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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08TBILISI1751GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]
2008-09-25 14:26:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI179DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]
2008-02-04 14:23:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI188SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most politically significant period in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE and the Council of Europe to be the most competitive in [...]
2008-02-05 14:12:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OVIP GG
08TBILISI190GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]
2008-02-06 04:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI195SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]
2008-02-06 13:31:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI199GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2118GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO
[...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...]
2008-11-13 14:09:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2189GEORGIA: UNITED OPPOSITION SHOWING SIGNS OF
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: David Gamkrelidze (New Rights) provided poloffs with a view about the future of his party and hinted about that he would leave the united opposition soon. Gamkrelidze confirmed that he is working closely with David Usupashvili (Republicans) to form a new coalition, build [...]
2008-11-24 13:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2190GEORGIA SIGNS 5 YEAR MOU FOR GAS WITH SOCAR
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: After months of discussion, the Georgian government signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state oil and gas company, to provide natural gas to Georgia. The agreement will, in principle, take effect on January 1, 2009 follow [...]
2008-11-24 13:55:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU AZ GG
08TBILISI2304GEORGIA: NEW OPPOSITION ALLIANCE UPS THE ANTE
[...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili (Republicans) and David Gamkrelidze (New Rights),two of the more moderate leaders in the opposition outside of parliament, formally announced their alliance, thereby making public their plans to work together as an opposition voice. The two also extended a pu [...]
2008-12-09 14:58:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2315GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON AMENDMENT ISSUES AT LRTAP
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resource's Head of Sustainable Development Department Revaz Enukidze, and Head of Integrated Environmental Management and Biodiversity Department Nino Tkhilava on December 8. Georgia is currently not party [...]
2008-12-10 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SENV GG
08TBILISI2426GEORGIA: GAS PIPELINE TO TSKHINVALI SERIOUSLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) cannot resume the movement of gas to South Ossetia until unexploded ordnance is cleared and GOGC is given access to repair the gas pipeline which runs from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java. GOGC has already repaired all the damage to [...]
2008-12-19 14:19:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2458GEORGIA: MILITARY MOVES FROM ABKHAZIA ON THE
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The chilly winter air in Georgia is rife with rumors that the Abkhaz and Russians are planning military action in the near future, possibly to annex undisputed Georgian territory north of the Enguri River and establish the river as the "border." Facts on the ground [...]
2008-12-23 12:18:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2493GEORGIA: SOCAR PURCHASES 22 OF GEORGIA'S INTERNAL
[...] (C) The Georgian Government has sold 22 regional natural gas distribution companies to the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company SOCAR. Georgia had originally pledged to sell a number of its natural gas delivery systems to SOCAR during negotiations with Azerbaijan in November that resulted i [...]
2008-12-30 14:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV PREL AZ GG
08TBILISI2494GEORGIA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL--THE NEW POWER
[...] (U) Summary: In October, amendments to the Constitution of Georgia officially authorized the merger of the Prosecution Service of Georgia with the Ministry of Justice. The Probation and Penitentiary Department, National Forensics Bureau and Legal Aid services, which formerly were subordinate [...]
2008-12-30 14:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI296GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE FEBRUARY 22
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 9-22. Prime Minister Unveils Anti-Poverty Plan ---------------------------------------- 2. The Georgian government has presented its long-term plan for realization [...]
2008-02-22 12:39:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI387GEORGIA MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BTC PIPELINE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgian Minister of Energy Aleko Khetaguri on February 27. Khetaguri told the Ambassador that Georgia is not willing to approve expansion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline until it receives an explanation of BP's plans for re-opening the Baku-Supsa [...]
2008-03-07 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI503THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...]
2008-03-24 11:45:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI568GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...]
2008-04-04 13:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI713SANAKOYEV'S HOPES AND FEARS FOR SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) Dmitry Sanakoyev outlined for Washington and Embassy representatives April 21 his achievements in his first year as leader of the Georgian-recognized Temporary Administrative Unit of South Ossetia, and laid out his vision for a future in which young men in the region have other opportunitie [...]
2008-04-29 13:58:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI741RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES
[...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]
2008-05-02 14:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI77SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most significant period of political uncertainty in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]
2008-01-17 15:34:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON GG
08TBILISI808DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH GEORGIA MINISTRY OF
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza met on May 9 in Tbilisi with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Eka Zguladze and the Head of the MOIA Analytical Department, Shota Utiashvili. On May 12, he met separately with Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili. Bryza [...]
2008-05-16 11:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI832COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...]
2008-05-20 17:08:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI867SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...]
2008-05-23 14:02:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG
08TBILISI87TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]
2008-01-22 15:22:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI88TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]
2008-01-22 16:06:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI901PM GURGENIDZE: GEORGIA BUILDING "IDIOT-PROOF"
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told the American Chamber of Commerce on April 30 that Georgia is living proof that "supply side economics works". His speech to the group was essentially the same as he presents to potential investors at the "Invest in Georgia" conferences the gov [...]
2008-05-30 11:33:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI926WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...]
2008-06-02 13:44:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI9722008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT FOR GEORGIA
[...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes. 2. A. Claimant A B. Year dispute arose: 2006. C. Case History: Claimant A and his partners purchased the shares of a company that owns a defunct garment factory in T [...]
2008-06-10 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PREL PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1019HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL JOINT DEMARCHE - US BRAZIL
[...] (U) On November 13, Ambassador and Brazilian Ambassador briefed Acting Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales on the U.S.- Brazil Biofuels Partnership and informed him of our interest in including Honduras in the third country facilitation program. Rosales said that the government of President Zela [...]
2008-11-14 16:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENVI ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1114(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN
[...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]
2008-12-10 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALHO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA165ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION AT THE MIDPOINT: SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. In the fall of 2005, Embassy Country team engaged in an off-site exercise to determine the USG priorities in Honduras, dividing them into five categories. This cable, third in a series, analyzes Manuel Zelaya's administration at the midpoint in regards to one of those priorities: [...]
2008-02-26 18:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KHLS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PTER SMIG SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA27ZELAYA CABINET SHUFFLE: NEW MINISTERS ARE EITHER
[...] (C) Summary. On January 6, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the cabinet changes he had been considering since the raids on Hondutel and its Director, Marcello Chimirri, on November 9, 2007. The changes seem to be geared towards installing those who are either more compliant or more loya [...]
2008-01-10 13:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA469SCENESETTER FOR TRIP OF DEPUTY SECRETARY TO
[...] (C) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States Government (USG) and the current administration of Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya are strained, however, cooperation and relations on the working level remain good. Honduras faces many challeng [...]
2008-05-19 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EFIN ETRD ECON MARR MOPS SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA477TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Honduras voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (DRIP) but does not appear to be doing anything to implement the provisions of the declaration. Post is unaware of any indigenous groups taking any action under the declaration, [...]
2008-05-20 18:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA55HONDURAS: LAST TRANCHE OF CABINET REASSIGNMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On January 14, the last tranche of cabinet reassignments were announced by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's administration (ref a). Most noteworthy was the re-assignment of Angel Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana Mercado, previously Minister of Governance, as the new Foreign Minister. Or [...]
2008-01-16 17:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA608DELIVERY OF USG VIEW ON THE CONVENTION ON
[...] 1. On June 5, 2008, Econoff expressed USG views related to the Convention of Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director of the External Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econoff explained the position and delivered the Re [...]
2008-06-27 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC TRGY ENRG PARM IAEA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA931HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature acceded to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed ea [...]
2008-10-10 21:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA932HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES ALBA IN EMERGENCY SESSION
[...] (C) Summary. In an emergency session of Congress called October 9, the legislature ratified the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) agreement that was signed by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on August 25. The members added several "reservations" to the document, but it passed easi [...]
2008-10-11 00:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA977ZELAYA CALLS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced October 29 that he would call major political actors and civil society together in two meetings on October 30 to seek consensus to delay the November 16 election, due to flooding in the country. In addition, he announced that he would not a [...]
2008-10-30 02:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TELAVIV1036SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1070ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...]
2008-05-21 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1208Israel Passes Incentives for Household Solar
[...] (U) Israel's Public Utilities Authority under the Ministry for National Infrastructure approved a plan June 2 to buy electricity from independent power producers (i.e. private individuals or businesses) who install photovoltaic panel power systems on their roofs. Both corporate and individual [...]
2008-06-06 08:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EINV IS
08TELAVIV1230DOE A/S Karsner Explores Renewable Energy Research in
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner visited Israel May 19-24 to explore alternative and renewable energy research and production. He and his team met with academic and private sector researchers, as well as companies already selling renewable energy [...]
2008-06-11 13:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EFIN EINV EAGR IS
08TELAVIV1337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1400TRILATERAL WATER MEETING: PLANNING TO MEET SCARCITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EINV TBIO IS PA JO
08TELAVIV1560ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]
2008-07-18 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today most media focused on the third day of Morris Talansky's cross-examination by PM Ehud Olmert's lawyers. Leading media reported that Talansky could not remember details of cash transf [...]
2008-07-21 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1585ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that a Palestinian terrorist from East Jerusalem, Ghassan Abu-Tir, went on a rampage with a bulldozer in central Jerusalem. One of his relatives is senior Hamas member M [...]
2008-07-23 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1607ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1617ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1657ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2007ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2201ISRAEL AT A TURNING POINT IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Through sixty years of statehood, Israel has traditionally relegated environmental concerns towards the bottom of the agenda, with the predictable results. Knowledgeable observers fault the government's pre-occupation with defense and growth and reliance on short-term tactical [...]
2008-09-24 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO IS
08TELAVIV2250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2339KADIMA AND LABOR PLEDGE COALITION PARTNERSHIP:
[...] (C) Summary: Kadima and Labor negotiators reached a draft agreement October 13 that would allow Tzipi Livni to form a new coalition with Ehud Barak. After marathon negotiations, Labor obtained several commitments from Kadima: 1) full partnership in the Syrian and Palestinian negotiations; [...]
2008-10-16 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2370LIVNI HAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO FORM A
[...] (C) Summary: Tzipi Livni's target of producing a coalition by the date the Knesset reopens for its winter session on October 27 lost momentum when Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) and Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) decried the idea of a "narrow coalition" comprising just 59-60 MK's of Kadima, Labor, Meretz and [...]
2008-10-22 17:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV24SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM APPLIES TO WEST
[...] (C) Summary: Since Annapolis, Israeli settlement plans have been featured prominently and consistently in the Israeli press. In December alone, there were five published reports of GOI plans to build new residential and commercial projects, primarily in East Jerusalem. Recent press reports [...]
2008-01-03 14:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV242ISRAEL AND PA FACE WORSENING WATER SITUATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG IS JO
08TELAVIV2555BARAK APPROVES NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak since April 2008, has approved dozens of construction permits for residential and municipal projects in the major settlement blocs and in a number of smaller settlements. This construction, if completed, will pave the way for continued population [...]
2008-11-17 13:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2571ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted President Shimon Peres as saying in London yesterday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed himself Qvery impressed with the Arab Le [...]
2008-11-19 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2572 WATER - ENERGY LINK EXPLORED AT PM'S CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister's Conference on Export and International Cooperation on November 12 devoted a quarter of its program to the link between water and energy issues, in the context of green technologies and the business opportunities these present for Israeli exports. Israel's ongo [...]
2008-11-19 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EINV IS
08TELAVIV2586EPA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EINV TBIO IS
08TELAVIV2598ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Mumbai Terror Attacks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the past two days all media highlighted the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai, in particular on the cityQs Chabad Hasidic headquarters, where up to 20 Israelis are bei [...]
2008-11-28 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2757SHAS: YES WE CAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...]
2008-12-09 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV2760U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 08:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]
2008-02-28 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV524ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV613EZRA OUTLINES ISRAEL'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a speech on February 26, Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection (MEP) outlined the most pressing environmental concerns facing Israel today. He touched on both the well-known issues, such as the Ramat Hovav toxic waste dump site, as well as on longer-term problems such [...]
2008-03-14 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TBIO IS
08TELAVIV641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]
2008-03-19 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV678WATER AND WASTE: A CHALLENGE TO ISRAELI POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-24 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG IS
08TELAVIV707ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV967ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1018NETHERLANDS: GLOOMY ECONOMIC INDICATORS GENERATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Netherlands' leading statistical agency forecasts a recession in 2009 and only slight GDP growth of 1.0 percent in 2010. Although the Netherlands likely will weather the economic crisis better than many of its EU neighbors, it still faces rising unemployment and significant de [...]
2008-12-15 07:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE1041NETHERLANDS: ECONOMIC MINISTER VISITS RUSSIA,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven returned from her December 4-5 Moscow visit with a handful of energy announcements. Her meeting with Gazprom's CEO touched on Nord Stream, a gas storage project in the Netherlands, and selling future output from Yamal gas fie [...]
2008-12-22 07:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET NL RS
08THEHAGUE1046NETHERLANDS: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 13:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NL
08THEHAGUE180CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR
[...] (U) The week of February 18 saw quite a number of meetings and consultations, several of which were convening for the first time this year ) Article X (February 18),the entire industry cluster followed by sampling and analysis and transfer discrepancies (February 19),the Host Country Commit [...]
2008-02-26 14:45:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE340DUTCH ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch assistance to Pakistan totals EUR 40 million per year. Development Minister Bert Koenders announced April 8 that the GONL would resume some assistance programs that had been suspended in November 2007 after Musharraf declared a state of emergency. Dutch assistance to Paki [...]
2008-04-16 16:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL PK NL
08THEHAGUE365DUTCH ENERGY CZAR DISCUSSES NEW ENERGY STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Dutch energy czar Mark Frequin, he spelled out the GONL's new energy policy "tracks" -- developing the Netherlands as a gas hub and securing energy partners both within Europe and beyond. He also emphasized three overarching Dutch goals on energy -- open mark [...]
2008-04-25 07:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL NL
08THEHAGUE416DUTCH SEEK AMBITIOUS ENERGY-CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While officially welcoming the European Commission's energy and climate change targets, some Dutch officials have indicated that the GONL was hoping for the adoption of more "ambitious" goals. At home, the GONL is seeking to go beyond EU targets by committing independently to [...]
2008-05-16 10:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG ECON EINV EUN NL
08THEHAGUE442NETHERLANDS: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LOSE BILLIONS BUT WILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch financial institutions have posted EUR 9 billion ($14 billion) in losses to date as a result of the subprime mortgage/credit crisis. The recent takeover of ABN Amro and liquidity issues at medium-sized bank NIB Capital have also rattled the Dutch financial sector. Despit [...]
2008-05-23 14:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV NL
08THEHAGUE492NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR
[...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...]
2008-06-09 07:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE56SECURING A DUTCH GAS HUB IN EUROPE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch energy firm Gasunie's participation in the Nordstream pipeline project and its acquisition of the German BEB gas network is expected to strengthen the Netherlands' position as a major European gas hub. The Dutch question Russia's ability to finance pipeline investm [...]
2008-01-17 13:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET NL
08THEHAGUE589DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN GAZPROM'S NORD STREAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gasunie CEO Marcel Kramer told us that the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline enhances European energy security. GONL-owned Gasunie has a 9 percent stake in Nord Stream. Kramer described his positive experience partnering with Gazprom, Nord Stream's controlling shareholder. He [...]
2008-07-11 10:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET NL
08THEHAGUE771NETHERLANDS 2009 BUDGET: SURPLUS DESPITE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Dutch economy is slowing but is well positioned to weather a downturn. The 2009 budget forecasts a 1.2 percent surplus. High gas prices, generating more tax revenue for the government's coffers, flatter this figure, but they provide a source of fiscal strength nonetheless. [...]
2008-09-18 15:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE776CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2008
[...] (SBU) Budget negotiations began in earnest September 8 and a consultation on the External Auditor's Report was held on September 10. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met twice, once for its regular weekly discussion and again on September 11 as the "WEOG PLUS" (including non-WEOG [...]
2008-09-22 10:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE88CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (U) At the end of the tenth anniversary year of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),most U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 were advanced if not fully achieved. An Executive Council (EC) chairman very supportive of the U.S. was elected in May. Article VII implementation moved forward, a [...]
2008-01-29 15:35:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE936NETHERLANDS: INITIAL REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's key Dutch government contacts on energy informally tell us they agree on the importance of all the points raised in President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Balkenende: securing Caspian gas supply to Europe via non-Russian controlled routes; enforcing and strengthening EU [...]
2008-11-07 15:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL NL
08TIJUANA1253EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - REPORTED THREAT OF PLANNED SNIPER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 23:59:00Consulate TijuanaCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS CASC SNAR MX
08TIRANA103ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TIRANA126 EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE
[...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- January 1, CROATIA: Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (EFPZ),essentially the Adriatic's practical application of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),came in effect, applying the existing EFPZ to EU fishing fleets, countrie [...]
2008-02-20 08:20:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL
08TIRANA186Oil Discovery in Albania Premature, But Still Promising
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business proprietary information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation that newly discovered oil and gas deposits in Albania could lead to an energy bonanza is premature. However, a Swiss-based oil exploration company, usi [...]
2008-03-11 06:22:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV AL
08TIRANA251THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 22-28, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Choreogr [...]
2008-03-28 17:32:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PARM AL
08TIRANA262THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report focuses on the invitation to NATO membership extended by the Allies April 3 in Bucharest, Romania. ---------- [...]
2008-04-04 16:01:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA308THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 12-18, 2008
[...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Until now [...]
2008-04-18 16:31:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA345REVIVING ALBANIAN OIL INDUSTRY MAY BE ATTRACTING RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Albania, which possesses one of continental Europe's largest oil fields and has seen promising new finds for additional oil and gas reserves, is substantially expanding its oil production through Western investment. Increased interest by foreign investors in Albania's oil sector is mark [...]
2008-04-29 16:07:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EINV AL
08TIRANA406ALBANIA: BUILDING A HAZWASTE FACILITY SHOULD BE A
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Leaking containers of hazardous waste left behind by U.S. contractors after a successful chemical agent elimination program have again sparked MOD,s interest for help in building a hazardous waste storage facility. According to [...]
2008-05-30 12:07:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALSENV CWC PARM MASS AL
08TIRANA86ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON NATO MEMBERSHIP
[...] On January 21, Parliament passed a resolution declaring it would do whatever is necessary to receive an invitation to join NATO. The resolution was introduced by the opposition Socialist Party and passed unanimously. This is the first time in the history of Albania's democratic Parliament th [...]
2008-02-05 16:49:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA875ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]
2008-12-12 08:07:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL
08TOKYO100AFRICANS WELCOME JAPAN'S RESPONSIVENESS IN TICAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) taking place May 28 - 30 in Yokohama will focus on four main topics: economic growth and investment; human security; environment and climate and; consolidation of peace. The GOJ has invited all African [...]
2008-01-11 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON JA PREL AF
08TOKYO1006SENIOR RULING PARTY LEADERS ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers called recently on senior ruling LDP politicians Makoto Koga, Kaoru Yosano, and Hidenao Nakagawa in separate meetings to discuss the ongoing impasse in the Diet and possible near-term political scenarios. Although the three offered differing opinions on de [...]
2008-04-11 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO1008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO101The Japan Economic Scope--January 10, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from January 10, 2008 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Planes, Trains and Automobiles 3. Japan's Auto Sales Hit 25-year Low in a Shrinking Domestic Market 4. Aviation--A Change of Pressure? 5. Local Governments Accept Change in Itami Airp [...]
2008-01-11 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
08TOKYO1014JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO103 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/08
[...] A bill becomes a law on passage by both Houses, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution. 2. A bill which is passed by the House of Representatives, and upon which the House of Councillors makes a decision different from that of the House of Representatives, becomes a law when passed a [...]
2008-01-11 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1061 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-17 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-18 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO108JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08
[...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions  [...]
2008-01-15 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1109 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-22 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1115JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1122 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1124JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1143JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO116 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1172TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave front-page coverage to the ruling coalition's plan to enact legislation to reinstate gasoline surcharges for road construction, as well as the announcement by a state-run institution that the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in [...]
2008-04-30 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1182 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1185JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1190 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1193CONSUMERS CALM AS FUKUDA REINSTATES THE GAS TAX
[...] (C) Gas prices are going back up in Japan after the government re-instated the gasoline and other road-related taxes April 30, despite the predicted opposition from the Democratic Party of Japan. Attention now turns to a vote on May 12 or 13 to pass legislation governing earmarks on the rei [...]
2008-05-01 10:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PGOV JA
08TOKYO1226JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-07 04:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1248TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INAUGURATION OF NEW
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to Wednesday's summit between Chinese President Hu and Prime Minister Fukuda, during which the two appeared to reach a basic accord on joint development of natural gas fields in the East China Sea. 2. "Russia Emba [...]
2008-05-08 07:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1263DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...]
2008-05-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM
08TOKYO1264 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO127 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1335 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO134 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1386JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1404TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included GOJ panel recommendations on the creation of a new agency for consumer-related issues. 2. "China and Taiwan Should Pursue Dialogue" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (5/22): "Kuomintang (Chinese National Party) President Ma has been i [...]
2008-05-22 01:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO141FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET
[...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]
2008-01-18 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO142FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET
[...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]
2008-01-18 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO1438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1474 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1479JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1497JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1513JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1538 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 08:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1552TALKS ON SAKHALIN 2 JBIC LOAN NEARING CONCLUSION
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions on a syndicated loan package for the second phase of the Sakhalin 2 natural gas project -- likely to exceed $5 billion -- may conclude in the next 1-2 months if not sooner, according to press reports and GOJ officials. Company representatives, however, are cautious [...]
2008-06-06 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JA PREL RS
08TOKYO1558JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1573 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1588JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1590TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-EU SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories this morning included the Japanese Supreme Court order issued on Tuesday to a convicted former gangster to repay to the plaintiffs not only the extortionate interest rate he charged but also the principal of the loans. 2. "U.S., EU Split over Global Warming" The bu [...]
2008-06-11 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1592PROGRESS MADE DURING FIVE PARTY ENERGY MINISTERIAL
[...] Summary. Representatives from the U.S., Japan, China, India, Korea and the International Energy Agency (IEA) gathered for the five-party energy ministerial in Aomori, Japan June 7. Participants agreed recent volatility in global energy markets and skyrocketing oil prices are largely due to [...]
2008-06-11 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG AADP OVIP JA
08TOKYO1595 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1598TICAD IV: TOWARDS A VIBRANT AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Japan announced a myriad of commitments to Africa, including that it would double aid to the region by 2012, during the May 28-30 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Co-sponsored by the GOJ, the World Bank, and the UNDP, the conference brought toget [...]
2008-06-11 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL JA XA
08TOKYO1628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-16 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1667JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1674JBIC INKS LOAN FOR SAKHALIN 2
[...] (U) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a loan agreement June 16 with the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. to provide up to $3.7 billion in financing for the second phase of the Sakhalin 2 natural gas project according to a JBIC press release. A syndicate of priv [...]
2008-06-18 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL EFIN RS JA
08TOKYO1677JAPAN, ROK AND PRC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of Japan, China and South Korea met June 14 to set the stage for a first-ever "stand-alone" trilateral summit this fall in Tokyo (every previous trilat has taken place on the margins of the ASEAN 3 summit or other international events). During their three-hour meeting [...]
2008-06-18 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV EAID KS CH JA
08TOKYO1678PM RUDD VISIT: "A NEW PROPOSAL EVERY DAY"
[...] (C/NF) During their June 12 meeting, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd affirmed the importance of the Japan-Australia bilateral relationship and their commitment to expand bilateral security and economic cooperation, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo. PM Fukuda responded cautiou [...]
2008-06-18 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KGHG AS JA
08TOKYO1679 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1688TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers led with a formal agreement between Japan and China for the former to finance two natural gas field development projects in the East China Sea currently being unilaterally undertaken by China. 2. "Realistic Compromise Made" On the accord between B [...]
2008-06-19 03:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1694 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1707 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1712JAPAN-CHINA AGREE ON EAST CHINA SEA GAS FIELDS
[...] (C) Summary. While not relinquishing long-standing territorial claims, Japan and China agreed to joint development of the Shirakaba and Asunara gas fields in the disputed East China Sea. Japanese officials are hailing the agreement as a "victory," perhaps one that will change the tenor of re [...]
2008-06-22 22:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL CH JA
08TOKYO1735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1746 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1753JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 02:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1763 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1783JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-30 06:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1808JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]
2008-07-03 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1834G8, G8+3 ENERGY MINISTERIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the G8 countries as well as from China, India, and Korea gathered for the G8 and the G8 3 Energy Ministerials in Aomori, Japan, June 8. During the G8-only ministerial, participants reviewed reports on progress made in implementing the St. Petersburg Global E [...]
2008-07-03 10:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON OVIP JA
08TOKYO1859 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1864JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO189 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1909 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1915JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO193JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1948SOLAR POWER IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is poised to become a centerpiece of Japanese Government renewable energy initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and meeting energy needs. Increased PV use figures prominently both in the vision PM Fukuda publicly announced June 9 (ref) an [...]
2008-07-15 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA
08TOKYO1971 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1983DASD WILKES DELIVERS AFGHAN OPTIONS TO JAPAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese officials and politicians indicated a willingness to consider substantial new financial and personnel contributions to Afghanistan in response to an updated set of Afghan options presented on July 15-16 by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes. DASD Wilkes' Japanese inte [...]
2008-07-17 04:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1988 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1991JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1995JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered Reftel nonpaper to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto and Deputy Director Kazutoshi Hayashi on July 16. Miyamoto and Hayashi thanked Embassy Tokyo and agreed on the need to [...]
2008-07-18 05:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ARF ASEAN PARM JA
08TOKYO1997JAPAN-TAIWAN ECONOMIC TIES CENTERING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Economic ties between Japan and Taiwan center increasingly on cooperative operations in mainland China, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts. The rapid improvement in the political relationship between Taipei and Beijing with the accession of the new Taiwan president took some [...]
2008-07-18 07:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV PREL JA TW CH
08TOKYO2018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-22 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 06:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2030 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 22:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2040METI'S NEW AGENCY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary: METI's new Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Director-General, Kazuhiko Hombu, stressed a strong desire to work closely with the U.S. on energy issues, including in connection with climate change and other environment issues, in a meeting with emboffs July 22. Homb [...]
2008-07-24 07:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2054 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 11:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO206 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 09:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2075 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO21JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-04 03:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2107 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2135JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-05 01:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2159 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2163JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2179JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2188METI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SHORT-TERM OIL OPERATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been no new developments in the East China Sea dispute since China and Japan signed an MOU on joint development, according to METI Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Negotiations may resume in October. Hosaka also described his recent meeting in [...]
2008-08-08 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL CH IR IZ JA
08TOKYO2201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2209JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 01:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2214TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included Russian ground troops' advance on Monday into the city of Gori in central Georgia. 2. "No Progress without Verification" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/12): "The USG has decided to postpone delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of [...]
2008-08-12 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 07:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2219OVER-REGULATION TAKES AIR OUT OF WIND ENERGY MARKET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A poorly-targeted subsidy and overlapping regulatory authority between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) hamper Japan's wind energy market, according to industry sources. As the cost and approval-tim [...]
2008-08-12 23:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV JA
08TOKYO2221JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 00:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2223TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the decision made on Tuesday by Russian President Medvedev to end Russia's military operations in Georgia. 2. "Russia Should Completely Pull out of Georgia" The conservative Sankei editorialized (8/13): "Russian President Medvedev ann [...]
2008-08-13 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2229JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2264JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 00:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2277JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2285 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2292JAPAN'S SHORT-TERM ENERGY OPTIONS LIMITED, FOCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite political pledges to relieve energy price pressure on Japan's small and medium enterprises, fiscal constraints and oil supply limitations leave the GOJ with few near-term policy options. GOJ energy-related economic stimulus measures will focus on targeted incentives to bo [...]
2008-08-20 06:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2316 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 07:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 07:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO236JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-30 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2369JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 01:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2418JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO242TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the ruling coalition's submission to the Lower House of a bill to extend by two months the provisional gasoline tax. 2. "How to Deal with Remaining Fissures" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/30): "...There were no sincere words [...]
2008-01-30 05:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2426JAPAN TO STEP UP METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan has stepped-up its focus on extracting methane hydrate, an alternative gas energy source, with a target date of 2012 for trial methane production, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials and media reports. Reserves of deep-sea methane hydrate (a [...]
2008-09-04 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV JA
08TOKYO2428 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2442 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2457 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2460JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO247 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08
[...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...]
2008-01-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2495 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-10 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2523 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2548Japan Economic Scope for September 16, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 9, 2008 Business ---------- 2. (U) JFTC Requests Merger Plan From BHP Billiton, Establishes Exclusive Review Team The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered mining giant BHP Billiton to submit its plans for a $147 [...]
2008-09-17 05:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08
[...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]
2008-01-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO26 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 05:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2620 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2630Japan Economic Scope for September 22, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 17, 2008. Business ---------- 2. (U) Japanese Exports to China Hit New High Japan's exports to China in the first half of 2008 increased nearly 24 percent over the same period in 2007 to more than $62 billion -- a new hig [...]
2008-09-24 01:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2645 Emergency Communications Facilities in Japan
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) officials report that under the country's system for priority emergency communications, such services are provided by commercial telecommunications carriers under terms specified by Japanese law. Foreign missions do [...]
2008-09-24 22:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ACOA AMGT ANET JA
08TOKYO2678 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2682JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2724Progress in Asia Pacific Partnership Transport Sector
[...] (SBU) Summary: Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) members explored areas for cooperation in conserving energy and reducing CO2 emissions in road transport during the first APP Road Transport Sector Workshop in Tokyo September 18-19. Following detailed presentations [...]
2008-09-30 06:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN SENV EWWT PREL JA
08TOKYO2760JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2771 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 08:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO278JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2794JAPAN TO CALL FOR BINDING TARGETS FOR EMERGING
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is looking for the more developed emerging economies, e.g., China and India, to accept binding greenhouse gas (GHG) or energy intensity targets. In the proposal Japan sent the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action for the 14th UN Framework Convention on Cli [...]
2008-10-07 07:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2798 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2810 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2817 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO283DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN
[...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...]
2008-02-04 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO2834 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2869JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO287 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2877JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2879 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2896 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2904JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2953 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-22 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2956JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2963 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2966METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...]
2008-10-23 22:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH
08TOKYO2978 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2993MP CRITICIZES JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO2997 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3000JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3018 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3033 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3051 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3072ACADEMICS QUESTION VIABILITY OF METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Japan's research and development of methane hydrate extraction has gained momentum and is drawing high-profile political support, academics and industry figures question its commercial viability and are urging a more thorough examination of the GOJ's methane hydrate program [...]
2008-11-04 22:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV JA
08TOKYO308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3080JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3088JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3099 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3124 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 00:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3126JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3137JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO3139JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08
[...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]
2008-11-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3158JAPAN GETS READY FOR POZNAN -- WORKING TO KEEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Japanese bureaucrats dealing with environment and energy policy report unrealistic expectations among EU and other governments in the run-up to COP 14 in Poznan December 1-12. These officials all report trying to convince European Commission and EU member governments not to [...]
2008-11-15 23:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG PREL ENRG KSCA JA
08TOKYO3164 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-16 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3172AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...]
2008-11-17 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA
08TOKYO3180JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-18 01:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO319 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3194JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3211JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3222JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3251JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3315POSTAL PRIVATIZATION GETS POLITICAL, AGAIN
[...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's recent comments about postponing the public sale of postal companies' stocks highlighted the rift between pro- and anti-reform elements in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Opposition efforts to legislate a postal privatization "freeze" appear to have made he [...]
2008-12-04 08:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3323 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3327JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3334 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3379THE OFFICIAL, PUBLIC IRANIAN LINE IN TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Sayed Abbas Araghchi continues to take advantage of opportunities to publicly promote Iran's policies, speaking most recently on December 5 at a lecture sponsored by the Sasagawa Peace Foundation. Araghchi provided a brief introduction attempting to ex [...]
2008-12-12 07:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR JA
08TOKYO3383 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 00:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3402 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/08-2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3424CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS' VIEWS ON WTO
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese Diet members expressed no disappointment regarding the lack of progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in their roundtable discussion with Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA),Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, and his delegatio [...]
2008-12-16 23:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3439 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO345 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3458PART 2 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO35 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3502EMBASSY TOKYO RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Per request in Ref A, Post provides the following information, keyed to the specific questions in reftel. Much of the most recent information results from meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda and Ministry of E [...]
2008-12-24 05:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU JA
08TOKYO3520GOJ AGREES TO LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts from the USG and GOJ agreed December 11 to continue their informal dialogue and to look at further steps to protect North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles. Representatives from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ),Ministry of the Environment (MOE),National Marine Fisheries [...]
2008-12-29 23:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIS PHSA SENV KSCA JA MX
08TOKYO3538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3543Japan Economic Scope for December 29, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 17 to 29, 2008 Foreign Relations ----------------- 2. (U) Nippon Oil/Nippon Mining Merger Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining Holdings, Japan's largest and 5th largest oil companies, announced they have reached a basic agreement to [...]
2008-12-31 04:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO385 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO397LIBYAN ENVOY RECEIVES HIGH-LEVEL RECEPTION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Fukuda and other high-ranking Japanese officials recently received a Special Envoy from Libyan Leader Muammar Qahdafi, who was sent to seek Tokyo's support for Qahdafi's "African Union Government" plan. The proposal calls for a single government for all of Africa a [...]
2008-02-14 05:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL XA LY JA
08TOKYO400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO429 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO433JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO471TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning papers included the continuing investigation into Tuesday's collision between an MSDF vessel and a fishing boat. 2. "Path to Stability Should Be Created Quickly" The moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/22): "Though it was far from perfect, a fair el [...]
2008-02-22 04:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO491 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO495JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO496TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DESTRUCTION OF
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers front-paged Prime Minister Fukuda's summit with new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Monday, during which the two affirmed the resumption of reciprocal visits and enhanced trilateral coordination with the U.S. on North Korea. 2. "Des [...]
2008-02-26 04:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO508JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO519JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC
[...] (SBU) In follow up with GOJ contacts as requested in ref, post has confirmed the following members of Japan's official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) -------------------------------------- [...]
2008-02-27 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET SOCI JA
08TOKYO520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO522JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO529UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN
[...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...]
2008-02-28 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO54 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO543 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO544JAPAN PLANS NO ACTION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
[...] (C) The consortium led by Japan's Idemitsu Corporation to develop oil fields with PetroVietnam in the South China Sea has decided for business reasons to suspend work there, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Rep [...]
2008-02-29 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG PBTS ECON PREL JA CH VN
08TOKYO550JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 01:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO561PM FUKUDA AS LEADER: AVOIDING RISK
[...] (C) After five months as Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda has emerged as a cautious, risk-adverse, yet shrewd leader. Fukuda has played a weak hand fairly well and marginalized his opposition party opponent, Ichiro Ozawa. Unfortunately for Fukuda, his low-profile, rejection of Koizumi-style strong [...]
2008-03-03 09:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO570NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM,
[...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...]
2008-03-04 08:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO571 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO586INPEX OFFICIAL DISCUSSES AZADEGAN, CHINA SOVEREIGN
[...] (C) Press reports regarding Iran's pumping 20,000 barrels per day from the Japanese-invested Azadegan oil fields are misleading, Inpex Investor Relations Group Manager Hiroshi Ikeda told Econoff February 28. Iran is using seven very old wells that have not been well maintained, Ikeda said, and [...]
2008-03-05 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG JA PREL RU
08TOKYO592CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET
[...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...]
2008-03-06 02:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH JA
08TOKYO597 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO601JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 01:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO616JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO628JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO692 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 07:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO7JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-03 04:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO707 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO727CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has faced a variety of natural disasters and other historical challenges to its critical infrastructure and systems. As a result, the country has developed preparations and capacity for responding to known threats, such as earthquakes, and has a record of willingness to [...]
2008-03-18 23:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON ETTC JA PGOV PREL PTER
08TOKYO730JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 01:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO748 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO752TIBET: JAPANESE CALL ON CHINA TO EXERCISE
[...] (C) Summary: Japan is deeply concerned about the violence in Tibet and has called on the Chinese authorities to respond calmly, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on March 18. Japan raised its concerns with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on the Chines [...]
2008-03-19 22:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO754JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO760 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO765JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO781SUPRAPARTISAN LEAGUES PROLIFERATE IN DIVIDED DIET
[...] (C) Summary. The proliferation of suprapartisan parliamentary leagues has been a noteworthy aspect of Japanese politics since the opposition gained control of the Upper House in the July 2007 elections. Some observers see the cross-party groupings as nothing more than a means for overcoming [...]
2008-03-21 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO783 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO809JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO823 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-25 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO826JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO841SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...]
2008-03-27 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID JA
08TOKYO846 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO856OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET
[...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...]
2008-03-28 08:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO868JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 06:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO894JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-02 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO908TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included a government simulation of the movement of evacuees in the event of a major earthquake in the Tokyo area. 2. "International Criticism of China Is Natural" The liberal Asahi editorialized (4/3): "...Although the Beijing Olympics is just [...]
2008-04-03 04:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO921TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO SUMMIT
[...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers gave top coverage to Thursday's arrest of a 22-year-old U.S. sailor on suspicion of fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Yokosuka last month. 2. "NATO Eastward Expansion Losing Steam" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Bucharest (4 [...]
2008-04-04 02:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO960AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]
2008-04-08 09:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TOKYO975 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO976MOFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES G-8 PREPS, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator Takehiro Funkoshi told visiting EAP/J Director that the four major political issues facing the upcoming G-8 summit will be Afghanistan, climate change, Tibet, and G-8 expansion. Japan plans to step up its engagement with Afghani [...]
2008-04-09 09:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL AF AU KS CH TT JA
08TOKYO979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-10 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO994JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO107Ontario Environmental Policy Unchanged, New Minister Brings
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's environmental policy remains unchanged following the October 10, 2007 provincial election, which returned Liberal Premier McGuinty's government to power for a second term. Ontario remains on track to stop shipping municipal solid waste to Michigan by the end of 2010. [...]
2008-04-09 13:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO155Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug production, smuggling and trafficking continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement agencies. Since we last reported on counter-narcotics efforts in Ontario in mid-March, police have discovered and shut down several large-scale marijuana grow-ops and metham [...]
2008-05-15 20:07:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO288 MISSION CANADA ASSESSES ELECTION 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Mission Canada-wide digital video conference (DVC) on September 29 resulted in a consensus assessment that the Conservatives will pick up additional seats in the October 14 Canadian federal elections, but not yet that the Conservatives will gain enough seats for a majority. [...]
2008-09-30 19:39:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
08TORONTO390Ontario To Issue Enhanced Driver's
[...] (U) Summary: The Ontario Ministry of Transportation plans to begin issuing Enhanced Driver's Licenses (EDLs) and Enhanced Photo Cards (EPCs) this winter to be used as alternatives to passports in land and sea crossings to the U.S. The Photo Card Act of 2008 passed the Ontario legislature in [...]
2008-12-22 20:06:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CPAS ETRD PBTS KFRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO44Toronto's Iranian Diaspora
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]
2008-02-15 13:08:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TORONTO58The Lake Erie Commercial Fishing Industry
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Managing fish stocks in Lake Erie, which supports a multi-million dollar commercial fishing industry that supports thousands of jobs - has become a point of contention on both sides of the nearby U.S.-Canada border. Dwindling fish stocks have prompted Ontario and the U.S. states [...]
2008-02-29 15:17:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL CA
08TRIPOLI142EMBASSY VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 18:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI182QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 07:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR LY
08TRIPOLI319DEBT, ARMS, AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hotels, old city and shopping districts. Confirming media reports, Russian Embassy of [...]
2008-04-15 15:54:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI321DEBT, ARMS AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING
[...] (SBU) Copy corrected to reflect correct overall classification of the cable. 2. (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hote [...]
2008-04-16 09:27:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI391SIBLING RIVALRY EMERGING OVER RIGHT TO "FACILITATE" FOREIGN COMPANIES' INVOLVEMENT IN LIBYA?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 15:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD LY MASS PGOV PINR PREL
08TRIPOLI402POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...]
2008-05-16 13:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI430DIE HARD IN DERNA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 16:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ
08TRIPOLI470OIL- AND GAS-RELATED POLLUTION IN LIBYA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Libya is slowly acknowledging the need to address the environmental impact of its oil and gas production. Environmental issues are becoming more central to the Libyan oil and gas industry, particularly with the influx of foreign companies, which often have a corporate mandate to [...]
2008-06-16 12:45:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET SENV PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI474ENI'S OIL AND GAS DEAL EXTENDED, OTHER COMPANIES WORRY TERMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Soaring oil prices are allowing Libya to press for more stringent long-term contracts with foreign oil and gas producers. A twenty-five year extension for Italian firm Eni North Africa BV, which entailed a sizeable bonus payment and dramatically reduced the company's production [...]
2008-06-17 10:53:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI505NEGOTIATIONS OVER MIL-MIL MOU CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 16:05:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS PINS LY
08TRIPOLI554LIBYAN MEASURES TO CHECK RISING FOOD COSTS AND ACQUIRE
[...] (U) On July 7th, the Political/Economic Assistants met with the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),Dr. Saad Elmedani Ahmed. According to Dr. Ahmed, the Libyan government (GOL) has generally taken prudent steps to protect Libyans from [...]
2008-07-09 16:12:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI632LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008
[...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...]
2008-08-04 09:58:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY
08TRIPOLI635A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A CASE STUDY IN LIBYAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 14:07:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALBTIO ECON EIND EINV SENV SOCI PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI680SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 18:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU
08TRIPOLI870AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 17:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08TRIPOLI918LIBYA: WE ARE AN EFFECTIVE MEDIATOR FOR SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: Libyan officials were evasive on whether the GOL had agreed to offer financial support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) - they suggested that Libya would not be in a position to deny "humanitarian assistance" to its "Somali brothers" - during the recent visit to [...]
2008-11-26 15:44:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SO DJ LY
08TRIPOLI924A RARE PEEK INSIDE LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION REF: TRIPOLI 915 TRIPOLI 00000924 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, a 15-year veteran of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) gave an insider's account of widespread dissatisfaction with NOC Chairman Shukri Ghanem's management style. Autocratic, jealous of his prerogatives and inclined to rely on a small, subservient team, Ghan [...]
2008-12-01 12:54:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI966LIBYA: WE WILL NOT SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE TO IRAN
[...] (C) The CDA met with Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent),on December 18 to convey reftel demarche (the non-paper had been conveyed under cover of a diplomatic note on December 4). [...]
2008-12-18 16:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR
08TUNIS104SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes S/CT Ambassador Dell Dailey, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and accompanying delegation to Tunis from February 10-12, 2008. Your visit takes place in the context of a generally positive bilateral relationship. While cooperation with military and intelligence services [...]
2008-02-04 15:09:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS1168ECONOMIST HOSTS BUSINESS GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE: THE GOT
[...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit recently hosted its first business roundtable in Tunisia with strong government and company participation. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi gave remarks on the GOT's current economic development plan and responded to questions from business leaders and dip [...]
2008-11-20 14:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1177SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]
2008-11-24 16:39:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1178SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL MEEK
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]
2008-11-24 16:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1180SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]
2008-11-25 08:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1181SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]
2008-11-25 08:04:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1238STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES
[...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...]
2008-12-22 11:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1250TUNISIA: Nuclear Energy Plans
[...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A request for Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative related information. The bulk of the information was acquired during the November 18 - 20, 2008 visit of Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Jackie Wolcott (Ref B). ------------------------- Nuclea [...]
2008-12-24 17:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1255TUNISIA'S 2009 BUDGET FAVORS EDUCATION AND JOB
[...] (C) The Tunisian government has approved a 2009 budget that focuses on supporting business and investment in the wake of the world financial crisis. The GOT projects a three percent budget deficit for 2009, and is targeting five percent real GDP growth despite worsening economic conditions [...]
2008-12-30 15:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EXIM FAO TS
08TUNIS277SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL Boehner and accompanying members to Tunis from March 24 - 26, 2008. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven i [...]
2008-03-18 09:18:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS293US-TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) The March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council provided a productive exchange of information on areas where progress has been made, and areas where more progress is needed, in intellectual property rights (IPR),market access, services and investment. [...]
2008-03-21 11:43:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECPS EFIN ECON KIPR TS
08TUNIS364EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM REQUEST
[...] Embassy Tunis submits the following proposal for an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF). Our request for an ESF from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the field of engineering is a resubmission of our 2007 proposal (Ref B). Due to difficulties with timing, the ESF selected for Embassy Tunis w [...]
2008-04-14 09:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV KSCA KPAO TS
08TUNIS602TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Raises Reserve Requirement B. EIB Loans Tunisia 260 Million Euros C. GOT Adopts New Customs Code D. GOT Forecasts Growing Budget Deficit and Inflation E. Karthago Airl [...]
2008-06-06 06:16:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAIR EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS63GOT DECISION-MAKING: CLEAR AS MUD
[...] (S/NF) As expected in a country with one leader for 20 years, key government decisions in Tunisia are made by President Ben Ali. What is unusual is that few officials, including the most senior, seem to know the process by which Ben Ali makes decisions or who has influence over him. Rumors an [...]
2008-01-22 09:24:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON TS
08TUNIS69TUNISIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Tunisia's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 12 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 17 -- Expropriation and Compensation 18 -- Dispute Settlement 21 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 30 -- Right to Pri [...]
2008-01-23 13:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
08TUNIS691FOOD AND ENERGY SUBSIDIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOT
[...] (C) With the recent spike in world commodity prices, the GOT's subsidy bill has ballooned, straining public finances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Tunisia's prudent fiscal management, which has kept budget deficits low, even with subsidies. Yet, as subsidies for energy and [...]
2008-06-26 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PGOV EAGR TS
08TUNIS698SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCOLLUM
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL McCollum and accompanying members to Tunis from July 1 - 5, 2008. Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven itself capable of providing basic education, health care, housing and a workab [...]
2008-06-26 16:50:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS759CODEL MCCOLLUM TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) Over the course of a four day visit, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Congressional Staff Member Brooke Bennett met with an impressive number of Tunisian government and civil society representatives, carrying a message of US engagement and interest in pursuing shared objectives. The gov [...]
2008-07-09 15:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS841BEN ALI ACKNOWLEDGES GAFSA UNREST -- FROM AFAR
[...] (C) For the first time, President Ben Ali has publicly acknowledged the unrest that has been troubling the southwestern mining region of Gafsa since January 2008 (reftels). In July 16 remarks to members of the Gafsa governing council, the President blamed the difficulties on improper recrui [...]
2008-07-24 16:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS992TUNIS: BEN OMAR'S FAMILY REPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL
[...] (S) Summary: Family members of transferred Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar report he is physically fine, but weak. He faces threats, however, about his family from Ministry of Interior officials who have shown him doctored photos in which security personnel appear to be beating his so [...]
2008-09-04 15:48:00Embassy TunisSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
08ULAANBAATAR15Visiting Canadian Trade Minister Advises Against State
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian International Trade Minister David Emerson's 24 hour visit to Mongolia, the first by a Canadian Minister in over 10 years, included meetings with President N. Enkhbayar, Prime Minister S. Bayar, Foreign Minister Oyun, and his counterpart at the Ministry of Industry and T [...]
2008-01-11 08:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08ULAANBAATAR282NGO Reports 1/3 of Mongolia's Urban Households Lack Access
[...] SUMMARY: A recent Mercy Corps study has found that one third of Mongolia's urban households are "food insecure," meaning they do not have access to enough sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Poverty and unemployment are key contributing factors. Residents of prov [...]
2008-06-12 09:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR321MONGOLIAN MEDIA'S RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last few days before Mongolia's June 29 Parliamentary elections, the local media organizations continued to focus on political mud-slinging by parties and criticism of the General Election Commission (GEC). Prime fodder in the press and on TV has been recent promises mad [...]
2008-06-29 12:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR360MONGOLIA'S EASTERN-STEPPE GRASSLANDS FACE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a visit to Mongolia's eastern steppe grasslands from July 18-21, the Ambassador met with conservationists, government officials and local residents, and heard concerns about the threats to the local habitat and its inhabitants. Temperate grasslands constitute a globally impor [...]
2008-07-23 08:20:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EMIN ENRG PGOV ECON EFIN EPET MG
08ULAANBAATAR46Mongolia to Host Asian Ministerial Meeting on Environment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's courtesy call on January 24, Mongolian's new Minister for Nature and Environment, G. Shiilegdamba, revealed that Mongolia would host a meeting of North East Asian Environment Ministers in Ulaanbaatar in May. He made clear that this would be the precursor [...]
2008-01-25 08:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EMIN SENV PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR72SOUTH GOBI SUFFERS POWER, HEAT OUTAGE AMID BITTER COLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The failure of two transmission lines from the sole power plant in the southern Mongolian province of Omnogovi left around 35,000 residents without heat or electricity from February 4 through 7, as outside temperatures plummeted to -30F. A team of electricians from Ulaanbaatar [...]
2008-02-07 09:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN PREL SENV OVIP MG
08ULAANBAATAR90THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...]
2008-02-25 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE
[...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]
2008-03-07 07:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA165IAEA: WEOG STONEWALLS ON ISRAEL,S MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on the effort during the U.S. WEOG Chairmanship last fall (Ref B) to extend membership to Israel, the Australian Chair relayed a formal request from Israel to the group. In a February 19 WEOG meeting, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Finland raised reserv [...]
2008-03-14 08:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP IS
08UNVIEVIENNA196IAEA/BOG: SEEKING A LEADERHIP ROLE, UAE TO
[...] (S) Ambassador Schulte shared ref a points on April 4 with UAE Ambassador Al Dosari encouraging the UAE to consider running for the MESA seat on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. Al Dosari expressed interest in doing so and indicated he would raise the issue with capital. The UAE was last on [...]
2008-04-04 15:29:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA KNPP AE
08UNVIEVIENNA445IAEA/SYRIA: AS KAZAKHS DAWDLE, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Kazakhstan is still not prepared to challenge Syria's candidacy for the open MESA seat on the Board of Governors (2008-2010) absent a "100 percent" guarantee of victory, Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov told Ambassador Schulte August 6. He continued to stress Arab support for Syria, despite [...]
2008-08-07 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA612IAEA/SYRIA: MULTIPLE SMOKING GUNS IN DG REPORT ON
[...] (SBU) The Director General's report on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic (GOV/2008/60),released on November 19, provides a compelling case for continued investigations into the existence of an undeclared reactor at Al Kibar (referred to in the re [...]
2008-11-19 17:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA614REPATRIATION OF U.S. ORIGIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4-5, a DRC delegation met in Vienna with IAEA officials and a U.S. delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of State (DOS). The NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in coor [...]
2008-11-20 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA622UNIDO: POTENTIAL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT REFORMS
[...] (U) The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has implemented a substantial reform over the last decade that has improved its efficiency and relevance, making it a potential partner for the U.S. on issues like climate change and energy as well as a useful exemplar for the reform of ot [...]
2008-11-25 13:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
08UNVIEVIENNA668 UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...]
2008-12-23 15:56:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU
08USEUBRUSSELS325LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA
[...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...]
2008-03-04 09:26:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08USNATO2PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOUR OF AFGHAN REGIONAL LEADERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, USNATO sponsored a NATO tour for Afghan provincial officials to Brussels and Berlin December 11-14. This joint effort with Embassy Kabul brought influential decision makers and leaders of society from vital Afghan provinces to the centers of decision making an [...]
2008-01-03 15:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO285RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DECRIES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 11 letter to the NATO Deputy Secretary General (see para 2 for full text),Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin accused the Georgian army of creating an ongoing humanitarian disaster in South Ossetia. Specifically, he asserted that the Georgian army killed 2 [...]
2008-08-13 09:54:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO348(C) VISEGRAD, BALTIC ALLIES DESIRE INCREASED NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 17:09:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR
08USNATO353UNAMA HEAD KAI EIDE DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM NATO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 29 briefing to NATO Perm Reps, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide painted a gloomy picture of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, which he said was detracting international attention away from development agenda. He criticized [...]
2008-10-01 12:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL AF
08USNATO398OCTOBER 16 HLTF: ALLIES COMMITTED TO A UNIFIED AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the October 16 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE (based largely on U.S. ideas presented at the September 11 HLTF, and a Czech paper distributed just prior to this HLTF meeting) and addressed how [...]
2008-10-24 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL
08USNATO447COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN
[...] (U) The following is part 2 of the Communique from the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting: CONTINUE TEXT: 20. We welcome the progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in their cooperation with the Alliance and the development of ambitious Individual Partnership Ac [...]
2008-12-03 16:43:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
08USNATO89NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL MARCH 5: PREPARING FOR
[...] (C) Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach discussed the broad outlines of next month's NATO-Ukraine Summit with PermReps on March 5. He reaffirmed Ukraine's request for an invitation to MAP and pressed for a Joint Statement at the Summit; both issues are controversial within the Alliance. He signaled [...]
2008-03-10 13:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR UP
08USOSCE176FSC JULY 9: U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 9 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia (Ulyanov) read a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement that sharply criticized the recent U.S.-Czech Missile Defense (MD) agreement. The U.S. did not respond. In Security dialogue, U.S. Assistant Secretary [...]
2008-07-15 11:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG
08USOSCE194OSCE/FSC: 23 JULY PLENARY: NAVAL CSBMS--ALLIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final meeting of the OSCE,s Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the winter/spring session included a presentation by Ireland on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Dublin agreement). Russia Also led a discussion under Security Dialogue on its Naval CSBM proposal. Bri [...]
2008-07-24 16:22:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE197FSC: END-OF ROUND WINTER-SPRING-SUMMER 2008:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 winter and spring-summer rounds in the Forum for Security Cooperation were highlighted by extensive discussion of the April 20 UAV incident in Georgia and U.S. missile defense in Europe. Russia pushed several CSBM proposals, including its rapid reaction forces informa [...]
2008-07-31 14:27:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE219U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC,
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810, particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief o [...]
2008-09-19 15:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USOSCE293FSC DECEMBER 10: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, chair of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, told the FSC its members were in the vanguard of states implementing the resolution, which calls on all states to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems to non-state actors. Urbina said the Best P [...]
2008-12-11 15:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS CY XG
08USOSCE317FSC DECEMBER 17: CYBER SECURITY AND AIAM AGENDAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The December 17 Forum for Security Cooperation adopted the agendas for the March 17-18, 2009 cyber security workshop and the March 3-4, 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. Russia complained that South Ossetia still needed natural gas and appealed for international e [...]
2008-12-18 14:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USUNNEWYORK1066UNGA CONSIDERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] On November 10-11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered the following agenda items: strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance; cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (LAS); the situa [...]
2008-11-13 23:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM XF GT UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1092UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] The 63rd UNGA's Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 72, "Nationality of Natural Persons in Relation to the Succession of States," on October 21. Countries affirmed nationality as a fundamental human right and the key to legal protection. Delegations emphasized that this ri [...]
2008-11-19 18:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1094UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...]
2008-11-19 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1099UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
[...] SUMMARY: From October 6-21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed social development, advancement of women, rights of children, and indigenous issues. The broader themes discussed under these topics reflected those raised during the UN General Assembly General Debate, nam [...]
2008-11-20 23:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1108UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS PALESTINIAN RESOURCES
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 20. Per reftel instructions, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the [...]
2008-11-25 11:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAL UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1112UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE ADOPTS 14
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA's Sixth Committee held its final meeting November 14. The Committee on Relations with the Host Country presented its report. During the meeting, the Sixth Committee adopted by consensus 14 draft resolutions. End Summary. REPORT OF THE HOST COMMITTEE --------------- [...]
2008-11-26 13:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1115UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part two of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 29-30. The discussion in part two included Chapter 6, "Reservations to Treaties;" Chapter 7 "Responsibility of International Organizations;" [...]
2008-11-26 16:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1117UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part three of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 31- November 5. Part three's discussion consisted of Chapter 9, "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters;" Chapter 10, "Immunity of [...]
2008-11-26 17:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1124UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS 15 RESOLUTIONS,
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted 15 resolutions during its November 25 and 26 sessions. Per reftel A, the United States called for a vote and voted against the draft resolution entitled, "Oil slick on Lebanese shores," which [...]
2008-12-02 14:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SENV PREL PREF UNGA LE IS TX
08USUNNEWYORK1129MONUC AT UN: GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR DRC-AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Alan Doss asked the Security Council on November 26 for clear operational guidelines for MONUC, especially regarding use of force. He also said a temporary stabilization force is sorely needed as we await the additional MONUC troops the Council recently authorized. He sa [...]
2008-12-03 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG
08USUNNEWYORK1132UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND
[...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...]
2008-12-04 15:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1166UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIXTH COMMITTEE
[...] Summary. On December 11, after consideration of the reports of the Sixth Committee, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote fifteen resolutions and two decisions. In its explanation of vote on the terrorism resolution, India reserved the right to introduce, at any time, a proposal und [...]
2008-12-12 00:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1175ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...]
2008-12-16 19:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM XF EG
08USUNNEWYORK1189UNGA ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO
[...] Summary: On December 19, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) took final action on the remaining draft resolutions and decisions adopted by the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) - approving three resolutions by vote and adopting 31 resolutions and one decision by consensus. The UN [...]
2008-12-19 19:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECIN AORC SENV KPAL UNGA LE IS
08USUNNEWYORK1191UNGA TAKES ACTION ON CONFLICT DIAMONDS, SPORT FOR
[...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus 10 resolutions and a text on December 11. The resolutions and report were as follows: U.S. co-sponsored "The Role of Diamonds in Fueling Conflict" (A/63/L.52),"Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace" (A/63/L.51 [...]
2008-12-19 21:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF KPAL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1192UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD
[...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...]
2008-12-19 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
08USUNNEWYORK1196UNSC CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON LIBERIA/DRC SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on 17 December heard briefings from the chairs of the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee and the UNSC Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee detailing recent reports from the UN expert bodies tasked with monitoring implementation of th [...]
2008-12-22 11:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1197UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...]
2008-12-22 18:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
08USUNNEWYORK1199UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]
2008-12-23 19:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1205UNSC DISCUSSES DEC SYG REPORT ON UNAMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19, U/SYGs Le Roy and Malcorra briefed the Security Council on the SYG's December 12 report on Sudan. The Sudanese Permanent Representative also spoke. In the consultations that followed, Council members discussed the security and humanitarian situation in Darfu [...]
2008-12-24 17:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
08USUNNEWYORK155FM JEREMIC ARGUES BEFORE 76 UN MEMBER STATES THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council met in a private session on February 14 at the request of Russia and Serbia to discuss Kosovo. Sixty-one non-Council members attended as observers. Serbian FM Jeremic, after failing in a last-minute attempt to convince the U.S. to agree to televise the sess [...]
2008-02-16 00:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK
08USUNNEWYORK160UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] I have received a February 5 letter from Vijay Nambiar, SYG Ban's chief of staff, in which he asks me for assistance in arranging engagement between the UN and the USG "at the highest level" to ensure operational cohesion and "prudent planning in the event of a security crisis" presumably re [...]
2008-02-20 14:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP AEMR AMGT UN
08USUNNEWYORK280RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]
2008-03-28 15:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK296UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
[...] The Security Council adopted resolution 1807 on March 31 by a vote of 15-0. Resolution 1807 terminates all restrictions on the ability of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to import arms and expands the criteria for individual sanctions to those targeting women in conflic [...]
2008-04-02 22:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK311UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: LIBERIA SEEKS END TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN PolOff met with Liberian PermRep Milton Barnes on March 12 at his request to discuss Liberia's view of the way forward on the Liberia sanctions regime. Barnes said Liberia is seeking to remove individuals from the sanctions list and to terminate the mandate [...]
2008-04-07 22:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
08USUNNEWYORK38MANHASSET III: ALGERIAN READOUT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 10 meeting, the Algerian delegation to Manhasset III told NEA/DAS Gordon Gray and NEA/I Chris Ross that the Moroccans had arrived with and had maintained a negative attitude, that positions of both sides had hardened and yet Personal Envoy van Walsum, asserting his au [...]
2008-01-15 21:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
08USUNNEWYORK477U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...]
2008-05-29 23:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK530UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS JUNE 4 - 10, 2008.
[...] On June 13, Security Council President Khalilzad (United States) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of June 4-10, 2008. 2. Begin text of briefing note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 9 June, Government and FNL delega [...]
2008-06-16 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
08USUNNEWYORK559SYG BAN AND UNSC MEMBERS DISCUSS SOMALIA, SUDAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary. As President of the UN Security Council for June, Amb Khalilzad hosted SYG Ban Ki-Moon for the monthly lunch with UNSC Ambassadors on June 23, for a discussion that focused mostly on Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma. Based on his conversations with African leaders, Ban said [...]
2008-06-24 23:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO KHUM SU BM AF
08USUNNEWYORK595SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE
[...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...]
2008-07-03 23:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK623SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...]
2008-07-14 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK626SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY
[...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...]
2008-07-14 23:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK631SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...]
2008-07-16 01:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK813LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...]
2008-09-10 22:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI
08USUNNEWYORK830UN 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES AFTER ADDRESSING
[...] On September 15, outgoing UN General Assembly (GA) President Srgjan Kerim brought the sixty-second session to a close in a meeting pushed back four hours by an extended final meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on Security Council Expansion (deciding to begin informal plenary negotiations [...]
2008-09-18 00:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK859SHARP DEBATE ON UKRAINE MARKS UN GENERAL COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 17 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 63rd UNGA, which opened September 16, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. There were no votes in the General Committee, but several controversial items were deferred for fut [...]
2008-09-22 23:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
08USUNNEWYORK871UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: FOOD CRISIS,
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon meeting of the 63rd UN General Assembly on September 24, the General Debate focused on the food crisis, climate change and the increasing price of energy, with many noting a need for a more modern, efficient United Nations. The leaders of developing countries ca [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON UNGA HO EN MI CY CO LG NR
08USUNNEWYORK873UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: UK, PALESTINE AND
[...] SUMMARY: On the morning of September 26, the UNGA General Debate continued to address the global financial crisis, climate change, natural disasters, and restarting the Doha round of trade talks. The following heads of state spoke: Montenegro, Haiti, Vanuatu. Heads of Government and high-lev [...]
2008-09-29 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON UNGA AORL MW HA NH BY BG NP
08USUNNEWYORK874UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]
2008-09-29 16:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
08USUNNEWYORK895UN GENERAL DEBATE: BURMA, LIBYA, AND OTHERS
[...] SUMMARY: During the morning UN General Assembly General Debate on September 29, Lao, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Yemen, Jordan, Burma, Botswana, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville),Cote D'Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Ecuador, and Denmark spoke. Speakers continued discussing the en [...]
2008-10-01 19:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS UNGA LA TX MD LS SN YM JO
08USUNNEWYORK949UNGA: DEBATE ON THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION
[...] On October 9 and 13 the General Assembly (GA) considered the Peacebuilding Commission's Report (A/63/92) and the Secretary-General's Report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218),which covered July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 2. In his opening statement, GA President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto no [...]
2008-10-17 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPKO BY PU SL CT
08USUNNEWYORK962UN TO COMMEMORATE BICENTENNIAL OF END OF SLAVE
[...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary-General's report on the Follow-up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/63/213),and passed a resolution on a Permanent Memorial to and Remembra [...]
2008-10-22 19:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIP AORC
08USUNNEWYORK972DJIBOUTI ASKS UNSC TO GIVE ERITREA AN ULTIMATUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the Security Council on October 23 that continued inaction by the international community in the face of Eritrea's occupation of Djiboutian territory would leave his country with no option but to use force to protect its "natural integ [...]
2008-10-24 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ER DJ SO
08USUNNEWYORK988UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 76, "Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts," from October 23-24. The majority of delegations used this debate to list the efforts their own [...]
2008-10-30 14:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
08VATICAN33SCENESETTER FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI'S APRIL 15-20 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Pope is likely to highlight faith and reason, natural law, human rights, and inter-religious dialogue during his upcoming trip to the US. He is also likely to address environmental issues and express concern for the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The Pope appreciat [...]
2008-03-31 17:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF OVIP VT
08VIENNA1156OMV Abandons MOL Bid, Mulls Next Steps
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's flagship energy concern OMV is abandoning a takeover bid for Hungarian counterpart MOL but will retain a sizable stake for now. OMV posted record first-half earnings and a positive outlook. While the bid was unlikely to succeed -- given the opposition of MOL and conce [...]
2008-08-12 12:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON AU HU
08VIENNA1358WORLD WATER CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] SUMMARY: From September 7 to 11, Vienna hosted the World Water Congress / trade show highlighting the impact of climate change on water issues. Organized by the International Water Association (IWA),the event brought together around 3,000 experts from science / technology, water policy, water [...]
2008-09-16 14:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ENRG AU
08VIENNA1550Weak Competition Fuels High Energy Prices In
[...] SUMMARY: Energy prices in Austria Q as in most EU countries Q have soared even more than food prices. As of August 31, energy prices for households were up 14% year-on-year and gasoline cost 15% more (diesel almost 30% more) while the overall inflation rate in this period was 3.7%. Natural [...]
2008-10-20 10:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1672 Austrian Airlines To Go to Lufthansa
[...] SUMMARY: Austrian Airlines will be sold to Lufthansa -- officially the only remaining bidder -- but its is unclear whether the EU will approve a GOA EUR 500 million state subsidy as part of the sale. The bid process evinced a strong preference for Lufthansa stemming from the carriers' alread [...]
2008-11-14 15:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA1733Austria-Russia Economic Ties Deepening
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria's commercial ties with Russia, which date to the Soviet era, have grown significantly since 2000. Despite a brief dip in 2007, imports from Russia (dominated by energy) are rising again. In recent years, Austrian firms (especially banks) have expanded aggressively into [...]
2008-11-26 07:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON ENRG PREL RS AU
08VIENNA1789AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: VICE CHANCELLOR/FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (U) The following is a profile of Josef Proell, head of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Proell, who served as Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Environment in the Guse [...]
2008-12-04 13:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN AU
08VIENNA1832AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE
[...] (U) The following is a profile of Nikolaus ("Niki") Berlakovich of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (also termed the "Life Ministry") in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Ber [...]
2008-12-12 16:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SENV AU
08VIENNA1844OMV says TGI, Not Turkey, Is Chief Worry For
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of OMV's gas business, Werner Auli, told us December 11 that TGI, not Turkey, has become the main obstacle to moving ahead with the Nabucco gas pipeline. Expressing confidence that a deal with Turkey would be forthcoming, Auli fretted that "if Azerbaijan sells its gas [...]
2008-12-16 08:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET PREL AU RU IR TU IT
08VIENNA1848Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians
[...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]
2008-12-16 16:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU XH
08VIENNA1852Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians
[...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]
2008-12-17 08:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU XH
08VIENNA1883OMV, RWE Announce Trans-Caspian Pipeline Joint
[...] On December 22, Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced it will set up a joint venture with German RWE to study "pipeline solutions" for exploiting the rich natural gas resources from the Eastern side of the Caspian Sea to Europe. The planned "Caspian Energy Company" will have it headquar [...]
2008-12-23 15:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA242OMV: GAZPROM HOLDS SHARES IN GAS TRADING PLATFORM; NO
[...] Charge and Emboffs met 2/19 with Werner Auli, board member of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV, and with Gottfried Steiner, head of the gas section's International Affairs unit, to inquire the latest developments in OMV's relations with Gazprom. Auli reconfirmed that Gazprom acquired a 50 [...]
2008-02-21 10:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA370AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2008
[...] Mohamed M. and Mona S., an Austrian Muslim couple accused of involvement in the production and posting on the internet of a video message threatening attacks against Austria, have been found guilty of membership of a terrorist organization, namely al Qaeda. A Vienna court sentenced Mohamed M. l [...]
2008-03-13 14:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA411SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Vienna comes as Russia presses ahead with a regional campaign to promote the South Stream pipeline as a rival to the OMV-led Nabucco project. While some analysts claim that Nabucco is now "dead," OMV remains committed to starting operations by 2012. Your meetings with OM [...]
2008-03-20 15:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL EPET ECON AU
08VIENNA498AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2008
[...] The Austrian Parliament ratified the EU Reform Treaty on Wednesday after a heated and at times emotional debate. Along with the coalition partners OeVP and SPOe, the opposition Greens also supported the Treaty. The two other opposition parties, the FPOe and the BZOe, vehemently opposed ratifica [...]
2008-04-10 15:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA518U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH OMV AND
[...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with U/S Jeffery, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer pointed to Turkey as the critical piece for the Nabucco pipeline's success. Ruttenstorfer hopes that Turkey will sign an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which EU Nabucco Coordinator is negotiating, by September [...]
2008-04-15 08:07:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EPET SENV PGOV AU
08VIENNA602 DEMARCHE REQUEST: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD -
[...] (U) Summary. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (MoF) is unlikely to support the proposed U.S. approach linking Turkey's application for change membership status to a six-month strategic review of the EBRD's mandate. End Summary. 2. (U) Post conveyed reftel demarche on May 5 to Leander Tre [...]
2008-05-06 08:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
08VIENNA634AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2008
[...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) and the Oesterreichische Industrie Holding AG (OeIAG) are desperately trying to get Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber back on board, after the Saudi businessman said he would pull out of a deal to purchase a 20 percent stake in AUA. The results of an emergency meeting to [...]
2008-05-07 14:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA638AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2008
[...] Negotiations continue between Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber on a potential 150-million-Euro investment in the airline. There is still no agreement on whether Al Jaber, who has accused AUA of having been misled about its financial viability, will [...]
2008-05-08 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA746AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2008
[...] The coalition partners SPOe and OeVP on Thursday agreed on changes to the state pension system following weeks of negotiations. A regulation will be extended until 2013 allowing persons to retire early, who have contributed to the pension scheme for long years, but have not yet reached the offi [...]
2008-06-02 10:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA797OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA799OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL
[...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]
2008-06-10 10:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENTIANE184APPLICATION FOR 2008 DENVER RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE
[...] Per reftel, the following is Joshua Archibald's application for the 2008 Denver Resource Economics Course, PE-142, scheduled for July 7-11. Current Assignment: Economic/Commercial/ESTH/AID/UXO/ODC officer in Vientiane Laos until summer 2009. Phone: (856)-21-26-7156 (office) Mobile: (85 [...]
2008-03-24 03:21:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI APER ENGR EMIN ECON LA
08VIENTIANE241AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...]
2008-04-24 06:36:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV UN LA CN
08VIENTIANE415NATURAL PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL TO LEAVE LAOS BY
[...] (C) Summary: Natural Products International (NPI),a small American-owned company that has invested over $1.4 million since coming to Laos in 1997, and that in May secured a contract to produce all of the Corn-Soy Blend (CSB) for the World Food Program's (WFP) school feeding program in Laos [...]
2008-07-28 09:22:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON KIDE PREL EAGR LA
08VIENTIANE441GOVERNMENT PRESENTS FY 2008-2009 BUDGET OUTLINE TO
[...] (C) Summary. In a presentation to the National Assembly on July 7 the Minister of Finance laid out the Lao government's expectations for its FY 2008-2009 budget. The government projects a fiscal deficit 42% below that of the current fiscal year, thanks to revenues that are expected to climb [...]
2008-08-08 06:24:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN LA
08VIENTIANE562DASD CLAD VISIT TO LAOS CONTINUES MIL-MIL PROGRESS; LAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OSD's DASD James Clad may be the highest-ranking Pentagon policy official to have visited Vientiane since 1975. While senior DPMO officials involved in the MIA accounting process have visited regularly, Dr. Clad's visit sends another positive signal about the improving and broad [...]
2008-10-16 08:04:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE612THE LAO SAPPHIRE INDUSTRY IN A NUTSHELL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Laos has significant gem resources, its sapphire industry remains paralyzed by a lack of capital and the technological expertise needed to develop it. A cumbersome bureaucracy and worries about corruption cause many foreign companies to avoid investing in long-term pr [...]
2008-11-21 09:58:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM LA
08VIENTIANE662FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGINS TO ERODE PILLARS OF LAO
[...] (U) Summary: The weak integration of the Lao banking system with the international financial system initially cushioned the impact of the global financial crisis on Laos--there are no tranches of subprime debt in the Lao central bank. However, as the non-financial downturn has spread global [...]
2008-12-22 10:19:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD LA
08VIENTIANE83SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD),led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...]
2008-02-06 06:48:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM
08VILNIUS1054CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE INITIATIVE -- RESPONSES TO
[...] Below please find Post responses to reftel questions. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania plans to build a replacement nuclear power plant (NPP),known as Visaginas, for the currently operating Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) [...]
2008-12-23 07:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LH
08VILNIUS202RUSSIA NOT BUDGING ON BELARUS GAS PRICES
[...] Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrey Belousov told a news conference in Minsk on March 21 that the price of natural gas to be supplied to Belarus in the second quarter of 2008 will be USD 128 per thousand cubic meters. The price was calculated in compliance with t [...]
2008-04-07 14:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV ENRG BO
08VILNIUS361LITHUANIA'S ENERGY CHALLENGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Geography, the Soviet legacy and governmental indecision has left Lithuania with no good options to respond to the shutdown of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) at the end of next year, as mandated by its EU accession agreement. Short term energy dependence on Russia will [...]
2008-05-14 15:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON LH
08VILNIUS408BELARUS: OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY SANCTIONS IMPACT
[...] (U) A number of GOB officials commented in the media on the May 15 designation of three Belarusian firms by the U.S. Treasury Department, dismissing any significant impact. They claimed that subsidiaries of the Belarusian energy conglomerate "Belneftekhim" had already converted financial tran [...]
2008-05-28 14:13:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
08VILNIUS564BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 18, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled (para. 2) - Demonstration Dispersed and Opposition Leader Beaten (para. 3) - United Civic Party Youths Jailed (para. 4) - Human Rights Adv [...]
2008-07-18 07:25:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS721GOL PM AND FM CAUTION BELARUSIAN COUNTERPARTS ON
[...] (C) In separate conversations September 2, Lithuanian Prime Minister Kirkilas and Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas each cautioned their Belarusian counterparts on recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Acting Director of the MFA's Eastern Neighborhood Policy Department Nortautas Statkus told [...]
2008-09-03 15:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO LH
08VILNIUS786BELARUS: REGIME AVOIDING RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND
[...] (SBU) As discussed in reftels, the GOB has occasionally chosen a distinct approach to Georgia. Despite ridiculously elaborate praise of Russian aggression, Minsk has so far avoided calls from Moscow for the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. For now, the regime continues to play for [...]
2008-09-19 15:23:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS807BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 26, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Christian Democrat Detained at Border (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Banned from Foreign Travel (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful Assaulted (para. 4) - Malady [...]
2008-09-29 05:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS854BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 10, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Convictions for Assault against Opposition Activist (para. 2) - Foreign Students Protest Racist Attacks (para. 3) - Malady Front Splits (para. 4) - Independent Weekly [...]
2008-10-10 15:17:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS880BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...]
2008-10-21 05:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS931BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]
2008-11-04 06:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS932BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]
2008-11-04 06:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS993LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY SLOWING BUT NO DIRE SITUATION
[...] Summary. Economic growth is slowing and unemployment is rising, with mixed news for retailers. Banks continue to lend but are stingy with some sectors and charge more for everyone. What happens with Lithuania's neighbors matters, not just as export markets, but for international and domest [...]
2008-11-26 09:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS997BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 28, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Lukashenka Notes Positive Changes in EU-Belarus Relations (para. 2) - Lukashenko Signed Two Edicts in Support of Cooperation with the European Comm [...]
2008-11-28 12:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VLADIVOSTOK109SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA
[...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...]
2008-10-08 06:56:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET KS KN RS
08VLADIVOSTOK110SAKHALIN-KHABAROVSK-VLADIVOSTOK PIPELINE PLANNED FOR 2011
[...] Gazprom has announced plans for a pipeline from Sakhalin to Vladivostok that will begin pumping natural gas from the island to the Asia-Pacific region in 2011. The pipeline will also provide gas to the Khabarovskiy and Primorye regions, and may connect with the proposed trans-Korean gas pipel [...]
2008-10-09 06:53:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK136TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...]
2008-12-15 07:16:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PHUM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK31SUPERJET READYING FOR TAKEOFF IN KOMSOMOLSK
[...] (U) Komsomol'sk-na-Amure is the third largest city in the Russian Far East and home to the Sukhoi Superjet, a multinational project that involves Boeing and a half a dozen other U.S. firms, as well as German and French aviation companies. At the Sukhoi assembly plant, CG saw one Superjet th [...]
2008-03-26 06:36:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK67DIRECT FLIGHTS RESUME BETWEEN RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND ALASKA
[...] Despite high prices, uncertain schedules and a good deal of behind-the-scenes wrangling between U.S. and Russian officials, direct flights between the U.S. West Coast and Pacific Russia have resumed, courtesy of the Russian carrier Vladivostok Avia (VladAvia). On July 7, the first flight from [...]
2008-07-08 05:32:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN ECIN ECON RU
08VLADIVOSTOK83HIGHWAY THREATENS ENDANGERED LEOPARD HABITAT
[...] Last weekend, CG paid a visit to the World Wildlife Fund's "Leopard House," a visitors' center dedicated to educating residents and tourists about the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat and one of the most endangered animals overall (reftels). The center, located in the ha [...]
2008-08-06 11:09:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK89A HIKE THROUGH LEOPARD TERRITORY
[...] (U) Consulate staff hiked through World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) leased forest in Barabash on August 17. The trail takes about two hours and includes information on the leopard habitat and how the forests of the Far East have changed. The forests are much more diverse than in northern Ru [...]
2008-08-18 02:52:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO PGOV RS
08WARSAW1010CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...]
2008-08-28 15:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL
08WARSAW1104POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...]
2008-09-23 05:51:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPHUM PREL KN PL
08WARSAW1138GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...]
2008-09-29 11:09:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1217POLISH FINANCIAL SECTOR OK; THE REAL WORRY IS THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of denial that worsening global economic conditions would have a significant impact here, Poland,s economic elite is wakening to increased risk. Poland does not appear to share the immediate risk to its bank balance sheets that is crippling global finance, though p [...]
2008-10-17 15:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PL
08WARSAW1236EXPERTS LEVEL ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE(ECD) CONTINUES
[...] Commerce/ITA DAS for Europe Paul Dyck held a series of meetings Oct. 1-2 in Warsaw with U.S. industry and the Ministry of Economy as a part of continuing our Bilateral Economic and Commercial Dialogue (ECD) with the Polish government. He was accompanied by Commerce/ITA Director for European Cou [...]
2008-10-23 13:59:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON BEXP PL
08WARSAW1271POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...]
2008-11-03 16:56:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL
08WARSAW1386USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...]
2008-12-08 11:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PL
08WARSAW1409POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]
2008-12-12 06:45:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW393CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...]
2008-03-28 12:58:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL
08WARSAW845POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...]
2008-07-16 15:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL
08WELLINGTON115NO TURNING BACK THE SUBSIDY CLOCK FOR NEW ZEALAND FARMERS
[...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary. Up until approximately twenty years ago, New Zealand farmers were some of the most heavily subsidized in the world. Farmers were provided with price supports, low-interest loans, extensive [...]
2008-03-30 18:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ XV
08WELLINGTON126DVC Request for "Climate Change and Security Planning for
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Marc Levy, CIESIBN, Columbia University. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY09 program, November 13; 1st quarter; Washington time, November 13 at 5.00pm. This is November 14, 9.00am NZ time. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Rece [...]
2008-04-09 19:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON151IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES IN NEW
[...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. Responses are keyed to Ref A questions regarding the impact of rising food and agricultural prices in New Zealand. End note. 2. SUMMARY. As a developed country and a net agricultural exporter, the recent rise in commo [...]
2008-05-02 03:41:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAIG ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON24UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ
[...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...]
2008-01-29 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON290NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES CONCLUSION REACHED ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's Trade Minister Phil Goff recently announced that a "substantive conclusion" was reached at the negotiations between ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia for a Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) held during the 13th annual meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers-Closer Eco [...]
2008-09-09 03:18:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON316NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS 2008 - AUCKLAND RACE
[...] (C) Summary. The National Party is making a serious play for Auckland Central, an electorate that has been in nearly uninterrupted Labour control for almost a century. That a 28-year-old virtual unknown has a serious chance of ousting a Labour stalwart demonstrates just how vulnerable the La [...]
2008-09-26 04:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON342OPPOSITION LEADER KEY WINS OPENING DEBATE WITH PM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 14, Prime Minister Helen Clark and opposition National Party leader John Key participated in the first of a series of head-to-head debates before the November 8 election. The debate was particularly timely in that recent polling has shown the gap between the two p [...]
2008-10-16 04:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON370NZ'S ELECTION UNDER THE CONTROVERSIAL MMP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 8, New Zealand goes to the polls under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) parliamentary system. Though initially popular when introduced in 1996, the country is now divided over MMP's merits. If National forms the next government, it has promised to review MMP. [...]
2008-11-03 06:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON48 DOE A/S KARSNER MEETS WITH NEW ZEALAND ENERGY LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner met in Wellington with key NZ energy officials and experts in roundtable discussions hosted by the NZ Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST). The productive dialogue covered many e [...]
2008-02-15 03:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TRGY KGHG AY NZ
08WELLINGTON51DOE AND GNZ OFFICIALS DISCUSS USG-PROPOSED CLEAN ISLAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following a visit to Antarctica, U.S. Department of Energy DAS Steven Chalk met with a GNZ inter-ministerial group chaired by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MORST) to discuss a proposed Clean Island Initiative, which was first discussed during DOE A/S Andy K [...]
2008-02-19 21:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON55CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA STRESSES USG SUPPORT FOR PACIFIC; STRONG
[...] (U) Summary. Codel Faleomavaega visited New Zealand from January 31 to February 7. In Auckland, the Codel met with ConGen staff to discuss consular issues and traveled to Whangarei for the Waitangi Day celebrations on February 5-6. On February 4, the Codel held meetings in Wellington with M [...]
2008-02-21 01:04:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NZ
08WELLINGTON92008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND
[...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...]
2008-01-14 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ
08WINDHOEK122NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...]
2008-05-06 06:37:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA
08WINDHOEK254NAMIBIAN MINISTER OF LANDS: EXPROPRIATION SHOULD
[...] (C) Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus Naruseb told the Ambassador on August 13 that expropriation of land (eminent domain) should be a last resort, and that he intends to allocate land without antagonizing key stakeholders and nsure it remains productive. He lamented that a majority o [...]
2008-08-18 16:23:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR PGOV PHUM KMCA PINR WA
08WINDHOEK314NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...]
2008-10-03 08:50:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD OTRA ASEC WA
08WINDHOEK331AMIDST ACCUSATIONS, NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT BACKS MCA
[...] (C) Beginning September 18, the SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) began leveling unfounded accusations that certain senior Namibian government officials were planning to sell off Etosha National Park to the United States Government using the recently signed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) co [...]
2008-10-15 16:51:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALKMCA PGOV ECON WA
08WINDHOEK335NAMIBIA: PRIME MINISTER CONVOKES CHARGE ON MCC
[...] (C) Prime Minister Nahas Angula convoked the Charge d'affaires October 21 to express the Namibian Government's (GRN) continued commitment to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program, following news reports that senior ruling SWAPO party officials continue to have serious concerns about [...]
2008-10-21 15:36:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALKMCA PGOV ECON WA
08WINDHOEK337NAMIBIA MCA COMPACT: THE HARD ROAD TO RATIFICATION
[...] (C) Charge d'affaires called on Namibia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact lead negotiator Franz Kapofi on October 23 to discuss the prospects for the Compact's ratification before Parliament' December-January recess. Charge emphasized that failure to ratify the Compact before the r [...]
2008-10-24 15:45:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALKMCA PGOV ECON WA
08YAOUNDE1033CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...]
2008-10-21 06:41:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM
08YAOUNDE164CAMEROON SCENSETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome back to Cameroon. Since your July 2006 visit (refs b and c),we have made much progress on military cooperation with Cameroon, highlighted by the launch of the ACOTA program in 2007. Following the standing up of the new Africa Command, we have also engaged in a robust [...]
2008-02-20 11:57:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE738CAMEROON'S FOOD CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's food sector challenges remain unchanged since rising food prices were a major factor in sparking civil unrest in February. Significant impediments to a more productive agricultural sector include the dysfunctional nature of the government (particularly the Ministry o [...]
2008-07-16 14:39:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM EAGR EAID ECON PGOV
08YEREVAN100ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]
2008-02-08 03:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1049ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 09:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08YEREVAN168MR. KOCHARIAN'S WORLD: WHERE THE GOVERNMENT NEVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian called in CDA February 28 to discuss election-related violations, recent opposition arrests, and the possible use of force to clear the square. He alleged that the recent arrests were necessary to deter oppositionists from bringing firearms to the square, and s [...]
2008-02-28 15:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN228GOAM'S SPIN CYCLE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) The suspension of independent media in Armenia following the March 1 imposition of a State of Emergency has allowed the GOAM to construct its own narrative of recent events without the inconvenience of opposition challenge or independent scrutiny. Not surprisingly, the GOAM has used this [...]
2008-03-14 15:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN281FORECAST FOR REFORM IN ARMENIA: MOSTLY CLOUDY
[...] (C) Recent public comments by PM Sargsian suggest that he understands his "legitimacy problem" and views a return to reform as the best way to overcome it. Serious questions remain, however, about Sargsian's understanding of basic concepts of democratization and his willingness to take on the [...]
2008-04-01 15:25:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN3ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR
[...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...]
2008-01-04 09:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN356ARMENIA'S NEW CABINET: SLIGHTLY FRESHENED, BUT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian's new cabinet is now complete, with the final appointments announced late April 21. Eleven of 17 ministers were reappointed, although several of these had their portfolios adjusted. The most positive developments (and probably the most deliberate signal send [...]
2008-04-23 14:40:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN364ENERGY PRICES - THE TICKING TIME BOMB UNDER THE
[...] (C) With the imminent expiration of gas subsidies and a large expected price increase in its upcoming GazProm contract, Armenia faces the likelihood of a doubling of gas prices between now and the start of 2009. This threatens to create a serious crisis for Armenia's new President in a countr [...]
2008-04-29 12:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SENV SOCI GG RU IR
08YEREVAN368SIMMERING POST-ELECTION DISCONTENT IN ARMENIA'S
[...] (C) Returning to the city where he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1990s, Poloff got an earful from disenchanted citizens in the northwestern Armenian town of Stepanavan who fret over their bleak economic future. People there bitterly complained of the imminent hike in gas price [...]
2008-04-30 12:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON AM
08YEREVAN451 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MAY 2008
[...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) conducted Final Planning Meeting; FMF equipment for Peacekeeping Brigade arrives; Orphanage in Gyumri provided with furniture from EUCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program; FMF updates; Humanitarian Assistance updates. 2. SIGNI [...]
2008-06-03 10:09:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN454ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FINDS MORE ENTHUSIASM FOR
[...] (C) GOAM ministers told EUR Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams May 16 of their eagerness for economic reforms to eliminate corruption in the tax and customs areas, increase foreign investment, and reduce economic inequality. On political reforms, the ministers, especially FM Nalbandian, rehas [...]
2008-06-04 04:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR KDEM KWMN AM
08YEREVAN551DOJ HOLDS TOPICAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR IN ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) The Armenian criminal justice system is in need of virtually a complete overhaul, as it is institutionally corrupt, with almost no rights being afforded to suspects or defendants. Moreover, the situation has grown worse since March 1 as the presidential authorities have gone after politic [...]
2008-07-07 11:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN639ARMENIA: FUEL, FOOD SHORTAGES PREDICTED DUE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 10:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON EAGR EWWT PBTS
08YEREVAN646RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TAKES SMALLER ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Given the extent to which Armenia depends on products imported through Georgia, the conflict that erupted last weekend between Russia and Georgia threatened a severe impact on Armenia's economy. With the worst of the conflict seemingly now behind us, Armenia has not suffered serious harm a [...]
2008-08-13 14:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL AM
08YEREVAN671TFGG01: GEORGIA SUPPLY LINE INTERUPTION BRINGS
[...] (SBU) The disruptions to Georgia's rail and road network created by the Georgia-Russia crisis have begun to create economic problems for Armenia. Armenia ordinarily receives 90 percent of its import freight via Georgia. A critical gasoline shortage has become the first serious symptom for A [...]
2008-08-25 14:58:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD ELTN PREL AMGT GG AM
08YEREVAN789ARMENIA MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2008
[...] Despite political turmoil during much of the period, Armenia continued to experience strong economic growth during the first half of 2008, though slightly below 2007 levels. Tax revenues increased considerably due to higher VAT collections. The trade deficit has widened, however, with strong gr [...]
2008-10-01 02:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ETRD KTDB AM
08YEREVAN793FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF NEW YORK MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian briefed ambassador on his and President Sargsian's meetings in New York on the UNGA margins. He said the Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia trilateral had been successful symbolically, but light on substance. Nalbandian complained about Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov's UNGA s [...]
2008-10-02 03:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL TU AJ RU IR AM
08YEREVAN821AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador's introductory meeting with Finance Minister Tigran Davtian on October 6 highlighted the minister's positive outlook on the Armenian economy and continued economic reform progress. When Davtianmade a pitch for resumption of full MCC funding,the Ambassador reminded him of US con [...]
2008-10-08 12:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN837AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) During their introductory meeting October 9, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian emphasized to the Ambassador the GOAM's need to pursue energy security. The recent crisis in Georgia was a reminder of Armenia's vulnerability to the region's political instability, and the [...]
2008-10-16 08:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG AMGT TU AJ IR AM
08YEREVAN844EUR A/S HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Fried outlined his hopes for an Armenia "opened up" by resolution of the Turkish and Nagorno-Karabakh, ending Armenia's reliance on Georgia as its main trade outlet. Fried commented that this could all happen by the end of this year, transforming the region. President Sa [...]
2008-10-20 11:42:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU RU AM
08YEREVAN861OPPOSITION OLIGARCH'S COMPANY SHUT DOWN BY GOAM
[...] (C) On October 23 the GOAM closed down the operations of the Bjni company, one of Armenia's leading bottled water brands and part of the SIL Group, owned by fugitive MP and opposition supporter Khachatur Sukiasian. The action followed an October 10 order by an administrative court to confisca [...]
2008-10-29 06:19:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN90BAGHDASSARIAN RALLY DRAWS GOOD CROWD; FEATURES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) presidential candidate Artur Baghdassarian held his first major rally in Armenia's sub-freezing capital on February 3, drawing a large and boisterous crowd of 10,000-15,000 supporters from throughout the country. In spite of rampant rumors that he w [...]
2008-02-06 14:27:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM
08YEREVAN906POLITICS DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory meeting with Emergency Situations Minister Mher Shahgeldian on November 4, Shahgeldian shared his views on the current political situation in Armenia and related his priorities for the Ministry, while also upbeat about the upcoming DOD Biological Threat [...]
2008-11-12 14:04:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID ASEC MARR AM
08YEREVAN913SUCCESSFUL DOD BTRP NEGOTIATIONS IN ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visited Armenia October 27-29, 2008 to conduct final negotiations on the text for the Biological Threat Reduction Implementation Agreement. DoD negotiators met with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) a [...]
2008-11-14 08:03:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM KJUS ASEC AM
08YEREVAN933INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS' LEADER ATTACKED
[...] (SBU) On November 17 the Chairperson of the Investigative Journalists NGO and chief editor of Hetq online media outlet Edik Baghdasarian was attacked and severely beaten by three unknown individuals when exiting his office and approaching his car. According to Baghdasarian's reports to the medi [...]
2008-11-19 04:10:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN951DAS BRYZA HEARS DISCONTENT, MIXED VIEWS, FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to Minsk Group business, EUR DAS Bryza met bilaterally with government officials (septel),civil society representatives and opposition political figures. Civil society representatives spoke mostly about democracy issues, ranging from tepid to hostile on authorities [...]
2008-11-25 15:46:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CASC KDEM AJ AM
08YEREVAN99OUR PUSH AGAINST PRE-ELECTION PRESSURE DRAWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA protested to Presidency advisers February 5 about the pattern of campaign abuses we have detected. Most notably, these have included abuse of state administrative resources, coercion of public sector employees to campaign and recruit for PM Sargsian's candidacy, door-to-doo [...]
2008-02-07 13:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08ZAGREB281KOSOVO, IRAN AND COUNTERTERRORISM DOMINATE A/S
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg visited Croatia on March 17-18 to discuss United Nations Security Council issues. The A/S held working meetings with senior officials from the MFA and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister, as well a [...]
2008-03-27 09:57:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR KO UN
08ZAGREB316NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
[...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...]
2008-04-17 12:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR
08ZAGREB358ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008
[...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...]
2008-05-08 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB517 ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11
[...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...]
2008-07-14 09:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC HR
08ZAGREB562CROATIAN ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoC has initiated a process to produce a comprehensive energy strategy, allegedly as early as this fall. But it appears that at this point there is no consensus on what the country's priorities should be in this sector. In the meantime, considerable attention has centered o [...]
2008-07-29 14:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB624ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2008
[...] (U) IT'S THE ECONOMY....BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE GOC SETS PRIORITIES FOR REST OF 2008: On August 26, in his first press conference after the government's summer recess, PM Sanader spoke on the GOC's plans to curb inflation, privatize shipyards, and gain momentum in EU accession negotiations. [...]
2008-08-29 09:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ENRG ECON KCRM HR
08ZAGREB681 RUSSIAN MINISTER VISITS CROATIA TO DISCUSS SOUTH STREAM
[...] (U) Russian Emergency Situations Minister Dmitri Shoigu visited Zagreb on September 22 for a brief one-hour meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec. The goal of the visit was reportedly to discuss preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Technical [...]
2008-09-29 08:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV HR RS
08ZAGREB690ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 2, 2008
[...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL DoD VISITORS: Croatia hosted two senior-level visits from the Department of Defense over the past week. First, on September 25-27, Croatian Chief of Defense General Josip Lucic hosted a gathering of CHODs from the Adriatic Charter and several other European and NA [...]
2008-10-02 13:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB726ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 16, 2008
[...] (U) NEW MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND JUSTICE SWORN IN: New Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko, formerly head of the Security Intelligence Agency, and Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, a law professor with a long diplomatic career, were approved by parliament on Friday, October 10 and swo [...]
2008-10-17 08:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB770CROATIA EMERGING AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN
[...] In late October 2008, Croatia hosted the "9th International Export Control Conference" in Cavtat (reftel). This event, co-sponsored by the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security Program, served to further demonstrate the GoC's commitment to the mission of counterproliferation. In wel [...]
2008-11-03 10:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP HR
08ZAGREB792ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 14, 2008
[...] (SBU) ICTY PROSECUTOR EXPRESSES CONTINUED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GOC DOCUMENT SEARCH: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Zagreb on Nov. 10-11 at the beginning of a tour of regional capitals in advance of the next periodic report from the ICTY to the UN Security Council on December 12. [...]
2008-11-14 16:42:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB870CROATIA CIVIL NUCLEAR INVESTMENT PLANS:
[...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post has prepared the following information on Croatia's current plans for nuclear sector investment This cable was prepared with the assistance of embasssy commercial service staff. 2. (U) Overview: Croatia released its new national energy strategy for p [...]
2008-12-19 15:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BTIO TRGY BEXP HR
08ZAGREB91AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CROATIAN NATIONAL OIL
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with Ambassador, Tomislav Dragicevic, chairman of Croatian national oil company INA, said that Croatia had decided not to seek additional gas imports from Russia, but would instead try to secure gas from North Africa via Italy. Dragicevic expressed disappoi [...]
2008-02-07 14:40:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL HR
09ABIDJAN281COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SAYS HE AND SORO ON THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo was upbeat about the likelihood of elections in 2009 when I met with him on April 27. He said his key concern is no longer the identification process but achieving reunification of the country and the disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Gbagbo asserted th [...]
2009-04-30 06:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MARR IV
09ABIDJAN300UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...]
2009-05-11 12:06:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN311UPDATE ON THE IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The "catch up" identification/voter registration process has been extended once again. It will end in Abidjan on May 10, but has not even begun in other areas of the country. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) will set up approximately 1500 registration centers nation [...]
2009-05-13 08:22:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI IV
09ABUDHABI112ENGAGING ISLAM IN A NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION -- NOTED CLERIC
[...] (C) Summary: Moderate Islam -- carefully monitored by authorities -- is the accepted norm in the UAE. Clerics comfortable with the establishment's approach set the tone of Islamic discourse. In a private luncheon with one such active voice, Pol Chief was pressed to encourage a balanced USG a [...]
2009-01-29 14:39:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI130UAE CITES IRAN RHETORIC AS UNJUSTIFIED
[...] (SBU) The Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO) in Dubai contributed to this message. 2. (C) Summary: A salvo of rhetorical barrages from Iran has reinvigorated references to disputed islands and highlighted the stricter handling of Iranian visitors by UAE immigration. Recent outbursts i [...]
2009-02-02 15:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AE
09ABUDHABI148UAE ACTIVITY IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: As the UAEG hosted the "moderate camp" of Arab ministers February 3, its role in moderating peace in the Middle East came somewhat more into focus. The UAE is a determined player, and consistent coordinator, in Arab efforts to secure stability; its contributions to GCC and Arab [...]
2009-02-10 14:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KPAL KWGB IS AE
09ABUDHABI199UAE REQUEST TO HOST IRENA HEADQUARTERS
[...] (SBU) On February 19, post received a diplomatic note reiterating the UAE's desire and qualifications to host the headquarters of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA, first reported in Ref A). Post's informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (SBU) Further dem [...]
2009-02-26 12:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL PARM RS IR AE
09ABUDHABI202UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...]
2009-02-26 14:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI225MUSLIM BUT MODERN -- THE UAE'S VERY CONTROLLED ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's identity is deeply Islamic, but also fundamentally modern. In contrast to some Islamic societies, most Emiratis see no contradiction between Islamic rectitude and modern convenience. Nonetheless, the UAEG seeks to reign in Islamic discourse to prevent radical views fr [...]
2009-03-05 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI244UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...]
2009-03-13 17:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ABUDHABI296UAE CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in the United Arab Emirates whose destruction or disruption could immediately affect the economic security and national security of the United States: A) Strait [...]
2009-03-23 12:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC MARR EFIN ENRG KCIP AE
09ABUDHABI329(U) WHY THE UAE IS PRESSING FOR IRENA HQ
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE's push (refs A-C) to host the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) complements its political and financial commitment to encouraging renewable energy production and consumption. Although the fourth largest oil producer in the world, the UAE is expan [...]
2009-04-01 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI331UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...]
2009-04-01 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI490UAE NUCLEAR TENDER MOVES FULL SPEED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 13:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI491UAE NUCLEAR TENDER MOVES FULL SPEED AHEAD
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 6, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) invited three international consortia to bid on a nuclear power plant tender valued at over USD 20 billion. Bids are due by July 3, and two consortia will be chosen to enter into formal negotiations by July 27. Officials hop [...]
2009-05-14 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI568THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FROM THE CONSULAR WINDOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: As business and financial circles debate the extent of the economic downturn in the United Arab Emirates (reftels),Consular Section patrons have a decidedly negative outlook. Rising numbers of Americans in the UAE are reporting job losses and economic hardship, and many expect [...]
2009-06-08 07:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CASC CVIS ELAB PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI575UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 10:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
09ABUDHABI701SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) We warmly welcome your visit to Abu Dhabi. You will be the first Cabinet Secretary of the wildly popular Obama Administration to visit the UAE and the UAE leadership is delighted with that you will be coming. 2. (C) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one [...]
2009-07-09 09:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN ECON AE
09ABUDHABI747SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT
[...] (U) We welcome your return to Abu Dhabi. This will be your first visit since the change in US Administration, the election in Iran, and falls on the heels of the Gulf Security Dialogue. 2. (C) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses [...]
2009-07-22 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE
09ABUDHABI77 UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE
09ABUDHABI847IRAN, RUSSIA OFFER GAS TO UAE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Abu Dhabi investment firm Mubadala denied recent (Iranian) press reports of a gas deal with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). However, the rumors have a kernel of truth as Iran has repeatedly offered the UAE natural gas. While most Emiratis know Iran well enough to stee [...]
2009-08-25 06:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ETRD PGOV IR RS AE
09ABUDHABI891UAEG DENIES EXPULSION OF PALESTINIAN AND LEBANESE NATIONALS
[...] (SBU) Palestinian media reported over the September 4 weekend that UAEG was in the process of expelling hundred of Palestinian workers -- mostly Gazans -- from the Emirates. There were also reports in the Lebanese press that Lebanese nationals were being forced to leave the UAE as well. Israe [...]
2009-09-08 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAL LE AE
09ABUJA1NIGERIA: A GLANCE AT THE STATE OF WILDLIFE AND FORESTRY IN
[...] (U) Summary: ESTHOff and visiting REO met with key Nigerian federal officials responsible for wildlife and forest conservation and management November 26-29. Ownership of the major Nigerian wildlife and forestry reserves transferred from the federal government to the states starting in 2000 w [...]
2009-01-02 06:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA106NIGERIA - FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH
[...] Embassy Abuja is pleased to submit the following project proposal for consideration of funding under the Department's 2009 biotechnology outreach program. . Background ---------- . 2. Nigeria is a natural leader in the African continent due to its size, population, and economic potential. [...]
2009-01-20 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP EAID NI
09ABUJA1096NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The challenges of economic development in the Niger Delta was the subject of a meeting on May 21 for EEB DAS Douglas Hengel with Group General Manager for Strategy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Timothy Okon, and NNPC Manager of the Nigerian Content Divisio [...]
2009-06-17 13:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1109NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL MEETS WITH GON PERM SEC FOR PETROLEUM
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: After the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-NIGERIA roundtable on energy and climate change (Reftel),the U.S. delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met on May 22 with the Permanent Secretary of the Nig [...]
2009-06-19 07:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET SENV ENRG ECON EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1171NIGERIA: VISITS OF SPANISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June visits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Spanish President Jose Zapatero marked the first visits by a head of state or government of either of these countries since Nigeria's independence. Nigerian contacts have pointedly contrasted the visits of these major Eu [...]
2009-06-26 12:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI RS SP
09ABUJA1186 NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR SEEK USTDA SUPPORT
[...] (U) Summary. During the June 7 - 13 visit of United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Business Development Manager Jason Nagy, Government of Nigeria (GON) officials and private sector representatives expressed keen interest in USTDA support. Despite tremendous market growth i [...]
2009-06-29 12:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1209NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Minister of State for Petroleum Odien Ajumogobia and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Professor Emmanuel Egbogah on June 8 to introduce U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Mana [...]
2009-06-30 11:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1289NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 15-30, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 15-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which was delayed in transmission and did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Oil and Gas --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS [...]
2009-07-16 05:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1328NIGERIA: MINISTER TAKES ACTION ON GAS FLARING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is seriously discussing the installation and promotion of a Gas to Liquid (GTL) process developed and patented by Synfuels International in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Lukman would like to purchase the equipment and [...]
2009-07-22 10:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1357NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-23, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-23, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Narcotics News --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS -------------- Â [...]
2009-07-27 05:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1400NIGERIA: CHIEF OF MISSION DELEGATION MEETS OIL & GAS CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador was part of a diplomatic delegation (French, UK, and Dutch) to meet with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Chief Dr. Mohammed Barkindo to encourage more transparency in the oil and gas sector reform process, raise concerns with problematic provisions o [...]
2009-07-31 13:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1438NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG
[...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...]
2009-08-06 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1582 THE POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA CLAIMS PROJECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Power Holding Company of Nigeria claims that its plan to increase electricity supply to 6,000 megawatts by December 31 is threatened by the disruption of natural gas feedstock due primarily to militant activities in the Niger Delta. End Summary. Gas for Power Production [...]
2009-08-28 05:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA1633NIGERIA: OIL-GAS UNIONS AND EXXONMOBIL WEIGH IN ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LabOff and Lagos EconOff met with ExxonMobil and Nigeria's oil and gas unions on August 26 in Lagos to hear their perspectives on President Yar'Adua's amnesty initiative. The unions and ExxonMobil agreed that amnesty is a good idea, but questioned the sincerity of both the GON an [...]
2009-09-02 16:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1684NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments, not mentioned elsewhere in formal reporting. --------------------------------------------- -- ARREST WARRANT FOR YAR'ADUA'S PRIVATE SECRETARY --------------------------------------- [...]
2009-09-11 15:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI
09ABUJA1836(C) EXXONMOBIL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF NIGERIA'S PROPOSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ExxonMobil's local MD told Charge that not much had happened on the PIB since the public hearings on July 27-30. ExxonMobil has had productive meetings with the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria both of which realize what is at stake if foreign investment in the [...]
2009-10-07 06:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1861 U.S. MISSION'S ADVOCACY ON PIB: SOME PROGRESS MADE, MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission has supported Nigeria's oil and gas reform and has worked with both the GON and the international oil companies on issues of concern within the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. The bill has already had two readings in the National Assembly and public hearings were [...]
2009-10-10 12:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1905GON FORGES AHEAD WITH DEREGULATION OF THE DOWNSTEAM SECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Full deregulation of Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector would occur with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB),which the Petroleum Resources Upstream Committee Chairman predicts will happen by December 2009. The elimination of the existing petroleum subsidy was sch [...]
2009-10-20 06:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1906NIGERIA MAKING PROGRESS PROMOTING CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's largest contribution to global warming is gas flaring, and the World Bank says Nigeria is the second largest flarer in the world. USAID and TDA implemented technical assistance to the GON in October to assist with flare reduction, LPG for cooking and vehicles, and downs [...]
2009-10-20 06:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1907(C) SHELL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM
[...] (C) Shell EVP for Shell Companies in Africa met with the Ambassador on October 13 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. She said the GON wanted the National Assembly to pass the bill by November 17 and that the international oil companies would have to move quickly if the H [...]
2009-10-20 06:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1961IMF TEAM PROVIDES BRIEFING ON ITS REVIEW OF THE
[...] (C) An IMF team provided a briefing to the diplomatic and development community on its recent review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The team was sympathetic with the PIB's intent but had a number of reservations. The team concluded that the proposed fiscal terms are too aggressive, th [...]
2009-10-26 17:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EINV EFIN NI
09ABUJA1963NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER,
[...] (C) Ambassador, Defense Attache (DAO),and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) Chief held an hour-long, substantive meeting October 23 with Nigeria's new Defense Minister and Amnesty Committee Chairperson Retired General Godwin Osage Abbe to review a range of military-to-military cooperation [...]
2009-10-27 22:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALGV NI PGOV PINR PREL
09ABUJA1990 KANO'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Representatives of Kano's Chamber of Commerce told USTDA visitors that the state's irregular power supply and poor infrastructure have contributed to business closures and high unemployment. Agricultural activity suffers from the lack of improved agricultural inputs and a well-developed [...]
2009-10-30 12:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EAGR ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1997 LOCAL CONTENT BILL COULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Senate and the House have passed competing versions of the Nigerian Content Development Bill, with the main difference being a requirement for operators to maintain bank accounts in Nigeria with at least ten percent of their total revenue and to contribute up to one percent [...]
2009-10-31 11:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA2009 ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COORDINATOR FOR
[...] (SBU) The oil and gas industry in Nigeria accounts for 92 percent of export earnings and 85 percent of GON revenues, according to the World Bank. Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of crude in the world, the 8th largest exporter, and is the world's 10th largest crude oil reserves at 36.2 bi [...]
2009-11-03 07:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV ELTN NI
09ABUJA2097S/CIEA GOLDWYN DISCUSSES NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR WITH POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 09:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2100S/CIEA GOLDWYN MEETS WITH NIGERIAN PETROLEUM UNIONS
[...] (C) U.S. State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn met with leaders of Nigeria's two largest petroleum unions met with on November 11 to discuss union perspectives on GON efforts to reform the petroleum sector, specifically plans for downstream deregul [...]
2009-11-20 11:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET INV ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI
09ABUJA2170CHINESE OIL COMPANIES NOT SO WELCOME IN NIGERIA'S
[...] (C) Two xxxxxxxxxxxx officials recently volunteered that Chinese oil companies had made a lot of mistakes in Nigeria and neither official welcomed their presence. Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) xxxxxxxxxxxx said on xxxxxxxxxxxx the NNPC is aware of how the Chinese have behaved in the Sud [...]
2009-12-02 11:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL NI CH
09ABUJA2187GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR
[...] (U) Ref A requested input from the field regarding the global section of the QDDR. Mission Nigeria's answers pegged to Ref A para 4 follow: A) TO WHAT DEGREE WILL/CAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, OR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE HOST COUNTRY, TO EXERCISE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE? In t [...]
2009-12-03 18:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI EAID ECON
09ABUJA2210NIGERIA - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN
[...] (U) Trade Summary: The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $34 billion in 2008, an increase of $4 billion from $30 billion in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $4.1 billion, up 47.7 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Nigeria were $38.1 billion, up 16.2 [...]
2009-12-07 16:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN NI
09ABUJA2292 NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE PUTS THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE
[...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and ESTH Officer visited Cross River State November 20-24 to assess wildlife and forest conservation efforts in the state. State officials reported that the state has embarked on an ambitious environment-centered development agenda with the primary obje [...]
2009-12-18 12:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON NI
09ABUJA2293 BALANCING DEVELOPMENT WITH CONSERVATION AT YANAKARI GAME
[...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and ESTH Officer visited Yankari Game Reserve November 19-20 to assess wildlife and forest conservation efforts in the state. The game reserve, Nigeria's most well-known wildlife park and home to one of West Africa's largest remaining elephant populatio [...]
2009-12-18 12:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAGR ECON NI
09ABUJA259(C) NIGERIA: SHELL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON OIL GAS ISSUES,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Shell's regional executive vice president for Africa Ann Pickard and government relations representative Peter Francis met with the Ambassador on January 27 in Abuja and provided an update on problems in the oil and gas sector. Pickard said that things were going from bad to worse, [...]
2009-02-10 16:10:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ELAB PINR ECON SENV PGOV NI
09ABUJA262(C) NIGERIA: NEW PETROLEUM MINISTER LUKMAN PLANS TO REVAMP
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's February 3, 2009 meeting with the new Minister for Petroleum Resources Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, the Minister highlighted his intention to revamp the country's energy sector with both short-term and long-term plans. As an example, he said that the current Master G [...]
2009-02-11 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ELAB ECON ETRD SENV PGOV NI
09ABUJA265NIGERIA: LABOR UNIONS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: PolOffs from U.S. Mission Nigeria met with labor union representatives and anti-corruption NGOs in the Lagos area January 14-15. The NGOs were unanimously critical of the GON's leadership and warned that, if the GON continues to ignore their issues, they foresee a dramatic negati [...]
2009-02-11 08:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA316NIGERIA - BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14,
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economy --Politics --Agriculture --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Corruption and Crime --Oil, G [...]
2009-02-23 09:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA317NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KADUNA STATE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 17, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff notetaker) met with Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State (Peoples Democratic Party - PDP). Sambo shared with Ambassador the prevention and mediation programs Kaduna has in place to address ethno-religious conflicts, which [...]
2009-02-23 10:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON TBIO PGOV NI
09ABUJA445NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF THE ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Below follows the Mission's analysis of the recommendations contained in the report of the Electoral Reform Committee (ERC),and subsequent White Paper and review reports by the GON Federal Executive Council (FEC -- essentially the Cabinet) on the ERC document. As for the ERC rep [...]
2009-03-12 18:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
09ABUJA480NIGERIA: OIL UNIONS TO STRIKE MARCH 25-27
[...] (U) According to our recent conversations the week of March 16-20, the strike reported in reftel para 3 by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),will take place on March 25-2 [...]
2009-03-19 17:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ENRG NI
09ABUJA586NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PETROLEUM, SECURITY
[...] (C) The new General Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Mohammed Barkindo, accompanied by several of his senior staff, called on Ambassador at Embassy March 11. EconCouns also attended. Ref A reported on proposal by Barkindo for a dialogue on energy [...]
2009-04-06 09:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET MASS MARR NI
09ABUJA600NIGERIA'S NON-MILITARY SECURITY CHALLENGES AND
[...] (U) The following is U.S. Mission Nigeria's collective response to questions posed in reftel regarding the assessment of law enforcement and judicial training needs of the non-military security apparatus of the Government of Nigeria (GON). Given the poor performance of Nigeria,s top anti-graf [...]
2009-04-07 16:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR KCOR KTIP KJUS KTFN KIPR
09ABUJA611NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR March 15-31, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --2011 Elections --Labor --Education --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Cor [...]
2009-04-10 09:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA673NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON EVE OF BANK/FUND
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador conveyed invitations from Treasury Secretary Geithner and other senior Treasury and State Department officials during meeting with GON Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar on April 17. Muhtar told the Ambassador that he appreciated efforts by the U.S. and U.K. governments t [...]
2009-04-20 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR NI
09ABUJA678NIGERIA: BETWEEN THE LINES OF PRESS REPORTS ON KBR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning in late March, Nigeria's Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa, has been manipulating the media coverage of the Department of Justice's February 11 press release related to former Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) Director Albert "Jack" Stanley's guilty plea of conspirin [...]
2009-04-21 15:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCRM CVIS KCOR NI
09ABUJA714NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 1-17, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-17 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Politics --2011 Elections --Human Rights and TIP --Labor --Environment and Health --Corruption and Crime --Oil, Gas, [...]
2009-04-24 13:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA743NIGERIA FUEL TANKER STRIKE INDICATIVE OF LARGER
[...] (U) Summary: On April 21, the Petrol Tanker Drivers Union (PTDU),an arm of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),ended its three-day strike over the seizure of members' trucks and alleged harassment, intimidation, and extortion of tanker drivers by the Lagos State [...]
2009-04-29 11:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA79GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTING NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A tasking. Despite the Nigerian government's (GON) public statements, the global financial crisis (GFC) has impacted Nigeria in its most vulnerable area - revenue from crude oil sales. Crude oil accounts for over 80% of government revenue and over 9 [...]
2009-01-15 15:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA826NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS KOGI STATE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 30, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff as notetaker) traveled to Kogi State where she paid a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Idris (Peoples Democratic Party - PDP) in Lokoja. Ambassador inquired about press reports alleging youth had stormed the government house in Loko [...]
2009-05-12 12:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA851NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S FIRST PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: For the first time since his 2007 election, on May 12, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua held a press conference, speaking to reporters at the State House Media Center about electoral reform, the recent elections in Ekiti State, fuel scarcity, and the Halliburton scandal. Following [...]
2009-05-15 10:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA88NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]
2009-01-16 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ABUJA950NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --Environment and Health --Oil, Gas, and Power Economics --------- 2. (U) U.S. PARTICIPATES [...]
2009-06-02 06:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA968NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Environment --Political News ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U) FG TO REVIEW CBN' [...]
2009-06-04 14:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ACCRA1289GHANA: COKE ON THE ROCKS
[...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning proposed a legislative change to the GOG's excise tax regime, moving from a specific tax to an ad valorem tax at an increased rate. Responding to beverage industry concerns with the proposed change, Ambassador proposed a m [...]
2009-12-03 17:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV BSSR GH
09ACCRA1296NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FOR GHANA - GUIDANCE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CS Accra was approached by a U.S. company seeking assistance with potential ExIm financing for downstream gas project in Ghana. Project has a large U.S. export potential but Post has concerns about appearance to GOG if ExIM f [...]
2009-12-08 12:00:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BTIO BBSR GH
09ACCRA1339GHANA: KOSMOS ENERGY UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Ghana rescinded its account freeze order against Kosmos Energy LLC and its Ghanaian affiliate Kosmos Energy Ghana HC as of November 19. However, it left frozen the accounts of some Ghanaian individuals and organizations contained in the original freeze order. No char [...]
2009-12-18 14:01:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV EFIN KCOR GH
09ACCRA545GHANA: SEEKING HELP AT THE IFIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Duffuor asked the Ambassador to support Ghana's proposals for emergency economic support and a macroeconomic stabilization program with the IMF and World Bank in order to cover its financing gap due to the ongoing fiscal crisis and the effects of the global finan [...]
2009-06-10 19:32:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN GH
09ACCRA55AKUFO-ADDO SHARES POST-ELECTION THOUGHTS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 17:05:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ACCRA57PRESIDENT MILLS NAMES FIRST MINISTERIAL NOMINEES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. President John Atta Mills announced 15 nominees for ministerial positions on January 22, drawing on a range of seasoned National Democratic Congress (NDC) politicians and some relative newcomers. Mills is seeking to strike a balance in his appointments, and Vice President John Ma [...]
2009-01-27 16:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA583DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghana appeared favorably disposed to supporting an open discussion at the IAEA regarding an international nuclear fuel bank, but gave no specific assurances of what steps the [...]
2009-06-19 13:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY
09ACCRA609Transboundary Parks and CREMAS: West African Natural
[...] Summary: Kyabobo National Park in the Volta Region of Ghana represents a growing trend in Ghanaian natural resource conservation. Bordering the Kue River with Togo, Kyabobo seeks to form a transboundary national park with the Togolese Fazo-Malfakassa National Park to create wildlife corridor [...]
2009-06-26 12:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV XA XY GH
09ACCRA69FISHERIES AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY
[...] Marine fisheries and coastal zones are topics of discussion included in exchanges on climate change, rising sea levels and increasing coastal populations. Increasing pressure on global fish stocks caused by poor management and enforcement and increasing populations in coastal urban centers con [...]
2009-01-30 08:31:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ZF KCRM GH
09ACCRA70Ghana Refugee Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16, 2009, PRM (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration) Africa Office Director, PRM/AFR West Africa Program Officer, and Accra Refugee Coordinator and Refugee Assistant visited the Krisan Refugee Camp and the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in the company of UNHCR [...]
2009-01-30 10:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL LI GH SL
09ADDISABABA1138SOMALIA: TFG AND ASWJ EXPLORING ALLIANCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Al Sunnah wal Jama'a (ASWJ) leadership committee member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur (Darood) told PolOff on May 12 that the ASWJ leadership committee would be arriving in Addis Ababa during the week of May 17 to hold discussions with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy P [...]
2009-05-14 13:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1275SOMALIA: WHERE TO GO WITH ASWJ
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In the view of Embassy Addis Ababa, U.S. pressure is needed if an alliance is to be formed between the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ). We believe that an alliance would be a natural progression of the TFG's ongoing reconcilia [...]
2009-06-01 08:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1347RECALIBRATING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ETHIOPIA
[...] (S/NF) The Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A),intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 pose a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its own anxieties about a fundamental shift in U [...]
2009-06-10 11:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC ECON ET
09ADDISABABA1469SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW TO
[...] (S/NF) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) growing authoritarianism (Ref. A),intolerance of dissent, and ideological dominance over the economy since 2005 poses a serious threat to domestic stability and U.S. interests. The GoE has come to believe its [...]
2009-06-23 08:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO
09ADDISABABA1498 ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION
[...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...]
2009-06-26 08:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1861 USAID/ETHIOPIA'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR):
[...] USAID/Ethiopia inaugurates a series of background pieces profiling livestock, food security, Comprehensive Agriculture Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) status, private sector and other topics related to GFSR. We hope these information sharing cables will be useful in keeping the G [...]
2009-08-04 06:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1907PARLIAMENT PASSES 2009/10 FEDERAL BUDGET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of 64.5 billion birr (USD 5.2 billion) for the 2009/10 fiscal year, representing an 18.9 percent increase in nominal terms from last year. The recurrent budget increased by 14.9 percent, while federal subsidies to regional states i [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA2346 Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country
[...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...]
2009-10-01 06:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL AF ET
09ADDISABABA2434ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]
2009-10-13 11:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2436ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]
2009-10-13 12:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2732ETHIOPIAN PM APPLAUDS U.S. SUDAN POLICY, TELLS S/E
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles told visiting U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration he was impressed with the revised U.S. policy on Sudan. Meles said previous U.S. policy cut off a soft landing whereas the new policy, if complemented with patience, could provide an opening for peace. Meles th [...]
2009-11-18 16:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU ET
09ADDISABABA2817ETHIOPIAN PM CONSIDERING PRO-ACTIVE OPTIONS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting AF/DAS Wycoff and CDA on November 19 that he wanted to give the USG a "heads up" that Ethiopia was considering actively supporting armed Eritrean opposition groups if the international community fails to take action to isolate Asmara. [...]
2009-11-30 15:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2843OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...]
2009-12-03 12:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2935PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA326AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. They discussed a range of topics including the Secretary's call to Nigerian President Yar'Adua, Nigerian troop contribution [...]
2009-02-06 05:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SO NI AU
09ADDISABABA495ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE-SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as wel [...]
2009-02-27 09:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09ADDISABABA899CODEL CARNAHAN MEETING WITH CHINESE IPU DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CODEL Carnahan met the Chinese delegation from the National People's Congress (NPC) on the margins of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, held in Addis Ababa. The two delegations emphasized the importance of the bilateral relationship and discussed opportunities for [...]
2009-04-21 10:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV CH ET SU
09AITTAIPEI1023MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI103MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 04:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1051MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 29-31 on the visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to offer blessings for the victims of Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan; and on the landslide victory of Japan's opposition Democratic Party of Japan in nationwide elec [...]
2009-08-31 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1183MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI135MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 7-9 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on a Central Election Commission decision Friday to revoke the elected status of a former KMT legislator who resigned in January over her U.S. citizenship status; and on t [...]
2009-02-09 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1362MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 14-16 on a merger announced Saturday between two major players in Taiwan's LCD panel industry; on the APEC leaders' summit in Singapore and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China; on a rally in Taipei Sunday [...]
2009-11-16 12:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]
2009-11-17 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language papers gave significant straightforward and editorial coverage November 18 to a joint statement released by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Tuesday. News coverage also focused on developments in cr [...]
2009-11-18 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1525MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI208MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI413MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]
2009-04-07 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI457LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...]
2009-04-15 02:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH
09AITTAIPEI487NATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE LEANS TOWARD NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's April 15-16 third National Energy Conference ended with an informal consensus on what direction energy policy will take in the next decade. President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan both pledged to guide the island toward becoming a "low carbon homeland" by emp [...]
2009-04-24 04:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL KNNP ECON TW
09AITTAIPEI612008 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC)
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to reftel A. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: The overall crime threat in Taiwan is LOW, with the majority of crime, like many large cities, occurring in downtown Taipei and other metropolitan areas. The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is not aware of any [...]
2009-01-15 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC TW
09AITTAIPEI829MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS, XINJIANG
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 8 on a Tuesday Taipei County report saying that traces of arsenic were found in the frying oil of two of the county's McDonald's branches and one Domino's Pizza branch; on the escalating riots in China's Xinjiang regio [...]
2009-07-08 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI977MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1117POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...]
2009-12-16 09:21:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1144APPROACHING ALGERIA ON DIFFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] Algeria's national identity is derived from secular-nationalist and Islamic traditions. Although a nominally secular state, Algeria is nevertheless politically sensitive to domestic Islamic political currents and sensibilities. It is a strong advocate in the OIC and the Africa Group at the U [...]
2009-12-23 14:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM OPDC AG
09ALGIERS160ALGERIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] (U) This cable provides answers to questions in ref A. 2. OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM -- (C) Algeria currently operates two nuclear research reactors at Draria and Ain Oussera. We have been told (refs B and C) that Algeria is roughly twenty years from actually operating a [...]
2009-02-16 16:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PREL AG
09ALGIERS196CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (C) Post does not recommend any modification to the CI/KR list as it relates to Algeria at this time. We note, however, that Algeria and international joint venture partners are constructing two undersea natural gas pipelines to Europe, one of which may be operational in late 2009. Once opera [...]
2009-02-25 17:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AG
09ALGIERS223EXPANDING ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN ALGERIA
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian government ministries would like to engage in greater cooperation with the USG pursuant to our 2006 Science and Technology (ST) Agreement. During a visit of the ESTH Regional Hub Officer, officials at the Min [...]
2009-03-03 17:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV EINV PGOV AG
09ALGIERS252FOR THE DISENCHANTED, A FACEBOOK PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the lack of political space in Algeria's real society, some young Algerians are going online, creating an informal political party and engaging on Facebook with someone they believe to be President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika's campaign workers tell us "Facebook [...]
2009-03-14 14:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO SOCI AG
09ALGIERS273FIND A PARTNER: ALGERIA'S NEW INVESTMENT RULES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has implemented policies that require a majority stake be held by Algerian interests in all new investments in the country, and a minimum 30-percent stake in import businesses. The policies have taken shape through a series of written instructions and guidance sent from [...]
2009-03-21 13:30:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON KPRV EIND AG
09ALGIERS316ALGERIAN BUSINESS BULLISH ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian business leaders welcome new rules requiring a majority Algerian partner for all foreign investments in the country (ref A). They see the rules not as a retreat from capitalism and economic liberalization, but rather as a new economic model reflecting Algeria's unique hi [...]
2009-04-01 13:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON PGOV AG
09ALGIERS415ALGERIA AND MEPI - MOVING FORWARD
[...] (U) MEPI remains a valuable tool in Algeria, both to continue existing programming and to focus future programming on new opportunities we identify. In response to refs A and B, this cable outlines what programs work in Algeria, today and tomorrow, and why. MEPI programs support USG goals of [...]
2009-04-26 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKMPI PREL KPAO KDEM AG
09ALGIERS463GUNS IN THE DESERT: ROOTS OF SAHEL INSTABILITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The stability of the vast Sahara region of southern Algeria, northern Mali and northern Niger has become a major source of concern to Algerian officials and local leaders we met during a March 23-30 trip to Tamanrasset and Djanet. They tell us a concerted development program and [...]
2009-05-11 08:46:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS ECON ASEC ML NG AG
09ALGIERS705MIXED MESSAGES ON ALGERIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Members of CODEL Schiff heard mixed-messages regarding Algeria's investment climate during a visit June 30 and July 1. Government officials at once spoke of their desire to see more US companies investing in Algeria outside of the hydrocarbons sector, while describing new res [...]
2009-07-21 15:09:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET EINV OREP AG
09ALGIERS96U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ALGERIAN PORTS HIGH MARKS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A delegation of four International Port Security Specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard visited the ports of Arzew and Algiers from January 10-14, marking the second visit by the Coast Guard since the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) [...]
2009-01-27 17:49:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETRD EWWT AG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1246VIETNAM'S STRATEGY FOR COPENHAGEN
[...] Please see paragraph 7 for Action Request. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) intends to play a more active role during the upcoming fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen next month. While V [...]
2009-11-23 09:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
09AMMAN1006CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S
[...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...]
2009-05-03 05:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO
09AMMAN1027DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...]
2009-05-04 11:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO
09AMMAN1035SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL PELOSI TO AMMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the May 7-8 visit to Jordan of CODEL Pelosi. Jordan is one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. In line with the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah. We expect that the topics of discussi [...]
2009-05-05 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1203JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 2: SHEIKHS
[...] Summary: This cable is the second of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Sheikhs are the backbone of the tribal community, acting as informal mediators, employment agencies, moral guides, and the state's eyes and ears in the community. Sheikhs rise to leade [...]
2009-05-27 06:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO
09AMMAN1260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a per capita income of $5,000 and a population of nearly 6.3 million. Almost one third of the population lives in the capital city of Amman and about thirty percent of Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 77 percent of the e [...]
2009-06-04 12:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN1267JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...]
2009-06-04 15:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO
09AMMAN134JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN1378Jordan's Trade Deficit Has Decreased 35 Percent in 2009
[...] (U) Summary: After hitting a historic high in 2008, Jordan's trade deficit narrowed by 35 percent to $2.048 billion between January and April 2009, compared to $3.15 billion during the same period in 2008. This is largely due to a significant drop in the price of fuel, which led to a 60.6% d [...]
2009-06-18 12:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1690JORDAN'S ENERGY STRATEGY: MUCH TALK, LITTLE ACTION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian government points to the energy sector as a main source of its economic woes. With no oil and limited natural resources, Jordan imports over 96% of its energy needs. Given significant rises in energy demand in Jordan over the last few years, the Government of J [...]
2009-07-29 07:01:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNENRG ECON EINV KNNP EPET PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN18JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...]
2009-01-04 15:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN2053RE-ENGAGING WITH JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Amman is moving forward with a strategy to re-establish political contact with Islamists in Jordan. Engagement with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),languished in the wake of September 11, 2001, and eventua [...]
2009-09-10 06:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN2143ROYAL DECREE DELAYS OPENING OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The opening of the Jordanian parliament's fall session was delayed for two months following a royal decree on September 16. The decree came as a surprise to our contacts in parliament and the government. The primary reason for the delay is the budget. With foreign assistanc [...]
2009-09-17 08:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ECON KDEM JO
09AMMAN2252THE JORDANIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: AN ORG CHART
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) is an umbrella organization which oversees and controls the political, charitable, and spiritual activities of the Islamist movement in Jordan. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),its political wing, is directly controlled by the JMB through [...]
2009-10-08 06:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KISL KPAL EFIN JO
09AMMAN2260 FRAUD SUMMARY - JORDAN
[...] (U) Jordan is a developing country with a GDP per capita of $5,100 and a population of over 6.3 million. Over 78% of the people live in urban areas and one third of all Jordanians are younger than 14. The service sector comprises over 66 percent of the economy, industry covers about 30 percen [...]
2009-10-12 12:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO
09AMMAN2378New Amman Power Plant, Financed in Part by OPIC, Run by
[...] (U) King Abdullah presided over the ceremonial opening of Jordan's first independent power station on October 26. The Amman East Power Plant was built and is owned and operated by AES Jordan PSC, a consortium of AES Oasis (a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation) and Japan-based Mitsui and [...]
2009-10-28 09:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV EFIN JO
09AMMAN2404JORDAN: NSC DELEGATION DISCUSSES CAIRO INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) A five-member delegation led by NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy visited Jordan from October 6-9 to discuss initiatives laid out in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. The delegation also included representatives from the Secretary's Policy Planning Staf [...]
2009-11-01 13:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN2596Jordan 2010 National Trade Estimate
[...] Per reftel, below is the text of Embassy Amman's 2010 National Trade Estimate report, also e-mailed as requested to USTR as a Microsoft Word document. 2. Begin Text: TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade with Jordan achieved a surplus of $154.5 million in the first nine months of FY 09 [...]
2009-12-02 14:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN JO
09AMMAN2607JORDAN SUBMISSION FOR 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Per ref B, following is the text for Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, of Embassy Amman's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),also e-mailed as requested as a Microsoft Word document. Embassy point of contact is Resident Economic [...]
2009-12-03 11:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER SNAR KCRM JO
09AMMAN2675Visa Validation Study - Iraqi B1/B2s Applying in Jordan
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman recently conducted a validation study of Iraqi visitor visas. The study revealed that over 21% of Iraqis remained in the United States beyond the duration of stay originally granted to them by DHS at port of entry. The only clear indicator of a likelihood to return to the [...]
2009-12-10 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS JO
09AMMAN2799SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post extends a warm welcome to Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail. Your visit will enable us to build upon a robust bilateral and regional ESTH partnership which has seen 18 USG agencies engage in ESTH collaboration with Jordan over the past several years. Despite the individual [...]
2009-12-30 06:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV PREL EAID PINR JO
09AMMAN28JORDAN: JANUARY 5 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Developments in Gaza and new statements by King Abdullah dominated Monday's news coverage and op-ed commentary in all of one of Jordan's major media outlets. Al-Ghad newspaper led with indications that official protests and public anger are converging into a common repudiation of Isr [...]
2009-01-05 12:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN690JORDAN INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO
[...] (C) Summary: With continued U.S. encouragement, the GOJ has taken significant steps over the past year to improve its formal political relationship with Baghdad through steady multilateral engagement and increasing bilateral meetings. Economic ties between the countries have also continued to [...]
2009-03-17 11:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ JO
09AMMAN758FTA Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation Results in
[...] Summary: On March 3, the U.S. and Jordan held the third Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). U.S. and Jordanian representatives highlighted examples of the two countries' continuous cooperation and commitment to strengthen Jordan's environ [...]
2009-03-25 07:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV ECON MU BA MO JO
09AMMAN779SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL TO AMMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the April 8-11 visit to Jordan of CODEL McConnell. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. Per the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah and are seeking a meeting with new [...]
2009-03-26 13:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN829UNCC-funded Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program Takes
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),through its Compensation Fund established to reimburse countries for losses and damages resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, awarded $160 million to Jordan in 2005 for the Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program (BERP) [...]
2009-04-06 13:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV EAID ECON UN IZ KU SA JO
09AMMAN887SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah is extremely pleased to be the first Arab leader to meet with the President in Washington. He wants to show his skeptical public and the wider Arab street that his moderate approach gains him access to (and, he hopes, influence with) the White House. The visit [...]
2009-04-15 12:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO
09AMMAN914ARAB MINISTERS AGREE ON PEACE APPROACH IN ADVANCE
[...] (S/NF) Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh passed Ambassador the text of points agreed upon by Arab ministers who met in Amman on April 11, in advance of King Abdullah's trip to the United States. That meeting - dubbed "7 1" - brought together Jordanian, Saudi, Lebanese, Egyptian, Qatari [...]
2009-04-20 12:59:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
09ANKARA1000TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 10:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1008TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1013TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1015TURKEY: WOUNDED AKP DISPUTES SIGNS OF DECLINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Speculation that the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) poor performance in March 29 local elections represented the first sign of the fall of AKP is mere "wishful thinking," according to a number of AKP insiders and analysts. AKP contacts told us that the party remain [...]
2009-07-15 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV TU
09ANKARA1022TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1028TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1033YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Turkey. Your trip will underscore Turkey's status as an essential Ally in every existing NATO operation and in what we seek to accomplish in this region. 2. (C) Issues to Raise: -- Turkey's primary security focus remains its counter-insurgency effort a [...]
2009-07-20 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO TU
09ANKARA1083TURKEY: JUDICIARY LOGJAM CLEARS, BUT SCARS REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: A 21-day logjam over judicial appointments has broken, allowing the prosecutors investigating the Ergenekon case to stay in place, but also putting them under greater scrutiny by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK). The compromise allows judicial proceedings to c [...]
2009-07-29 04:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1100TURKEY: PUTIN VISIT AND THE ENERGY AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Prime Minister Putin will visit Turkey on August 6 with an agenda heavily focused on energy issues, including: extension of the Westline gas contract; Southstream; Bluestream II; Russian oil for the proposed Samsun-Ceyhan Bosporus bypass pipeline; and the long-delayed Russ [...]
2009-07-31 04:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL RS TU
09ANKARA111TURKEY: NUCLEAR TENDER FATE STILL UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary. On January 19, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAS) announced the results of the final step in the bid to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The Russian consortium of AtomStroyExport, InterRAO UES and the Turkish firm Park Teknik submitted a bid [...]
2009-01-22 17:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG TU
09ANKARA1119TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1126TURKEY: CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIAN PM'S VISIT
[...] (C) The Ambassador met August 3 with MFA Under Secretary Apakan to discuss the upcoming visit of Russian Prime Minister Putin. In attendance were Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe, Levent Murat Burhan, and Deputy Director General for Disarmament, Ahmet Muhtar Gun. The Ambassador not [...]
2009-08-04 07:20:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PINR TU
09ANKARA1139TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1144TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1150LET'S MAKE A DEAL (OR TWENTY): PUTIN IN ANKARA
[...] (C) Summary. Russian Prime Minister Putin's August 6 visit to Ankara resulted in a flurry of deals and media frenzy, further heightened by the last-minute participation of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. The visit focused on energy pipelines and economic cooperation, and twenty separate ag [...]
2009-08-07 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL RS IT TU
09ANKARA1152TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1166U.S.-TURKEY TRADE: NEED FOR HIGHER-LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) During President Obama's meeting with Turkish President Gul in April, the two leaders agreed that we need to do more to encourage the two-way flow of bilateral trade and investment and President Obama tasked me to make that happen (a message that was reinforced during the later meetings be [...]
2009-08-12 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV USTR US TR
09ANKARA1218TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1262TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1267TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1336TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1349TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA138US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA14TURKEY MITIGATES THE EFFECTS OF RUSSIAN GAS CUTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 6, the GOT announced Russian gas flowing to the West Line (a gas pipeline originating in Russia and transiting Ukraine) was cut off. In public statements, Energy Minister Guler and PM Erdogan sought to reassure the Turkish public the GOT is taking measures to deal w [...]
2009-01-06 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG TU IR
09ANKARA1406TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA141ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1421TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes your visit to Turkey October 8-10. Our relations with Turkey are strong. While the euphoria from the President's visit last April have faded, the steady stream of senior visitors from Washington has helped us convince Turkey's leaders that the Administrat [...]
2009-09-30 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA144ERGENEKON PROBE: SOME SMOKE, BUT LASTING IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: The widening scope of the Ergenekon investigation has divided Turkish society into two increasingly hardened camps: those who see the case as a courageous step to bring Turkish society under the rule of law, by uncovering and then holding accountable the gangs responsible for hu [...]
2009-01-29 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA1446TURKEY PUSHES FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION WITH IRAQ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad is the culmination of a recently revitalized GoT effort to establish a strategic partnership with Iraq. He hopes to lay the foundations for bilateral cooperation in areas ranging from counter-terrorism cooperation and hydrocarbons trans [...]
2009-10-06 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA146ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1472SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (S) Sandy, Glad you'll be able to visit Turkey at this key time. Your short visit will give you an opportunity to engage with key Turkish leaders on, first and foremost in their minds, missile defense. The Turks are keen to learn more about U.S. plans, in particular what role the U.S. wants/e [...]
2009-10-13 08:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA1474WOMEN IN POLITICS: THE ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: The road to political empowerment of Turkish women continues to be under construction. While women have equal political rights and freedoms, the right to vote, and the right to be elected and to engage in political activity, the number of female Members of Parliament (MPs) and [...]
2009-10-13 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL TU
09ANKARA1477PM ERDOGAN'S WISH LIST FOR OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan and his delegation of nine ministers hope to sign well over 40 protocols, memoranda of understanding and agreements with their Iraqi counterparts when they visit Baghdad October 15 (REFTEL),according to the MFA. The GOT hopes the documents will guide bilateral co [...]
2009-10-14 04:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA149ERDOGAN'S DAVOS REMARKS PLAY WELL FOR AKP
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan received a hero's welcome on his return to Turkey early January 30 from Davos, where during a televised discussion concerning Gaza he harshly criticized the Israeli government and stormed out, swearing to never return. The outburst has [...]
2009-01-30 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA1505TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1533PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...]
2009-10-23 08:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1534PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...]
2009-10-23 08:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1537TIES THAT BIND: AZERI INFLUENCE OVER TURKEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Turkey-Armenia protocols begin to percolate in the Turkish Parliament (SEPTEL),Azerbaijan's influence on Turkish public opinion will be pivotal. Given the close cultural, historical and linguistic ties between the Turks and Azerbaijanis, the Turkish public appears unwilli [...]
2009-10-23 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AR AJ TU
09ANKARA1538GOT REELING FROM RECEPTION GIVEN PKK RETURNEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reactions to the return of 34 PKK sympathizers/members from northern Iraq to Turkey have been mixed with negative perceptions rapidly dominating the initial hopes of reconciliation. The exuberant reception by the crowds greeting the returnees had drawn sharp criticism from media [...]
2009-10-23 17:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREF PHUM IZ TU
09ANKARA1563ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) In an October 19 visit to Turkey focused primarily on missile defense (ref),ASD Vershbow discussed a broad range of issues related to security in the region with his Turkish counterparts. He pressed MFA leaders to re-engage with Israel, to stay on track with efforts to keep tension low i [...]
2009-10-28 06:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU
09ANKARA1566TURKEY'S SEARCH FOR A PLAN B ON NATURAL GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As negotiations with Azerbaijan have stalled -- in Turkey's view, because of Azeri pique over its rapprochement with Armenia -- the GoT has been actively developing its options for a short to medium term natural gas picture without a deal with Azerbaijan. It believes that having a [...]
2009-10-28 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1589DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN VISIT: TURKS POSITIVE ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR AND RENEWABLES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Minister of Energy Yildiz and BOTAS Acting Director General Konuk, DoE Deputy Secretary Poneman stressed U.S. support for the Southern Corridor and the urgent need to resolve negotiations with the Azeris to make the Corridor a reality. Both Yildiz and Konu [...]
2009-11-05 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU AZ
09ANKARA1593TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1608SCENESETTER FOR YOUR TRIP TO TURKEY
[...] (S) I look forward to welcoming you. Missile Defense is at the top of our crowded agenda with Turkey and the Turks are fully engaged. They will look for you to advance the discussions which were well begun by Sandy Vershbow and others both here in Ankara and at NATO. They will be looking fo [...]
2009-11-09 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1628TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1637TURKEY'S LETTER TO GREECE: DEAR GEORGE
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA proudly points to Prime Minister Erdogan's October 30 letter to Greece as a positive step for the future of bilateral relations between the two countries, but admits that much depends on Greece's response -- and the ongoing Cyprus negotiations. In the letter, Erd [...]
2009-11-16 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU GR
09ANKARA1644A/S GORDON'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH U/S
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu opened his November 12 meeting with EUR A/S Gordon by attempting to recast Erdogan's recent public efforts to deflect international community criticism of Iran's nuclear program as an idiosyncratic reaffirmation of NPT principles. Gordon cautioned [...]
2009-11-17 08:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
09ANKARA1651TURKEY TRYING TO KEEP ITS INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is trying to keep a foot in the Balkans with its position that Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH) is not ready to close its Office of the High Representative (OHR) and transition to a reinforced EU Special Representative (EUSR),despite supporting BIH's constitutional reform efforts [...]
2009-11-17 16:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU BK GR
09ANKARA1716TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1743TURKEY: COURT MULLS CLOSURE OF KURDISH PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court today begins its deliberations over the closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). A ruling may not be issued for weeks but could come much sooner, and is likely to have a major impact on the government's National Unity Project (also formerly known as [...]
2009-12-08 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PINR TU
09ANKARA17664TH U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the fourth session of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group on December 3, the Turkish delegation proposed increased cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey to support development of Iraq's energy sector, specifically through a joint project to relaunch the Iraq Stra [...]
2009-12-11 19:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1780REVIEW OF TPAO INVESTMENT UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) General Manager Mehmet Uysal on December 13. 2. (SBU) In November 2008, the GOT Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) signed a one-year memorandum of understanding on energy with Iran. The MOU provides for TPAO [...]
2009-12-15 13:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR TU
09ANKARA201KAYSERI AND NEVSEHIR: AKP SEES EASY WINS -- AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) sees little threat to its incumbent mayors in Nevsehir and Kayseri, two provinces largely representative of central Anatolia. Even the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has accepted that it has little chance to ma [...]
2009-02-09 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA214TURKEY: WORLD BANK LOAN WOULD ADVANCE US CASPIAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler said Turkey needs USD 125 billion in energy sector investments by 2020 to keep pace with rising energy demand. The World Bank plans to be a part of the solution through a second energy sector program. [...]
2009-02-10 16:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG TU
09ANKARA23ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA234ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 05:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA248ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA27SCENESETTER: SECOND U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Russia's reckless action in cutting off gas to Ukraine (and subsequently Turkey and Europe) may help compel Turkey to make tough decisio [...]
2009-01-08 11:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAJ ENRG EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA28ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA300TURKEY: DTP PLAYS A KURDISH LANGUAGE ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk delivered a February 24 speech in parliament in his native tongue of Kurdish, leading state-run television to immediately cut its live broadcast of the speech. Turk said that his speech was in honor of UNESCO Mother [...]
2009-02-25 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA315TURKEY: ENERGY POLICY SWINGS TOWARD RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, we have met with several Turkish counterparts on energy issues, including Advisor to President Gul for Energy Issues Volkan Ediger who accompanied Gul on his February 12-15 visit to Moscow (ref b). All confirm Turkey is increasing its cooperation with Russia o [...]
2009-02-27 08:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET TU
09ANKARA323TURKEY: CHP ENTERING ELECTION CAMPAIGN RUDDERLESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey's local election campaign begins in earnest, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is listless and unimaginative. Unwilling to adapt to a society less accepting of dogmatic, paternalist ideology, CHP is going to rely on tactical skirmishes to challenge th [...]
2009-02-27 18:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA375ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA377DP AND ANAP: THE SAD FATE OF TURKEY'S CENTER RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: The Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP) were once the dominant powers in the Turkish center right, but have fallen on hard times with the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. AKP now holds sway over their conservative voter base. Neither DP nor AN [...]
2009-03-13 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA389TURKEY: AS ELECTIONS LOOM, AKP STILL WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks prior to March 29 local elections, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is maintaining a significant lead in the polls, despite a severely ailing economy. Most polling companies are predicting that AKP will win a minimum of 40 percent of the nationwide v [...]
2009-03-16 17:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA395TURKEY: INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The future of Iraq, its unity, stability, and territorial integrity, remain an issue of central importance to Turkey. Despite a high degree of tension in recent years between Turkey and Iraq because of the presence of PKK terrorists in the KRG-administered region, the Turks have [...]
2009-03-17 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG IZ TU
09ANKARA4Turkey's Nuclear Energy Plans
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information for the Civil Nuclear Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) The GOT conducted a tender in 2008 for construction and ope [...]
2009-01-02 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD TU
09ANKARA403ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA405TURKEY: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND
[...] (U) We delivered ref A points on the Pakistan Donors' Conference and ref B points on the Afghanistan Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin March 18. PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE --------------------------- 2. (C) Turkey's representation is undecided for the April 17 me [...]
2009-03-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN INRD IMF AF PK IR TU
09ANKARA406TURKEY: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES
[...] (S) Ref B cites three items as critical infrastructure/key resource (CI/KR) elements in Turkey: -- Metal fabrication machines: small number of Turkish companies (Durma, Baykal, Ermaksan) -- Bosphorous Strait -- Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline 2. (C) Post recommends the first item, "Metal [...]
2009-03-18 17:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP TU
09ANKARA485TURKISH ELECTIONS: JUST "ONE MINUTE," MR. ERDOGAN
[...] (C) Summary: In nation-wide local elections on March 29, the Turkish voters gave 39 percent of the votes to the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),enough for it to retain first place in the polling, but shy of the 40 percent that was widely understood to be the threshold for victo [...]
2009-03-30 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA532MIXED REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S CALL FOR DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA548SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) In the short time since your last visit to Turkey, we have seen a broad shift in Turkey's perception of the U.S. and in its view of how we should approach some of the more complex issues in the region. The visit of President Obama was extraordinary, and had a game-changing effect not only [...]
2009-04-14 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM TU
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA569MEDIA SUPPORT PARALLEL STEPS BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA583Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA606OBAMA DIDN'T SAY 'GENOCIDE' ... IN ENGLISH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 09:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA61ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA618TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA619AMBASSADOR MEETS MHP LEADER BAHCELI
[...] (C) Summary: Three points stood out during Ambassador's April 24 discussion with Nationalist Action Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli. First, Bahceli is clearly still concerned about the image the US holds of the MHP, going out of his way to portray the party as mainstream and moderate. Se [...]
2009-04-29 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA630REPORTS OF TURKEY-IRAN TRADE AGREEMENT ARE
[...] (C) Summary. Some Turkish press outlets have reported that Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen signed a preferential trade agreement with Iran during a trade mission to Tehran earlier this week. Yuksel Akca, Director General of Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, said t [...]
2009-04-30 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IR TU
09ANKARA633TURKEY: GOT FLOATS ISRAEL-LEBANON TALKS DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Michel Suleiman, the first Lebanese president to visit Turkey since the signing of the Baghdad Pact in 1955, met with President Gul, PM Erdogan, and Parliament Speaker Toptan during his April 22-23 trip to Ankara. The visit was more ceremonial than substantive. Suleiman thanked [...]
2009-04-30 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU LE
09ANKARA643TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN SHAKES UP HIS CABINET, TILTING
[...] (C) Summary: To shore up support for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) following its disappointing performance in March 29 local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced May 1 an extensive overhaul of his cabinet, appointing nine new ministers, dismissing eight, an [...]
2009-05-04 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA686TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA689RECONCEPTUALIZING TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The stiff blowback Turkey has received from Azerbaijan over the normalization of relations with Armenia has annoyed many Turks even as official Ankara remains, for the most part, eager to mend relations with Baku. No matter what the final outcome of the Turkey-Armenia process, h [...]
2009-05-13 07:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09ANKARA696TURKEY: SUN RISING ON KURDISH ISSUE?
[...] (C) Summary: A series of events in recent weeks signal possible progress on Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue. President Abdullah Gul, following a May 7 meeting with pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk, called the Kurdish issue Turkey's "most important problem" and [...]
2009-05-13 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA700TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA701TURKEY'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR TRADE WITH IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ECIN EPET IZ TU
09ANKARA710TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA712IRAQ GAS TO TURKEY BY 2012?
[...] (C) Summary. On May 13, Ambassador Jeffrey discussed a project to bring natural gas from northern Iraq to Turkey by as early as 2012 with the one the project developers, Kazim Turker, CEO of Turkerler. Turker was upbeat and confident in describing recent project milestones including a recent [...]
2009-05-18 04:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IZ TU
09ANKARA717TURKEY: IO CONSULATIONS ON UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An IO delegation led by PDAS Warlick met May 14 with a wide range of MFA officials during an all-day session at the MFA to discuss UN Security Council issues, particularly Cyprus, Somali piracy, Georgia, Sudan, Iraq and Iran. The discussions also touched upon Turkey's role on the [...]
2009-05-20 04:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU UNSC
09ANKARA747TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA761SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR: THIRD
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline negotiations in the 1990s until today, Turkey and the U.S. have shared a strategic vision to bring new oil and gas resources to market through new routes. Opening an East-West Corridor for gas would strengthen the ties of Central Asia [...]
2009-05-29 08:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IZ PGOV TU
09ANKARA764TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA789TURKEY: ANAP-DP MERGER TALKS BEGIN INAUSPICIOUSLY
[...] (C) Summary: The chairmen of Turkey's two struggling center-right parties, the Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP),met on June 3 to recommence talks to merge their two parties. They agreed that the two parties should become one by, at latest, December 31. They are banking, aga [...]
2009-06-04 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV TU
09ANKARA81ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ANKARA839SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Dave, thanks for taking the time to come to Turkey. Building on President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's landmark visits earlier this year, your trip will further underscore our recognition of Turkey as an essential partner in practically every mission we seek to accomplish in this regio [...]
2009-06-17 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER TU
09ANKARA856TURKEY'S POSITION ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points June 19 to Berris Ekinci, Department Head, MFA Energy and Natural Resources Department. Ekinci said Turkey was a founding signatory to IRENA, an organization she described as "helpful and needed." Turkey has not yet ratified the statute, and Ekinc [...]
2009-06-19 10:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV TU
09ANKARA870 Iranian Visa Applicants Talk about the Crisis.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 07:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CVIS IR TK
09ANKARA899TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA925TURKEY: ADANA'S WILY OLD FOX ON THE ART OF POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's longest-serving big-city mayor, Aytac Durak in Adana, proved unusually talkative in recent meetings with us. He highlighted service, independence, and being able to turn tables on one's opponents as keys to his success in the Turkish political game. Durak's career und [...]
2009-07-01 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA98TURKEY/TIP: SENIOR RESEARCHER PREVIEWS DEMAND STUDY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A leading Turkish academic previewed for us her recently concluded, GOT-commissioned study on the demand for trafficked persons in Turkey. The study will report that the market for trafficked victims is driven largely by upper middle-class and wealthy Turks' demand for commercial [...]
2009-01-21 12:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09ANTANANARIVO152SECURITY FORCES EMBOLDENED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: President Ravalomanana's recent push to outfit his security forces with non-lethal weapons may run the risk of alienating the population's perception that the security forces remain neutral between the President and Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's opposition movement. End Summary. 2 [...]
2009-03-04 10:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC MA PTER
09ANTANANARIVO207DISASTER DECLARATION - COMPLEX EMERGENCY: POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 2 and 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A power struggle beginning in January 2009 that led to an unconstitutional transfer of power has resulted in a severe shock to the economy of Madagascar and a near paralysis of government capability to respond [...]
2009-03-25 10:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09ANTANANARIVO511MADAGASCAR: REGIONAL CONFERENCES CONSOLIDATE POWER OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malagasy "High Transition Authority" (HAT) held regional conferences in each of the country's 22 regions from June 30 to July 3. The agenda focused on changing the constitution; setting up the fourth republic; reforming political parties, communication, and electoral laws; [...]
2009-07-09 12:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO763UPDATE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The forestry sector in Madagascar continues to be decimated by rampant unsustainable and illegal practices. Insufficient monitoring of the situation makes it difficult to ascertain the true dimensions of the problem, but a recent report issued by scientists associated with Missi [...]
2009-11-06 09:09:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETTC ECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO87 Comoros Reestablishes Links To Swahili Coast
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After decades of instability and post-colonial focus on France, the Union of the Comoros is rediscovering historic links to the Swahili Coast of Africa. In partnership with Tanzania's Board of External Trade, the Comoran Chamber of Commerce will soon open an office in Dar es Sal [...]
2009-02-09 06:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD CN
09ASHGABAT100 TURKMENISTAN: BURNISHING BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S REGIONAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 2008 article written by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributed the positive outcome of the October 2008 Bishkek Summit to President Berdimuhamedov's initiative and resourcefulness and portrayed Turk [...]
2009-01-22 05:32:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1009 TURKMENISTAN: IGNORING WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a Turkmen government water specialist, for the past seven years, Ministry of Water Management resources have been devoted to the Turkmen Lake project (reftel). The Karakum Canal, the country's water lifeline, has suffered from the resulting neglect. Water conserva [...]
2009-08-11 04:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1017TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11, Fedor Klimtchouk, the Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA),briefed poloff on the Center's priorities, recent activities and plans for upcoming action. The Center has four priorities: fighting transborder crime, i [...]
2009-08-12 12:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX
09ASHGABAT1043 TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...]
2009-08-18 09:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX
09ASHGABAT1049TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DENY EXIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX continues to create roadblocks for students traveling to Kyrgyzstan, including students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister of Education told parents and AUCA students on August 18 that the decision to not permit students to study in Turkmenis [...]
2009-08-19 11:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1055 TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]
2009-08-21 05:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1056 TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]
2009-08-21 08:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1071 TURKMENISTAN: CNPC ON SCHEDULE TO SHIP GAS TO CHINA
[...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) recently announced that its Amu Darya project had been connected to the Uzbek section of the Central Asia - China pipeline. CNPC added that the inter-border connectio [...]
2009-08-26 08:50:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1075TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON "ACTIVELY WAITS" FOR ONSHORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 25 Economic Officer met with the head of Chevron's local office to discuss Chevron's current plans in Turkmenistan's natural gas sector. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's interest in a production agreement for onshore deposits, while acknowledging the GOTX's policy to [...]
2009-08-26 12:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1083 TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, the Government of Turkmenistan officially published the Law on State Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) - the first law of this type adopted in Turkmenistan. The purpose of the law [...]
2009-08-31 09:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT110TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),said that the head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists is a "born entrepreneur" and that "he has the right instincts to help entrepreneurs" in Turkme [...]
2009-01-22 13:07:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EINV EAGR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1130TURKMENISTAN: UZBEKISTAN TRYING TO BROADEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is making every effort to expand its relations with Turkmenistan, both politically and commerically. They are looking for new opportunities for investment and trying to promote tourism to Uzbekistan. Despite their efforts, and the cultural ties between Uzbeks and Turkm [...]
2009-09-04 13:03:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL TX UZ
09ASHGABAT1135TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE; FORWARD TO THE PAST?
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A number of Turkmen media reports recently speculated that Ukrainian President Yushchenko will discuss the possibility of importing natural gas directly from Turkmenistan during his visit to the country scheduled f [...]
2009-09-08 09:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX UP
09ASHGABAT1138TURKMENISTAN: KISS FROM A ROGUE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 6, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Ashgabat for his first visit to Turkmenistan, which has the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas. The short (less than 24-hour) visit, included a welcoming [...]
2009-09-08 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EPET TX
09ASHGABAT1145TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT WANTS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced plans to launch the country's first national satellite. The satellite would support telephone and Internet communications, hydrocarbon industries, and Turkmen T [...]
2009-09-09 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT EINV ECON PINR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1160TURKMENISTAN'S LEGISLATIVE REFORM -- GENUINE OR COSMETIC?
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan is in the process of reforming outdated Soviet-era laws, with the stated intention of supporting broader reforms in the country and bringing about compliance with international standards. President Berdi [...]
2009-09-11 13:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1216NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry. The Institut [...]
2009-09-25 10:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1248TURKMENISTAN: U.S. LOGISTICS COMPANY EXPLAINS
[...] (C) On September 28, Economic Officer met with the Managing Director of U.S.-based Bertling Logistics. The Bertling representative, who was raised in Turkey and has been in Ashgabat for 10 years, asserted that commercial conditions in the country have improved immensely in the last few years. [...]
2009-09-30 12:51:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD EPET BTIO PGOV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1257TURKMENISTAN: RETHINKING THE APPROACH FOR U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 21 meeting between the Secretary and President Berdimuhamedov, post received additional feedback from GOTX officials regarding the USG push for U.S. energy companies to develop onshore hydrocarbon resources in Turkmenistan. The GOTX remains adamant that it [...]
2009-10-02 08:55:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1262TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REFUSING TO BUY TURKMEN GAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Russian media reports indicated that Russia's state-owned Gazprom will not resume purchases of Turkmen gas for the remainder of 2009. The reports come as the demand for gas remains in decline, and Russia continues to push for a much lower gas price with the Turkmen. So [...]
2009-10-02 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RU TX
09ASHGABAT1422TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER HOPES TO EXPAND BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Oil and gas service giant Schlumberger has been operating in Turkmenistan since 1999. The company maintains excellent business ties with state-owned oil concern Turkmennebit, and has plans to partner with the state-owned gas company Turkmengaz in the near future. Company represe [...]
2009-11-05 14:28:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1444TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH RASPBERRIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, a Turkmen state-run newspaper published two articles about methods for treating and preventing flu. The Turkmen Government appears to have changed its approach slightly by using the word "flu" for the first time publicly, but the natural remedies they recommend gi [...]
2009-11-10 13:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP
09ASHGABAT1469TURKMENISTAN: UNDP WORKS TO BUILD ANALYTIC SKILLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project to develop analytic capacity among government employees in Turkmenistan seems to be making progress toward its goal of improving policy planning skills at the Institute of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. In a Novemb [...]
2009-11-17 04:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP TX
09ASHGABAT1481DEPUTY CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, in a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, reiterated the Turkmen government's energy sector policies of diversifying sales of natural gas, hiring service companies to work on development and explora [...]
2009-11-18 15:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1486TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbon Agency Chief Yagshygeldi Kakayev told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol that foreign energy companies should either pursue offshore exploration blocks or onshore service contracts. Kakayev said the GOTX viewed most foreign energ [...]
2009-11-20 15:30:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1543IRAN: UNESCO DIRECTOR SHARES THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Ashgabat this week, the Director of UNESCO's office in Tehran spoke of the challenges of cooperating with the Iranian government in several areas, including training journalists and the preservation of cultural heritage sites. He also described the reaction of hi [...]
2009-12-03 11:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1563TURKMENISTAN: LOTS OF GAS, BUT WHAT ABOUT OIL?
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Annual oil production in Turkmenistan has varied from 9 to 10 million tons for the past six years, but the Turkmen Government has announced plans to increase the oil production to 50 million tons by 2020. Turkmenis [...]
2009-12-04 12:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1579TURKMENISTAN'S HIGH DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has one of the highest per capita natural gas consumption rates in the world, which is quite unusual for a country with a population between five and six million and a generally undeveloped industrial [...]
2009-12-08 10:59:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1581TURKMENISTAN: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a local media report on the government's efforts to implement its plan on national parks, Pol/Econ local staff member met with two environmental activists to discuss the issue. Both contacts confirmed the [...]
2009-12-08 11:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1595A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG TURKMEN IDEOLOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PAO met with a young leader of the Turkmen Union of Youth and discussed the political ideology that supports President Berdimuhamedow. The underlying ideology of the Democratic Party is to support the notion of a strong leader. Without such a leader, tribal divisions and the lac [...]
2009-12-10 09:01:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1606TURKMENISTAN OPENS ITS FIRST COASTAL LPG TERMINAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Turkmen Government held an opening ceremony for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal with the capacity of 200,000 tons per year built near the village of Kiyanly on the Caspian coast. Intern [...]
2009-12-14 14:32:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT1619CENTRAL ASIA-CHINA PIPELINE OPENED IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidents of Turkmenistan, China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan participated in the December 14 opening of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline in Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The pipeline opening represented over three and a half years of planning and construction. [...]
2009-12-15 14:35:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1622TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL SETTING UP SHOP IN
[...] (C) On December 15, EconOff met with ExxonMobil representatives tasked with opening an office in Ashgabat. Company reps expressed frustration with finding available office space in the Turkmen capital, adding that they did not find anyone who seemed "excited to rent." They asserted that they [...]
2009-12-17 03:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1627TURKMENISTAN: MORE CHINESE LOANS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 13, Turkmen and Chinese officials signed a number of intergovernmental agreements stipulating that the Chinese government will provide soft loans to Turkmenistan through China's Export-Import Bank. According to [...]
2009-12-17 12:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV EFIN CH TX
09ASHGABAT1630TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...]
2009-12-18 09:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL SOCI TU TX
09ASHGABAT1635TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...]
2009-12-18 14:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT1647TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE NEW SCHOOL
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev visited Ashgabat to hold bilateral talks with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and to attend the opening ceremony for the new [...]
2009-12-23 03:45:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI RS TX
09ASHGABAT1654TURKMENISTAN AND RUSSIA AGREE ON GAS, BUT HOW
[...] (C) Turkmen media announced on December 22 that the Turkmen state-owned gas company Turkmengaz and Russia's Gazprom signed a document, amending the 2009 natural gas sale and purchase contract to include 2010 transactions. In addition, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Med [...]
2009-12-23 13:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1656TURKMENISTAN: ANY GAS LEFT FOR NABUCCO?
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commissioning of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline (ref A) and the recent Turkmen-Russian decision to resume gas supplies to Russia (ref B) triggered international media speculatio [...]
2009-12-24 03:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PGOV EINV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1660TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS STRUGGLE ON SMALL SALARIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) Despite Turkmenistan's widely published wealth from hydrocarbon sales, the average salary in Turkmenistan is estimated to be about $200 per month. The average retirement pension is $50-$60 per month, and the average welfare ben [...]
2009-12-24 07:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT170 FACULTY EXCHANGE PROGRAM: MEETING WITH THE RECTOR OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para. 8. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture University Rector, Gurbandurdy Mammedgulyev, agreed to arrange classes for Faculty Exchange Program-sponsored University of Nevada, [...]
2009-02-04 03:00:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT2: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]
2009-01-05 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT236IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRAN,S AMBASSADOR ON THE EVE OF
[...] (U) The Russian-language "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" published an interview on February 11 with Iran's Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Mohammad-Reza Forqani. The interview focused almost exclusively on economic and trade topics, avoiding anything even remotely controversial such as the Iranian nucle [...]
2009-02-17 13:04:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT270U.S. AGRICULTURE ECONOMISTS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of two professors from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources to teach seminars at the Agriculture University was successful, with groundwork laid for [...]
2009-02-27 12:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID TX
09ASHGABAT291TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER REPORTS LATEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, talked with poloff on March 2 about the company's failure in 2008 to find hydrocarbons in two Caspian blocks. Although Wintershall continues to talk to Turkmen officials about onshore work, the discussions have m [...]
2009-03-04 05:45:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EPET GM TX
09ASHGABAT294IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S TEHRAN
[...] (C) The Charge met March 3 with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang, who offered further insight on the implications of President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Tehran (reftel). (NOTE: Ambassador Lang is a fluent Farsi speaker who has spent time in both Iran and Afghanistan and wrote a doctoral [...]
2009-03-04 12:42:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT316 TURKMENISTAN INVITES PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] On March 2, post received an invitation from the Ministry of Nature Protection via diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the international conference "Development of Pistachio Forest Plantations: Problems and their Solutions." The workshop will be conducted in [...]
2009-03-10 09:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT323IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? IRAN
[...] (C) The Iranian Minister of Oil, Gholam Nowzari, announced on March 5 that Iran may sue Turkmenistan for shutting off the supply of natural gas for three months last winter. According to Iran's Press TV, which first aired the story, Nozari said that Iran had created a special committee for tha [...]
2009-03-12 10:47:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT325TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ENERGY COMPANY LOTUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-born Chairman of Lotus Enerji discussed the company's ongoing electricity, petrochemical and compressed natural gas refueling station projects, which are the first projects it has landed in Turkmenistan since its 2007 founding. The company has its eye on some potent [...]
2009-03-12 10:52:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT368TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting U.S. energy scholar, Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev emphasized the size of Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources and underscored the government's confidence that state enterprises will be able to manage the expense and complexity of developi [...]
2009-03-23 08:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT369TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS MINISTER CONFIDENT THAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, the country has abundant, as yet undeveloped, oil resources. He said his Ministry handles strategic planning for the hydrocarbon sector. Significant increases in gas production are planned and will be managed by state ente [...]
2009-03-23 08:50:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT374 TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS INVITE COOPERATION IN CARTOGRAPHY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, a geographic specialist with the Office of the Geographer met with officials of the State Enterprise for Caspian Sea Issues under the Ministry of Oil and Gas, and the Institute of Mapping and Cartograph [...]
2009-03-24 08:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PBTS TX
09ASHGABAT377ENGINEERING FIRM KBR PROSPECTING FOR WORK IN
[...] (C) On March 18, the Charge met with executives from the U.S. engineering and construction firm KBR, who came to Ashgabat to meet with Turkmenistan Government hydrocarbon sector officials. Although KBR has been active in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, supporting clients such as BP and Chevron, th [...]
2009-03-24 11:14:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT379TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY DIRECTOR KAKAYEV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of the State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons shared his thoughts on Turkmenistan's offshore and offshore development efforts, and explained the country's willingness to sign production sharing agreements (PSAs) with interested partner nations like [...]
2009-03-24 11:16:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX CH IR
09ASHGABAT380TURKMEN GAS DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON PRODUCTION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the Turkmen State Gas Concern (Turkmengas) recently described the company's responsibilities and activities, and discussed the Turkmenistan Government's hopes for development of its hydrocarbon resources. He indicated that Turkmengas is moving forward with the [...]
2009-03-24 12:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX CH RS
09ASHGABAT425TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL SERVICES COMPANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to oil services company Schlumberger's Balkanabat operations base demonstrated that the company is doing well, providing a range of services to mostly foreign customers operating in the area. The company is expanding its operations and is anticipating growth in its int [...]
2009-04-03 14:17:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT433TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS VISIBLE ON SEVERAL NEW GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent trip up along the coastline north from the port city of Turkmenbashy revealed that construction work on several natural gas projects is proceeding apace. Malaysian energy company Petronas has several projects underway about 20 kilometers north of Turkmenbashy, including [...]
2009-04-07 12:52:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT461 TURKMEN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON 2009 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov chaired an expanded session of the Cabinet of Ministers on April 6 for the purpose of reviewing social and economic development in the first quarter of the year, as well as a number of p [...]
2009-04-10 03:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TX
09ASHGABAT483TURKMENISTAN-AFGHANISTAN MARCH 11 CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, USAID met with representatives of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) to continue consultations in support of the supply by Turkmenistan to Afghanistan of 300 MW of electric power [...]
2009-04-17 08:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT486FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ASKS FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 15, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher discussed bilateral and regional issues with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov. The Turkmen would like to see President Berdimuhamedov visit the United States this November. Meredov asked for [...]
2009-04-17 09:34:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OVIP PBTS PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT499RFE/RL'S TURKMEN SERVICE: "SALTY" INTERNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's recent contact with RFE/RL's Turkmen service reveals an alarming dispute related to journalistic integrity within the organization. Post,s main point of contact with RFE/RL in Ashgabat believes he is being marginalized for his lack of "salty" reporting, and despite his sub [...]
2009-04-20 10:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT526DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmen1. (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Energy and Development, Yarmuhammet Orazguliyev. Orazg [...]
2009-04-24 12:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ETRD TRGY TX
09ASHGABAT55IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH AMBASSADOR'S PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's Ambassador to Turkmenistan reports that Iran and Turkmenistan have not agreed on a price for natural gas sales to Iran and are waiting until Turkmenistan and Russia reach a similar agreement. He said that Iran not only hopes to gain a foothold in Turkmenistan's energy s [...]
2009-01-14 12:45:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT559TURKMENISTAN'S FINANCIAL SITUATION SOLID, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Deputy Cabinet Chairman for Economy and Finance Tuvakmammet Japarov on April 22, and discussed the global financial crisis and its impact on Turkmenistan, goals for the national economy, and development plans. According to Japaro [...]
2009-05-02 05:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT562 TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF DAS KROL AT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, George Krol, visited Turkmenistan April 22-24, 2009, holding meetings with government officials and heading the U.S. delegation at the "Reliable and Secure Tran [...]
2009-05-04 06:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT599TURKMENISTAN RELUCTANT TO SIGN EU ENERGY AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Neither Turkmenistan nor the other two Central Asian states present at the May 8 EU energy summit signed an EU agreement that would have committed gas supplies to future energy transport projects including Nabucco [...]
2009-05-13 01:41:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT648TURKMENISTAN: STATUS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil and gas sector development in Turkmenistan is making progress, albeit slowly. There has been no change in the policy of barring foreign companies from onshore PSAs, but the door appears to be open rega [...]
2009-05-26 08:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET TX RS
09ASHGABAT661TURKMENISTAN: WHERE WILL PETRONAS SEND ITS CASPIAN GAS WHEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas officials are making confident statements regarding the company's goal of delivering its first natural gas from offshore Block 1. The company is etimating it will begin delivering five bcm per year of ga [...]
2009-05-28 06:56:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT763TURKMENISTAN -- A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's population is small, the country's wealth -- due primarily to its natural gas deposits -- makes it a potentially attractive market for U.S. businesses. Obstacles include a restrictive visa regime, lack of rule of law, bureaucracy and corruption. Despit [...]
2009-06-17 13:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EIND EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT80TURKMENISTAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive by unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Following please find post's 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydroc [...]
2009-01-16 11:00:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR TX
09ASHGABAT809TURKMENISTAN: LUKASHENKO VISIT FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lukashenko's recent visit to Turkmenistan focused on enhancing bilateral commercial relations. The relationship is particularly important to Belarus, given large Turkmen purchases of Belarus tractors and trucks and the mammoth potash fertilizer project that was just k [...]
2009-06-29 10:22:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EMIN PREL PGOV BO TX
09ASHGABAT815TURKMENISTAN: CHINA GETS NO ADDITIONAL ONSHORE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 24, the Governments of Turkmenistan and China agreed that the annual volume of Turkmen natural gas supplied to China will reach 40 bcm, which is ten bcm more than the initially planned volume. They also [...]
2009-06-30 07:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT837SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT877 TURKMEN GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15 the President will commission a 2,600 kilometer drainage canal built in the Karakum desert designed to collect agricultural irrigation runoff. The commission of the canal will mark the first phase of t [...]
2009-07-14 08:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT886TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: AGREEMENT FOR A NEW PRICE AND INCREASED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 12, 2009, Turkmen state media reported that Turkmenistan and Iran had agreed to a new price for Turkmen natural gas, to be based on an international formula, as well as to increase the volume of supplies to [...]
2009-07-15 12:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT908GERMAN RWE SIGNS PSA WITH TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, RWE AG, a German energy company (and Nabucco pipeline project shareholder) and the Government of Turkmenistan signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for Block 23 of the contractual territory locate [...]
2009-07-20 10:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT993IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE
[...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...]
2009-08-05 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT995TURKMEN GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENTS IN THE CASPIAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, state-owned "Neutralniy Turkmenistan" newspaper published an MFA-authored article outlining Turkmenistan's arguments in its dispute with Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea delimitation issue. The article me [...]
2009-08-06 11:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX
09ASMARA196SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]
2009-06-25 13:48:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA233 ISAIAS AND THE CIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Isaias Afwerki's interview with Reuters appears to be the ramblings of a paranoiac. He blames imagined CIA conspiracies for all of Eritrea's manifest woes and holds himself up as a hero who has stymied this "powerful opposition." In addition to calling into question [...]
2009-07-21 08:59:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL ER
09ASTANA102 KAZAKHSTAN STILL UNDECIDED ON NABUCCO SUMMIT IN
[...] (C) Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla called on the Ambassador January 20 to deliver the current Hungarian draft of the Budapest Nabucco Summit scheduled for January 27. He expressed deep frustration that one week before the summit he has yet to pin down who will represent Kazakhstan, if anyon [...]
2009-01-20 09:44:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET RS HU KZ
09ASTANA1088 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 7-20
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Welcomes IMF Technical Assistance -- National Bank Reduces 2009 Inflation Forecast -- Kazatomprom News -- Agip KCO News -- Energy Statistics KAZAKHSTAN W [...]
2009-06-28 08:34:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA11 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT UNDERSTAFFED AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environmental Protection has been restructured, but faces a shortage of inspectors who inspect enterprises to ensure they comply with emissions regulations. Because it takes too long to get the Procu [...]
2009-01-06 09:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA1103 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]
2009-07-02 11:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA112 KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]
2009-01-22 00:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1165 KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...]
2009-07-13 03:52:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ
09ASTANA1187 KAZAKHSTAN: GAS PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and national oil company KazMunaiGas recently briefed Energy Officer on the latest natural gas production forecasts and pipeline projects. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-07-15 04:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1205 KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 5-18
[...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State Will Fund Shymkent Oil Refinery Modernization -- KazMunaiGas To Acquire Pavlodar Oil Refinery -- Kazakhstan Seeks To Reduce Kashagan Project Costs -- Karachaganak [...]
2009-07-21 07:16:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1210 KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...]
2009-07-21 10:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1302 KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT
[...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...]
2009-08-03 09:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
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