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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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05KUWAIT4443CHEVRON FUNDS ACCESS ENGLISH SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM
[...] SUMMARY: On October 2, 2005, AMIDEAST-Kuwait hosted a ceremony welcoming back 10 Kuwaiti boys and 10 Kuwaiti girls who spent four weeks in an intensive English-as-a- Second-Language summer camp in West Palm Beach, Florida. Chevron financed the Embassy-initiated program for 20 Kuwaitis chosen [...]
2005-10-16 12:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4445FOREIGN MINISTER DISCOUNTS FLAP IN AL-SABAH FAMILY
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah said that recent statements by National Guard Chief Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah were just an expression of opinion and that the political status quo had returned. Commenting on Shaykh Salem's call for a three-person a [...]
2005-10-16 12:37:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4449FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...]
2005-10-17 08:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT4451SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A
[...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]
2005-10-17 10:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT4455KUWAITIS MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS ON REFERENDUM;
[...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in remarks to the opening session of the National Assembly October 17, congratulated the Iraqi people on the Iraqi Constitution. The Kuwaiti Council of Ministers released a similar statement of support after its Sunday meeting. Bef [...]
2005-10-17 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT446KUWAIT RESPONDS TO JANUARY 31 SHOOTOUT: GOK WILL
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti officials vowed to use all available resources to hunt down militants after security forces engaged in a nine-hour confrontation with Islamic radicals on January 31 that left 5 militants, 1 civilian and 1 police officer dead, 4 police officers and 3 militants wounded, and led [...]
2005-02-01 12:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4460FREEDOM AGENDA: GOK FORMS MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO
[...] (SBU) The GOK has formed a ministerial-level committee to "study" proposals to reduce the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10, or fewer, and to register voters based on their civil identification numbers. The six-person committee is headed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior [...]
2005-10-17 15:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT4477ROBOT CAMEL JOCKEYS DEBUT IN KUWAIT
[...] The Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) invited PolOff to attend the debut of robot camel jockeys in Kuwait during trial races October 12. Shaykh Fahad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, PAYS Chairman, and MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaie, Chair of the National Assembly's Human Rights Defense Committee, inaugu [...]
2005-10-18 09:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4479MINISTER FOR AMIRI DIWAN AFFAIRS SHAYKH NASSER ON
[...] (C) The Ambassador met October 18 with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Shaykh Nasser said the recent succession controversy within the ruling family (reftels) "is calming," although he commented that "there will be some issues in the coming [...]
2005-10-18 11:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4480AMID FLURRY OF RUMORS ABOUT SUCCESSION, PM OPENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly October 17, delivering the Government speech on behalf of the Amir, who was notably absent from the protocolary duty. The session comes amid a flurry of rumors that Shaykh Sabah will replace th [...]
2005-10-18 12:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT4481KUWAIT RESPONSE: BARRIERS TO OIL INVESTMENT
[...] Summary: The entire local oil industry in Kuwait is state-run and the Kuwait Constitution expressly forbids foreign companies from investing in the natural resources of the country. U.S. companies can neither purchase local oil companies nor obtain equity oil. There are some very limited o [...]
2005-10-18 12:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EINV EPET KU
05KUWAIT4527FY05Q4 IIP SPEAKER EVALUATION: PATRICK CLAWSON;
[...] SUMMARY: October 1-2, 2005, U.S. Speaker Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, conducted a speaking tour in Kuwait focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Addressing diverse audiences, Dr. Clawson spoke at Kuwait Unive [...]
2005-10-22 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4531NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VS. GOVERNMENT: FOOTBALL MATCH
[...] (SBU) Government Ministers and National Assembly members (MPs) faced off October 19 for their fifth annual Ramadan football match. Laying aside both their traditional dishdashas (robes) and their political differences, Ministers and MPs alike donned football jerseys to participate in the jov [...]
2005-10-22 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KU
05KUWAIT4532KUWAITIS HOPEFUL FOR DEATH PENALTY AS SADDAM'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kuwaiti newspapers, television and radio stations gave front-page, first-item coverage to the start of Saddam Hussein's trial in Iraq. Kuwaitis interviewed called for the death penalty and said that Saddam and his cohorts had "too much" to answer for during the 1990-1991 Iraqi [...]
2005-10-22 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PINS IZ KU
05KUWAIT4534MGXDO1: KUWAIT EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the second update from Post on Kuwaiti assistance to the victims of the South Asia earthquake. 2. (U) Press reports over the last week cite planeloads of Kuwait Red Crescent Society relief assistance arriving in Pakistan and being channeled through the Pakistani Red Crescent Soc [...]
2005-10-23 06:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU
05KUWAIT4535FINANCE MINISTRY ON EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance confirmed the GOK $100M assistance offer for Pakistan's earthquake victims. He was unaware of any additional assistance to be announced at the upcoming October 26 Geneva donors c [...]
2005-10-23 06:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR EAID PGOV PREL XD KU
05KUWAIT4546FINANCE MINISTRY ON TAX REFORM AND THE REJUVENATED
[...] (U) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance confirmed the resumption of the Offset Program and the GOK's efforts, spearheaded by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),to establish a private company tasked with administering [...]
2005-10-23 07:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KU KFIN
05KUWAIT4550CIRCUS GUY ROCKS KUWAIT, PROMOTES STUDYUSA
[...] SUMMARY: The Arab-American rock group "Circus Guy" conducted a "Study in the U.S." musical tour in Kuwait September 26-28, 2005. Circus Guy held concerts and educational workshops for youth audiences and the Kuwaiti public. The band performed at several private schools and Kuwait's Scientif [...]
2005-10-23 09:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4552KUWAIT'S STOCK EXCHANGE EYES REGIONAL ROLE, FEMALE
[...] (U) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econoff, the Director of Public Relations at the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange (KSE) applauded the increased number of Kuwaiti female investors, expressed confidence in the continued rise of the Kuwaiti stock market, and underscored the importance of ensuri [...]
2005-10-24 09:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT4555AMBASSADOR RE-EMPHASIZES RECENT DEMARCHES DURING
[...] (U) On October 23, the Ambassador, accompanied by Econcouns and Econoff (notetaker),met with the new head of the Economics Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shaykh Ali Khaled Al-Sabah. The Ambassador congratulated Al-Sabah on his recent appointment and discussed current issues [...]
2005-10-24 10:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KU
05KUWAIT4559KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON IPR AND LABOR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. In an October 19 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) contested Kuwait's non-compliance status on IPR and labor rights. He requested additional details outlining USG IPR compliance issues and [...]
2005-10-24 11:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ELAB PGOV PREL KU IPR
05KUWAIT4586MGXDO1: GOK NOT PLANNING NEW PLEDGE IN GENEVA AND
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel A, Embassy followed-up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to confirm GOK participation at the upcoming Geneva Donors Conference for South Asia earthquake victims and to urge continued GOK assistance to victims in anticipation of winter. The MFA's Asia and Ameri [...]
2005-10-25 11:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU
05KUWAIT4588FOUR SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS FORM COALITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF FOUR LOCAL SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 23 THE FORMATION OF A SHI'A UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL SOCIETIES COALITION (NSC),TO ADVOCATE FOR GREATER SHI'A RIGHTS AND TO COORDINATE EFFORTS IN THE 2007 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. TWO OF THE FIVE S [...]
2005-10-25 12:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KISL KU SHI
05KUWAIT4590GOK GRANTS MELKITE CATHOLICS LAND FOR NEW CHURCH;
[...] Summary: Long-time church ally Shaykha Fareeha announced the GOK's decision to grant 6,500 square meters to the Greek Catholics (Melkites) for the construction of a new church. They currently worship in a rented home whose owner just raised the rent 21%. According to Father Boutros Gharib, rec [...]
2005-10-25 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KIRF KU
05KUWAIT4624OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...]
2005-10-29 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF
05KUWAIT4625KUWAIT RED CRESCENT CHAIRMAN FINDS FAULT WITH
[...] (SBU) During an October 25 meeting with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Chairman Mr. Barjas Al-Barjas, the Chairman presented the Ambassador with a set of points he had prepared on specific complaints he has with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),and asked for support in [...]
2005-10-29 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT4626OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...]
2005-10-29 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF
05KUWAIT4633UPDATE ON SHI'A MOSQUE INCIDENT: LOCALIZED ACT
[...] (C) This is an update to reftel reporting on the October 7 attack against a Shi'a mosque in Jahra, a predominantly Sunni city approximately 35 kilometers west of Kuwait City. According to the mosque's owner, Hussein Al-Qattan, and a worshiper at the mosque "between 150 to 200 Saudi and bidoon [...]
2005-10-30 06:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL KIRF KU SHI
05KUWAIT4639SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-A [...]
2005-10-30 12:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL SY KU
05KUWAIT4641DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...]
2005-10-30 13:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR KU
05KUWAIT4643GOK STILL GEARING UP FOR ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem on October 26. Among other issues, they discussed the slow pace of Kuwait's economic reform and the stalled TIFA process. Al-Ebraheem acknowledged that the GOK carried as much responsibility as did the parliament [...]
2005-10-30 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL EFIN EINV BEXP KU
05KUWAIT4644GCC EQUITIES: INVESTMENTS OR LOTTERY TICKETS?
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with the Ambassador October 26, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) CEO said skyrocketing GCC equities could presage a Gulf equivalent of the U.S. "dot com" market bust. In order to "shake up the market a bit," NBK will host a December 18 symposium to examine the [...]
2005-10-30 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT4647FREEDOM AGENDA: ENERGY MINISTER'S VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's inquiries about elements of the "Freedom Agenda" during a meeting on October 30, ruling family member and Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said most National Assembly members "don't know how many voting constituencies they want," [...]
2005-10-31 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI PTER PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4648COMMENTS FROM ENERGY MINISTER AND UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that prospects for a vote on the northern oilfields project were good for November or December and that he expected it to pass, echoing what Ministry of Ener [...]
2005-10-31 08:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4649ERDOGAN PROMOTES ECONOMIC TIES DURING VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 08:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON TU KU
05KUWAIT4672FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...]
2005-11-01 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT4673KUWAIT AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOK MEASURES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, Emboffs and two U.S. military veterinarians met with the Deputy Director General for Animal Resources to discuss the GOK's efforts to combat the spread of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus. The GOK has teams of inspectors that routinely inspect farms and bird marke [...]
2005-11-01 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AMED KPAO PREL CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU WHO FAO
05KUWAIT4681FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED
[...] Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence w [...]
2005-11-02 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4684APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Ambassador met with Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 1 to commend the GOK for its $100M pledge and to urge increased GOK assistance to earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. Without offering specifics, Al-Humaidhi said that the initial $100M package w [...]
2005-11-02 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PK PREL KU
05KUWAIT4685SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER 13-14,
[...] (SBU) Secretary Bodman will arrive about one week after the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan. He will meet with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He will also meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sab [...]
2005-11-02 15:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
05KUWAIT4717POST ASSESSMENT OF KUWAIT CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT
[...] (C) Per reftel A request, the following is Post's assessment of Kuwait's cash courier environment. At the Border and Legal Environment ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOK's 2002 law (No. 35) "Concerning Combating Money Laundering" criminalizes cash smuggling within the [...]
2005-11-08 12:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4718HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005: QUOTE FROM KUWAIT ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PGOV ODIP APER KU
05KUWAIT4727BLUE LANTERN: CASE 966701
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Econoff paid a visit to the offices of "National Contracts Group" (NCG) to ascertain the validity of the company and its stated role as a party to pending license No. 966701. Econoff met with Mr. Omar A. A. Almutawa, President of NCG and Mr. Shahid Ayaz, General Manage [...]
2005-11-09 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC KUNC KU US
05KUWAIT4728BORDER ISSUE STILL FRONT PAGE NEWS AS KUWAIT WAITS
[...] (U) Recent press articles on the border issue highlighting Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) statements continue to make front page news in the Kuwaiti Arabic language press. Local Arabic dailies Al-Qabas and Al-Watan carried front page articles on November 8 discussing the ITG's decision [...]
2005-11-09 12:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV IZ KU UN
05KUWAIT4729PRIME MINISTER HOSTS FIRST OFFICIAL RAMADAN DINNER
[...] (U) On October 31 Prime Minster Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hosted a 'Ghabqa' traditional Ramadan late night dinner for a group of Kuwaiti women, marking the first time an official dinner has been held for women by the Prime Minister. The Ghabqa was held at the Prime Minister's [...]
2005-11-09 12:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KWMN KU
05KUWAIT4739INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...]
2005-11-13 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ
05KUWAIT4740FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER ON ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak told the Ambassador during a November 12 meeting that reduction of the number of electoral districts was a GOK priority and would pave the way for additional political reforms, and facilitate the participation of women in the 2007 nationa [...]
2005-11-13 07:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT4741HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK'S AML UNIT ON MENA/FATF,
[...] (C) Begin Summary. On November 10, Emboffs met with Talal Al-Sayegh, head of the Kuwait Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit, to discuss the latest MENA/FATF developments, get an update on the new terror finance legislation, and reaffirm USG technical assistance offers in support of Kuw [...]
2005-11-13 08:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4742INTERIOR AND PLANNING MINISTERS CONFIRM GOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on November 12, the Ambassador pressed Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah and Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak to step up GOK efforts to combat human trafficking and improve the working conditions of Kuwait's large expatriate work force. [...]
2005-11-13 08:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4746GOK TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 19 ISLAMABAD CONFERENCE BUT
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. According to MFA and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) officials, the GOK is unlikely to make any additional pledges at the November 19 Islamabad conference. However, a GOK delegation, including KFAED's Director of Operations, will attend the conference. [...]
2005-11-13 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PK KU
05KUWAIT4770SECRETARY OF ENERGY THANKS GOK FOR KATRINA AID,
[...] (U) Summary: During his November 13-14 visit to Kuwait, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman thanked the Government and SIPDIS people of Kuwait for their generous support for Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as their support of reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere. The Sec [...]
2005-11-15 08:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
05KUWAIT4774KUWAITI FM TO CAIRO TO CONSULT ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) In a brief aside at luncheon on 15 November, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador he would travel to Cairo on Saturday to be present for some of the preparatory work for the Iraqi reconciliation conference. He said he expected that [...]
2005-11-15 12:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ
05KUWAIT4778DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On November 16, Embassy delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA. Embassy will report on the results of the demarche as appropriate. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can [...]
2005-11-16 07:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KU US
05KUWAIT4789UN AMBASSADOR VORONTSOV ASK U.S. TO PRESS TUNISIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Vorontsov requested November 16 that the U.S. press the Government of Tunisia to accept an agreement reached between the UN, Kuwait, and Iraq on the return to Kuwait of spare airplane parts stolen by Sadda [...]
2005-11-16 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ TS UN
05KUWAIT4791DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Econoffs delivered ref A demarche points to Abdulkareem Al-Mutawa, the Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Al-Mutawa acknowledged the importance of expediting GOK assistance to earthquake victims and confirmed KFAED p [...]
2005-11-16 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM SENV PAK KU
05KUWAIT4792PUBLIC PROSECUTION QUESTIONS RULING FAMILY MEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: The Public Prosecution Office questioned Shaykh Mishal Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, former Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Affairs, on November 8 about his public criticism of the GOK during a September interview conducted by Mohammed Al-Jassem on his program "Al-Majlis," whic [...]
2005-11-16 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4794PENINSULA LIONS UPDATE: DEFENSE CHALLENGES CHARGES
[...] (SBU) The trial of the Peninsula Lions resumed on November 12 amid tightening security with over a dozen defense lawyers presenting their arguments one-by-one as the trial judges sat and listened. The hearing, which began at 2 pm, has continued in extraordinary sessions finishing after 8 pm [...]
2005-11-16 14:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4795MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN
[...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...]
2005-11-17 08:29:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT481FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...]
2005-02-02 12:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PTER KU
05KUWAIT4811STUDY IN THE U.S.A.: WE ARE FAILING
[...] SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Despite the Mission's focused priority efforts at increasing the number of Kuwaitis studying in the U.S., the number of Kuwaitis opting for higher education in America continues to decline. In FY-05, 58 fewer F1 visas were issued to Kuwaitis than during FY-04, a [...]
2005-11-19 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF KU
05KUWAIT481328TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...]
2005-11-19 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA
05KUWAIT4824RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT TASKER ABOUT AVIAN
[...] (U) This message is Post's response to the questions contained in Reftel A regarding the GOK's efforts to control Avian Influenza (AI),and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. -------------------- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ----- [...]
2005-11-20 11:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX KU
05KUWAIT4831KUWAITI WRITER AND ARTIST SAYS PM'S OCTOBER 31
[...] (C) During a November 20 discussion at her co-ed diwaniya, Kuwaiti writer, artist, and democracy advocate Thuraya Al-Baqsami, told PolChief that although she was thrilled to have been invited to the Prime Minister's Ramadan dinner for women, she believes the event was a publicity ploy to por [...]
2005-11-21 13:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT4832AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI
[...] (U) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meeting, they discussed reasons for the significant decline in the number of Kuwaiti students studying in the U.S., the benefits of increasing the number of Ameri [...]
2005-11-22 04:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU
05KUWAIT484FORMER INFORMATION MINISTER ABULHASSAN NOW PM'S
[...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed recently appointed former Information Minister Mohammed Abdullah Abulhassan as Counselor for the Prime Minister's Diwan. Abulhassan resigned January 2 on the eve of his planned parliamentary grilling, which promised sharp attacks from liberals and Islam [...]
2005-02-02 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KU
05KUWAIT4846PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE PASSES KATRINA AID PACKAGE
[...] (C) During its November 20 meeting, the National Assembly's Budget and Closing Accounts Committee approved the GOK's $500 million hurricane Katrina aid package. Islamist MP Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, a member of the Budget and Closing Accounts Committee told Poloff November 21 that the National Ass [...]
2005-11-22 08:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID AMER PREL PGOV ENRG KU KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT486NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah Al-Roumi discussed the National Assembly's February 1 passage of a new law which expands law enforcement powers to search and seize illegal weapons, calling [...]
2005-02-02 14:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4901AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-27 13:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU
05KUWAIT4902KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (SBU) During a November 27 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador referred to the November 12 Forum of the Future meeting in Bahrain and strongly urged Kuwait to join fellow Gulf states Qatar and Bahrain and become a founding member of the [...]
2005-11-27 13:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU
05KUWAIT4903MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...]
2005-11-27 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY KU
05KUWAIT4904PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. In a letter dated 19 November 2005, Mohammad J. Al-Sager, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kuwaiti Parliament, wrote Ambassador requesting Embassy intervention with U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Kuwaiti citizen Ali Hijazi, a principal [...]
2005-11-27 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN CVIS KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4905IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER TELLS KUWAIT ITG IS READY
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that the November 26 visit of Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Saleh to Kuwait resulted in a step forward on Kuwaiti-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq. The ITG su [...]
2005-11-28 09:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM ENIV IZ KU
05KUWAIT4914MINISTER AL-HAJJI DISCUSSES COMBATTING TIP,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji briefed Ambassador November 28 on GOK discussions to establish a shelter for domestic workers as part of efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). He highlighted other GOK measures including proposed revisions to the curren [...]
2005-11-28 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB PTER KU
05KUWAIT4933PM TRIES TO CALM SUCCESSION FEARS; INSISTS AMIR
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an effort to silence continued speculation over succession, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in a November 22 interview, firmly dismissed the possibility that either the Amir or the Crown Prince, both in poor health, would step down from the [...]
2005-11-29 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4936IRAQI ENVOYS SET UP SHOP IN KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IZ KU
05KUWAIT4938NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT/NOT VOTE ON KATRINA AID
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID AMER ENRG KU KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT4960DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 10:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT4964FORMATION OF JOINT STATE-DOD AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) SUMMARY Embassy convened a new committee of Emboffs and military officers at the working level to coordinate USG efforts in Kuwait in preparation for a possible Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. The group discussed information provided by the GOK about its preparations, internal Embassy pl [...]
2005-12-01 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KU
05KUWAIT4980KUWAIT FUND SIGNS IRAQ SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During a November 30 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development's (KFAED) acting Regional Manager for Arab Countries, Abdullah Al-Musaibeeh, confirmed that KFAED signed a $30M contract with a Kuwaiti firm to begin school construction in Iraq but t [...]
2005-12-03 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT4981DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-04 04:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT4993FREEDOM AGENDA: NOW SHOWING AT EMBASSY KUWAIT.
[...] (U) Post has taken advantage of its Motion Picture Licensing Corporation license to screen films addressing democratic reform issues and MEPI themes for host country audiences. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and post has made available purchased DVD versions of the movies to [...]
2005-12-04 11:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI KDEM KWMN KMPI KU
05KUWAIT5002PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT TO BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 27
[...] (C) After six weeks of deliberations, the all-Kuwaiti judicial panel of three judges presiding over the case of the Peninsula Lions, with 37 defendants, eleven of whom are fugitives, is expected to announce its verdict on December 27. The 37 defendants face charges including murder of Kuwai [...]
2005-12-05 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5003EMBASSY KUWAIT COMMENTS ON THE DEMARCHE WEBSITE
[...] Embassy Kuwait applauds the creation of the Language Services web page where demarche translations can be downloaded. We have used the site several times and it has helped us to deliver demarches and convey complex points in a timely fashion. After months of using the site, however, we have [...]
2005-12-05 11:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AINT AINF KU
05KUWAIT5007CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW
[...] (C) The following is post's response to reftels on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cu [...]
2005-12-05 12:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD CU PREL ETTC KU
05KUWAIT5012PROMOTING STUDY IN THE U.S. DURING INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Kuwait went on the offensive during International Education Week, November 13 to 18, 2005, advancing study in the U.S. by countering misinformation about visa difficulties, about Muslims being welcomed in America, and by arguing that higher education in America is second to [...]
2005-12-06 04:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL KIRC OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5016FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SUPPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador December 5 that discussions on reducing the number of electoral constituencies were important to Kuwait's political future, but complicated due to a lack of consensus on the number and shape of electoral districts. [...]
2005-12-06 06:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KWMN SOCI KPAO PINR KU
05KUWAIT5030PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PLEASED WITH PREPARATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 meeting, Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador he was pleased with Iraqi preparations for December 15 elections and was convinced the Iraqi people intended for the process to be free and fair. Al-Khorafi reported Iraqi conce [...]
2005-12-06 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KU IZ
05KUWAIT5031MUSHARRAF THANKS KUWAIT FOR EARTHQUAKE AID; GOK
[...] (SBU) In Kuwait for the first stop on a Gulf tour, President Pervez Musharraf thanked the GOK for its $100 million in earthquake aid and received assurances that Pakistan would receive concessional oil sales. The Pakistani Ambassador told us on December 6 that the visit, (which coincided wit [...]
2005-12-06 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EINV KU PK
05KUWAIT5032HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND
[...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...]
2005-12-06 15:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU
05KUWAIT504INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-05 13:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT5046UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 12:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM KLEG KU
05KUWAIT5052DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA;
[...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]
2005-12-08 07:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5053DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA;
[...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]
2005-12-08 07:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5054KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note on December 5. During a December 6 meeting, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain and provided him with a copy of the President's speech and the "N [...]
2005-12-09 15:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT5061KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING AL-MANAR
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray delivered reftel demarche during a December 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting U/S Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. DAS Gray emphasized the insidious nature of Al-Manar broadcasts and urged the GOK to remove the station from Arabsat, of which Kuwait owns a [...]
2005-12-10 07:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ANET ASEC KU
05KUWAIT5063NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]
2005-12-10 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5064NEA DAS GRAY URGES GOK ACTION ON TIP/LABOR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on December 6 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated U.S. concerns about Kuwait's trafficking in persons (TIP) and domestic labor problems, and urged GOK action [...]
2005-12-10 07:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM KU
05KUWAIT5068KUWAIT PLEDGES 1.5 MILLION USD AT UNRWA DONOR
[...] (U) Kuwait, demonstrating its continued support for Palestinian refugees, pledged $1.5M at the December 5 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) donor conference held in New York. Kuwait's 2005 pledge matches its 2004 contribution and will support UNRWA's 2006 budget. Another 19 coun [...]
2005-12-10 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PGOV PREL WE GZ KU
05KUWAIT5070KUWAIT REQUESTS FILES ON RELEASED GUANTANAMO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Coordination and Follow-Up Department called poloff December 10 to request that the U.S. military files of the five Guantanamo detainees released November 4 be passed [...]
2005-12-10 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5077KUWAIT ABOUNDS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
[...] During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Public Works Bader N. Al-Humaidi informed the Ambassador that the State of Kuwait is moving forward on a number of infrastructure projects deemed as top priorities to the Government of Kuwait (GOK). The Minister complimented U.S. architectural and civ [...]
2005-12-11 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP KLTN PIN KU
05KUWAIT5081OIL INDUSTRY CONTACTS TALK INVESTMENTS, PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In the first two weeks of December, Econ Officer heard from a number of oil industry contacts that, while the GOK and the Kuwait oil industry are serious about investment in increasing upstream and downstream capacity, a bottleneck remains in bringing concepts to f [...]
2005-12-11 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON BEXP PINR KU
05KUWAIT5082TERRORIST FINANCE: AMBASSADOR OPENS ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered remarks at the opening of an anti-money laundering and terror finance conference hosted by Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC) and DHS's U.S. Custom's Advisory Team. The Ambassador's remarks praised ongoing cooperation between the GOK and t [...]
2005-12-11 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5083FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed told the Ambassador that he was very pleased by the progress of the revised press law and he believes it has a very good chance of being approved by the National Assembly in the near future. Al-Rasheed said that P [...]
2005-12-12 03:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALCVIS KDEM KPAO KU KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
05KUWAIT5100APOSTOLIC NUNCIO RAISES VATICAN CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff met with Mounged El-Hachem, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Yemen, on December 10. El-Hachem praised Kuwait's general atmosphere of religious tolerance but said two concrete issues would receive a great deal of his focus. 2. (SBU) First [...]
2005-12-12 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL PINR VT KU
05KUWAIT5101ENGAGING THOUSANDS - KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL BOOK
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy participated in Kuwait's 30th International Book Fair, organized by the National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters, from November 24 to December 2, 2005. Most of the tens of thousands of visitors were conservative Muslims accompanied by family members. Public Affair [...]
2005-12-13 04:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5113MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS
[...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...]
2005-12-14 04:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT5114DOD AVIAN FLU BRIEFING TO GOK MILITARY DOCTORS;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY On December 12, U.S. military medical personnel briefed Kuwaiti military doctors on Avian Influenza (AI) and the U.S. military's preparations for a possible outbreak. Comments and follow-up questions from Kuwaiti attendees indicate that the briefing was well received. On Decem [...]
2005-12-14 04:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KU
05KUWAIT512RAID NETS SAUDI, JORDANIAN MILITANTS; KUWAIT
[...] Summary: In the latest round of raids on suspected militants since security crackdowns began January 10, police on February 5 reportedly captured five suspected militants, including two Saudi Arabian and three Jordanian citizens. Kuwaiti security forces have been authorized and are using all n [...]
2005-02-06 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KPAO ASEC KU SA JO TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5125AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM ON KUWAIT BECOMING A
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU
05KUWAIT5128TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...]
2005-12-14 12:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU
05KUWAIT5129AMBASSADOR RESTATES TO FOREIGN MINISTER THE CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ANET KU
05KUWAIT5130FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GEN. AL-MUMIN IS THE
[...] (C) During a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah confirmed that General Ali Hassan Al Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff and current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),is the Government's choice for a [...]
2005-12-14 12:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU
05KUWAIT5133KUWAIT: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT DRAFT
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2005 Terrorism Report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed in reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Officer Andrea F. Gastaldo who can be reached at GastaldoAF2@stat [...]
2005-12-14 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5134KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered December 14 reftel message and points to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Regarding the Strategic Investment Initative, the Ambassador outlined the strategic approach to regional aid that was first raised by the Secretary in Manam [...]
2005-12-14 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KU
05KUWAIT5135FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR URGES WORDS TO MATCH
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador December 14 that Kuwait had a strong record of encouraging religious tolerance and did not need to respond to calls by extremists to limit the construction of places of worship other than mosques. The Ambassador agreed the GOK [...]
2005-12-14 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT5136FREEDOM AGENDA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POSTPONES
[...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly voted on December 12 in favor of postponing discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006. The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue, and after the Government came out pub [...]
2005-12-14 14:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT5137SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...]
2005-12-14 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT514KUWAITI BLOGGERS: VOICES OF THE FUTURE
[...] (U) Summary: Econ Officer attended 2 February a monthly meeting of Kuwaiti web-bloggers where the group discussed their various web-logs, technology, politics, religion, social life, and a variety of other issues. The group was made up of nine men and one woman, mostly in their early to mid [...]
2005-02-07 05:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT SCUL SOCI ECON KU
05KUWAIT5140THE HIGH IMPACT OF CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY KUWAIT'S CULTURAL AND SPORTS OUTREACH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REACHING NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF YOUNG KUWAITIS. SPORTS PROGRAMS SERVE AS A SUPERB TOOL WITH WHICH TO REACH YOUNG KUWAITI MALES, A KEY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS, AS WELL AS YOUN [...]
2005-12-16 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5143TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5144TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5163NEW ORLEANS ALL-STARS THRILL KUWAIT
[...] SUMMARY: On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005, the New Orleans All-Star Brass Band performed to a packed hotel ballroom in downtown Kuwait to thank the people and Government of Kuwait for their support following Hurricane Katrina. The Charge d'Affaires welcomed and thanked the Kuwaiti pub [...]
2005-12-17 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5164GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-17 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PTER KU
05KUWAIT5165KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY
[...] Summary: Over the Kuwaiti weekend, Arabic dailies provided a low volume of coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections. For the most part, offering only news of wide participation by Sunnis. Sporadic reports of the alleged Iranian truck full of forged ballot boxes being seized as it attempte [...]
2005-12-18 04:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5166KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language press continued its coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections calling the election "a step towards unity and a better future for Iraq." Despite claims of possible fraud, the Kuwaiti press paid more attention to the fact that the elections were carried out [...]
2005-12-18 04:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5183LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL
[...] Following the May 16 decision to grant women full political rights, the National Assembly on December 13 approved a temporary amendment to the 1962 election law to facilitate the first-time registration of female voters in Kuwait. The amendment requires, for this registration period only, th [...]
2005-12-18 11:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT5186FREEDOM AGENDA: HEATED DEBATE OVER ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12, the National Assembly voted to postpone discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006 (ref A). The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue. Top government officials recently st [...]
2005-12-19 10:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
05KUWAIT5190PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PLANNING MARCH
[...] (SBU) MP and head of Parliament's Human Rights Committee Ali Al-Rashed announced December 10, International Human Rights Day, that he intended to organize a March conference, to coincide with International Women's Day, on human rights with a specific focus on women's issues. During a December [...]
2005-12-19 12:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PINR KU
05KUWAIT5191GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQIS ON SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL
[...] (U) The Council of Ministers issued a statement December 18 congratulating the "brotherly Iraqi people" for the success of the December 15 national elections. In the statement, the Cabinet lauded the active participation of diverse Iraqi groups and sects, and expressed hope the elections wou [...]
2005-12-19 12:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT5231SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006
[...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...]
2005-12-21 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KU
05KUWAIT5234DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 23 IMF
[...] (C) CDA conveyed reftel points to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah December 22 at 1600 local. Jarallah said the GOK was aware of the December 23 IMF board meeting on Iraq's Stand-by Arrangement. He said he would contact the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Washington to advise him to deliver the necessary instru [...]
2005-12-22 15:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT5252SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO CONCESSION IN KUWAIT-SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Officials from Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT),a subsidiary of U.S. oil company Chevron, told the Ambassador on December 10 that SAT was concerned about the Kuwait National Petroleum Company's (KNPC) plans to build a new refinery in an area adjacent to SAT's compound in t [...]
2005-12-26 13:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
05KUWAIT5266KUWAIT PROJECT STALLED IN PARLIAMENT...AGAIN, KP
[...] (C) Summary: After reviewing a critical State Audit Bureau report on the enabling law for the participation of foreign companies in the development of Kuwait's northern oilfields (Kuwait Project),the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Affairs Committee withdrew its previously submitt [...]
2005-12-27 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT5270PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS
[...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...]
2005-12-27 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5283KUWAIT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROLE OF
[...] Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad opened on December 26 "The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon." The two-day conference brought together representatives from 27 [...]
2005-12-28 09:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5285MEPI AND BMENA IN KUWAIT: YOUNG ARAB LEADERS
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT On December 27, Ambassador met with Maha Al-Ghunaim, Vice-Chairperson and Managing Director of Global Investment House (GIH),to discuss the Young Arab Leaders organization in Kuwait (YAL-K). Also on 12/27, Ambassador spoke with Kuwait Economic Society head Dr. Rola Dasth [...]
2005-12-28 12:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI PINR KDEM KPAO ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT5286KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: The New Press Law
[...] Summary: The Kuwaiti press was vigorous in its coverage of the new press law which was seen as groundbreaking. The daily Arabic-language newspapers provided readers with some of the modifications proposed by the special panel formed to study the law and also changes that have been made to the [...]
2005-12-28 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KU
05KUWAIT5287MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers praised a conference examining the role of education in confronting extremism as being a good initiative taken by the Ministry of Education. The conference, The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of [...]
2005-12-28 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU
05KUWAIT5288KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Iraqi Elections
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on Iraqi elections, praising the process and the peaceful manner in which it was carried out. The courage of the people going to the polls was also praised and they were seen as heroes in their own right. However Mr. Al-Ghabra, writing for [...]
2005-12-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM KMDR IZ KU
05KUWAIT5289KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: International Conference on
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on their pages of the first International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon, reporting on it as a news piece. Dr. Shamlan Yousef Al-Issa is a professor of political science at th [...]
2005-12-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU
05KUWAIT5290KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Iran's Nuclear Program
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers have not covered the Iranian nuclear program and its international implications with great depth. Articles and news pieces have appeared sporadically when there have been major developments. The article below was published in a daily newspap [...]
2005-12-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR KU XF
05KUWAIT5299HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...]
2005-12-31 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU
05KUWAIT5306FREEDOM AGENDA: LACK OF QUORUM IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) The last three National Assembly sessions of 2005 epitomized the obstacles to passage of key legislation on the Assembly agenda, such as the revised press law. (Note: The current parliamentary term began on October 17 and ends in July 2006. End note.) During its December 26 session, [...]
2005-12-31 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT537CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST
[...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Taweel told Poloffs February 6 that the GOK effort to rid the country of militants was "just beginning." He said there are approximately 250 people in Kuwait who have been identified as suspected militants and are wanted by the government. 2. (C) Taweel, who [...]
2005-02-07 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT539FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]
2005-02-07 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT540ENERGY MINISTER SAYS OIF/AIK FUEL ISSUE IS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy regarding a variety of issues, including on-going negotiations for fuel used by coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and as assistance in kind (AIK) for Kuwait-specific activities under the Defense Cooperation [...]
2005-02-07 15:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT568ENERGY MINISTER COMMENTS ON OPEC AND PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (U) Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy H.E. Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah regarding a variety of issues. This cable concerns the Minister's comments on the recent OPEC session in Vienna and major electricity and oil recovery infrastructure projects in Kuwait. [...]
2005-02-08 14:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG BEXP KU
05KUWAIT571BSE: COMMERCE WILL PUSH FOR REMOVAL OF WASHINGTON
[...] On February 8, emboffs met with Ministry of Commerce Undersecretary Rasheed Al-Tabtabaei and Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Controls Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi to discuss Kuwait's remaining ban on U.S. beef imports from Washington state. Econ/C explained that the regional ban does nothing [...]
2005-02-09 06:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO KU
05KUWAIT594C/T UPDATE: PM SAYS ERA OF SOFTNESS OVER, TERROR
[...] Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed told newspaper editors February 7 that the "era of softness" was over and the GOK would begin demolishing unlicensed mosques which the GOK partially blamed for the spread of radical ideology. The comments came during a meeting the PM called with e [...]
2005-02-09 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM KPAO KU
05KUWAIT638KUWAIT'S COMMERCIAL BANKS: SURVEY OF RESULTS, IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Following up on his December 2004 meeting with the Central Bank Governor (Ref B) Ambassador met during January and February with the top executives of the leading Kuwait banks. The bank executives were generally positive about the Kuwaiti economy and the strength o [...]
2005-02-13 12:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PTER KU IZ
05KUWAIT65KUWAIT LIFTS BAN ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS EXCEPT FROM
[...] On January 2, the GOK officially announced that it had lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef from all states except/except Washington, effective December 22, 2004. The ban, imposed in late 2003 following the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Washington State, prevented the import of all U. [...]
2005-01-05 08:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD BEXP ECON PREL
05KUWAIT650NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS POSITIVE ON NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During January and February, Ambassador met with five prominent MPs and discussed the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields and the associated enabling law, which will come before a vote in the National Assembly soon. The MPs were generally supportive of t [...]
2005-02-14 09:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET BEXP ECON KU
05KUWAIT651KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AGREE WITH GOK ON
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During January and February, Ambassador met with five prominent MPs and discussed Iraqi debt relief. Most of the MPs were supportive of the GOK's efforts to offer comparable treatment to the Paris Club decision to forgive 80% of Iraqi debts, but voiced a need to show [...]
2005-02-14 09:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT656ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING,
[...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]
2005-02-14 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT669MINISTER OF FINANCE AND TREASURY U/S DISCUSS AID
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mahmoud Al-Nouri hosted a working dinner 9 February for Department of Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor at which the two discussed aid to the Palestinians, Iraqi debt and reconstruction, future plans for BMENA and G8 involvement in economic and political [...]
2005-02-15 08:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN KU IZ GZ WE
05KUWAIT729PEPSICO DELEGATION CONSULTS WITH EMBASSY ON TAX
[...] (U) Ambassador met with PepsiCo representatives on February 16, 2005 to discuss a tax judgment against PepsiCo that they are fighting in Kuwaiti courts. In October 2004, the Court of First Instance upheld the Kuwait Department of Income Tax (DIT) determination that the former local Pepsi bot [...]
2005-02-16 14:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EFIN ETRD KU
05KUWAIT73GOK INCREASES AID FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS
[...] Summary: The GOK's initial pledge of $1 million in humanitarian assistance immediately after the tsunami was subsequently doubled, then increased to $10 million by the first week of January. Private aid groups, companies and individual citizens have all stepped forward with donations of mon [...]
2005-01-05 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT76KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE: A GROWING ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC KU
05KUWAIT762MFA REPLIES TO 15 FEBRUARY SECDEF LETTER ON
[...] (C) Summary. While protesting the tone of the recent SecDef letter to MinDef on OIF fuel, MFA told us on February 20 that the GOK will send an interagency team to Washington in March to resolve the fuel issue and "all other issues" related to Kuwaiti support for OIF. MFA made an "official o [...]
2005-02-20 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT768"SYRIAL KILLERS:" MARCHERS IN KUWAIT PROTEST
[...] A crowd of 100-200 peaceful protesters chanted anti-Syrian slogans, waved Lebanese flags and carried pictures of the late Rafiq Hariri near the Embassy of Lebanon in Kuwait on February 21, coinciding with a protest through the streets of downtown Beirut. This was the second such rally in Kuwait [...]
2005-02-21 13:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KU LE PDEM
05KUWAIT796KUWAITI GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO PRESS PARLIAMENT ON
[...] If Kuwait's senior leaders have their way, Kuwaiti women soon will have the right to join men at the ballot box. The GOK asked the National Assembly on February 20 to hold a special session to debate a draft law granting women the right to vote, pending since May 2004. This move comes four day [...]
2005-02-22 13:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT797SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...]
2005-02-22 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU
05KUWAIT926DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
[...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...]
2005-03-06 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC KU
05KUWAIT927SPEAKER SAYS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COULD GO EITHER WAY
[...] (C) During a brief exchange at a social event on March 5, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told Ambassador that the Assembly vote on women's political rights would either pass or fail by one or two votes. The Speaker said that the government could decide to handle the issue through [...]
2005-03-06 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KWMN PGOV KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT936KUWAIT PROJECT (NORTHERN OILFIELDS) STATUS:
[...] (U) March 2005 newspaper reports and conversations with post interlocutors show continued progress by the National Assembly's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee on studying the enabling law allowing for outside investment in the petroleum sector. If passed, the law would allow for the [...]
2005-03-07 10:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT941 MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS
[...] Summary: With National Assembly discussion of the proposed bill granting women their political rights scheduled for March 7, media speculation on the bill's chances, and attempts to rally both support and opposition, has reached a steady pitch. While handicapping has evinced no clear favorite, [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05KUWAIT943MINISTRY OF ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY OUTLINES GAS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 6 meeting with Economic Counselor, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own outlined Kuwait's options for receiving much-needed gas to fuel electric power plants. He said that Kuwait was now focusing its efforts on the two most promising options: drilling in [...]
2005-03-07 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PINR KU IZ OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT977FIJIANS ASSESSING NEED FOR HONORARY CONSUL IN
[...] While Post is unable to comment on the current size of the Fijian population in Kuwait, we confirm that Kuwait's labor force is largely composed of expatriate workers who are also key to supply efforts for Operation Iraqi Freedom. As reported in reftel, there appears to be a surge in the number [...]
2005-03-09 07:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON FJ KU
05KUWAIT989BSE: FOOD SAFETY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW BAN ON US
[...] (U) During a March 9, 2005 meeting with Undersecretary Rasheed Al-Tabtabaei, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi, the Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Controls, Econcoun inquired about the status of the ban on importing beef from Washington state, refe [...]
2005-03-09 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR TBIO KU
05KUWAIT991KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...]
2005-03-09 13:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05LAGOS1064WORLD BANK STRATEGY FOR DEBT RELIEF IN NIGERIA MAY
[...] (U) On July 5, 2005, the Lagos Business School held its usual monthly breakfast for Nigerian business leaders. Different from the usual, however, this month's meeting focused on Nigeria's recent triumph in securing debt relief from Paris Club donors. Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank (WB) Country D [...]
2005-07-07 17:02:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1073 NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: The National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) remains deadlocked over the issues of resource control and the rotation and length of presidential power (reftel). July 11 has been set for the resumption of talks, but positions have hardened, increasingly along ethnic fault-line [...]
2005-07-08 09:59:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1128NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL
[...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...]
2005-07-14 11:41:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS116SOUTHERN POLITICIANS CONTINUE GRUMBLING ABOUT
[...] (S) Summary: Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, dissatisfaction with President Obasanjo is again escalating following a brief respite over the holidays. The whispering about whether Obasanjo should be removed from office is be [...]
2005-01-28 13:31:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI
05LAGOS1204NIGERIAN COURT DELIVERS SECOND CONVICTIONS UNDER
[...] Summary. The GON has convicted two individuals involved in a trafficking in persons ring in Kano state, northern Nigeria. Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) expects at least one more conviction by year's end. Officials involved in the fight again [...]
2005-07-29 07:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
05LAGOS1277NIGERIA: REPORTED AL QA'IDA ACTIVITY
[...] (S) Summary. Professor Ukandi Damachi, a long-time Mission contact and close advisor to former head-of-state Ibrahim Babangida, recently told us about a chance encounter he had with pro-Obasanjo members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) executive. These partisans alleged an association [...]
2005-08-15 15:43:00Consulate LagosSECRETPTER PINR PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1289VIRGIN NIGERIA PLANS TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) soon plans to formally apply for a direct flight between Nigeria and the U.S. The airline sees New York, Chicago, and Houston, in that order, as the three most profitable routes. If approval is granted, VN hopes to begin operations by Christmas 2005. End Summar [...]
2005-08-17 06:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS1341NNPC ATTEMPTS TO FORCE MAJORS TO SELL, REFINE
[...] (C) U.S. major oil firms are concerned about new Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) proposals to mandate in-country refining. In a series of meetings with ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, as well as with Shell, top executives raised alarm over a recently proposed regulat [...]
2005-08-26 13:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NI
05LAGOS1356 2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING SEMINARS:
[...] Per action request in ref B, para 5, Post submits the following nominee for participation in the 2005 Worker Rights Training Seminar in Cairo from September 21-22. 2. Suggested Participant's Name and Title: Eshel William Murad, Political/Economic Officer Name of Supervisor: Shannon Ro [...]
2005-08-30 14:55:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM NI
05LAGOS1359ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: JACKDAN
[...] Per action request in reftel, Post submits observations on the planned OPIC loan of USD 2.4 million to support the development of Jackdan Breweries Nigeria Limited, a microbrewery and water treatment and bottling project in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. 2. There is a significant consumer base for b [...]
2005-08-30 15:07:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN NI
05LAGOS1369NNPC HEAD TELLS OIL MAJORS - CONSTRUCT REFINERIES,
[...] (C) ConocoPhillips Managing Director (MD) Todd Creeger briefed us on an August 25 meeting between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Group Managing Director (GMD) Kupolokun and the MDs of Nigeria's major energy companies. Kupolokun told the MDs he was under intense pressure, apparen [...]
2005-08-31 18:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ECON NI
05LAGOS1376NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE HIKE AND NATIONAL STRIKE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On August 26, the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency (PPPRA),citing increased international oil prices, raised gas prices from 50 Naira/liter to 65 Naira/liter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) requested the increase, claiming it could no longer shoulder the financ [...]
2005-09-01 16:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1378CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTION AND GON
[...] (S/NF) In a wide-ranging discussion with Ambassador Campbell, Chevron Nigeria Managing Director (MD) Jay Pryor expressed deep concern regarding "an underground PR campaign" by the GON against the petroleum industry. He specifically mentioned public attacks by Minister of Solid Minerals Ezek [...]
2005-09-01 18:06:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PGOV EINV ECON NI
05LAGOS1425NIGERIAN VP'S POLITICAL FUTURE DIMS
[...] (S) Summary. A long-standing consulate contact said pro-Obasanjo hardliners in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were eagerly waiting information from the FBI they hoped would incriminate Vice-President Atiku. In his political distress, Atiku is reaching out to former head-of-state Ibrahim [...]
2005-09-14 15:27:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1450VIRGIN NIGERIA APPLIES FOR U.S. ROUTE
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) CEO, Simon Harford, and Head of Corporate Development, Yemi Osindero, recently told ConGen officers their application for a direct U.S. route was nearly completed, and requested Embassy officials submit the [...]
2005-09-19 09:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS1480SOLID MINERALS MINISTER EZEKWESILI SHARES HER
[...] (C) Summary: In an August conversation with the Consul General, Minister of Solid Minerals Oby Ezekwesili stressed the President will step down in 2007. Despite urging from several quarters to prolong his tenure, Obasanjo wants to make room for a reformer from the next generation of Nigerian [...]
2005-09-24 13:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1573NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...]
2005-10-12 12:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM NI
05LAGOS1645SITREP #3: LAGOS BELLEVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME
[...] Lagos EAC reconvened at 0900 October 23 concerning crash of Bellview flight number 3210. The Nigerian National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has publicly released the flight manifest (faxed to OpCenter). Mission has confirmed that the name of the USDH on board (ref A) was on the manifest. [...]
2005-10-23 12:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EAIR NI PREL
05LAGOS1648SITREP #5: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER
[...] (SBU/NF) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at approximately 19:30 yesterday, October 23. Per reftel, they reported no likely survivors and an unstable security environment around the crash scene. The crash site is not a very large area. The CRT did not see large sectio [...]
2005-10-24 10:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1662SITREP #8: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at 1530 (local time) and will deploy again tomorrow. CRT confirmed that while the overall security climate at the site has improved, there is still fairly open public access, which may compromise evidence. Separately, the Red Cross [...]
2005-10-25 18:51:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1747NIGERIA: FOOD PRICE QUARTERLY
[...] (U) Summary: Food prices in Nigeria have risen over the last twelve months. While official reports estimate an increase of below 20% for staple foods, nongovernmental food industry reports estimate staple foods increased between 20 - 60%. This increase has a disproportionate impact on the poo [...]
2005-11-10 15:34:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI NI
05LAGOS1785EAC LAGOS CONVENED TO DISCUSS AVIAN BIRD FLU
[...] (SBU) Embassy Lagos Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on November 18, 2005 to discuss preparations in the event of an Avian influenza virus outbreak. Present at the meeting was the CG, RSO, MGMT, POL, ECON, CLO, RAO, FBI, CONS, GSO, DAO, MSG, and RMO. 2. (U) MED discussed the need f [...]
2005-11-25 14:07:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC NI
05LAGOS1802NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005
[...] (U) Summary: The GON's single digit inflation target now seems a mirage as inflation figures for August rose to 28.2% from 26.1% in July. Experts expect September figures to be about 21%. In the official markets, the naira was stable at about N130/$1 as of late October, while parallel market [...]
2005-11-28 15:13:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LAGOS1811TROOPS, LEGAL ACTIONS INCREASE BAYELSA TENSION
[...] (C) Summary: Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, is the site of a quiet but increasingly tense political standoff. While Governor Alamieyeseigha is going through the motions of normal operations, he is being guarded and supported by scores of armed Ijaw irregulars. Meanwhile, up to 1,000 Fed [...]
2005-11-30 09:27:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1869SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH:CONSULAR AND NTSB
[...] (U) In response to the December 10 Sosoliso flight OSL 1145 air crash, Mission sent a two-member consular response team (CRT) to Port Harcourt on December 11 to observe the crash site, to ascertain the number of Amcits involved, and follow up on Amcit casualties. The Nigerian Red Cross report [...]
2005-12-11 16:17:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL
05LAGOS1875NIGERIA LAUNCHES ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
[...] (U) Continuing its high profile campaign to reform the power sector, the GON inaugurated the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on October 31. The 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) mandates NERC promote quality and efficiency in the provision of electricity, and en [...]
2005-12-12 15:26:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV NI ENERG
05LAGOS1876SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH/ENUGU BUS ACCIDENT
[...] (SBU) Consular Response Team (CRT) reported Doctor's Without Borders (DWB) collected Amcit Hawa Kamara's remains and are in contact with Ms. Kamara's parents to arrange for transport of her remains and personal effects to Monrovia, Liberia (Ms. Kamara was a DWB employee). Post has tried to rea [...]
2005-12-12 18:07:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL
05LAGOS1883ENUGU BUS CRASH AMCITS SAFELY MEDEVACED;SOSOLISO
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. -------------------------------------- Enugu Bus Crash Amcits Safely Medevaced --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Last night, Amcit Erin Cothran was medevaced to Accra and AmCit Rebecca Carter was medevaced to Johannesburg. [...]
2005-12-13 16:20:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL
05LAGOS1921OYO IMPEACHMENT SPARKS VIOLENCE IN ASSEMBLY
[...] (U) December normally experiences a decline in political activity and caviling in Nigeria. However, this December is an exception and is perhaps a sign of what is to come in 2006. If so, Nigeria may be in for a rough ride at the state as well as the national level. The Oyo State House of [...]
2005-12-20 13:30:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1934DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
[...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...]
2005-12-21 16:06:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS419RECENT TIP CASES SHOW NIGERIA'S PROGRESS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late February, state government officials in Lagos closed an "orphanage" run by a supposed church minister that was fronting for child trafficking and other illicit practices. On March 5, police in Lagos intercepted a truck carrying more than 60 children from Niger State. T [...]
2005-03-16 12:32:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
05LAGOS477NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...]
2005-03-29 10:59:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS502TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS
[...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...]
2005-04-01 21:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS507NIGERIA: PICK ME FOR PRESIDENT, OK HOW ABOUT VICE
[...] (C) Summary: Governors Odili and Alamieyeseigha representing Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, harbor unrealistic presidential aspirations, but are contenders for the Vice Presidential slot. Though President Obasanjo has cooled somewhat towards Odili following the governor's failure to [...]
2005-04-04 11:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS661SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, APRIL
[...] This cable is a roundup of various recent incidents that reflect the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. - [...]
2005-05-04 14:55:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ELAB NI
05LAGOS722AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: NIGERIA
[...] The Oru Refugee Camp in Ogun State, Nigeria, has a critical need for latrines. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) minimum standard is one latrine per 20 people; at one latrine per nearly 70 people, Oru Camp falls below this standard. Mission proposes a grant of $20,000 [...]
2005-05-16 06:42:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREF NI
05LAGOS782AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: NIGERIA
[...] This is a revision of the proposal submitted in reftel B. As requested in ref C, this revised submission proposes the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) rather than the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as the grant recipient. ---------------- Proposal Summary ---------------- [...]
2005-05-27 13:02:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREF NI
05LAGOS89CONTINENTAL STEPS CLOSER TO DIRECT LAGOS-
[...] (SBU) Introduction and summary. On December 2, 2004, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approved Continental Airlines' request to provide daily service between Newark and Lagos, possibly as early as this spring. That same day the NCAA informed Continental that its initiation of fli [...]
2005-01-19 16:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV NI CVIS
05LAPAZ3518VENEZUELA OVERSTEPS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] Summary: In a diplomatic stumble, Venezuelan Charge d'Affairs Rafael Valero hailed Evo Morales as the anti-imperialist candidate and criticized Podemos rival Tuto Qurioga as the puppet of multinationals and the U.S. in a press conference on November 23. Public reaction to Venezuelan "interf [...]
2005-11-25 21:32:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BL
05LILONGWE1020MALAWI REQUESTS END USER AGREEMENT ON HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has submitted, via diplomatic note to the Embassy, a request for an End User, Retransfer and Security Assurances agreement covering four UH-1H helicopters. The helicopters, tail numbers 317, 331, 360, and 387, are to be donated to Malawi by Taiwan. Post has no [...]
2005-12-05 14:43:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PGOV PREL MI TW
05LILONGWE1043MALAWI TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVATIZED AT LAST
[...] (SBU) After a delay that started last August, Malawi's telecom provider has been sold to a consortium of local companies for $29 million. President Bingu wa Mutharika had stopped the deal out of concern that the privatized company might disconnect the two state-owned television broadcasters. [...]
2005-12-15 08:07:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ECPS KCOR MI
05LILONGWE1059TEST OF PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT TO ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is investigating two cases against high-profile government ministers, which serve as another test of President Mutharika's commitment to his zero-tolerance anti-corruption campaign. If either is convicted it would be a blow to the President's Democratic [...]
2005-12-19 14:18:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MI
05LILONGWE128MALAWI CONSIDERS NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
[...] (SBU) As Malawi's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) reaches the end of its three-year life, the GOM has floated the idea of taking a new tack as it develops its next PRSP. The proposed new agenda would be based on the Malawi Economic Growth Strategy, essentially a plan for removing constr [...]
2005-02-09 10:57:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EINV PREL KMCA MI
05LILONGWE175MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT
[...] Following is Embassy's update for the President's AGOA Report, as requested in reftel. Embassy has also submitted this update via e-mail to AF/EPS Mary Fleming. 2. Status: AGOA eligible, including for textile and apparel benefits. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: Malawi's exports under AGO [...]
2005-02-24 14:43:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN MI AGOA
05LILONGWE177MALAWI LOSES GARMENT MANUFACTURER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Haps Investments, one of Malawi's largest AGOA garment manufacturers, has ceased operations, putting over 2,000 employees out of work. The closure stems from the financial failure of the Taiwanese parent company, which apparently faltered as a result of losses suffered at its ope [...]
2005-02-25 10:02:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND MI AGOA BUD FIN
05LILONGWE202DVC on MCA Threshold Program Gets Rave Reviews
[...] Post wishes to thank all those in Washington who organized and participated in the March 1 digital video conference hosted by USAID Washington on the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. The DVC received high-level participation here, and key MCC officials in Washington were able [...]
2005-03-04 06:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KMCA KPAO PGOV ECON MI
05LILONGWE227DEBT PROPOSAL A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR MALAWI
[...] (SBU) Over the past week, Embassy has discussed the relative merits of the U.S. and U.K. proposals for debt relief to poor countries (reftel) with senior Malawian officials in ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and economic planning. To a person, our interlocutors have been unaware of ev [...]
2005-03-10 14:06:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EAID PA MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE447RURAL LOAN PROGRAM ENDANGERS MICROFINANCE SECTOR
[...] Summary: Against the advice of donors and banking experts, the GOM has launched a controversial rural loan program with subsidized interest rates, administered by a state-owned bank that has no experience in microfinance. The U.S. and other donors have expressed our concerns, but the GOM is de [...]
2005-05-26 06:33:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE452FAMILY AND FRIENDS: NEPOTISM IN THE MUTHARIKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mutharika has placed relatives in key government positions as he struggles to build a political base for himself and his party. The president's cousin is serving as head of the Public Service, and two adult daughters have been appointed to positions in State House. Mut [...]
2005-05-27 07:57:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
05LILONGWE508MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL
[...] (C) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is said to be ready to bring the issue to the floor soon, and the President's office is canvassing diplomatic missions for legal help. At this point, the main [...]
2005-06-16 12:22:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI
05LILONGWE509MALAWI: POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2
[...] (U) Malawi 2. (U) Grant No: MLW-102-G01-H-00 Phase 1 amount: $41,751,500.00 Phase 2 amount requested in proposal: $155 million 3. (SBU) Overall Comments/Recommendations: Post recommends funding Malawi's Phase II, HIV/AIDS proposal at the levels requested. However, approval of Phase II [...]
2005-06-16 14:48:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KHIV SOCI TBIO MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE579PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE
[...] Despite a year of solid success in imposing discipline on government spending and launching a strong anti-corruption campaign, President Mutharika has been frustrated in his reform agenda by an increasingly militant opposition and a weak civil service. A series of negative media stories has p [...]
2005-07-08 09:20:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE649PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET; SIDELINES
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has reorganized his Cabinet, removing the portfolio of Vice-President Chilumpha and demoting the Minister of Information. The President also fired the Minister of Mines and the Environment, promoted the Minister of Home Affairs to Minister of Agriculture, an [...]
2005-08-01 14:48:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL TBIO MI
05LILONGWE709MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON HOLD
[...] (C) The GOM has suspended the privatization of Malawi's parastatal telecommunications monopoly at the last moment. The privatization is a condition of two large World Bank programs in Malawi. The President apparently made the decision out of fear that the privatized company might sabotage sta [...]
2005-08-18 10:31:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ECPS KPRV PGOV PREL MI
05LILONGWE750SACHS AND FERTILIZER IN MALAWI
[...] (C) The UNDP's recently issued Flash Alert on Malawi's food crisis contains a plan for providing free fertilizer and seed for 2 million farmers this growing season. The plan has received practically no support among local agriculture and food experts in Malawi, for reasons that Embassy views a [...]
2005-08-31 14:43:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EAID MI
05LILONGWE761PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW US AMBASSADOR AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) On Monday, September 5, President Mutharika announced a number of new diplomatic appointments in the Malawian Foreign Service. Topping the list is the appointment of Francis Moto, former Principal at Chancellor College, as Ambassador to the U.S. This is the first that the Embassy has h [...]
2005-09-06 14:54:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM MI PGOV TBIO
05LILONGWE773PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR MINISTER, WEAKENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Irrigation and Water Development Minister Gwanda Chakuamba, one of the most powerful politicians in Malawi, has left the government. As a head of a governing coalition partner, he could take some of the 15 MPs from his Republican Party (RP) out of government with him,further we [...]
2005-09-08 14:56:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV TBIO MI
05LILONGWE905MALAWI ON WTO AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to trade ministry principal secretary Newby Kumwembe on 3 October, with follow up on 11 October. As is usual in Malawi's multilateral trade discussions, Kumwembwe anticipated that Malawi would follow the consensus of least-developed countries in the WTO n [...]
2005-10-13 14:51:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EAGR ETRD
05LILONGWE906AL QAIDA MADE ME DO IT: GONDWE'S TALL STORY ON
[...] (U) In the midst of a raucous parliamentary debate on October 12 over the food and fertilizer situation in Malawi, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe was asked to explain delays in getting fertilizer imported and distributed to depots around the country. He said the GOM had sealed a fertilizer d [...]
2005-10-13 14:57:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER EAID MI
05LILONGWE924MODEST IMPROVEMENT TO MALAWI'S MICROLENDING FUND
[...] (SBU) The GOM recently responded to concerns about its new microfinance program by announcing that it was offering something slightly closer to commercially viable interest rates. The program has been the subject of heated political debate, on the assumption that the loans will be political h [...]
2005-10-25 05:26:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MI
05LIMA1017PRESIDENT TOLEDO REALIGNS CABINET: POLS REPLACE
[...] (U) President Toledo replaced four cabinet members on 2/26, bringing in new heads for the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Labor and Production. The new faces raise the profile of Toledo's Peru Possible party in the government -- two of the new ministers are strong party members and the th [...]
2005-03-02 22:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PE ATPDEA
05LIMA1146Request for Human Rights Vetting: PNP STUDENTS
[...] NAS requests human rights vetting for the following Peruvian Police personnel to participate in TRAINING AT SANTA LUCIA PNP SCHOOL. Relevant Embassy sections will conduct a search of their files. Please process vetting by MARCH 22, 2005. ALIAGA VILLOGAS, YIMBER OSWALDO ALUMNO PNP HUAN [...]
2005-03-07 22:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MASS MARR PE
05LIMA1159BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK: APPLICATION 05-888772
[...] Embassy regrets the delay in responding to Reftels, which was due to a lack of cooperation from the Peruvian Air Force and Navy. The new commands of both institutions, who took over this year, have promised to cooperate and have begun to provide answers to our Blue Lantern inquiries. 2. [...]
2005-03-08 16:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC PE
05LIMA1190FORMER PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA TALKS POLITICS, TRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with former President Alan Garcia on 2/28 at APRA Party Headquarters. Garcia stressed the importance to APRA of forming inter-party alliances for the 2006 presidential campaign, and said he expected to enter into negotiations on an alliance with former Preside [...]
2005-03-09 22:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ETRD PE
05LIMA1191COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXIM BANK OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 13:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN OTRA CI PE EXIM
05LIMA1215PERU REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR SPANISH AWARD
[...] The Foreign Ministry, by diplomatic note dated 2/25/05, requested that the United States, as a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Binational Plan for Development of the Peru-Ecuador Frontier ("Binational Plan"),support the Andean Development Corporation's (CAF) nomination [...]
2005-03-10 21:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PE
05LIMA1228UNHCHR-61 DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-11 17:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA1233PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC
[...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...]
2005-03-11 19:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PE UNHRC
05LIMA1246OPIUM STRATEGY PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (C) The Mission strategy to combat opium production and trafficking in Peru was laid out in REF A in January. Since then, Embassy agencies including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Military Assistance Group (MAAG) have been aggressively [...]
2005-03-14 21:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1272FTA and culture: Peruvian response
[...] Summary: In July 2004, a group of renowned Peruvian artists and intellectuals, led by congresswoman Elvira de la Puente, created the Peruvian Coalition for Cultural Diversity to defend, promote, and protect Peruvian cultural industries and patrimony. The Coalition sent President Toledo a let [...]
2005-03-15 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP ECON KIPR PE
05LIMA1344(U) DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DRUG MARKETS IN PERU
[...] (U) The responses in this cable reference the questions posed in Ref A. A. (S) Describe cocaine trafficking organizations in Peru? Do they typically specialize in one drug activity? What is their average size? How are they structured? Are they vertically or horizontally integrated? [...]
2005-03-21 16:18:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPINR SNAR PE EXIM
05LIMA1346Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report
[...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]
2005-03-21 16:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA1409FUTURE OF OUR CN PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IN PERU
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported reftels, our Mission counter- drug strategy in the short term will be focused on holding the line against expansion of coca and opium cultivation and drawing the noose around no-go coca source zones through eradication and alternative development. The advent in mid [...]
2005-03-23 21:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1660MOVEMENT ON THE EXXON-MOBIL DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Economic Commission of Congress is expected to deliberate on the Ministry of Finance (MEF) amendment to the tax law in upcoming weeks. The amendment would grant Exxon-Mobil a $15 million credit over the next three and half years. The Mining and Petroleum Society (SNMPE) [...]
2005-04-11 15:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON EPET KIDE PE
05LIMA1795COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ENCOURAGING CONSTRUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) On 4/15, D/Polcoun delivered reftel points with U.S. views on the April 28-30 Community of Democracies Ministerial to Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Director Nestor Popolizio, and to Human Rights and Social Affairs Director Carlos Roman. Popolizio told Emboff that he expected Fo [...]
2005-04-18 11:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PE
05LIMA2018FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS CHARGES THAT CHILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez told the Ambassador that the resusitation of charges that Chile supplied Ecuador with arms during the latter's 1995 border conflict with Peru would make it difficult for Peru to join consensus on the election of Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza as O [...]
2005-05-03 11:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PE
05LIMA2055REVAMPING NAS SUPPORTED ERADICATION IN THE
[...] (C) Peruvian National Police (PNP),with support from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) support and encouragement, decided to go after illicit coca in conflictive zones of the Huallaga Valley in CY 2005. We planned coordinated interdiction and eradication ops for March and April in the Yan [...]
2005-05-04 22:37:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PE
05LIMA2061PERU REJECTS CHILE'S RESPONSE ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero announced at a 5/3 press conference that the GOP considered "completely unsatisfactory" the Chilean Government's response to Peru's diplomatic note protesting Chile's 1995 arms deliveries to Ecuador (Ref A). Consequently, Ferrero continued, Peru wa [...]
2005-05-05 19:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05LIMA2074BOWEN DECISION CAUSES OUTRAGE, THREATENS PRESS
[...] (U) Judge Alfredo Catacora of the 11th Criminal Court of Lima on 5/4 convicted British journalist Sally Bowen, her co-author Jane Holligan, and their publisher of criminal defamation for quoting in their book "The Imperfect Spy" an imprisoned narcotrafficker's assertion that narco-kingpin Fer [...]
2005-05-06 15:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PE
05LIMA2111PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, APRIL 2005
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CORAH started eradication in the hard-core zone of Polvora-Pizana north of Santa Lucia in the Huallaga Valley. The eradicators and their police security units encountered stiff resistance by some cocaleros, including rock-throwing that damaged 3 INL helicopters in 2 separat [...]
2005-05-10 15:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA2158COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...]
2005-05-12 18:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE
05LIMA2222IS IT PERU'S TURN TO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?
[...] (C) On the afternoon of May 17, Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero asked urgently to meet with the Ambassador. Ferrero related that the government is seriously concerned that Peru,s Congress, at the instance of the APRA legislative block, might vote on May 19 to suspend President Toledo from off [...]
2005-05-18 15:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PE
05LIMA2223PERU'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-18 15:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PE BR
05LIMA2254 GRADUATING COUNTERNARCOTICS CADETS INCREASE PNP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, almost 200 new Peruvian National Police (PNP) cadets graduated from two police academies in the heart of the coca source zones. These academies were conceived, constructed and fully equipped by Embassy NAS. The 200 graduates are the first batch of a planned 2000 more c [...]
2005-05-19 20:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR EAID PGOV PE
05LIMA2271 AN EYE FOR A VISA -- FAKING EYE INJURIES TO GET
[...] (U) Summary: Post's Fraud Prevention Unit was contacted by internal auditors for the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Social Development (MIMDES) who were auditing the National Council for Integration for the Handicapped (CONADIS). During the course of their audit, they determined that someone [...]
2005-05-20 14:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA2302PERU AND CHILE SETTLE DIFFERENCES OVER 1995 ARMS
[...] SUMMARY: A Joint Declaration, signed by the Foreign Ministers of Peru and Chile on May 22, has settled the bilateral squabble over Chile's delivery of arms to Ecuador during the 1995 Peru-Ecuador border conflict. The Joint Declaration referred to the Chilean Foreign Ministry's Public Declar [...]
2005-05-23 19:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PE CI
05LIMA2324 Revocation Request - Visas Issued to Malafide
[...] (U) Post submitted reftel reporting on mala fide applicants who obtained non-immigrant visas by faking a medical handicap. Applicants had appeared at the Embassy with one eye glued shut to simulate a vision problem requiring medical attention in the United States. The applicants paid visa fi [...]
2005-05-25 13:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA2335STRIKES BY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AFFECT TEN
[...] (SBU) Agricultural producers from 10 departments, all with distinct agendas, began a series of strikes and road blockages on 5/23. The GOP quickly reached an accommodation with potato growers in the south, and remains in negotiation with rice farmers from the north. Textile manufacturers and [...]
2005-05-25 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE
05LIMA2377 THRUSH AIRCRAFT SEARCHES FOR OPIUM POPPIES AMID
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Cocalero leader Elsa Malpartida has renewed the groundless rumors of GOP coca fumigation, this time citing the presence of a U.S. Thrush surveillance aircraft. To counter these allegations, the Mission continues a concerted public affairs effort that included a tour of the Thrush [...]
2005-05-27 15:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR EAID ETRD PGOV PE
05LIMA2397ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE
[...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lob [...]
2005-05-27 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PE BO
05LIMA2444PERU'S TROUBLED FOREST CONCESSION PROCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three years after Peru began implementing a modern forest concession system - to wide acclaim - concessions remain unconsolidated and problematic. Lack of concessionaire funds, delays in management plan approval, lack of GOP capacity to oversee concessions, and competing land c [...]
2005-06-02 15:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EINV ECON PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA2451 NEW PERUVIAN NATIONAL AIRPORT POLICE DIVISION
[...] (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues to actively engage with Peruvian officials to rout out corruption among the ranks of more than seven different police units operating at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport (JCIA). These discussions led to the idea of one, overall divis [...]
2005-06-02 18:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE
05LIMA2461PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 20:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PE BO OAS
05LIMA2540TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONCILIATION TO CONFLICT
[...] (U) Problems remain at BHP Billiton's Tintaya Mine in the wake of the May 23-25 agricultural strike (Ref A). Protesters temporarily occupied part of the mine's facilities on 5/24, demanding that the company revise a September 2003, Oxfam America-brokered agreement with local communities where [...]
2005-06-07 16:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE
05LIMA2546 FY 2006 Narcotics Certification for Peru
[...] Peru has cooperated fully in the bilateral drug program with the United States. This report is based on the benchmarks. 2. Coca reduction - The goal is to reduce the amount of coca for illicit uses under cultivation through eradication of illegal coca to 27,800 hectares as measured by th [...]
2005-06-07 19:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
05LIMA2551VENEZUELA MEDDLING IN PERUVIAN POLITICS
[...] (S) Ambassador requested a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros June 6 to discuss the Venezuelan government,s involvement with violent, extremist Peruvian organizations. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy had learned late last week that Venezuela,s Ambassador-desig [...]
2005-06-07 21:15:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPE PGOV PREL VE
05LIMA2554FOREIGN MINISTER ON PONDERING INITIATIVE ON
[...] (U) This is an action message for WHA and INL. See para 6. 2. (C) In the course of a meeting to discuss Venezuelan meddling with Peruvian extremist groups, Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros told the Ambassador that the inroads Bolivarian movements have made among cocaleros in Bolivia [...]
2005-06-07 22:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPE PGOV
05LIMA2571ANDEAN COMMUNITY ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING
[...] (U) Acting in his capacity as President of the Andean Community Council, Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez issued a statement on 6/7 expressing support for constitutional norms and democratic institutions in Bolivia. Embassy's informal translation of the statement follows: (begin text) A [...]
2005-06-08 19:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PE BL
05LIMA2589FUJIMORI EXTRADITION CASE HAS PROBLEMS SAYS EXPERT
[...] (C) The GOP's case to compel Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is poorly organized and filled with errors, according to noted human rights lawyer and former Truth and Reconciliation Executive Secretary Javier Ciurlizza (strictly protect). Foreign Minister Rodrigue [...]
2005-06-09 19:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PE
05LIMA2601PERU PONDERS DANINO OR OTHE...
[...] (SBU) At least five major Peruvian dailies, plus "The Economist," have speculated over the last week that the GOP will make a major push for the candidacy of a Peruvian to replace IDB President Enrique Iglesias, who announced his resignation May 31. (Note: Iglesias will leave his post Septem [...]
2005-06-10 14:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2625PERU AND CHILE AGREE TO RESUME "TWO PLUS TWO"
[...] In a press release issued on June 10, Peru's Foreign Ministry announced that Peruvian FM Rodriguez and Chilean FM Walker had decided to convene a meeting on July 6 of the "2 plus 2" mechanism, the consultative group made up of the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the two countries. This step [...]
2005-06-13 19:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PE CI
05LIMA2674UNODC ANDEAN COCA SURVEYS FOR 2004 SHOW EXPANSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNODC's 2004 coca survey found a 14 pecent increase in coca cultivation over the previous year, totalling 50,300 hectares. Most of this increase occurred in the Upper Huallaga and San Gaban areas. The UNODC's findings match Embassy's observations; our current eradication sche [...]
2005-06-15 19:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPE PREL SNAR UN
05LIMA2686UPDATE ON PERU NOMINATION FOR IDB PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Ambassador Struble spoke June 14 to Hector Quintero, Colombian Ambassador to Peru, regarding the visit of Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Alberto Moreno to Lima. Quintero explained that Ambassador Moreno had met with President Alejandro Toledo that morning to seek Peruvian support f [...]
2005-06-16 14:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2692PERUVIAN FINANCE MINISTER PPK WILL RUN FOR IDB
[...] (C) Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) confirmed to the Ambassador in a private conversation June 16 that he will be a candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as IDB President. PPK said that he told Toledo recently of his desire to leave the Finance Minister position in mid-August 20 [...]
2005-06-16 16:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2702ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS (C-CN5-00417) -- PERU
[...] (C/NF) Information requested in Ref A regarding the activity in Peru of organized crimes groups based in specified countries is summarized below. The countries listed are the only ones from those cited in Ref A for which Embassy agencies possess significant background data. ------ Russia [...]
2005-06-16 21:35:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PE
05LIMA2748REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (CHR):
[...] (SBU) On 6/17, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on CHR reform to Foreign Ministry Director of Human Rights Carlos Roman, stressing that we were aware of Peru's proposal for the creation of a body of a body of Independent Experts, and requesting a comprehensive review of the U.S. non-paper, in [...]
2005-06-20 23:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KUNR PE UNCHR
05LIMA2751VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER
[...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...]
2005-06-21 17:03:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI VE PE
05LIMA2840THE "U.S. DESIGNS ON THE AMAZON" MYTH RESURFACES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and a USDAO member have confronted Peruvian officials concerning a Peruvian Army officer's briefing at a bilateral intelligence conference in Quito that depicted the U.S. as the principal security threat to Peru, and alleged that the U.S. had plans to take over the [...]
2005-06-27 15:41:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS MARR PE EC
05LIMA3006FINANCE MINISTER NOMINATED FOR IDB PRESIDENCY
[...] On July 8, the Foreign Ministry convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the GOP's nomination of Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) as its candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). At the end of the day, Post received a diplom [...]
2005-07-11 15:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA3075PERU ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION FOR UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on 7/13 to Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez. Ambassador stressed that it would be counterproductive to call for a vote now on the G-4 resolution on Security Council (UNSC) expansion -- the resolution is contrary to the interests of many important co [...]
2005-07-14 16:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE UNSC
05LIMA3113AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UN REFORM PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (SBU) On 7/13, the Ambassador discussed Ref B talking points on overall UN reform priorities of the USG with Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez; their exchange on Security Council Reform and the G-4 Resolution was reported in Ref A. The Ambassador emphasized the critical nature of the reform pr [...]
2005-07-15 23:02:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR AORC PE UNSC
05LIMA3250PERU STILL UNDECIDED ON G-4 RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 21:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA
05LIMA3252PRESIDENT TOLEDO HAS NOT YET DECIDED ON G-4
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 22:36:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA
05LIMA3253WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 22:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO PE UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05LIMA3256 FOOD AID AND THE WTO
[...] On Friday July 1 Ambassador J. Curtis Struble met with Foreign Relations Minister Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru and delivered the talking points in reftel. Subsequently, a translation of the talking points was sent in a letter from the Ag Attache to the Ministers of Economy and [...]
2005-07-27 18:01:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD WTRO
05LIMA3366DGAC GRANTS AEROCONTINENTE FLIGHT PERMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) in mid-June presented OFAC-listed Narcotics Kingpin Fernando Zevallos documentation granting flight permissions to Zevallos' new airline, AeroContinente EIRL. AeroContinente, which plans to use five planes - two Fokkers and 3 Ai [...]
2005-08-04 20:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EINV CASC PE
05LIMA3379NEW PRO-CHAVEZ PUBLICATION IN LIMA
[...] SUMMARY: A pro-Chavez, leftist publication entitled "Wankar" ("the Song of the People" in Quechua) recently appeared in Lima. The first issue has a slick paper cover with a dramatic color photo of Chavez sporting his commando cap, his fist raised in the air. The masthead of the magazine as [...]
2005-08-05 15:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL PE VE
05LIMA3416CUZCO COCA REGULATION - NO LEGAL IMPACT BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 14:18:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SNAR ETRD PE
05LIMA3419 Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between
[...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]
2005-08-09 15:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3447PLOTTING ANOTHER COME-BACK: DOES FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Alberto Fujimori has done a masterful job maintaining his standing as a major political force in Peru, despite the fact that he remains exiled in Japan, is prohibited from holding public office here, and is the subject of extradition requests by the GOP. His sup [...]
2005-08-10 17:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KCRM PE
05LIMA3474Peru: Human Rights Update
[...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]
2005-08-11 20:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3476APPOINTMENT OF FERNANDO OLIVERA AS FOREIGN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo appointed coalition ally Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister on 8/11; Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero and Housing Minister Carlos Bruce resigned in response. Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti and Justice Minister Eduardo Salhuana reportedly boycotted Oliv [...]
2005-08-11 23:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PE
05LIMA3489CABINET CRISIS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIR FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 8/11 resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero, in response to the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, forced the resignation of the entire Cabinet and resulted in a serious political dilemma for President Alejandro Toledo. It remains an intergovernment [...]
2005-08-12 20:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PINR PE
05LIMA3502REQUEST FOR A U.S. SPEAKER ON CULTURAL PROPERTY AND
[...] Program description: In January 2002, a colonial altarpiece was stolen from Challapampa, Puno, a city on the banks of Lake Titicaca in the highlands of southern Peru. Thanks to law enforcement efforts by the FBI and DHS and to the legal framework provided by the Convention on Cultural Proper [...]
2005-08-15 13:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA3548NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE
[...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...]
2005-08-16 21:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MARR PE
05LIMA3571MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 21:24:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEMIN PGOV SNAR ASEC EINV ENRG PE
05LIMA3575PERU SIGNS ON TO CNIES
[...] On August 17, the Peruvian Ministry of External Affairs returned a diplomatic note to the Embassy signing on to the CNIES agreement. Final texts and diplomatic note will be e-mailed and pouched separately. The agreement provides for a regime of common rules for sorting and identifying suspec [...]
2005-08-18 14:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL SNAR PE
05LIMA3588FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER PERUVIAN
[...] Embassy has received the following dip note from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry regarding the case of Edgar Vera Monte, a Peruvian who is on life support following an altercation with police in Allen, Texas on 8/4. "The Ministry of Foreign Relations, Office of the Secretary of Peruvi [...]
2005-08-18 20:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA3594INTRODUCING MINISTER OF FINANCE FERNANDO ZAVALA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 16, President Toledo appointed former Vice Minister of Economy Fernando Zavala Lombardi to replace Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as the Minister of Economy and Finance. Zavala, prior to his position as Vice Minister, served as General Manager of Indecopi (Peru's IPR Administ [...]
2005-08-18 22:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE ENIV
05LIMA3609MINING COMPANIES WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Canadian Ambassadors hosted a meeting on August 11 for representatives of international mining companies to review their operating difficulties in Peru and to coordinate efforts to improve the investment climate. Consensus among the companies is that radical forces [...]
2005-08-19 18:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD SNAR PTER ECON EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA3643Peru: TIP Update
[...] The following report traces GOP actions against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and TIP-related events in Peru for the first half of 2005. The GOP continues to move against TIP. Nonetheless, as Peru advances from an initial strong start against human trafficking, the hard work of building inst [...]
2005-08-22 19:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3798UPDATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM TRIALS IN PERU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Anti-Terrorism judges, convictions are expected in the "megatrials" of the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and Sendero Luminoso (SL) leaders. The defendants in the El Polo bombing case may be acquitted, however, but should remain in jail on other charges [...]
2005-09-01 22:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PREL ASEC PE
05LIMA3807DEVELOPMENTS IN PERU'S RELATIONS WITH CHILE
[...] (U) The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations has posted several items on its website documenting Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua's 8/23 visit to Santiago. Maurtua called on GOC officials, including President Lagos and Senate President Sergio Romero, as well as an extensive working meeting wit [...]
2005-09-02 15:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PE CI
05LIMA3813ANTI-TERRORISM COURT ISSUES VERDICTS IN EL POLO
[...] The National Anti-Terrorism Court convicted Wilbert Elqui Meza Magino of participating in the planning of the 3/20/2002 bombing at the El Polo shopping center across the street from the U.S. Embassy, and sentenced him to a 30-year prison term. Seven other co-defendants were acquitted of invol [...]
2005-09-02 17:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS ASEC KJUS PE
05LIMA3825DEMARCHE ON DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/2. Garro had no substantive comment to make on the declaration or on the USG's views of that document, but state [...]
2005-09-02 21:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN EAIR EAID EFIN PE UNGA
05LIMA3832UPDATE ON OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM PERU FOR
[...] The Government of Peru, after being informed by the Ambassador of the priority needs listed in Ref B, is developing an assistance package likely to be composed of canned seafood (in lieu of MREs),sheets, t-shirts and non-pharmaceutical medical and veterinary supplies. (Note: President Aleja [...]
2005-09-05 18:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3838IAEA COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND VERIFICATION
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the IAEA Committee on Safeguards and Verification (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/2. Garro expressed satisfaction on the creation of the Committee. He added that while Peru will leave the IAEA Board at t [...]
2005-09-06 15:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PE
05LIMA3847CHANGING TACTICS:EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FOUND IN
[...] (C) Summary: Between August 27-31, a total of 9 explosive devices were found by police and CORAH eradicators in the field during operations in the Santa Rosa area near Santa Lucia. One CORAH worker was hit and hospitalized when he triggered a device but the injuries were not life-threateni [...]
2005-09-06 21:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA3854TFUS01: SPECIFICS ON PERUVIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
[...] Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador on 9/6, that Peru greatly desires to provide assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims soonest. Later that day, the Foreign Ministry's Action Officer for Hurricane Katrina assistance, Director of Secuirty and Defense Affairs Daul Matute, i [...]
2005-09-07 11:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3862TFUS01: UPDATED SPECIFICS ON PERUVIAN OFFER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 19:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3887TFUS01: SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS
[...] The Peruvian Foreign Ministry, on 9/5, issued a communique on behalf of the South American Community of Nations (CSN),over which Peru currently presides, expressing that organizations' solidarity with the American people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the willingness of its member sta [...]
2005-09-08 20:21:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL PE
05LIMA3907Request for speaker on Intellectual Property Rights
[...] Program Description: The American Chamber of Commerce has requested our support in co-sponsoring the tenth annual conference on intellectual property rights to be held on October 19, 2005. The theme of this year's conference concerns the development and opportunities of IPR in international [...]
2005-09-09 19:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA3925TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER FOR ASSISTANCE FROM
[...] Polcouns, on 9/11, informed Daul Matute, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Security and Defense Affairs (and Peru's coordinator for Hurricane Katrina assistance) of the USG's acceptance at this time of Peru's offer to provide 1600 bandages, and of its continuing review of Peru's other offers [...]
2005-09-11 22:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US PE
05LIMA3974ZEVALLOS ADVISOR HAS CLOSE TIES TO PERUVIAN
[...] (C) Summary. OFAC-listed Narcotics Kingpin Fernando Zevallos, who sold two planes to cargo carrier Air Guinea in January, has enlisted Ricardo Hernandez as a front man in the transaction. Hernandez is a close advisor of Peruvian Congressman Victor Valdez, Chairman of the Congressional Transp [...]
2005-09-13 22:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALEAIR SNAR CASC PGOV PE
05LIMA3998APRA LEADER SUPPORTS ERADICATION, REELS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: APRA Party leader (and former President) Alan Garcia, on 9/9, publicly declared illegal coca should be eradicated and that coca eradication policy is the purview of the GOP, not regional governments. Garcia was responding to warnings by La Libertad Regional President Homero Burg [...]
2005-09-15 15:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA4008PERU AND AVIAN FLU -- OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE
[...] Summary: The GOP is slowly progressing on its action plan to combat the Avian Flu threat, but the Health and Agriculture Ministries have insufficient resources to implement it. Public health capacity is already stretched thinly across a wide range of needs. Peru is at risk due to expanding [...]
2005-09-15 19:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID KSCA PREL SOCI KTDB ECON PE UNGA
05LIMA4023DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE
05LIMA4041TFUS01: ADDITIONAL PERUVIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 21:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PE
05LIMA4078SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) In response to Reference A, Embassy Lima provides the following information for use in the preparation of the DS/DSS/ITA Security Environment Threat List (SETL). Responses are cued to questions posed in the SEPQ reporting guideline: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE -------------- [...]
2005-09-19 22:04:00Embassy LimaSECRETASEC PTER PE
05LIMA4108GOP TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MOBILE TERMINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 20, Osiptel, Peru's telecommunications regulator, published its model for the reduction of mobile termination rates. After a 40-day public comment period, Osiptel will hold a public hearing, scheduled for September 26, where companies will have the opportunity to reac [...]
2005-09-21 15:56:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4131PERU ADDS CLOTHING TO OFFER FOR HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 19:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PE
05LIMA4132FAR LEFT, INSPIRED BY CHAVEZ, SEEKING TO RIDE
[...] (C) Most of Peru,s far-left Marxist parties, movements, and labor organizations are attempting to unite forces for the 2006 general elections under the banner of a "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front). They hope their standard bearer will be Ollanta Humala, leader of the fascistic Nationalist Peruv [...]
2005-09-22 19:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
05LIMA4176PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...]
2005-09-26 19:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4179EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND
[...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]
2005-09-26 20:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4261 DENSITY OF COCA CULTIVATION: NEW MEASUREMENT
[...] Eradication of coca in Peru has historically been measured and reported in hectares (2.47 acres). Embassy has reported on an expansion in the area under coca cultivation in Peru: UN figures for 2004 released in May show an increase of 14 percent over the previous year. In addition, on-the-gr [...]
2005-09-29 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PE
05LIMA4267DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (U) With Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua unavailable (he attended a decentralized Cabinet meeting in Tacna on 9/27 and was departing with President Toledo for the South American Community of Nations Summit in Brasilia on 9/29),the Ambassador raised the USG's concerns over the Summit of the A [...]
2005-09-30 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA4271MORE ON OLLANTA HUMALA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Sociologist Jaime Antesana, an expert in cocalero politics working for a USAID contractor, during a 9/21 meeting with Emboffs said that the cocalero movement appears to be coalescing in support of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala's presidential candidacy. Antesana added that he met with [...]
2005-09-30 17:29:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PE VE
05LIMA4411HIP-HOP ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM
[...] From October 1 to 4, 2005, PAS and Peruvian anti-drug NGO Cedro organized a five-day Hip-Hop/rap program with U.S. group Havikoro in underpriveleged neighborhoods in Lima, Callao, and the provincial city of Trujillo. The program sent a positive anti- drug message to disadvantaged Peruvian yout [...]
2005-10-13 16:46:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PE
05LIMA4544PERU ON DEMONSTRATING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed this subject with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for the Americas Pablo Portugal on 10/14. Portugal said the GOP would make a public statement of support for the constitutional process in Iraq at some point in the future. Portugal had been briefed on the reftel ta [...]
2005-10-21 14:54:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ PE
05LIMA4574FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCURS WITH PERU TIP TIER 2
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Peru TIP Tier 2 Action Plan for 2005-2006 (Reftel) to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, and Director of Human Rights Affairs, Carlos Roman, on 10/24. 2. Roman said that the Foreign Ministry concurs with the Action [...]
2005-10-24 20:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL PE
05LIMA4599REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE IN RESPONDING TO DIPLOMATIC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on how to respond to the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Note (DGL/CJE) 6-3/367 of October 13, 2005 regarding a request from the Superior Court of Justice of Lima (Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima) to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry concernin [...]
2005-10-25 21:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS PE
05LIMA4654FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF CONSULAR SERVICES
[...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, said that during his attendance at Congress the previous day, many legislators had approached him with concerns over how the Foreign Ministry intends to safegua [...]
2005-10-28 21:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PE
05LIMA4662PERU SURPRISED BY CHILEAN REACTION ON DRAFT
[...] (C) Embassy Santiago's reporting (Ref) has laid out the Chilean perception of what the GOP is doing with its draft "Law on the Bases of Maritime Control," which is now under review by the Peruvian Congress. In our view the GOP impulse behind the law is far more anodyne; it was part of an effo [...]
2005-10-31 21:21:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EC PE
05LIMA4673CONTROVERSY CONTINUES REGARDING PERU'S DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy between Peru and Chile over the GOP's introduction of legislation defining its maritime limits continues, although Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador that the two countries are talking and should eventually calm things down. Meanwhile, the F [...]
2005-11-02 22:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CI EC PE
05LIMA4733CONGRESS PASSES, TOLEDO PROMULGATES NEW LAW ON
[...] President Alejandro Toledo, on 11/3, promulgated the Law on Peruvian Maritime Domain Boundary Lines (Ley de Lineas de Base del Dominio Maritimo del Peru),hours after the measure passed Congress unanimously (98-0). The new law was published in the official "Legal Norms" on 11/4 and enters in [...]
2005-11-04 22:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EWWT PE CI
05LIMA4739C-26 HANDOVER CEREMONY
[...] Summary: Two C-26Bs, donated to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) by the USG in 1997, were officially dedicated to CN missions October 31 in a ceremony with Ambassador Struble and senior Peruvian officials. The USG, through Embassy NAS, gave $3.5 million to refurbish the two aircraft that will r [...]
2005-11-07 15:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPE PREL SNAR MAS
05LIMA474COLOMBIAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN
[...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez hosted an hour-long discussion between Colombian FonMin Carolina Barco and Venezuelan FonMin Ali Rodriguez on 1/27, aimed at advancing a rapprochement between Colombia and Venezuela. Barco and Ali Rodriguez were in Lima to attend a meeting between An [...]
2005-01-28 16:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CO VE PE
05LIMA4748FORMER PRESIDENT FUJIMORI'S ARRIVAL, ARREST IN SANTIAGO IS STUNNING NEWS IN PERU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Fujimori's surprise arrival in Santiago over the weekend adds another complex issue to the strained Peruvian-Chilean bilateral agenda. A Chilean court quickly acted to detain Fujimori, and the GOP is sending a high-level delegation to Santiago to argue for Fujimori's [...]
2005-11-07 19:22:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PE CI JA
05LIMA4755U.S. PHOTOGRAPHER IN INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL IN
[...] PAS sponsored the visit of U.S. photographer Jay Manis to participate in the International Photo Festival, held in Lima during October and November 2005. During his visit, Mr. Manis presented an exhibition at the Miraflores City Hall Gallery, gave a conference on his 9/11 public art project, a [...]
2005-11-07 20:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PE
05LIMA4773A NEW ANDEAN DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Struble, Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner proposed several ideas for strengthening the relationship between the United States, the Andes and Latin America as a whole. The Andean Community would play a central role in the process. Wagner [...]
2005-11-08 16:33:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PE PGOV
05LIMA4779PRESIDENT TOLEDO TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT FUJIMORI'S
[...] (C) During an 11/7 phone call initiated by President Toledo about another matter, Ambassador asked the President what he thought Fujimori's game plan was. Toledo said that it was ""sophisticated and complex."" (COMMENT: This may be another way of saying he did not yet feel he had fully figured it [...]
2005-11-08 22:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PE CI JA
05LIMA478CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...]
2005-01-28 18:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON PE CH
05LIMA4784AID CONTRACTORS ABDUCTED AND RELEASED BY SENDERO
[...] Summary: On Sunday, November 6, 2005, 10 employees of AID alternative development contractor, Chemonics, were abducted and briefly held by a heavily armed group of Sendero Luminoso operatives near the village of Santa Rosa de Yanajanca, in the department of San Martin. After being forced to m [...]
2005-11-08 23:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PE
05LIMA4842PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON FUJIMORI, MARTIME
[...] (C) Top presidential political advisors Juan de la Puente and Juan Sheput, in recent meetings with Polcouns, addressed the principle political issues of the moment as follows: -- Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition: Peru will have a hard time preparing an adequate extradition req [...]
2005-11-14 20:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KSUM PE
05LIMA4848LAUNCHING PHASE II OF THE DIGITAL FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and Peruvian Minister of Production David Lemor signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 8 to launch Phase II of the Digital Freedom Initiative (DFI) as well as underscore the GOP's renewed interest in the program. Both the Minister and the Ambass [...]
2005-11-15 18:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA4861FUJIMORI UPDATE: CONSPIRACY CONCERNS A SWIPE AT JAPAN BUILDING AN EXTRADITION CASE LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LARGELY MUM FUJIMORISTA PARTIES IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Former President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, pursuant to a Peruvian request for his preventive detention pending submission of an extradition request, continues to be the major domestic political issue in the country. President Alejandro Toledo and Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua susp [...]
2005-11-15 21:37:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PE CI
05LIMA4867PERUVIAN CONGRESS REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. After a month of delay and renewed Embassy advocacy, the Congressional Plenary voted on November 10 to reaffirm its support a law granting Exxon- Mobil a $15 million credit over the next three years. Under Peruvian Congressional procedure, the law, which dealt with economic i [...]
2005-11-16 14:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON EPET KIDE PE
05LIMA4915APRA CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) At a 12/15 meeting with Emboffs, leading APRA Congressmen Maurico Mulder and Luis Gonzales Posada said that: -- They were pessimistic about the GOP's ability to prepare a convincing case for getting former President Fujimori extradited from Chile; -- APRA strongly opposed initiating a [...]
2005-11-18 17:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS ETRD PE
05LIMA4933BEATRIZ MERINO SWORN IN AS OMBUDSMAN
[...] Former Prime Minister Beatriz Merino was sworn in as the new Public Ombudsman on 11/16. On the very day of her swearing in, Merino demonstrated her political clout by obtaining assurances from Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to countermand proposed budget cuts that would have forced the [...]
2005-11-21 17:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA4983COUNTERING CHAVEZ IN PERU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively seeking to project his "Bolivarian Revolution" to Peru politically, institutionally (via Venezuela's membership in the Andean Community and South American Community of Nations),commercially (energy integration and offers of development [...]
2005-11-22 22:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ENRG PE VE
05LIMA4986FUJIMORI UPDATE: PERU'S SUPREME COURT APPROVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's Supreme Court has approved nine different cases for inclusion in the Fujimori extradition request to Chile. Upon his return to Lima from the APEC Summit, President Toledo would not comment on the specifics of his talks about Fujimori with Japanese PM Koizumi and Chilean P [...]
2005-11-23 14:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PE
05LIMA5061FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER ROSPIGLIOSI WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi and ex-Director of National Defense Ruben Vargas, in an 11/18 lunch with Poloffs, expressed concern over prospects that ultranationalist Ollanta Humala is establishing himself as a political force to be reckoned with. They had few [...]
2005-11-29 17:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA5073TELECOMS REGULATOR PUBLISHES IMPROVED MOBILE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian telecommunications regulator, OSIPTEL, published its new mobile termination rate on November 24. The new rate is based on cost factors including the value of a company's network investment and the spectrum value. Under the new plan, OSIPTEL will lower the mobile [...]
2005-11-29 21:37:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD EINV ECON PE
05LIMA5090SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA,
[...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Lima I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to lay the groundwork for close cooperation on the UN Security Council (which Peru will join in January for a two-year term) and on U.N. reform issues. We are arranging [...]
2005-11-30 19:31:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA5099PERU ON MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS
[...] On 11/28, D/Polcouns presented reftel demarche on the need for monitors for the Bolivian elections to the Foreign Ministry's Bolivia Desk Officer, Manuel De Cossio. De Cossio said he was not aware of any intention within the GOP to provide election monitors to Bolivia, but would consult withi [...]
2005-11-30 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BO PE
05LIMA5203FIVE PNP OFFICERS KILLED IN AYACUCHO AMBUSH
[...] (C) On the morning of 12/5 between 15 and 20 armed individuals ambushed and attacked two DIRANDRO vehicles en route from the new NAS-funded DIRANDRO base at Palma Pampa to San Francisco, both in the VRAE (reftels). Five police officers were killed, and a prosecutor and one other police office [...]
2005-12-07 21:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA5205EVALUATION OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PE
05LIMA5222ANDEAN COMMUNITY SECGEN WAGNER'S LETTERS TO
[...] The Embassy has received identical faxed letters, dated 12/6, from Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner to the Secretary and to U.S. Trade Representative Portman. The letters express concerns that the U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement could have a negative impact on the Bolivian soy [...]
2005-12-09 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ETRD PE
05LIMA5231DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] The Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented Embassy with a diplomatic note received here on 12/7 which requests information on the circumstances of the death of Martin Jara, a Peruvian citizen who was working as a contractor for the U.S. firm MVM Inc. The note also asks the USG to provide informa [...]
2005-12-12 12:14:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR PE
05LIMA5247AMERICAN EMBASSY LIMA, PERU, SUMMER HOURS SCHEDULE
[...] American Embassy Lima will start its summer hours schedule January 2, 2006 through March 31, 2006. 2. The scheduled workweek will be Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Embassy will be closed for business on [...]
2005-12-12 17:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PE
05LIMA5254 LIMA FRAUD PREVENTION UPDATES JULY-SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) During the July-September 2005 reporting period, Lima's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) worked closely with airline security personnel and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in the detection and arrest of multiple document vendors and brokers of false U.S., Spanish, and Mexican travel documen [...]
2005-12-12 20:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN CPAS PE
05LIMA5267REQUEST FOR STATUS ASSESSMENT OF LIMA AIRPORT
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government and its private airport Concession holder, Lima Airport Partners, continue to press the U.S. Embassy to pay its outstanding bill dating back to 2001 for landing, parking, and other user fees [...]
2005-12-13 20:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA5286SECOND DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
[...] On 12/12, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the Embassy with a second diplomatic note, dated 12/9, requesting information regarding the death in Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the note inquires about the relationship between the USG and the companies that [...]
2005-12-14 13:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR PE
05LIMA5287POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:42:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL PE
05LIMA5309THIRD DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
[...] On 12/14, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the Embassy with a third diplomatic note regarding the death in Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the Foreign Ministry conveys the request of the 31st Lima Public Prosecutor's Office that Mr. Jara's body be returne [...]
2005-12-15 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR ASEC PE
05LIMA5311 STATUS OF INQUIRIES INTO THE DEATHS OF PERUVIAN
[...] Per Ref A, this message summarizes the information post needs in order to respond to diplomatic notes, family concerns, and media inquiries in these cases. 2. Embassy has received three diplomatic notes regarding Martin Jara Hichard, a security guard working for the U.S. firm MVM Inc. who [...]
2005-12-15 22:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR ASEC PE
05LIMA5335THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...]
2005-12-16 20:19:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5336PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]
2005-12-16 22:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5360POST RESPONSE TO MICROFINANCE INTERNATIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 3. 2. Post received OPIC's request for Embassy comments regarding proposed OPIC financing for Microfinancing International Corporation (MFIC) and how recent events may impact the proposed project. After some internal investigation, neither FCS [...]
2005-12-19 21:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPE ENIV OPIC
05LIMA5391INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]
2005-12-21 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5392PERU INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),regarding financial crimes and money laundering. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------- 2. Narcotics-related and other money laundering is taking place, [...]
2005-12-21 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PREL PTER PE
05LIMA5396FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...]
2005-12-21 22:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5397ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...]
2005-12-21 23:02:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5399JAPAN WAITING FOR NEXT GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE
[...] (C) New Japanese Political Counselor Yasushi Noguchi, during a lunch with Polcouns on 12/21, provided the following read-out on the state of Peruvian-Japanese bilateral relations following ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight from Japan to Chile: -- The GOJ was astonished by the Peruvia [...]
2005-12-22 15:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA PE CI
05LIMA976AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO AYACUCHO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador visited Ayacucho February 17-19, as part of a series of trips aimed at raising public awareness throughout Peru regarding potential benefits of a free trade agreement with the U.S. In the course of contacts with public officials and opinion leaders in Ayacucho, this trip also [...]
2005-03-01 19:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID PE
05LJUBLJANA103COM CALLS ON SLOVENIA'S MINISTER OF PUBLIC
[...] Summary. On February 10, COM called on Dr. Gregor Virant, Minister of Slovenia's newly created Ministry of Public Administration. Virant described his ministry as a consolidation of human resources, information management and eGovernment initiatives into one, central, transparent, and servi [...]
2005-02-15 09:36:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA106SLOVENIA APPROVES TRADE WITH GMOs; COM MEETS NEW
[...] Summary: In a February 10 courtesy call by COM, new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food, Marija Lukacic, highlighted Slovenia's goals of promoting rural development and adopting legislation to improve the competitiveness of Slovene farmers. This would be accomplished by increasing th [...]
2005-02-15 11:08:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA136 SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Slovenia's proposed changes to the Slovene translation of ACSA were forwarded to EUCOM/J4- ID. TAG from Colorado will visit Slovenia in March. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. DEPLOYMENTS. The third rotation of Slovenian soldiers left Slovenia in February to participate in the int [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA15 SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. The new FMF Training case was signed in December and all documentation was completed in time to use the case to send nine students to training in January. The ACSA with Slovenia is not in force yet. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. FMF/FMS BUDGET 1) ODC submitted the FY07-12 FMF [...]
2005-01-07 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA151SLOVENIA ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) On 7 March, DCM and Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jasna Gersak, head of the MFA's division for Asian, African, Australian and Oceanian Affairs. Gersak is a close, high-ranking contact of Mission and until recently was DCM at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington. Stating that S [...]
2005-03-07 11:04:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SI SYSI
05LJUBLJANA152KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...]
2005-03-08 04:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI HR OSCE KO RU
05LJUBLJANA164SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-11 10:17:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN
05LJUBLJANA187SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK LUNCHES WITH COM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At lunch 21 March with President Drnovsek, COM discussed Embassy security, got Drnvosek's positive assessment of the first 100 days of the Jansa government, and heard that PM Jansa and Drnovsek are meeting weekly. Drnovsek encouraged more U.S. work on global environmental protect [...]
2005-03-22 11:06:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
05LJUBLJANA192LJUBLJANA -- CONTINUED UNCLASSIFIED POUCH PROBLEMS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. In July 2004, DPM switched over to Austrian Airways to transport Post's unclassified incoming pouches. Since then, Post has experienced constant problems with pouches being late, or not arriving at all, on scheduled dates. Post does no [...]
2005-03-25 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDADPM AMGT SI
05LJUBLJANA193EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...]
2005-03-25 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO
05LJUBLJANA207EXBS: SLOVENIA AND CROATIA PROGRAM ADVISORS MONTHLY
[...] SUMMARY: Meetings were held in Zagreb to finalize efforts to put the TRACKER program online. The Croatian Maritime Police exhibited their maritime unit in Split to demonstrate their need for more modern equipment. Sixty radiation pagers were turned over to the Croatian Border Police. With [...]
2005-04-01 01:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR SI
05LJUBLJANA234 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. MICHAEL FAVOROV
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to CDC/CAR Office Director Dr. Michael Favorov, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on April 20 - 24, 2005, to participate in Euro WHO organized regional meeting of Directors of blood transfusion services Central and Eastern Eu [...]
2005-04-08 10:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KZ
05LJUBLJANA247GOVT. OF SLOVENIA FINDS RESOURCES TO KEEP TIP NGO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 07:04:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA285COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORVAL FRANCIS
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to USEU Brussels Agricultural Minister-Counselor Norval Francis, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia May 03 - 04, 2005, as a Committee Member for the FAPC Expert Training Seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Matjaz Kav [...]
2005-04-29 05:34:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EUN
05LJUBLJANA292 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RENE ALEXANDER "ALEX"
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to U.S. Speaker Mr. Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 07-10, 2005, to discuss trafficking issues, in support of post's objective to reduce trafficking in humans. 2. The Control Officer [...]
2005-05-04 06:04:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SL PO
05LJUBLJANA293SLOVENIA AND IRAQ ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
[...] (U) Following a decision reached at its 28 April session, the GoS issued a joint statement with the Government of Iraq on 29 April announcing that the Slovenian and Iraqi PermReps to the UN had exchanged notes establishing diplomatic relations. According to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Beti Likar, [...]
2005-05-04 09:15:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OFDP IZ SI
05LJUBLJANA294 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORDON TODD
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Mr. Gordon Todd, Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Alex Acosta, U.S. Department of Justice, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 07 - 10, 2005, to accompany AAG Alex Acosta to participate in meetings on anti-traffi [...]
2005-05-05 04:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP
05LJUBLJANA302 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Interest in purchasing C-27 has been informally discussed; Multi-national military exercise is being hosted by Slovenia; HMMWV spare parts are arriving; Slovene uniforms available for EDA; Bell 412 IFF installation delays; ACSA may be signed by June; ODC Chief transition is being coo [...]
2005-05-06 05:38:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 06 to 11, 2005, to meet with Officials from Government of Slovenia regarding sustainability and training. Personnel: - Roberts, Randal James - Ve [...]
2005-05-24 03:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY SI
05LJUBLJANA364 REQUISITION #19K002-5137 FOR LJUBLJANA
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana, Slovenia would like to order the following Telephone Equipment, per reftel: - NT5D61AB, Pack IOP/CD-ROM/FD Multi-Disk Unit IODUC, 1ea - NT5D03PB, Pack 160MBs Memory and 68060E Call Processor CP4, 1ea - QPC43R, Pack Peripheral Signalling PS, 1e [...]
2005-06-06 07:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET KRIM
05LJUBLJANA366SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA
[...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...]
2005-06-07 08:45:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU SI EUN
05LJUBLJANA369MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 09:19:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR SI
05LJUBLJANA377 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy received a diplomatic note on ACSA from Slovene MFA; LOAs for JFCC and ASOC were signed; English language coordinator departed; Bell 412 IFF installation is delayed; EUCOM and DSCA approved the FY06 IMET program at the TPMR. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF [...]
2005-06-09 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA407 SLOVENIA: PORTALS IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT ENTERS
[...] (U) The Department of Energy's Second Line of Defense Portals Implementing Agreement (the "Agreement") between the U.S. and Slovenia entered into force on May 23, 2005. The Agreement (full text in para 3, below) was signed by both parties on April 4, 2005. The U.S. diplomatic note (see reft [...]
2005-06-17 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA SI
05LJUBLJANA449SLOVENIA: COM LUNCH WITH PM JANSA - THE REST OF
[...] (C) Summary. COM met with Prime Minister Janez Jansa June 28. In addition to Slovenia's support for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Ref A),they discussed a range of bilateral issues including denationalization, which is moving more slowly than hoped, but the current log jam should be bro [...]
2005-07-01 08:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA461 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. The MOD signed the ACSA implementing letter; Gasper Kresnik is "FSN of the Year"; the new ODC Chief, Lt Col Gene Moty arrived; Bell 412 IFF installation schedule is not yet finalized. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING (S3-D-TAC, $650,1 [...]
2005-07-08 02:37:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA493RESPONSE TO PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT NO.
[...] Embassy Ljubljana has no objection to grant issuance discussed in reftel. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00493 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2 [...]
2005-07-15 03:29:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OSCI SI
05LJUBLJANA511SLOVENIA: INVITATION TO SEPTEMBER 20-22, 2005
[...] (U) On July 21, PolMilOff delivered the letter of invitation and conference schedule provided in reftel to Ms. Mojca Jazbinsek Volk, Acting Director General of the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate at the Slovenian Ministry of the Economy, and requested a reply by August 15, 2005. 2. [...]
2005-07-21 03:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKSTC PARM PREL MASS ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA555 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY: THE PREVIOUS ODC CHIEF, LT COL MARGARET CLAYTOR, HAS DEPARTED FOR HER NEW ASSIGNMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN WASHINGTON. THE NEW DCM ARRIVES FRIDAY 5 AUGUST. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. FMS: NSTR B. DCA: THE AMBASSADOR RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT [...]
2005-08-04 08:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA599COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. JOHN PAYNE
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Mr. John H. Payne, Animal and Plant Health Inspector, to visit Bled, Slovenia, from September 10 to 15, 2005. Mr. Payne will attend NATO FAPC Vital Respources seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Spela Zlatna [...]
2005-08-18 05:37:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
05LJUBLJANA611SLOVENIA'S PM JANEZ JANSA: CHALLENGE OF A CLOQ US
[...] (SBU) Three months shy of one year in office, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa may feel frustrated that his plans for change and reform are not moving more swiftly. It is clear, however, that he has managed to lay the groundwork for Slovenes to make the psychological shift from a minor c [...]
2005-08-24 09:03:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA62`I AM NOT A TROUBLEMAKER': COM MEETS NEW SLOVENIAN
[...] Summary: In a January 24 courtesy call, new Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Janez Podobnik told COM about his plans for the Ministry, highlighting challenges of nuclear waste disposal and biotech. He also stated that there might be opportunities for US investors as Slovenia plans [...]
2005-01-28 10:35:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA627GRANTS OFFICER APPOINTMENT FOR PHILIP M. BEEKMAN
[...] FOLLOWING IS A CABLE REQUESTING GRANT AUTHORITY FROM A/OPE FOR INCOMING PDO PHILIP M. BEEKMAN. 2. PLEASE APPOINT POST'S INCOMING PDO AS GRANTS OFFICER. MR. PHILIP M. BEEKMAN SHOULD HAVE WARRANT EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2007. INFORMATION ON PDO BEEKMAN FOLLOWS: A. [...]
2005-08-31 03:55:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDASUP AMGT KPAO
05LJUBLJANA639TFUSO1: SLOVENIA OFFERS ASSISTANCE
[...] Slovenia has offered to send SIT 22 million (approx. $110,000) worth of supplies to the U.S. to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. According to the Department of Civil Protection at the Ministry of Defense the donation will include: 250 adult camp beds 250 mattresses 780 blankets [...]
2005-09-06 08:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL MARR US SI
05LJUBLJANA67COM CALLS ON DIRECTOR OF SLOVENIA'S CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 courtesy call, COM met with Drago Kos, the head of Slovenia's newly independent Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, (CPC). Kos explained the CPC was established as an independent Commission to address the issue of preventingcorruption. It has no invest [...]
2005-02-01 10:21:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR PINR SI
05LJUBLJANA672 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to U.S. Export Control Technical Specialists Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 08-13, 2005, to conduct an "Internal Control Program Instructor Training" workshop. 2 [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA675 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Senior Budget Advisor, Mr. Richard Bartholomew, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, from September 21 - 24, 2005, to visit the Center for Excellence in Finance. 2. There is no requirement to check in with the Embassy u [...]
2005-09-21 06:06:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SI
05LJUBLJANA688Response to CY2006 Compensation Questionnaire --
[...] Below please find Embassy Ljubljana's response to the CY2006 FSN Compensation Questionnaire. These answers have been approved by Post Management and the ICASS Council. 2. (SBU) Questionnaire --------------------------------------------- ------ Competitive Compensation Position ----------- [...]
2005-09-29 01:51:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFSN AMGT KICA
05LJUBLJANA696COMBATING EXTREMISM IN SLOVENIA
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Religious and political extremism are very rare in Slovenia. With a homogeneous population of only two million people, Slovenian society and politics function on the basis of strong social networks that foster a culture of compromise, consensus, and centrism. Nevertheless, the s [...]
2005-09-30 06:22:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKDEM KPAO PREL EAID PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA746 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Rossitza B. Petrov and Eric de Nijs, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 06 to 11, 2005, to participate in ICP Instructor Training Workshop. 2. The Control Officer for your visit is Colleen Hyland, Office phone: 3 [...]
2005-10-21 10:10:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA756SLOVENIA: INDEPENDENT KOSOVO - WHAT WAS DRNOVSEK
[...] (C) Summary. On October 19 Slovene President Janez Drnovsek briefed Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors in Ljubljana on his nine point plan for conditional independence of Kosovo (Reftel). (Note: text of nine-point plan will come spetel). Much to the surprise of the CG Ambassadors, the Foreign Mi [...]
2005-10-26 08:27:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA758DRNOVSEK'S NINE POINT PLAN FOR KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Per Reftels following is the text of the letter and nine-point plan Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek delivered to Contact Group Ambassadors October 20. It has previously been faxed to the Department, US Office Pristina and Embassy Belgrade. Begin Text: Dear Sir, You probably agr [...]
2005-10-26 09:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA785 ACCOUNTING FOR BFIF-FUNDED AGRICULTURE
[...] On 6 October, Embassy Ljubljana used funds from a Business Facilitation Incentive Fund grant to host a seminar on agricultural coexistence in Slovenia. As reported reftel, the event was the first ever of its kind hosted by Post and helped pave the way for open, science- based debate on biote [...]
2005-11-15 00:12:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO SI
05LJUBLJANA794SLOVENIA: RESTITUTION PROCESS FOR JEWISH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a September 22 meeting between Slovenia's Commission for Resolving Open Questions Pertaining to Religious Communities and the President of the Jewish Community of Slovenia (JCS),Andrej Kozar Beck, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced that it will conduct a compreh [...]
2005-11-18 08:18:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNAR SI
05LJUBLJANA799SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO
[...] (U) The Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed 21 November to Econoff that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" in the IMO Council. Slovenia will be represented at the IMO Assembly by Iztok Mirosic (head of the delegation and Slovene Ambassador [...]
2005-11-21 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA847TIP: GOVT. OF SLOVENIA PAYS NGO FOR WORK AND PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly 12 months of promises, and regular and persistent inquiries from the Embassy, the GOS has finally committed to paying the anti-trafficking NGO Kljuc for the shelter and other services it has provided to trafficking victims in 2005. For 2006, the GOS plans to issu [...]
2005-12-13 07:50:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA848SLOVENIA ON AI-RELATED POULTRY IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
[...] (U) Econ Specialist delivered ref A points to Rok Tomsic, U.S. desk officer at the Slovene Ministry of the Economy, and Simona Salamon, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture. As reported ref B, Slovenia currently bans poultry imports from 14 countries, all of which ha [...]
2005-12-13 08:42:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA859 FY06 "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY" SUBSCRIPTION
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana, Slovenia, would like to subscribe to the following publication per reftel: Publication: Journal of Democracy Year: 2006 Number of Subscriptions: 3 ea 2. Please charge the ordered subscriptions against the following fiscal data: Agency: 1900 Appropria [...]
2005-12-16 01:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP
05LJUBLJANA8732006 HOLIDAY CLOSURE - LJUBLJANA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 08:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
05LJUBLJANA876 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA PETROV
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on January 28 - February 02, 2005. Mrs. Petrov will assist the Ministry of Economy and the DOC'S Local Subcontractor, ARCTUR, in conducting a tw [...]
2005-12-22 04:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA96 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LEROY KEY
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to A/OPR/OS Regional Educational Officer, to travel to Ljubjana, Slovenia on March 24 - 30, 2005, to meet with principal officers and other appropriate officers, regarding dependent education. 2. The Control Officer for y [...]
2005-02-11 10:13:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH
05LONDON1257TAKING ACTION AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's commitment to the Secretary to proscribe the political wings of Hezbollah and Hamas coupled with the March 1 London meeting to support the Palestinian leadership provide us with our best opportunity in three years to leverage significant change in HMG policy t [...]
2005-02-11 15:31:00Embassy LondonSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER UK XF
05MADRID1004SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JOAN MALING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Joan Maling, Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, March 18-24, to attend the 5th International Symposium on Biligualism. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-16 11:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP THPY NSF
05MADRID1010ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]
2005-03-16 13:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1027SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DARRELL K.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hydrologist Darrell K. Nordstrom, from U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, Seville, Rio Tinto, Huelva and Zaragoza, March 19-April 8, to visit the Rio Tinto Basin in south-central Spain and review the current state of knowledge of the [...]
2005-03-16 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA TSPA ECON SP
05MADRID1031SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA SALE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo requested a meeting with Charge Friday, March 11 to explain Spain's plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela. In the meeting, Pardo denied reports that Spain would sell "Corvette" gunships to Venezuela, said none of the equip [...]
2005-03-16 19:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1035SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS BARNARD, HANES,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Barnard, Research Geologist; Daniel Hanes, Research Oceanographer; and Asbury Sallenger, Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Barcelona, April 1-10, to attend and participate in the Coastal Dynamics 2005 Conference [...]
2005-03-17 08:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1042(S) SPAIN: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW UP REQUEST RE EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUP PLOT
[...] (S) Summary: Spanish Foreign Ministry officials have conveyed their concern that the USG released an incorrect report regarding a possible coup plot against the Government of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) that could adversely affect Spain's recent efforts to normalize bilateral relations with Equ [...]
2005-03-17 14:24:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PINS PINR UK SP EQ
05MADRID1050SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Shelby consisting of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, Staff Director Kathleen Casey, Communications Director of SBANK Andrew Gray and LTC Doug Carney to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Seville March 28-April 1, [...]
2005-03-17 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID1053SPAIN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP IZ
05MADRID1066SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JAMES SKALECKY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Skalecky, Engineer, Noise Division, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Seville, March 21-25, to observe noise measurement flight tests of the Airbus A300-622R at Moron Air Base for the pu [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1067SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DANIEL HANLON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Daniel Hanlon, WAAS Program Manager; ATO-W; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Torrejon, March 28-April 1, to discuss the IWG interoperability concerns that involve international (ICAO) standards and participate in the 14th Sat [...]
2005-03-18 09:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID109SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]
2005-01-12 16:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1094SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DANIEL MUHS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Geologist Daniel Muhs, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Palma de Mallorca, April 8-17, to conduct fieldwork on his project, "Eolian History of North America," which studies the climatic significance of Eolian (windblown) sed [...]
2005-03-21 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1103SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USITC STAFF BAUMERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USITC staff members Jennifer Baumert and Laura Bloodgood to travel to Madrid, April 14-19, to meet with Spanish private sector and government officials to discuss renewable energy-related issues. 2. Control Officer is Economic Officer Ken F [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ASEC OTRA
05MADRID1104EU PARLIAMENTARIAN SALAFRANCA ON UNDP CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Spanish EU Parliamentarian for the Popular Party (PP) Jose Ignacio Salafranca visited Charge on March 18 to solicit USG support for his bid to replace Malloch Brown as UNDP director. Salafranca said he wanted to clarify to the USG that although he had the support of the Spanish Governme [...]
2005-03-21 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP UNDP
05MADRID1110SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WHYTE, KAUFMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wayne Whyte, Bradford Kaufman, and Glenn Feldhake, from NASA Headquarters to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid, April 2-8, to attend a joint European Space Agency/NASA-Japan Aerospace Agency 2005 meeting. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-03-22 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick; Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Robert Bradtke; Executive Assistant Ross Wilson; Special Assistants Christine Davies, Campbell Marshall and Gene [...]
2005-03-22 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OVIP
05MADRID1123SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL MARK LACY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Lacy, California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Granada, April 15-24, to attend the High Redshift Radio Galaxies Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessar [...]
2005-03-23 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1124SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),and Dr. Paul Grant, Staff Clinician, NIMH, to travel to Barcelona, April 11-19, to attend and give individual presentations at the 12th International Sympo [...]
2005-03-23 12:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1125SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC BERARD, BRAY,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Diana Berard, Drs. Michael Bray, Heather Greenstone, Catherine Laughlin, Charles Litterst, Harold Radtke and Christopher Tseng, NIH staff from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Center for Scientific Revie [...]
2005-03-23 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1126SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel to Madrid, April 17-20, to confer with collaborators at the University of Madrid on virus structure and to give a talk on papillomavirus structure. 2. Em [...]
2005-03-23 12:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LITTLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of Defense Programs, Charles Q. Little and Ralph R. Peters, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-27, to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy [...]
2005-03-23 12:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL CHENG,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Yang Cheng, Terrance Huntsberger, Andrew Johnson, Jeffery Norris and Mark Powell, from the California Institute of California, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International [...]
2005-03-23 12:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1139ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ON SPAIN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Alona Fisher met with poloff on March 22 to discuss Israeli views on recent efforts by Foreign Minister Moratinos to improve Spanish relations with Israel. Fisher said bilateral relations have improved markedly in the last few months, after a "very diff [...]
2005-03-23 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP
05MADRID1141SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]
2005-03-23 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Hungerford, Research Chemist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, and Robert Dickey, Supervisory Biologist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Vigo, April 9-21, to speak on Marine and Freshwater Toxins Analysi [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA ROBERT DEVLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Robert Devlin, Branch Chief, ORD Office of Research and Development (OAR),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to make a presentation entitled "Making in Vitro Studies Relevant: Factors to Consider in Exposing Lung Cells to Envir [...]
2005-03-28 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1164SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USNRC SUDHAMAY BASU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sudhamay Basu, Research Engineer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),Nuclear Reactor Reasearch, to travel to Madrid, April 4-14, to attend the OECD/NEA Program Review Group (PRG),and Management Board (MB) meetings. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP TECH
05MADRID1165SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MASSOD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Massod Z. Hadi, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, April 28-May 5, to attend the European Symposium of the Protein Society 2005, and present a poster entitled "High Throughput Methods for Protein Complex Isolation and I [...]
2005-03-29 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT NANCY ANN WENTZLER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Ann Wentzler, Chief Economist with the Comptroller of the Currency, to travel to Madrid, March 29-April 2, to attend a meeting at the Institute of International Finance. 2. Embassy reminds travelers to submit country clearance request [...]
2005-03-31 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID1238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC PERRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Perry Blackshear, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 7-9 to present a seminar, "The TTP Family of CCCH Tandem Zinc Finger Proteins in the Regulation of MRNA Turnover." [...]
2005-03-31 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NMFS ENRIC CORTES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Enric Cortes, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS),to travel to Jaen and Barcelona, April 8-18, to give lectures on shark fisheries. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-03-31 15:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
05MADRID1251EXTRADITION CASE OF MANUEL ISAAC MARQUEZ SR
[...] Country clearance is granted for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephanie Christine Perez and Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Javier Rodriguez. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CPAS KCRM SP MARQUEZ MANUEL ISAAC SR
05MADRID1252FALL 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, one for the Management [...]
2005-03-31 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
05MADRID1257 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DOC
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARIO CARDULLO, COUNSELOR ON TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURISM TO TRAVEL TO BARCELONA, SPAIN FROM APRIL 11 TO 16, 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR SMES (INSME) ANNUAL MEETING. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 01031 WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOTE [...]
2005-04-01 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BEXP SP BGMT
05MADRID126WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS:SPAIN PRIORITIES
[...] There follows below in para.2, Embassy Madrid's assessment of U.S. services market priorities in Spain and market openness. This analysis was largely conducted by the USCS based on experiences with American firms doing business in Spain. We found the market openness rating difficult to make. [...]
2005-01-13 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SP WTO
05MADRID1277EXTRADITION CASE OF MARK M. ROSS
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Michael Robert McClung, and Donald Irving Exum. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshals Michael Robert McClung, Donald Irving Exum and Roger Wellborn Devall, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139 [...]
2005-04-04 13:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP ROSS MARK
05MADRID1281SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MUSTAFA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Asturias and Barcelona, April 17-May 1, to meet with Spanish investigators to review exposure assignments with collaborators on the Spanish Bladder Cancer S [...]
2005-04-04 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1284SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Johnson, Senior Chemist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Barcelona, April 24-May 1, to attend the 7th International Forum of International Lignin Institute (ILI). 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-04-05 08:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1285SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROGER PORTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger Porter from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, April 2-8, to discuss outstanding and new coordination issues of the three agencies and to present a briefing on new GSFC missions and associated spectrum r [...]
2005-04-05 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1289SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SERGI FERRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergi Ferre, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 15-26, to meet with colleagues at the University of Barcelona and discuss a number of projects such as, heteromerization of: cannabinoid CB1 [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MILES BRAUN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Miles Braun, Director, Division of Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 14-20, to attend the mid-year meeting of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISEP). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-05 14:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1291SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA SHIEW MEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Shiew Mei Huang, Deputy Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, April 16-20, to attend the 3rd World Drug Absorption, Transport and Delivery Clinical Significance and Regulatory Impact Conference. [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1292SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Kleeberger, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 22-26, to give a talk on "Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Pulmonary Responses to Inhaled Pollutants" at the Exp [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1293SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF KAMAL SHUKLA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kamal Shukla, Program Director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 4, to attend the 6th European Symposium of the Protein Society. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-04-05 14:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1316SENATOR SHELBY MEETS SPANISH ECONOMICS OFFICIALS
[...] Summary: Senator Richard Shelby met separately in Madrid March 28 with two high-ranking Spanish government officials in the government,s two ministries dealing with economic and finance issues. The Senator and his hosts discussed the current state of the Spanish economy, the impact of EU en [...]
2005-04-06 11:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1346SPAIN CONFIRMS NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE
[...] (U) ECONCOUNS and ESTHOFF made reftel points April 7 to MFA International Economic Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Emilio Fernandez-Castano, urging Spain to not/not require a formal diplomatic clearance for 3U Technologies or other future U.S. commercial enterprise vessels operating [...]
2005-04-07 10:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID1349GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK
[...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]
2005-04-07 12:04:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1350SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC VILMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vilma Carande-Kulis, Senior Policy Advisor in Health Economics, OD, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-15 to attend a public health meeting, present "Definition of Public Health Economics" and "Investing in Promoting Public Health and Pr [...]
2005-04-07 13:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1351SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. PHILIP YIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Philip Yin, Clinical Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 12-17, to give a presentation at the 18th International Conference on Antiviral Research. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-04-07 13:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1368SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. PHILLIP TAYLOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Phillip Taylor, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santaigo de Compostela, June 17-25 to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and associated European [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1369SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. JUNKU YUH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Junku Yuh, Program Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, April 19-30 to attend the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2. [...]
2005-04-08 15:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1371SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA LINDA KOBAYASHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Kobayashi from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, April 15-May 1, to attend the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-04-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1408EMBASSY MADRID PARTICIPATION IN ESTH CONFERENCE
[...] Embassy Madrid ESTH Officer Ken Forder hopes to participate in reftel conference June 20-24. Confirmation of his participation depends on financial arrangements. Total cost of participation is expected to run USD 2,668.00. This breaks down as follows: Round Trip airfare Madrid to Washing [...]
2005-04-13 07:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPA TSPL KPAO KSCA AMGT SP
05MADRID1409SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN HUTCH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dan Hutch, Economist, Office of the Administrator (OA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Cadiz and Madrid, May 1-7, to attend a conference that will cover quantitative and qualitative analyses and research relevant to smart g [...]
2005-04-13 08:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1456SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON
[...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...]
2005-04-14 15:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO WI SP
05MADRID1458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ALEXEI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Alexei Yeliseev, Staff Scientist, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, April 30-May 5, to present a poster, "Bacterial Expression of Functional Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptor for Structural Studi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1459SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Valencia, April 27-30, to attend and give a lecture at the First International IVI Congress: Reproductive and Maternal-Fetal M [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1460SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA EDWIN MELENDEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edwin Melendez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Silvota, Asturias, May 7-17, to visit AsturPharma and conduct a human drug pharmaceutical inspection for compliance with FDA's current Good Manufacturing Practi [...]
2005-04-14 16:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1461SPECIAL 301:PUSH FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRESS ON
[...] Summary: The GOS has agreed to an IPR Roundtable with the U.S. On April 8, the Council of Ministers approved and publicized the "Integrated Government Plan for the Reduction and Elimination of Activities Damaging Intellectual Property ( http://www.mcu.es/gabipren/notas/2005/abril/c ul_08_p [...]
2005-04-14 16:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID1472SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JPL) FRISH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center delegation to travel to Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid, April 17-June 19. Harold Frish will travel to Valencia to attend a meeting to define system engineering standards; Vladimir Lumelsky will travel to Barc [...]
2005-04-15 12:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1477SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]
2005-04-15 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1478SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA DAN COSTA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA official Dan Costa, Supervisory Research Physiologist, Office of Research and Development (ORD),to travel to Barcelona, April 21-28, to meet with Spanish counterparts to exchange latest technological advances in the area of toxicological e [...]
2005-04-18 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1518SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DAVID L. LEACH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David L. Leach, Research Geologist, USGS, to travel to Salamanca April 20-25, to attend an organization meeting regarding international field trips and conferences in 2005, 2006 and 2007 to be attended by USGS and other international geological [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SP
05MADRID1519SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROSALIND GRYMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rosalind Grymes from NASA's AMES Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, April 28-May 10, to plan upcoming collaborative workshops and Joint Astrobiology Summer School 2005 with international partner Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB). 2. Em [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/EGC BARBARA DE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Barbara de Rosa-Joynt from OES/EGC, to travel to Oviedo, April 29-1 May, to participate as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Technical Group meetings of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-04-20 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SENV TRGY SP
05MADRID1526SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS BERNARD FRIEDMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bernard Friedman, Senior Social Science Analyst, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 7-14, to present two papers at the Biennial Meeting [...]
2005-04-20 15:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TVBIO
05MADRID1527SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE VASILIS FTHENAKIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vasilis Fthenakis of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 5-12, to give an oral presentation entitled "Emission Factors in the Production of Materials Used in PV." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RICHARD KING
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard King, of the U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Technologies Program, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the European Conference on PV Solar Conversion. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2005-04-20 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID1529SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, May 14-21, to attend an information meeting and give a lecture titled "Dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-04-20 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID153 EXTRANCHECK: TRAVEL CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA OFFICIALS LAVONNE CLARK AND FREDERICK MINES TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN JANUARY 30 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2005 TO CONDUCT COST VERIFICATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CHLORINATED ISOCYANURATES FROM SPAIN. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00089 WE UN [...]
2005-01-14 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA ASEC AU BEXP SP
05MADRID154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC SANJAY DESAI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sanjay Desai, Tenure Track Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, January 28-February 1 to meet with malaria research collaborators at the Glaxosmithkline Plant. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-01-14 11:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1563SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE FERREIRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joanne C.T. Ferreira, Geophysicist, USGS, to travel to Barcelona, April 21-May 4, to participate in the Euro Strataform Gulf of Lions Research Cruise aboard the RV Endeavor and American UNOLS Fleet Research Vessel. 2. Embassy appreciate tha [...]
2005-04-22 08:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1584MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]
2005-04-22 16:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID1604SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]
2005-04-26 06:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1617SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC JANE SEWARD,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Seward, Chief Medical Officer; Lorraine Alexander, Medical Officer; and Gustavo Dayan, Senior Service Fellow, National Immunization Program, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Valencia, May 17-21, to present various projects related to immunization p [...]
2005-04-26 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1621SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA TIMOTHY O'BRIEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien and Thomas Friers from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, May 4-23, to meet with NASA and Spanish Government officials and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landin [...]
2005-04-26 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1626SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]
2005-04-27 06:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1628POPULAR PARTY: TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND
[...] (U) The opposition Popular Party (PP) is working hard to avoid losing its controlling majority in Galicia, historically a bedrock region for the center-right PP and home to both PP founder Manuel Fraga (now leader of the Galcian Regional government) and current PP leader Mariano Rajoy. The PP [...]
2005-04-27 06:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV SP PSOE
05MADRID1629SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC CHRIS PADDOCK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chris Paddock, Medical Officer, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Logrono, June 17-23, to attend the 4th International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Disease and present "Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in the Americas: A Decade of Discover [...]
2005-04-27 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1639MORE WORRYING OBESITY STATISTICS
[...] Reftel outlined Spain's Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Strategy (NAOS),which was launched in February with much fanfare by Health Minister Elena Salgado (responding to what she claimed was the nation's obesity "pandemic"). Minister Salgado went back on the anti-fat hustings April 26, when s [...]
2005-04-27 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI SP
05MADRID1645SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. LUNA AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joe Gangloff, Senior Counsel, US Department of Justice (DOJ),and David Luna, State/INL, to travel to Madrid, April 26-29, to participate at the Steering Committee Meeting for the OECD-UNDP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "Good Governance f [...]
2005-04-27 14:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV KCRM SP OECD
05MADRID1646ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 28-29
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-27 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER KTFN SP EUN
05MADRID1651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV CLARK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, DOE funded personnel: Harvey W Clark, Ronald A. Hansen, Scott E. Hulse, Christopher J. Joines, and Richrad L. Waters, to travel to Rota, May 5-15, to support the Do [...]
2005-04-28 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROBERT C. BURRUSS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert C. Burruss, USGS Research Geologist, to travel to Oviedo, April 27-May 1, to represent the USGS at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Technical Group Meeting and participate in the Storage Taskforce Meeting to prepare a workplan [...]
2005-04-28 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID1683SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 13:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE
05MADRID1684SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA CHARLES LARSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Charles Larson, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Valencia, May 20-27, to conduct a devise inspection of Industrias Quirurgicas de Levante. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visi [...]
2005-04-29 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1687SPAIN NOT SUPPORTIVE ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
[...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 21 to appropriate MFA and Health Ministry contacts. POLMILOFF passed reftel points that same day to the Defense Ministry. The MFA contacted ESTHOFF to inform the Embassy that it would deliver the combined GOS response to our demarche. This response was [...]
2005-04-29 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL PTER SP WHO
05MADRID1689SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MEENAN, JACK,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Flight Inspection personnel Mitchael Meenan, Pilot; Kenneth Jack, Pilot; John Dewitt, Technician; and John Hodges, MX Support, to travel to Rota twice, May 25-26; and May 30-31, for certification of aids for the Department of Defense and ce [...]
2005-04-29 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP FAA
05MADRID1700SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Marta Leon-Monzon, Health Scientist Administrator, Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director, NIH; and Dr. Igor Belyakov, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Malaga, May 16-21, to attend and participate in the [...]
2005-05-04 14:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
05MADRID1701SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Mischchenko from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Gran Canaria, May 15-21, to participate at the Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2005-05-04 14:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1702SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JAMES DUNNIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Dunnie and Lydia Rosas-Marty, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Girona and Barcelona, May 21-27, to inspect drug manufacturers Fort Dodge Veterinaria, S.A. and Inke SA., for compliance with FDA's current [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1703SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DAVID GARRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Garrison, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Santiago de Compostela and Madrid, June 17-25, to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oce [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID1704SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Steven Warach, Senior Investigator, Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, May 15-18 to participate in a meeting on stroke research with colleagu [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1705SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Carl K. Andersen, Federal Highway Administration representative, to travel to Leon, May 12-21 to attend the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) meeting and participate in working sessions of various technical committees. 2. Embas [...]
2005-05-04 15:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TSPL OTRA SP
05MADRID171SPAIN ON RELATIONS WITH USG: "WE WANT BACK IN"
[...] Summary. The Zapatero Government has undertaken a series of gestures intended to signal their desire for improved ties with the USG. Spain will contribute $20 million to the UNDP to support the Iraq elections, met a USG request to press Arab governments to encourage Sunni participation in the Iraq [...]
2005-01-15 12:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
05MADRID1710REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 15:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
05MADRID1727SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING
[...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...]
2005-05-06 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05MADRID1729SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WEST AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert West and Padme Yanamandra-Fisher from the California Institute of California working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Granada, May 13-22 to attend the 8th Annual Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nons [...]
2005-05-06 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID173NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT-
[...] A visit to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet took place from December 15-17. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet workstation and the locally engaged contractor was fully trained in its use. Post Su [...]
2005-01-18 07:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAINF OTRA
05MADRID1730SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA DURAND BEGAULT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Durand Begault, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Barcelona, May 26-June 1, to attend and present a paper at an Audio Engineering Society (AES) Workshop on Audio-Haptic Interaction and to meet with collaborators and colleagues [...]
2005-05-06 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1731SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES A. COSTRELL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James A. Costrell, from NASA Headquarters, to travel to Madrid, June 19-23, to attend management meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passport [...]
2005-05-06 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1732SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC ANGULO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Frederick Angulo, Medical Epidemiologist; Peter Gerner-Smidt, Microbiologist; Michael Lynch, Medical Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid, May 30-June 7, to attend two meetings: the Annual International Burden of Foodborne Illne [...]
2005-05-06 14:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1733SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA KESSLER;
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Kessler; Daniel Schultz; Ginette Michaud; Ronda Balham; Kimberly Trautman; Steven Niedelman; and David Kelly from the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, to travel to Sevilla, May 16-20 to attend the Glo [...]
2005-05-06 15:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1748SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1749SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1750SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S.
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...]
2005-05-09 13:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PREL SP VZ
05MADRID1766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV FUNDED
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation funded personnel: Randy R. Rogers; William J. Dougherty; Brian B. Peters; Scott E. Gable; and Michael G. Hoxie to travel to Algeciras, May 23-Jun [...]
2005-05-10 07:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID1769SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. ABHIJIT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation at the National Science Foundation, to travel to Benalmadera, June 16-19 to attend the 14th International Association of Science and Technolo [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA SP NSF
05MADRID1770SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROBERTO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Roberto Romero, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, May 22-26, to participate in the Third Course Ian Donald Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, an [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1771SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA PAULA BONTEMPI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paula Bontempi, from NASA HQ, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 18-24, to attend a special session on Applied Ecosystem-Level Research to Reverse Coral Reef Degradation, sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. [...]
2005-05-10 09:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1772SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Maria Merino, Chief, Surgical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca, May 23-29, to give an update on "Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer," at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid, and giv [...]
2005-05-10 09:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1786UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]
2005-05-10 15:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1798SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. CLIFTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Clifton Barry, III, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 17-18 to participate in a workshop, "The Biology of Persistence," sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO KHIV SP
05MADRID1799SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC DONATUS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donatus Ekwueme, Health Economist, NCCDPHP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-14, to do a presentation entitled "Cost analysis of screening, diagnosing, and staging for prostate cancer: a review of the literature," at the 5th Internati [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1800SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. DEBORAH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Philp, Research Fellow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Sitges, May 27-31 to present a poster titled "The Actin Binding Site on Thymosin Beta-4 Promotes Angiogenesis" at the Fifth European S [...]
2005-05-11 11:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1809FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...]
2005-05-12 10:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1825SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS GLYN T. DAVIES
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs to travel to Sevilla, May 13-15 to attend the U.S.-Spain Council Meeting. 2. Control Officer for this visit is Economic Officer Carl Schonander who can be reached at: O [...]
2005-05-12 16:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC PREL SP
05MADRID1854SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID E&E/EG/EI ROBERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Archer, Physical Scientist, USAID/E&E/EG/EI, to travel to Madrid, May 31-June 5, to review energy regulatory distance learning program financed by the World Bank and developed and managed by Comillas University; meet with Union Fenosa re [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP AID
05MADRID1855SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Schreck, Senior Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Pamplona, May 24-27 to lead meetings of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Research Annex 11 and Annex 20. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-05-16 15:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID1859SPAIN: ETA ATTACKS AFTER ZAPATERO PROPOSES PEACE
[...] On May 15, four small bombs, each containing approximately four pounds of explosives, exploded in the Basque region of Spain, The bombings, attributed to the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, took place near four industrial centers in the Guipuzcoa region of the Basque coun [...]
2005-05-16 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID1870SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELLIOT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elliot McVeigh, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 1-5, to attend and give a lecture, "Advance Imaging, Modeling and Simulation on the Heart: [...]
2005-05-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1871SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC RONALD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Director, NCHSTP, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Barcelona, May 24-26 to attend the seminar of presentation for the annual report on HIV enhanced surveillance and the commemoration of 10 years of the Center for Epidemiological [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID1872SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ULRICH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ulrich Siebenlist, Section Chief, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 22-25, to give a talk, "Novel Contributions of NF-Kappab in Health Disease," at the Juan March Foundation Spring 2005 Wor [...]
2005-05-17 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1879U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...]
2005-05-17 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID188SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Douglas A. Chinn, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, February 5-10, to attend the Smart Fabrics Conference and present standard talk called "Carbon based electronics at Sandia." 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-01-19 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1880SPANISH REACTION TO NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF KORAN
[...] The Spanish media have given very prominent coverage to Newsweek's retraction of its Koran desecration allegation story. All national and major regional broadcast and print media have made the retraction either the lead or one of the top three international stories in May 17 reports, includin [...]
2005-05-17 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID1891SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...]
2005-05-18 10:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN
05MADRID1892U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...]
2005-05-18 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID191SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marueen E. Quinn, Kurt E. Amend, USN Commander Debra Maddrell and Worth S. Anderson to travel to Madrid, January 25-26, to consult with the EU and key NATO allies regarding the role of the international community in Afghanista [...]
2005-01-19 14:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL SP NATO
05MADRID1912SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay, Pittsburgh Certificate Management Office, Coraopolis, PA, to travel to Barcelona, May 25-26, to perform international check airmen surveillance. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-05-19 09:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID1921SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC) PORTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen V. Porter and John D. Cornwell, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Madrid, May 28-June 2, to meet with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Thermal Working Group Formulation. [...]
2005-05-19 12:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1924SPANISH FIRM SEEKS BUSINESS WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 17, Javier Hergueta, the Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for bilateral economic relations with Europe and the OECD countries, requested a meeting with poloff. Hergueta explained that a Spanish firm, Espindesa (part of [...]
2005-05-19 14:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER ETTC SP CBW
05MADRID1929SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. MORRISON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Deborah Morrison, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH; and, Dr. Silvio Gutkind, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, to travel to Madrid, May 29-June 3, to give individual presentations [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1930SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BEZRUKOV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Sergey Bezrukov, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to Castellon, May 31-June 5, to attend a program/collaboration meeting on Physics of Ion Channels, at the Universitat Jaume I, De [...]
2005-05-19 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID1931SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark W. Becker from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, June 4-14, to attend the International Workshop on Information Hiding, and the 1st Watermarking Virtual Laboratory (WAVILA) of the European Network of Excellence (ECRYP [...]
2005-05-19 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID1932SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (KSC) TIMOTHY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy O'Brien from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, June 6-12, to meet with NASA representatives, and to support shuttle transport system 114 transoceanic abort landing sites. 2. Embassy understan [...]
2005-05-19 15:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP TPSA
05MADRID1933SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JCS) ASTRONAUT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Astronaut Lt. Colonel Rex J. Walheim, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to the Canary Islands, June 9-14, to serve as a speaker for the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-05-19 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID1934SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA COLLEEN FLAHERTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Colleen Flaherty, Biologist, Office of Pollution, Prevention, and Toxic Substances, EPA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-25, to attend the ASLO Summer Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. V [...]
2005-05-19 15:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID1938SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK W. GRAFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick W. Graff, Director SEDM, Italy & Spain Defense Issues, European and NATO Affairs, OSD-ISP, to travel to Madrid, Spain from May 23-May 28, to attend meetings with US and Spanish MOD on resolution on high level defense committee action i [...]
2005-05-20 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID1940SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USPTO STEADMAN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Velica Steadman and Angela Reilly, Intellectual Property Research Specialists, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, to travel to Barcelona, May 22-27, to attend the Momentum Barcelona 2005 Conference hosted by the Centre Convencions International [...]
2005-05-20 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC SP
05MADRID1950US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP EUN UN
05MADRID2057SPAIN: 2ND SUBMISSION SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] U.S. Embassy Madrid has the honor of nominating Merck, Sharp and Dohme (MSD),Spain's division of Merck Pharmaceuticals, for the 2005 Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence. MSD is a recognized leader in the business world, serving as a market leader in the field of healthcare te [...]
2005-06-01 07:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV SP
05MADRID2061COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL HASTINGS
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes Representative Alcee Hastings to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 6-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 2. Admini [...]
2005-06-01 07:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
05MADRID2064COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. HOWARD GADLIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Seville, Spain from June 15-21, 2005. the purpose of this visit is to attend and give a presentation at the International Association for Conflict Management 18th Annual C [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2065COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RYAN MUTTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Mutter, Junior Service Fellow, and William Encinosa, Senior Economist, Center for Delivery Organization, and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 7-14, 2005. Th [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2066COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DR. ABHIJIT DESHMUKH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh, Program Director in the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation, National Science Foundation, to travel to Malaga, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 14th Internatio [...]
2005-06-01 10:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA SP
05MADRID2067COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IVAR MARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ivar Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, Department of Energy, to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 15-July 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP KSCA TRGY
05MADRID2068COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR WOJIECH ZUREK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Wojciech H. Zurek, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Benasque, Spain from June 27-July 5, 2005 to attend the summer session on Quantum Information and Dec [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2069COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS/CDC GERARDO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Garcia-Lerma, Senior Fellow, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 16-19, 2005. The purpose of this trip is to present, "Drug Resistant HIV-1 and Viral Fitness" at the 1st Symposium of the Spanish Retrovirus Working Gro [...]
2005-06-01 10:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA US SP CDC
05MADRID2070COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR NOAA/TSUNG-HUNG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Tsung-Hung Peng, Edward Cokelet, Henry Vanderploeg, Doran Mason, Thomas Nalepa, and Andrea Jaeger, NOAA, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from June 17-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate [...]
2005-06-01 10:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SENV KSCA SP
05MADRID2072COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GREGORY DASCH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Dasch, Team Leader, Marina Eremeeva, Biologist, Robert Massung, Microbiologist, Amanda Loftis, Microbiologist, Herbert Thompson, Branch Chief, William Nicholson, Microbiologist, David Swerdlow, Team Leader, Alice Chapman, Epidemiologist [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN RICHARDSON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 11:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA TPHY KSCA SP
05MADRID2082DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]
2005-06-01 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2084COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes and grants country clearance to Judith Monte and Brian Weyand, INR/I/M Geographic Specialists, to travel to Madrid, Bilbao and A Coruna, July 2-15, for map collection as well as for Ms. Monte's attendance at the International Cartographic Association Conference in A Cor [...]
2005-06-01 17:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAINR OTRA SP
05MADRID2097COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCOTT ESTON HULSE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Hulse, Bechtel Nevada, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from June 6-9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide scientific and technical support to Department [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2098COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ANTONIO VALENTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from June 15-21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a talk entitled, "The role of ABC-Transporters in Antiretroviral Therapy," at the Firs [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2099COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. HARVEY KLEIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Harvey Klein, Chief, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to San Sebastian, Spain from June 15-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to moderate s symposium and to give a talk entitled, "Transfusion-Transmit [...]
2005-06-02 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2100COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GYORGY VIZKELETHY AND BARNEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gyorgy Vizkelethy and Barney L. Doyle, Sandia National Laboratories, National Nuclear Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Seville, Spain from June 17-July 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 17th I [...]
2005-06-02 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KSCA SP
05MADRID2101COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERARDO ORTIZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Ortiz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, to travel to Benasque, Spain from June 18-July 2. 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Worksh [...]
2005-06-02 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2102COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US DELEGATION TO THE OSCE
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Governor George Pataki, Head of Delegation, Major Gary Berwick, Chairman Charles Gargano, David Catalfamo, Director of Communications, Salvatore Graven, Travel Aide, Jeffery Lovell, Senior Policy Advisor to th [...]
2005-06-02 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREL SP OSCE
05MADRID2115RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED MIGRANT ALEJANDRO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF SMIG SP
05MADRID2127SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ELDERDGE,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leo V. Elderdge, Carlos Rodrigus, Ted Urda and Dieter Guenter, FAA employees to travel to Malaga, June 20-25, to attend the GBAS Working Group Meeting hosted by Eurocontrol ATND ANE. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2128SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA BENNING, HATHAWAY,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Benning, Kurt Hathaway, Deke Moser and Dick Bailey, FAA safety inspectors, to travel to Madrid, June 13-17, to inspect Iberia Airlines FAA Repair Station pursuant to their authorization to conduct maintenance on U.S. registered aircraft in [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2129SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Eston Hulse, DOE funded person, to travel to Madrid, June 6-9, to provide scientific and technical support to a DOE customer. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplom [...]
2005-06-06 13:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KSCA SP
05MADRID2130SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA GORDON MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gordon Michael McKay, FAA Inspector, to travel to Barcelona, June 30-July 1, to perform an international CA certification. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and o [...]
2005-06-06 13:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2135COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPAIN DESK OFFICER
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - SPAIN DESK OFFICER DONALD CALVERT TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON JUNE 13 AND 14 FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH EMBASSY, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND SPANISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON KEY TRADE ISSUES. 2. WE CONFIRM HOTEL RESERVAT [...]
2005-06-06 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
05MADRID2137SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS/IO DENNIS DELEHANTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dennis Delheanty, Director for Postal Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of Technical Specialized Agencies, to travel to Madrid, June 4-9, to participate in the meeting of the Arrears Working Group and Reform Working [...]
2005-06-06 16:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SP USPS
05MADRID2138SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS RYAN MUTTER AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Mutter, Junior Service Fellow, and William Encinosa, Senior Economist, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Health-care Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 7-14, to participate in [...]
2005-06-06 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2139SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ONE MORE DOE/EE/NREL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert McConnell, part of DOE group (Ref A and B),to travel to Barcelona, June 4-12, to participate in the 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-06-06 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2141COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN ZAVALES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Zavales, OFDA Military Liaison Officer, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain from June 8-18, 2005. The purpose of this trip is to provide briefings to the NATO Civil-Military Coordination Course. 2. Embassy understands no further assistance i [...]
2005-06-07 08:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2143SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUIGI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Director, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, June 15-19 to present a lecture titled: "Disability prevention: Is it the first step for dependency prevention?" at [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2144SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARVEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Harvey Klein, Chief, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, to travel to San Sebastian, June 15-19, to moderate a symposium and give a talk on "Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in the Immunosuppressed Patient," at a mee [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ANTONIO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Antonio Valentin, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, to give a talk "The Role of ABC-Transporters in Antiretroviral Therapy," at the first GTR sponsored Antiretroviral Therapy Meeting, and to meet with Spa [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2146SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. HOWARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, Office of the Director, NIH, to travel to Seville, June 15-21 to give a presentation at the International Association for Conflict Management 18th Annual Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2147SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC GERARDO GARCIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerardo Garcia Lerma, Senior Fellow, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, June 16-19 to present a paper on "Drug Resistant HIV-1 and Viral Fitness" at the 1st Symposium of the Spanish Retrovirus Working Group. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP CDC
05MADRID2148SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIAID GROUP OF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Sherry Coleman; Robert Heinzen; Dale Howe; Sam Perdue; Messrs. Paul Beare and Jeff Shannon, to travel to Logrono, June 17-24 to attend and participate in the 4th International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases. 2. Emba [...]
2005-06-07 09:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2149SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DASCH,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Dasch, Team Leader; Marina Eremeeva, Biologist; Robert Massung, Microbiologist; Amanda Lofits, Microbiologist; Herbert Thompson, Branch Chief; William Nicholson, Microbiologist; David Swerdlow, Team Leader; Alice Chapman, Epidemiologist [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2150SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA SUSAN RICHARDSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Richardson, Research Chemist, Office for Research and Development (ORD),to travel to Barcelona, June 17-22 to evaluate practical aspects for the usefulness of tandem mass spectrometric techniques for screening and quantitation of organic [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID2151SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following DOE funded personnel: Gyorgy Vizkelethy and Barney L. Doyle, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Sevilla, June 17-July 4 to attend the 17th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2152SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ISMAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ismael Ortega-Sanchez, Senior Service Fellow, NIP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-13 to make a presentation at the International Health Economics Association 5th World Congress Conference on Treatment on Prophylaxis and Economic of An [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2153SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MAYA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Maya Vijayaraghavan, Health Economist, NIP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 6-14 to present results of research conducted at the Global Immunization Division (GID) at the 5th World Congress of the International Health Economics Associatio [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2154SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL WILLIAM WEBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Weber from California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Madrid, June 17-23 to attend management meetings. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2155SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL TAHER DAUB
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Taher Daub, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Canary Islands, June 11-26 to attend the International Work-Conference on Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Co [...]
2005-06-07 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2163SPAIN REQUESTS MUTUAL CANDIDATE SUPPORT FOR WORLD
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Madrid received the following note verbale from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 3 (the note is dated May 27). Informal embassy translation of the main points is as follows: The Government of Spain has decided [...]
2005-06-07 10:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL SP
05MADRID2164SPAIN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REQUESTS CANDIDATE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Madrid received the following note verbale from the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain on June 6 (the note is dated May 31). Informal embassy translation of the main points is as follows: The government of the Domin [...]
2005-06-07 10:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP DR
05MADRID2194SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC HAROLD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold Frisch and Antonio Mannino from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Valencia and Santiago de Compostela, June 10-25. Harold Frisch will visit Valencia to define system engineering standards. Antonio Mannino will visi [...]
2005-06-08 13:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF PAUL KEMP
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Paul Kemp, Associate Program Director in the Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 16-25 to attend the 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...]
2005-06-08 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2211SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV THOMAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas L. Sanford from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 2, to enhance Sandia's reputation; attend the 32nd Plasma Physics Conference, and receive the 2005 Hannes Alfven Prize of the European Physical Society in [...]
2005-06-08 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF GARY THOMPSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Thompson, Program Director in the Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-16 to attend an annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and give a presentation ti [...]
2005-06-08 16:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2222SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK W. GRAFF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick W. Graff, Director SEDM, Italy, & Spain Defense Issues, European and NATO Affairs, OSD-ISP, to travel to Madrid, Spain June 14-16 and June 27-30, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with US and Spanish MOD Officials. [...]
2005-06-10 08:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2223SPAIN: YARKAS TERRORIST TRIAL UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, judge Javier Gomez Bermudez of the Spanish National Court initiated trial proceedings against 24 defendants, mostly Syrian-born residents of Spain, accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terrorist cell linked to al-Qa'ida (Reftel). Three defendants, the main one b [...]
2005-06-10 11:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID2233SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BARIS METE UZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Baris Mete Uz, Associate Program Director in the division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 19-28 to attend the 2005 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting. 2 [...]
2005-06-10 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2234SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV GALEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Galen R. Gisler, from Los Angeles National Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, June 22-26 to work with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography to discuss modeling of Tsunami gener [...]
2005-06-10 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2235SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MATZEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Keith M. Matzen and Stephen M. Slutz, from Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 8 to attend the 32nd European Physical Society (EPS) Plasma Physics Conference and the 8th International Workshop [...]
2005-06-10 13:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2236SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. GARY THOMPSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Thompson, Program Director, Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-16 to attend an annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology and give a presentation at that [...]
2005-06-10 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2237SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/NESDIS KENNETH S.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth S. Casey, Physical Scientist, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-25 to attend and present in two sessions of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer 2005 meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2005-06-10 14:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2238SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PING ZHANG AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ping Zhang, Health Economist; and Kumiko Imai, Economist and Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 8-14 to attend and participate in the International Health Economic Association (IHEA) 5th World Congr [...]
2005-06-10 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP CDC
05MADRID2239SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS SELDEN, BANTHIN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Selden, Economist; Jessica Banthin, Director, Division of Modeling and Simulation; and Didem Bernard, Senior Economist, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Public Health Service to t [...]
2005-06-10 14:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2241SPAIN IRKED ON UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION
[...] (C) MFA desk officer for the Middle East Eva Martinez requested a meeting with poloff on June 8 to relay Spain's frustration with the ongoing discussions on the expansion of the UNRWA Advisory Commission. Martinez said Spain had been surprised to learn at the May 17-19 major donors informal m [...]
2005-06-10 14:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREF KPAL PREL SP EUN
05MADRID2244SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NOAA/NMFS ZETWO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michele P. Zetwo, Jeremy Rusin, Jessica Kondel and Stephen B. Reilly, to travel to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, June 10-21 to participate as U.S. delegates at meetings of the parties to the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Pro [...]
2005-06-10 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA EFIS SP
05MADRID2248GOS SUGGESTED COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON TERRORISM
[...] (C) During the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counterterrorism Experts Working Group on May 16-20 in Madrid (reftel),Spanish judicial officials proposed a joint investigation into the finances of the Islamic Cultural Center. The Center is a prominent Islamic institution l [...]
2005-06-10 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2268SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS BOZEK, CLOERN,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Bozek, Unit Leader; James Cloern, Physical Scientist; Dale Honeyfield, Chemist; Tara Schraga, Oceanographer; and Rob Striegl, Hydrologist, from the U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 17-July 4, to attend a [...]
2005-06-13 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2272SPAIN: EMBASSY SUGGESTS POSTPONEMENT OF DUSD VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-20 22:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP OTRC MGT
05MADRID2273JUSTICE MINISTRY REJECTS REGISTRATION OF CHURCH OF
[...] Charge met on June 6 with Ministry of Justice Under Secretary Ana Maria Miguel and director of the MOJ's Office SIPDIS of Religious Affairs Mercedes Rico Carabias to discuss the MOJ's May 18 decision to reject the Church of Scientology's application to register as a religious organization. [...]
2005-06-13 17:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SP
05MADRID2290SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV PATEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Praveshkumar Kantibhai Patel and Eduard Liviu Dewald, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Tarragona, June 25-July 2. Mr. Dewald will attend and participate at the 32nd European Physical Society (ESP) Conference on Plasma P [...]
2005-06-14 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2296SPAIN FAVORS NICARAGUA MANPADS DESTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 15:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETMARR PARM PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2297SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. FREDERIC
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Frederic Lipshultz, Associate Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 18-26, to attend meetings of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and associat [...]
2005-06-14 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2303SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA LESTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lester Crawford, Acting Commissioner, and Helen Winkle, Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Malta, June 19-21, to attend and participate at the International Generic Pharma [...]
2005-06-15 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2304SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV DARRYL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Darryl L. Smith, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, July 4-8, take part in a seminar at the University of Barcelona Physics Department. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...]
2005-06-15 10:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2305SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SC JOHN MANDREKAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Mandrekas, Program Manager, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, Department of Energy, to travel to Tarragona, June 26-July 3, to attend the 32nd European Physical Society (EPS) Plasma Physics Conference, and the 8th Intern [...]
2005-06-15 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2306SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEONID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Leonid M. Gurvits, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Santander, June 30-July 9, to attend and participate at the Foundations of Computational Mathematics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-06-15 10:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2314NOVEMBER 14-16 TERRORISM FINANCE CONFERENCE IN
[...] Summary: The Embassy, Ministry of Interior and the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (a well-respected thinktank) are collaborating on a November 14-16 terrorism finance conference in Madrid. This will be the fourth conference on terrorism issues we put together with the GOS and the Foundation. The [...]
2005-06-15 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2319SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS WILLIAM LAWRENCE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Lawrence, Senior Service Fellow, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Health-Care Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 10-14, to present a workshop on the use of cost-effectiveness analysis i [...]
2005-06-16 07:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2320SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA BRUCE RUNNEGAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bruce Runnegar, NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-15, to co-direct the Joseph Comas I Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology, at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP). 2. Embassy und [...]
2005-06-16 07:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2322SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JOHN WARBURTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Warburton, Electronics Engineering Supervisor; ATO-P; William J. Hughes Tech Center; Atlantic City, NJ; to travel to Malaga, June 20-25, to attend the GBAS Working Group Meeting hosted by Eurocontrol and AENA. 2. Embassy understands t [...]
2005-06-16 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
05MADRID2325SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NNTRAV TEAM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel: Stephanie P. Clarke, William E. Kilmartin, Department of Energy; Edward E. Coyne, William J. Dougherty; Luis G. Rivero, Michael G. Hoxie, Paul M. Jackson, Albert S. Kacoroski, Timothy Yu Lai, George G. Lord, Brian B. [...]
2005-06-16 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2326SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA TIM DULIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Tim Dulin, Aerospace Engineer, International Branch, ANM-116, to travel to Madrid, June 29-July 1, to attend CASA Type Validation and continuing airworthiness meetings at the DGAC Facility. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-06-16 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2328SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DONALD L. GAUTIER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donald L. Gautier, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Madrid, June 11-19, to attend and present a paper at the annual meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-06-16 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2329SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA EMMANUEL BOSC AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Emmanuel Bosc and Marjorie Schmeltz, from the California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, June 19-24, to participate in the American Society of Limnology and Oceano [...]
2005-06-16 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2352NOMINEES FOR USPTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROGRAMS
[...] Per reftel, post nominates two candidates. 2. Elena Rojas Romero Senior Officer Department of Legal Coordination and International Relations Ministry of Justice Ms. Rojas prepares legal and policy recommendations for the Ministry of Justice on IPR-related matters, particularly [...]
2005-06-17 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR SP
05MADRID2353SPAIN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY STILL CONSIDERING
[...] This is an action message. USAID, Please see paragraph 3. 2. Econoff met June 17 with Deputy Director for Africa and Asia Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil at Spain's Development Agency (AECI) to discuss AECI's planning for the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Qal-i-now. Diaz said [...]
2005-06-17 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV MOPS AF SP NATO
05MADRID2365SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON USG PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-20 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KUNR AORC SP UNSC
05MADRID2375COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR MARK PETERS, DIRECTOR OF THE MISSOULA USEAC IN MISSOULA, MT TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON JULY 5 TO 7, 2005. MR. PETERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A TRADE MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONGRESSMAN REHGERG. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 02479 WE UNDERSTAND THAT [...]
2005-06-20 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN EI SP
05MADRID2392SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC LARRY BERGMANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Larry Bergmann, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, June 21-July 6 to meet with a team of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) to conduct an assessment of the CPSS/IOSCO securities settlement principles. [...]
2005-06-21 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID2396SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS JAYASREE BASU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jayasree Basu, Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Primary Care, prevention, and Clinical partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-14, to attend the annual meeting of [...]
2005-06-21 14:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2397SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV ROGER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger L. Clough, from Sandia National Laboratories to travel to Madrid, July 8-20 to attend and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Advisory Group Meeting on Controlling Radiation Degradation in Polymers. 2. Embassy unde [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2398SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC COLEVAS,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Alexander Colevas; Ilona Linnoila; James Mulshine; Jyotsna Pandey; and David Schrump, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH, to travel to Barcelona, July 2-8, to attend and participate in the 11th World Conference on Lung Cancer. 2. Emb [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2399SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel from the University of Rochester--Lab for Laser Energy: Christian E. Stoeckl; Jacques A. Delettrez; and Jason F. Myatt, to travel to Tarragona, June 25-July 3, to attend the 32nd European Physical Society Plasma Physics Co [...]
2005-06-21 14:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2430SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael T. Tobin from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Tarragona, June 24-July 4, to attend and present a paper at the 32nd EPS Plasma Physics Conference and the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2431SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PHILLIP A. GOMEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phillip A. Gomez, Inspector, Pittsburgh Certificate Management Office, Coraopolis, PA, to travel to Barcelona, July 19-23, to perform a U.S. Airways station inspection. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearances be sent at least seven [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2432SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA CHRISTOPHER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christopher Mertens from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Granada and Tortosa, July 22-25, to work on an improved formulation and numerical implementation of the Curtis Matrix and in Tortosa to give a talk at the Internationa [...]
2005-06-23 10:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2433SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA GERALD L. CONDON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerald L. Condon, from NASA Johnson Space Center to travel to Valencia, June 27-July 13 to present a paper at the Technical University of Valencia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that b [...]
2005-06-23 10:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2435SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Kenneth Balick, from Los Alamos National Laboratory to travel to Valencia, Cordoba and Albacete July 5-23, to participate in the European Sentinel 2 and Fluorescent Experiment collecting data on quantitative remote sensing hyperspectral and [...]
2005-06-23 11:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2438SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NIGEL GREIG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Nigel Greig, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, NIH, to travel to Madrid, July 5-9, to discuss recent Alzheimer's disease findings at a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Neuropharma. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-06-23 16:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2447SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ROSALIND GRYMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rosalind Grymes from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-19, to attend the summer school "Titan, Perbiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life" at the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-06-24 13:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2448SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ASTRONAUT LT.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lt. Colonel Eric A. Boe, Astronaut, and Goeroge D. Zamka, from NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Zaragoza, July 10-15, to provide technical support to the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) in support of STS-114 in Moron Airbase. 2. Emb [...]
2005-06-24 13:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2449SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JUAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Juan P. Paz from Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Benasque and Barcelona, July 11-24 to participate in Benasque in the workshop on "Decoherence in Condensed Matter Systems" and in Barcelona to participate in information meetings and [...]
2005-06-24 13:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2451SPAIN AGREES TO MEETING WITH USG ON CHEMICAL
[...] (C) Poloff met with the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director of International Disarmament Affairs, Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, June 24 to convey Washington's desire to meet with Spanish experts in The Hague during the 41st Executive Council Session June 28 to July 5 to discuss the text of [...]
2005-06-24 15:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
05MADRID2463SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. STEPHEN KATZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, to travel to Bilbao, Spain from July 8-14, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a lecture and attend the 50th Anniversary of Cruces U [...]
2005-06-28 07:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2464SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DUXBURY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Duxbury, California Institute of Technology at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Coruna, Spain from July 814, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 2005 International Cartographic Conference (ICC'05) [...]
2005-06-28 07:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2465BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON DDTC LICENSE NO.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC SP
05MADRID2470SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. MUSTAFA DOSEMECI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mustafa Dosemeci, Industrial Hygienist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Oviedo and Barcelona, Spain from July 6-18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to train industrial hygienists for the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study at the [...]
2005-06-28 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2471SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. NANCY BREEN, DR.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),National Cancer Institute (NCI),and Fogarty International Center (FIC),NIH, Dr. Nancy Breen, NCI, Dr. William Cartwright, NIDA, Dr. Steven Clauser, NCI, Dr. Dean Jami [...]
2005-06-28 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2485SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA BILL KRAMER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bill Kramer, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Water (OW),Environmental Protection Agency, to travel to Tarragona, July 5-10, to attend the Coaster Water Quality Monitoring Seminar. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is n [...]
2005-06-29 14:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP EPA
05MADRID2504DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX VICE CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 11:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD SP
05MADRID2505SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC FRAGOSO AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gilberto Fragoso, Bioinformatics Specialist, Center for Bioinformatics, National Cancer Institute, NIH; and Mr. Alexander Rosenthal, Director, Division of Enterprise and Custom Application, Center for Information Technology, NIH, to travel [...]
2005-07-01 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2506SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA KRISTTINA WILMOTH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kristtina Wilmoth, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Santander, July 10-16, to attend the Astrobiology Summer School "Titan, Prebiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life." . 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2005-07-01 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2507SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Wassmer, Engineer II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden Colorado, DOE, to travel to Madrid, July 9-13, to visit the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid to check out the progress of their solar decathlon houses. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-07-01 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2508SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Heather L. Wilkens, General Atomics, sponsored by DOE/NNSA, to travel to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, July 30-August 7, to attend and participate at the 12th Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE 12). 2. Embassy understands that no as [...]
2005-07-01 14:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2509SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ CALDWELL HARROP
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Caldwell Harrop, Antitrust Division, DOJ, to travel to Madrid, July 19-20, to attend the Third Annual Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum hosted by the OECD and IDB. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-07-01 14:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OTRA KIPR AORC SP
05MADRID2520SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS USERY, VARANKA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Lynn Usery, Research Geographer; Dalia E. Varanka, Research Physical Scientist; and Susan D. Mills, Cartographer Technician, to travel to La Coruna, July 7-19, to attend the international Cartographic Conference, to present papers and repres [...]
2005-07-05 10:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID2521SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS LIU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chuan-Fen Liu, and Matthew L. Maciejewski, Research Health Specialists, VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA, to travel to Barcelona, July 81-14, to attend and participate at the 5th World Congress of the International Health Economics. 2. Embass [...]
2005-07-05 10:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2528SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS, CSI, OFFICIAL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Carolyn Frey, Senior Network Engineer, CBP, to travel to Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, July 11-18, to participate in the site assessment for the new CSI offices in those ports. 2. Post understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-07-05 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC OTRA SP
05MADRID2537BARAKAT YARKAS TERRORISM TRIAL: PROSECUTION BLAMES
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy officials met with the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court Eduardo Fungarino on July 1 to express concern regarding press reports quoting the lead prosecutor in the Barakat Yarkas terrorism trial complaining about the lack of access to USG detainee Ramzi Binalshibh [...]
2005-07-05 15:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2560SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAUL HEBERT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul Hebert, Consultant; Jane Sisk, Senior Biomedical Research Service; Edward Sondik, Director, NCHS, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-14, to deliver a presentation at the International Health Economic Association (IHEA) Conference on [...]
2005-07-07 09:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2562SPAIN (MAD) - COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance to TSA Aviation Security Inspectors Yasmin Moorgan and Sandra Johnson to visit Madrid from 10-21 July 2005 to perform the airport and air carrier station assessments at Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD). 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]
2005-07-07 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC PTER OTRA KHLS
05MADRID2564SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV KARL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Karl Leslie Gass, from Sandia National Laboratories, DOE funded, to travel to Valencia, July 17-19, to a meeting to support a proposed communications development effort and represent the U.S. in that meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-07-07 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2565SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark J. Stevens, from Sandia National Laboratories, DOE funded, to travel to Benasque, July 30-August 12, to attend the Biological Membranes workshop. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2005-07-07 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2566SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE JULES ROUTBORT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jules Routbort, Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, to travel to Madrid, September 9-20, to interact with international leading scientists and technologists experts in microstructural evolution. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-07-07 14:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID2567EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, AMEMBASSY
[...] On July 07, 2005, as directed in REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Madrid met to discuss the bombing incidents that occurred in London. 2. The EAC discussed current conditions and indicators within Spain relating to any recent reporting and law enforcement and intell [...]
2005-07-07 14:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
05MADRID2581SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DONALD ACKERMAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Donald Ackerman, Sanitarian, Vessel Sanitation Program, NCEH, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, August 4-7, to provide technical consultation to ship personnel on the construction of the passenger vessel MS Aquamarine. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-07-08 11:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2590SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. IONE HUNT VON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ione Hunt Von Herging, Program Director, Division of Integrative Organismal Biology, National Science Foundation, to travel to Barcelona, July 9-26, to attend and be a speaker at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. [...]
2005-07-08 16:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2648SPAIN: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT
[...] (U) Though not an action addressee on reftel, post wished to share the following points. 2. (U) Embassy Madrid's Muslim Outreach Committee has been active in reaching out to the Muslim Community in Spain in the past year. Embassy officers have made visits to the M-30 mosque, the largest mos [...]
2005-07-13 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2651SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. ALLEN MINTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Allen Minton, Senior Investigator, Nation Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 29-August 27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is help set up a Static Light Scattering Workstation [...]
2005-07-14 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO TPHY OTRA SP
05MADRID2652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Mr. Vann H. van Diepen, Head of Delegation, Director, Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, US Department of State Mr. Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology, US Departmen [...]
2005-07-14 11:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PREL PARM AMGT OTRA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2663POSITIVE BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN
[...] The local Monsanto representative has reported that the Spanish Interministerial GMOs Commission (composed of the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Health, Education and Science, and Industry, Tourism and Trade) took the following positive decisions at its 7/13/05 meeting. a) Monsanto' [...]
2005-07-15 10:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD TBIO SP
05MADRID2712EXBS: INVITATION TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
[...] ESTHOFF passed reftel invitation letter July 20 to MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja, urging Spain to send two experts to the September 20-22 International Export Control Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Rodriguez Pantoja said he would coordinate with the [...]
2005-07-20 12:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC ES
05MADRID2714MTCR/SPAIN: MORE SPANISH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL
[...] (C) In a July 20 meeting with MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja and MFA MTCR POC Ambassador Manuel Viturro de la Torre, ESTHOFF provided Ref A U.S. reaction to Ref B Spanish thoughts on Ref C U.S. MTCR North Korea proposal. Rodriguez Pantoja and de la To [...]
2005-07-20 14:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2718SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH ARIAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth Arias, Statistician, NCHS, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 27-August 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the "Stochastic Demographic Forecasting" Second International Institute of Forecasters workshop at th [...]
2005-07-21 08:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID2741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDY RONALD ROGERS + 8
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals from the Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Algeciras, Spain from July 26-August 25, 2005: Randy Ronald Rogers, AHTNA Government Services Corporation G [...]
2005-07-22 10:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2742SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LTC ERIC A. BOE AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to LTC Eric A. Boe, NASA Johnson Space, and George D. Zamka, to travel to Zaragoza, Spain, and to Moron Air Base, Spain from July 24-28, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical support to the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) site [...]
2005-07-22 10:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2744EXTRADITION CASE OF FERNANDO
[...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel, Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, te [...]
2005-07-22 11:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP GUTIERREZ
05MADRID2750GOS DENIES SHIFT IN CHINA ARMS EMBARGO POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Spanish media reported that President Zapatero expressed support for a lifting of the EU China arms embargo during an official visit to China. DCM spoke with Deputy FM Bernardino Leon and with MOD Chief of Staff Miguel Fernandez Palacio to convey the sensitivity of this issue for [...]
2005-07-26 11:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP
05MADRID2758SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC SCHMIDT,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Schmidt; Thomas Friers; Robert Frostrom; Bruce Ledford; Kevin Decker; and Alvaro Diaz, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, August 8-29, to meet with NASA representatives and to support the mic [...]
2005-07-27 09:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2802SPANISH PARTICIPANTS IN STOCKHOLM EXPORT CONTROL
[...] MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja informed ESTHOFF August 1 that Industry Ministry Deputy Director General for Foreign Trade in Defense and Double Use Equipment Antonio Segura will be one of the two GOS representatives to attend the September 20-22 Inter [...]
2005-08-01 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC SP
05MADRID2847SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. BILAL HAQ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bilal Haq, Program Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF, to travel to Vigo, September 4-10, to attend a conference on gas in marine sediments. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded tha [...]
2005-08-03 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY ECON KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID2866COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POL/MIL OFFICER
[...] Embassy Madrid requests country clearance for Robert Allison, POL/MIL Officer, to travel to Stuttgart, with ODC Captain Carlos Sotomayor, to a U.S. only meeting regarding Moron Airbase, August 8-10. 2. Traveler has Top Secret Clearance. No Embassy assistance is required. AGUIRRE [...]
2005-08-04 14:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID2869SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JSC MORRIS AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard V. Morris and Douglas W. Ming, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Nerva, September 2-14, to meet and perform field work with members of the Spanish Astrobiology Institute on Mars analog terrain near the Rio Tinto River as [...]
2005-08-05 07:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2875 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/DAVID J.
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR NOAA SCIENTIST, DAVIS J. STENSRUD TO TRAVEL TO PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN FROM SEPTEMBER 11 - 13,2005 TO GIVE SEMINAR- VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. 2. AS PER YOUR CABLE USDOC 00003344 WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOTEL RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN ALR [...]
2005-08-05 14:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SENV BEXP SP
05MADRID2876AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 3 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] Summary: Ambassador stressed the importance of a level playing field in government procurement/infrastructure projects and explained our trade policy interests, particularly in intellectual property rights and agricultural biotechnology. Responding to the Ambassador, Montilla noted the import [...]
2005-08-05 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
05MADRID2887SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MELISSA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Melissa Stick, Chief, Scientific Review Branch, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, August 22-28, to attend and participate in the XIX European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine [...]
2005-08-08 15:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2892SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector (AVIONICS),AMR Certificates Management Office, to travel to Madrid, August 15-18, to perform flight inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded [...]
2005-08-09 14:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2902SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) Embassy Madrid plans to deploy reftel points on GITMO and detainees as appropriate in several sets of outreach programs led by the Ambassador which we are planning for the coming months. This will be addition to our on-going engagement on the subject with the Spanish press and political [...]
2005-08-10 09:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05MADRID2910SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE ROBERT KLEINMANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Kleinmann, Director, Geosciences Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Office of Fossil Energy, DOE, to travel to Oviedo, September 3-9, to attend and participate in the 9th International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Conferen [...]
2005-08-10 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2927SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EUGENE HILL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Eugene Hill, Chief, Scientific and Technical Advisor for Aeronautical Communications, AIR-100, FAA Headquarters, to travel to Barcelona, September 7-9, to attend the 1st International Conference and Exposition on Icing Technology. 2. Embass [...]
2005-08-12 08:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID2938SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ALENA,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Alena, Stephen Dunagan, Howard Cannon, Raymond Gilstrap, Brian Glass, Larry Lemke, and Carol Stoker, from NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Madrid and Huelva, August 16-October 4, for the Rio Tinto Mars Analog Drilling Experimen [...]
2005-08-16 13:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/WR ABRAHAM VAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Abraham Van Luik, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE/OCRWM),and Stephen Sevougian, Contractor, Sandia National Laboratories, Las Vegas, Nevada, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM),to travel to Madrid, Aug [...]
2005-08-16 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG TRGY SP
05MADRID2942SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector, AMR Certificates Management Office, FAA, to travel to Madrid to perform line station facility inspection and flight inspections to AALA. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3 [...]
2005-08-16 15:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID2980SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ALBERT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Albert Ahumada and Andrew Watson, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to La Coruna, August 19-27, to attend the European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-08-19 07:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID2985AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE
[...] Trade policy officer discussed contents of ref B on August 12 with the GOS working-level head of the interministerial working group charged with coordinating Codex issues. His name is Juan Carlos Calvo (Ministry of Health). Tel : 34 - 9133808883. E-mail: jcalvo@msc.es He will not be attend [...]
2005-08-19 11:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON TBIO SP
05MADRID2988SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and extend country clearance as requested Ref. A, to: Randy R. Rogers; Terry L. Baumgartner; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; M. Robert Corlew; Edward E. Coyne; Whitney J. Creer; Timothy A. Gregoire; Cody J. Hostick; Elizabeth M. Hughes, Paul M. Jackson; Dung Z. Le; [...]
2005-08-19 14:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2990SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following DOE funded personnel: Eduardo M. Bringa, LLNL; Vasily V. Bulatov, Jose A. Caro, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia and Jaime Marian, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; to travel to Madrid and Alicante, September 6-25, to attend the [...]
2005-08-19 14:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID2996SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Willenbring, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 9-14, to attend meetings with Spanish Health Officials and give a presentation entitled "Screening and Brief Interventions: [...]
2005-08-22 14:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID2997SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA DILLON, YANEZ,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA employees Walter Dillon, International Airworthiness Programs Officer; Karl M. Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer; Michael Fradette, Aviation Safety Inspector; and Brian A. Yanez, Senior Aerospace Engineer, to travel to Madrid, September 15-23 [...]
2005-08-22 14:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC OTRA SP
05MADRID2998SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV WENDY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Wendy S. Doyle, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid, September 5-11, to attend and participate at the 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is [...]
2005-08-22 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3023SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC GEORGE LAVDAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to George Lavdas, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Barcelona, August 29-September 2, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO). 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is ne [...]
2005-08-24 12:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3024SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. WOLFGANG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Wolfgang Sommer, Staff Clinician, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, September 8-13, to attend the European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (EBPS) 2005 Scientific Meeting. 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-08-24 13:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3040SPAIN ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS
[...] (C) The Zapatero government has consistently expressed its support for Turkey's accession to the European Union (reftels B and D),and the MFA reaffirmed this support to the Embassy August 24. In the aftermath of the French "no" to the EU constitution in May and the dissolution of the German p [...]
2005-08-25 08:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID3041SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLENN WARREN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Warren to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 30 to September 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy personnel for consultations. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at Hotel Gran Melia Fenix, located at c/Hermos [...]
2005-08-25 08:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC PREL OTRA SP
05MADRID3043COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PDAS ELIZABETH L.
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, to travel to Madrid, Spain on September 6, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Spanish Government officials. 2. Embassy understands Ms. Cheney will be accompanied by her Secret Service detail. S [...]
2005-08-25 09:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3044FOREST FIRES AND DROUGHT RAVAGE SPAIN
[...] Spain is suffering its second worse year in the last decade in terms of total hectares lost to forest fires. From January 1 through August 14, 2005, Spain lost 107,524 square hectares to forest fires. The 1995-2005 average for this same period was 79,621. Thus, the current year is 32 percen [...]
2005-08-25 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI SP
05MADRID3045SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHUNILL HAH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chunill Hah, from NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, Spain, October 2-7, to attend the NATO/RTA Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomati [...]
2005-08-25 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3046SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. GEORGE THOMA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. George Thoma, National Library of Medicine, NIH, to travel to Barcelona and Benidorm, September 3-13, to present a seminar on multimedia documents and interactive publications and hold discussions at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, and in [...]
2005-08-25 14:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3063SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS LORENSON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas D. Lorenson, and Kenneth E. Peters, Research Geologists, USGS, to travel to Vigo to participate in the 8th International Conference on Gas in Marine Sediments, and in Sevilla to attend the 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemis [...]
2005-08-29 13:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3064SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CRAIG D. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Craig D. Allen, Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Sevilla and Alicante to do field work, and present a paper at the World Conference on Ecological Restoration in Zaragoza. Dates in Spain: September 1-29; October 6-11; Octobe [...]
2005-08-29 13:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3070SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE GILES AND JOHNSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harry Giles, Petroleum Industrial Specialist; and David Johnson, Director, Planning and Engineering Office, Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Barcelona, September 17-24, to attend and participate in the 9th Internation [...]
2005-08-30 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3071SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV KAMYAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded researcher Kamyar Rahimian, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Barcelona, September 9-17, to attend the EUROSENSORS XIX Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that [...]
2005-08-30 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3072SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GSFC RICHARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Mushotzky, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Madrid, September 24-October 1, to attend the X-Ray Universe Conference 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded th [...]
2005-08-30 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPE ERIC STEWART AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DIRECTOR PAUL DACHER TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN ON SEPTEMBER 26 - 29, 2005 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. - SPAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERT [...]
2005-08-30 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA BEXP SP
05MADRID3075SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC ARUN SEHRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Arun Sehra, NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, September 30-October 8, to present a paper at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3076SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. CARMEN HUBER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Carmen Huber, Program Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Segovia, September 20-30, to attend the U.S.-Spain Workshop on Nanoscale Materials. 2. Embassy understands that no assistanc [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3077SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC MARTIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Martin Rabinowitz, from NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Sitges, September 17-22, to present opening keynote speech at the International Association for Stability, Handling, and Use of Liquid Fuels Conference. 2. Embassy und [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3078SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GROUP OF SEVEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Jennifer Bossert Rajeev Desai, Yavin Shaham, NIDA; Markus Heilig, Andrew Holmes, Kenzie Preston, NIAAA; and Husseini Manji, NIMH, to travel to Barcelona, September 8-13, to attend and participate in the 11th Biennial European Behavioral Ph [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3079SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. RAFAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Rafael Camerini Otero, Branch Chief, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 8-19, to visit the Universidad Autonoma and to speak at the 7th European Meiosis Meeting titled "Chro [...]
2005-08-30 13:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3080SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARAD/DOT DORIS J.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Doris J. Bautch, Director, Great Lakes Region, Maritime Administration Official, Department of Transportation, to travel to Madrid, September 4-10, to participate as the principal U.S. representative to the International Navigation Association [...]
2005-08-30 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC AMGT SP
05MADRID3145SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA MICHELE MARIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michele Marie Merkle, Scientific and Technical Advisor for Human Factors, FAA, to travel to Sevilla, September 11-16, to attend the Cooperative Air Traffic Management (C-ATM) User Forum 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary [...]
2005-09-06 09:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAIR SP
05MADRID3149 TFUS 01: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] Summary: In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos made clear Spain's desire to assist the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. After working through the reftel list of requested items, Spain is assembling materiel and has made two Spanish Hercules transp [...]
2005-09-06 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US SP
05MADRID3153 TFUS01: Further information on Spanish Assistance
[...] According to Pablo Muelas Garcia, Technical Advisor in AECI (the Spanish USAID equivalent),two Spanish Hercules transport aircraft are scheduled to depart Spain tomorrow (September 7) with material assistance from the Spanish Government (reftel A.) As currently planned, one plane will conta [...]
2005-09-06 14:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL US SP
05MADRID3173SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE A/SECRETARY JOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary John Shaw, Andrew Patterson and Steven Cary, U.S. Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, Almeria and Barcelona, September 12-17, to visit nuclear facilities and meet with Government of Spain officials. 2. As per ref [...]
2005-09-08 09:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON OTRA SP
05MADRID3176USG FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 13:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDABUD EFIS SP ICCAT
05MADRID3181SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DUE/NNSA/DPTRAV,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Elizabeth Holm, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Madrid, September 9-16, to attend the Micromechanics and Microstructure Evolution Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Vi [...]
2005-09-08 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3182SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DUE/EE/NREL VAHAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vahan Gevorgian, Senior Electrical Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy, to travel to Madrid, September 12-18, to present the U.S. views on procedures to use for the International Electrotechnical Commission Powe [...]
2005-09-08 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID3183SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA JAMES VALENTI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Valenti, Acting NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Program Manager, NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS),to travel to Barcelona and Madrid, September 10-14, to visit prospective safety net recepto [...]
2005-09-08 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3184SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ADRIAN STOICA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adrian Stoica, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 8-15, to participate in the Conference on Evolvable Systems. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-09-08 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3185SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV MELVIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Melvin R. Baer, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to La Coruna, September 16-25, to attend the Fluid Structures Interaction 2005 Conference and to present a paper titled "Modeling Enhanced Blast Explosives Using a Mu [...]
2005-09-08 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID32SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE ROBERT B. SHELTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Robert B. Shelton from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to travel to Palma de Majorca, January 8-14, to participate in a meeting sponsored by the European Commission at the Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA). 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-01-05 13:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA SP
05MADRID3207SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SEC SUSAN YASHAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Susan Yashar, Assistant Director and Marianne Olson, Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 12-15, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO [...]
2005-09-13 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3208SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CFTC PHYLLIS CELA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phyllis Cela, Chief Council, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 12-15, to participate in the International Organization of Securities Commissions Standing Committee 4 and Screening [...]
2005-09-13 11:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3209SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/JPL ADRIAN STOICA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adrian Stoica, employee of the California Institute of Technology, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 8-15, to participate in the Conference on Evolvable Systems. 2. Embassy appreciates tha [...]
2005-09-13 11:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3210SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM L.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William L. Halvorson, Supervisory Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza, September 8-19, to attend the international annual meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration. 2. Embassy appreciates that country [...]
2005-09-13 11:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3211SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS RICHARD L.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard, L. Schroeder Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza, September 9-19, participate in the World Conference on Ecological Restoration, and to discuss ecological restoration issues, and future collaborative proj [...]
2005-09-13 11:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3212SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/LARC MARY ANN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mary Ann Smith, from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Salamanca, September 11-17, to participate in the 19th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearance be requested [...]
2005-09-13 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3213SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ASHITEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ashitey Trebiollennu, employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),to travel to Barcelona, September 12-25, to participate in the 1st International Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems [...]
2005-09-13 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3215SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JORGE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to , September , to attend . 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and official passport [...]
2005-09-13 12:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3216SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JUAN SALVADOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Juan Salvador Bonifacino, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, to travel to San Feliu de Guixols, September 17-22, to present a talk titled, "Sorting of Transmembrane Proteins Mediated by Dile [...]
2005-09-13 12:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3217SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC HECTOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hector D'Antoni from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, Seville and La Coruna, September 14-19, meet with collaborators, discuss joint research, and to visit the Rio Tinto drilling site. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3218SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Lichten, Laboratory Chief, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 14-18, to give an invited talk titled "Studies on the Directionality of Heteroduplex Formation and the Crossover/Noncrossover Decision," at th [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3219SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA GILBERT SALUD,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gilbert Salud, Calvin Koerner, and Michelle Jessen Investigators, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Porrino, September 13-23, to conduct a pre approval inspection of Genetech Espana, for compliance with cGMPs and [...]
2005-09-13 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3220SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -CORRECTED COPY- FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jorge Sztein, Staff Scientist, National Eye Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, September 24-October 2, to participate in a seminar titled, "Cryopreservation of Mouse Gametes and Embryos," at the Center of Energy Investigation, Central An [...]
2005-09-13 12:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3221SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC ERIC JAMES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Eric James, from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Huelva, September 9-17, for the Rio Tinto Mars Analog Drilling Experiment. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers o [...]
2005-09-13 12:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3222SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/GRC SANJAY GARG
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sanjay Garg, of NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC),to travel to Granada, October 1-8, to participate in NATO research and technology applied vehicle technology panel on more intelligent gas turbine engines. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-09-13 13:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3223SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JOHN CLAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Clay, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Salamanca, September 18-25, to present a paper titled, "Starting and Stopping a Bistable Pagemaker," at the 18th International Confe [...]
2005-09-13 13:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3224SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA ANGEL CASTILLO
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Angel Castillo from NASA HQ to travel to Madrid, October 7-15, to attend a post award discussion and budget planning meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic an [...]
2005-09-13 13:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -AMENDED- FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to a team critical to support Construction Management, Field Engineering, Quality Control and Environmental, Safety and Health in Algeciras, from September 26-October 28. Clearance for the team: Randy R. Rogers; Guadalupe Chavez, Gary E. Mizell [...]
2005-09-13 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3234SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF JOHN CONWAY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. John Conway, Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Madrid, October 4-9, to attend a conference on Recent Advances in Operator-Related Function Theory, in El Escorial. 2. Em [...]
2005-09-13 16:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3252SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U/S PAULA DOBRIANSKY
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U/S Paula Dobriansky to travel to Madrid, Spain from September 27, 2005. Embassy will arrange meetings in accordance with the priorities described in reftel. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer Ricard [...]
2005-09-14 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL OTRA SP KENV
05MADRID3254SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA ERWIN LITTAU
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Erwin Littau, FAA Safety Inspector, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to conduct maintenance on U.S. registered aircraft. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic an [...]
2005-09-14 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC SP
05MADRID3255SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA NEAL F. MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Neal F. Morris, Aviation Safety Inspector (AVIONICS),AMR Certificates Management Office, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to perform flight inspections. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are remi [...]
2005-09-14 15:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3258SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK WHITE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark White, Epidemiologist, Coordinating Office for Global Health, CDC, HHS, to travel to Menorca, October 12-16, to attend the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Scientific Seminar. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2005-09-15 07:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3263SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC RANDALL ROY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Randall Roy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, September 19-22, to attend a meeting of the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO Joint Forum on Risk Assessment and Capital Liquidity. [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3264SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV AMY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded employee Amy Cha-Tien Sun, Sandia National Laboratory, to travel to La Coruna, September 19-25, to attend the 8th International Conference on Computational Modeling and Experimental Measurements of Fee and Moving Boundary Problems. [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3265SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPT. OF VETERANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Roberto Jose Groszmann, to travel to Barcelona, September 27-October 1, to attend the International Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3267SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. SCOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Scott Leischow, Branch Chief, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, October 4-9, to participate in the International Symposium on Women and Tobacco. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-09-15 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3268SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JORGE MARTINEZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jorge Martinez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS, to travel to Rota, September 23-27, for a regulatory/inspection of US naval hospital. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminde [...]
2005-09-15 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3274SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC MARK LEON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Leon, NASA's Ames Research Center, to travel to Huelva, September 17-22, to participate in the Marte Project Outreach. 2. Embassy appreciates that country clearance requests be sent at least seven days prior to visitors arrival in Spai [...]
2005-09-16 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3276SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF NEA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Tammy Mank Wincup, NEA/PI Office Director, Charles King Mallory IV, NEA/FO Senior Advisor, Ahmad Hussein Kamel Dabous, NEA/PI Contractor, and Shaha Riza, NEA/PI Contractor, to travel to Madrid, Spain on Thursday, September 22, 2005. The purpose [...]
2005-09-16 10:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3302SHIELD S59A-03: TELSTAR TO END IRAN SALES
[...] (S) Summary: Representatives of Spanish firm Telstar met with ISN/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen on September 16 to explore Telstar's options for exporting its products to Iran. Van Diepen explained that, under the agreement that Telstar made to get previous Iran Nonproliferation Act (INPA) sanctions [...]
2005-09-20 09:16:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
05MADRID3303SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE - AL-AKHTAR TRUST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 10:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN ETTC EFIN KVPR SP UN
05MADRID3489SPANISH OFFICIALS ATTENDING IPAPI SENIOR OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 13:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE
05MADRID3492SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]
2005-10-04 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID352005 ICCAT CONTRIBUTION
[...] Embassy received a letter dated December 14 from the Madrid-based International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) requesting payment of the U.S.'s 2005 dues of 148,810.15 euros. The letter indicates that payment can be made either via an international bank draft, payab [...]
2005-01-07 13:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PREL SP
05MADRID3503SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF KEN CHONG AND JORN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Ken Chong and Jorn Larsen-Basse, Program Directors, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Bilbao, November 11-18, to participate in the 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnolgy in Co [...]
2005-10-04 15:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3506SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARC-ALAIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Marc-Alain Widdowson, Medical Epidemiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS, to travel to Menorca, October 13-16, to attend the conference on "European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance i [...]
2005-10-05 07:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO SP
05MADRID3507SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV BARRY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded person Barry Dale Schoeneman, Sandia National Laboratories, to travel to Gran Canaria, October 8-15, to present a paper at the 39th IEEE International Conference on Security Technology. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance [...]
2005-10-05 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3508SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA JAMES W. ADAMS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James W. Adams, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Madrid, October 30-November 4, to participate in a deep space network site visit for Stereo. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-10-05 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3516SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELIZABETH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elizabeth Brown, Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona, October 17-20, to exchange information regarding lymphoma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded t [...]
2005-10-05 15:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3519SPAIN: MFA REQUEST FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP SALE OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for ISN/MTR -- see paragraph 8. 2. (S) MFA Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja summoned ESTHOFF September 30 to MFA. Rodriguez-Pantoja said that during the U.S.-Spain bilat on the first day of the September 12-16 Madrid MTCR plenary, and in a subse [...]
2005-10-05 15:43:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC SP MTCR
05MADRID3528"SPANISH TALIBAN" SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
[...] (U) Spain's High Court sentenced Spanish national Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed to six years in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization." Abderrahman, who was transferred to Spain from the U.S. base at Guantanamo in February 2004, is known in the press as the "Spanish Taliban" because he [...]
2005-10-06 11:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SP
05MADRID3551TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U DELIVERED TO SPANISH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL CVIS SP
05MADRID3557SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Terry Muckleroy, Federal Reserve Board; William Estes, Carolyn Healy, and Nancy Jaimes, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Robert O'Sullivan, Alexa Philo, and Coryann Stefansson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; to travel to Madrid, La Coruna a [...]
2005-10-11 11:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN SP FRB
05MADRID3558SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC J. TROY BEATTY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to J. Troy Beatty, Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, October 15-19, to attend a seminar on International Cooperation, at the International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO). 2. Embassy underst [...]
2005-10-11 11:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID3561SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA JOAN TODD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joan Todd, Branch Chief, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, HHS, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, October 15-23, attend the International Electrotechnical Commission 606001-1, Subcommittee 62D, Joint Workgroup 3, Hospital Bed [...]
2005-10-11 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3562SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE2H MARK D. PASTER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark D. Paster, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cell and Infrastructure Technologies Program, DOE, to travel to Seville, October 24-27, to attend the IPHE Renewable Pathways for Hydrogen Production Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-10-11 13:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3563SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/DFRC GLENN BEAVER
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Glenn Bever, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC),to travel to Madrid, October 31-November 5, to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Systems Concept Integration (SCI) Flight Test Technology (T3) Meeting. 2. [...]
2005-10-11 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3566AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PSOE PRESIDENT MANUEL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on October 6 with Manuel Chaves, national President of the governing Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),as well as President of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. Their discussion touched on US-Spain relations, initiatives in the Middle East and North Afric [...]
2005-10-11 14:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SP
05MADRID3575SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARILYN MANSER,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Marilyn Manser, Associate Commissioner, Office of Productivity and Technology, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 13 to October 20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper entitled, "U.S. Qu [...]
2005-10-13 10:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA SP
05MADRID3580SPAIN ASKS FOR US BACKING FOR REELECTION OF MARINO
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking support for the Spanish candidate for the committee on torture. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation sends regards to the Embassy of [...]
2005-10-13 13:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM DANCHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Danchi, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Granada, Spain from November 22-26, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Science Advisory Team (TE-SAT) Meeting. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-10-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, Spain from October 24-29, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with conference organizers at the University of Salamanca. 2. Embassy understand [...]
2005-10-14 08:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3609SECTION 102 (G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: WORLD
[...] (U) Per reftel, poloff conducted an investigation into the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO),based in Madrid, to confirm that no members of this organization condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. Based on this investigation, post believes that there is no reason to [...]
2005-10-14 16:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI SP UNAUS
05MADRID3610SPAIN ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 17:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP UNGA
05MADRID3629COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADOLFO A. FRANCO AND DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Aldolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, and David Mutchler, Senior Advisor for Cuba, to travel to Madrid, October 24-29, to attend the Cuba Conference sponsored by The University of Miami. 2. Embassy Points of contact are Jennifer P [...]
2005-10-17 15:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA SP
05MADRID3659SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS, to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, October 24-29, to participate on a meeting panel on controlling noise at work at the 8th Edition of the Euroamerican Encounter "Risk and Work." 2. E [...]
2005-10-19 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3660SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA JEFF MORRIS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeff Morris, Associate Director for Science, Office of Research and Development (ORD),EPA, to travel to Barcelona, November 5-10, to participate in a workshop that will focus on toxicity testing approaches for nanotechnolgoy. 2. Embassy u [...]
2005-10-19 10:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA SP TPHY EPA
05MADRID3661SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA WILLIAM DANCHI
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Danchi, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Granada, November 22-26, to attend the Darwin Terrestrial Exoplanet Science Advisory Team (TE-SAT) meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-10-19 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3662SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. MICHAEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Michael Bray, Medical Officer, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),NIH, to travel to Madrid, October 26-31, to attend at the Viral Vaccine Meeting (VVM) 2005. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nec [...]
2005-10-19 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3671MUSLIM OUTREACH PROGRAM: EMBASSY MADRID HOSTS ITS
[...] Summary. As part of its Muslim Outreach program, Embassy Madrid held its first Embassy Iftar on the evening of October 13 in the Ambassador's residence. Approximately fifty guests attended, including leaders of Spanish Islamic organizations, mosques, and immigrant associations, as well as fore [...]
2005-10-19 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID3679SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS LEE, RUBIN AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Homa J. Lee, Research Civil Engineer; David M. Rubin, Research Geologist; and Christopher R. Sherwood, Research Oceanographer, to travel to Salamanca, October 18-31, to attend the final Annual Meeting of the Eurostrataform Project and to atten [...]
2005-10-20 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3683SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CALEB MCCARY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Caleb Charles McCarry, Cuba Transition Coordinator, to travel to Madrid, Spain from October 23-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to give a speech at a seminar regarding Cuba Transition Issues and meet with appropriate government officials [...]
2005-10-21 08:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3692SPAIN SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE UN
[...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, 2005 seeking support for the candidacy of Spain to the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations. 2. (U) Begin text of Spanish note: 14 October 2005 Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SP UNGA
05MADRID3695SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JACKIE BLACK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jackie Black, FAA Inspector, to travel to Bilbao, October 24-26, to do a recertification for Aerospace Engineering. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are reminded that bearers of diplomatic and officia [...]
2005-10-21 17:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID3696COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL OF DHS/TSA
[...] The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requests country clearance for travel of Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley, Assistant Secretary, Transportation Security Administration (TSA),his aide, marshall Sanders, and David W. Tiedge, Assistant Administrator, TSA International Programs, to geneva [...]
2005-10-24 07:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA
05MADRID3751SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARK STEPHENSON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Stephenson, Research Audiologist, NIOSH, CDC, HHS to travel to Madrid and Salamanca, October 24-29, to meet University of Salamanca officials and to participate in a meeting on controlling noise at work at the 8th Edition of the Euroameri [...]
2005-10-26 10:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP CDC
05MADRID3752LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM SECRETARY GENERAL OF
[...] At Embassy Madrid's Iftar dinner on October 13 (see reftel),the Ambassador received a letter from the Secretary General of the Islamic Commission of Spain (ICS),Mansur Escudero, addressed to President Bush. Post is engaged in an active program of Muslim Outreach, and in this area, Escudero i [...]
2005-10-26 10:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKISL SP
05MADRID3757COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/U.S. AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT MIGUEL ROMANO, WHO WILL VISIT MADRID, SPAIN FOR A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND AMBASSADORIAL PROGRAMS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10 AND 14, CONCLUDING THAT EVENING WITH [...]
2005-10-26 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BE GM SP
05MADRID3759SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA FRED EMBRY MOONEY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Fred Embry Moone, Aviation Safety Inspector, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to travel to Mallorca, November 11-17, to conduct aircraft simulator evaluations. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors a [...]
2005-10-26 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3760SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA RICHARD JONES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Jones, Aviation Safety Inspector, Seattle Aircraft Evaluation Group, FAA, to travel to Madrid, November 12-19, to attend Airbus A-330/340 Structures Working Group. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visi [...]
2005-10-26 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID3767SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. HWANG,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Paul Hwang, Investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),NIH; Toren Finkel, NHLBI, NIH; and Luis Sierra, Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Aging, NIH; to travel to Madrid, November 6-10, to attend an [...]
2005-10-27 07:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3768SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS CRAIG D. ALLEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Craig D. Allen, Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Zaragoza and Alicante, September 1-29, and then return October 6-28, to meet with University of Alicante representatives and present a paper at the World Conference on Ecological [...]
2005-10-27 07:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA SENV SP
05MADRID3808SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. RACHELLE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Rachelle Hollander, Senior Science Advisor, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, November 5-12, to participate in a Nanomaterials Workshop. 2. Embassy unde [...]
2005-10-28 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SF SP
05MADRID3809SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HRSA/HHS GEOFFREY EVANS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Geoffrey Evans, A/Director, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),HHS, to travel to Madrid, November 9-14, to present a paper at the 3rd Congress of the Aso [...]
2005-10-28 15:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3810SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV JASON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel, Jason C. Lashley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Barcelona, October 30-November 3, to take part in a professional working group and visit the Physics Faculty at the University of Barcelona. 2. Embassy un [...]
2005-10-28 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3811SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. MARY ANN HORN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mary Ann Horn, Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Sevilla, December 10-15, to attend the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 2. Embassy understands that no assistan [...]
2005-10-28 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID3812SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA NAKISSA SADRIEH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nakissa Sadrieh, Associate Director for Research Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, November 6-9, to attend the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) Scientific W [...]
2005-10-28 15:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3813SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Randy R. Rogers; Allison C. Bennett; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; Michael R. Corlew; Pedro Cortez; Whitney J. Creer; Scott E. Gable; Timothy A. Gregoire; Elizabeth M. Hughes; Paul M. Jackson; William B. Ostendorf; Paul F. Power; [...]
2005-10-28 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3903SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN WILLIAM BAITY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Baity, Deputy Director, FINCEN, to travel to Madrid, November 11-16, to attend the Conference on Terrorism Finance, organized by the Instituto Universitario de Investigacion Ortega y Gasset, with the collaboration of the State Secretar [...]
2005-11-07 08:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KCRM PREL PTER OTRA SP
05MADRID392SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS JOANNE C.T.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Geophysicist Joanne C.T. Ferreira to travel to Barcelona, February 4-19 to participate for the USGS Tripod and Mooring component and to be the primary specialist for USGS and Spanish Tripod instrumentation and to assist the Institut de Ciencies [...]
2005-02-02 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID3939SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FHA RICHARD LIVINGSTON
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard Livingston, Federal Highway Administration representative, to travel to Bilbao and Madrid, November 11-20, to present a paper and participate in the 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, and in Madrid, to coordi [...]
2005-11-13 15:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN TSPL OTRA SP
05MADRID395SPAIN ON AFGHANISTAN, ISAF STAGE II CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Afghanistan Maureen Quinn, accompanied by Department of Defense, JCS, and State Department officers met with Spanish MOD, MFA and Presidency officials on 1/26 to discuss Spain's commitment to lead a PRT in western Afghanistan. Just before Ambassador Quinn's arrival, the [...]
2005-02-02 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SP NATO
05MADRID398SPAIN STATEMENTS AT CARTAGENA CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-03 12:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO SP
05MADRID3987SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DR. URI TEN BRINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Uri Ten Brink, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Madrid, November 20-22, to discuss progress in the processing and interpretation of the data collected during the joint Spanish-USGS research cruise last April and to write a new p [...]
2005-11-16 13:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV SP
05MADRID3988SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. NRC JANET KOTRA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Janet Kotra, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),to travel to Barcelona, November 18-24, to represent the NRC at the 6th Annual Country Workshop of the OECD/NEA Forum on Stakehold [...]
2005-11-16 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP SP TECH
05MADRID3989SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS ROBERT R. GABEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS),to travel to Baeza, November 23-25, to participate as an instructor in a training course on implementation aspects of the Convention on International [...]
2005-11-16 13:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TBIO SP
05MADRID3990SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC DELEGATION OF
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Friers, Jose Garcia, Kevin Decker, Timothy O'Brien and Jean Flowers, NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Madrid, Moron and Zaragoza, November 30-December 16, to meet with NASA representatives; in Zaragoza and Moron to do mai [...]
2005-11-16 16:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID3991SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA CHI WAN CHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Chi Wan Chen, Deputy Director, Office of New Drug Chemistry, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, HHS, to travel to Barcelona, November 27-December 2, to present a paper at the European Conference on "Getting Specifications in the new [...]
2005-11-16 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID3999SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LUTZ
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Lutz Birnbaumer, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, to travel to Madrid, November 30-December 3, to meet with counterparts at the University of Alcala de Henares to discuss and consult on ongoing [...]
2005-11-17 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID400SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC, DR. THOMAS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Thomas Misteli, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Barcelona February 10-12, to present a seminar entitled "Nuclear Architecture and Disease," at the Center for Genomic Regulation. 2. Embassy understands that no [...]
2005-02-03 13:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID4000SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FWS DR. EDGARD ESPINOZA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Edgard Espinoza, Deputy Laboratory Director, Fish and Wildlilfe Service (FWS),to travel to Baeza, December 3-10, to participate as an instructor in a training course on implementation aspects of the Convention on International Trade in En [...]
2005-11-17 10:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TBIO SP
05MADRID4005SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV HOWARD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded person Howard A. Scott, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to participate in the 4th Non-LTE Kinetic Code Comparison Workshop being held at the Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 2. Embassy understands that no assis [...]
2005-11-17 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID4006SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE GRAHAM M. PUGH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Graham M. Pugh, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Dept. of Energy, to travel to Madrid, November 19-23, to address the 2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors [...]
2005-11-17 13:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA OTRA TRGY SP
05MADRID4007SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV LEONID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel Leonid Gurvits, Los Alamos National Laboratory, to travel to Seville, December 10-20, to participate in the 44th Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference 2005. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-11-17 14:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP
05MADRID4008SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/DPRTAV
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE funded personnel: Stephanie B. Hansen, Hyun-Kyung Chung, Richard W. Lee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Joseph Abdallah, Christopher J. Fontes, Los Alamos National Laboratory; to travel to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December 9-1 [...]
2005-11-17 14:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA SP
05MADRID401SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC EDWIN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Edwin Kilbourne, Chief Medical Officer, NCEH/ATSDR, CDC, DHHS to travel to Madrid, February 15-18, to attend the WHO Scientific Committee for the Spanish Toxic Oil Syndrome (TOS) meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessa [...]
2005-02-03 13:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID402SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA JOHN KOUGH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to John Kough, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA, to travel to Madrid, February 20-26, to attend an International Life Science Institute (ILSI) Sequence Similarity Analysis for Biotech Safety Assessment meeting. 2. Emb [...]
2005-02-03 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA TPHY SP
05MADRID4022SPAIN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SP
05MADRID4026AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH CULTURE
[...] Summary: Ambassador's courtesy call was characterized by good atmospherics but little indication that the GOS will move significantly on the issues of concern to us. Minister Calvo started by enthusiatically describing U.S.- Spain cultural cooperation hightlights, especially the upcoming Pica [...]
2005-11-18 16:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR KPAO SCUL SP
05MADRID403SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ELISE KOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Elise Kohn, Senior Investigator and Section Head, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Valencia, February 23-26 to attend the 5th International Symposium on Advanced Ovarian Cancer and give a presentation on "Ovarian Cancer in the [...]
2005-02-03 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID4036Nomination for January IPR Enforcement Academy at
[...] Per reftel, Embassy nominates Alfonso de Miguel Yanes, Captain of the Guardia Civil. 2. Name: Alfonso Last name: de Miguel Position: Chief Commander of the First Section of Investigation in the Telematics Crimes Group of the Central Operative Unit of the Judicial Police, Directorate Ge [...]
2005-11-21 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR SPSTATE PASS USPTO MICHEL SMITH
05MADRID4037SPAIN ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 16:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SP IMO
05MADRID4039SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/KSC IANNELLO,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Christopher Iannello, Wayne Martin, Steven Luciano, and Alvaro Diaz, NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC),to travel to Zaragoza and Moron, November 30, December 14, for contingency landing site repairs and maintenance. 2. Embassy understands [...]
2005-11-22 11:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID4053SPAIN: GOS APPROVAL SLIPS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE
[...] SUMMARY. Recent poll data shows GOS at lowest level of popular support since coming to office in 2004. A massive protest on November 12, organized mainly to protest GOS's proposed reform of the Education Law drew between 400,000-2 million. This also reflects discontent with recent GOS policies [...]
2005-11-22 17:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP
05MADRID4059SUCCESSFUL TERORRISM FINANCE CONFERENCE HOSTED IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 14-16, the Fundacion Jose Ortega y Gasset hosted a conference entitled Terrorism Finance: What Control is Possible? The conference was attended by a diverse mix of government officials, academics, journalists, and students. The Embassy contributed by providing speak [...]
2005-11-23 09:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER KPAO SP
05MADRID4068SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 15:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PTER SP CO
05MADRID4095EUR A/S FRIED AND WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, accompanied by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, visited Madrid November 15-16 for meetings with Spanish officials to discuss cooperation to advance Broader Middle East reform, the upcoming NATO summits, and areas for possible collaboration in Latin [...]
2005-11-28 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID4117SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF DR. MARIO ROTEA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mario Rotea, Program Director, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation, to travel to Seville, December 12-15, to attend an editorial board meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IE [...]
2005-11-30 10:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA SP NSF
05MADRID4250SPAIN/IRAQ: MFA STATEMENT ON ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP
05MADRID4314AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on FM Miguel Angel Moratinos on December 22 to review the progress made in U.S.-Spain relations over the last six months and to identify areas that remained problematic. He said the Spanish ship/plane sale to Venezuela had undermined progress in other areas, parti [...]
2005-12-23 11:55:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID4347AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPAIN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 19:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID457SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. IVAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ivan Montoya, Medical Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Ciudad Real, February 22-27 to attend and serve as the keynote speaker at the XXXII Sociodrogalcohol National Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no ass [...]
2005-02-07 13:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID458SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA ALICIA
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Alicia Mozzachio and Luella Rossi, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS, to travel to Valladolid, February 18-25 to conduct a drug inspection of Crystal Pharma. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are [...]
2005-02-07 13:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID477SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC DAVID GRIM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to David Grim, Branch Chief of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, to travel to Madrid, February 12-15 to attend a meeting at the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO): IOSCO Standing Committee No. 5 Meeting [...]
2005-02-08 09:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID484SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF GEOFFREY PRENTICE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Geoffrey Prentice, Program Director in the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems, at the National Science Foundation (NSF),to travel to Barcelona, March 1-5 to participate in the Forum on Converging Technologies. 2. Embassy unders [...]
2005-02-08 13:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SP THPY NSF
05MADRID517SPAIN OFFERS AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Spain's illegal immigrant population has multiplied three-fold over the last five years, from 300,000 to nearly one million. Now, new Spanish immigration measures taking effect February 7 through May 7 could grant amnesty to as many as one million illegal immigrants currently working in [...]
2005-02-10 08:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SMIG CMGT CASC CVIS KFRD SP
05MADRID521ETA CAR BOMB DETONATES IN MADRID
[...] SUMMARY: On 10 February at 0930, a car bomb exploded outside the entrance to Madrid's main convention center. The Basque separatist group ETA had called in a warning about the attack to the Basque newspaper Gara shortly before 0900 that morning. The attack followed an overnight anti-terrorism [...]
2005-02-10 10:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID541SPAIN: TIME TO DEFROST THE DEEP FREEZE?
[...] (C) Summary. After a tumultuous year in our bilateral relations with Spain, the Mission is considering how best to establish a more productive relationship with the Zapatero administration. The GOS scored early political points with the Spanish public by withdrawing Spanish forces from Iraq, attack [...]
2005-02-10 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID553SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA MCGIRL AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gerald McGirl, and Sriram Subramaniam, Office of Regulatory Affairs, and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, to tavel to Sevilla, February 19-26 to visit Hospital Virgen del Rocio and conduct a joint audit inspection of Dr. Otero Lissen, P [...]
2005-02-11 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID556SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC ROSSANNE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Rossanne Philen, Medical Director, Expi-X, EPO, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Madrid February 14-20 to attend the 36th WHO/CISATER Scientific Committee for Toxic Oil Syndrome meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. 3. [...]
2005-02-11 14:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP CDC
05MADRID57SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEES ANDRE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors Andre Lamarre and Erwin Littau to travel to Madrid, January 10 to 14, to conduct inspection and maintenance on U.S. aircraft at Gestair repair station. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. P [...]
2005-01-10 15:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MADRID572PERSONAL PROTECTION REQUEST FOR SPANISH
[...] (SBU) RSO has received a letter from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, Secretary of State for Security, requesting that the Diplomatic Security Service provide protective security services for Spanish Anti-Terrorism Judge Baltasar Garzon. Judge Garzon will be a long-term guest lecturer at New [...]
2005-02-14 09:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05MADRID592SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA HOWARD CANNON AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Howard Cannon and Carol Stoker from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid and Nerva, February 26-March 6, to participate in testing and integration of instruments in Marte. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is neces [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID593SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/FDA STEVEN GENDEL
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Steven Gendel, Biotechnology Program Lead, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA, DHHS),to travel to Mallorca, February 22-25, to attend the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) workshop on bioinformatics and give a presenta [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID594SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE/NREL HAROLD LINK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Harold Link, Senior Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, to travel to Seville, March 12-17 to present and participate at the International Electrotechnical Commission, Technical Committee 88, Maintenance Team 12 Mee [...]
2005-02-15 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID607COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR A/S WILLIAM LASH AND
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR ITA A/S WILLIAM LASH AND EUR DAS ERIC STEWART TO TRAVEL TO MADRID, SPAIN FEBRUARY 16 THROUGH 18, 2005. 2. WE CONFIRM HOTEL RESERVATION FROM FEBRUARY 16 UNTIL FEBRUARY 18 (2- NIGHTS) FOR MESSRS. LASH AND STEWARD AT: HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL PASEO DE LA [...]
2005-02-15 15:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP SP
05MADRID623 SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and the Consulate General in Barce [...]
2005-02-16 11:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
05MADRID642SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE VLADIMIR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Vladimir Bazjanac, Staff Architect, Contractor, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to travel to Madrid, February 19-28, to lead the International Allian [...]
2005-02-17 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID644SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FTC ALDEN ABBOTT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Trade Commission official Alden Abbott, Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation, Bureau of Competition, to travel to Madrid, February 20-23 to speak at the Spanish Competition Tribunal's Annual Symposium of Competition. 2. Emba [...]
2005-02-17 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA SP
05MADRID653SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON NA
[...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to inform that the Spanish Government has decided to present its candidacy for reelectio [...]
2005-02-18 16:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OPDC SNAR SP UN
05MADRID655NSDD 38: Department of Homeland Security/U.S.
[...] Summary. Embassy Madrid supports the establishment of a new CSI program in Spain. This program would enhance Mission's MPP goal of prevention and response to terrorism. In order to effectively meet the duties required of CSI Spain, Embassy requires personnel and operational control changes to [...]
2005-02-18 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT APER ECON EWWT ASEC PTER KMRS SP
05MADRID659SPANISH DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) The following is an Embassy translation of a diplomatic note that we received from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15 regarding Spain's candidacy for reelection to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its comp [...]
2005-02-22 08:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UN OPEC
05MADRID66COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KNOWLES
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean Knowles, Staff Member, and delegation to travel to Spain from January 12-13, 2005 to review programs and activities under the jurisdiction of the Military Construction Subcommittee. 2. Embassy administrative Point of Contact for this vi [...]
2005-01-10 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT SP
05MADRID67SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC JOHN O'BRYAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. John O'Bryan, Investigator, to travel to Madrid, January 29-February 2, to give a lecture at the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, National Institute of Health, Unidad de Biologia Celular in Majadahonda. 2. Embassy understands that [...]
2005-01-11 09:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID68SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC STEPHANIE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Stephanie London and Matthew Longnecker, Senior Investigators from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),NIH, to travel to Granada, February 1-5, to attend a workshop about "Children and the Environment." 2. [...]
2005-01-11 10:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID688SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NEAL COPELAND,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Cancer Institute staff members, Drs. Neal Copeland; Kent Hunter, and Nancy Jenkins, to travel to Madrid, March 5-9 to attend and give individual presentations at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, Animal Tumor Models a [...]
2005-02-23 13:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID696SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION
[...] Summary: Piracy in Spain continues to be a major problem. The new government is formulating, in concert with stakeholders, an integrated plan against piracy (ref B). Industry is skeptical but is working actively with the government to fix some legislative loopholes and to encourage more effect [...]
2005-02-23 16:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR SP
05MADRID699SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]
2005-02-24 09:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID707SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. STEPHEN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Stephen O'Brien, Geneticist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Madrid, March 2-5, to give a presentation on "Plagues and Adaptation: Learning the Genomic Lessons of History" at the Evolution of Biodiversity: Past and Future Mee [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KHIV SP
05MADRID708SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MARK
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Mark Willenbring, Division Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, to travel to Valencia, March 2-6 to give a plenary address and co-chair a symposium focused on new developments in the treatment of alcohol depende [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID709SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (JSC) FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegia from the NASA Johnson Space Center, to travel to Bilbao, March 14-17, to attend the 21st International Conference and exhibition for the LNG event at the Bilbao Exhibition Center. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]
2005-02-24 14:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID718LATEST ACCOUNTING OF SPAIN'S MADRID DONORS'
[...] Summary. Spain's government continues to appropriate and disburse money pledged at the Madrid Donors' Conference. Of the USD 160 million pledged for 2003-2004, USD 142.3 million has been appropriated, and USD 122.3 million disbursed. The GOS is working with Iraqi ministries to use the remaini [...]
2005-02-24 16:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN IZ SP
05MADRID724CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on 2/22 for a review of U.S.-Spain relations and to discuss USG security, consular, and commercial priorities in Spain. Charge congratulated de la Vega on her government's success in obtaining a good turnou [...]
2005-02-25 08:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CVIS SP
05MADRID727SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIALS,
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials: Thomas McGowan, Felicia Kung, David Lynch, Michael Macchiaroli, Susan Koski-Grafer, and Julie Erhardt, to travel to Madrid, February 26-March 4, to attend meetings of the International Organiz [...]
2005-02-25 09:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA SP
05MADRID739SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA/ARC JASON LOHN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Lohn from NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC),to travel to Madrid, February 28-March 7, to attend the Chiroptera Inspired Robotic Cephalod (CIRCE) 3rd workshop on Biomimetic Ultrasound. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is nece [...]
2005-02-25 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA SP
05MADRID740SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/EE IRA D. BLOOM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE, Office of Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, Ira D. Bloom, of Argonne National Laboratories to travel to Madrid, March 1-5 to meet Spanish counterparts and gather information for DOE. 2. Economic Officer Ken Forder, w [...]
2005-02-25 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA SP
05MADRID741MFA READOUT OF CUBA/VENEZUELA DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request for guidance on Venezuela in paras 4 and 15. 2. (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with polcouns on February 24 to discuss his recent meetings at the Department and the NSC, which he s [...]
2005-02-25 15:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CU CO SP VZ
05MADRID91SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC GARY FELSENFELD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Gary Felsenfeld, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, to travel to Madrid, February 6-10, to participate in a workshop on Epigenetics and Chromatin: Transcriptional Regulation and Beyo [...]
2005-01-12 11:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID961SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHHS/CDC GREGORY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Wallace, Medical Officer, National Immunization Program, CDC, DHHS, to travel to Murcia, April 7-9, to give a presentation about "Challenges of Vaccinology for Near Future." 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]
2005-03-14 15:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID978REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 16:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA SP
05MADRID983ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MEETING WITH SPANISH FIRST VICE
[...] Summary. During his visit to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, Attorney General Gonzalez met with First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, together with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Spanish Minister of Justice Lopez Aguilar a [...]
2005-03-15 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER CU SP VZ
05MADRID984SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. NORA VOLKOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NIH/FIC Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH, to travel to Cordoba, March 31-April 3, to speak at the VI Drug Addiction Symposium and accept the Sixth Castilla Award for Achievement in Psychiatry at Fundacion Castilla [...]
2005-03-15 09:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA SP
05MADRID985SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA JAMES PAUL FERNOW
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA employee James Paul Fernow, Principal Staff; MITRE F082; FAA Eastern Region, to travel to Madrid, March 27-April 1, to participate in the 14th Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG) which will be hel [...]
2005-03-15 09:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SP
05MANAGUA2112ANNIVERSARY OF SANDINISTA REVOLUTION DRAWS A
[...] (U) Summary: Sandinistas celebrated the 26th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19 in Managua after civil society organizations held another march, this time in Granada, to protest the Liberal (PLC) and Sandinista (FSLN) political pact. FSLN leader Daniel Ortega used the opportu [...]
2005-07-21 22:41:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
05MANAGUA2142DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON GON CONCERNS WITH 2005
[...] On July 15, post received diplomatic note MRE/AN/0122/07/05 from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. The diplomatic note relates to the GON's concerns regarding the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons report (discussed in reftels). Informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. The [...]
2005-07-26 19:16:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG NU
05MANAGUA3257AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANAGUA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-30 16:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NU AEMR
05MANAMA1012SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACS:
[...] (C) The Embassy, in response to Ref A instruction, has focused its initial efforts to encourage denunciation and delegitimization of terrorist violence on engagement with Bahrain's senior leadership, including the King, Minister of Information/Min State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaff [...]
2005-07-13 13:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAO BA
05MANAMA103 BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]
2005-01-25 04:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1164PROPOSED CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE (CME)
[...] (SBU) Post would welcome the proposed Crisis Management Exercise for Manama, Bahrain during the 1Q of FY06. However, due to a previously scheduled visit by the Office of the Inspector General, several Muslim holidays and two significant conferences that will include high-level U.S. delegation [...]
2005-08-10 13:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC BA OTRA KCOM
05MANAMA1183FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: UPDATES FROM THE GOB AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister confirmed the September 9 planning meeting in London for the November G8-BMENA Forum for the Future in Bahrain. He stressed the need for real achievements at the Forum to fend off potential criticism from the Arab League and the peoples of the region, and to [...]
2005-08-16 15:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1185UPDATE ON BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
[...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Finance Economic Planning Director Yousif Humood and MFA Bilateral Relations Director Dhafer Al Umran told NEA/PI TDYer and Econoff August 16 that the GOB has concerns about funding for the proposed Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Entrepreneurship Center [...]
2005-08-17 10:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KMPI BA
05MANAMA1234BAHRAIN: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. A. The Labor Law for the Private Sector of 1976, as amended, establishes 14 years as the absolute minimum age for employment in Bahrain. Both national and foreign workers are covered by this law, alt [...]
2005-08-27 10:54:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BA
05MANAMA1237BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that he was concerned about the direction of the draft Iraqi constitution. Referring to the August 22 version of the document that was presented to the Iraqi par [...]
2005-08-27 14:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA1247FOREIGN MINISTER ON G8-BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] (SBU) In an August 27 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that Bahrain supports the Bahrain Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (BCEE) and wants to see it up and running soon. In response to the Ambassador's question [...]
2005-08-29 05:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KMPI BA
05MANAMA1259CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM BAHRAIN'S DEPUTY PRIME
[...] Post received a condolence letter from the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain addressed to the Secretary of State. Subject of the letter is the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. The original will follow and has been pouched by the Ministry to their emba [...]
2005-08-30 11:50:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1269CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE TO
[...] Embassy received a condolence cable from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to President George W. Bush. Subject of the cable is the Hurricane Katrina disaster. No original will follow. 2. Begin Tex [...]
2005-09-04 12:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1270CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE TO
[...] Embassy received a condolence cable from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to Vice President Dick Cheney. Subject of the cable is the Hurricane Katrina disaster. No original will follow. 2. Begin T [...]
2005-09-04 12:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1281TFUS01: GOB REACTS TO KATRINA
[...] (C) In a September 4 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa extended his condolences to the Ambassador for the catastrophe brought on by hurricane Katrina. He reiterated the GOB pledge made by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed [...]
2005-09-05 14:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN AEMR EAID KPAO BA US
05MANAMA1297 MAJOR COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR'S THANKS TO BAHRAINI
[...] Major Arabic and English dailies carried a statement September 7 from the Ambassador expressing "profound gratitude" for the $5 million offer of assistance from the Government of Bahrain, as well as the many gestures of compassion, concern, and generosity shown by the Bahraini people. Englis [...]
2005-09-08 09:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA136MGIZ01: KING, CABINET PUBLICLY HAIL SUCCESS OF
[...] (SBU) King Hamad and the Bahraini Cabinet January 30 issued statements celebrating the success of Iraq's elections. The King sent a message, which was released to the press, to Iraqi Interim President Ghazi Yawar congratulating him on the success of the elections, saying that this was "the f [...]
2005-01-31 11:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BA IZ
05MANAMA1361Ramadan 2005 Public Diplomacy Strategy
[...] Summary: Ramadan presents an opportunity to promote mutual understanding, support democratic dialogue and demonstrate respect for religious traditions in Bahrain. It is also an opportunity to show a side of America that listens and has a voice of its own in matters of faith. Programs will in [...]
2005-09-21 15:05:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRF PREL BA
05MANAMA137BAHRAIN'S MEDIA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY
[...] Summary: Bahrain's media overwhelmingly welcomed the success of Iraq's elections with front-page coverage, banner headlines, and positive editorials on January 31. The Embassy's outreach efforts on Iraq elections paid off with a four-page elections insert on January 30 in "Al Wasat," drawing [...]
2005-01-31 11:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OIIP KDEM KMDR KPAO BA IZ
05MANAMA1375CABINET SHUFFLE IMMINENT; NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Begin Summary: Newspapers and Embassy sources indicate another cabinet shuffle is expected soon, possibly by the end of this week. Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, is expected to step down and we are told will be replaced by Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, B [...]
2005-09-25 07:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1394KING SHUFFLES CABINET; NEW FOREIGN MINISTER NAMED
[...] (C) A royal decree issued September 26 shuffled the Cabinet and, as expected, named Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahrain's current Ambassador to the U.K., the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Although there had been speculation that Minister of Information/Minister of State for Fore [...]
2005-09-27 14:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1403COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN
[...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]
2005-09-29 08:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1412TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] (U) Bahrain's textile and apparel industry is relatively small and represents a minimal contribution to GDP. Its contribution is further reduced by a robust increase in oil revenues, which increased by 20 percent in 2004. The lifting of global textile quotas on January 1, 2005 has led to sev [...]
2005-10-02 06:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKTEX ECON ETRD BA
05MANAMA1421CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES INTERNAL, EXTERNAL
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman told the Ambassador September 25 that he was pleased with the closure of the Israel boycott office and the prospect of congressional ratification of the free trade agreement. He noted that (then) Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed had met with the Israeli deputy foreign [...]
2005-10-03 09:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KMPI KWMN BA IR IZ
05MANAMA1426NEWSPAPER'S FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST EMBASSY
[...] (C) Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej September 29 printed a small front-page item accusing the Embassy of a superpower of requesting the names of Sunni preachers in Bahrain so it could monitor their statements and criticisms. Several Sunni Imams denounced this alleged request in their September [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KISL ETRD BA
05MANAMA1430BAHRAIN: IPAPI SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 13:07:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA EAGR ECON BA
05MANAMA1432OFAC DIRECTOR WERNER'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE
[...] (S) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Robert Werner met with the Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Social Affairs (MSA) Dr. Fatima Belooshi and the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Rasheed Al-Maraj in Bahrain September 14-15. Topi [...]
2005-10-03 13:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETETTC KTFN EFIN PTER BA
05MANAMA1433BAHRAIN SPECIAL IV PROPOSAL: "BRIDGES ACROSS FAITH
[...] Summary: Embassy Manama proposes a special International Visitor program to send a delegation of five to six Bahraini religious leaders to the U.S. under the theme of "Building Bridges Across Faith and Culture." Efforts to engage regional Muslim leaders and encourage messages of tolerance, m [...]
2005-10-03 14:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA1444CONGRATULATIONS FROM CROWN PRINCE TO SUPREME COURT
[...] Embassy received a congratulatory message from His Highness Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force addressed to The Honourable John Roberts, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. No original will follow. 2. Begin Text: 4th Oct [...]
2005-10-05 11:56:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BA
05MANAMA1446GOB SEEKS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO HUNGER STRIKE,
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (SBU) The Embassy received a diplomatic noted dated October 2 regarding the hunger strike of detainees at Guantanamo. The note requests, in light of information received from the Embassy (reftel) and other sources about the hunger strike, tha [...]
2005-10-05 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1447TRANSFERRING BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL WADI
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador, in separate conversations October 5, advised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar that the United States, after evaluating the written assurances receive [...]
2005-10-05 15:01:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1462TRANSFER OF SECOND BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) The Ambassador contacted Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 8 to advise him that the United States was prepared to transfer from USG control to Bahrain custody and control Bahrain national Abdullah Al Noaimi. Ambassador reviewed ref a talking points [...]
2005-10-10 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1469NEW FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES DESIRE TO ENHANCE
[...] (C) Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador October 5 that the United States "has a special place" in his heart and he wants to enhance the already strong bilateral relations. He stressed that King Hamad is committed to the path of democratic reform and expanding w [...]
2005-10-11 09:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR BA IZ IR
05MANAMA1486AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAQI CONSTITUTION DEMARCHE TO
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa October 13 to relay reftel points on new Iraqi constitutional draft. Shaikh Khalid stated that it has been Bahrain's position all along to support the constitutional process. We want all walks of society to parti [...]
2005-10-13 11:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA IZ
05MANAMA1497BAHRAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] Embassy Manama TFCO is Econoff Stephen Simpson, phone: (973)1724-2986, unclassified email: SimpsonSC@state.gov, and classified email: SimpsonSC@state.sgov.gov. 2. Deputy TFCO is OFAC Attache Jason Beal, phone: (973)1724-2709, unclassified email: BealJ@state.gov and classified email: BealJR@ [...]
2005-10-17 08:10:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL BA
05MANAMA1523Bahrain Broadcasting Builds Independence from
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 13. 2. Summary: The Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) has begun a major overhaul of its state-run media enterprise, and has embraced a reform strategy that has potential to enhance its independence by making major structural changes to [...]
2005-10-19 04:16:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA1547HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...]
2005-10-22 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1553ARTICLES ALLEGE SEXUAL HUMILIATION, HUNGER STRIKE,
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (U) Sister newspapers Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej and English daily Gulf Daily News October 19 and 20 published two articles alleging the sexual humiliation of Juma Al Dossary and the advanced hunger strike of Issa Al Murbati, both B [...]
2005-10-23 11:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER ASEC PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1555AFGHANISTAN DESECRATION REPORTS RECEIVE LITTLE PLAY
[...] In response to action request in reftel, to date these reports have received minimal local press play and no editorial comment. Embassy's judgment is to take a passive posture and refrain from comment at this time. If the need arises, we will rely on the points provided in reftel. MONRO [...]
2005-10-24 06:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KISL PREL BA
05MANAMA1558 Citizen-Teacher Ambassadors Reach Bahraini
[...] (U) Youth empowerment and civic participation were the core messages of a three-day visit by ECA Citizen Ambassadors, nationally recognized award winning American teachers Shannon C'de Baca and Linda Plattner. The Citizen Ambassadors visited six Bahraini public schools and met with over 400 [...]
2005-10-24 09:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1562BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 23 delivered reftel demarche concerning contributions to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz was grateful for information on the [...]
2005-10-24 12:18:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREL BA PK
05MANAMA1567BAHRAIN: URGING EU TO TABLE MEANINGFUL AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) Econoff October 25 delivered Ref A demarche requesting Bahrain to urge the EU to table a meaningful WTO agriculture market access proposal to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said he was in consultations with his colleagues in the Ministry of [...]
2005-10-26 11:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD BA WTRO
05MANAMA1570GULF AIR'S FUTURE IN WAKE OF UAE PULLOUT
[...] (C) Minister of Transportation Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa discussed with the Ambassador Gulf Air's future in the wake of the UAE's withdrawal from ownership of the airline. Shaikh Ali said the GOB would expect the UAE to honor its existing financial commitment to the carrier. He fears [...]
2005-10-26 12:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD ECON BEXP BA
05MANAMA1578TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...]
2005-10-29 13:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1580CREEPING CONSERVATISM HITS HOTELS DURING RAMADAN
[...] (SBU) Bahrain's Tourism Directorate issued instructions to five-star hotels in early October directing them to stop serving alcohol in their bars and restaurants during the holy month of Ramadan, an unprecedented development. Compliance was spotty at first but by mid-month all hotels had imp [...]
2005-10-29 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KISL BA
05MANAMA1594MFA GOES PUBLIC ON IMPENDING TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI
[...] (U) Unidentified "sources" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Bahraini press on October 30 that some of the six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo would return to Bahrain shortly, possibly over the upcoming Eid holidays. This story became a lead front-page news in both the English and A [...]
2005-10-31 13:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1602AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]
2005-10-31 15:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1608MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON FORUM ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 31 held a meeting with ambassadors from countries expected to attend the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama and presented them with copies of the agendas for the November 11 Senior Officials meeting and November 12 Ministers [...]
2005-11-01 14:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KMPI PHUM ECON BA
05MANAMA1620BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE SUICIDE REPORT GETS
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (U) All Bahraini newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage November 2 to the November 1 Washington Post story describing the reported October 15 suicide attempt by Bahraini Guantanamo detainee Juma Al-Dossary. The reporting in the Bahrain [...]
2005-11-02 13:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1626AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHURA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AL
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Shura Council Chairman Dr. Faisal Al Mousawi said he anticipates that the opposition political societies will participate in the 2006 parliamentary elections and will gain between 14 and 18 seats at the expense of the Al Minbar bloc [...]
2005-11-05 10:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1635MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTED GTMO SUICIDE
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, dated November 2, noting newspaper reports of the attempted suicide by Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Juma Al-Dossary (reftel),and requesting that the Embassy inquire into the veracity of this report and advise the Min [...]
2005-11-07 11:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1685EUR A/S FRIED MEETS GREEK FM MOLYVIATIS AT FORUM
[...] (SBU) Meeting held on November 12, 2005, 12:00, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. EUR A/S Dan Fried Leslie Tsou, NEA Watcher from Embassy London Michael Mussi (Embassy notetaker) Greece Foreign Affairs Minister Petros Molyviatis Ambassador Cha [...]
2005-11-15 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI BA GR
05MANAMA1686MFA REPORT ON THREE RETURNED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] After the Bahraini citizens Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Awadhi, Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi, and Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa were returned, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor for the necessary legal procedures. 2. After the procedures completed, the detainees were rele [...]
2005-11-15 12:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA169BAHRAIN'S SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) In 2002, Bahrain became a monarchy and adopted a constitution which reinstated a legislative body. The upper house of parliament (Shura Council) is appointed by the King, and the lower house (Council of Representatives) is elected by the people. All men and women citizens age 21 and abov [...]
2005-02-05 15:43:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1704REPLY TO BAHRAINI DIPNOTE ON DETAINEE SUICIDE
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on Bahraini detainee Juma Al-Dossary to the Foreign Ministry on November 20. In discussing the note with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar commented on the recent Washington Post article quoting American l [...]
2005-11-21 13:11:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC OPDC PTER BA
05MANAMA1742Six Bahraini Guantanamo Detainees Made Media
[...] Summary: The plight of six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities has consumed the Bahraini media for months, building tensions with a series of published reports alleging sexual humiliation and other abuses catalogued in the journal writings of one of the detainees, Juma Al [...]
2005-11-27 15:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA BILAT
05MANAMA179BAHRAINI CONCERNS ABOUT G8 COMMITMENT TO BMENA
[...] (C) In a January 31 meeting with Econoff, Yousif Humood, Bahrain's Director of Economic Planning at the Ministry of Finance, expressed concern over the G8's apparent lack of activity on important BMENA initiatives, in particular the Entrepreneurship Center. He said that unless movement is se [...]
2005-02-07 12:01:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1813BAHRAIN'S RELATIONS WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) Per reftels, Pol/Econ Chief December 5 met with MFA Director for Arab Affairs Zoheir Mandeel and Bahraini Charge to Baghdad Hassan Al Ansari to urge more Bahraini support for Iraq, particularly in light of the upcoming elections. Al Ansari, whose arm is still bandaged from wounds sustaine [...]
2005-12-10 13:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ REGION
05MANAMA1892BAHRAIN: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY THROUGH
[...] Summary: Cultural and sports programs have great potential to support mission goals, but the dearth of such programs and the resources available to pursue them has resulted in many missed opportunities. On numerous occasions, we face a hostile public audience to U.S. foreign policy. From a [...]
2005-12-26 04:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV SCUL BA OESC BILAT
05MANAMA1919NEWLY-ELECTED BAHRAIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
[...] In a December 28 meeting with the newly-elected Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors, the Ambassador exchanged ideas with Board Chairman Dr. Essam Abdullah Fakhro on ways to promote trade and investment opportunities under the recently ratified U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade [...]
2005-12-28 15:01:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BA OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
05MANAMA229GULF DAILY NEWS ARTICLE CLAIMS TORTURE OF BAHRAINI
[...] (C) While there have been previous press reports on the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, their "imminent" release, and complaints about conditions there, a February 10 article in the English-language Gulf Daily News is perhaps one of the more detailed and widely disseminated "expose" pie [...]
2005-02-16 14:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER MARR BA
05MANAMA238BAHRAIN: G-8/ARAB LEAGUE MARCH 2-3 REFORM
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel message concerning the March 2-3 G-8/Arab League conference in Cairo February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. EmbOff and Sheikh Abdul Aziz discussed the postponeme [...]
2005-02-22 15:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMPI KDEM BA
05MANAMA239BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel message concerning supporting the Iraqi transitional government February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Sheikh Abdul Aziz said he would pass the message to Minist [...]
2005-02-22 15:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA24KING FOCUSES ON RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA IN
[...] (C) King Hamad, in a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, expressed his appreciation for his November 29 meeting with the President and reaffirmed Bahrain's friendship with the United States. The Ambassador thanked the King for the GOB's continued surveillance of the four terrorist suspect [...]
2005-01-04 15:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET BA
05MANAMA270BAHRAIN PROTESTS IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL
[...] (S) Summary. MFA MinState Abdel Ghaffar delivered a sharp message to the Ambassador February 27 outlining his government's deep concern about Iranian interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, which he said reached a zenith during recent Ashura celebrations. The MFA summoned the Iranian Amb [...]
2005-02-28 07:56:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM BA IR
05MANAMA281POLICE ARREST WEBMASTER OF BAHRAIN ON-LINE
[...] (SBU) Police arrested "Bahrain On-Line" webmaster Ali Abdul Imam February 27 and detained him for 15 days on charges of incitement against the government and spreading false rumors, charges that carry a maximum sentence of six years in jail, according to Bahraini newspapers. Two technical su [...]
2005-03-01 13:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA288HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED TO GOB
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered the 2004 Bahrain Human Rights Report to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Dhafer Alumran February 28. Alumran pledged to disseminate the report within the GOB and instructed an assistant to fax it to Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, curr [...]
2005-03-02 08:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS BA
05MANAMA295BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] Pol/Econ chief February 28 delivered reftel demarche concerning implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention Article VII to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran requested additional information about the provisions of Article VII, and we directed him to the Organizat [...]
2005-03-02 13:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ABUD BA AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05MANAMA300BAHRAINI QUESTIONS ON BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] The visit of MEPI Economic Pillar Manager Sonia Franceski, Beyster Institute President Dr. Ray Smilor, Beyster Director of Business Development Kenny Pegram, and future Bahrain Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (BCEE) American Executive Advisor David Mosby February 26-27 provided an oppor [...]
2005-03-02 13:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KMPI OTRA BA
05MANAMA339BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...]
2005-03-08 13:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANAMA357PRE-LICENSE CHECK - BAHRAIN DEFENSE FORCE LICENSE
[...] Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy of the Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) as a recipient of sensitive U.S.-origin technology. The BDF was listed on U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security application 05-951007 as the proposed end-user of one servo [...]
2005-03-14 10:08:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC BA
05MANAMA390RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES
[...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 11/231/2-39138 concerning Bahraini detainees at GTMO from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 16. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: 11/231/2-39138 March 14, 2005 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the [...]
2005-03-16 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC OPDC BA
05MANAMA391BAHRAIN: CHILD MARRIAGE
[...] (U) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) 1.A. There is no legal age of marriage in Bahrain. Recently the King announced his support for a personal status law, and the GOB and civil society organizations are discussing a law, which [...]
2005-03-16 12:56:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN BA
05MANAMA427BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH
[...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy's Pol/Econ office, Regional Security Office (RSO),Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),and Naval Central Command (NAVCENT) consulted on the coordination of maritime security efforts. The RSO is in direct contact with the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) and OMC/NAVCENT lia [...]
2005-03-21 11:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PTER ASEC BA
05MANAMA435AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER SHAIKH
[...] (U) This is an action message-see para 5. 2. (S) Ambassador Monroe met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa Wednesday March 16, 2005 to review arrangements in anticipation of an FBI team visit to Bahrain for the purpose of creating a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) in Bahra [...]
2005-03-22 12:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA468GOB PROMOTES MODERATION THROUGH ISLAMIC OUTREACH,
[...] (C) The Bahraini government is in the process of launching two programs emphasizing moderation in public discourse and interactions. Ministry of Islamic Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Fareed Al Muftah told the Embassy that he was reaching out to Bahrain's citizens to ensure they were not infect [...]
2005-03-28 08:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL KMPI KISL KIRF PHUM BA
05MANAMA469A CALL TO SAVE TUBLI BAY
[...] (C) Summary. The Municipal Councils of Manama and Isa Town are suing businesses for illegal dumping in Tubli Bay and questioning the validity of land reclamation contracts in the bay. Parliamentarians are investigating the reclamation schemes that have already reduced the bay to half its or [...]
2005-03-28 08:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON SENV PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA484BAHRAIN MOVES FORWARD WITH JOINT COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary. An FBI-led team's March 19-22 visit to Bahrain successfully kick-started Bahrain's effort to establish a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) within the next two-four months. Most notably, Minister of Interior (MOI) Shaikh Rashid pulled in senior leaders from CT-related agencies [...]
2005-03-30 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC BA PTER
05MANAMA498GWOT ASSESSMENT: BAHRAIN
[...] (S) Summary. Cooperation on counterrorism issues with the Government of Bahrain is generally good, as government leaders well understand the catastrophic effect that a terrorist act would have in a country and an economy that does not have the oil wealth of its neighbors. At the same time, th [...]
2005-04-05 11:40:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER BA
05MANAMA501GOB DECIDES NOT TO PUNISH OPPOSITION SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) The GOB decided April 5 not to take legal action against leading Shi'a opposition political society Al Wifaq for its role in organizing a March 25 demonstration that was banned by the government. Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi met with Al Wifaq's leadership and reite [...]
2005-04-05 14:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV BA
05MANAMA504UK EMBASSY MANAMA REACTIONS TO FORUM FOR THE
[...] (C) UK Embassy Manama Middle East Reform Officer Jackie Perkins told Econoff April 6 that the UK would still consider funding a Deputy Director position for the Bahrain Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, but that it could not make any commitments until the Beyster Institute finishes its bu [...]
2005-04-06 11:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BA UK
05MANAMA546 MEPI SMALL GRANTS MANAMA REPORT
[...] Following is Embassy Manama's report on FY 03 MEPI Small Grants: A. The Mother Child Early Education Program, Bahrain Red Crescent Society, $24,989: Results and impact of the program: Fifty low income mothers received training on how to teach basic skills to their pre- school children [...]
2005-04-13 07:06:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI KPAO AMGT AFIN BA
05MANAMA560BAHRAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Upon receiving confirmation that the British Embassy had demarched the GOB on counternarcotics contributions to Afghanistan, PolOff delivered the follow-up reftel message to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al [...]
2005-04-16 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR AF UK BA
05MANAMA585AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY THREATS WITH
[...] (S) Ambassador met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa April 19 to register our concern about recent threat information and possible surveillance activity, and to thank the Minister for steps taken by his Ministry to enhance Embassy security. The Ambassador also reiterated our conc [...]
2005-04-19 15:41:00Embassy ManamaSECRETASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA616CROWN PRINCE PROMOTES LABOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman attempted to ease public fears over proposed labor reforms by announcing March 25 that the GOB would implement reform slowly and gradually. The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Chairman announced soon after that the private sector felt more comfortable t [...]
2005-04-25 14:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV ELAB BA
05MANAMA621DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDS
[...] This is an action message; please see para 2. 2. The Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 19/1/5-41677 of April 19, 2005 from the MFA covering information to be included in the GTMO Administrative Review Boards for Bahraini detainees Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Issa Al Murbati, Juma [...]
2005-04-26 11:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PTER ASEC PREL OPDC BA
05MANAMA646AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF SOCIAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi April 27 and discussed with her the planned May 6 demonstration for constitutional change, formal registration of a USG-funded project to address trafficking in persons (TIP),and NGO development. Al Belooshi said [...]
2005-05-03 11:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM BA
05MANAMA691SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL ESTH HUB IN OMAN
[...] Embassy Manama strongly supports the establishment of a regional Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) hub in Oman to support ESTH efforts in Bahrain and the greater Gulf region. Embassy ESTH officer is the post's sole economic/commercial officer, and has a full plate of issues [...]
2005-05-14 14:44:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO BA KSCI
05MANAMA692QATAR REPORTEDLY AGREES ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE TO
[...] (U) The Bahrain press, quoting unnamed sources, reported May 5 that, after months of discussions, Qatar has agreed to supply Bahrain with natural gas via pipeline. One press source reported that the framework agreement called for expected imports of 500-1,000 million cubic feet per day over [...]
2005-05-15 08:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PBTS BA
05MANAMA703OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS
[...] PAS Manama has widely distributed to all Bahraini media outlets all official texts and statements on this issue. On May 17, Bahrain's media provided full coverage of Newsweek's retraction of its story alleging Koran desecration at Guantanamo. Daily newspapers carried wire stories with the N [...]
2005-05-17 11:06:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL OIIP KPAO BA
05MANAMA71MINISTER OF INTERIOR DISCUSSES CT, SAUDI ARABIA,
[...] (S) Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid, in a January 16 meeting with the Ambassador, said he had been surprised by the January 12 release of terror suspect Yassir Kemal, but promised close surveillance on his activities. He urged that we move forward on setting up a CTOC, expressing hope that [...]
2005-01-16 13:14:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA712PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM AND
[...] (S) NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, accompanied by DAS Scott Carpenter, Ambassador Monroe, and the RSO, met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa and Bahrain National Security Agency (BNSA) Undersecretary Shaikh Khalifa May 10 to discuss counterterrorism concerns and democratic initiative [...]
2005-05-18 14:41:00Embassy ManamaSECRETASEC BA PGOV PTER
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