-17 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
| 07SEOUL2556 | REPORT ON 14TH U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The 14th Security Policy Initiative meeting (SPI-14) was held on July 27 in Hawaii. OSD/APSA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Shinn headed the U.S. delegation. The Korean delegation was led by Dr. Jeon Jei Guk, Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy, Ministr [...] | 2007-08-24 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR KS |
| 07SEOUL2611 | NORTH KOREANS ARE FENDING FOR THEMSELVES [...] (C) ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU) officials estimate that most of the DPRK's current economic activity is informal, while its formal economy and industrial base has severely eroded since the 1990s. As a result, the average household in North Korea earns the bulk of its income through the [...] | 2007-08-30 02:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS ECON PGOV |
| 07SEOUL3033 | KOREA UNVEILS ADVANCED TOKAMAK FUSION TEST DEVICE BUILT [...] On September 14, President Roh unveiled Korea's cutting-edge nuclear fusion plasma chamber, the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device, at the National Fusion Research Center outside Daejeon. Built at a cost of some USD 329 million, KSTAR is one of the world's most adv [...] | 2007-10-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG KSCA KNNP KS |
| 07SEOUL3104 | EAST ASIA DASD SEDNEY'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings in Seoul on October 9-10, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney met with U.S.-ROK Alliance counterparts in MOFAT and MND to discuss preparations for the visit of Secretary Gates for the November 6-7 Security Consultative Meeting. They also discussed [...] | 2007-10-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL AF KS |
| 07SEOUL3117 | MT. KUMGANG SHOWS GROWING ROK FOOTPRINT IN DPRK [...] (C) Summary. Mount Kumgang is sometimes regarded as a one-sided transfer of ROK tourist funds to DPRK coffers without much prospect of influencing the DPRK. The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),in contrast, is seen as more beneficial because 16,000 North Korean workers are exposed to South [...] | 2007-10-17 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN ECON PREL |
| 07SEOUL3256 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOON KUK-HYUN FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 independent presidential candidate Moon Kuk-hyun outlined his platform during breakfast with the Ambassador. Moon's support rate has been hovering just below 10 percent, but he is still optimistic these rates will reach 20 percent by the end of November. Moon's ove [...] | 2007-11-05 01:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
| 07SEOUL3319 | ROKG ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The ROKG endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and plans to participate in the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan, MOFAT Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Park Chul-min told Poloffs from the U.S. and Russian Embassies at a May 22 meeting. [...] | 2007-05-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS |
| 07SEOUL3527 | LOOKING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL: LEE MYUNG-BAK'S [...] (C) Summary: Past presidents have traditionally started their tenure by choosing academics or National Assembly members as their first foreign ministers, later replaced by career diplomats. The current bet among our MOFAT and campaign contacts is that Lee Myung-bak might decide to stick wit [...] | 2007-12-13 21:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
| 07SEOUL3539 | FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told the Ambassador during a December 13 meeting that he wanted to continue close coordination with the USG during the remainder of President Roh Moo-hyun's term, and that he understood the Embassy's need to engage with the president-elect's transiti [...] | 2007-12-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL ABLD |
| 07SEOUL3610 | KOREA AND RUSSIA TO STUDY POSSIBLE GAS PIPELINE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The governments of Korea and Russia agreed during a December 11-12 meeting in Moscow to jointly conduct a feasibility study for a possible gas pipeline extending from the Russian Far East (RFE) to South Korea. According to the Mini [...] | 2007-12-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL RS KN KS |
| 07SEOUL406 | ROKG CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On February 9, Deputy POL M/C delivered reftel points encouraging the ROK to consider becoming a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (Global Initiative) to Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Director of the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division. Park said that [...] | 2007-02-11 22:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KGIT KNNP IAEA SK |
| 07SEOUL472 | LEE MYUNG-BAK: QUALIFIED, READY AND IN FIRST PLACE [...] (C) Summary: Over a one-on-one lunch with the Ambassador on February 13, former Seoul Mayor and leading presidential contender Lee Myung-bak explained that voters in Korea wanted their next president to be, first and foremost, an effective leader, not focusing on regionalism, but on policies, [...] | 2007-02-15 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
| 07SEOUL550 | MOFAT RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On February 26, POL M/C and Russian DCM Alexander Timonin delivered ref A points encouraging the ROKG to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Song Young-wan, MOFAT's Director-General for International Organizations. Song agreed that the Initiative was imp [...] | 2007-02-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM PINR PINS KNNP MCAP KS |
| 07SEOUL587 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Post's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting perio [...] | 2007-02-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF |
| 07SEOUL695 | URI PARTY CHAIRMAN, JAPAN, RUSSIA, CHINA [...] (C) Summary: With over 20 reporters present at a March 2 lunch, Uri Party Chairman Chung Se-kyun, the Ambassador, Ambassador Ning Fukui of China, Ambassador Shotaro Oshima of Japan, Ambassador Gleb Ivanshentsov of Russia, along with Uri Party leaders lauded the Six Party February 13 "Initial [...] | 2007-03-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL763 | EAP/MLS DIRECTOR RAPSON'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson on March 9 met with ROK officials to exchange views and discuss USG objectives on Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly Burma and DPRK refugees. ROK officials conveyed general support for greater political freedoms and participation in Burm [...] | 2007-03-15 02:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KS BM CB TH |
| 07SEOUL770 | FORMER PM LEE HAE-CHAN'S VIST TO PYONGYANG: NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a March 14 breakfast with the Ambassador, former PM and current Uri lawmaker Lee Hae-chan said that, during his recent four-day trip to Pyongyang, he had told North Korea's number two, Kim Young-nam, that a North-South summit should occur only after concrete progress was mad [...] | 2007-03-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS |
| 07SEOUL799 | ROK ATTITUDES ON UNIFICATION: LONG-TERM PLANS VS. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The February 13 "Initial Actions" agreement has once again brought to the fore the resumption of inter-Korean engagement and the overall relationship between the two Koreas, including reunification. The ROK's constitution and presidential oath call for Korean un [...] | 2007-03-20 02:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ECON KS KN |
| 07SEOUL810 | FOREIGN BRIDES FLOCK TO SOUTH KOREA [...] (SBU) International marriages between Korean citizens and foreign spouses are occurring at a dramatic rate. In 2005, international marriages numbered 43,121 or 13.6 percent of all marriages in Korea, up from 12,319 marriages in 2000. More than 70 percent of these marriages (31,180 in total) a [...] | 2007-03-20 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KWMN KS |
| 07SEOUL934 | UK EMBASSY PYONGYANG PERSPECTIVE: CHANCE MEETINGS [...] (C) Richard Vowles, DCM at the British Embassy in Pyongyang, told a group of diplomats at a March 28 dinner in Seoul that his Embassy operates largely in an information-free "bubble" in Pyongyang, gaining little from frequent meetings with MFA officials. The four UK officers have almost compl [...] | 2007-03-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PREL |
| 07SEOUL935 | ADVISERS TO GNP CANDIDATE PARK GEUN-HYE STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 foreign policy advisers to opposition GNP presidential candidate Park Geun-hye told us that a Park administration would restore the U.S.-ROK alliance as the central pillar of ROK foreign policy. They stated that Park's priorities would be made explicit during an Apri [...] | 2007-03-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS |
| 07SHANGHAI167 | FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick delivered a well-received speech at the third annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shanghai on March 21. Zoellick called for China to play a more cooperative role on Korea, Iran, Sudan and energy security. The text of the speech [...] | 2007-03-26 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH |
| 07SHANGHAI314 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC HUANG RENWEI ON POLITICS, FOREIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 25, Consul General met with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Vice President Huang Renwei, one of Shanghai's leading Americanologists. Huang had a positive appraisal of Shanghai Party Secretary Xi Jinping thus far; in another six months, he will have mastered his brief s [...] | 2007-05-25 09:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CH TW |
| 07SHANGHAI326 | GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY [...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...] | 2007-05-31 01:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH |
| 07SHANGHAI335 | SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 29 luncheon with the Consul General, Shanghai Institute For International Studies (SIIS) Vice President Yang Jiemian said China would be responsive to U.S. requests conveyed via the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) process. He predicted that China would gradually ta [...] | 2007-06-01 03:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CH TW XA XK XR XD |
| 07SHANGHAI413 | EAST CHINA DISPATCHES, JULY 5, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this Dispatch, we learn that Shanghai Party Secretary Xi enjoys the opera, SOE executives have unlimited expense accounts for domestic trips, Chinese millionaires love conventions, Ferrari training for beginners is available at a price, visa applicants are getting younger and [...] | 2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR CVIS SOCI CH ECON |
| 07SHANGHAI474 | EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai),with some 70,000 [...] | 2007-07-30 06:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN |
| 07SHANGHAI529 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...] | 2007-08-22 07:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN |
| 07SHANGHAI570 | FUDAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 30 lunch discussion with Fudan Center for American Studies Director Shen Dingli and Deputy Director Xin Qiang, the academics predicted that Beijing would not take any military measures in reaction to the referendum on UN membership in Taiwan. However, anger was bu [...] | 2007-09-05 09:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW KN |
| 07SHANGHAI641 | PBSC UNRESOLVED; HU FLEXING HIS POLITICAL MUSCLES [...] (C) Reflecting the rapidly shifting trends on the ground, Shanghai contacts present differing accounts of top-level decision making on Communist Party personnel issues four and three weeks before the 17th Party Congress. Our contacts are divided over whether Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Prem [...] | 2007-09-30 03:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI642 | POLITBURO MEETS, PERSONNEL WRANGLING CONTINUES [...] (S) Readouts from a recent Politburo meeting during the week of September 16 initially suggested that President Hu Jintao had sustained serious political losses in personnel maneuvering. However, more recent information suggests that Hu has since recovered at least some ground, although he may [...] | 2007-09-30 03:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CH |
| 07SHANGHAI737 | TAIZHOU - CHINA'S MOTOR CITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 5-6 visit to Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, Deputy Principal Officer (DPO) and econoff engaged Taizhou officials and Chinese automotive industry representatives on the area's booming automotive sector. Vice Director Wang Haiping from Geely Auto, one of China's [...] | 2007-11-19 08:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD PINR KIPR ELAB CH |
| 07SHANGHAI789 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in mid-November to discuss China-India relations, Shanghai's leading South Asia academic experts provided differing views on a variety of issues including border disputes, United Nations Security Council reform, energy competition, and regional dynamics. T [...] | 2007-12-13 01:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM CH IN RS |
| 07SHANGHAI790 | CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...] | 2007-12-13 08:44:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS |
| 07SHANGHAI804 | NANJING: 70 YEARS AFTER THE MASSACRE [...] (C) Summary: A day after Nanjing commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, Poloff met with students, an academic, an official from the local Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) and visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum to discuss Japan and Sino-Japanese relations. Although the FAO off [...] | 2007-12-21 07:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI CH JA |
| 07SHENYANG131 | Taiwan's Kuomintang Representative Given Warm Reception in Harbin [...] Summary: The 18th Harbin International Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation attracted participants from all over the world, showing that what was once largely a Sino-Russian event has become truly international. Event organizers claimed two hundred of the world's five hundred largest corpor [...] | 2007-07-11 09:12:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 07SHENYANG145 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER OFFICIALS ON MUSAN MINE, RAJIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC imports of North Korean iron ore from Musan are fueling a surge in activity at China's Nanping Land Port; Chinese truckers collecting the ore comprised over ninety percent of the 50,000 passengers that transited the port last year, local Chinese officials say. Plans to link n [...] | 2007-07-27 07:26:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ECON PREL KN KS CH |
| 07SHENYANG175 | LATE AUGUST TRIP TO THE DPRK/CHINA/RUSSIA BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-12 10:07:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KS KN CH |
| 07SHENYANG184 | AIDING NORTH KOREAN PATIENTS (AND BORDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dandong-based, Korean-American NGO focused on North Korea continues to ship medical aid into the DPRK, but headaches abound as the group seeks to refine its aid strategy. In a modest hospital near the PRC-DPRK border, the group also discreetly tends to North Korean border-cross [...] | 2007-09-28 08:35:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR KWMN KN KS CH |
| 07SHENYANG205 | PRC-DPRK: NK BORDER-CROSSERS, HUMAN SMUGGLING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of North Korean border-crossers entering China in 2007 thus far looks to be roughly on par with 2005/2006 levels despite the DPRK's agricultural difficulties and natural disasters earlier this year, according to a Liaoning scholar engaged in internal, state- sponsored r [...] | 2007-10-29 05:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR KWMN KN KS CH |
| 07SHENYANG220 | INVESTOR PROTESTS ROCK SHENYANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A relatively small group of protestors assembled outside Consulate General Shenyang early in the afternoon of 21 November to protest the failure of ant-farming health-product company Yilishen to pay dividends. The protests were not directed at the United States, but rather at the [...] | 2007-11-21 10:05:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH |
| 07SHENYANG223 | BRILLIANCE SLOWS APPROACH TO U.S. MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Brilliance Automotive plans to delay its entry into the United States market while it resolves safety and environmental standards issues for its line of high-end sedans. The company cites a return to profitability and a desire to make its market debut a clear success as the ma [...] | 2007-11-26 07:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPIT EFIN PROV WTRO CH |
| 07SINGAPORE1304 | SINGAPORE URGES GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Singapore officials and academics urged greater and more sophisticated U.S. regional engagement during meetings with Policy Planning (S/P) Principal Deputy Director Matthew Waxman June 25-27. GOS leaders argued that a USG failure to understand the importance of "process" in Asia [...] | 2007-07-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IN PGOV PREL SN |
| 07SINGAPORE1455 | (C) SINGAPORE'S VIEWS ON APEC AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: Singapore officials told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner that they generally supported Treasury's proposed APEC Capital Market Technical Assistance program as well as Treasury's key priorities for the APEC Finance Ministerial in August 2-3 in Australia. [...] | 2007-08-07 06:11:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV SN CH |
| 07SINGAPORE2197 | BURMA: UPDATE ON PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL [...] (S) A person claiming to be the former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. -- a Singapore-based company with close ties to the Burmese junta -- again volunteered to meet with us on December 10 to provide additional information about the company's business activities. We first met source [...] | 2007-12-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN BM |
| 07SINGAPORE2257 | UBS BAILOUT: GIC TRIES ITS HAND AT TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The $11.2 billion investment in Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) by Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC) generated cries (reftel) of "Black Monday" in Switzerland, but in Singapore the investment is widely seen as positive not only for the financial sector but al [...] | 2007-12-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN |
| 07SINGAPORE249 | SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST-EVER ARF EXERCISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted a multilateral Maritime Security Shore Exercise (SHOREX) January 22-23 -- the first exercise conducted under the auspices of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). The exercise appeared to fulfill its goals of building capacity and demonstrating the advantages of close [...] | 2007-02-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA EWWT MARR ASEAN SN MY ID |
| 07SINGAPORE318 | DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) In conjunction with the Russian Federation's Deputy Chief of Mission, Igor Evdokimov, Econoff described the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and delivered Ref A documents on February 13 to Vanessa Chan, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director. Chan expressed [...] | 2007-02-14 04:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIT KNNP ETTC PREL SN |
| 07SKOPJE209 | MACEDONIA: EUR A/S FRIED'S TALKS WITH GOM & [...] (C) During March 8 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, A/S Fried urged (and easily obtained) continued support for the Ahtisaari status proposal and asked his interlocutors to consider publicly supporting a Kosovo UNSCR as a means to bolster security in Macedonia and the region [...] | 2007-03-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
| 07SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
| 07SKOPJE336 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO MEETINGS WITH GOM AND [...] (C) During April 23 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, DAS DiCarlo emphasized the need for the GOM to move forward on NATO-related reforms as time is running out for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership in 2008. Of utmost importance is resolving the ongoing politica [...] | 2007-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
| 07SKOPJE350 | MACEDONIA: TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
| 07SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 17:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV MK |
| 07SKOPJE797 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES INVESTMENT BARRIERS AND [...] (SBU) During a September 25 meeting with Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Zoran Stavreski, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding three outstanding investment issues: questions surrounding the GOM's decision on a recent power plant privatization, steps the GOM should take to ensure the p [...] | 2007-09-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MK |
| 07SKOPJE886 | MACEDONIA SCRAPS ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) The GOM announced on October 31 that it had canceled the "Negotino" power plant privatization, and would instead keep the plant state owned. This decision ended any possibility that the GOM would award the privatization and investment contract to the U.S. - Greek joint venture, SENCAP, t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV MK |
| 07SOFIA1023 | LEGAL ADVISOR TO BULGARIA SEES DISORGANIZATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations on the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline are disorganized and behind schedule, according to the U.S. attorneys advising the Bulgarian state-owned companies involved in the project. The sides are still dealing with basic issues such as the official language and incor [...] | 2007-08-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG BU |
| 07SOFIA1045 | BULGARIA NAMES CAREER DIPLOMAT AS AMBASSADOR TO UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Parvanov appointed career diplomat Raiko Raichev (also spelled Raychev) as Bulgaria's new permanent representative to the United Nations. Raichev, 52, currently serves as Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin. A non-controversial figure, Raichev has held se [...] | 2007-08-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BU |
| 07SOFIA1073 | BULGARIANS CHAFE AT RUSSIAN HARD LINE IN B-A [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian government officials are expressing public and private disdain for two Russian proposals tabled during August 27-28 negotiations for the Burgas-Alexandropolous Pipeline (B-A) in Athens. The proposals would require Bulgaria and Greece, as minority shareholders in B-A, [...] | 2007-09-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV BU |
| 07SOFIA1076 | GYMNICH DEMARCHE: BULGARIANS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloffs presented reftel demarche and non paper to Head of MFA office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on September 4. Tassev said that Minister for European Affairs Grancharova would lead the Bulgarian delegation, as FM Kalfin would be in Central Asia at the time of the meeting. 2. (SB [...] | 2007-09-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL |
| 07SOFIA1095 | IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY. In response to reftel, Post submits Chief Mufti Mustafa Alish Hadji, recognized spiritual leader of the Bulgarian Muslim community, as a credible voice for this exercise. We continue to research potential candidates to supplement this submission. Hadji is a moderate; has a gen [...] | 2007-09-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BG |
| 07SOFIA1100 | BULGARIANS SEEKING PARTNERS FOR B-A PIPELINE; [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Asen Gagauzov told Ambassador September 12 that Bulgaria is seeking proposals from oil suppliers, specifically Kazmunaigaz and Chevron, to allow Bulgaria to fill its 24.5 percent of the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (B-A). Bulgaria is doing th [...] | 2007-09-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV BU |
| 07SOFIA1119 | FM KALFIN ON ENERGY ISSUES, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13 Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed energy issues with Amb Beyrle on the heels of his recent trip to Central Asia. On the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (BAP),Kalfin said a coordinated effort by the other players, and inclusion of additional shareholders such as [...] | 2007-09-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU ECON ENRG KZ LY PGOV PREL RS TX AZ |
| 07SOFIA115 | LEADERSHIP CHANGES IMPROVE BULGARIAN INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria made a surprise, but largely positive change at the top of a key security service on January 11, replacing the country's counterintelligence chief, National Security Service (NSS) chief Ivan Chobanov, with long time NSS Deputy Head Ivan Drashkov. As attention centered o [...] | 2007-01-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA1155 | BULGARIA NAMES DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER ENVOY TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov has appointed Deputy Minister of Interior Boyko Kotzev as Bulgaria's new permanent representative to the EU, a position viewed as one of the country's most important diplomatic post abroad. Kotzev, 51, is a career diplomat with twenty years of experience who ha [...] | 2007-09-24 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU EUN PGOV PREL |
| 07SOFIA1183 | BULGARIANS NERVOUS OVER KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: Our recent high-level contacts with Bulgarian leaders on Kosovo reveal increased nervousness over a likely UDI in December, some softening of opposition to partition, and a clear reluctance to be in the early group of European states that would recognize Kosovo post-UDI. Bulgar [...] | 2007-10-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV SR BG |
| 07SOFIA1202 | RECOMMENDATION FOR BULGARIA TO BE ADDED TO WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Sofia strongly urges the inclusion of Bulgaria on the list of priority countries to be invited to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008.) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has called Bulgaria a "model country" in the impleme [...] | 2007-10-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAID SOCI TRGY PGOV BU |
| 07SOFIA1227 | GAERC DEMARCHE: BULGARIA AGREES WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on October 10. Tassev said there were "no disagreements" with the US positions in the non-paper. Kosovo and Libya were the most important issues for Bulgaria. There were rumors that there was a new U.S. [...] | 2007-10-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS LY IR SY LE BG |
| 07SOFIA1240 | BULGARIANS UNDER PRESSURE ON SOUTH STREAM PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is under intense pressure from Russia to sign a joint message on the South Stream pipeline, according to our Ministry of Economy and Energy (MOEE) contacts. The Bulgarians disagree with proposed Russian text that would allow the South Stream project to use existing Bu [...] | 2007-10-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV BG |
| 07SOFIA125 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV IN STRONG POSITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov, Bulgaria's first post-communist president to win re-election, begins his second term in office as the dominant actor on the Bulgarian political stage, despite his relatively limited constitutional powers. His behind-the-scenes influence over the current govern [...] | 2007-01-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ BU |
| 07SOFIA1271 | STRATEGY TO SHAPE BULGARIA'S MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (S) Summary: A recent Council of Minister's decision to revise Bulgaria's "Plan 2015" military modernization roadmap represents an important opportunity for the United States to influence the development of Bulgarian military capabilities over the medium and long-term. Our primary goal is increase [...] | 2007-10-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
| 07SOFIA1288 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SOUTH STREAM POINTS [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A points on South Stream, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov told Ambassador October 31 that he welcomed and valued the U.S. appraisal of the project. He expressed concern that if Bulgaria did not go forward with South Stream, Romania, T [...] | 2007-11-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG |
| 07SOFIA1325 | BULGARIA MOVES FORWARD ON SOUTH STREAM AND [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Bulgaria signed a declaration with Russia on the proposed South Stream gas pipeline in Moscow November 8. As expected, the document is a general one-page political statement that leaves details about ownership of the pipeline to a later intergovernmental agree [...] | 2007-11-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG |
| 07SOFIA1339 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EUR DAS BRYZA TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Sofia comes at a time when Bulgaria is rapidly signing deals to position itself as a future energy transit hub. Eager to produce deliverables for a January 2008 Putin visit and develop new revenue sources, Bulgaria is rushing into South Stream, in particular, with [...] | 2007-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV BG |
| 07SOFIA1364 | RESULTS OF SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6-7, 37 USG energy officers from more than 30 posts and agencies gathered in Sofia for a training session on midstream economics and pipeline projects. On December 6 outside speakers from industry, thank tanks and the European Commission briefed on pipeline projec [...] | 2007-12-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET BU |
| 07SOFIA1382 | AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETINGS IN SOFIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On December 6 Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks Frank Wisner briefed Foreign Minister Kalfin and, in a separate meeting, members of parliament on the outcome of the Troika negotiations and next steps on Kosovo. Wisner told the Bulgarians that although the Troik [...] | 2007-12-18 05:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV UN EU RU BU |
| 07SOFIA1384 | BULGARIA ON KOSOVO: CONCERNED, ACTIVELY ENGAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria, concerned about the fallout from Kosovo independence, is working actively in the region to maintain (or build) EU unity on Kosovo and advocating the Ahtisaari plan with the Serbs. Following his visit to Belgrade December 17-18, FM Kalfin will attend a trilateral meet [...] | 2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BU |
| 07SOFIA1396 | SUBJECT: BULGARIA: FACING RESURGENT RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is bracing for the January 17-18 visit of the Russian President, fully expecting Putin will bring some deliverables, but many more demandables. Together with a few cultural sweeteners, the Russians will push a hard line on Kosovo; missile defense, CFE, and U.S. temp [...] | 2007-12-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA1397 | YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin comes to Washington as Bulgaria's coalition government faces some key foreign and security policy decisions, including Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, and Russian energy deals. President Putin will visit Sofia on January 17-18 to kick off the "Year of Russi [...] | 2007-12-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS MARR RU KV AF IZ BU |
| 07SOFIA1398 | CORRECTED COPY: SERBS TO BULGARIA: "DON'T [...] (C) On December 21 MFA West Balkans Director Tulechki briefed us on Bulgaria's recent Kosovo moves, starting with FM Kalfin's visit to Belgrade early the week of December 17. Kalfin met Tadic, Jeremic, Vice PM Jelic, but not any hardliners. The Serbs at first asked Bulgaria not to recognize [...] | 2007-12-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KV SR BU |
| 07SOFIA150 | B-A PIPELINE CLOSE TO FIRST DOWN; INDECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY Bulgaria, Russia and Greece plan to sign a broad intergovernmental agreement (IGA) giving the go ahead to the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline on February 7 or 8 in Burgas. Several key issues -- equity stakes, operation of the pipeline, and a final decision on control of [...] | 2007-02-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON GR RU BU |
| 07SOFIA172 | BULGARIA READY TO HELP AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari deputy Albert Rohan asked Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin February 7 to try to convince Bucharest to be more supportive of Ahtisaari's plan. In a subsequent conversation, Prime Minister Stanishev's Foreign Policy Advisor flagged for us the issue of the Kosovo-Macedoni [...] | 2007-02-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BG |
| 07SOFIA177 | UNDER PRESSURE FROM RUSSIA ON ARMS LICENSES, [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Russia has recently turned up the heat on Bulgaria in the long-running dispute over "licenses" for Soviet-designed small arms and light weapons. The GoB believes that Russia's claims are unfounded, but remains sen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC RS BU |
| 07SOFIA181 | BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...] | 2007-02-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU |
| 07SOFIA188 | BULGARIA AMENDS EXPORT CONTROL LAW, FOR BETTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: A new export control law passed by the Bulgarian parliament will rework Bulgaria's export control regime, with important implications for U.S. counterproliferation interests. Prompted by the need to incorporate the EU common policy on arms brokering and peer review recommendation [...] | 2007-02-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC BU |
| 07SOFIA224 | BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...] | 2007-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
| 07SOFIA251 | BULGARIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR BU |
| 07SOFIA252 | CONTROVERSIAL ECONOMY/ENERGY MINISTER GOES TO THE [...] (S) Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov heads to Washington and several other U.S. cities on February 27 for an eleven-day road trip to drum up investor interest in Bulgaria. His meetings at State, Commerce, Energy and USTR will give us an opportunity to press for stron [...] | 2007-02-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ENRG ECON PREL OVIP BU |
| 07SOFIA255 | KOSOVO: BULGARIANS ENCOURAGED BY MODERATE RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov told the Ambassador that on his one-day visit to Serbia February 21 he found the Serbs to be much less hardline in their rhetoric in private. His overarching message to Belgrade's leaders was that the Ahtisaari plan is a good proposal and a "necessary basis for [...] | 2007-02-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR BU |
| 07SOFIA259 | BULGARIA: 2007 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen the appointment of the new [...] | 2007-02-28 07:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
| 07SOFIA303 | NARCOTICS REPORT GRABS BULGARIA'S ATTENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) received unprecedented media coverage in Bulgaria. Overall coverage was factual and positive, concentrating on links between the OC-controlled drug trade and government corruption, and quoting Ambassador Beyrle e [...] | 2007-03-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR OPRC PGOV PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA361 | BULGARIA HOLDS THE LINE ON ARMS LICENSES [...] (C/NF) On March 16 DCM discussed the state of BG-RU negotiations on the arms licensing issue with Valentin Radomirski, chief foreign policy advisor to PM Stanishev. Reftel A points were delivered to MFA, MOD, and Ministry of Economy and Energy on March 1 and had been previously conveyed to Rad [...] | 2007-03-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC RS BU |
| 07SOFIA377 | BULGARIA: MISSILE DEFENSE PD STRATEGY [...] (U) Per Ref A request, Post has designated DCM Alexander Karagiannis as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (U) During the Sofia visit of Admiral Harry Ulrich, CINCUSNAVEUR, the Admiral briefed the Sofia and Varna press corps in appearances on February 2 [...] | 2007-03-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPAO PL EZ RU BU |
| 07SOFIA400 | BULGARIA CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Kalfin told the Ambassador March 26 that "independence is the only option" for Kosovo and undertook to work toward an EU consensus in support of Ahtisaari's proposals. In meetings with Serb and Kosovar leaders the week of March 19, PM Stanishev preached realism and patience, [...] | 2007-03-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK YI SR BU |
| 07SOFIA473 | BULGARIA IN THE EU: STILL FINDING ITS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's recent accession to the EU has fueled speculation over what sort of member it will be--passive or active--and what priorities it will have in the Union. Many observers expect Bulgaria to continue its pre-accession approach of being cautious, flexible and non-confrontat [...] | 2007-04-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA492 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA499 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETINGS WITH BULGARIAN PM STANISHEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PDAS Volker on April 11, PM Stanishev and FM Kalfin strongly endorsed supervised independence for Kosovo and pressed the need for a Security Council resolution. Both ministers also engaged on Black Sea issues, with Kalfin arguing for a stronger NATO pres [...] | 2007-04-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ENRG SR YI EU BU |
| 07SOFIA500 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA505 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a V-10 meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, allies were in agreement on key issues, including NATO enlargement, the Kosovo Status process, missile defense, and energy security. All believed strongly about the need for further NATO enlargement and insisted that it be based on rea [...] | 2007-04-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
| 07SOFIA582 | BULGARIA GRAPPLES WITH GROWING CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's establishment has been rocked by a far-reaching corruption scandal that involves high-ranking magistrates and government officials and may potentially lead to changes in the Socialist-led government. The high-profile case already forced PM Sergei Stanishev to sideline [...] | 2007-05-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR BU |
| 07SOFIA588 | BULGARIA: ARMS CONTROL UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CBW EU BU |
| 07SOFIA590 | YOUR JUNE 10-11VISIT TO SOFIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP BU |
| 07SOFIA593 | BULGARIA'S EU ENTRY HELPS MANY - BUT NOT ALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria entered the EU in strong macroeconomic and fiscal shape with 5 percent annualized GDP growth over the past 7 years and three years of budget surpluses. Foreign investors are piling in to take advantage of cheap prices and labor, much as they did in the EU-10 a few year [...] | 2007-05-16 08:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN ECON EINV BU |
| 07SOFIA611 | PUTIN PUSHES RUSSIA-TO-BULGARIA UNDERSEA GAS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EUN RU BU |
| 07SOFIA619 | BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER GETS A COLD SHOWER FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin told Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev May 8 that the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are part of a "unified, strategic offensive system." Russia will not support the Ahtisaari plan because it will leave the Serbs feeling agg [...] | 2007-05-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN MARR YI RS LY BU |
| 07SOFIA682 | BULGARIA ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's acting director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs. Velichkova thanked us for reftel responses to Russian concerns; she enthusiastically agreed with our points. Noting that Bulgaria is specifically mentioned in two of the s [...] | 2007-06-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU |
| 07SOFIA695 | BULGARIA BACKS U.S. APPROACH TO CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points on June 6 to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's Acting Director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs and Col. Stefan Yanev, Director of Defense Policy at the MOD. Both remarked that U.S. views on the upcoming conference were almost identical to those of the GoB an [...] | 2007-06-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU |
| 07SOFIA718 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FM KALFIN: IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin thanked the Deputy Secretary for President Bush's public and private assurances of support for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya. He also asked for the opportunity to consult with the USG in advance of any travel by the Secretar [...] | 2007-06-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EFIN NATO LY IZ BU |
| 07SOFIA743 | BULGARIA: EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES GEORGIA, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Valentin Radomirski, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Stanishev, described to EUR A/S Dan Fried on June 11 Russian pressure tactics regarding Bulgarian relations with Georgia, especially regarding export of small arms and munitions to Georgia. Tbilisi's larger than normal [...] | 2007-06-19 07:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO GG BU |
| 07SOFIA794 | BULGARIA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB). 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. A) Claimant A (ongoing case) B) 2000 C) In 1999, Claimant A established a subsidiary, whic [...] | 2007-06-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU |
| 07SOFIA863 | BULGARIA: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NATO KCRM KCOR ECON ENRG LY BU |
| 07SOFIA87 | BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...] | 2007-01-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
| 07SOFIA93 | KOSOVO STATUS: BULGARIAN PM SEES NO REASON FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Stanishev told the Ambassador January 12 that Bulgaria supports Ahtisaari and that the Kosovo final status process "cannot be dragged out." This echoes FM Kalfin's message to the Secretary on December 19 that Ahtisaari should present his report soon after the Serb [...] | 2007-01-19 11:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR BU |
| 07SOFIA949 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-BULGARIAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. New Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov recently told the Ambassador that he welcomes a partnership with the U.S. government on energy and will also work to eliminate obstacles to U.S. investments in Bulgaria. A newcomer facing a steep learning curve on energy, Dimitrov is [...] | 2007-08-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU |
| 07SOFIA951 | PIPELINE EXPLOSION CUTS GAS TO GREECE [...] (U) Summary: A strong explosion disrupted a section of the pipeline used for transiting Russian natural gas to Greece on the morning of August 6. No one was injured in the blast. Officials quickly ruled out terrorism, blaming instead a landslide caused by recent heavy rains. Bulgargaz offic [...] | 2007-08-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON RU BU |
| 07STATE103713 | RESPONSE TO FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE'S [...] (C) The United States Refugee Admissions Program allows for the consideration of individuals referred by Posts, and all Posts are authorized and encouraged to identify and refer appropriate applicants for possible refugee resettlement. Post must use its discretion in making referrals and has t [...] | 2007-07-26 14:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR APER RS |
| 07STATE104801 | (S) IRAN,S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) The UK and France have indicated a desire to designate Bank Melli under the next UNSC sanctions resolution on Iran. Toward this end, Washington wishes to: -- Provide officials in the UK, France and Ge [...] | 2007-09-20 19:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR |
| 07STATE124067 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Assistant Chief of Protocol Gladys Boluda EUR Acting DAS Judith Garber D Staff Gustavo Delgado Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi DCM Viktor Szederkenyi 2. (U) SUMMARY. On August 29, t [...] | 2007-09-04 23:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU |
| 07STATE126086 | REQUEST: ENCOURAGING SERBS TO VOTE IN KOSOVAR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSY BELGRADE AND USOFFICE PRISTINA. SEE PARAGRAPHS 5 AND 6 FOR DETAILS. 2. (C) BELGRADE LEADERSHIP HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL NOT SUPPORT KOSOVO SERB PARTICIPATION IN KOSOVO'S NOVEMBER 17ELECTIONS. THIS POSITION IS AT ODDS WITH THE KEY USG AND CONT [...] | 2007-09-07 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI KV |
| 07STATE126089 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...] | 2007-09-07 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE |
| 07STATE129919 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Department requests Posts encourage host governments to make a financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon charged with trying those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Raf [...] | 2007-09-14 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER |
| 07STATE131603 | THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- FM Kinga Goncz Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi Acting Chief of Cabinet Gyorgy Varga DCM Viktor Sz [...] | 2007-09-18 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU |
| 07STATE135395 | EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] | 2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
| 07STATE138402 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO |
| 07STATE138761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...] | 2007-10-02 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO |
| 07STATE140070 | SUBJECT: UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) officers who will visit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center/Department of Hom [...] | 2007-10-04 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UP |
| 07STATE141316 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15 [...] | 2007-10-06 03:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS |
| 07STATE141724 | AVIATION EMISSIONS: 36TH ICAO ASSEMBLY SUPPORT [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary: The 36th SIPDIS ICAO Assembly reached agreement on a set of actions to address an array of aviation environmental issues, including aircraft noise, local aircraft emissions, and greenhouse ga [...] | 2007-10-09 16:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV |
| 07STATE142219 | AVIATION EMISSIONS: 36TH ICAO ASSEMBLY SUPPORT [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary: The 36th SIPDIS ICAO Assembly reached agreement on a set of actions to address an array of aviation environmental issues, including aircraft noise, local aircraft emissions, and greenhouse ga [...] | 2007-10-10 14:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV |
| 07STATE143223 | COM DEMARCHE ON IRAN TO EU MEMBER STATES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND URGENT ACTION REQUEST: As noted in reftel, EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council(GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15-16. A key point on the agenda October 15 will be the discussion of autonomous EU sanctions on Iran p [...] | 2007-10-11 23:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN |
| 07STATE143878 | INSTRUCTIONS: UNOMIG RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] (U) USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the UNOMIG mandate renewal resolution in para 2 below. Please consult with Department before accepting any changes to this text. 2. (U) Begin resolution text: The Security Council, PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions including [...] | 2007-10-13 01:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC GE PREL |
| 07STATE145251 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: RUSSIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. SUMMARY. In 2006, there were serious setbacks in the global fight to end polio with the increased numbers of polio cases in Nigeria and India, continuing challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and imported cases appearing in countries previo [...] | 2007-10-17 15:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID RS SOCI TBIO |
| 07STATE146225 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 MEETING [...] (U) Classified by: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 27, 2007; 1:00 PM; New York, NY 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo EUR/SCE David Schroeder (notetaker) SERBIA ------ Prim [...] | 2007-10-18 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP SR YI KV |
| 07STATE146486 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-1009620 for the export of digital receiver systems to India. Post is requested to c [...] | 2007-10-19 14:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IN KOMC |
| 07STATE148605 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...] | 2007-10-25 11:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN |
| 07STATE150510 | Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 22, 2007 [...] (U) Classified by: NEA DAS LAWRENCE E. BUTLER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 2. (U) October 22, 2007; 3 P.M; Washington, D.C. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery, E Amb. Lawrence Butler, NEA Aaron Jost, D Andrea Tomaszewicz (NEA Notetake [...] | 2007-10-30 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EFIN EPET PGOV PREF IZ RS IT JO LE SY |
| 07STATE150552 | RESPONDING TO BULGARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN [...] (C) As detailed in reftel, the Bulgarian government is under pressure from Russia to come to a quick agreement and sign various texts related to the Russian conglomerate Gazprom,s proposed South Stream pipeline project under the Black Sea. The GOB has requested USG assistance and talking poi [...] | 2007-10-30 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BG ECON ENRG EU PGOV RS |
| 07STATE150674 | SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...] | 2007-10-30 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD |
| 07STATE150762 | OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request - Department requests USUN share with the UK and French missions U.S. comments on the papers that each mission shared with USUN regarding short-term and long-term benchmarks for the Burmese regime,s cooperation with UN Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. OBJECTIVE [...] | 2007-10-31 12:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 07STATE152304 | INSTRUCTIONS (PART TWO) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON [...] This is an action request. Below continues the resolution text of the resolution "The Situation in Afghanistan" from PART ONE of this instruction sent by separate cable. USUN is also instructed to use the points in para 3 in making our Explanation of Vote. 2. Continue resolution text: [...] | 2007-11-03 02:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MOPPS UN AF |
| 07STATE152716 | GUIDANCE: NOVEMBER 5 UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request with guidance for USUN to participate in the November 5 Advisory Board meeting for the UN Democracy Fund. Please see para 4 for action requested. 2. (U) The agenda calls for discussion of: a) briefing on the status of project implementation from the first ro [...] | 2007-11-05 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL |
| 07STATE152819 | UNGA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ECOSOC MEMBERSHIP [...] On November 8, the UN General Assembly will vote on the members to be elected to ECOSOC for the term 2008-2011. This year there are no contested elections (there are as many states presenting themselves for election as there are seats to be elected). The Department is not opposed to any of t [...] | 2007-11-05 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AORC UN |
| 07STATE153352 | ESTABLISHING A NORTHERN GROUND LINE OF [...] (U) This is an information cable for addressee posts and offers a basis for internal embassy discussion before a Request for Information (RFI) is released to the private sector. 2. (C//REL NATO) SUMMARY: US forces in Afghanistan are eighty-five percent dependent on supplies moved through [...] | 2007-11-06 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS AMGT AFIN BCXP ECON PGOV ZK |
| 07STATE153576 | PSI: CHILE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PSI OPERATIONAL [...] This is an action request please see paragraphs 2-11. SUMMARY ------- 2. Department requests embassy approach the GOC to determine its interest in becoming a participant in the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG). If the GOC decides it is willing and able to accept the long-term commitm [...] | 2007-11-07 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CI KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
| 07STATE153799 | EU-EGYPT ENERGY FORUM AND ARAB GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Department requests information on the recent EU-Africa-Middle East Energy Conference that took place on November 1 in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, and on the status of construction and operation of the Arab Gas Pipeline, including possible links to Iraq. See paragra [...] | 2007-11-07 22:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EUN XF XG |
| 07STATE156111 | PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...] | 2007-11-14 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL |
| 07STATE156113 | PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...] | 2007-11-14 16:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL |
| 07STATE156455 | COASI: US-EU DISCUSSION ON EAST ASIA, OCTOBER 22, [...] (S) European Union senior officials met with EAP counterparts for biannual consultations on Asia on October 22, 2007, in Washington. A/S Hill opened with an overview of the Six-Party Talks process, highlighting the roles of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Both sides shared views on [...] | 2007-11-14 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL XB |
| 07STATE156474 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 17. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on November 19-2 [...] | 2007-11-15 03:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK SY ZI |
| 07STATE157649 | LETTER INVITING MFA TO MEET IN WASHINGTON ON [...] This is an Action Request -- see paragraph 2. 2. Action requested: Post is requested to deliver at the earliest opportunity the letter below inviting the MFA North America Director Igor Neverov to a meeting in Washington to discuss the political impact of the current impasse on State Flight [...] | 2007-11-16 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR RS |
| 07STATE157671 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On October 9, the Portuguese MFA's Security and Disarmament Division, in its role as chair of the EU Working Group on Global Arms Control, provided Embassy Lisbon with a non-paper on a proposed EU "Code of Conduct for [...] | 2007-11-17 01:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG EC ESA EUN FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA |
| 07STATE157672 | OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The OSCE Ministerial will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. objectives at the Ministerial. Background information and talking points are provided below. Info addressees are we [...] | 2007-11-17 01:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM |
| 07STATE159376 | A/S FRIED DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE ON MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried delivered a strong message on November 21 in Washington to Azerbaijani Ambassador Yashar Aliyev on the state of media freedom in Azerbaijan. Fried reviewed his November 3-5 meetings in Baku, including a lengthy session with P [...] | 2007-11-21 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE AJ |
| 07STATE159779 | U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...] | 2007-11-23 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CR MARR PARM PL PREL RS |
| 07STATE160639 | FY 2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. This cable lays out our FY 2008 biotech outreach strategy and describes some of the resources available to posts as we seek to encourage the use of agricultural biotechnology. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of rural economic develo [...] | 2007-11-27 19:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
| 07STATE163406 | DEMARCHE TO SYG STAFF ON CCW [...] The Department instructs USUN to demarche the Secretary General's staff at the appropriate level regarding the Secretary General's statement at the opening of the 2007 SIPDIS Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva. The stat [...] | 2007-12-05 03:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MOPS PARM PREL AORC OTRA |
| 07STATE163875 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050075752 for the export of rifles to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2007-12-05 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
| 07STATE164120 | (C) EUR DAS KRAMER’S MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, EUR DAS David Kramer met with XXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX was highly critical of the recent Duma elections, alleging the Kremlin had resorted to all methods to secure an overwhelming victory for United Russia. XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX speculated that Putin would not remain [...] | 2007-12-06 15:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
| 07STATE164180 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (S) Summary: A/S Fried urged Georgia not to restrict its democratic space and to re-establish unrestricted freedom of the media. Bezhuashvili responded that Prime Minister Gurgenidze was involved in intensive negotiations with News Corp to re-open the Imedi TV station as soon as possible. On [...] | 2007-12-06 17:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KCFE PGOV PHUM PREL GG |
| 07STATE164397 | THE SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH BELARUS [...] (U) Participants: U.S. --- The Secretary Ambassador Karen Stewart Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer EUR Stephen Gee (notetaker) Belarus ------- Enira Bronitskaya, Human Rights Advocate Dmitriy Fedaruk, Acting Leader of NGO, "Youth Front" Sergey Kalyakin, Leader of Belarusian Pa [...] | 2007-12-06 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KHUM |
| 07STATE166027 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...] | 2007-12-12 13:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS |
| 07STATE166405 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...] | 2007-12-13 02:52:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV |
| 07STATE166406 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...] | 2007-12-13 03:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM |
| 07STATE166577 | CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...] | 2007-12-13 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL |
| 07STATE166909 | DEMARCHE INSTRUCTION ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Department requests that Embassies in current and new (2008) non-European members of the UN Security Council Countries (except Beijing) deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before December 17. This message is info onl [...] | 2007-12-14 01:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
| 07STATE166990 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI FM [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyrov on November 30 on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid. On Iran, Under Secretary Burns pushed for Azerbaijani support of USG policy to deter Iran,s nuclear power ambitions. On Nagorno-Karabakh, FM M [...] | 2007-12-14 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07STATE168395 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC SESSION ON KOSOVO, DECEMBER [...] (C) USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the UN Security Council session on Kosovo on December 19, 2007. Our Quint partners (UK, Germany, Italy, France) have agreed to a low-key approach. We seek to avoid a contentious meeting, which could make it more difficult for UN [...] | 2007-12-18 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI UNSC UNMIK |
| 07STATE18053 | GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA: BERLIN FRIENDS MTG - JAN 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matthew Bryza attended a January 22 meeting in Berlin of the UN Friends of the Secretary General for Georgia (FSG or Friends) hosted by the German MFA. The Friends finalized a list of substantive confidence-building measures to be discussed with the sides at Geneva on Febru [...] | 2007-02-13 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN GG |
| 07STATE19366 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government/EU officials not earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday, February 16, 2007 that the United States is designating three additional Iranian ent [...] | 2007-02-15 23:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR |
| 07STATE2284 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees provide courtesy pre-notification OOB, Tuesday, January 9 (local time) to host government officials that the United States will designate two additional entities a [...] | 2007-01-09 00:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN PARM FR GE IT UK |
| 07STATE23657 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: MAKING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that post demarche the GoG at the highest appropriate level drawing on the points in para 3 below to gain Georgian support for substantive discussions in formal meetings of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) as soon as dates can be agreed, even while G [...] | 2007-02-27 00:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE GG |
| 07STATE27000 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On February 26, Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Assistant Secretary Silverberg attended an event on Burma hosted by the Czech Republic Embassy with former President Vaclav Havel, at which they [...] | 2007-03-05 14:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC BM |
| 07STATE2945 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...] | 2007-01-10 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL |
| 07STATE32648 | GUIDANCE FOR PROPOSED UN APPEARANCE BY DE FACTO [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) Background: Department is aware Russia is actively lobbying the Friends of Georgia, in Capitals and in New York, to allow the Abkhaz de facto foreign minister, Sergey Shamba, to attend an Arria style meeting prior to the UNOMIG mandate [...] | 2007-03-14 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL GG |
| 07STATE36625 | UNSCR 1267: UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES ON THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Per reftel, updating the Taliban entries on UN 1267 Consolidated List is an important measure to implement UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as [...] | 2007-03-22 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EFIN ETTC FR KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UK UNSC |
| 07STATE40220 | GUIDANCE FOR UNOMIG RENEWAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2 and 3 below. 2. (SBU) USUN is authorized to engage on the German draft text in para 4 below in Western Friends of Georgia discussions in New York, and is authorized to seek and accept the following changes to the text: -- PP5: Insert "in Abk [...] | 2007-03-28 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL GG RS |
| 07STATE45355 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ambassadors in Accra, Brazzaville, Pretoria, Jakarta, Doha, Panama and Lima -- please see para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On April 3, UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari presented to the UNSC his proposals for Kosovo's future status, including a recommendatio [...] | 2007-04-05 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
| 07STATE4829 | RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO ENTER BAGRAM AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-13 03:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC RS AF |
| 07STATE4858 | FOLLOWING UP ON THE EU'S DRAFT PROPOSAL ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 6-7. 2. In November, Reftel A asked posts to reach out to appropriate EU member state representatives to seek their views on a European Commission proposal to include international aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme [...] | 2007-01-13 12:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV EUN |
| 07STATE48903 | APPROVAL: DRAFT UNOMIG RESOLUTION [...] (U) USUN is authorized to introduce and vote to approve the text in para 2 below in the Security Council authorizing an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). 2. (U) Begin resolution text. The Security Council, PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions includin [...] | 2007-04-12 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC GE PREL |
| 07STATE49723 | ACTION REQUEST FROM U/S BURNS TO AMBASSADORS FOR [...] (C) Kosovo independence is a major priority in our current foreign policy and will dominate much of our work in the Security Council over the next month. Embassies in non-European Security Council countries will play a pivotal role in advancing our policy of a supervised independence for Kos [...] | 2007-04-13 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK |
| 07STATE52640 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 00:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
| 07STATE53329 | NEXT STEPS ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2, 3, 4, and 5. Department is preparing a draft text for a Chapter VII resolution that could be used to bring the Special Tribunal for Lebanon into force, which we will forward to USUN early in the week of April 23. Because of the need to move forwar [...] | 2007-04-20 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PGOV PTER |
| 07STATE54846 | Walk-In Guidance for 2007 - Administrative Procedures For Handling Foreign National Walk-Ins, Defectors and Asylum Seekers [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: THE INFORMATION IN THIS TELEGRAM MUST BE HANDLED WITH UTMOST DISCRETION AND DUE DILIGENCE. THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS UPDATED GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING FOREIGN NATIONAL WALK-INS, DEFECTORS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AT OVERSEAS POSTS. IT DESCRIBES PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN RE [...] | 2007-04-24 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS PINR PREF |
| 07STATE57089 | ACTION REQUEST: ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION [...] Please see action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: An international group of experts created by the G8, the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG),will be conducting a round-robin practical exercise in the near future. This exercise is the third such round [...] | 2007-04-27 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS |
| 07STATE58678 | CANVASSING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' FOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN to canvass the Missions of Italy, Belgium, Slovakia, Peru, Panama, Congo-B, China, Indonesia, and Ghana about their views on establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, given the impasse in Lebanon. The information will be used to [...] | 2007-05-01 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
| 07STATE60637 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated through NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction ( [...] | 2007-05-04 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
| 07STATE60916 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
| 07STATE60917 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong U.S. interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destructio [...] | 2007-05-04 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
| 07STATE60918 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...] | 2007-05-04 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
| 07STATE60919 | OUTREACH REQUEST ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See Para 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 3 Political Directors, meeting, the U.S. rolled out a proposal (coordinated by the NSC with strong interagency support) to expand and extend the G8 Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (G [...] | 2007-05-04 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR |
| 07STATE64167 | DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON ABKHAZIA [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request. Embassy is requested to deliver the points in para 2 at the appropriate level to Deputy FM Karasin and report on any response. The points are intended as the basis for discussion of how Russia and the U.S. can cooperate in advancing the implem [...] | 2007-05-11 00:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RU GG |
| 07STATE66574 | AUSTRIAN ACTIONS ON IRAN INCONSISTENT WITH [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to deliver the points at paragraph 5 to appropriate government officials regarding Iran's light water reactor tender, and the need to expeditiously implement Austria's Chapter VII obligations regarding Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International. Posts may d [...] | 2007-05-15 22:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU |
| 07STATE67683 | MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN [...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...] | 2007-05-17 14:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR |
| 07STATE75970 | IDENTIFIER INFORMATION FOR GENERAL ZOLQADR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Background: In late March 2007, the GOR submitted a note verbale to the UNSC Iran Sanctions Committee -- established pursuant to Resolution 1737 -- reporting travel to Russia by General Zolqadr, who was designated pursuant to [...] | 2007-06-01 21:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RS |
| 07STATE83491 | THE UNITED STATES AND THE GUAM ORGANIZATION -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The 2007 Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM Summit in Baku is an opportunity for the U.S. to bolster this organization, both by complimenting GUAM on its achievements and by urging establishment of its Se [...] | 2007-06-14 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP |
| 07STATE84207 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States has designated four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Propert [...] | 2007-06-15 21:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN |
| 07STATE98670 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONVEYING USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 - 16. 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries will be invited to the ministerial as full participants, as ob [...] | 2007-07-16 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA |
| 07STATE99397 | GEORGIA REQUEST FOR COORDINATION WITH FRIENDS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department would like Georgia and Germany (as coordinator of the UN Friends process) to participate in the upcoming UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) consultations, currently scheduled for July 23. Additionally, the Department does not think that the ti [...] | 2007-07-17 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE RS PREL |
| 07STOCKHOLM1055 | BILDT ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP, [...] (c) On August 28, the Ambassador raised the Georgia missile incident and Kosovo with Foreign Minister Bildt in a meeting devoted to other issues. On Georgia, Bildt speculated on the context of the incident and said we need to keep diplomatic pressure on, but that Zuzul was not the right choi [...] | 2007-08-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS GG SR SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM1239 | SWEDEN'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (c) During an October 4 tour d'horizon, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall reviewed Sweden's meetings on the margins of the UNGA and its activities and views on key issues: -- Afghanistan. Sweden is considering a proposal from the Finns for the Finns to take over command of the Mazar e [...] | 2007-10-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW AF CY BM IR IZ YI SU CD |
| 07STOCKHOLM1352 | SWEDEN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (c) On October 30, Ambassador Schulte's and Ambassador Wood's 90-minute exchange with Bildt focused on the international response to Iran,s nuclear ambitions. Ambassador Schulte lunched with journalists and gave a speech hosted by two Swedish think tanks. Ambassador Schulte's disarming and fr [...] | 2007-11-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA AORC KNNP PREL PGOV IR IZ SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM1453 | BILDT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...] | 2007-12-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM214 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND AND [...] (c) Polcouns met 2/28 with MFA Deputy Director General for European and Global Security Ambassador Nils Daag regarding negotiations for Poland and the Czech Republic to host U.S. missile defense assets. Daag, whose portfolio has just been expanded to include responsibility for the United Nat [...] | 2007-02-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ PL SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM223 | SWEDEN: BILDT CALLS FOR GREATER EU INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (u) Making reference to participation by key countries in the upcoming conference on the future of Iraq, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the EU and Sweden should, once the security situation improves, make greater contributions toward stabilizing Iraq and supporting the development o [...] | 2007-03-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW IZ |
| 07STOCKHOLM32 | SWEDEN: HOW FM BILDT'S STOCK OPTIONS AFFECT HIS [...] (SBU) Post-holiday headlines in Sweden have focused on Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his recent decision to exercise options in a publicly traded Swedish company, Vostok Nafta, whose main holding is shares of the Russian energy giant Gazprom. Bildt resigned from the board of Vostok Nafta [...] | 2007-01-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM506 | SWEDEN: SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER [...] (c) The May 15 visit of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt provides an opportunity to strengthen ties in key areas with a Swedish government that is relatively new to office and better-disposed toward working with the U.S. than its predecessor. Reinfeldt comes from a new political generation a [...] | 2007-05-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM69 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO TIMELINE [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche urging support for Ahtisaari's proposed timeline 1/19 to MFA Deputy Director General and Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Mats Staffansson, who was joined by Western Balkans Head Lars Wahlund. Polcouns also raised the issue w [...] | 2007-01-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM736 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE FOR JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) On June 13 Poloff met with Niclas Kvarnstrom, MFA Deputy European Correspondent, and conveyed USG positions on select topics in advance of the June 18-19 GAERC. Kvarnstrom's substantive responses follow. 2. (C) Cuba. Sweden opposes Spain's initiative to eliminate the EU's restrictive [...] | 2007-06-13 15:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN KPAL ETRD SW |
| 07STOCKHOLM988 | SWEDISH MFA POLDIR ON GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Charge met Aug 14 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to discuss Sweden's role in the Georgia missile investigation. Skoog was joined by Foreign Minister Bildt's Staff Director Karin Olofsdotter. Skoog said the missile incident had touched Swedish reflexes to respond when a larger co [...] | 2007-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW MOPS GG |
| 07SURABAYA41 | EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE -- USGS EXPERT VISIT TO MUDFLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 20-22, USGS Geologist Thomas Casadevall and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer toured the site of the Sidoarjo mud flow and met with Indonesian geologists familiar with the disaster. The site tour and subsequent meeting showed fundamental differences in focus between geolog [...] | 2007-09-28 12:36:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID |
| 07SUVA221 | FIJI UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2007: WAR OF WORDS [...] (SBU) Interim government rhetoric against the U.S. and other countries that have imposed sanctions against Fiji continued over the weekend. Most notable is the press statement issued by the interim Attorney General which accuses the Ambassador and the high commissioners of Australia and the [...] | 2007-04-15 22:12:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MARR CASC FJ |
| 07SUVA466 | CDR PACOM 9/17-18 VISIT TO TONGA: MILITARY BONDS; [...] (C) PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's visit to Tonga reinforced strong mil/mil bonds and accented long-standing close bilateral relations. The Admiral thanked Tonga leaders for a second deployment of Tonga Defense Service (TDS) troops to Iraq. TDS Commander BG Uta'atu said Foreign/Defense Mi [...] | 2007-09-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TN |
| 07TAIPEI1678 | TAIWAN TRIES TO RETAIN FOOTHOLD IN VENEZUELAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As world oil prices reach US$77.00 per barrel, the highest in 11 months, state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC) is caught in a quandary. The Venezuelan National Petroleum Corp (VNPC) intends to buy back oil exploration rights at cost from all entities with less than 10 pe [...] | 2007-07-26 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL VE TW |
| 07TAIPEI1920 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 22 on the aftermath of the combustion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa Monday; on President Chen Shui-bian's transit in Alaska Tuesday morning; on local pig farmers' strong protests Tuesday over the Taiwa [...] | 2007-08-22 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07TAIPEI378 | BIGGEST TAIWAN INVESTOR IN PRC SUSPICIOUS OF [...] (C) Summary: Hon Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou expressed to the Director on February 14 reservations about the effects of democracy on economic performance, criticizing corruption in village-level elections in China and praising China's Communist Party leaders as concerned primarily with the in [...] | 2007-02-15 00:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PREL TW CH |
| 07TALLINN106 | ESTONIA'S BRONZE SOLDIER: IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER [...] (U) On February 15, the Estonian Parliament passed the "Illegal Structures Removal" bill by a margin of 46 to 44. The bill prohibits all public displays of structures that glorify the occupation of Estonia and/or mass oppression of the Estonian people and which may pose a threat to public orde [...] | 2007-02-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EN |
| 07TALLINN112 | ESTONIA: VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 [...] Summary: In 2006, the GOE continued to improve the country's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime through legislative changes and cooperation with rights holders. The long-awaited new Civil Procedure Act that provides for ex parte searches came into force January 1, 2006. On June 14, 200 [...] | 2007-02-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EUR EN |
| 07TALLINN118 | ESTONIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS II: WHAT'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Estonia's March 4 parliamentary elections will produce a multi-party coalition government that is unlikely to bring about any significant changes in Estonia's domestic or foreign policy. All of the major parties are campaigning on a mixture of social and economic issues includi [...] | 2007-02-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN121 | ESTONIA'S STANCE ON ILLEGAL CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division of the MFA's Policy Planning Department - which is responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. 2. (U) Estonia's main legal instrument in the fight against terrorist financing and illeg [...] | 2007-02-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER EN |
| 07TALLINN124 | MISSLE DEFENSE: ESTONIA READY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS EUN EN |
| 07TALLINN134 | EMBASSY TALLINN TO HOST OIL SPILL SPEAKER; [...] Summary. In response to reftel, post is enthusiastic to report that our Public Affairs and PolEcon Sections are planning to host Alaskan oil spill cleanup expert John Devens, Ph.D., under IIP's U.S. Speaker Program in May. Dr. Devens will meet with Estonian government, industry, and private [...] | 2007-03-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EN SENV ENRG EWWT EPET EUN |
| 07TALLINN143 | ESTONIA'S ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The center-right Reform Party won the most seats in Estonia's March 4 parliamentary election, earning Andrus Ansip, Reform Chairman and Prime Minister, the opportunity to form the next government. PM Ansip essentially has two options for coalition building: forming a center-rig [...] | 2007-03-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN164 | GLOBE ESTONIA FINDS PARTNERS IN ST.PETERSBURG [...] (U) Summary. In February, the Estonian GLOBE Coordinator, along with six Estonian GLOBE teachers, attended "GLOBE days in St. Petersburg." The three-day event was the direct result of GLOBE Estonia's efforts to assist St. Petersburg schools in becoming official GLOBE member schools. It concl [...] | 2007-03-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB POG EN |
| 07TALLINN165 | ESTONIA: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) As requested Ref A, Post has designated Acting DCM Eric Johnson as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (C) As reported Ref B, Estonia agrees with the USG position on the Russian response to U.S. missile defense plans. We do not expect any wavering o [...] | 2007-03-13 09:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU EN |
| 07TALLINN171 | ETHNIC RUSSIAN ESTONIANS - TRENDS IN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In contrast to neighboring Latvia, Estonia's Russian-speaking minority exercises political will through mainstream, rather than ethnically-based, political parties. Russian-centric parties are headed by fringe elements and have not generated anywhere near enough popular suppo [...] | 2007-03-15 05:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EN RS PHUM SOCI |
| 07TALLINN2 | ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...] | 2007-01-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN |
| 07TALLINN223 | ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART I): REFORMING [...] (U) Summary. The Estonian Reform Party has formed a coalition government with like-minded center-right parties, Isamaa and Res Public Union (IRL) and the Social Democrats (SDE). The coalition agreement, signed by the parties on April 2, reflects Reform's priorities for a pro-active, pro-w [...] | 2007-04-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN233 | ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART II): BIOS ON KEY [...] (U) Summary. On April 2, the Estonian Reform Party, Isamaa and Res Publica Union (IRL),and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) officially signed a coalition agreement forming the new government. The three-party coalition has 60 seats in the 101-member parliament (Ref A). Prime Minister Andru [...] | 2007-04-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN247 | ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART III): FOREIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. The new Estonian government's foreign and security policy priorities include strong relations with the U.S. and NATO, Afghanistan, better Estonia-Russia relations, and promoting democracy and stability in the region. The new government supports continued engagement in Iraq, but this is [...] | 2007-04-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | EN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 07TALLINN272 | EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY: ESTONIA PUSHING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Estonia continues to be a staunch advocate of the European Union's (EU) European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). While the EU has made some progress in strengthening the ENP, the Government of Estonia (GOE) feels far more should be done. In particular, Estonia has been somewhat di [...] | 2007-04-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN EN |
| 07TALLINN273 | ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART IV): DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As reported in reftels, On April 4, 2007, the Estonian Reform Party formed a center-right coalition with the Isamaa-Res Publica Union (IRL) and the Social Democrats (SDE). The new government has four key domestic policy priorities: tax cuts, innovation, bolstering the workfor [...] | 2007-04-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN276 | ESTONIA'S BRONZE SOLDIER: EXCAVATION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly a year of controversy, and weeks of speculation that the Estonian government would finally remove the city's WWII-era Soldier and any war graves found nearby, the process has begun. The GOE has extensively briefed the press, the ethnic Russian community the diplomati [...] | 2007-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN277 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
| 07TALLINN278 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
| 07TALLINN280 | REACTIONS TO REMOVAL OF ESTONIA,S BRONZE SOLDIER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of April 26, a mostly young, mostly Russian crowd of 1,000-1,500 demonstrating against the removal of the Bronze Soldier monument refused police orders to disperse. The police then dispersed the crowd by force. As the demonstrators scattered they broke shop wind [...] | 2007-04-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN290 | ESTONIAN AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW REPORTEDLY ATTACKED [...] (C) This is an urgent action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On the morning of May 2, the MFA called in resident ambassadors to brief them on the security situation of Estonia's embassy in Moscow. The briefing included a readout of the April 30- May 1 visit of a delegation of Duma m [...] | 2007-05-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN297 | UPDATE ON BRONZE SOLDIER AND ESTONIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Following days of demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow and an attack on their Ambassador, the GOE pushed hard for EU engagement with Moscow. The resulting Troika demarche in Moscow and statement by the Presidency was well-received by the GOE. A Russian State Ra [...] | 2007-05-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN309 | REPORTS OF POLICE ABUSE UNFOUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has uncovered no concrete evidence of police abuses during the Bronze Soldier riots April 26-27. Investigations of a small number of complaints are on-going. Of the 1,300 individuals taken into custody during and after the riots, about 300 are facing riot-related charges a [...] | 2007-05-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN310 | ESTONIA: GOE OFFICIALS ON THE BRONZE SOLDIER, [...] (C) Summary: During a series of courtesy calls May 7-9, senior GOE officials expressed appreciation for strong U.S. support after the attack on Estonian's Embassy in Moscow. Prime Minister Ansip noted Estonia did not want to create problems for its allies, but emphasized that Russia's actions [...] | 2007-05-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU EN |
| 07TALLINN321 | KOSOVO: ESTONIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) On May 16, Poloff delivered reftel (Ref A) points to Raul Toomas, MFA Kosovo Desk Officer, and confirmed the Government of Estonia's (GOE) support for the Ahtisaari Plan for Kosovo. Estonia's Mission to the UN in New York had already sent the MFA a summary of the draft UN Security Council [...] | 2007-05-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI UN EN |
| 07TALLINN322 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: ESTONIA SUPPORTS INFO EXCHANGE [...] (C) On May 15, Poloff delivered reftel points to Riho Kruuv, MFA Director for Strategic Goods Control Division, and Tuuli Parnsalu, 3rd Secretary, and discussed at length the upcoming Australia Group (AG) Plenary meeting, June 4- 7, and the need to share information on Russia's chemical and bi [...] | 2007-05-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW EN |
| 07TALLINN33 | ESTONIA: LABOR SHORTAGE LOOMS LARGE [...] Since emerging from nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation in 1991, the economy of Estonia has been racing. Annual double digit growth rates have been the norm. Estonia is a country of just 1.35 million people with a working population of 692, 800 according to the Estonian Labor Market Board. [...] | 2007-01-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV EN |
| 07TALLINN332 | ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN |
| 07TALLINN340 | ESTONIA THINKS RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER A BAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS EN |
| 07TALLINN347 | RUSSIAN BEAR HUG SQUEEZES ESTONIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In the three weeks since the April 26-27 Bronze Soldier riots, Estonia has faced pressure from an array of trade-disrupting measures from Russia. Cyber attacks on government and financial websites have been costly and have raised international concern and support. GOE officials [...] | 2007-05-29 05:51:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD RS EN |
| 07TALLINN352 | Estonian Policy Makers Discuss Energy Options [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent roundtable discussion on the future of Estonian energy policy, key players in Estonian government, industry and academia renewed calls to increase Estonia's energy efficiency and its use of renewable energy sources, and to lessen the its energy dependence on Russia. [...] | 2007-05-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL RU EN |
| 07TALLINN366 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: WORLD'S FIRST VIRTUAL [...] (S) Summary. Since April 27, Estonia has been the victim of the world's first coordinated cyber attacks against a nation state and its political and economic infrastructure. The sensational nature of the story, combined with the highly technical details of the subject matter, has led to a good [...] | 2007-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
| 07TALLINN367 | TALLINN'S PROPOSAL FOR 2007 IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is Embassy Tallinn's proposal for funding to develop, distribute and promote an extensive awareness campaign in Estonia to combat internet piracy and promote cyber security. Background ----------- 2. The biggest IPR challenge in countries with a well [...] | 2007-06-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EU KTIA PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN373 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON CFE TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
| 07TALLINN374 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together wi [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
| 07TALLINN375 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together with [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
| 07TALLINN377 | ESTONIA TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON EXTRAORDINARY CFE [...] (C) On June 6, we delivered Ref A points to Kristjan Priik, Second Secretary in the MFA's Security and Arms Control Division, on preparations for the extraordinary CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) conference. On June 7, Priik reiterated Estonia's position on Russia's proposal (Ref B). Coo [...] | 2007-06-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
| 07TALLINN433 | ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: The last eight months have been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's recent visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves [...] | 2007-06-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN444 | UPDATE ON ESTONIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Estonian law enforcement continues to make significant progress in clamping down on prostitution rings operating in Estonia. With new legal tools for investigation and prosecution implemented in Estonia's criminal code to fight trafficking-in-persons (TIP),the police have bee [...] | 2007-07-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EN |
| 07TALLINN456 | ESTONIA: TIP ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES ESTONIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 29, post organized and hosted a roundtable discussion on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and TIP-related crimes for ten representatives of Estonian NGOs, labor organizations, student groups, Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, and representatives of diplomatic missions. [...] | 2007-07-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EN |
| 07TALLINN463 | ESTONIA: BIO OF INCOMING AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has named Vaino Reinart as Estonia's new Ambassador to the United States. Reinart is one of the MFA's most senior and respected diplomats, and has a high reputation for his intelligence and skills as a political operator. As Estonia's form [...] | 2007-07-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN472 | ESTONIA: THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (C) Summary. July 13 marked the first 100 days of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right coalition government. The "Bronze Riots," cyber attacks and tensions with Moscow, consumed most of the GOE's attention during this period. Ansip and his Reform party have emerged even more popular b [...] | 2007-07-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EN |
| 07TALLINN488 | GOE ENDEAVORS TO MODIFY INTEGRATION PROGRAMS IN [...] (U) Summary. In a post Bronze Soldier riot Estonia, integration of ethnic Russians is a hot topic. Once regarded as having one of the most successful post-Soviet integration programs, the GOE is now being forced to take a hard look at the deep fissures that still exist within Estonia's popu [...] | 2007-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
| 07TALLINN492 | BANKERS PREDICT SOFT LANDING FOR ESTONIAN ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: Macroeconomic analysts in and out of government continue to predict Estonia faces a 'soft landing' - 6 to 8 percent GDP growth - from its period of rapid economic growth. Despite a large current account deficit, rising inflation, and a tight labor market, the long-term outlook f [...] | 2007-07-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN498 | ESTONIAN CONCERNS OVER AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) On July 26, we delivered reftel points to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, concerning USG concerns over the state of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Lukk responded that the GOE fully shares U.S. concerns and is keen on doing more in Azerbaijan and [...] | 2007-07-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM AJ EN |
| 07TALLINN5 | ESTONIA: PRESIDENT AND PM DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU RU EN |
| 07TALLINN519 | AMBASSADOR'S MEEING WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon with Sven Mikser, Member of Parliament (MP) and the new Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC). The two discussed Estonia and the European Union's relations with Russia, Estonia's contributions in the global war on terror, an [...] | 2007-08-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EINV EN |
| 07TALLINN52 | ESTONIA: FORMER PM LAAR OPTIMISTIC ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On January 23, former Prime Minister Mart Laar told Charge that he was "optimistic" about the situation in Georgia - citing improvements in Georgia's energy security and factors affecting the situation in Abkhazia. Laar noted the GOG asked him to come back to Georgia in late February (in [...] | 2007-01-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG EN |
| 07TALLINN520 | THE ESTONIA-RUSSIA BORDER: MANY ROADS TO GRIDLOCK [...] (U) Summary: Extended delays in recent months for truckers waiting to transport goods from northeastern Estonia into Russia have raised many questions about possible causes, especially in the wake of Bronze Soldier- related transit disruptions since April. It is unclear whether politics or si [...] | 2007-08-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RU ECON EN |
| 07TALLINN543 | ESTONIAN INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given its success with rapid democratic and economic reform, Estonia enjoys a high level of credibility and influence with developing countries seeking assistance. As part of the Government of Estonia's (GOE) larger plans to promote democracy and market-based development, deve [...] | 2007-08-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EN |
| 07TALLINN544 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 20 and 21, we delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, and Peeter Helme, MFA NATO Desk Officer, on breaking the impasse to Russia's fulfillment of its remaining Istanbul commitments. Hilpus told us that the GOE's position on CFE remains [...] | 2007-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN |
| 07TALLINN547 | ESTONIA: NEW DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon for Mati Raidma, Member of Parliament (MP) and new Chairman of the National Defense Committee (NDC). The two discussed Parliament's upcoming votes to renew the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) mission mandates for Iraq, Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-08-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EN |
| 07TALLINN548 | ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY SELL [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to W [...] | 2007-08-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN549 | ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to [...] | 2007-08-24 10:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN567 | ESTONIA'S FULLFILMENT OF OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In post's judgment, Estonia fulfills the accession criteria for membership in the OECD. Estonia is an active, prosperous and developed member of many international organizations, including NATO, the European Union and the WTO. It demonstrates a broad respect for the values of [...] | 2007-08-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SENV OECD EN KDEM |
| 07TALLINN576 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SCHOOL INTEGRATION WITH [...] (SBU) On August 16, Ambassador Phillips paid a courtesy call on Minister of Education and Research Tonis Lukas. Minister Lukas emphasized that the GOE's program to introduce Estonian-language classes in Russian-language high schools is a step-by-step "transition," not a "reform." He reported [...] | 2007-09-04 11:12:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
| 07TALLINN583 | SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...] | 2007-09-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN588 | LEADING ESTONIAN MP DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Marko Mihkelson, head of the Parliament's EU Affairs Committee, highlighted as important issues: regional security and stability issues, Russia and President Vladimir Putin's political future, and Russia's re-tooling of history. He also emph [...] | 2007-09-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR RU GG EN |
| 07TALLINN589 | ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Three and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and an effective role model for democracy in the former Soviet states [...] | 2007-09-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN |
| 07TALLINN594 | ESTONIAN RABBI DOWNPLAYS REPORTS OF ANTI- [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Poloffs, Rabbi E. Shmuel Kot said anti-Semitism is not a serious concern for Estonia's small Jewish Community. Kot also emphasized his efforts to remain outside of local politics and outlined the religious, social and educational opportunities offe [...] | 2007-09-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV RU EN |
| 07TALLINN598 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT OFFERS SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary: In August, President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering visited Estonia to discuss the GOE's language and integration reform efforts for the Russian-speaking minority. Poettering met with representatives of Estonia's Russian-speaking community as well as President I [...] | 2007-09-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU EN |
| 07TALLINN604 | ESTONIA ON ALLIANCE ATTITUDES TOWARD NAC VISIT TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloffs delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy, and Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Hilpus and Lukk emphasized strong Government of Estonia (GOE) support for the proposed North Atlantic Council (NAC) visit to [...] | 2007-09-14 06:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS EN |
| 07TALLINN619 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ESTONIAN MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a meeting September 12 with the Ambassador, Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs Urve Palo reiterated the GOE's commitment to encouraging "stateless" residents to acquire citizenship. At the same time, however, Palo noted a lack of motivation among Russian speakers t [...] | 2007-09-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EN |
| 07TALLINN621 | USDOC DAS FOR EUROPE VISITS ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: GOE officials told Department of Commerce DAS for Europe Paul Dyck that Estonia is very open to more U.S. investment and noted that Estonia's business climate has not suffered from the cyber attacks of early May. They also expressed interest in the goals of the new Trans- Atlan [...] | 2007-09-20 10:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON PGOV EN |
| 07TALLINN633 | ESTONIA: PDAS VOLKER AT V-10 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker participated in the Vilnius Ten (V-10) political directors conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 12-13. V-10 political directors generally supported eventual NATO enlargement for the Adriatic 3 (Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia) and the need for more EU unit [...] | 2007-09-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN |
| 07TALLINN64 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of the President's historic visit to Estonia last November, and amidst fervent campaigning for Estonia's parliamentary elections in early March. 2. (SBU) Fore [...] | 2007-01-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN646 | ESTONIA: PRESSURE ON BURMESE REGIME DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM EN |
| 07TALLINN66 | ESTONIA: IPR WORKSHOP REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS AND [...] (U) Summary: On January 17-18, Embassy Tallinn and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a workshop focusing on copyright infringement in the digital environment. The event was a rare coming together of 60 Estonian police, prosecutors, judges, government officials, law professor [...] | 2007-01-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KIPR EN |
| 07TALLINN685 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ESTONIAN MPS ON U.S. FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Estonian Parliamentarians October 16 on the U.S.-Estonia relationship. His presentation, at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Sven Mikser (Defense Minister from 2002- 2003),informed key members of parliament ahead of Estonia's decision on whether to e [...] | 2007-10-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF IZ EN |
| 07TALLINN71 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of the President's historic visit to Estonia last November, and amidst fervent campaigning for Estonia's parliamentary elections in early March. 2. (SBU) Fore [...] | 2007-02-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN716 | SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN |
| 07TALLINN72 | ESTONIA: FUROR OVER BRONZE SOLDIER DEBATE [...] Summary: On January 10, the Riigikogu (Estonian parliament) approved a bill giving the GOE legal authority to relocate the graves of Soviet soldiers and the adjacent "Bronze soldier" statue from their current location in central Tallinn. Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has stated that excavatio [...] | 2007-02-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN720 | 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2007 - 2008 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The closures of illegal synthetic drug labs, seizures of narcotic substances, [...] | 2007-11-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EN |
| 07TALLINN728 | ESTONIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT [...] SUMMARY: On October 30, a visiting Washington delegation representing the CA Bureau and the Terrorism Screening Center reached agreement with GOE interlocutors on the text of a Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) Arrangement to share terrorist-screening information. Substantiv [...] | 2007-11-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PREL PTER EUN EN |
| 07TALLINN732 | ESTONIA ON RUSSIA'S OSCE COMMITMENTS [...] (C) On November 9, PolEcoff delivered reftel points to Lauri Kuusing, MFA Russia Desk Officer. Kuusing said the GOE is pleased to see that the U.S. position is in line with that of the EU. He also stated that the GOE, along with its EU partners, finds it 'unacceptable' that the Government of [...] | 2007-11-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM RS EN |
| 07TALLINN737 | ESTONIA AND RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] (U) Estonia does not exhibit resource nationalism as described in reftel. The government does not arbitrarily change regulations pertaining to investment in natural resources or any other sector to favor domestic companies over foreign-owned firms. Since joining the European Union in 2004, t [...] | 2007-11-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG EN |
| 07TALLINN738 | ESTONIAN SCHOOL REFORM IN ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 1, 2007, all 58 public Russian language high schools in Estonia began teaching Estonian Literature in the Estonian language. This program, which affects approximately 8,500 Russian- speaking students, is the first step of a gradual transition to reach the point wher [...] | 2007-11-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN |
| 07TALLINN752 | SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S NOVEMBER 27-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's November 27- 29 visit to Washington, his first as PM, comes on the eve of the Estonian Parliament's vote to renew Estonia's participation in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Ansip supports Estonia's military engagements abroad, but relies on USG recognitio [...] | 2007-11-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN |
| 07TALLINN754 | PUSHING THE ENVELOPE: ESTONIA TRIES TO SPUR INNOVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonia's relatively lean and dynamic economy can still make progress in a number of areas towards spurring greater innovation and productivity gains. Both will be necessary to meet labor shortages and move the economy up the value chain to a position where it can move out of com [...] | 2007-11-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP EN |
| 07TALLINN79 | REVISED: ESTONIA: FUROR OVER BRONZE SOLDIER [...] Summary: On January 10, the parliament approved a bill giving the government legal authority to relocate the graves of Soviet soldiers and the adjacent QBronze SoldierQ statue from their current location in central Tallinn. While Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has stated that excavation of the [...] | 2007-02-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RS EN |
| 07TALLINN88 | ESTONIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS I: POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Estonia is in full campaign mode in the run up to parliamentary elections on March 4. Eleven parties are vying for seats in the Riigikogu (the Estonian parliament). Of these, five or six are expected to win enough votes for parliamentary representation. The "X-factors" in the e [...] | 2007-02-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EN |
| 07TALLINN92 | ESTONIA'S ECONOMY: OUTLOOK FOR CONTINUED GROWTH [...] (U) Estonia's economic growth has exceeded 10% for two years running. This has led to the inevitable question: "How long can it last"? Regional banks, the Ministry of Finance, and financial media all forecast around 9% real GDP growth in 2007, down from 11.5% in 2006. While a few local obs [...] | 2007-02-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EN |
| 07TASHKENT1016 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. OBJECTIVES AT WORLD HEALTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A information to Ministry of Health Department of Sanitary Epidemiology Director Saidmurad Saidaliyev and Deputy Director Botkijon Matkarimov on May 22. Saidaliyev and Matkarimov agreed that all nations have a responsibility to share live virus samples immediately an [...] | 2007-05-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1022 | CHEAP CHINESE LOANS TO KEY UZBEK SECTORS [...] (U) In April, the Chinese Eximbank extended by one year the validity of a $300 million export-financing credit line to the National Bank of Uzbekistan. This credit line was initially provided in 2004 to finance the purchase of Chinese-produced equipment for use in key sectors of the Uzbek eco [...] | 2007-05-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV CH UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1029 | UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...] | 2007-05-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1054 | EU PUSHES ON AFTER SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: After the EU decision to extend sanctions to Uzbekistan, the EU Special Representative to Central Asia, Pierre Morel, visited Tashkent on May 28 to explain the sanctions decision and EU continue engagement with the Uzbeks. Although the Uzbek Foreign Minister expressed deep dissa [...] | 2007-06-04 04:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1058 | UZBEKISTAN 2007 FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS (FLT) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1061 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PERSEVERES DESPITE DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Division Executive Director Holly Cartner met with Charge and Acting DCM on June  [...] | 2007-06-05 03:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1139 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of fifteen (15) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, seven (7) of which have been resolved. 2. a. Claimant B b. 1998 c. Claimant B is a US trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. In 1998, customs au [...] | 2007-06-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV EINV KIDE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1140 | COSCOM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Uzbekistan Agency for Communications and Information Technology (the Telecom Agency) and other authorities have quietly dropped their legal and administrative complaints against U.S. majority-owned cellular provider COSCOM. The company has recovered most of [...] | 2007-06-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1146 | UZBEKISTAN DENIES ACCREDITATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 14, the Ministry of Justice denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) newly arrived junior expatriate staff member. Unless the Government reverses its decision, HRW will be left without any accredited [...] | 2007-06-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1167 | DEUTSHCE WELLE REPORTERS AMNESTIED? [...] (C) Summary: Post reported on June 8 that the Tashkent General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges of working without a license against three Deutsche Welle correspondents. However, other sources announced that the three journalists were amnestied. A German Embassy representative insisted th [...] | 2007-06-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1265 | UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SIGN FOLLOW ON ELECTRICTY DEAL; [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan reportedly has agreed to supply 150 megawatts of electricity a year to Afghanistan starting in 2008 and 300 megawatts a year by the end of 2009. Uzbekistan declined a $25 million loan to help finance the upgrade of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plant and the [...] | 2007-07-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1271 | UZBEKS TOUT FOREIGN "EXPERT" COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) In early June, the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a publication claiming to highlight positive international reactions to the adoption of the two new Uzbek Constitutional Laws. The booklet, titled "Comments and Assessments of Foreign Political and Expert Circles of the Constitut [...] | 2007-07-11 05:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1292 | GOU CRACKDOWN ON CASH "SMUGGLING" [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek law requires that cash brought in to, or taken out of Uzbekistan, be declared and establishes limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of the country. Enforcement of these regulations, historically weak, appears to have been stepped up in recent months, particular [...] | 2007-07-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV CASC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1299 | AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY PROJECT: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hong Wei told the Charge July 13 that the bank is ready to finance upgrades to approximately 80 miles of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plan and the Uzbek-Afghanista [...] | 2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RF AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1301 | AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan from June 25 to June 30, Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met several of Uzbekistan's religious leaders, including the Mufti and the head Imam of Tashkent, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, th [...] | 2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF UZ TX TI |
| 07TASHKENT1302 | UZBEK-RUSSIAN LABOR MIGRATION AGREEMENTS: DETAILS [...] (C) Russia and Uzbekistan signed three bilateral labor migration agreements during the July 3-4 visit to Tashkent of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin told the Charge July 12 that the agreements are meant primarily to legalize the status o [...] | 2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR RF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1324 | SERGEI IVANOV TALKS BUSINESS WITH THE UZBEKS [...] (C) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on resolving issues in the Russia-Uzbekistan commercial relationship. Although trade turnover is increasing, the growth is primarily due to large oil and gas projects while other Russian business conti [...] | 2007-07-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EAIR KNNP JO RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1325 | RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY TO OPEN BRANCH IN [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin confirmed to the Charge July 12 that the Moscow-based Russian Oil and Gas University plans to open a branch campus in Tashkent later in 2007 (ref A). Mukhametshin said that the decision to open the branch campus was made because Russian oil and gas co [...] | 2007-07-19 04:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EPET RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1414 | NO BIBLES IN TASHKENT BOOKSTORES [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Uzbekistan Bible Society, who explained that his organization currently faces its most difficult environment since opening in 1993. Since July 2006, the Bible Society has only been able to officially import 500 books in [...] | 2007-08-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF UZ TX |
| 07TASHKENT1489 | UZBEKS PROPOSE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Uzbekistan's Regional Policy Foundation has proposed a human rights conference to Post as the means to nudge the bilateral relationship back on track. The Foundation's director said the conference had been vetted and [...] | 2007-08-15 08:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1509 | ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE EXPOS FAIL TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Agrominitech and Oil and Gas Expositions opened Uzbekistan's expo season, but attracted less foreign interest and attention than in 2006. On the whole, foreign companies continue to avoid investing in Uzbekistan. Even Russian companies are adversely affected by t [...] | 2007-08-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINV ENGR PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1514 | INDIANS ASK ABOUT URANIUM [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Ambassador Skand Ranjan Tayal at the latter's request August 17 to discuss potential supplies of uranium to India. Tayal mentioned the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) in 2004 had discussed selling uranium yellow cake to India, but nothing had come of these discussion [...] | 2007-08-20 04:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PARM IN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1520 | TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT [...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...] | 2007-08-21 05:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1586 | KARIMOV'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECHES: PLATITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: During his two-hour televised speech to the Cabinet on August 30, President Karimov touted Uzbekistan's accomplishments since independence and pledged greater successes in the future, but warned that "foreign centers" were trying to undermine the country. His Independence Day ad [...] | 2007-09-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1596 | PROTESTS REPORTED IN FERGHANA VALLEY AND TASHKENT [...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and Embassy contacts have reported scattered demonstrations in the Ferghana Valley and in Tashkent this past week. The demonstrations reportedly have been caused by rising food prices and scarcities. Officials in the city of Margilan also reportedly have pa [...] | 2007-09-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1607 | UZBEKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY MAP OF THE WORLD [...] (C) Summary: In an Independence Day speech to the Tashkent Diplomatic Corps August 28, FM Norov outlined Uzbekistan's foreign policy, rank-ordering relations with five tiers of countries and international organizations. Not surprisingly, he extolled relations with Russia and Russian-supporte [...] | 2007-09-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1652 | NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...] | 2007-09-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1661 | HIGH PRICES, RATIONING OF STAPLES IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, poloffs visited the Ferghana Valley provinces of Namangan and Ferghana. Whether meeting with human rights contacts or sellers at the bazaar, the main topic of conversation was invariably peoples' frustration at price hikes for basic staples, especially for fl [...] | 2007-09-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1662 | GM-DAT, UZDAEWOO IN JOINT VENTURE TALKS; CHEVROLET [...] (C) Summary: GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, is in talks on the establishment of a joint venture (JV) with UzDaewoo. GM-DAT intends to sign the formal contract with President Karimov in October and then publicly announce the JV. GM-DAT views the JV as a long-term investment in which it [...] | 2007-09-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN RU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1663 | BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to the Ferghana Valley on September 12-13, poloffs met with two former recipients of USAID grants, the Namangan Credit Union and the Ferghana-based Unicons consulting firm. These enterprises show that some of the Uzbek people's traditional entrepreneurial spirit p [...] | 2007-09-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1664 | UNHCR TO REASSESS REFUGEES AS PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Fikret Akcura on September 17 to discuss the status of Afghan refugees. DCM conveyed that all DHS interviews have been completed but any new candidates put forth by UNHCR and any successful appeals wi [...] | 2007-09-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1678 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CENTRAL-ASIA TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Uzbek Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Elyor Ganiev. Ganiev found the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) meeting useful, saying he would like [...] | 2007-09-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1681 | SECURITY SERVICE DISRUPTS POLOFF BUKHARA VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Bukhara from September 20 - 23, where he previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a high school. Local English teachers informed poloff that an NSS (National Security Service) agent was monitoring the hotel and questioned them about their association with an [...] | 2007-09-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PINS PHUM OEXC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1682 | NUKEM'S URANIUM QUOTA UNMET BY UZBEKS [...] (C) Summary: As per ref C guidance, econoff informed Nukem Inc.'s Tashkent Head of Office, Yevgeny Onokhin, of the Indian Embassy's inquiry into Nukem's business in Uzbekistan. Onokhin said he is cautious yet open to meeting with the Indians. DCM informed the Indian Ambassador he should direc [...] | 2007-09-25 02:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP ENRG ETRD ECON IN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1710 | BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...] | 2007-09-28 11:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1732 | REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...] | 2007-10-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1760 | GM VENTURES INTO UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (U) On October 8 GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, signed a joint venture with UzDaewoo, receiving 25 percent plus one share of the company, with the possibility of increasing its share to 40 percent. As noted reftel, this deal brings the Chevrolet brand to Uzbekistan, with an eye to the [...] | 2007-10-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN SK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1761 | ESTABLISHED CONTACT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN BISHKEK [...] (C) At an Embassy event on October 9, dissident academic and human rights contact Tashpulat Yuldashev told poloff that he planned to flee Uzbekistan in the next few days and seek political asylum with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bishkek. He requested that polo [...] | 2007-10-12 00:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV UZ KG |
| 07TASHKENT1764 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REPORT POSITIVE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with the Ambassador on September 28, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel noted having a "constructive" meeting that week with Acting Religious Affairs Committee Chairman Ortiq Yusupov, who reportedly assured him that deregistration for the last re [...] | 2007-10-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ TI |
| 07TASHKENT1810 | UZBEKISTAN-CONTROLLED MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Uzbek media coverage and official statements have extolled democratic principles while the election field has grown to an unprecedented six candidates that include Uzbekistan's first female and "independent" presidential candidates, though we doubt that President [...] | 2007-10-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1827 | TASHKENT "KREMLINOLOGY": UZBEK OFFICIAL MEDIA SHOW [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's official media has shown a very troubled, aged President Karimov at the October summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),CIS, and EURASEC in Dushanbe. This differs dramatically from previous coverage, which has generally shown an upbeat, more you [...] | 2007-10-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1829 | NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...] | 2007-10-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH |
| 07TASHKENT1853 | (C) MY WAY OR NO WAY: UZBEKISTAN GETS DEFENSIVE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karimov,s speech at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek on August 16 was the clearest and most official statement of Uzbekistan,s position on the use of transboundary waters of Central Asia. In an effort to legally justify its position, on S [...] | 2007-10-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KENV ETRD ENRG PREL TBIO ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1865 | LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...] | 2007-10-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1888 | ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...] | 2007-10-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1896 | UZBEK MEDIA ACCUSES U.S. OF SAIPOV MURDER [...] (C) On October 29, Uzbek state-run television in Namangan Province broadcast a program describing murdered journalist Alisher Saipov in terms much the same as those used by the MFA in its October 30 diplomatic note (ref A). Saipov was accused of being a tool of foreign (including western) in [...] | 2007-10-31 11:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1904 | EBRD SOFTENS APPROACH TO UZBEKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Head of Mission, Fernand Pillonel, on October 30 to discuss the bank's situation in Tashkent. Pillonel said EBRD is taking a softer approach to Uzbekistan and will reconsider its engagement strategy [...] | 2007-11-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EBRD EAIDB WB UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1908 | GOU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FURTHER BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first bilateral border security assistance working groups met November 1. The GOU's delegation repeatedly expressed its desire for improved border security cooperation with the United States. GOU representatives from the MFA, Border Guards of the National Security Service [...] | 2007-11-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1910 | UZBEKS STALL ODIHR ELECTION ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary. An OSCE staffmember told poloff on November 3 that the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election assessment team, which was expected by November 1, had not arrived in Tashkent and the status of the visit was uncertain. Poloff spoke with OSCE Senior Pro [...] | 2007-11-05 05:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1922 | UZBEKS TAKE TEETH OUT OF MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) Summary. A Department of Treasury official was part of a Eurasia Group delegation which met in Tashkent with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) counterparts from the Office of the State Prosecutor (Procuracy) to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. The official purpose of the event was to [...] | 2007-11-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1927 | UZBEK OFFICIAL CALLS THE ELECTION, HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On November 2, poloff spoke at length with Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek Diplomat who recently completed a five-year tour as Press Attache at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC, and now works at the state-run International Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-regional Cooperation i [...] | 2007-11-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1938 | JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...] | 2007-11-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1950 | KYRGYZ AND PAKISTANI AMBASSADORS ON RECENT SCO [...] (C) Summary. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conducted its sixth annual meeting of Prime Ministers in Tashkent on November 2. The Ambassador visited his Pakistani and Kyrgyz counterparts this week to get a readout of the proceedings. Pakistan, which has observer status, is an as [...] | 2007-11-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PGOV PK KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1975 | LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. On November 13 poloff met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Kyoko Postill to discuss the situation of Afghan refguees remaining in Uzbekistan. Postill said there has been no international uproar over the GOU's October 4 statement at the UNHCR Executive Committee announcing [...] | 2007-11-15 01:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1988 | MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...] | 2007-11-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1997 | WORLD BANK OFFICIAL ON UZBEKISTAN'S ECONOMIC BOOM, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's meeting with World Bank Regional Director Loup Brefort on November 14, Brefort said Uzbekistan's economic growth stems mainly from rising prices of raw materials, exports of capital goods, and remittances from abroad. This has done little to reduce the 26 perce [...] | 2007-11-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI EMIN EPET UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1998 | DEPUTY HOKIM OF UZBEKISTAN'S KHOREZM PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, Poloff met with Usmonboy Jumagaldiyev, the Deputy Hokim (Deputy Governor) for Economic and Public Development Issues in Uzbekistan's Khorezm province. He painted a very rosy picture of economic development and political stability in Khorezm. While some of his clai [...] | 2007-11-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ECON ECIN EAGR PTER SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2000 | PRESIDENTIAL APPARAT WAITING FOR U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Visiting AmCit National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Director for Eurasia was approached on the margins of a civil society conference on November 15 by a member of the GOU Presidential Apparat. The woman asked why the USG has not responded to the recent "signals" put [...] | 2007-11-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2023 | GOU CONTINUES TO EXPAND CONTROLLED ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy personnel, and in particular Ambassador Norland, have been afforded expanded, though carefully controlled, access to GOU officials. Over the past several weeks, Ambassador Norland has met twice with President Karimov, and once each with National Security Service Chairman [...] | 2007-11-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON ECIN EAGR KPAO OEXC PGOV PTER SCUL |
| 07TASHKENT2024 | MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...] | 2007-11-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2029 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM: GRAB WHAT YOU CAN \ [...] (C) The natural resources sector is strictly controlled by \ the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Its equipment and \ infrastructure is antiquated and, out of economic necessity, \ it relies on foreign firms to help extract and export \ resources. Foreign firms operate in joint ventures with \ sta [...] | 2007-11-26 07:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EPET PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2060 | ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...] | 2007-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2089 | GOU'S ELECTION SURVEY SHOWS HUGE KARIMOV LEAD [...] (C) Summary: A document outlining the results of an October 22-27, 2007 public poll--sponsored by Uzbekistan's Center for the Study of Public Opinion--found that 92.7 percent of those planning to vote will vote for President Karimov this December. None of his unwilling opponents received more [...] | 2007-12-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2091 | NIE ON IRAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Charge December 6 delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, leaving the two non-papers with Embassy's informal Russian translations. Nematov sighed loudly upon hearing that Iran probably would be capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 20 [...] | 2007-12-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2100 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...] | 2007-12-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2108 | KARIMOV CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH WEST IN [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov's Constitution Day speech, in which he calls for stronger ties with the United States and Europe, may reflect a desire to receive positive election coverage or diversify his foreign policy or both. He appears to have cited Russia--without explicitly naming it--as [...] | 2007-12-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ US RS |
| 07TASHKENT2115 | OSCE/ODIHR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES PLANS FOR UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Walter Siegl, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission, met with foreign diplomats on December 12 to discuss Uzbekistan's upcoming Presidential Elections. The mission is here to evaluate how the elections are conducted and will make recommendations i [...] | 2007-12-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ US |
| 07TASHKENT2121 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76 [...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...] | 2007-12-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN |
| 07TASHKENT2122 | RUSSIA MAY NOT HELP UZBEKS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank and UNODC, with INL funding support, co-sponsored an anti-money laundering (AML) training session in Tashkent on November 29. A USG official from the Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) was the main presenter to an engaged audience [...] | 2007-12-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2163 | UZBEKS AIM TO DEMONSTRATE TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 21 to review the status of foreign operations legislation in Congress that includes language on Uzbekistan. Nematov appreciated the update and noted that Uzbek Ambassador Kamilov has kept MFA well-informed about pol [...] | 2007-12-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2164 | PRESIDENT KARIMOV "REELECTED" WITH 88 PERCENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Islam Karimov was re-elected December 23 to a third term, by a reported 88.1 percent of the vote. The OSCE's ODIHR limited election observation mission released a statement December 24, saying the election failed to meet most norms for free and fair elections. Thi [...] | 2007-12-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2179 | NO SURPRISES IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF UZBEK ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press coverage of the December 23 Uzbek presidential election was flatteringly positive and utterly ignored critical statements, such as that of the OSCE election monitoring mission. Russian reporting was mixed, while most Western reporting was more critical. Among fore [...] | 2007-12-27 13:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2181 | PRISON OFFICIAL DENIES ABUSE OCCURS IN UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Norbobo Rakhimov, the Deputy Director of the MVD's Directorate of Prisons (GUIN),who provided poloff with useful information, including the current number of prisons and prisoners in Uzbekistan. Rakhimov reported that the Government has not carri [...] | 2007-12-29 06:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT237 | SHINY RED GAS STATIONS -- ZEROMAX MAXES OUT THE \ [...] (C) Summary: Zeromax, a Swiss-registered company linked \ to President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, has made a \ strong mark in the gasoline service sector through its \ opening of over ten modern, full-service stations under the \ name UzGazOil. UzGazOil appears to have a monopoly on \ [...] | 2007-02-13 06:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT265 | COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...] | 2007-02-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS RU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT278 | COSCOM SUSPENSION ENDS, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Majority U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM returned to service at the end of a 10-day suspension. However, the company has only limited service, as crucial connections to the national cellular network remain severed. Important disputes with the state telecom agency remain unreso [...] | 2007-02-17 03:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS RU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT292 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: KEEP GOU ON WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has seen minimal, if any, progress on legislative changes to Uzbekistan's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime in 2006. The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) continues to delay reforming the civil, criminal and administrative codes. Uzbekistan adhered to the Berne Conve [...] | 2007-02-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT304 | REPLACEMENT CABLE: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: KEEP GOU ON [...] This is the replacement cable for Tashkent 292. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post has seen legislative, but not enforcement, progress on Uzbekistan's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime in 2006. The government adopted the "Law on Copyright and Related Rights" in July, which adheres to internati [...] | 2007-02-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT352 | UZBEKISTAN INFORMATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. This information covers the period from March 2006 to March 2007. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the GOU, Organization for Secu [...] | 2007-03-05 00:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
| 07TASHKENT354 | UZBEK TELECOM CHIEF DENIES DISCRIMINATORY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, also chief of Uzbekistan's national telecommunications agency, used his meeting with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum almost exclusively to harp on complaints about alleged legal and regulatory violations by U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM. He was [...] | 2007-03-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ECPS PGOV US UZ |
| 07TASHKENT355 | (C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH [...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...] | 2007-03-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT394 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT428 | COUNTING PENCILS AT TASHKENT'S INTERCONTINENTAL [...] (C) Tashkent's Intercontinental Hotel is experiencing very low occupancy rates as the result of fewer foreign visitors, a situation that has caused cash flow and other problems for the hotel. The hotel is restructuring its rates to attract additional business travelers and mid-level government [...] | 2007-03-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT438 | RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on economic issues, including difficulties faced by Russian firms doing business here. The two sides also discussed the production of Russian aircraft in Uzbekistan. Russia and Uzbekistan did agree to establish [...] | 2007-03-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT442 | KAFKAESQUE CHALLENGE TO LEGALLY WORKING ABROAD [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Ministry of Labor's Agency for Foreign Labor Migration Affairs, Gafurjon Usmanov, told Poloff he would like to establish guest worker contracts for Uzbeks in the United States. In order to work legally abroad, all Uzbeks must obtain prior Agency authorization thro [...] | 2007-03-19 04:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV SMIG SOCI ECON CVIS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT482 | UZBEKISTAN'S CAUTIOUS RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE EVENTS [...] (C) On March 26, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Ismat Fayzullayev, Director for U.S. Affairs at the Foreign Ministry's Americas Department. Fayzullayev assured Poloff that he would relay the information to the appropriate officials. He stated that Uzbekistan is a "small country" with few [...] | 2007-03-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT511 | UZBEK AUTOMAKER HOPING FOR A BAILOUT FROM GM [...] (SBU) Summary: UzDaewoo, Central Asia's largest auto manufacturer, could face a serious sales disruption in January 2008, when Russia introduces new emission standards. Exports to Russia account for well over half of UzDaewoo's total sales. According to optimistic company estimates, the autom [...] | 2007-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT523 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) On April 2 the Ambassador, jointly with his Russian counterpart, invited the GOU to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles and to participate in future meetings (ref A). Deputy Foreign Minister Anvar Salikhbaev said that Uzbekistan understands [...] | 2007-04-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KNNP UZ |
| 07TASHKENT717 | UZBEKISTAN'S EVOLVING RESPONSE TO CPC DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Reflecting its disappointment at being designated a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious freedom, last December the government issued a line-by-line rebuttal to the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report. Officials have made limited efforts to engage in dialog [...] | 2007-04-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT769 | SCANDINAVIAN-TURKISH FIRM MAY BUY COSCOM AND [...] (C) Summary: Scandinavian-Turkish joint venture Fintur Holdings may win the Uzbek government's approval to purchase U.S.-based MCT Corporation, the parent of telecom provider COSCOM. COSCOM's General Manager believes that Fintur has made the right approach to the Uzbeks, including lobbying Pr [...] | 2007-04-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV RU TU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT792 | ADDITIONAL DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTERS FACING [...] (C) Summary: The Tashkent City Prosecutor's Office has charged a second Deutsche Welle reporter, Yuri Chernogayev, with working without a license. This follows the prosecution of Deutsche Welle stringer Natalya Bushuyeva on the same charge, and for concealing her income. According to a German [...] | 2007-04-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT799 | MAFIA BOSSES HAIL "SALIM THE GREAT" [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected contact distantly related to mafia chieftain Salim Abduvaliyev has given Post a DVD of Salim's May 2006 birthday party held at his mansion outside Tashkent. The guests consisted of Russian, Georgian, and Ukrainian mafia and criminal figures including Lev Chorny ( [...] | 2007-04-18 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR PGOV PINR KZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT804 | UZBEKISTAN'S CASE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights Watch local staffer Umida Niyazova's trial was to begin on April 19, but at the scheduled start time, the judge abruptly postponed the case for "further study." Niyazova's indictment contains copious detail of alleged illegal border crossing and smuggling, but very l [...] | 2007-04-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT808 | UZBEKS SAY THAT U.S. FUNDING WOULD MAKE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A information on April 19 to Ilkhom Zakirov, Chief of the MFA UN and International Organizations Department. Zakirov said that Uzbekistan supports global efforts to prevent nuclear smuggling and will consider sending experts to take part in the June Nuclear Smugglin [...] | 2007-04-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC ENRG PARM KNNP UZ |
| 07TASHKENT809 | UZBEKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 08:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT812 | UZBEKISTAN - DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN [...] In February 2006, Uzbekistan published a "National Program on Influenza Prevention and Control, and Pandemic Prepareadness." Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Kosimov reportedly coordinated the drafting of the plan, which was endorsed by the Cabinet of Ministers. We have separately e-mailed a ful [...] | 2007-04-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV EAGR WHO FAO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT817 | UZBEKISTAN - IOM SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY [...] In response to the G/TIP solicitation (ref A),Post is pleased to submit a second proposal, this from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). (Note: Our first proposal was from UNODC - ref B. End note). The IOM proposal builds upon existing USAID and INL-funded programs, and rei [...] | 2007-04-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT829 | GM CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH UZBEK AUTOMAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: General Motors executives based in South Korea and Hungary visited Uzbekistan for talks with officials and auto industry leaders on a proposed memorandum of understanding. The agreement would help automaker UzDaewoo in the critical task of developing a product line to meet adva [...] | 2007-04-25 05:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT877 | HOW MANY UZBEKS DO YOU HAVE? MIGRANT LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: In coordination with Embassy Astana, Poloff conducted a one-day visit to Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to monitor the condition of Uzbek workers. Surprisingly, the vast majority of Uzbek workers claimed to be legally registered. Most of those interviewed were seasonal construction laborer [...] | 2007-05-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB SMIG ECON PGOV PREL PBTS SOCI KZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT944 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEED FOR STRONGER VIGILANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP IR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT968 | UZBEKISTAN URGED TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev said that he would pass the information to appropriate authorities. 2. (C) Post attempted to coordinate delivery of a joint demarche with the Russian Embassy. However, the Russians told us [...] | 2007-05-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT978 | GH SUBSIDIARY SIGNS STRATEGIC COOPERATION DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 1, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors' South Korean subsidiary, GM-DAT, signed a major cooperation agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan. The deal was personally endorsed by President Karimov and heralded in the state-run press, which, however, ignored the [...] | 2007-05-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECON ETRD ELTN EINV KS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT990 | UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SPAR OVER COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador convened the semi-annual meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group for Uzbekistan and Tajikistan May 10 by providing an overview of the narcotics situation in Central Asia and Afghanistan, which he called "a disaster." Talk is nice, he said, but more action is needed. Addre [...] | 2007-05-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL ZK |
| 07TBILISI1063 | ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE FOUND IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, Noah Lane, Security Officer for the OSCE reported that a joint OSCE-Joint Peacekeeping Force (JPKF) monitoring team found a South Ossetian ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun and an Igla (or SA-7) surface-to-air (SAM) missile between the villages of Nikozi and Avnevi, in the Zone [...] | 2007-05-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1100 | INTERIOR MINISTER MERABISHVILI'S VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion of the separatist conflicts with the Ambassador May 9, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili said Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh has the mentality of a typical Soviet administrator, hopelessly afraid of making any decisions that enta [...] | 2007-05-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1101 | SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON OPPOSITION, CONFLICTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Burjanadze said she was frustrated by opposition New Rights party MP David Gamkrelidze's decision to withdraw from an inter-faction parliamentary group established to draft a new law on property rights. Burjanadze said Gamkrelidze [...] | 2007-05-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU |
| 07TBILISI1120 | SOUTH OSSETIA WEEKEND SHOOTING INCIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The situation in the South Ossetian zone of conflict (ZOC) appears relatively calm following a weekend of shooting activity described by an OSCE observer as the worst since 2004, when significant hostilities last broke out between Georgia and South Ossetia. Heavy small arms and [...] | 2007-05-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1139 | SOUTH OSSETIA CONTINUES BLOCKADE OF TRANSCAUCASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve told Ambassador that the South Ossetians continue to block the Transcaucasian Highway north of Tskhinvali, but all of the other side roads have been re-opened. Reeve said that de-facto president Kokoity has returned to Tskhinvali and the [...] | 2007-05-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1140 | GEORGIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Gotsiridze, the president of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),Georgia's central bank, came under withering criticism in Parliament after he presented the Bank's annual report on May 10. Parliamentary criticism reflected a less than exact understanding of the interplay b [...] | 2007-05-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN GG |
| 07TBILISI1141 | ARNAULT: ABKHAZ LEADERSHIP IN ANGRY MOOD [...] (C) Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Jean Arnault told the Group of Friends Ambassadors May 15 that Abkhaz de facto president Bagapsh is angry and politically weakened in the aftermath of his decision to release three Georgian students May 3 without any corresponding Georgian [...] | 2007-05-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1169 | Georgia Bi-Weekly Update May 18 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 5-18. Opposition Pulls Out of Parliamentary Group ------------------------------------------- 2. Both of the opposition members of the Parliamentary inter-faction group o [...] | 2007-05-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1171 | RUSSIAN WTO NEGOTIATOR TO COME TO TBILISI FOR [...] (U) This telegram is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DCM met on May 16 with Valeri Chechelashvili, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said that Russia has approached Georgia to hold further discussions about the Georgia-Russia bilateral agreement [...] | 2007-05-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTIA USTR GG |
| 07TBILISI1212 | DFM MANJGALADZE'S READOUT OF HIS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Manjgaladze called in the Ambassador and the German Charge (representing the EU) to give a readout of his recent meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. Manjgaladze said Karasin did not present anything new and thought the [...] | 2007-05-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1213 | ANTADZE ON PROSPECTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Merab Antadze told the Ambassador May 22 that Abkhaz de facto officials appeared to have decided to block contacts with Georgia at virtually every level of society, rebuffing Georgian requests to discuss the security situation in Gali and oth [...] | 2007-05-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG |
| 07TBILISI1265 | ABKHAZ DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER ANKVAB ON ECONOMY [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador May 23, Abkhaz de facto prime minister Alexander Ankvab acknowledged that neither economic growth nor Russian investment in Abkhazia were high, although he thought both would increase considerably with the prospect of the 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi. A [...] | 2007-05-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON GG |
| 07TBILISI1267 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF AN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 12:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV KTIA GG |
| 07TBILISI1279 | PARLIAMENTARIANS OUTLINE GEORGIA'S REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Joseph Wood, key ruling party and opposition parliamentarians outlined planned internal reforms and weighed the challenges ahead. While citing strong progress, MPs admitted more work needs to be done in [...] | 2007-06-01 04:23:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG GG RU |
| 07TBILISI1284 | PM NOGHAIDELI ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, ENERGY [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli said the Georgian economy was performing well, and the government was pushing hard to get major new reforms underway this year so that they would be well-e [...] | 2007-06-01 10:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GG |
| 07TBILISI1298 | Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 19-June  [...] | 2007-06-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
| 07TBILISI1320 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ARVELADZE ON [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting, Georgian Minister of Economic Development Giorgi Arveladze described to Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgia's efforts and successes in attracting foreign investors in a broad range of sectors. Arveladze said the government's ph [...] | 2007-06-05 07:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GG |
| 07TBILISI1368 | SOUTH OSSETIA WATER FLOWS AT LAST [...] (C) On the evening of June 7, the South Ossetian de facto authorities re-opened the drinking water pipeline in Java, allowing water to flow south to villages controlled by the Tbilisi-backed government of Dmitry Sanakoyev, and from there farther south to the de facto authorities' "capital" of [...] | 2007-06-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE GG |
| 07TBILISI1386 | LITTLE PROGRESS RESULTS FROM MAY 31 GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD USTR WTO GG RU |