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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 06TOKYO3087 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3101 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3104 | METI VALUES RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Trade Minister Nikai's proposal for an East Asian Free Trade Area was meant to preempt Chinese proposals for a low-standards Asian FTA, not to exclude the United States from the region, according to Vice Trade Minister Kazumasa Kusaka. Kusaka claimed that METI still v [...] | 2006-06-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO3119 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3134 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3138 | ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...] | 2006-06-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA |
| 06TOKYO3151 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 01:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3164 | METI SAYS ASEAN PLUS 3 FTA "INEVITABLE" [...] (C) Summary: Japan is in no position to oppose an almost certain Chinese-led consensus among the other 12 member countries of the ASEAN Plus Three to pursue a regional free trade agreement (FTA),according to a senior official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The [...] | 2006-06-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO3171 | NATO'S GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: JAPAN UPBEAT BUT URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is interested in pursuing closer relations with NATO through the Global Partnership framework, but prefers an incremental approach with participation in seminars or in exercises as observers preceding cooperation in operations. GOJ officials request further clarification on [...] | 2006-06-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JA |
| 06TOKYO3208 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-09 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3219 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 02:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3228 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3251 | MOFA OFFICIAL VOICES CONCERN OVER FTA STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN Plus Three countries will almost certainly launch free trade agreement (FTA) discussions later this year. That development will put Japan, which lacks a free-standing agreement with ASEAN, in a difficult negotiating position, according to the deputy director of the offic [...] | 2006-06-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO3263 | CHINA RELATIONS: SUPERFICIAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On June 13 MOFA's China Director told Embassy Tokyo that: -- China's growing economic dependence on Japan had prompted Beijing to adopt a policy of improving relations with Tokyo despite the risk that PM Koizumi might visit Yasukuni shrine before he steps down from office; [...] | 2006-06-14 02:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV CH JA |
| 06TOKYO3264 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 02:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3277 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3289 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3316 | AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER DISCUSSES YASUKUNI, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Schieffer met with PRC Ambassador Wang Yi over lunch June 14. Highlights of their lunch included the following: -- FM's Aso's statement that "national interests are more important than personal image" during his meeting with Chinese FM Li had helped move the bilate [...] | 2006-06-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR KS CH JA |
| 06TOKYO3319 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3324 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3337 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3357 | JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...] | 2006-06-18 23:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA |
| 06TOKYO3368 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3388 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3407 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 00:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3430 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3440 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3447 | MEDIA REACTION Q GSDF WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ [...] "GSDF Withdrawal Not an End to Japan's Assistance for Iraq" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (6/21): "...Following the GOJ's decision Tuesday to withdraw GSDF noncombat troops engaged in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, JDA [...] | 2006-06-21 04:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO3449 | THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S NORTHERN EDGE: ABSENCE OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The lack of a peace treaty hinders development of relations between Russia and neighboring Hokkaido, according to local officials. City officials in Wakkanai, Japan's northern-most city and close neighbor of Russia, point to visa and customs issues as preventing incr [...] | 2006-06-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ETRD ECIN JA RS |
| 06TOKYO3454 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3479 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3491 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3518 | JAPAN TO SUPPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso during a June 22 interview with Reuters stated that Japan would take part if the international community imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The report also noted that Aso had urged his Iranian counterpart to seriously consider [...] | 2006-06-24 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KNUC IAEA JA IR |
| 06TOKYO3523 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-26 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3539 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3552 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3555 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3560 | THE VIEW FROM NEMURO: HEART OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture are promoting the return of the four islands comprising the disputed Northern Territories in part by fostering "mutual understanding" with the islands' Russian residents. Visa-free exchanges and humanitarian assistance are their primary to [...] | 2006-06-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EFIS RS JA |
| 06TOKYO3620 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3632 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 01:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3660 | VICE TRADE MINSITER KUSAKA SUPPORTS CLOSER [...] (C) Summary. METI Vice Minister Kazumasa Kusaka praised the recent US-Japan Subcabinet level meetings during a recent meeting with DCM and EMIN. He added insights into the Nikai proposal for an ASEAN Plus Three FTA and apologized for not consulting with the U.S. before making the proposal. K [...] | 2006-06-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO3676 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 01:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3711 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-04 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3717 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/05/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 01:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO374 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 03:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3743 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 03:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO375 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3797 | RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS: POST-SUMMIT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Koizumi plans to raise the Northern Territories territorial dispute during his meeting with President Putin on the margins of the upcoming G-8 Summit, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Progress has been made in five of the 12 bilateral agreements signed [...] | 2006-07-07 04:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG RS JA |
| 06TOKYO3809 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3814 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-09 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3818 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 02:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3835 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3844 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 02:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3867 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3873 | Japanese Government, Industry reluctant to back WTO case [...] (SBU) Summary Japanese officials, particularly in the Trade Ministry, responded coolly to USTR's request that Japan join the United States in an IPR case against China in the next few months, saying that the GOJ was still studying the issue and could not respond until the fall at the earliest - [...] | 2006-07-12 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WTRO CH JP |
| 06TOKYO3878 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 02:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3889 | DEMARCHE FOR ROKG ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 12, DCM Donovan took advantage of a call by ROK Embassy DCM Kim Young-sun to reiterate the need for a strong UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches, for the international community to speak with one voice, and to avoid allowing the DPRK to drive a wedge between the [...] | 2006-07-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR KS KN JA |
| 06TOKYO3890 | MILITARY PREEMPTION DEBATE RESURFACES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: North Korea's missile launches have rekindled debate over whether Japan should be able to preempt an imminent attack by acquiring capabilities to strike abroad. Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Nukaga, Foreign Minister Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe recently sa [...] | 2006-07-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL KS KN JA |
| 06TOKYO3909 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 05:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3911 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3922 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3952 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3955 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-16 01:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3967 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO3988 | ROK AMBASSADOR CLAIMS "TURNING POINT" IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil told Ambassador Schieffer July 18 that public opinion toward North Korea had reached a "turning point" in South Korea as a result of the North's missile launches and bad behavior at the recent South-North ministerial. Ra worried, however, that a visit [...] | 2006-07-18 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | JA KN KS PREL |
| 06TOKYO3996 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 01:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4011 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4020 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4031 | GSDF MISSION TO IRAQ HAILED AS IMPORTANT MILESTONE [...] (C) Summary: Media and political reaction to the July 17 withdrawal of the last Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit from Iraq on has focused on the success of the mission and its contributions to U.S.-Japan relations. Japanese officials are optimistic that the GSDF's positive experience in [...] | 2006-07-20 04:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA |
| 06TOKYO4042 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO406 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 23:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4061 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4100 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 01:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4146 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4155 | MEDIA REACTION Q ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERIAL/WTO [...] "ASEAN Looks to Help to Resolve North Korean Issues" Kuala Lumpur correspondent Hanada of the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri commented (7/26): "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),in a joint statement issued at the end of its foreign ministerial, expressed concern over the r [...] | 2006-07-26 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO416 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 04:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4217 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-28 02:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4229 | EMPEROR'S WORDS SPARK DEBATE ON YASUKUNI, HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Revelation of a memo quoting the late Emperor Hirohito as saying his refusal to go to Yasukuni Shrine was directly related to the enshrinement there of Class-A war criminals is already reshaping Japan's debate on Yasukuni. The release of the memo has refocused the debate as a [...] | 2006-07-28 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO4259 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 08:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4273 | JAPAN TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will provide two million USD in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon, according to a July 29 MOFA announcement. Japan has taken a low-key approach to current events in Lebanon, issuing three official statements concerning the ongoing hostilities. The Japanese press is pr [...] | 2006-07-31 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM LE JA |
| 06TOKYO4275 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 00:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO430 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4301 | LDP HOPEFULS TAKE THE STAGE AT TOKYO CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) drew huge crowds of supporters to its July 28 Tokyo bloc convention, the first in a series of 11 policy discussions to be held across Japan in the run up to September leadership elections. The low-key debate between Chief Cabinet Secr [...] | 2006-08-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO4305 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-01 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4323 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 01:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4343 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/02/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4364 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4369 | JAPANESE CONCERNS ON IPAPI AND REGIONAL STOCKPILES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is intended for internal USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary. Japanese officials are concerned about management issues surrounding the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) and see the need for settin [...] | 2006-08-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA |
| 06TOKYO4372 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 00:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO438 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/06 [...] The US is taking seriously the inclusion of specified risk materials for BSE being found in a US beef shipment to Japan. It was a great shock to us. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already removed the companies involved from the list of beef exporters to Japan. It also has increased [...] | 2006-01-27 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4417 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4431 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4434 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 23:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4438 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4443 | JAPAN: SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is disappointed by the lack of progress toward peace in Sri Lanka and is reconsidering its approach to dealing with the LTTE, according to MOFA's Sri Lanka country officer. Tokyo is thinking of taking "tangible measures," likely declaring the LTTE to be a terrorist organ [...] | 2006-08-08 03:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE JA |
| 06TOKYO4453 | THE "COLLAPSE OF TRUST" IN JAPAN - ROK RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japan-ROK relations presently suffer from a &collapse of trust,8 according to Prof. Masao Okonogi, a leading Japanese expert on Korea. Upcoming elections for prime minister of Japan and for president of the ROK will impact the future course of the bilateral relationship, Okonogi [...] | 2006-08-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS JA |
| 06TOKYO4470 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 01:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4477 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4486 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 01:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4499 | DEFENSE WHITE PAPER: EMPHASIS ON CHINA [...] (C) Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Councilor Hideshi Tokuchi, principal editor of the 2006 JDA White Paper, pointed out to us just prior to the paper's August 1 release that its treatment of China was likely to grab a fair amount of attention. The report highlighted PRC reconnaissance flights, [...] | 2006-08-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO4507 | JAPAN FM TARO ASO'S AUGUST 3 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DDG for Middle East Affairs Sugiyama on August 9 described U.S. support for FM Aso's August 3 visit to Baghdad as "a perfect operation." Aso made Japan's first-ever cabinet-level visit to send a clear message of Japan's support for Iraqi reconstruction and to encourage Japa [...] | 2006-08-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JA |
| 06TOKYO4513 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4520 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 01:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4547 | ROK FM BAN KI-MOON'S MEETINGS WITH FM ASO, CCS ABE [...] (C) Summary. During August 8-9 meetings with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Aso, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon urged his interlocutors to emphasize dialogue with the DPRK, not pressure. Abe and Aso both responded that pressure was needed to produce d [...] | 2006-08-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
| 06TOKYO4565 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 23:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4581 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 00:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4598 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 00:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4625 | UNAPOLOGETIC PM KOIZUMI VISITS YASUKUNI [...] (C) Summary: Ignoring criticism from within Japan and abroad, Prime Minister Koizumi became the first Japanese premier in 21 years to pay respects at Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the anniversary of the end of World War II. In subsequent remarks to the press, Koizumi took an unrepentant "d [...] | 2006-08-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO4628 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at a important time in the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented public and political interest in our bilateral defense relationship, especially in the field of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your m [...] | 2006-08-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO4629 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4630 | S/P KRASNER BRIEFS JAPANESE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Dr. Stephen Krasner in Tokyo on August 9, briefed a number of Japanese MOFA officials on the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). MOFA DDG for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada responded that the PDG would fit well with Japan's a [...] | 2006-08-15 23:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO4637 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 01:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO464 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4661 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT KAZAKHSTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA confirmed August 16 that Prime Minister Koizumi will visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan August 28-30, 2006. The trip is intended to build upon the "Central Asia Plus Japan" Foreign Ministers meeting held June 2006 in Tokyo. No new assistance packages are contemplated. MOFA a [...] | 2006-08-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ UZ JA |
| 06TOKYO4686 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 01:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4720 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4725 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4751 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/18/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4762 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 01:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4772 | MEDIA REACTION Q CUBA-US RELATIONS - TOKYO [...] "After Castro: Cuba Should Improve Relations with US" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/21): "It has been three weeks since Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has ruled the country for nearly half a century, fell ill. It is time for the world to think about Cuba after he is gone.... The Cuban [...] | 2006-08-21 05:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO4783 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/06 [...] Aso 2. Abe 3. Tanigaki Asia  [...] | 2006-08-22 00:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4797 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4806 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4823 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 9 with S/P Director Stephen Krasner, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau DG Kawai expressed appreciation for our efforts in making Prime Minister Koizumi's recent trip to the United States a success. Kawai shared his expectation that Koizumi's successor wi [...] | 2006-08-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IR KN KS CH JA |
| 06TOKYO4830 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 23:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4834 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO484 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/30/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 02:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4855 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ASO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 23 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed appreciation for the Admiral's efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance and praised the "2 plus 2" statement as a "historical accomplishment in our bilateral relations." [...] | 2006-08-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO4866 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 01:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4891 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4892 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 5 DPRK missile launches have generated unprecedented interest among Japanese in the U.S.-Japan defense relationship. This is particularly true for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). Your meetings in Tokyo, and the high-profile you will lend to the USS Shiloh's arrival in [...] | 2006-08-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO4895 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4913 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie visited Japan August 22-26. In Tokyo he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Aso, Minister of State for Defense Fukushiro Nukaga, and briefed MOFA officials on the situation in Iraq. He also met with press representativ [...] | 2006-08-28 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
| 06TOKYO4920 | JAPANESE MINISTER VISITS LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Minister of Science and Technology Iwao Matsuda visited Libya August 13-22 where he met with a number of officials including Libyan Leader Muammar Qadhafi on August 16. Matsuda congratulated Qadhafi for Libya's decision to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Qadhafi [...] | 2006-08-28 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG EAID LY JA |
| 06TOKYO4926 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/06 [...] Morihiro Hosokawa 68% 2. Junichiro Koizumi 50% 3. Tsutomu Hata 47% 3. Toshiki Kaifu 47% 5. Hayato Ikeda 44% 6. Ryutaro Hashimoto 43% 7. Tanzan Ishibashi 41% 8. Yasuhiro Nakasone 40% 9. Eisaku Sato 38 [...] | 2006-08-29 04:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4948 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-30 01:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4962 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Japan relations. Our cooperative scientific relationship with Japan is one of the broadest and deepest in the world. Your attendance at the STS Forum and meetings in Kyoto will assist us to move forward on several specific [...] | 2006-08-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV TRGY TSPL JA |
| 06TOKYO4966 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/30/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4969 | KHATAMI VISITS JAPAN; SEES KOIZUMI; AZADEGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Koizumi warned former Iranian President Khatami that Iran would be wise to cooperate with the international community rather than continue to isolate itself, during an August 24 meeting. Khatami, in both his public remarks and in his meeting with Koizumi, maintain [...] | 2006-08-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON ENGY IR JA |
| 06TOKYO4978 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 01:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO4994 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO501 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5017 | ISAO IIJIMA ON SHINZO ABE'S LEADERSHIP, U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Isao Iijima, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's most trusted advisor, shared the following frank and perhaps self-serving observations with Acting DCM Meserve on August 23: -- Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, may lack the political skills to lead the ruling LDP in next [...] | 2006-09-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR JA |
| 06TOKYO5028 | JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS KAZAKHSTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 28-29 visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Koizumi focused primarily on promoting cooperation in developing energy resources, particularly uranium, according to MOFA Central Asia and Caucasus Division Deputy Director Uyama. Koizumi urged Uzbekista [...] | 2006-09-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECON ENRG PARM PHUM PREL ZK KZ UZ JA |
| 06TOKYO5033 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 00:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5042 | A/S HILL CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA DG SASAE [...] (C) MOFA Asia/Oceania Director General Sasae reiterated to EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on September 4 the need for actions implementing UNSCR 1695, saying we had to show North Korea there were consequences before the next round of DPRK brinksmanship. A/S Hill said USG decisions on implement [...] | 2006-09-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM JA KS KN |
| 06TOKYO5054 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 00:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5080 | NAVY SECRETARY WINTER STRESSES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. During a 20-minute meeting on August 28, Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter told Japan,s FM Taro Aso SIPDIS that the Secretary's visit symbolized the U.S. perception of the importance of cooperation between the navies and governments of both countries. The Secretary emphasize [...] | 2006-09-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO5082 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral William Fallon told Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo on August 24, that US-Japan relations had grown stronger since his visit in 2001 and that this was a welcome development. Abe, responding to Admiral Fallon's questions, outlined his views of China-Japan rel [...] | 2006-09-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO5089 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 23:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5091 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 23:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO510 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/31/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5113 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 00:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5138 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...] | 2006-09-08 05:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN |
| 06TOKYO5161 | LDP MEMBERSHIP DECLINES AS VOTING PATTERNS CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Membership numbers for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have fallen sharply on the mass defections of postal workers since the passage of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization package in 2005, according to recently released party statistics. Peaking [...] | 2006-09-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO5166 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5221 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 05:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5243 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/12/06 [...] Establishing political leadership TOKYO 00005243 002 OF 010 1) For speedy and accurate decision making that can meet changing times, implement the following reforms to strengthen the political leadership and establish a top-down system led by the Prime Minister's Official Residence (K [...] | 2006-09-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5249 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 02:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5286 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 02:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5288 | SCENESETTER FOR EB A/S SULLIVAN: INCOMING [...] (SBU) With Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe the presumptive next prime minister, beef receding from the economic agenda, and a summit with President Bush anticipated in the coming months, your visit to Tokyo comes at an important point in discussions of how to broaden and deepen the bilater [...] | 2006-09-14 03:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD ECIN JA APECO |
| 06TOKYO5308 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/14/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5309 | JAPAN'S PLANS FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. Gaining a permanent UNSC seat remains a top foreign policy objective, according to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Takizaki, and Japan looks forward to receiving a U.S. response shortly to Japan's most recent UNSC reform proposal. Japan's domestic political calendar makes it i [...] | 2006-09-14 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC PGOV PREL BM JA |
| 06TOKYO5325 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5330 | JAPAN ON MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan agrees that momentum must be maintained promoting peace in Lebanon and fully supports the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Tokyo is hesitant to contribute additional funds, however, citing Lebanon's wealth and the fact that assistance pledges at the Stockholm Conference yield [...] | 2006-09-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON IS LE JA |
| 06TOKYO5331 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5336 | DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...] | 2006-09-18 22:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA |
| 06TOKYO5339 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO536 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 02:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5410 | THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] | 2006-09-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
| 06TOKYO5423 | THE AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 LUNCH WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: During a September 19 lunch, the Ambassador and Vice Foreign Minister Yachi stated that Shinzo Abe is likely to establish a council similar to the U.S. National Security Council and will seek to reinterpret collective self-defense to better assist the United States in missile def [...] | 2006-09-21 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR UNSC PGOV APEC EAGR IR JA |
| 06TOKYO5450 | TAKENAKA RESIGNATION UNSURPRISING [...] (C) Summary. On September 15 Heizo Takenaka, well known economist, reluctant politician, and symbol of Prime Minister Koizumi's reform agenda, announced that he would give up his Diet seat on September 26. Faced with the imminent retirement of Koizumi, his biggest supporter, Takenaka was not [...] | 2006-09-21 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 06TOKYO5456 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5471 | MEDIA REACTION Q NEW PM DESIGNATE ABE - TOKYO [...] "Can Abe Use Overwhelming Victory in LDP Presidential Election to Manage the Government?" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/21): "Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe was elected president of the ruling Liberal SIPDIS Democratic Party (LDP) Wednesday by an overwhelming majority. [...] | 2006-09-22 05:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO5483 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5514 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...] | 2006-09-25 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IZ JA |
| 06TOKYO5516 | ABE NAMES NEW LDP EXECS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe named Hidenao Nakagawa, Shoichi Nakagawa (no relation),and Yuya Niwa to the LDP's three top executive posts on September 25. The three positions, which are the key LDP policy and party management slo [...] | 2006-09-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO5526 | The Japan Economic Scope - Economic News At- [...] (U) Summary. The Japan Economic Scope (JES) is a weekly e-newsletter produced by Embassy Tokyo's ECON section in collaboration with other sections and constituent Posts. It provides a brief overview of recent economic developments, insights gleaned from contacts, summaries of the latest cab [...] | 2006-09-25 23:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO5529 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5562 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5565 | A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...] | 2006-09-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR IR AF JA |
| 06TOKYO5568 | U.S. POLICY PRIORITIES FOR ABE ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary and Table of Contents. New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlined an ambitious policy agenda for his administration, with important implications for a number of U.S. foreign policy goals. This cable highlights the most significant initiatives from a U.S. perspective and assesses [...] | 2006-09-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL TSPL |
| 06TOKYO5569 | ANRE'S ARIMA LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR IEA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, newly appointed director of the International Affairs Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Jun Arima reiterated the GOJ's request that USG support the appointment of Nobuo Tanaka as the new head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) [...] | 2006-09-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG JA |
| 06TOKYO5600 | ABE'S CONSERVATIVE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. On September 26 newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his Cabinet. In general, he made conservative choices and included many politicians with whom he has close relations as well as those who actively supported his campaign. Despite Abe's claim that he would avoid a [...] | 2006-09-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA |
| 06TOKYO5605 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5608 | YACHI-DAI SUB-CABINET TALKS: NO PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Sub-cabinet talks with China aimed at improving relations had been slow-going and the outlook for a bilateral summit on the sidelines of the November APEC meeting looked bleak, MOFA China Division Director Akiba told us September 26 prior to the talks' conclusion. I [...] | 2006-09-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
| 06TOKYO5624 | INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (S) SUMMARY: INR A/S Fort and CIRO Director Mitani met September 25 to exchanged views on intelligence cooperation, with A/S Fort suggesting that Japan examine how the Australian intelligence services have handled the protection of classified information. A/S Fort observed that Japan could h [...] | 2006-09-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR IR CH JA |
| 06TOKYO5625 | INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 LUNCH WITH IAS [...] (S) Summary. Over lunch on September 25, INR Assistant Secretary Fort and MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service SIPDIS (IAS) Director General Takeuchi agreed that China and South Korea are critical players to resolving the North Korea issue. IAS Deputy Director General Shigeo Matsutomi [...] | 2006-09-28 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH TH JA |
| 06TOKYO5629 | INR A/S FORT'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETINGS WITH DG KAWAI [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA leadership is convinced that the Japanese government's stove-piped system of intelligence sharing must be reformed, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kawai told visiting INR Assistant Secretary Fort September 25. Top-level political leadership would be needed [...] | 2006-09-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINR AS CH JA |
| 06TOKYO5646 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO567 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 01:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5753 | TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...] | 2006-10-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN JA PARM PREL PTER |
| 06TOKYO5773 | SUBJECT: EB DAS MOORE VISITS TOKYO AS GOJ [...] (C) As Japan's leadership changes after five years under Prime Minister Koizumi, economic policy makers are considering how to strengthen relations with the U.S. Few if any, however, have any bold ideas in this area, and several appear at least equally or more concerned with regional bilate [...] | 2006-10-04 03:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD JA |
| 06TOKYO5812 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5819 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-06 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5822 | PRIME MINISTER ABE'S UPCOMING TRIP TO BEIJING AND [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo did not make a second, secret trip to Japan to arrange Prime Minister Abe's trip to Beijing, as reported in the press, MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae told Political Minister Counselor Meserve on October 5. Instead, a last-minute breakthroug [...] | 2006-10-06 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP CH KN KS JA |
| 06TOKYO5824 | MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...] | 2006-10-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA |
| 06TOKYO5831 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-08 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5833 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-08 07:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5858 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 01:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5873 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5884 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 02:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5902 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5914 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/11/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 01:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5929 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO593 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO5940 | ABE'S VISIT TO CHINA SIGNALS IMPROVING RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 8 visit to Beijing was a success, according to MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both raised the Yasukuni Shrine issue, but it did not impede discussions. Meeting one da [...] | 2006-10-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG CH JA |
| 06TOKYO5941 | JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...] | 2006-10-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN |
| 06TOKYO5942 | JAPAN-ROK AGREE ON STRONGER DPRK MEASURES DURING [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's October 9 visit to Seoul was "quite successful," with summit talks proceeding in a "cool-headed" fashion. According to Japanese foreign ministry officials, the leaders reconfirmed basic values shared by the two nations, and PM Abe invited ROK [...] | 2006-10-12 22:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV JA KS KN |
| 06TOKYO5988 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6112 | A/S HILL DISCUSSES ASIA SUMMITS AND DPRK AT DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a dinner meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill in Tokyo October 16, MOFA DG for SIPDIS Asian Affairs Kenichiro Sasae asked the U.S. to consult closely with Japan on sanctions imposed following the recent DPRK nuclear test and requested that the U.S. take [...] | 2006-10-20 04:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO6125 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6140 | The Japan Economic Scope Q Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents Paragraph 3. Japan Announces DPRK Sanctions Paragraph 11. Abe: Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy to be "Engine for Reform" Paragraph 18. Japan and Vietnam Agree To Launch FTA Negotiations Paragraph 22. GE Facing Sanctions Paragraph 27. U.S. Telecoms Policy Deleg [...] | 2006-10-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6163 | SAKHALIN 2 PARTNER CONFIDENT PROJECT WILL NOT BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Takehiro Togo, currently senior counselor at Mitsui and Co., which is part of the Sakhalin 2 consortium, told Econoff on October 17 that the Russian government had no desire to pull the plug on the Sakhalin 2 project despite environmental co [...] | 2006-10-23 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PREL JA RU |
| 06TOKYO6174 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-24 01:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO618 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6195 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO622 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6222 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6229 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 01:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6241 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/26/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6294 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanran Signals Renewed Opposition to Foreign Triangular Merger 4. Japan Ag: More Talk About Reform? 5. Unblocking Beef in Japan's Pipeline 6. Japan's Annual Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Halved 7. Azadegan: EMIN Calls on METI, MOFA to Discuss Contract Chan [...] | 2006-10-30 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6298 | JAPAN NEGOTIATING FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH GULF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has entered into Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and is hopeful an agreement can be inked as soon as possible, according to MOFA and METI sources. A major motivating factor for the Japanese is the fact that C [...] | 2006-10-31 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ZP JA |
| 06TOKYO6302 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/06 [...] Government 2. Minshuto A lack of required credit units  [...] | 2006-10-31 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6323 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...] | 2006-11-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA |
| 06TOKYO6404 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL [...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...] | 2006-11-07 22:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN |
| 06TOKYO642 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6432 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6445 | MEDIA REACTION - US MIDTERM ELECTIONS/RUMSFELD [...] "Midterm Elections: Bush Administration Must Keep Diplomacy Moving" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/9): "...The outcome of the US midterm elections is a severe setback for President Bush and his Republican administration.... Will the changed US political situation lead [...] | 2006-11-09 04:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO6465 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 08:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6468 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The primary purpose of Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan's visit to Tokyo October 22-25, was to lay the ground work for Prime Minister Singh's upcoming official visit, currently scheduled to take place in mid-December. During his visit, Narayanan was received by a [...] | 2006-11-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IN JA |
| 06TOKYO6469 | JAPAN SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC KTIA UNDC JA PREL |
| 06TOKYO6471 | ABE ON THE EVE OF APEC: STRONG, DECISIVE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has moved quickly and decisively to demonstrate strong leadership since assuming office on September 26. Perceived as pragmatic and effective, he is receiving approval ratings in the 65-75 percent range. Abe's emphasis on close ties with the United States an [...] | 2006-11-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JA |
| 06TOKYO6475 | THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...] | 2006-11-12 22:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JA |
| 06TOKYO6484 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with senior representatives of Japan,s three mega-banks, had lunch with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroshi Watanabe, and met with Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Toshihiko Fukui. [...] | 2006-11-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PINS JA CH KS IZ |
| 06TOKYO6485 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt met on November 7 with Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Koji Omi in his capacity as Presidential Emissary for the International Compact with Iraq. (Meetings with Japanese bankers, Vice Minister for Finance Watanabe and [...] | 2006-11-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINS PARM CH JA IZ |
| 06TOKYO6488 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Civair Talks: Beginnings of a Deal? 4. Canada-Japan FTA Off the Rails 5. MAFF Acknowledges Rough Going On Japan-Australia FTA 6. Treasury DepSec Talks Iraq Compact 7. Allgeier Pushes for Doha Round During DVC with Tokyo 8. MOFA Pushes Ahead With Asia Regio [...] | 2006-11-13 05:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6499 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA |
| 06TOKYO6575 | 2006 JAPAN INCSR PART II [...] (U) Japan is the world's second largest economy and a large and important world financial center. Although the Japanese government continues to strengthen legal institutions to permit more effective enforcement of financial transaction laws, Japan still faces substantial risk of money launder [...] | 2006-11-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN |
| 06TOKYO6576 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6590 | MEDIA REACTION - ABE-BUSH TALKS - TOKYO [...] "ABE AND BUSH: CREATING A RELATIONSHIP THAT ALLOWS FOR FRANK TALKS" THE MODERATE TOKYO SHIMBUN EDITORIALIZED (11/17): "PRIME MINISTER ABE WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IN HANOI SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BECOMING PRIME MINISTER. THEY WILL NEED TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP THAT ALLOWS THE [...] | 2006-11-17 06:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO6591 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TROLATERAL LUNCH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Japan-hosted lunch on November 6 following the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral meeting in Tokyo, participants discussed cooperation on Resolution 1718. The GOJ circulated a draft of Q & As to use in the event a ship would not consent to boarding for inspection. U/S Joseph s [...] | 2006-11-17 06:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA |
| 06TOKYO6607 | MEDIA REACTION Q APEC SUMMIT - TOKYO [...] "Japan's Called on To Lead Asia Economic Cooperation" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (11/20): "The APEC summit in Hanoi has come to a close. The declaration issued at the forum specified plans to study a US proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Asia- Pacific (FTAAP) and re [...] | 2006-11-20 05:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 06TOKYO6635 | U/S BURNS MEETING WITH DFM NISHIDA ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan shares U.S. concerns about Russia's obstructionist role in Iran discussions and would like to play a part in pressuring Iran to abandon nuclear enrichment, Deputy Foreign Minister Nishida told U/S Burns on November 6. U/S Burns underscored U.S. concern about Iran's involveme [...] | 2006-11-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA |
| 06TOKYO6639 | JAPAN NGO'S "SHIOKAZE" PROGRAM BROADCASTS NEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN),an NGO established to investigate suspected cases of abduction by the DPRK, began transmitting its "Shiokaze" ("Sea Breeze") short-wave radio broadcasts to North Korea in October 2005. The [...] | 2006-11-21 02:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PREL JA KN |
| 06TOKYO6690 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6710 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-26 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6714 | The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...] | 2006-11-27 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6731 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/27/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6738 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 01:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6740 | DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai met with DCM November 27 to discuss a range of bilateral issues: -- Kawai reported that Prime Minister Abe had been very pleased by his meeting with President Bush at the APEC summit in Hanoi and is hoping to travel [...] | 2006-11-28 05:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ABLD ETRD EAGR EFIS JA |
| 06TOKYO6749 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/29/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 23:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6764 | SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMIC SUBCABINET MEETINGS, DEC. [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe has gotten off to a fast start in the beginning of his administration with a strong political and foreign policy agenda. However, he has yet to demonstrate the same leadership on domestic economic policy, regulatory reform, and international economic policy. In prepar [...] | 2006-11-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EAGR ENRG ECIN APECO JA |
| 06TOKYO6770 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6785 | RUSSIA OIL SEMINAR REVEALS DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Russian guest panelists at a November 9 seminar on Russian energy strategy in Tokyo displayed starkly different views on Moscow's energy policy. An executive of the energy company Rosneft strenuously defended the Russian government and its environmental policies, particul [...] | 2006-11-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU |
| 06TOKYO6795 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6842 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-05 00:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6846 | The Japan Economic Scope -- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. GOJ Backsliding on Triangular Mergers 4. Japan Starts Indonesia EPA Process with Focus on Energy 5. ANRE's Arima Outlines Sub-Cabinet Energy Goals 6. Agriculture Minister Seeks to Increase Biofuel Production 7. Hokkaido Agriculture Co-op Proposes Japan's Lar [...] | 2006-12-05 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6877 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 00:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6889 | CUBA: JAPAN RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 07:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL JA CU |
| 06TOKYO6897 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6909 | FORMER LDP OFFICIALS ADMITS LIE ABOUT KOIZUMI DPRK [...] (U) The December 8 edition of Tokyo Shimbun reported that former LDP vice president Taku Yamasaki has admitted that he lied when he told reporters that former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi had expressed a willingness to make a third trip to North Korea. On December 7, Japanese-language news [...] | 2006-12-08 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
| 06TOKYO691 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6912 | DAS JOHN,S MEETING WITH DDG KITERA ON BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Eric John on December 4 underscored the importance of passing a non-punitive UN Security Council resolution on Burma as a starting point for increased diplomatic pressure on the regime. Deputy Director General Kitera responded that Japan would prefer a Presidential Statemen [...] | 2006-12-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM BM TT JA |
| 06TOKYO6931 | The Japan Economic Scope ?- Economic News At-A- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Sub Cabinet in Tokyo 4. Transcript of Press Roundtable after Sub Cabinet 5. Triangular Mergers: Still Pushing as the End Game Approaches 6. Amb. Michalak's Meetings on Triangular Mergers 7. DUSTR Bhatia and Dep. FM Yabunaka Exchange Reg Reform Recommendation [...] | 2006-12-11 22:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR |
| 06TOKYO6943 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6953 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6954 | AMBASSADOR AND CCS SHIOZAKI ON NORTH KOREA, CHINA, [...] (S) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki outlined Japanese expectations for the upcoming Six-Party Talks during a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on December 11. Shiozaki welcomed the resumption of talks in Beijing, but said Japan is not particularly optimistic about it [...] | 2006-12-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KN CH JA |
| 06TOKYO6979 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 03:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO698 | FM ASO CHINA COMMENTS: ADVERTISEMENTS FOR HIMSELF? [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts among Japan's China watchers believe FM Aso's recent provocative comments on Japan-China relations are a calculated effort by the Foreign Minister to boost his standing in the race for the LDP presidency. Without making such controversial statements, Aso would have [...] | 2006-02-08 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH JA |
| 06TOKYO6994 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch conversation on December 14, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and the Ambassador covered a wide range of issues including: -- the U.S.-Japan security relationship ("2 Plus 2" Talks, DPRI); -- Iraq; -- economic issues (sub-Cabinet meetings, "trian [...] | 2006-12-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL ECON PGOV JA BM IZ KS RS AF IR |
| 06TOKYO7000 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7027 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7042 | JDA UPGRADE, FORM OVER SUBSTANCE? [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Diet passed a set of bills to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to full ministry status. The package of legislation also includes a revision to the Self Defense Forces Law that lists international peacekeeping, rear area support for U.S. forces, Non-comba [...] | 2006-12-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV JA |
| 06TOKYO7067 | JAPANESE PLEASED WITH VISIT OF INDIAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials are pleased with Indian Prime Minister Singh's December 13-16 Tokyo visit, according to MOFA contacts. During the visit, the "Global Partnership" inaugurated in 2000 was elevated to a "Strategic and Global Partnership" calling for closer political and diplomati [...] | 2006-12-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR EINV ETRD SCUL KNNP IN JA |
| 06TOKYO7084 | ABE'S SHORT HONEYMOON [...] Summary (C) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with Japanese voters has come to a quick end. Abe's popularity in polls surged above 70 percent when he visited Beijing and Seoul to better relations with Japan's neighbors and the DPRK exploded a nuclear device. However, his popularity began [...] | 2006-12-21 04:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JA |
| 06TOKYO709 | JAPAN-DPRK TALKS CONCLUDE WITH ZERO SERIOUSNESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: North Korea showed "zero seriousness" about resolving its bilateral issues with Japan during February 4-8 Japan-DPRK bilateral talks in Beijing, MOFA Asia DG Sasae told visiting CSIS Senior Advisor Robert Einhorn and Political Minister Counselor Michael Meserve on February 8. PM [...] | 2006-02-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC JA KS KN CH |
| 06TOKYO7097 | U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...] | 2006-12-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA |
| 06TOKYO7098 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO711 | JAPAN'S UNSC REFORM EFFORT LOOSING STEAM? [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Option C plan "did not fly" with its G3 partners, MOFA's UN Policy Division Director Aikawa told PolOffs February 7. Aikawa did not know how much longer Japan could "paper over" its differences with the G3. Implying that UN Security Council reform may be loosing steam do [...] | 2006-02-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC XA JA |
| 06TOKYO7115 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-22 05:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO713 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 01:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7136 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/06 [...] The Yushukan museum will replace seven panels headlined "Russo-Japanese War to Manchurian Incident," "Manchurian History," TOKYO 00007136 005 OF 009 "China Incident," "Hitler," Stalin," Roosevelt," and "Japan-US negotiations." One of the seven panels is about the outbreak of Japan- [...] | 2006-12-27 01:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7163 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 01:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7174 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7188 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 04:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7192 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 04:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO7193 | ROK FM SONG'S TOKYO VISIT: A REAL "ICEBREAKER" [...] (C) Summary. MOFA and ROK Embassy contacts describe ROK FM Song,s December 26-27 Tokyo visit as &successful8 and &a real icebreaker.8 Song moved to establish a personal relationship with PM Abe and conducted a &heart-to-heart dialogue8 with FM Aso. On bilateral issues, Song asked Japan to: [...] | 2006-12-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KS KN |
| 06TOKYO727 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO749 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO756 | JAPAN-DPRK TALKS: FURTHER DETAILS FROM N.E. ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Northeast Asia Director Ito reported "no progress" resulting from the February 4-8 Japan-DPRK talks despite the 20 hours they spent discussing the abduction issue, security concerns, and normalization of relations. Ito identified the likely DPRK motivations for engaging in [...] | 2006-02-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM JA KN |
| 06TOKYO761 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 02:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO775 | JAPANESE READOUT: DAI BINGGUO UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo relayed an uncompromising stand on Yasukuni Shrine and tried to elicit positive messages from Japanese interlocutors, according to MOFA sources, who speculated Dai was attempting to deflect domestic criticism of MFA's handling of [...] | 2006-02-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH JA |
| 06TOKYO777 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/06-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 23:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO795 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO796 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/06-2 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO805 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/06 [...] Historical perception of WWII 2. Evaluation of the Tokyo Trials 3. Asia diplomacy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe  [...] | 2006-02-15 04:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO820 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO822 | CHINA WATCHERS PIN HOPES FOR IMPROVED JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) Summary: No improvement in Japan's relations with China should be expected during Koizumi's remaining seven months in office, according to Diet members and academic China specialists contacted by Embassy Tokyo. Citing domestic political difficulties in both countries, our interlocutors [...] | 2006-02-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH JA |
| 06TOKYO823 | ABE AND ASO SAY CLASS-A WAR CRIMINALS NOT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders grilled Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe and Foreign Minister Aso in the Diet on February 14, regarding World War II and the War Crimes Tribunal. Although both Abe and Aso acknowledged the official line that the war was an act of ag [...] | 2006-02-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH KS JA |
| 06TOKYO827 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 01:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO831 | Japan-China Economic Ties Remain Strong [...] (SBU) Summary: The economic relationship between Japan and China has continued to expand in spite of political frictions, according to Japanese Government trade and investment statistics. Japan's total trade with China (with the inclusion of trade with Hong Kong) again exceeded that betwee [...] | 2006-02-16 04:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN PREL CH |
| 06TOKYO851 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 08:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO864 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/06 [...] Perception of the war 2. Tokyo Trials/war criminals 3. War responsibility TOKYO 00000864 008 OF 013 Abe  [...] | 2006-02-17 01:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO876 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO882 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 01:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO904 | JAPANESE BUSINESS SEEKS INDEPENDENT CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Confidence in the Japanese Government's capacity to analyze and to interpret events in China is waning among Japan's business community, according to some Japanese and expatriate Chinese researchers and academics. The anti-Japanese demonstrations of spring 2005 also alerted Jap [...] | 2006-02-21 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PREL JA CH |
| 06TOKYO907 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/06 [...] Azadegan oil field: 260,000 barrels a day 2. Sakhalin 1 (Russia): 250,000 barrels a day 3. Sakhalin 2 (Russia): 160,000 barrels a day 4. Rang Dong oil field (Vietnam): 50,000 barrels a day 5. Mubarras oil field (United Arab Emirates): 20,000 barrels a day (5) Political comment [...] | 2006-02-21 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO908 | CONSULTATIONS ON BURMA WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: In February 15 meetings on Burma with a visiting DOS delegation, Japanese officials said Japan: -- shares U.S. values and objectives in Burma and is sending the regime a similar message; -- has significantly reduced its level of economic assistance to the point that little [...] | 2006-02-22 00:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON UNSC BM CH JA |
| 06TOKYO911 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 02:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO923 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/06 [...] Promote a strategy for growth in the Japanese economy, including the conclusion of a Japan-China economic partnership agreement 2. Urge China to become a democratic nation slowly by 2030 by expanding its middle class. Japan will share its experience with China. 3. Establish a trouble- [...] | 2006-02-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO925 | JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS: STRONG EMOTIONS WON'T SHAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging bad relations at the top caused in large part by PM Koizumi's controversial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, political, academic and diplomatic experts on ROK-Japan relations contacted in the run-up to Shimane Prefecture's February 22 "commemoration" of Takeshima [...] | 2006-02-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR JA KS |
| 06TOKYO929 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/23/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 02:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO960 | JAPAN-CHINA: CHINA TRYING TO "WALL OFF" YASUKUNI? [...] (C) Summary. A flurry of political exchanges between China and Japan and initiatives arising out of the Dai Bingguo-Yachi "comprehensive policy dialogue" suggest that China's President Hu Jintao has decided to leave the Yasukuni issue aside for the time being and to move ahead on multiple fro [...] | 2006-02-23 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON ENRG USUN PINR CH JA |
| 06TOKYO968 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/24/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 02:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TRIPOLI197 | QADHAFI SONS SQUABBLE OVER COCA COLA [...] (C) Summary: A lengthy standoff between the franchise-holder for Coca Cola-Libya, Ka'Mur Bottling Company-U.K., and two of Mu'ammar Qadhafi's sons, Mu'tassim and Mohammed, appears to have stabilized in the wake of a compromise agreement. The problem became public on December 28, 2005 as se [...] | 2006-05-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI198 | QADHAFI INCORPORATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...] | 2006-05-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI453 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...] | 2006-08-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI454 | SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...] | 2006-08-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI459 | LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...] | 2006-09-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY |
| 06TRIPOLI539 | LIBYA TELLS EXIM - TRUST US, OUR CREDIT'S GOOD [...] (C) EXIM Bank conducted its first visit in over thirty years to Tripoli September 5-9. After an introductory session with Mohamed Siala, Secretary of International Cooperation, the rest of the week was marked by mixed success pursuing additional meetings with key GOL entities. EXIM's Vice P [...] | 2006-09-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON ECIN ETRD CMGT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI569 | SOUTH KOREAN PM VISITS TRIPOLI TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) South Korean Prime Minister Her Excellency Han Myeong-sook visited Tripoli the week of September 17-21 in association with the "Korean Libyan Business Partnership Conference 2006." The conference was organized by the Korean International Trade Union and the Libyan General Union of Cham [...] | 2006-10-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO EINT ETRD TINT TRSY OVIP XI XE KS LY |
| 06TUNIS1021 | HUNGER STRIKE BY TWO TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS NOT A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS |
| 06TUNIS1099 | BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...] | 2006-05-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV KDEM TS |
| 06TUNIS1155 | UNION REPORTS INCREASING GOT HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 10 meeting, (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Trabelsi told Laboff the UGTT SIPDIS continues to face GOT interference in its activities. Trabelsi said a senior GOT official (NFI) recently warned UGTT leadership, "if you interfere in our issues, we will in [...] | 2006-05-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM PGOV TS |
| 06TUNIS1157 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...] | 2006-05-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS |
| 06TUNIS1230 | Special Media Reaction: DepSec Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian print and broadcast media positively and prominently covered the May 18 - 19 DepSec Zoellick visit to Tunisia. While both the government and privately-owned press highlighted the DepSec's positive statements on Tunisian modernity and moderation, the private press also [...] | 2006-05-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
| 06TUNIS1252 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 6:00 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D [...] | 2006-05-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM TS |
| 06TUNIS1253 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...] | 2006-05-25 09:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS |
| 06TUNIS1254 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN [...] (U) May 19, 2006; 10:00 A.M.; CARTHAGE, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson TUNISIA ------- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic Ossama Romdh [...] | 2006-05-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM TS |
| 06TUNIS1565 | EU PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LACK OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A June 15 resolution by the European Parliament noted continuing concern about the human rights situation in Tunisia in light of the Euro-Mediterannean Agreement and numerous discussions tying a strong EU-Tunisia relationship to the promotion of human rights and democracy. Eur [...] | 2006-06-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS |
| 06TUNIS1603 | COM USAFE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE DISCUSS SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his June 25-26 visit, the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe General William Hobbins met with Tunisian Minister of National Defense Kamal Morjane to discuss bilateral military relations. Morjane said the Ministry of Defense had provided the MFA with a draft response on [...] | 2006-06-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KMIG TS |
| 06TUNIS1630 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS |
| 06TUNIS1642 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...] | 2006-06-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS |
| 06TUNIS1650 | FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...] | 2006-07-03 09:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS |
| 06TUNIS1672 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON TS |
| 06TUNIS1673 | CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KDEM TS |
| 06TUNIS2026 | ABBAS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] On August 9, all Tunisian newspapers carried an official GOT press agency report of a meeting between visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisian President Ben Ali. Abbas visited Tunisia August 7 - 8. According to the report, the two discussed the situation in the Palestinian t [...] | 2006-08-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TS |
| 06TUNIS2084 | TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...] | 2006-08-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS |
| 06TUNIS2155 | MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...] | 2006-08-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM TS |
| 06TUNIS2227 | TUNISIANS CONTINUE TO BE SEIZED BY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon continue to dominate Tunisian newspaper headlines and cafe conversations, although less so than in previous weeks. The GOT announced delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Newspapers accused Israel of jeopardizing the cease-fire. Civil society contacts contin [...] | 2006-08-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KMPI KPAO TS |
| 06TUNIS2321 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...] | 2006-09-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS |
| 06TUNIS2408 | TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE; [...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...] | 2006-09-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TS |
| 06TUNIS252 | BEN ALI'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador, along with the entire resident and non-resident Diplomatic Corps, was invited to present New Year's greetings to President Ben Ali. In addition to personally greeting all ambassadors, Ben Ali delivered a speech outlining GOT political priorities. The [...] | 2006-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PINR TS |
| 06TUNIS2639 | TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...] | 2006-10-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS |
| 06TUNIS2743 | FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...] | 2006-11-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM TS |
| 06TUNIS2802 | VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN [...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...] | 2006-11-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS |
| 06TUNIS2910 | Beywatch: American Passports and African Development? [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. For more information about Tunisia or the Embassy Tuni [...] | 2006-12-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI CVIS SY TS |
| 06TUNIS2911 | TUNISIAN INTERACTION WITH SYRIA [...] (C) During his December 14 courtesy call with M'hamed Chelaifa, Director General for Asia and the Americas, Ambassador raised reftel demarche regarding Tunisian interaction with Syrian officials. Chelaifa said he was not aware of any high-level visits scheduled between Syria and Tunisia. He [...] | 2006-12-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER SY TS |
| 06TUNIS358 | Special Media Reaction: SecDef Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian broadcast and print media prominently covered the February 10 - 11 visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Tunis. The local SIPDIS reporting on the visit emphasized the positive strategic alliance between the U.S. and Tunisia as well as the Secretary's laudatory r [...] | 2006-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
| 06TUNIS540 | MODERATE TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO CARTOON CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Most Tunisian intellectuals and media responded with moderate and thoughtful commentary to the Danish cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohamed. While some editors used the polemic as an occasion to again criticize American foreign policy in the Arab world, most of the editorial re [...] | 2006-03-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO ECIP SOCI TS |
| 06TUNIS55 | SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST? [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...] | 2006-01-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PREL TS |
| 06TUNIS637 | Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...] | 2006-03-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OIIP TS |
| 06TUNIS646 | A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH: ISLAMISM, TUNISIA REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with A/S Welch, FM Abdelwahab Abdallah discussed the "dangers of political Islam", claiming there is no such thing as moderate Islamists and accusing the West of having "insufficient knowledge of Islam," and being misled by the "double-speak of Islamists" who [...] | 2006-03-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM TS |
| 06TUNIS647 | A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...] | 2006-03-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS |
| 06TUNIS666 | BEN ALI'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali delivered a major speech that outlined Tunisia's achievements and set clear and lofty goals for economic achievement in the next ten years. In addition to several new tax proposals, Ben Ali [...] | 2006-03-22 11:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KDEM PREL TS |
| 06TUNIS873 | TUNISIA'S SECOND CHAMBER: UPDATE AND OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Advisors, Tunisia's second parliamentary body, was created during a 2002 constitutional change and began work in August 2005. The Chamber's 112 members from across the country are responsible for reviewing all draft legislation, in cooperation with Tunisia's existin [...] | 2006-04-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL TS |
| 06TUNIS973 | TUNISIA ADVERTISES GOOD TIES WITH IRAN, SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. Through its mostly-government controlled press, Tunisian officials are playing up positive economic and cultural exchanges between Tunisia and officials in Iran and Syria. Two visits to Tunis within a week--Iranian Vice President for Tourism and Heritage on April 15, and Syrian P [...] | 2006-04-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ETRD SY IR TS |
| 06ULAANBAATAR137 | Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...] | 2006-02-26 23:35:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR |
| 06ULAANBAATAR173 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...] | 2006-03-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU |
| 06ULAANBAATAR320 | Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith [...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...] | 2006-04-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR434 | EAP DAS KEITH'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EAP DAS Keith,s meetings with Government of Mongolia (GOM) officials on April 28, Keith expressed appreciation for the GOM,s continuing support in the war against terrorism and its participation in coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith reiterated the importance of add [...] | 2006-06-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PTER KCRM MG KN |
| 06ULAANBAATAR499 | MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...] | 2006-06-29 01:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR525 | Scenesetter for Presidential Delegation [...] We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. The presence of a presidential delegation at the 800th anniversary celebrations continues a stellar 2005-6 year for high-level USG visits to Mongolia -- starting off with Peace Corps Director Vasquez last July, Speaker Has [...] | 2006-07-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR552 | EBRD OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) received notification from the Russian Federation that it had ratified Mongolia's accession to the EBRD, the last of the sixty-one EBRD members to do so. EBRD Business Group Director Olivier Deschamps a [...] | 2006-07-20 07:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR554 | GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...] | 2006-07-20 23:21:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ |
| 06ULAANBAATAR593 | KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...] | 2006-08-04 08:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR608 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR ADVICE ON POSSIBLE DALAI [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) After an August 9 meeting on another matter, Foreign Minister Enkhbold asked to meet the Ambassador one-on-one. Enkhbold said that Gandan monastery had told the government it wishes to invite the Dalai Lama to Mongolia for a visit [...] | 2006-08-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF MG CH |
| 06ULAANBAATAR610 | Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Kolbe [...] We look forward to hosting you in early September, and to showing you how U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used here to benefit the Mongolian and American people. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Spea [...] | 2006-08-13 22:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR615 | Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...] | 2006-08-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN |
| 06ULAANBAATAR634 | FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister on August 17 to deliver the paper conveyed in ref a, which responded to the Foreign Minister's request for U.S. perspectives on the likely Chinese reaction to a Dalai Lama visit (ref b). FM Enkhbold expressed appreciation for the report. He did not q [...] | 2006-08-18 06:50:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR638 | DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28 [...] (C) The Dalai Lama will visit Mongolia August 21-28, at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the leading Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the country. He will transit Japan in both directions, as he did during his last visit in 2002. President Enkhbayar, in his capacity as the [...] | 2006-08-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA |
| 06ULAANBAATAR657 | WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...] | 2006-08-31 09:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MG PREL |
| 06ULAANBAATAR658 | New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...] | 2006-09-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR667 | WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...] | 2006-09-07 09:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS |
| 06ULAANBAATAR724 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON PRESIDENT, SPEAKER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial meetings with President Enkhbayar, following presenting his credentials on September 20, State Great Hural Speaker Nyambdorj on September 25, and Prime Minister Enkhbold, the Mongolian leaders stressed good bilateral relations, and pressed for early c [...] | 2006-09-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR728 | Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Hagel [...] We look forward to hosting you October 7 to 9. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Speaker Hastert and delegation, then Rep. Leach (both in August 2005); Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (October); the Pres [...] | 2006-09-28 07:03:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP EAID MARR MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR809 | Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia has submitted a rough draft of a program memo which -- with substantial hard work by both Mongolian and U.S. counterparts over coming months -- may enable a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact to be signed in early Spring 2007. A Compact will likely involve a sig [...] | 2006-10-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR832 | U.S.-Based Peabody Moves Toward Coal Investments With USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Department of Commerce advocacy letter, and post-arranged meetings with senior Mongolian officials, have boosted the efforts of U.S.-coal mining giant Peabody Energy to be involved in development of a 6.5 billion ton coal deposit. Last week, Peabody's China-based o [...] | 2006-11-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR841 | Public Diplomacy Captivates Mongolian Media by Highlighting [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 08:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PREL EAID SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR844 | Opportunity to Strengthen US-Mongolia Ties: 2007 Marks 20th [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 02:15:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ECON OIIP OPRC KMDR MG |
| 06ULAANBAATAR870 | Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...] | 2006-12-14 08:24:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG |
| 06UNVIEVIENNA522 | PROFILE OF MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR RAJMAH HUSSAIN [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Malaysian Ambassador Rajmah Hussain, designated next Malaysian Ambassador to Washington, arrived Vienna 16 months ago from her previous position as Ambassador to the CD in Geneva. While in Vienna, Hussain served as chair of the Vienna Chapter of the Non-Aligned [...] | 2006-06-28 06:37:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ETRD IAEA IR KNNP PINR |
| 06UNVIEVIENNA851 | IAEA/IRAN: SECRETARIAT TELLS MEMBER STATES THAT [...] (SBU) During a technical briefing on November 15, the IAEA Secretariat advised that TC project IRA/9/019 (Strengthening Safety Capabilities for the Construction of a research Reactor) was not directly linked to enrichment and reprocessing activities, and the "Secretariat is certain this proj [...] | 2006-11-17 08:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA IR KNNP |
| 06USEUBRUSSELS4207 | EU PRESIDENT BARROSO'S JANUARY VISIT: THE VIEW [...] (C/NF) European Union Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso's January 8 trip to Washington is an opportunity to marshal Commission support for action over the next six months in accelerating political and technical cooperation on energy and climate change, completing the Doha Round, and ma [...] | 2006-12-22 11:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS EAID ECON ELAB ENRG EUN PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06USNATO603 | NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...] | 2006-10-13 13:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK |
| 06USNATO609 | NATO ALLIES GIVE GEORGIA CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies expressed support for Georgia's territorial integrity during an October 13 briefing by Deputy Foreign Minister Kutelia on the arrest and expulsion of alleged Russian spies, but most also expressed disappointment in Georgia's handling of the case. Allies advised Geo [...] | 2006-10-16 16:09:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV PINR GG |
| 06USNATO610 | ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...] | 2006-10-16 16:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL |
| 06USNATO639 | FRENCH MANEUVERS TO PUT BRAKES ON ALLIED-PARTNER [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, France tried to launch a campaign to deny NATO partners formal 26 plus one consultations with Allies, substituting "informal" meetings. The French move began with Georgia (ref. A) and initially looked like a "one-off" move designed to assuage the Russians a [...] | 2006-10-26 15:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR FR |
| 06USNATO643 | NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...] | 2006-10-27 13:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP |
| 06USNATO687 | NOVEMBER 7 HLTF AND NRC-ACE MEETINGS AT NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The HLTF met November 7 to review next steps regarding the U.S.-proposed "positive agenda" for engaging Russia on CFE issues during the next months; to consider language on CFE for inclusion in a Riga communiqu; and to address remaining questions regarding several I.S. discuss [...] | 2006-11-28 11:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV KCFE NATO PREL RS |
| 06USNATO716 | ACCESSION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO, [...] (C) In a historic and emotional morning at NATO HQ on December 14, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia joined the Partnership for Peace by signing the PfP Framework Document in back-to-back meetings with the North Atlantic Council (NAC). BiH trilateral Presidency Chairman Nebosjsha [...] | 2006-12-14 17:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR XB |
| 06USNATO720 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 14, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG details a busy calendar of NATO events for early 2007. He observed that much more needs to be done on ANA train and equip. Ambassador Nuland seconds SYG,s call to accelerate military advice on ANA training before Seville, and also asked for more detailed br [...] | 2006-12-15 16:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
| 06USNATO729 | INDIA TO SEEK NATO POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reported to the NATO PermReps today that India would like to seek, on a strictly confidential basis, the opening of political consultations with NATO. The Indian Ambassador told the Secretary-General in a private meeting that India will send [...] | 2006-12-19 15:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL IN PK AF |
| 06USNATO734 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios met December 15 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer to discuss the situation in Darfur, relations between NATO and the African Union (AU),and the spread of instability into Chad and the Central African Republic. Natsios said d [...] | 2006-12-20 13:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NATO AU SU UN |
| 06USOSCE203 | USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...] | 2006-05-16 09:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1013 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS FOLLOW-ON [...] The Security Council May 17 adopted a follow-up resolution to urge progress on the implementation of UNSCR 1559 (2004). Drafted by the UK, U.S. and France and co-sponsored by Slovakia and Denmark, UNSCR 1680 (2006) was adopted by a 13-0-2 vote, with Russia and China abstaining. 2. Reflectin [...] | 2006-05-18 17:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1041 | DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...] | 2006-05-23 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1042 | DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES [...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...] | 2006-05-23 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1077 | UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...] | 2006-05-26 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1137 | UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...] | 2006-06-05 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1149 | CHINESE LOOK FOR INCREASED COOPERATION AS SC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Annabi gave the Security Council June 2 an overview of the current situation throughout Sudan in advance of the UNSC's Mission to Sudan, Addis Ababa and Chad. The most notable part of [...] | 2006-06-06 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1225 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The UNSC held public and private sessions on June 15 to review the mandate of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) as well as to review Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) arrangements. Council members voiced unanimous support fo [...] | 2006-06-16 21:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1228 | DRC SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE CHAIR CALLS FOR MORE [...] (C) DRC Sanctions Committee Chairman, Peruvian PermRep de Rivero, recently called on members of the Committee to submit new names of individuals and entities for sanctions under resolution 1596. Both France and the UK would like to respond to the Chairman,s call and submit new names for listi [...] | 2006-06-16 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG EFIN ETTC PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1235 | 1267 COMMITTEE: BELGIAN DE-LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Mission recently provided more information to USUN about the background of two individuals for whom Belgium has requested de-listing from the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committee's sanctions list. The information w [...] | 2006-06-19 20:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1254 | INDIA AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. India's positions on key issues of importance to the U.S. in New York do not appear to have kept pace with the increasingly strong bilateral ties developing in New Delhi and Washington. India is perceived as one of a handful of countries (which includes Egypt, Pakistan, B [...] | 2006-06-21 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON AORC KUNR UNSC IN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1263 | UN OVERSIGHT: OIOS EVALUATION CONCLUDES DPA NEEDS [...] This is an action request. Mission seeks guidance on the subject evaluation report in time for the next session of CPC, beginning August 14. 2. Summary: In its report on the UN's Department of Political Affairs (DPA),issued as E/AC.51/2006/4, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (O [...] | 2006-06-23 20:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1404 | GAMBARI, KALOMOH, GUEHENNO, EGELAND ATTEND CORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, the Under Secretary-General (U/SYG) for the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, hosted a meeting of members of the Core Group for Northern Uganda, composed of the U.S., UK, Norway, and Netherlands, with Canada also in attendance, to discuss the [...] | 2006-07-25 13:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IV SU UG UNSC XA XW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1436 | CTC CHAIRMAN APPEALS FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Danish PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj, the Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),told Amb. Bolton, Wolff, and Sanders on July 28 that she fears the CTC is foundering and appealed for the United States to articulate consistent, clear goals for the CTC. Loj ar [...] | 2006-08-01 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KFTN KNNP |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1542 | S/E LEFKOWITZ MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz met with Vietnamese Perm Rep Le Luong Minh to discuss North Korean refugees. While professing a lack of knowledge about North Korean refugees in Vietnam, Perm Rep Minh took note of our interest in this issue and said he would report this to his capital [...] | 2006-08-15 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS VM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1550 | DPKO BRIEFS A/S HILLEN ON EXPANDED UNIFIL FORCE [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with PM A/S Hillen on August 16 in New York, UN DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi expressed deep concern that potential unwillingness by France to commit substantial forces to an expanded UNIFIL might have a "chilling effect" on other potential troop contributing countries ( [...] | 2006-08-17 12:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1570 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: MEMBER STATES [...] (U) Summary. During a meeting with current and potential troop contributing countries (TCCs) to an expanded UNIFIL force in south Lebanon on August 17, UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made an impassioned SIPDIS appeal to member states to help secure a lasting peace by committ [...] | 2006-08-18 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1611 | UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...] | 2006-08-23 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1622 | UNIFIL FORCE GENERATION UPDATE: A/S HILLEN PRESSES [...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings with UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown and Department of SIPDIS Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi on August 24, PM A/S Hillen emphasized the importance of ensuring that the international community helps [...] | 2006-08-25 18:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1660 | UNSC/DARFUR: COUNCIL INCHING TOWARD ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an August 28 meeting of the Security Council on Darfur, the majority of delegations said that the dire situation in Darfur argued for swift Council action to finalize and adopt the UK-U.S. draft resolution by August 31, although delegations acknowledged that the Governme [...] | 2006-08-28 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1703 | COUNCIL APPROVES UN DARFUR FORCE BY COUNT OF [...] (U) In an August 31 formal meeting, the Security Council adopted the UK-U.S. draft resolution expanding UNMIS' mandate into Darfur. The draft included nine co-sponsors: Argentina, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Slovakia, Tanzania, the UK and the U.S. The final vote count was 12 votes in favo [...] | 2006-09-01 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1856 | A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF [...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...] | 2006-09-25 17:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL PTER TU UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1860 | LUKEWARM UNSC RESPONSE TO ANNAN'S 30 DAY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on September 18, UN Secretary-General Annan outlined his one-month report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701, which led to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizballah, and reviewed the results of his recent visit to the region. Pra [...] | 2006-09-26 16:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1930 | UN AND CT: DENMARK, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA SHARE VIEWS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Crumpton exchanged views on how to invigorate the UN's counterterrorism efforts with Ambassador Ellen Loj, Danish PermRep and Chairman of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terr [...] | 2006-10-10 14:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL KNNP KTFN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1934 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SYG ANNAN ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with UN SYG Kofi Annan, Special Presidential Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios underscored the importance of moving forward with UN support for AMIS and persuading Sudanese President Bashir to back down from his rejection of a UN peacekeeping force in [...] | 2006-10-10 22:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1935 | QATAR PERMREP: WE CAN BEST HELP WITH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 5 meeting with US Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios at the United Nations, Qatar PermRep Nassir Abdul Aziz al-Nasser said Qatar is eager to play an expanded role in creating a solution to the crisis in Darfur and can best influence the Government of Sudan [...] | 2006-10-10 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2046 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO CONCLUDE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Legal Adviser John Bellinger and Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and his deputy, Larry Johnson, October 25, to discuss Lebanese and key Council members' views on the draft statute and agreement to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for [...] | 2006-10-26 20:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2084 | SYG CONVENES P-5 TO SEEK EARLY AGREEMENT ON TEXTS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Secretary-General Annan met with the P-5 ambassadors on November 1, appealing to the P-5 to show flexibility and reach agreement within the next few days on the draft GOL/UN agreement and accompanying statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassinati [...] | 2006-11-02 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2085 | SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS UNSCR 1559 GOALS AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 30 closed-door briefing to the Security Council on the SYG's latest report on UNSCR 1559 implementation, SYG Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen praised the "historic" deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to south Lebanon, but highlighted the unfulfilled [...] | 2006-11-02 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2140 | UN BUDGET: SUBREGIONAL OFFICES OF THE ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In reponse to General Assembly (GA) resolution 60/235, the Secretary-General has presented a comprehensive action plan with regard to the subregional offices of the Economic Commission for Africa (A/61/471). The report explains how the Secretary-General is implementing the recommend [...] | 2006-11-09 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA KUNR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2164 | IRAQ COMPACT: UPDATING UN MEMBER STATES ON [...] (U) Summary: On November 13, the UN invited all member-states to an update on the Iraq Compact. Over 70 countries heard remarks from Iraqi Minister of Planning Ali Baban, Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert. All three speakers said the Ira [...] | 2006-11-17 00:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2168 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE SCHWARTZ-SCHILLING SPEAKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 8 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Christian Schwartz-Schilling told members that the state of affairs regarding progress on reform in the country had become a "complex reality." The High Representative stated that we [...] | 2006-11-17 16:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2181 | GEORGIAN PERMREP HOLDS BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Mission to the UN is getting busy. On November 3, Georgian Permrep Irakli Alasania hosted the New York Friends for a discussion titled "on a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict in Abkhazia." Alasania made obvious efforts to be accommodating to the Rus [...] | 2006-11-22 21:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG YI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2186 | UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday, November 17th, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) and the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly acted on the program budget implications (PBI) of draft resolution A/ES-10/L.19, in accordance with Rule 153 of the Rules and Procedur [...] | 2006-11-23 00:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IS KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2215 | SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES MNF-I [...] (U) On November 28, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1723, extending for twelve months the mandate of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. The text of UNSCR 1734 is at para 2, Ambassa [...] | 2006-12-05 15:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2254 | CHINESE IN NY THREATEN VETO OF BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Political Counselor Li Junhua told PolCouns and deputy PolCouns December 14 that if the United States moved forward with its draft resolution on Burma there would be a "political showdown" in the Security Council. Speaking without instructions but based on telecons wit [...] | 2006-12-14 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2265 | BRAMMERTZ PRAISES SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH HARIRI [...] (C) Summary. During an open meeting of the UNSC on December 18, UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Head Serge Brammertz noted that his work had reached a "critical stage" which would prevent him from placing sensitive information about witnesses and suspects in the [...] | 2006-12-19 20:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2299 | HAITI: CHINESE UN MISSION WARNS TIME MAY HAVE RUN [...] (C) Summary. Delivering ref A points to PRC UN Mission PolMinCouns Li Junhua on December 22, USUN PolMinCouns and Poloff (notetaker) emphasized that ensuring stability in Haiti remains a vital interest of the USG and therefore urged China to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabil [...] | 2006-12-28 20:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW |
| 06USUNNEWYORK342 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: TEXT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] On February 23, UN General Assembly President Eliasson convened informal consultations of the GA plenary on the Human Rights Council to present his draft resolution text. Full text of the resolution follows in para 2. Septel provides summary of and comment on the text. 2. Begin text of d [...] | 2006-02-23 23:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK349 | HAITI: UNSC AND CORE GROUP COMMEND LATORTUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During an open briefing to the UN Security Council and a subsequent meeting of the Haiti Core Group on February 22, Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Gerard Latortue commended his government and the Haitian people on the conduct of first-round elections on 7 Feb [...] | 2006-02-24 19:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK454 | UN/IRAQ: UNAMI SECURITY ISSUES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Begin Summary. The SYG hosted a policy committee meeting March 7 for senior UN staff to discuss Iraq. He decided to expand UN operations in Erbil and approved the plan for mid- and long-term UNAMI accommodation in Baghdad. He decided not to expand in Basra for now and continued to insis [...] | 2006-03-09 23:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK581 | UN/GERMANY: STATE SECRETARY PFLUGER ON IRAN, LATIN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Bolton discussed Iran, Latin America and UN reform initiatives, including the recently formed Human Rights Council, with German State Secretary Freidbert Pfluger on March 20. Pfluger reiterated Germany's steadfast support for efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuc [...] | 2006-03-23 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KUNR GM IR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK589 | UN/IRAQ: UNSC QUARTERLY MEETING ON UNAMI AND MNF [...] (C) Begin Summary. In the March 15 UNSC meeting on Iraq, SRSG Qazi expressed concerns about sectarian violence and the human rights situation in Iraq, but described success in meeting the benchmarks in the political process. On behalf of the MNF, Ambassador Bolton briefed progress in trans [...] | 2006-03-23 23:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV IZ |
| 06USUNNEWYORK597 | PEACE BUILDING COMMISSION: P-3 ADVANCE PREPARATION [...] (u) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (c) Summary: In a March 22 meeting of the P-3 convened by French DPR Duclos, France and the UK emphasized to Ambassador Wolff the importance of advance preparation for the first meeting of the Organizational Committee (OC) of the Peacebuilding [...] | 2006-03-24 21:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK642 | AFRICAN TOUR D'HORIZON WITH UK LORD TRIESMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 20 Ambassador Bolton met with UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord SIPDIS Triesman to discuss Horn of Africa issues - namely Sudan, Ethiopia/Eritrea and Somalia - as well as the Great Lakes region (in particular the DRC),Charles Taylor and Z [...] | 2006-03-30 21:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET NI PGOV SO SU ZI KPKO |
| 06USUNNEWYORK645 | UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON HAITI: ALL SMILES AND MANY [...] Summary. During an open debate on Haiti in the United Nations Security Council on March 27, UN Secretary-General Annan and representatives from 30 countries -- including Foreign Ministers or Vice-Ministers from Greece, Guyana, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, and Br [...] | 2006-03-30 23:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK649 | DEMARCHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, accompanied by Poloff, delivered reftel points to Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Angela Kane on March 30. PolMinCouns asked whether the UN had yet received the findings of the UN team that recently visited Ecuador to explore the possibility of a s [...] | 2006-03-31 15:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CO EC FAO SENV SNAR WHO UN PINR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK683 | HIRC MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, MARCH 27 [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde and a Congressional Delegation from the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) met with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and senior members of his staff at the UN on March 27. End Summary. 2. Chairman Hyde told Secretary-General Annan that the UN was at an histo [...] | 2006-04-04 20:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KUNR SU IS KPKO UN |
| 06USUNNEWYORK762 | UNSC: MARCH MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) In his March 30 briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh discussed the new Palestinian government, the just-completed Israeli elections, security issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and [...] | 2006-04-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK767 | ALGERIANS IN NEW YORK OBJECT TO VAN WALSUM [...] (C) Summary: Algerian PR Youcef Yousfi March 22 conveyed Algeria's objections to Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum's proposal that Algeria participate as a party in negotiations with Morocco on the issue of Western Sahara and to a presumed forthcoming Moroccan autonomy proposa [...] | 2006-04-11 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
| 06USUNNEWYORK834 | UNSC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Begin Summary. In an April 13 meeting, Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs at the Japanese MFA Motohide Yoshikawa raised with Ambassador Bolton some of the economic and domestic pressures impacting Japanese government policy on Iran. He asked that U.S. statements not [...] | 2006-04-24 13:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR |
| 06USUNNEWYORK857 | UNSC/SUDAN: COUNCIL ADOPTS PRST ON CHAD/SUDAN [...] (U) In an April 25 formal meeting, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a Congolese-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) addressing the situation between Chad and Sudan. Last-minute edits to the text resulted in deletion of our proposed reference to a pending European Union Mis [...] | 2006-04-26 18:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
| 06USUNNEWYORK891 | UN ON LEBANESE TRIBUNAL, BRAMMERTZ EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) says it is bewildered by the request of Lebanese Justice Minister Charles Rizk to appoint a prosecutor-general now for the tribunal to be established to try any suspects in the murder of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. OLA's Mark [...] | 2006-04-28 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK915 | LARSEN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL WHY SYRIA NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During private consultations with the UNSC on April 26, UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen robustly argued that full implementation of UNSCR 1559 would not be achieved until Syria responded to Lebanon's offer to demarcate their shared border and establish diplomatic relations. [...] | 2006-05-04 13:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY |
| 06USUNNEWYORK994 | UN REFORM: U/S BURNS AND DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy SYG Mark Malloch Brown told U/S Burns May 9 that the UN faced a looming crisis over the upcoming expiration of the spending cap. He encouraged early agreement among key delegations on a set of reforms that could be accomplished by the end of June and which would then allo [...] | 2006-05-16 15:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR AORC UN UNSC SU IR |
| 06VATICAN115 | VATICAN: HOLY LAND CUSTODIAN FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL [...] (C) Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Roman Catholic Custodian of the Holy Land, told the Ambassador during a recent visit to Rome that his continuing contact with Hamas was simply "a question of survival." Pizzaballa talks to various authorities about technical issues related to the maintenance [...] | 2006-06-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT XF |
| 06VATICAN122 | HOLY SEE: CARDINAL POUPARD'S VIEWS ON ISLAM [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's new principal voice on matters Islamic, Cardinal Poupard, told Ambassador that the Pope wants dialogue with Muslims to focus on the local level and to be approached through a framework of culture rather than of theology. Poupard's confident remarks are further evid [...] | 2006-06-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN123 | HOLY SEE DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH EUR/WE DIRECTOR -- IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of topics with visiting EUR/WE Director on June 22. He portrayed an essentially stable Holy See foreign policy despite some reorganization of the Curia; continuing concern over the flight of Christians from the Holy Land, doubt over t [...] | 2006-06-27 07:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN128 | HOLY SEE: POPE TO EMPHASIZE FAMILY VALUES IN SPAIN [...] (C) In advance of Pope Benedict XVI's July 8 departure for Valencia, Spain for the World Meeting of Families, Post spoke to the Holy See and to Spanish representation to the Vatican. Vatican officials acknowledged to us that issues such as relaxed regulations on divorce, embryonic stem cell re [...] | 2006-07-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT SP |
| 06VATICAN145 | LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE [...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...] | 2006-07-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF |
| 06VATICAN153 | HOLY SEE: FOREIGN MINISTER'S INTERVIEW ON LEBANON [...] (U) Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States (i.e., Foreign Minister) gave an interview to Vatican Radio July 27 on the Rome Conference which met July 26 on the Lebanon crisis. The interview was published under the headline, "4 Positive Aspects of Talks on [...] | 2006-07-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT LE |
| 06VATICAN16 | CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS VATICAN - U.S. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] Last December marked the fortieth anniversary of the promulgation of Dignitatis Humanae, an influential document from the Second Vatican Council in 1965. To commemorate this, Embassy Vatican hosted a conference on January 18 in Rome. An overflow crowd of 140 influential Vatican officials, med [...] | 2006-01-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM VT |
| 06VATICAN199 | HOLY SEE: POPE'S REGENSBURG SPEECH IGNITES FIRESTORM, LEADS [...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 speech in Regensburg caused an unwanted firestorm in the Islamic world because of the pope's quoting, in passing, an insulting reference made by a 14th-century Byzantine emperor. The Holy See, and the pope himself, responded with statements of clarifica [...] | 2006-09-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN209 | VATICAN: MUSLIM AMBASSADORS REACT TO PAPAL GESTURES [...] (C) The ambassadors of several Muslim nations told Ambassador Rooney in recent days that they were ready to move on after the flap with Pope Benedict XVI. Some were still sensitive about the pope's quotation in his Regensburg speech, and all felt the pope had made a mistake in using it. Acc [...] | 2006-10-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PTER SOCI PHUM VT |
| 06VATICAN212 | SANT'EGIDIO SEES SLOW PROGRESS IN CHINA [...] (C) Contacts from the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio told us that diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See remain elusive despite some official contacts between the Holy See and Chinese authorities. Sant'Egidio has continued its mainly academic and cultural contacts wit [...] | 2006-10-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH KIRF VT |
| 06VATICAN213 | HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON NICARAGUA, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered a strong message to the Holy See concerning the unhelpful activities of Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando, and also pressed on Cuba. Vatican deputy foreign minister listened carefully and promised to see what could be done regarding Obando, but remained noncommittal [...] | 2006-10-11 08:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN223 | HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (U) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, accompanied by DCM, called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin on October 23 to discuss Cuba and Nicaragua. Parolin is the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister). ------- Cuba ------ [...] | 2006-10-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN225 | HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison discussed Cuba and Nicaragua in an October 23 conversation with Holy See Deputy FM Parolin. Madison described the USG view of Cuba as it undergoes significant change in the wake of Fidel Castro's illness, our belief that Cuba's future is for Cubans to decide, and o [...] | 2006-10-24 08:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN241 | VATICAN: ISRAELI VISIT ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) The Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry will visit the Vatican November 27 to discuss issues related to the Fundamental Agreement between Israel and the Holy See, an attempt to break the logjam on negotiations. Some Vatican contacts fear the visit may turn out to be an Israe [...] | 2006-11-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KIRF PHUM SOCI VT |
| 06VATICAN248 | HOLY SEE: MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, following is Embassy Vatican's Muslim Engagement Strategy. Deputy Chief of Mission Chris Sandrolini will be post's minority-engagement officer. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Holy See is in effect the central government of the Catholic Church. Its head of state, Pope Benedic [...] | 2006-12-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI VT |
| 06VATICAN261 | LEBANON: VATICAN FOCUSED, ENVOY NOT YET NAMED [...] (C) As discussed (ref a),the Holy See should shortly name a special envoy to Lebanon, most likely former Secretary for Relations with States and experienced Lebanon hand Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. Meanwhile, Department calls to Papal Nuncio Sambi in Washington and current Secretary for Rel [...] | 2006-12-13 17:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | LE SOCI PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN270 | POPE MEETS IRANIAN FM; REMAINS FIRM ON NUKES [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI met briefly Dec 27 with Iranian FM Mottaki, who passed him a letter from President Ahmadinejad. The Vatican did not divulge the contents of the letter, but an Iranian spokesman said it focused on dialogue and cooperation among religious people. In light of the Holy See' [...] | 2006-12-28 18:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL IR VT |
| 06VATICAN37 | HOLY SEE/VENEZUELA: CARDINAL'S HAT FOR UROSA MARKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary. The rapid elevation to Cardinal of Archbishop Urosa is a mark of Holy See interest in Venezuela and Venezuelan Catholics. Not incidentally, it puts Urosa in a position to draw attention away from retired Cardinal Castillo Lara, whose scraps with the Chavez regime have not been [...] | 2006-02-28 17:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VT VE |
| 06VATICAN38 | CARDINAL ZEN: A SHOT ACROSS THE BOWS TO BEIJING? [...] (C) The nomination of Cardinal-elect Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun is a clear signal from the Holy See to Beijing. The nomination highlights several issues: the importance of China and the Catholic Chinese to Pope Benedict; the Vatican's support for Zen's past strong public statements for religious free [...] | 2006-03-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV VT CH |
| 06VATICAN40 | (CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: VISIT OF SPANISH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Vatican and Spanish contacts describe the recent visit to the Holy See of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos as a success which improved the tone of the bilateral dialogue. Main topics included the forthcoming papal visit to Valencia, church/state relations in Spain, and the Alli [...] | 2006-03-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI VT SP |
| 06VATICAN57 | HOLY SEE'S CHINA NEGOTIATOR "HOPEFUL BUT WITHOUT ILLUSIONS" [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's principal China negotiator, Archbishop Celli, described the situation of the Catholic Church in China as complex, with continuing subtle layers of control in key areas. With regard to the bilateral relationship between China and the Holy See, the Vatican remains h [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KIRF VT CH |
| 06VATICAN59 | HOLY SEE RAISES OBJECTIONS TO RWANDA'S GACACA TRIBUNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin asked ambassador to transmit to Washington a note verbale and accompanying text on the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda. The Holy See believes that the tribunals are politically manipulated and procedurally flawed and are not serving their int [...] | 2006-04-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI VT RW |
| 06VATICAN6 | VATICAN ENCOURAGING MUSLIM SELF-CRITICISM ON TERROR [...] (C) The President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) told the Ambassador January 10 that he constantly emphasized to his Muslim interlocutors the importance of condemning terrorism. He agreed with the Ambassador that as important as Pope Benedict's consistent conde [...] | 2006-01-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT PTER |
| 06VATICAN67 | VATICAN HARDENING LINE ON ISLAM [...] (C) Relations with Islam and the issue of reciprocity for worship have taken center stage recently at the Holy See. Pope Benedict took the initial step in this direction in February with strong comments when he welcomed Morocco's new ambassador. Since then successive Vatican officials hav [...] | 2006-04-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT KIRF PTER PHUM SOCI |
| 06VATICAN83 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PL SOCI PREL VT |
| 06VATICAN84 | POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART TWO [...] (U) This cable is the second of two messages previewing Pope Benedict's May 25-28 visit to Poland. Reftel details Poland's continuing importance to the Holy See and touches on several on-going issues in the Polish Church from the perspective of the Vatican. This installment focuses in more [...] | 2006-05-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PL VT |
| 06VIENNA1121 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...] | 2006-04-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU |
| 06VIENNA1173 | KOSOVO: U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Frank Wisner, the U.S. Kosovo Special Representative, discussed Kosovo status issues on April 21 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Wisner bluntly outlined the problem: Belgrade has decided to ignore private messages that the outcome of the st [...] | 2006-04-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS AU |
| 06VIENNA1227 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...] | 2006-04-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PTER AU |
| 06VIENNA142 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...] | 2006-01-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU AU IR AF RU |
| 06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA1586 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY URGES IRAN TO RETURN TO [...] In her capacity as current President of the EU Council, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement on behalf of the EU urging Iran to return to the negotiating table. Before the June 1 "P5 1" meeting in Vienna, Plassnik met separately with Secretary of State Condoleeza Ri [...] | 2006-06-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC ENRG IR EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA1735 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...] | 2006-06-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 06VIENNA1939 | GOVERNMENTS COMMIT TO NABUCCO PIPELINE -- INDUSTRY [...] (C) At a June 26 conference, senior government officials from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, signed a joint declaration to initiate the Nabucco pipeline project. Construction of the Euro 4.6 billion ($5.8 billion) pipeline s [...] | 2006-06-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA2313 | AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...] | 2006-08-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU |
| 06VIENNA2317 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-08-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU |
| 06VIENNA2322 | AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...] | 2006-08-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA2457 | SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On August 16, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Defense Minister Guenter Platter publicly ruled out Austrian participation in a revamped UNIFIL for the time being. However, both left open the door for future participation, especially if the UN requests assistance in specializ [...] | 2006-08-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AU LE |
| 06VIENNA2515 | FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON AUSTRIAN TRANSFER OF [...] (S/NF) On August 17, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor followed up on ref b concerns with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that he and an official from Austria's domestic intelligence service (BVT),met with Steyr Motors CEO Rudolf Man [...] | 2006-08-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AU |
| 06VIENNA2687 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Latin America Director. Melan confirmed that Austria will attend the September 11-16 NAM meeting in Havana in the character of "guests." The chief Austrian representative will be Peter [...] | 2006-09-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFA PTER PHUM CU AU |
| 06VIENNA2689 | SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...] | 2006-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU |
| 06VIENNA2712 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 12, 2006 [...] Investment banker Wolfgang Floettl, who has come under fire in connection with the scandal surrounding union-owned bank Bawag, claims he also transferred "several tens of thousands of Euros" to the SPOe and former Chancellor Franz Vranitzky in 1999. Vranitzky has confirmed the receipt of the mo [...] | 2006-09-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA2731 | KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: SEPTEMBER 8-9 TALKS MAKE LITTLE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) DESPITE A MORE POSITIVE SPIN IN THE MEDIA, TECHNICAL TALKS ON KOSOVO HELD IN VIENNA SEPTEMBER 8 AND 9 MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. THE MEETINGS C [...] | 2006-09-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU |
| 06VIENNA2738 | GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...] | 2006-09-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU AU |
| 06VIENNA2787 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- FINDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Austria's October 1 elections take place in the context of a political shift that followed this year's revelations of fraud in the trade union-affiliated bank, BAWAG. This established a new political reality in which Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel's conservative People's Party [...] | 2006-09-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
| 06VIENNA2924 | AUSTRIA'S OCTOBER 1 NATIONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (SBU) Summary: This weekend's elections will likely result in a clear victory by the conservative People's Party (OVP) of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. It will be no landslide, however, as the Social Democratic Party (SPO) has managed to shore up its position. Under current conditions, th [...] | 2006-09-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU |
| 06VIENNA2976 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 05, 2006 [...] The chairperson of the Social Democrats Alfred Gusenbauer has said he only wants to hold coalition talks with the conservative OeVP, because "a two-party coalition is more stable than a three-party one." The OeVP, however, is divided on whether they want to govern with the SPOe. Presenting his [...] | 2006-10-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3041 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 13, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations over formation of a new government begin Friday. OeVP says it will play hardball, trying to push through its budget goals and retain the Finance Ministry. Current Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser no longer rules out staying in office in the next government. Independent daily [...] | 2006-10-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3056 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 16, 2006 [...] The second round of coalition talks for a new Austria government will begin on Tuesday with meetings between the SPOe and the OeVP. A daily speculates that the SPOe could make major concessions regarding the Eurofighter deal in order to form a government with the OeVP. ORF radio early morning [...] | 2006-10-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3072 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 17, 2006 [...] The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, has ruled out participating in a coalition government with the OeVP and the BZOe, ORF online news and other major Austrian media report. According to ORF online news, the move means the Conservatives under Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel have lo [...] | 2006-10-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA309 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TWO [...] (U) This message contains a request from the Ministry of Finance for information from the Department of Treasury. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (S) During January 19 meetings, U/S Levey reiterated USG concerns to senior Austrian officials about financial relations between [...] | 2006-02-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AU |
| 06VIENNA3202 | AUSTRIAN ELECTION FOLLOW-UP: NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Austrian parliament met for the first time on October 30. As is traditional, the parliament voted members of the top three parties -- the Social Democratic Party (SPO),the People's Party (OVP) and the Greens -- to the three parliamentary leadership positions. Of cons [...] | 2006-10-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AU |
| 06VIENNA3258 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 07, 2006 [...] SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer has said he will give the Conservatives until Sunday to "come to their senses" and resume negotiations on forming a grand coalition government. Meanwhile, Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl suggests a minority Social-Democrat-led government if a majority coalition cannot [...] | 2006-11-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3297 | WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA [...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...] | 2006-11-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO |
| 06VIENNA3351 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 17, 2006 [...] The People's Party is ready to return to coalition talks with the Social Democrats, provided the SPOe agrees to a series of OeVP conditions. OeVP leader Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel announced his party's decision following a party leadership meeting Thursday. Like all Austrian media, semi-offi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3382 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 21, 2006 [...] Coalition talks between the People's Party and the Social Democrats resume on Wednesday, but speculation continues about what the next government will look like. Austrian President Heinz Fischer is calling for "serious and focused" coalition talks, adding he would welcome a deal by Christmas. [...] | 2006-11-21 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3400 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 24, 2006 [...] An expert opinion on the bank investigation committee, compiled by the Chancellor's Office, is threatening to strain even further the already critical coalition negotiations between the SPOe and the OeVP. The expert opinion concluded there was no obligation to provide documents or compel state [...] | 2006-11-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA3417 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV [...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...] | 2006-11-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU |
| 06VIENNA3475 | AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 04, 2006 [...] The next round of talks between representatives from the SPOe and the OeVP to form a grand coalition begins today. At the top of the agenda are issues including government and administrative reforms, as well as social affairs, such as the details and financing of the proposed basic security pay [...] | 2006-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AU OPRC |
| 06VIENNA350 | RAIFFEISEN ON URKAINE-RUSSIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Raiffeisen International Bank AG (RIAG) Chairman Herbert Stepic told us January 30 that Gazprom was the "driving force" behind the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture with RIAG. RIAG, according to Stepic, has exerted little influence on pricing decisions, but rather was providing financing [...] | 2006-02-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP |
| 06VIENNA3584 | AUSTRIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43-1-31339-2196 and email: RobisonDR(at sign)state.gov. Post emailed the updated Intellipedia version of this report to [...] | 2006-12-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR EFIN AU |
| 06VIENNA3602 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA3605 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA383 | "SOUND OF EUROPE" CONFERENCE: THE EU IN ANALYSIS [...] SUMMARY: Austrian Chancellor (and current chairman of the European Council) Wolfgang Schuessel invited more than 400 European political and cultural personalities to a January 27-28 conference on the "Sound of Europe." The conference, which took place in Salzburg, examined the European ident [...] | 2006-02-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN AU |
| 06VIENNA462 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...] | 2006-02-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU |
| 06VIENNA514 | USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would [...] | 2006-02-17 19:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU |
| 06VIENNA515 | USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS [...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would apprecia [...] | 2006-02-17 19:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU |
| 06VIENNA541 | S59-05: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) On February 21, EconUnit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division, to follow-up on the initial meeting (ref A) regarding concerns (ref B) about the procurement activities of the Iranian firm Samamicro. Krehlik said he and a [...] | 2006-02-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW |
| 06VIENNA576 | EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK LOAN TO SYRIA: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) On February 24-25, post met separately with the following GoA officials to underscore reftel concerns with European Investment Bank (EIB) loans to Syria: Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; Melitta Schubert, Head of the MFA's [...] | 2006-02-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU |
| 06VIENNA6 | Austria's Economic Footprint in Central Europe [...] Austrian commercial interests continue to benefit greatly from intensified trade and investment relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),as well as Southeastern European (SEE) nations. Exports to CEE have more than doubled since 1995 and exports to SEE have quadrupl [...] | 2006-01-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN ETRD AU EUN |
| 06VIENNA643 | MTAG 5-96: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on March 2 to Helmut Krehlik, head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economics and Labor (MOE). Krehlik assured us that the MOE had already denied permission to Daniel Frosch Exports (DFE) to ship a fri [...] | 2006-03-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE IR AU |
| 06VIENNA678 | AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...] | 2006-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU |
| 06VIENNA718 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with Austrian Government officials and U.S. business representatives in Austria on February 23 to discuss market access concerns, GoA views on the Doha Round, the EU's Services Directive, and U.S.-EU economic c [...] | 2006-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP AU WTO |
| 06VIENNA746 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the [...] | 2006-03-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU |
| 06VIENNA758 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS: HAMAS MUST AGREE TO QUARTET [...] Summary: At their regular informal "Gymnich" meeting on March 10-11, EU foreign ministers confirmed existing EU policy toward Hamas, insisting it must meet the conditions established by the Quartet. They also discussed continuing efforts to strengthen the dialogue between the EU and the Isla [...] | 2006-03-13 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS FR AU |
| 06VIENNA788 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- MARCH 20 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments 2. (C) MEPP -- In light of the day's developments in Gaza, there might be more discussion of the situation in the Middle East. [...] | 2006-03-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AU EUN |
| 06VIENNA833 | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points on March 17 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said the timing of the demarche was excellent. The MFA had received an EU report (note: presumably either from the EU Commission or Council Secretariat) detailing the sam [...] | 2006-03-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SY AU EUN |
| 06VIENNA870 | KOSOVO: READOUT OF MARCH 17 TALKS ON [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The March 17 talks on decentralization were largely free of polemics and stuck to the agenda of the financing of [...] | 2006-03-23 11:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK |
| 06VIENNA956 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: ISN Acting DAS Andrew Semmel and Acting Permanent Representative to Geneva Conference on Disarmament Thomas Cynkin met representatives of the Austrian EU Presidency, the future Finnish Presidency, the European Commission's delegation to IAEA, and the EU Council Secretariat [...] | 2006-03-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER MARR MNUC ETTC EFIN KNNP EUN |
| 06VIENNA976 | Bank's Problems Shake Austrian Political Scene [...] Austria's fourth largest banking group, BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG),already reeling from questionable loans to the bankrupt U.S. futures and commodities brokerage firm Refco, has admitted it incurred (hitherto concealed) losses of Euro one billion in 2000. The losses stemmed from high risk specula [...] | 2006-04-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV ELAB AU |
| 06VIENTIANE1141 | A SAD ANNIVERSARY: WHERE ARE THE 26 CHILDREN AS WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: The case of the 26 missing children has been unresolved since December 2005. Since then, there have been rumors that the children may have been secretly deported back to Thailand or ev [...] | 2006-11-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 06VIENTIANE1234 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS LAO VICE PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Representative Betty McCollum pressed Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad for more cooperation on dealing with unexploded ordnance, education, and health care and effectively used her attendance at Christmas Mass to indicate the importance of freedom of religion to the United [...] | 2006-12-29 05:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH |
| 06VIENTIANE302 | THE LAO COMMUNIST PARTY'S GAME PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) -- the ruling Communist Party -- has absolute confidence in its ability to govern Laos well into the future. The Party believes that it is responsible for economic gains over the past decade, not comprehending that much of that progress w [...] | 2006-03-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV SOCI LA |
| 06VIENTIANE306 | NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP [...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001),Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...] | 2006-03-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LA |
| 06VIENTIANE312 | LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY [...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...] | 2006-04-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE335 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) You are visiting Laos at a time when Lao-U.S. relations are at their lowest ebb since 1999, when two Lao-Americans disappeared on the border between Laos and Thailand. The Lao government's detention of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December has much to do with the strain, but there a [...] | 2006-04-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE386 | DAS ERIC JOHN VISIT: PREDICTABLY, LAO MFA DENIES [...] (C) During his April 25-26 visit to Vientiane for ASEAN-related meetings, DAS Eric John met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who categorically denied Laos faced any human rights problems in the areas of religious freedom or treatment of the ethnic Hmong minor [...] | 2006-04-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE447 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: LAOS REWRITES ITS [...] (C) Laos isn't unique among countries whose governments rewrite history to serve their own ends, but the Communist leadership here has taken the process to its extreme. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has concocted a black-and-white version of the recent past that is designed pure [...] | 2006-05-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV PINR LA |
| 06VIENTIANE492 | LAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON HMONG MASSACRE DIRECTLY [...] (C) In a hastily organized press conference this afternoon, MFA's Press Spokesman called allegations of a massacre of Hmong civilians April 6 (reftels) a fabrication, and directly accused the Ambassador of having "threatened a high-ranking government official" during the course of an (actually [...] | 2006-06-01 11:18:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE542 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON JOINT DEMARCHE ON HMONG [...] (C) The like-minded missions and UN will seek to deliver their joint demarche on the missing Hmong children by the end of June, with the UN playing the coordinating role. The group awaits the outcome of a UN coordination meeting to be held tomorrow to determine the timing of the demarche. The [...] | 2006-06-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF LA |
| 06VIENTIANE655 | LAO REFUSE JOINT DEMARCHE, LIKE-MINDED GROUP LOOKS [...] (C) The Lao Foreign Minister has refused to receive a joint demarche on the missing children, the GoL saying the President's June 22 letter to the UN Secretary General provided the government's final word on the matter. The UN's Department of Political Affairs (DPA) was not pleased with that r [...] | 2006-07-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VILNIUS102 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...] | 2006-02-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH |
| 06VILNIUS1036 | LITHUANIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUCCESS IN [...] (SBU) As the Fourth Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) left for Kabul November 14, Lithuania continues to demonstrate its commitment to success in Afghanistan. Lithuania is set to take on the entire military operating expense of its PRT in Ghor Province starting January 2007; is c [...] | 2006-11-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS LH AF |
| 06VILNIUS1050 | LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU LANDS ON HIS FEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albinas Januska was appointed advisor to Prime Minister Kirkilas on November 20, ending weeks of speculation following his abrupt resignation as Undersecretary at MFA (reftel). Although he remains under a cloud of allegations, Januska appears likely to weather the storm. We ex [...] | 2006-11-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LH |
| 06VILNIUS11 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER [...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...] | 2006-01-06 05:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OVIP PL LH |
| 06VILNIUS129 | LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...] | 2006-02-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | LH NOTAG |
| 06VILNIUS135 | LITHUANIA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY SUMMIT: AN OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) Summary. Lithuania intends to hold a high-profile "Summit of the Communities for Democratic Choice" May 4-5 in Vilnius. GOL conference organizers are aiming high, hoping to build momentum towards democracy among transitional countries in the former Soviet Union. They plan to convene he [...] | 2006-02-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH |
| 06VILNIUS198 | LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...] | 2006-02-27 15:44:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH |
| 06VILNIUS233 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STRONG BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on February 28 to discuss regional development, promote student travel to the United States, and pay a courtesy call on Lithuania's new Air Force Commander. The Ambassador highlighted our strong bilateral relation [...] | 2006-03-06 10:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OVIP LH |
| 06VILNIUS279 | EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...] | 2006-03-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET RS UP BO KZ LH |
| 06VILNIUS367 | LITHUANIA: THREE-PARTY COALITION REGROUPS [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of Lithuania's Social Democrat, Labor, and Farmers parties signed an agreement April 12 to govern as a coalition following Parliament's removal of parliamentary chairman Paulauskas and the withdrawal of his New Union party from the government. Under the agreement, Prime [...] | 2006-04-14 15:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
| 06VILNIUS42 | CODEL SENSENBRENNER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] Summary: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, discussed Lithuania's Visa Waiver Program (VWP) prospects and expressed U.S. appreciation for Lithuania's support in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in meetings with President Adamkus and other senior off [...] | 2006-01-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CVIS OVIP LH |
| 06VILNIUS442 | VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO |
| 06VILNIUS487 | (C) LITHUANIA'S ISAF PRT (C-RE6-00473) [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel's questions about host country's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan. -------------------------------- GOL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT -------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOL remains committed to leading the PRT in Ghor Provin [...] | 2006-05-26 11:25:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PINR MASS MOPS PTER LH |
| 06VILNIUS511 | INTERIM GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN LITHUANIA [...] (C) Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas handed a letter of resignation to the President Valdas Adamkus on June 1, following the May 31 withdrawal of the Labor Party and its five ministers from the ruling coalition (reftel). Brazauskas's Cabinet remains in place on an interim basis wi [...] | 2006-06-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LH |
| 06VILNIUS512 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES AGREEMENT TO SELL LITHUANIA'S [...] (C) Lithuania's parliament on June 1 approved the sale of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery to the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Next, the EU's competition authority must approve the deal, a process that could take months. With the question of the next owners now answered, MN will [...] | 2006-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LT RS |
| 06VILNIUS523 | (C) PM BRAZAUSKAS'S PRE-RESIGNATION FAREWELL [...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, during the Ambassador's May 30 farewell call, outlined his five-year plan to increase defense spending and affirmed his commitment to Jewish property restitution. The Ambassador noted the GOL's tremendous contribution to the Global war On Ter [...] | 2006-06-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH RS |
| 06VILNIUS53 | WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...] | 2006-01-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH |
| 06VILNIUS540 | LITHUANIA HOLDS SUB-MINISTERIAL LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Subcabinet-level officials from the Lithuanian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries held annual bilateral meetings June 1-3. Discussions focused on the impending increase in visa fees for Belarusians, the closure of Lithuania's consulate in Grodno, and economic and environmental is [...] | 2006-06-09 14:11:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH BO |
| 06VILNIUS570 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Muntianas, during the Ambassador's June 6 farewell call, expressed hope that a government coalition uniting Lithuania's political left and right will soon emerge. He declared his willingness to move Jewish property restitution forward a [...] | 2006-06-19 10:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH |
| 06VILNIUS610 | LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT NOMINATES DEFENSE MINISTER AS [...] (SBU) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus nominated acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister June 28. The parliament held hearings on the nomination June 29 and will vote on Kirkilas's candidacy as early as July 4. The Social Democrats and Conservatives appea [...] | 2006-06-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LH |
| 06VILNIUS620 | PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES KIRKILAS AS PRIME [...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament overwhelmingly approved Acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister on July 4. The Social Democrat must submit the government's program and his proposed cabinet to the parliament by July 19, but may do so sooner. Zigmantas Balcytis wi [...] | 2006-07-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LH |
| 06VILNIUS671 | GHOR, AFGHANISTAN: A LITHUANIAN VIEW [...] (C) Lithuania's MFA representative to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor province, Afghanistan, Dainus Baublys, debriefed us on Lithuania's goals and challenges there. He told us that security was stable, as the PRT had good relations with the three local "warlords" who are (hel [...] | 2006-07-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF LH |
| 06VILNIUS675 | LITHUANIA'S 14TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE AS [...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament approved Prime Minister- designate Gediminas Kirkilas's government program and cabinet July 18 by a vote of 59 to 49. Support came from the coalition of 53 MPs with additional support from three Labor members and three Homeland Union (conservative) members in the [...] | 2006-07-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR LH |
| 06VILNIUS682 | U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...] | 2006-07-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS AF LH |
| 06VILNIUS686 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...] | 2006-07-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL LH MD |
| 06VILNIUS762 | LITHUANIAN PM PUSHES UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH ON EU, [...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas interrupted his holidays August 10 to sell NATO, EU and WTO integration to Ukraine's newly appointed PM Victor Yanukovich. MFA officials present for the meeting called Yanukovich's "open" reaction to their points on EU and, especially, NATO in [...] | 2006-08-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH UP |
| 06VILNIUS789 | PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...] | 2006-08-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH |
| 06VILNIUS801 | MAZEIKIU NAFTA REFINERY LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery is operating at full capacity, despite the recent cutoff of its most economic source of crude, via pipeline from Russia (refs A and B). MN is currently using its Baltic Sea terminal at Butinge to offload its entire crude supply from t [...] | 2006-08-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL XG VE |
| 06VILNIUS813 | LITHUANIA'S LABOR PARTY: UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP? [...] (C) Summary: The Labor Party, recently fallen from power amid scandal, elected former Economy Minister Kestutis Dauksys its new leader August 26. Dauksys called for changes to the way Labor runs itself, but continued publicly to link the party to its disgraced former leader. It seems clear [...] | 2006-08-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LH |
| 06VILNIUS818 | LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...] | 2006-09-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH |
| 06VILNIUS922 | LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU QUITS AMID PRESS [...] (C) Summary. The surprise resignation on September 29 of one of Lithuania's most influential foreign policy figures has shaken the Foreign Ministry. MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, long considered the Ministry's most influential official, has close ties to Lithuania's security services an [...] | 2006-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LH |
| 06VILNIUS946 | LITHUANIA OUTLINES BELARUS POLICY, ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian activism in support of reform in Belarus continues. In EU structures, Lithuania argues for an exception for Belarus to the anticipated 60-euro Schengen visa fee, encourages smarter spending of Commission money to support democratic forces in Belarus, and will possibly [...] | 2006-10-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH BO |
| 06VILNIUS952 | LITHUANIAN FM ADVOCATES PATIENCE TO GEORGIA, MAKES [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas visited Georgia October 12 to pitch the Georgians on a strategy of de-escalation in order to garner international support for their positions in territorial conflicts while easing current tensions with Russia. Vaitiekunas relied on his tr [...] | 2006-10-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH GG EUN |
| 06VILNIUS969 | LITHUANIA PLEASED WITH ENERGY TALK AT LAHTI SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. President Adamkus's silence at the October 20 EU-Putin dinner notwithstanding, Lithuania was pleased that EU leaders reached a stronger consensus on external energy policy. Lithuanian officials believe that Putin's comments on Georgia may help them build sympathy for the Georgia [...] | 2006-10-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN LH RS GG |
| 06VILNIUS98 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES CIVIL SOCIETY AND TOLERANCE IN PANEVEZYS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Panevezys, Lithuanias fifth largest city, on January 19 to congratulate local officials on their successful efforts to combat crime, lower unemployment, and develop local industry. At the same time, the Ambassador expressed concern over the emigration of t [...] | 2006-02-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV LH |
| 06WARSAW131 | ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FRIED AND FLORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) State Department Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory, accompanied by Ambassador, EUR DAS Mark Pekala, NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson, and Polcouns, met January 25 with Prime Mi [...] | 2006-01-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MASS MARR EINV PL |
| 06WARSAW1489 | ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...] | 2006-07-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNAR PL |
| 06WARSAW1514 | THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND [...] (U) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is settl [...] | 2006-07-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PL |
| 06WARSAW1523 | THE (LAST?) BATTLE FOR PUBLIC MEDIA IN POLAND [...] (SBU) Journalists and media observers continue to bemoan the perceived loss of independence for public media. While Polish Public media has ebbed and flowed with majority politics since 1989 never has the division between politicians and media been drawn in such sharp relief. The dust is set [...] | 2006-07-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PL |
| 06WARSAW159 | VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI TO [...] (C) Polish President Lech Kaczynski's determination to make his second foreign trip (after the Vatican) to Washington, with less than two months in office, is testament to our close partnership and to the deep admiration the new president has for the United States. A longtime activist in the [...] | 2006-02-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL |
| 06WARSAW160 | A/S FRIED AND FLORY DISCUSSIONS WITH POLISH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried's January 24 and 25 discussions with senior officials of President Kaczynski's staff reviewed issues likely to be on the agenda during President Kaczynski's February 9 meeting with President Bush. A/S Fried and Ambassador Ashe also had a separate breakaway meeting wit [...] | 2006-02-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS |
| 06WARSAW1610 | NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...] | 2006-08-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW1630 | NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...] | 2006-08-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW1676 | MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG POLITICAL WILL IN POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opposition to hosting a U.S. MD site in Poland is, as the opposition to the Iraq War, thin and not strongly felt. All major political parties on the left and the right continue to support an MD site, and the government leadership is committed to the project. There is no do [...] | 2006-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PL |
| 06WARSAW1721 | WORKING WITH THE KACZYNSKI BROTHERS - GO STRAIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Now that PM Jarek Kaczynski has consolidated power domestically, the Polish government is starting to re-consider its position in the world. Jarek Kaczynski has very little foreign affairs experience, but he has also chosen to take foreign policy decision-making authority on him [...] | 2006-08-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP PL |
| 06WARSAW176 | U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...] | 2006-02-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL UP BO RU |
| 06WARSAW1798 | NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...] | 2006-08-26 05:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PL |
| 06WARSAW2008 | POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL |
| 06WARSAW2113 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH POLISH PM JAROSLAW [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met with Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on September 8, 2006 and discussed Ukraine, Belarus, and energy security, all topics that we expect the PM to raise when he travels to Washington next week. Fried also discussed the chilly state of [...] | 2006-09-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON OVIP |
| 06WARSAW2159 | A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH FM FOTYGA, MFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary: (C) A/S Fried met September 8 with MFA and MOD officials to discuss a range of bilateral issues, and was hosted at dinner later that evening by Foreign Minister Fotyga. An extensive part of both conversations focused on Ukraine, and how to encourage the Ukrainian government to c [...] | 2006-10-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON OVIP |
| 06WARSAW2188 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV IN POLAND: A SOFT TOUCH, EXCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met October 5 with President Lech Kaczynski, PM Jarek Kaczynski and FM Anna Fotyga during a one-day visit to Warsaw. According to senior officials from the MFA and presidential chancellery, the overall tone of the visit was positive, although little was a [...] | 2006-10-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL RS GG IR |
| 06WARSAW2218 | BACK TO THE FUTURE: ANDRZEJ LEPPER RETURNS TO [...] (C) Summary: In a late night meeting October 16, away from the glare of the press, Andrzej Lepper and his Self-Defense (SO) party returned to the coalition government led by Law and Justice (PiS) PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who had dumped Lepper a scant four weeks ago. Lepper was restored to his [...] | 2006-10-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW2224 | NORTH KOREA: POLISH MFA ASKS FOR INTENSIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA East Asia Pacific Department Director Jacek Najder invited Pol External Chief in for a lengthy discussion of Polish policy on North Korea, which culminated in a request for intensified bilateral consultations. Poloff took advantage of the opportunity to deliver Ref A demarche [...] | 2006-10-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP PL KN |
| 06WARSAW2246 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE - PRESERVING LEBANESE PM [...] (S) Pol External Chief delivered reftel talking points on Syrian efforts to destabilize the Lebanese political situation October 20 to MFA Middle East & Africa Department Director Krzysztof Plominski. According to Plominski, MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski (de facto PolDir) was planning to visit [...] | 2006-10-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PLN LE SY |
| 06WARSAW2286 | REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...] | 2006-10-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW2312 | MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...] | 2006-11-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW2339 | GOP AGREES COMPLETELY WITH U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche (as amended by refmail) on November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski confirmed that GOP fully shares U.S. concerns over the Russian shutdown of [...] | 2006-11-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ELTN RS MD UP |
| 06WARSAW2370 | POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November to Mariusz Lewicki of the MFA UN Department. After consulting widely within the MFA and contacting the Polish Mission in New York, Lewicki responded late in the evening that the GOP had decided the "highest priority was to maintain the [...] | 2006-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA CU PL |
| 06WARSAW2388 | POLAND ON THE GAERC: NO IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK, BUT [...] (C) Pol External Chief provided reftel points November 7 by fax to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski responded by phone November 8, indicating that he would not be able to provide feedback before the November 13-14 GAERC. He explained that the internal co [...] | 2006-11-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PL |
| 06WARSAW2390 | POLAND BLOCKS GAERC ON LAUNCHING NEW PCA [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Fotyga announced at the November 13 GAERC that Poland would continue its opposition to the EU opening negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia in advance of the November 24 EU-Russia Summit, absent Russian ratification of the European Energ [...] | 2006-11-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAGR PL EU |
| 06WARSAW2404 | TRANSNISTRIA: POLAND SUPPORTIVE ON EU PEACE [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for global threats and the Eurasian conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski noted that Poland continued to support strongly efforts to develop an EU Peace Consolidation Mission (PCM) for Mo [...] | 2006-11-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL PL |
| 06WARSAW2609 | POLISH COALITION FINDS FACE-SAVING EXITS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling coalition continues to lurch along, after two weeks of political distraction spurred by revelations of a sex scandal in Samoobrona (SO) and renewed accusation of neo-Nazi activity by the League of Polish Families (LPR) youth wing. While both junior partners foun [...] | 2006-12-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL |
| 06WARSAW312 | POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...] | 2006-02-24 17:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO |
| 06WARSAW325 | UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FAILS TO CLARIFY GAS [...] (C) Energy issues dominated the discussions during the February 16-17 visit to Poland by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov and the separate February 21 visit by Anatolij Kinach, Secretary of the Ukrainian Office of National Security and Defense. According to the MFA, however, the Po [...] | 2006-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PL UP |
| 06WARSAW329 | YASTRZHEMBSKY VISIT HAILED AS SIGNALING WARMING IN [...] (C) Summary: Polish officials told us they hope the January 20 visit to Poland by Sergei Yastrzhembsky, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will signal the end of the "mini cold war" between Russia and Poland. Yastrzhembsky discussed a potential meeting between Putin and Polish [...] | 2006-02-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RU |
| 06WARSAW339 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
| 06WARSAW358 | POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...] | 2006-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
| 06WARSAW487 | POLISH PRESIDENT KACZYNSKI'S FIRST VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish government and German embassy officials judged Polish President Lech Kaczynski's March 8-9 visit to Berlin (his first-ever visit to Germany, "besides the Frankfurt airport," as he put it) a success, although low expectations and an evident sense of relief that it had not go [...] | 2006-03-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM GM PL |
| 06WARSAW50 | POLAND: Scenesetter for CODEL Duncan Visit, January [...] (U) Poland with an area of 313,000 square kilometers is about the size of New Mexico. Poland's population of 38.6 million (2004 est.) is 96 percent ethnically Polish and almost entirely Roman Catholic. However, there are also small German, Belarussian, Roma, Ukrainian, Jewish and Russian min [...] | 2006-01-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ECON PL CVIS ETRD |
| 06WARSAW504 | POLAND MOVES TO ACCELERATES MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Defense Minister (DefMin) Sikorski announced their shared intention to accelerate modernization of the Polish military at a press conference following the annual meeting of Defense Ministry and Armed Forces leadership on March 13. Their plan include [...] | 2006-03-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL |
| 06WARSAW920 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...] | 2006-05-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PL |
| 06WARSAW944 | POLISH STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL |
| 06WARSAW953 | POLISH PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH UKRAINIAN, GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian and German presidents paid reciprocal visits to Polish President Lech Kaczynski in mid-May, marking the importance of those bilateral relationships and the slow warming of personal contacts between the apprehensive Polish leader and his colleagues next door. With Yu [...] | 2006-05-23 10:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM UP PL |
| 06WELLINGTON102 | NEW ZEALAND'S PRIORITIES FOR APEC 2006 [...] (C) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's senior official for APEC, said his government has identified key issues it would like APEC 2006 to address, but "without specificity" since it is waiting to learn about other APEC economies' priorities. Meanwhile, New Zealand sees APEC Senior Official Chairman [...] | 2006-02-08 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | APECO ECIN ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON133 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL ABIZAID TO NEW [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on 23-25 January. The Government has just returned from its lengthy Christmas and summer holiday period and has real anxiety that it is vulnerable to opposition attacks in a number of areas, including foreign and defense policies and the Gov [...] | 2006-02-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON155 | CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...] | 2006-02-28 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON157 | EAP/ANP DIRECTOR KRAWITZ'S FEBRUARY MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Discussions during ANP Director Krawitz's February 8-11 visit to New Zealand addressed PRC activities in the Pacific, Pacific Island issues, regional stability, counter-terrorism, Antarctica, U.S.-New Zealand relations, bilateral military ties, and launch of a new U.S.-New Zealan [...] | 2006-02-28 04:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON160 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2006 [...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Person report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 21. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. New Zealand has been a country of destination for internationally trafficked women in th [...] | 2006-03-01 03:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON18 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADM [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visits on January 15-19 (PACAF) and January 16-22 (PACOM). New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February [...] | 2006-01-10 02:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON195 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL'S MARCH 18-20 VISIT TO [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes your upcoming visit to New Zealand, which will enable you to meet a broad range of New Zealanders, including academics, journalists, lawyers, and students. Your meetings with GNZ officials will allow for productive discussions about regional/Pacific Island and securi [...] | 2006-03-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON230 | GNZ AIMS TO COOL EXPECTATIONS FOR U.S. FTA [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government is preparing the public for the likelihood it will not attain free trade negotiations with the United States any time soon. After six years of pressing its case for such a deal, the Labour-led government has turned its attention to agreements in Asia. T [...] | 2006-03-24 04:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON253 | SAMOA ELECTIONS: AUSTRALIA AND NZ PREDICT MORE OF [...] (C) Summary: Officials of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian High Commission (Australian HC) in Wellington have been closely watching Samoa's elections. Both anticipate that a high number of election petitions and a large volume of candidates (especi [...] | 2006-04-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ WS |
| 06WELLINGTON260 | THE NUCLEAR BAN AND NEW ZEALAND'S IDENTITY [...] (C) Summary: For reasons of history and politics, New Zealand's anti-nuclear legislation has become a core part of the nation's psyche. The ban arose just as the country was forging its post-colonial identity, and has become as integral to many Kiwis as the Constitution is to us. Although w [...] | 2006-04-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON284 | A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...] | 2006-04-13 02:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV XB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON286 | A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH PM CLARK AND FM PETERS [...] (C) Summary: During separate March 20 meetings with Prime Minister Clark and Foreign Minister Peters in Wellington, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill encouraged the United States and New Zealand to work together in areas such as the Pacific Islands and Afghanistan. Prime Minister [...] | 2006-04-13 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XB NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON341 | NEW ZEALAND IVs EMERGE AS MEDIA LEADERS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: While some New Zealand participants in the IV program remain in their same influential roles, others have had diverse experiences, including being offered employment by Al Jazeera, becoming the host of a radio show, and being promoted to management. Until recently we were able to [...] | 2006-05-03 04:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON380 | FM PETERS CLAIMS BRASH LIED ABOUT U.S. SUPPORT AT [...] (C) Summary: NZ First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, cheered on by the Government, has created a furor by claiming leaked e-mails prove National Party leader Don Brash courted US support for his party's general election campaign. The National Party has countered that Peters and th [...] | 2006-05-16 23:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV |
| 06WELLINGTON389 | MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF [...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...] | 2006-05-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON40 | DRUG INDUSTRY SEES POSSIBLE SALVE TO ITS PAIN IN [...] (SBU) The pharmaceutical industry in New Zealand is enjoying a dose of optimism about the prospect of changes to the government's drug-purchasing system, which has crimped the industry for the past 12 years. The government has promised a review of the system that controls the range and price [...] | 2006-01-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON451 | INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...] | 2006-06-13 00:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON486 | FM PETERS' COMMENTS ON THE US-NZ RELATIONSHIP: NZ MEDIA [...] SUMMARY: In recent comments Foreign Minister Peters has made to the NZ media he describes America as a "wonderful country" and says he is "glad that America leads the free world." Minister Peters says he hopes the bilateral relationship can be improved, but he cautions New Zealanders against [...] | 2006-06-26 06:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON488 | NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...] | 2006-06-27 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON512 | PM CLARK'S MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY: NZ MEDIA REPORTS [...] SUMMARY: At the Embassy's July 4 reception, Prime Minister Clark's gave a speech that described the bilateral relationship as "of fundamental importance to our country and one which we greatly value". She stressed our shared values and expressed her desire for the relationship to "continue to [...] | 2006-07-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON526 | FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During his July visit to Washington, NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters hopes to focus discussion away from the nuclear issue and towards positive areas of bilateral cooperation. Peters, who has from the start of his tenure openly called for improved US-NZ relations, will quiet [...] | 2006-07-10 04:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON536 | CHINESE/NEW ZEALAND TALKS ON PACIFIC ISLAND ISSUES [...] (C) As part of a first round of New Zealand-China Pacific Consultations, PRC's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs He Yafei visited New Zealand in June. According to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT),He said China recognizes New Zealand's "very important" role in the Pacific [...] | 2006-07-12 03:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ CH XV |
| 06WELLINGTON55 | NEW ZEALAND NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Wellington submits the following nomination for the FSN Staff Political Training Course to be held in Washington from April 3 - 14, 2006. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (native spea [...] | 2006-01-20 01:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON59 | Bio Data for 2006 International Visitor Haydon [...] Post nominates Haydon Dewes for RP Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, April 3-21, 2006. 2. Haydon Dewes has Full Country Team Approval. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edi [...] | 2006-01-24 18:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON599 | GNZ VIEWS ON TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM FOLLOWING [...] (C) With a vocal domestic population of 40,000 ethnic Tongans, the GNZ has monitored with interest the deaths of Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana in a July 5 car accident in the United States. GNZ views the death of the Prince as a blow to the political reform process in Tonga. [...] | 2006-08-01 19:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ TN |
| 06WELLINGTON626 | MESSAGE FOR EAP DAS DAVIES FROM AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Kia ora! New Zealand officials are very enthusiastic about your upcoming visit, which they see as the latest sign of our improving bilateral communication and cooperation. The officials plan to update you on New Zealand's activities in the Pacific and beyond. They also wish to contin [...] | 2006-08-13 19:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON627 | MESSAGE FOR EAP DAS DAVIES FROM AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Kia ora! New Zealand officials are very enthusiastic about your upcoming visit, which they see as the latest sign of our improving bilateral communication and cooperation. The officials plan to update you on New Zealand's activities in the Pacific and beyond. They also wish to contin [...] | 2006-08-13 19:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON655 | VISIT OF EAP DAS DAVIES TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is eager to continue to identify areas of future US-NZ cooperation, GNZ officials told EAP DAS Glyn Davies during his August 17-19 visit. But PM Clark and other senior officials are wary of riling the Labour party's left, and prefer that we gradually signal our dialo [...] | 2006-08-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ US |
| 06WELLINGTON717 | GNZ SHOULD IMPROVE U.S. TIES, SAYS FORMER NZ [...] (C) New Zealand's former Ambassador to the United States, John Wood, told an inflential local international affairs organization that New Zealand should take the initiative to improve US-NZ ties. Wood cited GNZ officials' anti-US election campaign rhetoric as a low point in the relationship. [...] | 2006-09-11 05:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON8 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on January 12-3. New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February and many families on holiday, thing [...] | 2006-01-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON811 | KIWI MUSLIMS: HEADING TOWARD INTEGRATION OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's small but active Muslim community points to a member of parliament, regular appearances on national television by community leaders, ready access to the Prime Minister and her cabinet, and joint statements with Jewish organizations as hallmarks of movement into [...] | 2006-10-17 02:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SMIG PGOV PREL PTER NZ KISL |
| 06WELLINGTON86 | PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...] | 2006-02-01 20:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON927 | NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND STADIUM DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Aucklanders are locked in an emotional debate over where to build a stadium to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The debate has highlighted the divided nature of decision-making in New Zealand largest city, as well as Auckland's uneasy relationship with the rest of the country. [...] | 2006-11-24 02:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON928 | OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS; KEY TIPPED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Zealand's main opposition party leader, Dr. Don Brash, has resigned after weeks of speculation over his leadership. Dogged by a series of gaffes and missteps that raised questions over his political judgment, Brash announced that the National Party will caucus on Monday to pi [...] | 2006-11-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON935 | JOHN KEY ELECTED NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Key has won the leadership of New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party. In an uncontested election, Key replaced Dr. Don Brash who resigned last week after three turbulent years at the helm. National also elected a new Deputy Leader and Finance spokesman: t [...] | 2006-11-27 18:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV NZ |
| 06WELLINGTON953 | NEW NATIONAL LEADER WANTS CLOSER TIES TO U.S. BUT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition National Party's new leader, John Key, says that although he favors closer relations between the United States and New Zealand, he believes his country should maintain its nuclear-free policy. Key is clearly trying to remove the nuclear issue from the political ag [...] | 2006-11-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
| 06YEREVAN1075 | PRESIDENT'S OFFICE INSTITUTES CONTROL OVER [...] (C) A number of media analysts and press representatives have reported that the GOAM is exerting increasing control over the broadcast media, and that this pressure is being exercised directly by the Armenian President's office. These controls appear to include requirements that television st [...] | 2006-08-08 07:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PHUM AM |
| 06YEREVAN1249 | DEFMIN SARGSIAN REVEIWS N-K, IRAN, AND ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sargsian lauded the growing bilateral defense relationship, before complaining about Azerbaijan's approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations. He said that Azerbaijan constantly revises its demands, and called for the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to demand greater consistency from the [...] | 2006-09-11 09:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR AM IR |
| 06YEREVAN1264 | THE POLITICAL BUZZ: A SNAPSHOT OF LOCAL ANALYST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Garik Tsarukyan's new "Prosperous Armenia" faction is the hottest political topic, with divided views over the extent to which this pro-government faction is independent of the ruling Republican Party. Local analysts are generally pessimistic about chances for fair parliamentar [...] | 2006-09-13 06:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN127 | RUSSIAN GAS HASN'T REACHED ARMENIA YET [...] (C) On January 29, Armenia cut gas to its thermal power plant in Hrazdan (which converts gas to electricity),reducing the country's average daily consumption to about 3.5 (down from 6.7) million cubic meters (mcm),enough to conserve about one more day of useful gas reserves. Banking on repo [...] | 2006-01-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM |
| 06YEREVAN1445 | ARMENIAN REGIONAL NGOS MEETING WITH SOME SUCCESS [...] PAO and PAS Grants Manager recently visited several NGOs outside of Yerevan that had received support from the Democracy Commission, whose work encompassed anti-corruption (in public education),journalism, and human rights. Not only did we find dedicated people, young and old, staffing the o [...] | 2006-10-13 11:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN1476 | BRYZA AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) EUR DAS Bryza met with Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian on October 4 to encourage Armenia to work towards free and fair elections in 2007 and 2008 and to discuss energy security and other regional issues. Markarian was open and engaged. He welcomed U.S. assistance on elections [...] | 2006-10-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU AM |
| 06YEREVAN1565 | USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY PUSHES FAIR ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Julie Finley, US Ambassador to the OSCE, visited Armenia October 17-19, and met a wide range of GOAM officials and non-governmental contacts. While they embraced her strong messages on free and fair elections, media freedom, trafficking in persons (TIP),and anti-corruption, offi [...] | 2006-11-06 04:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM |
| 06YEREVAN1586 | FM OSKANIAN BLASTS GUL FOR MOSCOW COMMENTS ON [...] (C) FM Oskanian responded November 4 to Turkish FM Gul's remarks to RFE/RL on Turkish-Armenian relations. Oskanian's statement rebuked Turkey for ignoring President Kocharian's April 2005 response to PM Erdogan's historical commission proposal, and for Turkey's renewed insistence on the histo [...] | 2006-11-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
| 06YEREVAN1602 | FM OSKANIAN PRESENTS FOREIGN POLICY GOALS [...] (C) Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian presented a succinct outline of Armenian foreign and domestic policy priorities during the Wilton Park Conference on the South Caucasus held in Yerevan November 6 - 10. Oskanian elaborated on Armenia's foreign policy of "complementarity," identified economic li [...] | 2006-11-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU AM |
| 06YEREVAN1603 | RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT WARNS ARMENIA AGAINST "ELECTION [...] (C) A Russian diplomat delivered a strong anti-Western message at the Wilton Park Conference in Yerevan November 7. While discussing Russia's foreign policy vis a vis each of the South Caucasus countries, he praised Azerbaijani "independence," blasted Georgian nationalism, and warned Armenia a [...] | 2006-11-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RU AM |
| 06YEREVAN1645 | JAVAKHETI: AN ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Georgia,s predominantly Armenian Samstkhe-Javakheti (S-J) region periodically makes news in Armenia, colored by the local perception here that Georgians treat their Armenian minority shabbily. Armenian government officials have not generally complained on this theme, but others, including [...] | 2006-11-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG AM |
| 06YEREVAN1677 | REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF IRAQ-WOUNDED ARMENIAN [...] Post strongly urges that the Department of Defense approve the evacuation to Walter Reed Army Medical Center of Armenian First Lieutenant Georgi Nalbandian, who was wounded during his service with coalition forces in Iraq. Providing treatment and rehabilitative care to Nalbandian in Washington [...] | 2006-12-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS AM |
| 06YEREVAN1679 | PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN CRACKS THE DOOR WIDER FOR NDI; [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian used his meeting with EUR/ACE Tom Adams to complain at length about allegedly anti-government NDI activities, while reiterating appreciation for other NDI programs. He stated that NDI would be registered "after the elections." However, NDI would remain free [...] | 2006-12-06 09:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN1685 | NDI PRESIDENT'S VISIT SPEAKS TO ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN1688 | ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER PRESSES ALMOST STOP ROLLING [...] (U) Armenia's leading printing company announced on December 1 that it had run out of newsprint and would cease printing Armenian newspapers December 6. The company said it could no longer import paper due to Russia's closure of the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian border, as well as the [...] | 2006-12-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO AM |
| 06YEREVAN1701 | ARMENIA'S POTENTIAL REACTION TO USUN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Armenian trade with Iran remains relatively modest, accounting for four percent of overall trade. Much of this trade, however, is in key industries such as oil, energy and construction materials. In the event of UNSC sanctions against Iran, it likely that both Armenian industries and the [...] | 2006-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV ENRG PINR UNSC AM |
| 06YEREVAN1706 | ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Members of parliament debated the country's first-ever draft National Security Strategy December 1. Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian presented the draft and moderated a remarkably civil and constructive discussion. Heads of foreign missions, representatives of NGOs and journalists were in [...] | 2006-12-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EAID KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN1726 | ARMENIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2006. Per reftel instruction, the following is an update of Armenia's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. With substantial U.S. assistance, Armenia continues to strengthen its capacity to counter th [...] | 2006-12-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AM |
| 06YEREVAN1735 | KOCHARIAN LAYS DOWN HIS MARKERS ON ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian delivered a nationally-televised interview December 15, laying out his expectations for the campaign season and May 2007 parliamentary elections. Kocharian called for elections to be free and fair, placing the onus on election commissions and political parti [...] | 2006-12-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM |
| 06YEREVAN189 | ARMENIAN BODY POLITIC: FEARING A DEAL ON N-K [...] (C) Despite the fact that only a handful of people in the GOAM have any concrete information about the state of the discussions on Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),the Armenian political class is clearly concerned that a deal might well be in the works. In contrast to senior government officials' publi [...] | 2006-02-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
| 06YEREVAN227 | FULL TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT ON N-K [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's Committee on Foreign Relations released its report on the March 29-30, 2005 hearings on the "Nagorno Karabakh Problem: Settlement Ways" (original in English). Although at this late date the report itself is not likely to inform Armenian public opinion, its relea [...] | 2006-02-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
| 06YEREVAN295 | ARMENIA: ANXIOUS NOT TO CONFRONT IRAN ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding Iran's application for membership in the Association of State Nuclear Authorities of Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors during separate calls on Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian February 28. Si [...] | 2006-03-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM |
| 06YEREVAN315 | N-K: KOCHARIAN'S PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW [...] (SBU) In a rare, 45-minute television interview aired live on March 2, President Kocharian addressed Nagorno-Karabakh and OSCE-Minsk Group-led negotiations at Rambouillet in February. Looking fully at ease and in complete control of the scene, Kocharian answered questions from a carefully se [...] | 2006-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
| 06YEREVAN366 | RATHER THAN DISINVITE IRAN, ARMENIA SET TO CANCEL [...] (C) President Robert Kocharian has ordered Armenian organizers of the 12th Annual Forum of State Nuclear Safety Authorities of the Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors to "find technical reasons" to withdraw as host of the conference, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian told t [...] | 2006-03-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM |
| 06YEREVAN432 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES N-K, ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (C) During an informal dinner March 15 with a group of Armenian political leaders, visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried underlined the USG's policy that strong democracies were better equipped to solve the region's most pressing problems, especially the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and [...] | 2006-03-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR AM RU |
| 06YEREVAN549 | IRANIAN-ARMENIAN SCIENCE UNIVERSITY EXPECTED TO [...] (C) Iran's largest state-sponsored university -- with branches in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and correspondence courses on-line -- recently partnered with Yerevan State University (YSU) to establish a private "Armenian-Iranian Science University" in Yerevan, according to YSU's Caucasian Center [...] | 2006-04-17 11:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR AM |
| 06YEREVAN560 | CODEL KOLBE: KOCHARIAN REQUESTS BENCHMARKS TO [...] (C) During their April 10-12 visit to Yerevan (ref A),Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Operations Jim Kolbe, Congressman Scott Garrett and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Amb. John Danilovich discussed developments related to im [...] | 2006-04-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EAID AM |
| 06YEREVAN647 | BAGHDASARIAN LEADING HIS PARTY INTO THE COLD? [...] (C) In a series of recent setbacks for National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian and his Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, OY) party, it is becoming apparent that Baghdasarian is being marginalized well before the 2007 parliamentary elections (ref A). Baghdasarian's penchant for playing to a We [...] | 2006-05-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
| 06YEREVAN715 | ARMENIA AND IRAN: KOCHARIAN WISHES HE HAD A [...] (C) With U.S. concerns about Iran peaking, so are Armenia's concerns about how the U.S. and the international community will respond to Armenia's attempts to maintain a vestige of neighborly relations with its southern neighbor. As Armenia had only two open international borders, President Koc [...] | 2006-05-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP IR AM |
| 06YEREVAN743 | ARMENIA: OPINION POLL ON N-K SETTLEMENT, POLITICS [...] (C) The vast majority of Armenians believe it is important to solve the problems related to Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) in the "near future," according to the results of a May 2006 Gallup poll commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The poll results also demonstrated that, wh [...] | 2006-05-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
| 06YEREVAN751 | ARMENIANS CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Kocharian late June 1 to deliver ref A points on Iran, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian the following day. Kocharian had no immediate reaction except to repeat his concerns about the heightening tensions over Iran's nuclear program, to la [...] | 2006-06-02 10:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IR AM |
| 06YEREVAN768 | FITCH RATES ARMENIA "BB-" WITH A STABLE [...] (SBU) On June 5, 2006, Fitch Ratings assigned Armenia foreign and local Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of "BB-" with a Stable Outlook. This is the first time Armenia has received a sovereign credit rating from an internationally-recognized rating company. Representatives from the Central Bank o [...] | 2006-06-06 11:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AM |
| 06ZAGREB1 | TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...] | 2006-01-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR |
| 06ZAGREB1035 | AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged President Mesic to consider a gesture in support of democratic change in Cuba during his September visit to Havana for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Mesic emphasized his purpose was a visit to the NAM meeting, not to Cuba itself. He will make gener [...] | 2006-08-31 06:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NAMSA HR CU HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 06ZAGREB113 | CROATIA ACCELERATING ON NATO-READINESS [...] (C/REL NATO) The political and military elite of Croatia believe they are ready to join NATO today. However, government efforts to educate the general public about why NATO is important to Croatia have been slow to get started. The GoC has developed a NATO-membership driven strategic defense [...] | 2006-01-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL HR |
| 06ZAGREB1168 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HSP ADVISOR MATE GRANIC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 22 with former foreign minister and "strategic advisor" to the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) Mate Granic at the latter's request. Granic described the recent evolution of the HSP's world view as it sought to shed its nationalistic image and become a main [...] | 2006-09-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 06ZAGREB1231 | SCENESETTER - PM SANADER’S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...] | 2006-10-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR EUN NATO |
| 06ZAGREB1247 | CROATS WELCOME DIALOGUE WITH US ON BOSNIAN ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an October 9-10 visit to Zagreb, US Ambassador to BiH McElhaney updated top officials on USG views regarding BiH's future. He also called on Croatian political leaders to help encourage Bosnian Croats to support future constitutional reform efforts. The GoC, t [...] | 2006-10-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1307 | AMB WISNER IN ZAGREB -- ENGAGING CROATIANS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Wisner's first visit to Zagreb is well timed, coming just days after President Bush's White House acknowledgement of Croatia's leadership role in regional stability during his meeting with PM Ivo Sanader. In addition, MP Milorad Pupovac, a leading represe [...] | 2006-10-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB132 | ZAGREB FY-2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 12:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT HR |
| 06ZAGREB1322 | CROATIAN COMMITMENT TO KOSOVO OUTREACH DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his October 29-30 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador Wisner secured the GoC's commitment to actively assist in the region in promoting acceptance of Kosovo's future final status package. In meetings with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar Kita [...] | 2006-11-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1334 | MAINTAINING BILATERAL MOMENTUM AFTER PM'S WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As discussed at PM Sanader's October 18 lunch with the Vice-President, the Ambassador and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic began a series of regular reviews of outstanding bilateral issues October 27. State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic and DCM also attended. Embassy provides this overv [...] | 2006-11-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ETRD PHUM KJUS HR |
| 06ZAGREB1460 | ELECTIONS DUE IN 2007 ALREADY SHAPING CROATIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Early elections remain unlikely as the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) holds on to enough coalition partners to pass a budget and approve (with additional opposition support) continued overseas troop deployments. Nevertheless, general elections are due by Nove [...] | 2006-12-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB1482 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ----09 November, Met with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Customs Directorate, Operational and Customs Academy Department Heads at their request to tour the facility located on the grounds of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Police Directorate Training compl [...] | 2006-12-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI |
| 06ZAGREB1488 | TIME TO CONSIDER TAX TREATY WITH CROATIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN HR |
| 06ZAGREB1504 | CROATIA VOTES TO ACTIVATE ADRIATIC FISHING ZONE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid no small amount of political posturing, the Croatian parliament voted to activate Croatia's self-declared Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone (ZERP) in the Adriatic as of January 1, 2008. The ZERP, first enacted prior to the last round of parliamentary elections in 2003, [...] | 2006-12-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS ECIN HR |
| 06ZAGREB1513 | GOC SOLVES RETURNEE HOUSING DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. A December 7 Government meeting approved a resolution "process" for temporary occupants of refugee homes who made unsolicited investments to the properties and are seeking compensation from the refugee owners. Along with the OSCE, UNHCR, and EU, Post has pressed the [...] | 2006-12-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB168 | Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the gr [...] | 2006-02-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB173 | Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the g [...] | 2006-02-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB176 | Croatian B1-B2 Visa Reciprocity Embassy Zagreb [...] See action request, paragraph eight. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Zagreb proposes increasing the current B1/B2 reciprocity of 60 months to 120 months for Croatian citizens. Post bases its recommendation on the steadily improving economy, post's low refusal rate (just over four percent) for [...] | 2006-02-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ASEC HR |
| 06ZAGREB192 | INDUSTRY AND REAL ESTATE POSSIBLE BUMPS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: EU accession is Croatia's top foreign policy goal and an area of unusual political consensus. After beginning negotiations in October 2005, the government of PM Ivo Sanader has set an ambitious goal of accession by 2009, in time to participate in European election [...] | 2006-02-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EU HR |
| 06ZAGREB205 | EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ---- During the two week period between 4 - 13 Jan, several meetings were held with the Deputy Head of MoI Border Police to discuss and coordinate scheduling of the Feb 2006 Coast Guard Assessment visit and discuss participation in both the DTRA [...] | 2006-02-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO |
| 06ZAGREB25 | Croatia Scene Setter for Lt. General Hanlon [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared the major political obst [...] | 2006-01-09 07:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MARR HR |
| 06ZAGREB281 | CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND AND THE [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared major political obstacle [...] | 2006-03-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV MARR HR |
| 06ZAGREB284 | Declaration of European Muslims Well-Received in Croatia [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On 24 February, Bosnian and Herzegovinian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric presented in Zagreb a Declaration of European Muslims. Hosted by the Zagreb Islamic Community, the presentation received widespread public attention as a message of tolerance, peace, and moderation. [...] | 2006-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PREL HR |
| 06ZAGREB298 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report. Last year, Croatia was ranked as a Tier 2 country and Post recommends retaining that ranking for this reporting period. The GOC is making a concerted effort to take a proactive stance against TIP. Towards that g [...] | 2006-03-06 11:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR |
| 06ZAGREB337 | CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader have enjoyed several important successes since your last visit in May 2005. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and Hague indictee Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared majo [...] | 2006-03-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB417 | SENATOR VOINOVICH PROMOTES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senator Voinovich met March 23 with President Stjepan Mesic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, and Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to discuss NATO accession, Article 98 (ref A),and Croatia's potential role in resolving Kosovo's [...] | 2006-03-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV SR YI HR |
| 06ZAGREB45 | CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...] | 2006-01-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC |
| 06ZAGREB461 | VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...] | 2006-04-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR |
| 06ZAGREB525 | Refugee Housing Scandal: No Investigative Progress [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Over the past year the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) made only marginal progress in investigating thousands of potential cases of illegal sales of ethnic Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Int [...] | 2006-04-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
| 06ZAGREB780 | SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO CROATIA: A [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic visited Croatia on June 27, meeting with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and traveling with President Mesic to the town of Knin, where the two statesmen met with ethnic Serb returnees. While the visit was held in a highly positive atmosph [...] | 2006-06-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB809 | (C) CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The President's office and the Croatian Government are working on a "counterproposal" regarding the US desire to conclude a Bilateral Security Cooperation (Article 98) Agreement with the US, President Stjepan Mesic told Ambassador Frank during a June 29 farewell call. The two al [...] | 2006-07-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR HR |
| 06ZAGREB823 | CROATIA SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During your July 9-10 stop in Dubrovnik for the conference "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us," you will witness firsthand the GoC's unshakable enthusiasm for promoting Euro-Atlantic integration. Still paddling on the wave of political op [...] | 2006-07-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR |
| 06ZAGREB871 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic exchanged views on the failure of Serbian PM Kostunica to acknowledge that independence was Kosovo's ultimate destiny. Grabar-Kitarovic suggested slowing down the Kosovo status process to avoid destabilizing the Kostun [...] | 2006-07-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC NATO HR SR YI |
| 06ZAGREB897 | CROATIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (C) Newly-appointed Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas will travel to Baghdad August 01-03 in order to present his credentials and open direct diplomatic contact with the Iraqi Government. Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2006-07-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB898 | NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS WITH SERBIA? [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Ivo Sanader capped a recent surge in bilateral contact between Serbia and Croatia by opening the new Bajakovo-Batrovci border crossing with Serbian PM Kostunica on July 21 and traveling to Belgrade for meetings with both Kostunica and Serbian President Tadic. While [...] | 2006-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SR HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB941 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...] | 2006-08-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES |
| 06ZAGREB983 | IRAQ: CROATIA AIMING FOR PERMANENT PRESENCE AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT : Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic thanked Charge August 8 for Embassy Baghdad's assistance to his delegation during an August 1-3 visit to Iraq (reftels). Simunovic characterized the visit as extremely positive and noted that Zagreb's new Ambassador [...] | 2006-08-18 11:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR |
| 07ABIDJAN1110 | COTE D' IVOIRE SCENESETTER FOR D VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d,Ivoire. You will be the highest ranking USG official to visit Abidjan since 2005 when AF Assistant Secretary Connie Newman visited to discuss the peace process. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG interest i [...] | 2007-10-31 18:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1176 | DOES LACK OF DONOR ASSISTANCE EXPLAIN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: During a number of recent public events, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro have blamed slow implementation of the Ougadougou Peace Agrement (OPA) on a lack of international donor assistance. The Prime Minister and President both made this assertion in meetings with the [...] | 2007-11-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IBRD IMF IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1187 | COTE D'IVOIRE: OPA IMPLEMENTATION AT CRITICAL STAGE [...] (C) Summary. Modalities to carry out the identification process were the main subject of the November 18-22 meeting of the OPA Evaluation and Monitoring Committee (CEA). The parties' positions were so irreconcilable that Interior Minister Tagro reportedly abandoned the meeting along with his d [...] | 2007-11-28 18:46:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1227 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Yours will be the second recent visit of high-level U.S. government officials, following the November visit of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG intere [...] | 2007-12-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1236 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO VISITS NEW FORCES STRONGHOLD; [...] (SBU) Summary: From November 28-30, President Gbagbo visited the north of Cote d'Ivoire for the first time since becoming head of state. Press reports were favorable and key Gbagbo aides noted that large crowds welcomed the President. The visit demonstrated that the general public is anxious f [...] | 2007-12-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN1238 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit. Yours will be the first visit by a Congressional delegation to Cote d'Ivoire in many years. Senator Harkin and Representative Engle's roles in developing and implementing the international public/private accord (the "Harkin-Engle Protocol" [...] | 2007-12-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
| 07ABIDJAN135 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...] | 2007-02-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD IV |
| 07ABIDJAN14 | COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...] | 2007-01-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD |
| 07ABIDJAN200 | COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCEEDING SLOWLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The identification process continues to proceed at a snail's pace. Two courts in Abidjan are issuing both birth certificates and certificates of nationality despite the lack of political agreement on Prime Minister Banny's revised procedures which call for issuing these two docum [...] | 2007-02-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IV |
| 07ABIDJAN227 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup atempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoir has been partitioned in two with the governmentmaintaining control of the south and the rebel Nw Forces controlling the north. Tensions between he two sides have lessened through internationalmediation effort [...] | 2007-03-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07ABIDJAN281 | PRESIDENT GBAGBO ON THE OUAGA PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 14, President Gbagbo made the following points concerning the Ouaga Peace Agreement (OPA): -- Gbagbo and Soro signed the Ouaga Peace Agreement and therefore all those associated with Gbagbo and Soro are committed to its implementation. -- [...] | 2007-03-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV PREL |
| 07ABIDJAN521 | PRIME MINISTER SORO TO PRESENT NEW ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 16, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro focused on the following issues: -- it has taken time for him to get organized, but he will present an action plan, including a matrix timetable, next week; -- the timetable included in the Ouaga Agree [...] | 2007-05-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | IV PGOV EFIN |
| 07ABIDJAN677 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION REPORT FOR IRC GUINEA: [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Guinea from May 11-14 to conduct a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) PRM-funded project, "Facilitating Durable Solutions: Protection, Integration Assistanc [...] | 2007-06-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IV GU |
| 07ABIDJAN863 | COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF STAFFDELS SMITH AND CLACK [...] (C) Summary. Shannon Smith, Majority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Mark Clack, Foreign Relations Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Cote d'Ivoire August 10-15. Smith and Clack conducted a review of programs under the Presi [...] | 2007-08-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KDEM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN880 | ASSESSING THE STRENGTH OF THE FORCES NOUVELLES, [...] (C) Summary. An Embassy team composed of Charge Vicki Huddleston and Econ Chief Ervin Massinga to the Bouake and Korhogo regions, both under Forces Nouvelles (FN) control, and spoke to United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI),non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Rassamblement [...] | 2007-08-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO IV |
| 07ABIDJAN895 | ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE ONGOING [...] (C) Summary. World Food Program, UNited Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and private business leaders in the "Greater West" region, which straddles the "Green Line" and encompasses the extreme western portion of the former "Zone of Confidence," concur that the situation remains v [...] | 2007-08-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PREL PHUM IV |
| 07ABIDJAN925 | COTTON, CASHEWS, TIMBER: MAINSTAYS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Cotton, cashews and forest products are the mainstays of the economy in the North and West, but each sector is experiencing varying levels of difficulty. Cotton production is down by 40 percent since the division of the country in 2002, and both producers and ginning enterpris [...] | 2007-09-04 07:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV EAID ETRD SENV IV |
| 07ABIDJAN962 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRANCE'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary. French Deputy Chief of Mission Sebastien Minot told Poloff September 11 that the differences in the positions of the Ivorian government and the Forces Nouvelles on disarmament and identification may be difficult to reconcile and could derail the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) [...] | 2007-09-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IV FR |
| 07ABIDJAN997 | STATELESSNESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Summary. Refugee Office Program Assistant participated in a September 13 trip organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Justice to the towns of Meagui and Soube in western Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of the trip was to exami [...] | 2007-09-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI IV |
| 07ABUDHABI103 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS TO [...] Summary: Print and electronic media gave extensive coverage to the visit of Under Secretary Nicolas Burns to the UAE January 22-23. 2007. The Arabic and English print media prominently carried photos and news agency story of Ambassador Burns meeting with Mohammed Bin Rashid (1/23) and Moha [...] | 2007-01-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI1161 | U.S.-UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Since the May 2007 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),and earlier meetings of the Joint Military Committee (JMC) working groups and Air and Missile Defense working group, we have seen progress in our bilateral mil-to-mil and security relationship in the areas of defense cooperation and [...] | 2007-07-12 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1214 | SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...] | 2007-07-19 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1248 | MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR ROUND TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY: A UK-based Lebanese writer in "Al Ittihad" states "Bush's conference exploits the current weakness of the Palestinians" while an Egyptian writer describes the peace initiative as a "Feast of the Wicked." A UAE columnist in "Al Ittihad" states Iran is politically blind in pursuing a [...] | 2007-07-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI1273 | UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAZZA DISCUSSES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 29, UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza and USSC LtG Dayton discussed efforts to support the Palestinian Authority. USSC Dayton urged the UAE to coordinate its security assistance efforts with the USG and stated that he would be coordinating Palestinian security [...] | 2007-07-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KPAL MASS MARR PTER IS IR AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1292 | SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S [...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...] | 2007-08-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1294 | ABU DHABI'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS -- THE TRILLION [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information. 2. (C/NF) Summary: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is the largest and most powerful of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, with over 90% of oil and gas reserves, and about 60% of GDP. In addition, it directly funds over half of [...] | 2007-08-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EFIN ECON PINR AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1388 | U/S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH UAEG [...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 13, UAE Central Bank Governor Al-Suwaidi told U/S Levey the Central Bank had seen an increase in outflows from Iran in April and May and then a drop. He stated that this movement appeared to reflect capital flight from ordinary business people and not government fun [...] | 2007-08-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PARM PREL ECON PTER AE IR |
| 07ABUDHABI1389 | (S//NF) IN TOUR OF THE HORIZON WITH U/S LEVEY, UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PARM AE IR |
| 07ABUDHABI1479 | SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...] | 2007-09-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1539 | MIXED PICTURE FROM ACTIVISTS ON UAE ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Ansar Burney (head of a Pakistani trust who focuses on the camel jockey issue in the UAE) and Sharla Musabih (who runs a shelter for abused women in Dubai),highlight the complex nature of the TIP problem in the UAE, as well as positive yet limited offi [...] | 2007-09-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1565 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: US AND IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" suggests that the objectives of America's war in Iraq will not be satisfied until the country is divided, its oil put under U.S. control and the entire region disrupted. A Kuwaiti writer in "Al-Ittihad" urges Gulf States to unite against what may happen [...] | 2007-09-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI158 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF U/S FORE TO THE UAE [...] (SBU) U/S Fore, Mission UAE warmly welcomes you and looks forward to your February 13-14 visit to Dubai. Your meeting with Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) will allow us to make progress on our new consulate compound (NCC) project and request [...] | 2007-02-01 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETTC IR MASS AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1595 | IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...] | 2007-09-25 05:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1699 | SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE [...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...] | 2007-10-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1700 | UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB [...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...] | 2007-10-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1827 | INCREASED COSTS AND DELAYS FACTORED IN TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On 25 October 2007, Treasury Attach Matthew Epstein and Econ Chief Oliver John met with Mubadala Chief Operating Officer (COO) Walid al Mokarrab and Executive Affairs Authority Director of Strategic Communications Simon Pearce. Treasury Attach and Econ Chief stressed USG commitme [...] | 2007-11-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1854 | UAE APPRECIATES AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (S) Ambassador Crocker met November 1 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) and Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Both expressed appreciation for USG engagement on Iraq and the Ambassador's visit to consult with them. Crocker told the UAE leaders he had come not [...] | 2007-11-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS IR IZ AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1865 | UAE DRAFT 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) The following is our draft text for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed, a word document has been e-mailed directly to USTR. Begin Text UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was $6.21 billion thro [...] | 2007-11-08 07:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1944 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ANNAPOLIS (1) [...] SUMMARY: A Lebanese columnist in "Al-Khaleej" writes that wars have historically been waged under the umbrella of peace slogans and that Annapolis' real objective is to pave the way for wars in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. A Jordanian columnist in "Al-Khaleej" opines that Arab participatio [...] | 2007-11-29 08:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI203 | UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 10:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR |
| 07ABUDHABI208 | Federal National Council Set to Convene February 12 - UAEG [...] On February 6, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a decree setting the date for the FNC's opening session as Monday, February 12. At the same time he announced that plans were under development--and would soon be announced--to strengthen the FNC's legislative powers, and c [...] | 2007-02-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM AE |
| 07ABUDHABI368 | UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...] | 2007-03-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE |
| 07ABUDHABI465 | ASSESSMENT OF TAQA AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR OPIC [...] (SBU) Embassy offers the following comments about the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa),the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA),the Farmers' Fund, and board members in response to ref a request for information. We do not have any information on the entities or individual [...] | 2007-03-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AE |
| 07ABUDHABI475 | MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT/IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The editorial in "Al-Khaleej" considers American-Israeli refusal to recognize or deal with the Palestinian national unit government as a confirmation of their joint resentment of peace for the Palestinians. It urges Arabs to demand the lifting of sanctions imposed on Palestinians. [...] | 2007-03-20 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | IIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI778 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CHENEY'S VISIT TO REGION [...] SUMMARY: Vice President Cheney's visit to the UAE enjoyed widespread coverage in both the Arabic and English language press. This included several pages of photos covering bilateral meetings. Editorials and opinion pieces were generally skeptical of Vice President Cheney's visit to the region [...] | 2007-05-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI779 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: "Gulf News" called Ahmadinejad's visit an opportunity to "open a new page in relations." "Khaleej Times" opines that the visit marks a "clear shift in greater Middle East politics, one involving a break from the traditional status-quo-maintenance to a proactive resolution of lingeri [...] | 2007-05-14 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI780 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 13-14 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. On May 13, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with full ceremony in the first-ever visit to the UAE by an Iranian head of state. Meetings reportedly focused on increasing economic ties and cooperation on regional issues [...] | 2007-05-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR IZ AE |
| 07ABUDHABI843 | MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY ON CHENEY AND AHMADINEJAD [...] SUMMARY: A UAE intellectual in "Al-Khaleej" is highly critical of the recent visits of both Vice President Cheney and Iranian President Ahmadinejad. He feels both visitors exploited the UAE's "generosity and hospitality" in order to voice "arrogant" messages. Another UAE intellectual in "Al-K [...] | 2007-05-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 07ABUDHABI910 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE MEETS WITH SENATOR LIEBERMAN [...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) received U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman at his Palace in Abu Dhabi on May 29. MbZ encouraged increased communication and planning in face of a "resurgent" Persian Empire [...] | 2007-06-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER IR IZ SA AE |
| 07ABUDHABI97 | U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...] | 2007-01-24 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE |
| 07ABUJA102 | ECOWAS ELECTIONS ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Summary: ECOWAS has established an Electoral Assistance Unit within its Commission for Political Affairs, Defense, and Security. The unit is preparing to field assesment teams to seven presidential and legislative elections in the subregion in 2007, including Nigeria's April polls. Form [...] | 2007-01-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA1155 | NIGERIA: LABOR LEADERS EXPLAIN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Adulwaheed Ibrahim Omar and President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Peter Esele told Poloff they had made a conscious decision not to call their union members into the street following the April elections. The labor leaders soug [...] | 2007-06-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA1169 | A/S FRAZER'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH NIGERIAN CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met on May 29 with representatives of civil society groups that had been involved in the 2007 elections. While the participants disagreed amongst themselves on many of the issues surrounding the elections, they agreed that the Nigerian electorate had been, in effect, [...] | 2007-06-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA1170 | SENATOR SARAKI OFFERS VIEWS ON YAR,ADUA, NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with Kwara Senator Gbemisola Saraki-Fowora of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) June 6 to discuss her views on the April elections, the Yar'adua administration, and the events leading up to the inaugural session of the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS). Senator Sara [...] | 2007-06-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA122 | NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...] | 2007-01-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI |
| 07ABUJA1262 | NIGERIA: EX-IM BANK ABUJA VISIT [...] Summary. ExIm Bank officials visited Abuja June 11, 2007 to assess the banking sector and country risk. They visited the Ministry of Finance (MOF),Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),and the Debt Management Office (DMO). They had further meetings [...] | 2007-06-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV NI |
| 07ABUJA1263 | NIGERIA: SEN. NELSON MEETS WITH OIL EXECS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Senator Nelson's June 1 meeting with John Chaplin, Managing Director of ExxonMobil in Nigeria (EM) and Anne Pickard, Regional Executive Vice President for Shell Exploration and Production in Africa, the executives lamented that criminal gangs have slowed oil production and [...] | 2007-06-18 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET PREL PGOV PTER NI |
| 07ABUJA1327 | NIGERIAN ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met on June 19 with the Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Dr. Lateef Adegbite to discuss Nigerian Islamic leadership support for President Yar'Adua and Nigeria's participation in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),[...] | 2007-06-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL NI |
| 07ABUJA1342 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #5 [...] (SBU) Labor unions and the GON reached agreement late on June 23 (Day Four of the strike),with the strike officially ending at midnight that night. The agreement followed a reported intervention by President Yar'adua. In public statements immediately following the announcement of an agreeme [...] | 2007-06-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
| 07ABUJA1366 | NIGERIA: 2007 STRIKE INDICATIVE OF NEW PARADIGM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The 2007 national labor strike (reftels) differed in some significant ways from other Nigerian national labor strikes. In particular, the 2007 strike was well-managed within the labor movement, was non-violent and resulted in a win-win agreement between the government and the la [...] | 2007-06-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG NI |
| 07ABUJA1434 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S INITIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION RECORD [...] (C) SUMMARY. With just over one month in office, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua made history when he released his declaration of assets to the public, gaining praise for his transparency and setting a high marker for other public officials. However, other of his decisions raise the question o [...] | 2007-07-06 08:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR NI |
| 07ABUJA1442 | BRIDGEBUILDING: NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs met on June 29 with Dr. Josiah Fearon, Anglican Archbishop of Kaduna Diocese, to discuss his work in brokering Christian-Muslim dialogue in Nigeria. Fearon decried politicians' use of faith as a campaigning tool and assessed that most inter-faith animosities in Nigeria ar [...] | 2007-07-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF NI |
| 07ABUJA1446 | NIGERIAN SENATE RECEIVES LIST OF MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Senate received a list of 34 ministerial nominees from President Yar'adua on July 5 after weeks of public speculation and security vetting. The list, which does not include any reference to portfolios, is comprised predominantly of technocrats, politicians, and part [...] | 2007-07-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
| 07ABUJA1507 | SARAKI ASSERTS YAR'ADUA'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Parts of the traditional ruling circle are signaling to President Yar,adua that he must distance himself from former President Obasanjo. Some of them appear to be positioning themselves to supplant the former President,s influence. Kwara Governor Saraki on July 10 pitched the [...] | 2007-07-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 07ABUJA1531 | ONAIYEKAN WINS CAN ELECTION: CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on June 19 elected Catholic Archbishop Onaiyekan as its new president, unseating incumbent Anglican Archbishop Peter Akinola. Akinola's many critics claim he was too close to former President Obasanjo to be an effective voice for Nigeri [...] | 2007-07-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR NI KIRF |
| 07ABUJA1545 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S END OF TOUR OBSERVATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In Africa, Nigeria has been indispensable to the U.S. It supplies a growing percentage of our oil and gas, is the site of our second largest investment on the continent (albeit almost solely in oil and gas),and, with up to one-quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, it [...] | 2007-07-20 06:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 07ABUJA1558 | ISLAMIC SCHOLAR GUNNED DOWN IN SOKOTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that Umaru Hamza Dan-Maishiya, a prominent Islamic scholar and imam, died from wounds sustained after three gunmen opened fire as evening prayers at the Shehu Usmanu Dan Fodio Mosque in Sokoto on July 18. Nigerian daily This Day reports that two susp [...] | 2007-07-20 13:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KISL NI |
| 07ABUJA1575 | NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES SHARE CONCERNS WITH DOE A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gas exploration is necessary to meet supply commitments for both export and domestic use and the Government of Nigeria (GON) should provide adequate fiscal terms for international oil companies (IOCs) to invest in gas development for domestic use, according to IOCs Total, Shell, [...] | 2007-07-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | ENRG EPET ECON PREL |
| 07ABUJA1626 | JULY 2007: NORTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL UPDATE --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) As noted in Ref. A, election tribunals across the country ha [...] | 2007-07-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS NI |
| 07ABUJA1671 | NORTHERN VIEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential northern Nigerians remain split over whether the May 29 inauguration of President Umaru Yar'Adua, a northern Hausa-Fulani Muslim from Katsina state, may portend a change of fortune for the North. His northern extraction is overshadowed for many by the manner in which [...] | 2007-08-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI NI |
| 07ABUJA1694 | NIGERIA: ECON-RELATED NEW MINISTER BIOS [...] SUMMARY: The incoming Ministers come from a variety of backgrounds in keeping with Nigeria's ethnic diversity and several analysts have praised the appointments. President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. Questions remain on several Ministe [...] | 2007-08-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV NI |
| 07ABUJA1741 | ADMINISTRATION PLANS FOR EFCC UNCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Yar'Adua announced approval on August 6 of an Attorney General request to require the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to seek the consent of and report to the Attorney General in their activitie [...] | 2007-08-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR NI |
| 07ABUJA182 | ELECTIONS PARTNERS -- KEEPING PREPARATIONS ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with representatives of IFES, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and PACT Nigeria on January 25 to discuss ongoing elections preparations efforts. INEC continues to register large numbers of voters in the final weeks of the registration exercise, claiming [...] | 2007-01-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA1826 | A STRATEGY FOR GETTING NIGERIAN TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (C) As indicated by our reporting on this subject (Reftel),including Congressman Payne's meetings with FM Maduekwe and President Yar'Adua on August 20, Nigeria is not moving forward at any speed to designate, train or deploy a battalion for AMISOM. Part of the issue is, we believe, the lack [...] | 2007-08-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
| 07ABUJA2007 | (S/NF) NIGERIA: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" [...] (S//NF) Per Ref A request, names follow of "credible voices" in Nigeria's Muslim communities. 2. (S//NF) Shaykh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh AL-HUSSAINI (See Ref B) (A) INFLUENCE: Al-Hussaini enjoys popularity throughout Nigeria, particularly in the North-East, and is viewed as an authority on I [...] | 2007-09-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | KISL PINR NI |
| 07ABUJA2020 | NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S WORLD VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria, has a long history of involvement in politics, where he is a survivor, as well as some involvement with foreign relations. Since taking over the helm of the ministry in late July 2007, he has pontificated to the d [...] | 2007-09-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NI |
| 07ABUJA2077 | VISIT TO NIGERIA'S NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Gribbin and entourage spent the week of September 17-22 visiting Borno, Bauchi and Gombe states to open an American Corner in Maiduguri, donate school books, host Iftaar dinners, meet governors, emirs and the local press. We were warmly received everywhere. Durin [...] | 2007-09-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
| 07ABUJA2096 | PDP ASSEMBLY REPS URGE SPEAKER TO STEP DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairmen of three House of Representatives Committees (all three representing the PDP) on September 27 told Poloffs they have urged House Speaker Patricia Etteh to step down voluntarily before she is removed from her position. The 9-man House Panel of Inquiry released its report [...] | 2007-09-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA2108 | NIGERIA - 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560 (World Bank 2006 Data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate democracy during handover from civili [...] | 2007-10-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA ECON NI |
| 07ABUJA215 | INSIDER'S VIEW OF ABUJA MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 31, PolOff met with Abuja-based Imam and 2005 International Visitor Program grantee Fouad Adeyemi, founder and director of al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society. Imam Fouad disclosed that he is presently teaching a course on the fundamentals of Islamic worship and belief to m [...] | 2007-02-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KISL KDEM SOCI SCUL OEXC NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA2178 | COMMERCE MINISTER PROPOSE DECEMBER TIFA; SEEKS INCREASED US [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh proposed December 10-11 as possible dates for the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) 2007 Council meeting in Abuja. He said the Nigeria government (GON) is enthusiastic, but has yet to discuss an inter-agency approved age [...] | 2007-10-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAID NI |
| 07ABUJA220 | CROSS RIVER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ON THE STATE [...] (C) Action Congress (AC) Gubernatorial candidate Emmanuel Ibeshi discussed his campaign and the state of Cross River with Polcouns on January 31, highlighting the need for local government initiatives to "rescue" the state. He outlined his proposal to build development "communities" based o [...] | 2007-02-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCRM NI |
| 07ABUJA2201 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR SEPT/OCT [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria, including: -- Alleged Christian-Muslim Violence Erupts in Kano -- Sharia Court Bans Play Critical of Sharia Implementation -- Bauchi Governor Yuguda Probes Former Governor Mu'azu ------------------------- [...] | 2007-10-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI NI |
| 07ABUJA2230 | NIGERIA: SHARIA, STILL POLITICALLY RELEVANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nafiu Ahmed, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN),excoriated former Zamfara governor Ahmed Yerima for manipulating the sentiments of average northern Nigerians in his 2000 bid to re-introduce Sharia criminal law across 12 northern states. However, [...] | 2007-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL NI |
| 07ABUJA2232 | NIGERIA'S PDP - WHEN IS A PARTY NOT A PARTY? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Nigerian Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) cannot be viewed as a political party within the common western understanding. Like velveeta cheese, the labeling claims it is a party, but upon further inspection, it lacks key ingredients most political parties share. This i [...] | 2007-10-19 16:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA2351 | NEW SPEAKER'S REPUTATION INSTILLS HOPE FOR HOUSE [...] (SBU) Nigerians anticipate a more dynamic, purposeful and result-oriented leadership in the House of Representatives following the recent election of Dimeji Saburi Bankole as the Speaker. In public statements, the new Speaker promised Nigerians quality legislation that will impact directly on [...] | 2007-11-07 17:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA2382 | NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12 meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua pledged to continue and deepen the U.S.-Nigerian bilateral partnership. The Deputy Secretary praised the Yar'Adua government's commitmen [...] | 2007-11-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL MASS NI |
| 07ABUJA2439 | NIGERIA: SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION DURING INL [...] (SBU) Summary. During INL Assitant Secretary (A/S) Thomas Schweich,s November 4-6 visit to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, GON Law Enforcement Officials expressed a strong interest in increasing bilateral cooperation and an equally strong desire for a strengthened relationship in order to tackle th [...] | 2007-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS ECON PGOV SNAR NI |
| 07ABUJA2449 | NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12 meeting with the Deputy Secretary and AF A/S Frazer, Foreign Minister (FM) Ojo SIPDIS Maduekwe praised the relationship between Nigeria and the United States and acknowledged shared interests such as peacekeeping. The FM was concerned, however, over travel [...] | 2007-11-28 06:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL CVIS ECON MASS NI |
| 07ABUJA2450 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian National Security Advisor Mukhtar welcomed Deputy Secretary Negroponte's November 12 visit as USG recognition of Nigeria's importance and the Yar'Adua government's efforts to correct problems associated with the April 2007 elections. Mukhtar described the GoN's efforts to [...] | 2007-11-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MASS EPET KPKO KCRIM NI |
| 07ABUJA2479 | ICPC'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE: OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) Executive Member Uriah Angulu told PolCouns he believes Yar'Adua is "honest and sincere" in his fight against corruption. In a recent meeting with ICPC leadership, Angulu said Yar'Adua ordered the ICPC to [...] | 2007-11-30 11:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NI |
| 07ABUJA2560 | 2007 ECOWAS DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: Development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met November 20-21 in Abuja for a progress report on the organization's initiatives. The central vision of the ECOWAS Commission was transforming ECOWAS into an "ECOWAS of the People." While peace and sec [...] | 2007-12-13 06:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS |
| 07ABUJA2593 | NIGERIA: COMMERCE MINISTER SPEAKS ON U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting prior to the December 11 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh expressed appreciation for AGOA and contrasted USG understanding of what countries like Nigeria need to expand trade relativ [...] | 2007-12-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NI |
| 07ABUJA2627 | RIBADU: DISCUSSES MOVE ON HIM, YAR,ADUA, IBORI AND [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador had 4-hour private discussion with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on the evening of December 28 at her residence to hear his views on the recent announcement that he will be transferred from the EFCC to the country,s leadersh [...] | 2007-12-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV EFIN ECON NI |
| 07ABUJA321 | FEUD BETWEEN OBASANJO AND ATIKU NEARS KNOCKOUT [...] (U) The protracted war between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar has entered a critical phase as the finish line for the 2007 elections approaches. Both sides have turned up the rhetoric since Atiku's return to Nigeria in January. During the second week in February [...] | 2007-02-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 07ABUJA343 | 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW POST INPUT [...] Given the very short time between when post learned that, for the first time, Nigeria had been nominated by industry for inclusion on the Special 301 list and the deadline for post submission, we can offer only limited input. 2. Nigerian industry, U.S. industry, and the Nigerian government [...] | 2007-02-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR NI |
| 07ABUJA46 | SENATE PRESIDENT KEN NNAMANI ON CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Nnamani says he has been asked by Presidential candidates Katsina Governor Yar,Adua, former Chief of State Buhari and Vice President Atiku -- currently, the three leaders of the pack -- each to serve as his Vice Presidential running mate. However, Nnamani says [...] | 2007-01-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA47 | ALIYU MOHAMMED HOPES TO REPLACE YAR'ADUA ON PDP [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, the former National Security Advisor (NSA),on January 8. Aliyu Mohammed believes that Governor Yar'Adua has failed as a candidate and says that President Obasanjo is trying to find a way to replace him. Aliyu claims that his [...] | 2007-01-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA484 | AMIN CHAIRMAN WARNS OF EXTREMISM, PLEDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, Poloff met with Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh Al-Hussaini, Chairman of the Assembly of Muslims in Nigeria (AMIN),at his Abuja residence. Sheikh Al-Hussaini is also Chairman of the Fatwa Committee of both the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Nigeria and the Jama'a [...] | 2007-03-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL PTER SOCI NI |
| 07ABUJA492 | INEC CHAIRMAN TELLS WESTERN COMS HE IS "DETERMINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 8 meeting with Western diplomats, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu again exuded the optimistic tone he has shown in recent meetings about the state of preparations for forthcoming state and national elections (see reftel). He claim [...] | 2007-03-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 07ABUJA564 | SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate President Ken Nnamani says he is under immense pressure from President Obasanjo to manage sensitive debate at the National Assembly in the Executive's favor. Meanwhile, Nnamani continues to say that his objective is to remain neutral and ensure that elections happen on ti [...] | 2007-03-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 07ABUJA61 | NIGERIA: PDP EDUCATES CANDIDATES ON PLATFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an attempt to communicate a unified party ideology in the campaigning for the 2007 elections, the PDP party held a three-day retreat for all its candidates. The retreat focused on educating the candidates on the PDP Manifesto, a fifty-page policy document outlining objectives [...] | 2007-01-11 15:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA618 | PROSPECTS FOR NIGERIA'S FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Nigeria is only two-and-a-half weeks away from State Governor and Assembly elections, and three-and-a-half from Presidential and National Assembly elections. Despite the short timeframe, there is considerable disagreement among Nigerians about whether the elections will happen, what they [...] | 2007-03-30 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
| 07ABUJA628 | NIGERIA'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections, from some angles Nigeria's economic performance looks impressive: low debt, high reserves, strong export earnings, stable inflation, GDP per capita up, strong non-oil sector growth, improved budget management, and increasingly modern banking all form the b [...] | 2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG EAID SOCI NI |
| 07ABUJA631 | INEC: PREPARATIONS FOR 2003 VS. 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The current posture of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and preparations for the 2007 elections raise worrisome echoes of the failures of 2003, when preparations were inadequate and polling itself was embroiled in disarray, misconduct and confrontation [...] | 2007-03-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA681 | BUGAJE: WE WALKED INTO A TRAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six weeks after arguing that a flawed election is better than a postponed election, Usman Bugaje, a key advisor to Vice President Atiku Abubakar, now says that the country's political opposition has walked into a trap by believing that it could out maneuver the ruling party on po [...] | 2007-04-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 07ABUJA697 | SNAPSHOT OF KEY NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Similar to the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP). The only formidable challenge the Action Congress (AC) presen [...] | 2007-04-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA708 | NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 2 [...] SUMMARY: With a couple of hours to go before the close of polls, confusion continues in the Gubernatorial elections in Nigeria. As of noon, mission, international and domestic observers report that the majority of polling stations have yet to receive materials. As the day wears on, more sec [...] | 2007-04-14 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA786 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF THE 2007 NIGERIA ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's April 14 (governors and state legislators) and April 21 (the Presidency and the National Assembly) elections were characterized by logistical and procedural shortcomings and by fraud. The announced results of the presidential, gubernatorial and Assembly races cannot be [...] | 2007-04-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA804 | VILLA DENIZENS SPIN THE ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 26, Ambassador met with Villa denizens Nasir el-Rufai, Femi Fani-Kayode and Akin Osuntokun to express disappointment with the flawed 2007 elections, to urge that election dispute mechanisms be credible, to reaffirm the unacceptability of violence, and to ask about dialo [...] | 2007-04-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA809 | BUHARI'S CHALLENGE "IN THE INTEREST OF DEMOCRACY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari discussed his view of Nigeria's future with the Ambassador on April 27 just before leaving for Kaduna. END SUMMARY. ELECTIONS AND THE PDP --------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador began the conversation by expressing concern [...] | 2007-04-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA855 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA SAYS REFORM WILL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 2, Nigeria President- elect Yar'adua affirmed that the reforms instituted under President Obasanjo will continue. He also said that election law and practice will be reviewed from the ground up. He criticized Nigerian political culture with its "winner take al [...] | 2007-05-02 17:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 07ABUJA911 | NIGERIA: SUGGESTIONS ON FUTURE POLICY [...] (S) Summary: In the aftermath of Nigeria's deeply flawed 2007 elections, we need to consider how best to engage with the future Yar'adua government. Post suggests that the USG should reaffirm its commitment to electoral reform in Nigeria, publicly support the electoral tribunals and other j [...] | 2007-05-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA945 | YAR'ADUA VIEWED AS ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT, LEFT-LEANING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professor Akin Mabogunje (strictly protect) told Poloff and Econoff that President Obasanjo chose Yar'adua as the PDP candidate and successor as president because of Yar'adua's ability to remain outside the political establishment. Mabogunje views Yar'adua as in the unique posit [...] | 2007-05-15 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB NI ELECTIONS |
| 07ABUJA968 | SHAYKH MINIMIZES MILITANCY PROSPECTS IN NORTH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10, PolOffs met with Kano State Government Senior Adviser on Religious Affairs and respected Islamic scholar Shaykh Aminudeed Abubakar who provided insight into the religious landscape of Kano. He minimized the potential for militancy in northern Nigeria, claiming that Ni [...] | 2007-05-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL NI |
| 07ACCRA1029 | GHANA ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The GOG has largely remained quiet about the recent elections in Nigeria. President Kufuor urged &extreme restraint8 at one point but has said little else publicly. Most Ghanaian contacts want to accept the outcome and move on, hoping that elections will improve next time. Close p [...] | 2007-05-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH NI PGOV PREL |
| 07ACCRA1041 | GHANA'S RULING NPP PREPARES FOR ELECTION 2008 [...] (C) Summary: In December, 2007, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold its national convention to select its candidate for the 2008 presidential election. There are currently 19 NPP aspirants (although none of them have formally registered with the party as a candidate),including t [...] | 2007-05-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PHUM |
| 07ACCRA1247 | GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC ON ELECTION 2008 AND [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs recently met separately with four leaders from the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. They expressed familiar concerns about implementation of a bill allowing expatriate Ghanaians to vote and were worried about the example set by the recent flawe [...] | 2007-06-05 07:30:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 07ACCRA1375 | UNSC DISCUSSIONS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and other members of the UN Security Council visited Ghana as part of a five-day African tour. They met as a group with Foreign Minster Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo was encouraged by recent progress in Sudan and [...] | 2007-06-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH PGOV PREL SO SU AU UNSC KPKO |
| 07ACCRA1391 | EMBASSY REFERRAL FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ALPHA AND MALLAM [...] (SBU) Embassy Accra hereby refers Alpha Amadu Fofanah, who was born on September 8, 1997, in Kabala, Sierra Leone. Alpha was only two years old when the family fled Sierra Leone. The boy's maternal grandfather was a prominent imam and active member of the UNPP political party. Because of th [...] | 2007-06-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF |
| 07ACCRA1412 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT FORCES RESIGNATION OF KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, President Kufuor gave all ministers aspiring to run for president until early July to resign. Four ministers have already submitted resignations, while five others (including the Foreign Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry) are expected to resign soon. The [...] | 2007-06-25 17:44:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD GH PGOV PREL |
| 07ACCRA1437 | GHANA’S NEW NARCOTICS DIRECTOR, GROWING [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Polchief and Pol FSN met with Ben Botwe, who recently took over from Major General Richardson Baiden as the Acting Executive Director of Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB). Botwe is preparing a budget for urgent funding priorities and wants to build a stronger relationsh [...] | 2007-06-28 17:41:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
| 07ACCRA1483 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE AGOA FORUM-JULY 18-19, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, Ghana celebrated its fiftieth anniversary as sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. Ghana has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sustained economic growth. Ghana and the United States have enjoyed strong, positive ties [...] | 2007-07-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR AMGT GH |
| 07ACCRA1520 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR BEGINS CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10 and 11, President Kufuor submitted to parliament the names of thirteen new ministers in the beginning of a Cabinet shuffle. The new list promotes a number of deputy ministers, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akwasi Osei-Adjei to Foreign Minister. The [...] | 2007-07-11 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PREL |
| 07ACCRA1889 | OPPOSITION PARTY OUTLINES CASE FOR CHANGE IN [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with PolChief, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),Ghana's SIPDIS main opposition party, complained that the Electoral Commission (EC) failed to conduct its annual update of voter registration lists in 2007, which the NDC contends will [...] | 2007-09-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GH |
| 07ACCRA1935 | IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (S/NF) Alhaji Hamidu Borsu Chodi A) Influence. Chodi influences viewers and listeners via his radio and TV programs. He also is able to reach a wide audience through his columns in the two leading Ghanaian newspapers. Chodi also frequently speaks at forums across Ghana. B) Biodata: Chodi [...] | 2007-09-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KISL PTER GH |
| 07ACCRA2240 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: As the 2008 presidential/parliamentary elections approach, two smaller parties - the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC) - are determining their respective Presidential candidates. Meanwhile, Ghanaian political observers are increasingly concerned [...] | 2007-10-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
| 07ACCRA2320 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE'S [...] (SBU) We look forward to your November 9 visit and provide the following background: 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2007 as Sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. It has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sus [...] | 2007-11-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC ECON EAID GH |
| 07ACCRA234 | MEETING WITH NDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MILLS [...] (C) Summary: During a January 26 meeting with PolChief, former Vice President and NDC presidential candidate John Evans Atta Mills provided additional details on an alleged plot to assassinate former President Rawlings. He commented on his health, saying he had received radiation therapy fo [...] | 2007-02-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PINR |
| 07ACCRA2392 | NPP CANDIDATE CRITICIZES KUFUOR'S INFLUENCE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 31 meeting with POL Chief, New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Dan Botwe urged foreign donors to provide more support to political parties, complaining that Ghana's strong presidential system left other democratic institutions, including political parties [...] | 2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM GH |
| 07ACCRA2451 | NPP PARTY LEADERS LOOK TO REUNIFY PARTY AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 19 meeting with POL Chief and POL FSN, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Peter Mac-Manu said he is focusing on maintaining NPP unity as the party undergoes a contentious leadership contest in the run up to its December party congress. Mac-Manu said he recently met [...] | 2007-11-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON GH |
| 07ACCRA474 | GHANA AT 50: U.S.-GHANA RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This is the fifth in a series of scene setter cables focusing on Ghana at 50. Despite periods of friction in our relations, Ghana and the U.S. have had strong, positive ties for the past decade and are now at an all-time high. Ghana is a reliable, democratic partner for the U.S [...] | 2007-02-28 17:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID ECON ETRD GH PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07ACCRA478 | GHANA AT 50: ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary: This is the sixth in a series of cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the second in a series focused on Ghana's external relations. Ghana,s legacy of continent-wide leadership began with its first president Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah's legacy includes a commitment to multilateral or [...] | 2007-03-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 07ACCRA483 | GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...] | 2007-03-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
| 07ACCRA497 | CHINESE INFLUENCE IN GHANA - AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Chinese involvement in Ghana, dating from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, is strong and growing. After independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought close ties with China, a relationship that continued throughout the Rawlings years. The bilateral friendship b [...] | 2007-03-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL XA XE GH |
| 07ACCRA614 | VIEWS OF AND ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, Ambassador attended a meeting with Ghanaian President Kufuor arranged by Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., who was visiting Ghana for the 50th anniversary Jubilee and had also recently met with former President Rawlings. Jackson said Ghana's political polarization was hu [...] | 2007-03-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GH PGOV PINR |
| 07ACCRA731 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GHANA AS AFRICAN UNION (AU) [...] (U) Summary: In a March 23 speech to parliament Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo noted President Kufuor's busy agenda of upcoming meetings in his capacity as AU Chair. The centerpiece is the AU Summit in Accra on June 25-July 3, which he said would focus on how the Union should be [...] | 2007-04-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ECON GH IV PREL SO SU ZI |
| 07ADANA103 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04-08 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 04-08, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET: A remote-controlled PKK [...] | 2007-08-09 10:51:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADANA38 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 13:51:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADANA39 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 10:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADANA46 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 05:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADANA47 | TURKEY REOPENS ARMENIAN AKDAMAR CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a year and a half of restoration work, the 10th century Armenian Akdamar Church was reopened in a March 29 ceremony attended by a GOAM delegation and members of the diplomatic establishment from Ankara, as well as members of Turkey's Armenian population. In opening rem [...] | 2007-04-03 14:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
| 07ADANA51 | TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE SUFFERING FROM INSTABILITY AND A CONGESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's trade with Iraq has suffered in recent months due to increased instability in Iraq, continuing problems at Habur Gate and inadequate banking services. The situation at Habur dismays many businessmen since, even though the facilities there have been upgraded, it still t [...] | 2007-04-06 06:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TU |
| 07ADANA65 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 01, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 01, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY): [...] | 2007-05-02 05:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADANA77 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06., 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 06, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): The da [...] | 2007-06-07 12:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 07ADDISABABA104 | ETHIOPIA: SEN. BROWNBACK CONFERS WITH PM MELES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles briefed Sen. Brownback and his staff on Ethiopia's military operation in Somalia during a Jan. 12 meeting. Meles said that the GOE had learned from U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan that it was essential to place the burden for establishing security and political [...] | 2007-01-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MOPS ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1079 | SOMALIA: TFG REACHES OUT TO HAWIYE, BUT PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, Abdulkarim Farah, disputed reports of inter-clan tensions between the Darood (President Abdullahi Yusuf's clan) and Hawiye who control Mogadishu, asserting they were exaggerated by disenchanted Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ay [...] | 2007-04-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID KDEM ET SO QA CA |
| 07ADDISABABA1222 | ETHIOPIA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Ethiopian MFA Counselor for Europe and America Tebege Berhe said conditions in Somalia had improved over the previous month, but that military operations remained "incomplete," having been curtailed due to concern about civilian casua [...] | 2007-04-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ET ER SO |
| 07ADDISABABA1225 | ETHIOPIA: MFA HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Ethiopian MFA Counselor for Europe and America Tebege Berhe said conditions in Somalia had improved over the previous month, but that military operations remained "incomplete," having been curtailed due to concern about civilian casua [...] | 2007-04-20 04:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ET ER SO |
| 07ADDISABABA1275 | ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA [...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...] | 2007-04-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW |
| 07ADDISABABA1277 | ETHIOPIA: RELIABLE REPORTS OF TORTURE OF SOME [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, respected local NGO leader Pastor Daniel Gebraselassie (strictly protect) confirmed reports by Amnesty International of arrests and police beatings of a group of teachers. However, he told Poloff and officials from European Embassies that the numbers were [...] | 2007-04-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PHUM PTER PGOV ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA1349 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA POSITIVE ON JOINT U.S.-ETHIOPIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda noted to Ambassador May 2 that Ethiopia is positive on joint approaches with the U.S. to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on common messages to promote inter-clan dialogue. The approaches must be quiet, behind-t [...] | 2007-05-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1397 | SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On May 4, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale updated Ambassador and poloff on his recent visit to Europe to promote Somaliland's external relations with potential donors, and ongoing consultations with Ethiopia on cross-border counter-terrorism cooperation. FM Dual [...] | 2007-05-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PTER EAID KDEM ET SO DJ |
| 07ADDISABABA1484 | ETHIOPIA: DAS SWAN URGES GOE TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Jim Swan urged Minister Bereket Simon, Public Relations advisor to Prime Minister Meles, to seize the opportunity presented by a written apology from detained CUD leaders to release them. Bereket clearly took the point on board, but offered the standard GOE reply that the [...] | 2007-05-16 08:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA1507 | SOMALI AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 16 meeting with ORA analysts and deputy pol-econ counselor, Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, offered his frank perspectives on TFG relations with the Hawiye clan, a [...] | 2007-05-18 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO SO ET BY |
| 07ADDISABABA1531 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a follow-up to May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda presented a GOE non-paper on May 15 to visiting Ambassador John Yates and Ambassador, expressing Ethiopia's shared concerns about the need for Transitional Federal Government of Som [...] | 2007-05-21 13:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1535 | ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS -- [...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...] | 2007-05-21 16:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS ET US SO |
| 07ADDISABABA1549 | SOMALIA: AF DAS SWAN CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 11, Jean-Christophe Belliard, Personal Envoy for Somalia of EU High Representative for Foreign and Defense Policy Javier Solana, informed visiting AF DAS Jim Swan and Special Envoy to Somalia-designate Ambassador John Yates of recent consultations held separately with Ethi [...] | 2007-05-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA1558 | ETHIOPIA: MELES TELLS ADMIRAL FALLON "TIDE HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Meles told visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon on May 11 that after a "second round" of fighting in Somalia in mid-April, the "tide had turned" against "jihadist insurgents" and in favor of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Meles acknowledged that th [...] | 2007-05-23 07:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER ET SO ER |
| 07ADDISABABA1578 | MINISTER DIRIR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN INTERESTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 15 consultations with visiting Special Envoy to Somalia-designate Ambassador John Yates and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),Ethiopia's Minister for Culture and Tourism, Ambassador Mohamoud Dirir (the most prominent ethnic Ethiopian-Somali in Ethiopia's federal gove [...] | 2007-05-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SO ET DJ |
| 07ADDISABABA1744 | ETHIOPIA-SOMALILAND: PRESIDENT KAHIN KEEPS HIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin said he kept his promise by releasing a detained Somalilander of interest to the USG. The release was kept quiet with most of his own cabinet kept in the dark. President Kahin and Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale stressed their hope [...] | 2007-06-05 09:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER SO ET DJ YM |
| 07ADDISABABA1767 | ETHIOPIA: AMBASSADOR AND SENIOR EPRDF OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting, Minister Bereket Simon, Special Advisor to PM Meles, praised Ambassador for his work in strengthening bilateral ties, emphasizing that the relationship is currently stronger than it had been in years. Bereket said the GoE hoped to use this trajectory to enhan [...] | 2007-06-06 11:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1771 | SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GHEDI DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Somali Prime Minister Ghedi affirmed the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) commitment to power-sharing with all clans, but noted that the Hawiye Leadership Committee represented neither the general interests of the Hawiye community nor traditional Somali leader [...] | 2007-06-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
| 07ADDISABABA192 | ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RESTS IN CUD TRIAL - A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 29, 2006, the prosecution rested its case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, ending a 7-month presentation of evidence. The next court session will be on February 19, [...] | 2007-01-24 04:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1924 | ETHIOPIAN WOMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS REFLECTS EPRDF'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Established in 2006, the Ethiopian Women's Parliamentary Caucus comprises one-fifth of the members of Ethiopia's House of Peoples' Representatives (117 of 547 seats),and underscores how the number of women in Ethiopia's Parliament has tripled following the May 2005 national ele [...] | 2007-06-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN ET |
| 07ADDISABABA1960 | UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...] | 2007-06-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO |
| 07ADDISABABA205 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on January 23 that he was preparing a public statement on the Ethiopian military's withdrawal from Somalia, following consultations between Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Yusuf and Ethiopian [...] | 2007-01-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS SO ET KE KN |
| 07ADDISABABA207 | ETHIOPIA: USG ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MEET BURDEN OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's announcement that it will begin withdrawing troops from Somalia highlight the GOE's assessment that it has largely met its strategic objectives. While active engagement by the USG and others in the international community will be required to mobilize and support an [...] | 2007-01-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | EAID PREL MASS KDEM ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA2117 | ETHIOPIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. As in the previous year, neither host government officials nor Ethiopian media have reported significant sexual misconduct or trafficking in persons (TIP) attributable to UN peacekeeping personnel in Ethiopia. However, both NGOs and staff of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia [...] | 2007-07-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PHUM KCRM KWMN ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA2284 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS FREED FROM PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 20, the 38 Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, CUD members and journalists that had been convicted on charges including "Outrages Against the Constitution," were granted a Presidential pardon and released from prison. The release is a result of months of neg [...] | 2007-07-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ETHIOPIAN VIEWS ON AU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador delivered ref A points on January 23 to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu. Minister Tekeda highlighted that while Ethiopia believed selecting Sudanese President Bashir as African Union Assembly Chair was not desirable for the AU, Ethiopia could not openly [...] | 2007-01-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA2376 | (C-AL7-01035): ETHIOPIA: GOE ORDERS ICRC TO CLOSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that Ethiopian officials have ordered the ICRC to close its two offices in the Somali Region, and to immediately dismiss all of its staff in the Somali Region. While portrayed as a decision by regional-level authorities, [...] | 2007-07-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREF PHUM PINS MOPS EAID ET |
| 07ADDISABABA238 | ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...] | 2007-01-26 07:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA2697 | ETHIOPIA: U/SYG PASCOE REPORTS ISAIAS AND MELES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn B. Pascoe, accompanied by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, informed Ambassador and poloffs on August 29 That both Erit [...] | 2007-08-31 05:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA2778 | ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer, accompanied by NSC Senior Advisor Pittman raised the Ogaden and her visit to Gode in the heart of the Ogaden region, noting the insurgency problem, food insecurity and the need for reestablishing market mechanisms to help alleviate problems in the [...] | 2007-09-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ER ET KPKO MOPS PBTS PREL SO |
| 07ADDISABABA2781 | A Sufi and a Wahabi Sit Down to Lunch... [...] (U) Amb. Yamamoto hosted two groups of Ethiopian Muslim leaders to pre-Ramadan lunches. The first group included the Mufti and moderate Sufi leaders allied with the Addis Ababa Islamic Council (AAIC),while the second group was composed of Wahabi Muslim leaders. While the lunches aimed to ope [...] | 2007-09-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO SCUL ET |
| 07ADDISABABA2813 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS EXPLORING FUTURE OF PARTY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since their pardon and release from prison in July and August, the members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Supreme Council have begun actively working to reestablish themselves as the recognized leadership of the CUD. After nearly two years in prison, the former lea [...] | 2007-09-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA2863 | ETHIOPIA: MOVING FORWARD ON BORDER IMPASSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request message see para 8. On September 17 Ambassador and Poloff attended a Friends of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) meeting at UNMEE HQ. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar reported there had been no [...] | 2007-09-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA2952 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE AND EPRDF OFFICIAL COMMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with poloffs, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides said that Eritrea's "fear" of being designated by the USG as a state sponsor of terror had prompted President Isaias to meet recently with [...] | 2007-10-02 07:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR |
| 07ADDISABABA2958 | ETHIOPIA SEEKS THIRD PARTY FACILITATION ON THE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu told P-5 Ambassadors and UNMEE chief on October 1 that Ethiopia will abide fully with the Algiers Accord, accepts the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delimitation decision as final and binding, seeks to avoid war and c [...] | 2007-10-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR |
| 07ADDISABABA2978 | SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 25 US Special Envoy for Somalia Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Yamamoto, and Poloffs met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu and separately, with National Security Advisor Abay Tsehaye. On September 26 Ambassador Yates and Poloffs met SIPD [...] | 2007-10-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
| 07ADDISABABA3016 | ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP SEEKING NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 3, Polcouns and Poloffs met with Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) Chairman Amb. Abdella Adem and ENSF Foreign Relations Director Dr. Beyene Kidane to discuss issues related to the Eritrean political opposition. Both leaders emphasized that their priority was [...] | 2007-10-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU |
| 07ADDISABABA302 | ETHIOPIA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: FIGHTING TO PRESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia's recent military incursion into Muslim Somalia, combined with several widely-reported earlier incidents of Christian-Muslim violence in the rural areas, have prompted quiet discussions among Muslims and Christians alike about whether or not Ethiopia's much vaunted religi [...] | 2007-01-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL ET |
| 07ADDISABABA3036 | ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...] | 2007-10-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA ECON ET |
| 07ADDISABABA3059 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT ON ELECTIONS, THE TFG, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 4 Ambassador, PolCouns, and PolOff met with Puntland President Mohamed Muse Hersi Adde and Ministry of Fisheries, Ports, Transport and Marine Resources Said Mohamed Rage to discuss events in Somalia. Adde was accompanied by his son Mohamed and First Secretary Mahad F [...] | 2007-10-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO ET |
| 07ADDISABABA312 | A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...] | 2007-02-01 16:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU |
| 07ADDISABABA3154 | ETHIOPIA: PM'S SPECIAL ADVISOR LASHES OUT AT VOA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Voice of America's Horn of Africa Service Chief Fred Cooper, former Information Minister and current Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Bereket Simon implied that local accreditation of VOA stringers may be another casualty (see ref A) among U.S. interests re [...] | 2007-10-25 04:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM KDEM PGOV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA3197 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: "A SENSITIVE AND DANGEROUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia faces a "sensitive and dangerous time" with Eritrea, Tigray Regional President Tsegay Berhe told Ethiopia Desk Officer John Wysham, Deputy Political Counselor and Political Assistant (collectively, PolOffs) on October 24 in Mekele. Tsegay affirmed that Ethiopia will not [...] | 2007-10-30 10:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PINR PHUM |
| 07ADDISABABA326 | A/F FRAZER AND EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER MICHEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with AF A/S Frazer on the margins of the African Union Summit, EC Development Commissioner Louis Michel said that he would recommend the release of EU peacekeeping funds earmarked for Somalia, as soon as the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) [...] | 2007-02-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO SU EUN AU |
| 07ADDISABABA327 | AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...] | 2007-02-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU |
| 07ADDISABABA3337 | ETHIOPIA: UN A/SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING MULET ON [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 8 PolCouns and Poloff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting where newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping (A/SYG) Edmond Mulet briefed the resident diplomatic community on his views of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border situation and Somalia. M [...] | 2007-11-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO |
| 07ADDISABABA3404 | OGADEN: COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS HITTING A WALL, PART II REF: ADDIS 3365 Classified By: Political/Economic Section Chief Michael Gonzales for re asons 1.4 (B) and (D). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA3430 | ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S [...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...] | 2007-11-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER |
| 07ADDISABABA3493 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION APPOINTS SPECIAL [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 28 the newly appointed African Union Special Representative for Somalia called on Ambassador Courville to introduce himself and to inform her of his vision for h [...] | 2007-12-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR |
| 07ADDISABABA3521 | SUDAN: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On December 5, Ambassador, visiting Sudan Program Group officials, and PolOff met with Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu to discuss Ethiopia's views on Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and Darfur. Tekeda explained that Ethiopia's foreig [...] | 2007-12-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO ET ER SU |
| 07ADDISABABA3542 | MELES Pressures CODEL MEEK on H.R. 2003 [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles pressured Codel Meek to reverse his support for H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - during a November 29 meeting. Meles went on to describe the bill as an attempt to micromanage Ethiopia's internal processes and said he felt personal [...] | 2007-12-17 05:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA3584 | ETHIOPIA: USAID OFDA REPORT - UPDATE OF OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This USAID OFDA report corresponds to a meeting hosted by the Ambassador on December 14 (septel),the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus at this meet [...] | 2007-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET |
| 07ADDISABABA40 | SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...] | 2007-01-08 09:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA |
| 07ADDISABABA408 | STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on February 5 that he would personally meet with Ayr sub-clan leaders from Somalia being hosted by the GOE in Addis Ababa. Tekeda reiterated previous remarks by Prime Minister Meles (reftel) that providing compensation [...] | 2007-02-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA413 | ETHIOPIA: PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR BEREKET UPBEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ET |
| 07ADDISABABA418 | UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...] | 2007-02-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA420 | SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...] | 2007-02-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU |
| 07ADDISABABA446 | ETHIOPIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS MAKE IT A [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ethiopia,s December 2006 military incursion into Somalia clearly shows that the GOE was willing to undertake serious risks to advance its national security interests in Somalia. Ethiopia is committed to playing a significant military and diplomatic role in advancing its two-p [...] | 2007-02-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO |
| 07ADDISABABA451 | ETHIOPIA: CHURCH RIFT HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent decision by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) in Addis Ababa to revoke the titles of former Patriarch Abuna Merkorios and four of his top bishops is the latest act in a widening feud between the church in Ethiopia and the "EOC in exile," based in the US. A long histor [...] | 2007-02-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KREL ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA60 | SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...] | 2007-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA |
| 07ADDISABABA68 | SOMALILAND PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin appealed for international recognition and support, highlighting Somaliland's political progress and its commitment to democracy and regional stability. Kahin, accompanied by Finance Minister Hussein [...] | 2007-01-09 16:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PBTS PINR PTER SO ET DJ XA |
| 07ADDISABABA697 | ETHIOPIA: BACKGROUND FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 06:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL EAID EFIN ET |
| 07ADDISABABA773 | ETHIOPIA: INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Per reftel, Post is providing information for use in the 2007 President's Report on AGOA. Post is also including information on USG outreach efforts and technical assistance programs aimed at increasing Ethiopia's participation in AGOA. MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/ ELIMINATION OF TRADE [...] | 2007-03-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA PREL PGOV EFIN ET |
| 07ADDISABABA776 | ETHIOPIA: IMF ARTICLE IV MISSION CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: A February 23 - March 9 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultation mission concluded that the Ethiopian economy was "fine for now," yet noted privately to emboffs that it had serious concerns about Ethiopia's ability to sustain current growth rates. The mission p [...] | 2007-03-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ET |
| 07ADDISABABA87 | ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...] | 2007-01-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER |
| 07ADDISABABA89 | ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...] | 2007-01-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER |
| 07ADDISABABA90 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY USTR ALLGEIER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country is focused primarily on the recent military operation in Somalia, but Ethiopia is making progress on development through growth and diversification of exports and substantial advances in education and health care. Septel d [...] | 2007-01-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL ET |
| 07ADDISABABA908 | UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...] | 2007-03-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER |
| 07ADDISABABA953 | SOMALIA: HAWIYE CLAN MANEUVERS FOR ASCENDANCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Ethiopia remark that Hawiye dissident MPs, led by former Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Speaker of Parliament Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan and journeying through Eritrea and Djibouti, are trying to secure support as a potential alternative leadership to [...] | 2007-03-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ET ER SO DJ |
| 07ADDISABABA961 | ETHIOPIA: PM MELES DISCUSSES TRAJECTORY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Assistant Secretary Lowenkron on March 15 that governance issues remain a priority for the GOE. While Meles admitted that the GOE made mistakes before the May 2005 national elections as well as in responding to June and November 2005 anti-government demons [...] | 2007-03-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET |
| 07ADDISABABA999 | MEETING WITH BURUNDI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON AMISOM [...] (S/NF) Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told USAU Ambassador Courville and Ambassador Yamamoto that logistical questions remain in preparation for deployment of Burundi,s troops to AMISOM. The challenges are strategic lift, training, equipment, survey of the planned deployment [...] | 2007-04-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS BY ET |
| 07AITTAIPEI1 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S NEW YEAR SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 07:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1008 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS; U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 3 on the joint statement issued at the conclusion of the May 1, 2007 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting with a special focus on its non-mention of the Taiwan issue, in contrast to the statement issued af [...] | 2007-05-03 22:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1018 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY MEETING, [...] Summary: Almost all major Chinese-language papers in Taiwan gave front-page coverage to New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming, who is listed by "Time Magazine" as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The English-language dailies, however, all gave front-page coverage to AIT [...] | 2007-05-06 22:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1024 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY MEETING, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 5-7 on the first stage of the DPP presidential primary Sunday, in which former Premier Frank Hsieh emerged as the winner, defeating Premier Su Tseng-chang by a margin of 15,855 votes; on New York Yankees pitcher Wang Ch [...] | 2007-05-07 22:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1034 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 8 on a DPP press conference Monday, in which all the party's presidential contenders vowed to support former Premier Frank Hsieh as the party's presidential candidate for the 2008 presidential election. The pro-status [...] | 2007-05-08 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1052 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 10 on the 2008 presidential election; and on a scandal over a local TV network allegedly falsifying information in a documentary on the 2-28 Incident of 1947. The pro-status quo "China Times" ran an exclusiv [...] | 2007-05-10 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1062 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS; U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major dailies focused their front-page news coverage May 11 on a DPP plan to set up a task force next Wednesday to draft a "Resolution on Making Taiwan a Normal Country," to replace the DPP's "Resolution on Taiwan's Future." The other focus on their front pages is former Pre [...] | 2007-05-11 06:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1107 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, TAIWAN POLITICAL [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 16 on Taiwan's setback in its bid to join the World Health Organization (WHO); on the new cabinet to be headed by Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Chang Chun-hsiung; on the island's Han Kuang No. 23 milit [...] | 2007-05-16 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1135 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S WHO BID, CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 19-21 on the Chen Shui-bian Administration's move to rename Chiang Kai-shek Memorial hall to "National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall" amid clashes Saturday; on the cabinet shuffle; and on China's decision last Friday t [...] | 2007-05-21 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1147 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ON CROSS-STRAIT TRADE, U.S.-CHINA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage May 22 on the cabinet shuffle; on the dispute between the central government and the Taipei city government over the renaming of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to "National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall;" and [...] | 2007-05-22 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1165 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, INTER-KOREAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 24 on the assassination of a Taipei County councilor Wednesday and on the sentencing of a person involved in a derailment case in southern Taiwan in 2006. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the mass-c [...] | 2007-05-24 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1182 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 26-29 on the 2008 presidential election; on the Pentagon's release of its "Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007" report Saturday; on a female Taiwan cadet who graduated from West Point on May 26; and on [...] | 2007-05-29 09:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1195 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON CHINA'S MILITARY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 30 on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks at the video conference with the National Press Club (NPC) Tuesday; on the 2008 presidential election; and on other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a bann [...] | 2007-05-30 23:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1199 | MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON CHINESE MILITARY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 31 news coverage on the year-end legislative elections and the 2008 presidential elections; on a visiting U.S. West Point cadet who was allegedly involved in non-consensual sex; on the plunge of China's stock prices Wednesday followi [...] | 2007-05-31 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI120 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 17 on the scandal-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group, of which the chairman and his wife have fled to the United States, news coverage also centered on the KMT's timetable for primaries for the 2008 pres [...] | 2007-01-17 06:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1210 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 1 on the KMT ticket for the 2008 presidential election, following Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's declining to become the running mate of Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday; on the DPP's disputes over its legislative primary [...] | 2007-06-01 08:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1227 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2-4 on U.S. law enforcement's announcement Sunday of its having foiled an alleged terrorist plot to bomb the JFK Airport; and on the year-end legislative elections and the 2008 presidential election. The pro-independe [...] | 2007-06-04 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1250 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ON CROSS-STRAIT TRADE RELATIONS, [...] Summary: As the 2008 presidential election stays in the limelight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on June 5 also focused on Taiwan's economic developments, the current status of Taiwan's tobacco business, and the ill-gotten party assets of the KMT. In terms of editorials and commentaries, [...] | 2007-06-05 08:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1294 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN SEVERING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH COSTA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 8 on Taiwan's cutting diplomatic ties with Costa Rica after the latter decided to establish relations with China; on former President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine Thursday; on the cooperation between [...] | 2007-06-08 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1314 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1396 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 19-20 on President Chen Shui-bian's proposal to hold a referendum on the island's UN bid under the name Taiwan and the U.S. State Department's statement Monday, which opposes such an initiative; on the 2008 presidentia [...] | 2007-06-20 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1413 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 21 on the DPP administration's determination to push for a referendum on Taiwan's UN bid under the name "Taiwan" despite the U.S. State Department's reiteration Tuesday of its opposition to such an initiative; on the 2 [...] | 2007-06-21 06:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1419 | AIT CHAIRMAN AND AUSTR STRATFORD HEAR AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham breakfast in honor of visiting AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt, which was also joined by AIT Director Steve Young and Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Amcham leadership stated its firm support for bilateral agreements on tax, investment and government procurement. Callin [...] | 2007-06-22 04:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1443 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 23-25 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, who announced Saturday his decision to select former premier Vincent Siew as his running mate in next year's presidential election; on the KMT party congress on Sunday; [...] | 2007-06-25 07:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1452 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-26 08:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1512 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 09:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1523 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; CROSS-STRAIT [...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "China and U.S. Close Ranks on Taiwan" Commentator Frank Ching said in the pro-status quo, English-language "China Post" [circulation: 30,000] (07/04): "China and the United States have closed ranks in opposing the latest antic by Taiwan's leader Chen Shui-bi [...] | 2007-07-05 22:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1535 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, TIP REPORT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 7-9 on the legislators' elections and the presidential election in Taiwan, which are scheduled to be held in January and March, 2008, respectively. The centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" ran the results of its latest [...] | 2007-07-09 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1560 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1580 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 08:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1599 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: As the 2008 presidential election continued to remain in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on July 17 also focused on a nationwide amnesty, under which around 10,000 inmates were released Monday. The pro-unification "United Daily News" ran a news story on page four wit [...] | 2007-07-17 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI16 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS PROCUREMENT BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 07:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1649 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 21-23 on the 2008 presidential poll, on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on the Legislative Yuan's passage of the National Annuity Law last Friday, and on the final debut of "Harry Po [...] | 2007-07-23 09:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1659 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 24 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's special mayoral fund case, on Taiwan's planned Double Ten Day parade in October, and on a local ass [...] | 2007-07-24 09:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1669 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25 on Taiwan's failed attempt to join the United Nations; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on Taiwan's rising stock market index; and on a financial scandal allegedly involving a D [...] | 2007-07-25 08:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1685 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 26 on the Taiwan government's fuel subsidy plan to fight soaring oil prices; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on a graft scandal allegedly involving a DPP legislator; and on Afghan [...] | 2007-07-26 23:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1690 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 27 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, on the plunging Taiwan stock price index Thursday, and on a local teenager who killed his father Thu [...] | 2007-07-29 23:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1694 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 28-30 on the tumbling of Taiwan's stock price index, which fell 4.2% last Friday; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's visit to the United States; on Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations; on Japanese Prime Mi [...] | 2007-07-30 09:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1702 | MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: As DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's U.S. trip and Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations remain in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on July 31 focused on the rising oil prices and on the 2008 presidential poll. The pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's l [...] | 2007-07-31 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1718 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 1 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's special mayoral fund case; on the corruption case of the Kaohsiung MRT (Metropolitan Rapid Transit) project, in which three former Kaohsiung City Government officials un [...] | 2007-08-01 09:01:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1756 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 4-6 on next year's legislators' and presidential elections, on Taiwan's UN bid, on the joint efforts by Taiwan and the United States in successfully capturing five illegal Chinese immigrants at the Los Angeles Intern [...] | 2007-08-06 22:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1789 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies August 9 focused their news coverage on the meeting of Randall Schriver, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and President Shui-bian; on a ruling by the U.S. immigration court to release fugitive T [...] | 2007-08-09 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI182 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 24 on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; on the government's move Tuesday to publicize the names of certain non-performing borrowers; on the Donald Keyser case; and on the Presidential Office Allowance for S [...] | 2007-01-24 08:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1866 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 16 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's formal announcement Wednesday that former Premier Su Tseng-chang will be his running mate in the 2008 presidential election; on the UN referendum; and on the Taiwan gove [...] | 2007-08-16 08:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1891 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 18-20 on Typhoon Sepat, which hit Taiwan Saturday morning and caused severe damage to Taiwan's agriculture; on the Taiwan government's controversial decision on the use of ractopamine in pork; on the 2008 Taiwan pres [...] | 2007-08-20 09:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1907 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 21 to a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 airliner, which burst into flames shortly after landing at Okinawa's Naha international airport Monday. Coverage also focused on the surge of Taiwan's stock price index Monday [...] | 2007-08-21 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1921 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 21 to a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 airliner, which burst into flames shortly after landing at Okinawa's Naha international airport Monday. Coverage also focused on the surge of Taiwan's stock price index Monday [...] | 2007-08-22 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1945 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 24 on the investigation into the explosion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa Monday; on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Central America; and on Taiwan's general economic situation. In addition, two Chi [...] | 2007-08-24 09:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1954 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25-27 on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Central America; on the 2008 presidential election; on the investigation into the explosion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa last Monday; and on the future pros [...] | 2007-08-27 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1972 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on President Chen Shui-bian's visit to Central America; on the DPP's final draft version of its "Normal Country Resolution" Monday; and on the possible development of casino tourism in Taiwan. The pro-independenc [...] | 2007-08-28 22:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1988 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 29 gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's exclusive interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday. Both the centrist, KMT-leaning [...] | 2007-08-29 10:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI1993 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM AND PRESIDENT CHEN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 30 devoted much space again to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's remarks on Taiwan's UN referendum as well as President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Latin America, with an emphasis on his transit in Alaska and his [...] | 2007-08-30 09:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI201 | MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 07:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2012 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to report on the aftermath of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's TV interview on Taiwan's UN referendum, news coverage on August 31 also focused on the DPP Central Executive Committee's passage of the party's "normal c [...] | 2007-08-31 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage September 1-4 to the remarks by White House National Security Council senior director for Asian affairs Dennis Wilder last Friday that neither Taiwan nor the Republic of China is a s [...] | 2007-09-04 23:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2030 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 5 on Taiwan's UN referendum; on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's comment last week on the political bias of Taiwan's judiciary; on the upcoming APEC summit; and on a Taiwan business tycoon who donated N [...] | 2007-09-05 23:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2034 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage September 6 on the UN referendum; on the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao today; and on the 2008 presidential poll. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner [...] | 2007-09-06 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI205 | DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH COA CHAIRMAN SU: PAVING THE WAY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In his January 25 meeting with Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) Chairman, Mr. Su Chia-chyuan, AIT Director Young proposed that the inaugural session of the Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA) be convened soon, hopefully in the spring. A senior USDA official is expe [...] | 2007-01-26 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2067 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN AND BUSH-HU MEETING [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage September 7 to the meeting between U.S. President George W. Bush and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at APEC Thursday, and to President Chen Shui-bian's videoconference with the American Enterprise Institute Thursday on [...] | 2007-09-07 23:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2080 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies September 8-10 continued to report on Taiwan's UN referendum and the APEC annual meeting in Sydney, Australia, coverage also focused on the cross-Strait negotiations over the Olympics torch relay route, and on Taiwan film director Ang Lee's w [...] | 2007-09-10 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2082 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies September 8-10 continued to report on Taiwan's UN referendum and the APEC annual meeting in Sydney, Australia, coverage also focused on the cross-Strait negotiations over the Olympics torch relay route, and on Taiwan film director Ang Lee's w [...] | 2007-09-10 09:29:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2109 | MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese and English language dailies on September 13th gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen's speech, which was delivered at the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference in Annapolis Tuesday, Sep [...] | 2007-09-13 09:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2117 | MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: As U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Thomas Christensen's speech on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday remained in the spotlight of the Taiwan media, news coverage on September 13 also focused on President Chen Shui-bian's interview with the "Wall [...] | 2007-09-14 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2124 | MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage on September 15-17 to the two large-scale rallies launched by the ruling DPP and opposition KMT in Kaohsiung and Taichung, respectively, on Taiwan's UN bid. News coverage also focused on the crash of a Thai passenger pla [...] | 2007-09-17 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07AITTAIPEI2140 | MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 18-19 on Typhoon Wipha, which hit Taiwan Tuesday; on the island's UN referendum and the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, which is set to convene in New York today; and on an American citizen who was arrest [...] | 2007-09-19 22:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |