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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 AL-1 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 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| 08KINGSTON286 | JAMAICA: ELECTRIC ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Mining, Energy and Telecommunications Clive Mullings is focusing the country's attention on support for renewable energy (reftels). A few ethanol /biofuel projects are currently being negotiated by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),and the Office of Utilities Regulation releas [...] | 2008-04-04 12:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON ETRD JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON292 | JAMAICA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES CONDEMNATORY REPORT [...] (U) "Let them kill each other: Public security in Jamaica's inner cities," is the title of a comprehensive report on public security released by Amnesty International during a press conference on April 2. The 50 page report is the result of research and interviews conducted in Jamaica from De [...] | 2008-04-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SOCI KCRM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON310 | JAMAICA: DUAL NATIONAL MP NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN [...] (SBU) In the afternoon of April 11, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla of the Supreme Court announced her judgment in the first case of election petitions filed alleging that an elected Member of Parliament (MP) had been improperly nominated; as he had sworn allegiance to a foreign power. The case w [...] | 2008-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CACS CPAS JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON329 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated April 15, 2008: (Begin text of GoJ's diplomatic note no. 220/701/23) --------------------------------------------- ------ The Ministry of Fore [...] | 2008-04-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON339 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] On April 18, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...] | 2008-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON343 | JAMAICA PURSUES "DEVELOPMENT WITH EQUITY" [...] (SBU) Jamaica's newly appointed Minister of Finance and Public Service Audley Shaw delivered his maiden budget presentation on April 10. The key speech, entitled "Development with Equity, with the People at the Center of Our Concern," was the first government budget address by a Jamaica Labor [...] | 2008-04-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON353 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS IN ADVANCE OF NPT [...] Per reftel, Post delivered papers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Mrs. Taylor Roberts, on April 24. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. HEG [...] | 2008-04-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG IAEA JM KNNP MNUC NPT PARM PREL XL |
| 08KINGSTON354 | JAMAICA: PM GOLDING GAMBLES ON CASINOS AS PART [...] (SBU) Despite strong opposition from the powerful church lobby, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced his government's decision to issue two casino licenses. The conditional licenses will be issued to real estate projects by Celebration Jamaica (Palmyra Resort) and Tavistock Gro [...] | 2008-04-24 20:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EIND SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON358 | JAMAICA REQUESTS INCREASE IN HIV AIDS FUNDS [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission is requesting to increase HIV/AIDS funding for Jamaica from USD 1.25 million to USD 2.5 million beginning in FY 2008. An estimated 2/3 of Jamaicans infected with HIV do not know their status. The highest rate of growth in transmission is among youth aged 10-19. Back [...] | 2008-04-25 17:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI TBIO KHIV JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON363 | JAMAICA: 301 WATCH LIST MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoff discussed 301 Watch List points listed in reftel with representative of Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). Carol Simpson, Executive Director of JIPO told Econoff she believes Jamaica will be successful in passing its draft Patents and Design Act this year, to comply with i [...] | 2008-04-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR USTR JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON364 | JAMAICA: APRIL POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) It's budget time in Jamaica, and presentations on the budget from both parties in Parliament dominated the media this month. The only story bigger than the first new JLP budget in over 18 years is the ongoing saga of dual nationals serving in Parliament. The first test case was complet [...] | 2008-04-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON EFIN JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON370 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION [...] Per reftel, Post delivered points in the form of a non-paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Mrs. Taylor Roberts, on April 30. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. HEG [...] | 2008-05-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG IAEA JM KNPP MNUC NPT PARM PREL XL |
| 08KINGSTON387 | JAMAICA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] Post believes that, in Jamaica, an objective, factual Op-ed outlining human rights violations, detentions of political prisoners, and the lack of a genuine democratic process in Cuba would be the most effective means of expressing solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. 2. Post requests [...] | 2008-05-05 19:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN KPAO CU JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON398 | JAMAICA: MORE BACKLASH AGAINST U.S. PASSPORT [...] (SBU) On May 5, Director of Elections Danville Walker announced his immediate resignation. Walker's resignation marks the latest casualty in the dual citizenship imbroglio that already has forced at least three Members of Parliament to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship (Ref A). Under [...] | 2008-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS CPAS JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON401 | JAMAICA: USTDA TO HELP PRIVATIZE AIR JAMAIACA [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken another major step to sell the financially distressed national carrier, Air Jamaica. On May 5, it signed an agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for USD 820,000 in grant funding. The funding will assist with technical service [...] | 2008-05-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON409 | JAMAICA: VETERAN OPPOSITION PARTY ORGANIZER [...] (C) Dave Anderson, the former Special Advisor to ex-Minister of National Security Peter Phillips and a veteran People's National Party (PNP) political organizer: (A) predicts that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding will call a snap general election in July, and that his ruling Jamaica Labour [...] | 2008-05-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR KHUM KCOR JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON414 | JAMAICA/CUBA: PM GOLDING'S VISIT TO HAVANA; BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP EIND SOCI SNAR KPAO JM CU XL |
| 08KINGSTON422 | JAMAICA'S CENTRAL BANK WARNS OF PRICE INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Spiraling inflation is complicating planning for Jamaican policy makers. Inflation for the first three months of 2008 is running at 5.2 percent and the central bank is warning that prices could jump by a further six percent in the next three months. This would bring prices for the first [...] | 2008-05-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAGR EINV ETRD JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON427 | (C) JAMAICA/SPAIN: ZAPATERO REFUSES TO MEET WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND OVIP EINV SOCI SENV ECON JM SP XL |
| 08KINGSTON453 | JAMAICA FOOD SECURITY: GOJ ACTS QUICKY TO SECURE [...] (SBU) Fear of potential rice shortages has led the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to act quickly to secure additional rice imports from beyond its CARICOM partners. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding met with President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana to obtain a waiver from CARICOM external tariff in ord [...] | 2008-05-20 18:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID XL ENRG JM |
| 08KINGSTON454 | JAMAICA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] Post confirms the following activities in observance of Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People: * Linking to Solidarity Day websites on post's website; * Providing op-ed to three major Jamaican newspapers and to radio stations; * Inviting Jamaican journalists to view interactive DVC with A/S [...] | 2008-05-20 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON457 | JAMAICA RE-EMBRACES THE WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) After more than a decade of strained relations, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) led-government has followed through on its promise to renew the government's relationship with multilateral lending agencies. The World Bank's Country Representative in Jamaica, Badrul Haque, told emboffs, in [...] | 2008-05-21 20:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EINV IADB IFC ETRD JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON482 | JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, accompanied by Mrs. Golding, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Tourism Ed Bartlett, Minister of Health Ruddy Spencer, Minister of [...] | 2008-05-27 20:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | TRAD ETTC PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON487 | JAMAICA: INPUT FOR CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON5 | JAMAICA: CEASE AND DESIST, CASH PLUS IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Serious cracks are forming in the dubious investment scheme Cash Plus as it faces its first liquidity crisis and a Government of Jamaica (GOJ) cease and desist order (reftels). After several weeks of late interest payments to participants, Cash Plus is asking participants to roll over t [...] | 2008-01-03 20:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON51 | JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON514 | Jamaica: mid-year report card for 2009 Major's List [...] (SBU) Summary: In March, Ambassador Johnson presented then Minister of National Security Derrick Smith with the 2008 U.S. Benchmark for certification (ref A). Jamaica remains a major producer of marijuana and marijuana derivative products, which continue to affect the United States. This mar [...] | 2008-06-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON538 | JAMAICA: HEADS OF KEY DONOR COUNTRY MISSIONS DISCUSS [...] (SBU): Summary: At a June 10 breakfast hosted by UNDP representative Minh Pham to discuss the deteriorating crime and violence situation in Jamaica, heads of key donor country missions and UN agencies agreed that the international community in Jamaica should support Jamaica Constabulary Force [...] | 2008-06-11 16:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JM KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI UNDP XL |
| 08KINGSTON539 | JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS NO MORE LIP SERVICE [...] (U) Jamaica's Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, spoke to a crowd of investors at the Jamaican Money Market Banking (JMMB) financial forum June 10. He highlighted ongoing efforts to improve Jamaica's tax efficiency, but also spoke about energy security and expanding commercia [...] | 2008-06-12 19:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV SENV ECON ETRD EFIN XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON549 | JAMAICA: AID FOR TRADE IN THE CARIBBEAN [...] (U) On June 16-17 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) held a symposium in Kingston entitled "Aid for Trade for the Caribbean: Making It A Reality." The event emphasized that trade is a powerful engine for economic [...] | 2008-06-17 18:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAID IADB IMF OAS TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON561 | JAMAICA: RESPECTED THINK TANK DISCUSSES [...] (U) The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) held a public meeting on June 12 to discuss the state of Jamaica's exorbitant public debt as a follow up to their report entitled "Jamaica's Debt: Causes and Constraints." CaPRI hoped the meeting would bring about solutions on how Jamaicans th [...] | 2008-06-19 19:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAIR EINV ECON PREL TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON593 | JAMAICA, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY EAGER TO [...] (C) Summary: June 27, using the ongoing CARICOM Heads of State meeting as a catalyst, the CDA met with Jamaica's Minister of National Security (MNS),Trevor MacMillan to urge Jamaica to engage more fully with CARICOM on regional security, particularly with a focus on the troublesome ganja for [...] | 2008-07-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON596 | JAMAICA: BRAZEN MURDER OF TRANSIT COMPANY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Douglas Chambers, chairman of the Jamaican Urban Transit Company (JUTC),was brazenly assassinated on June 28. A respected accountant and partner at the auditing firm Chambers, Henry and Partners, Chambers had taken on the daunting job of restructuring the corrupt and inefficient JUTC la [...] | 2008-07-03 18:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KCOR KCRM ETRN SOCI ASEC ELAB XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON60 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 18:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON603 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica requesting transmission of the following congratulatory message from the Honorable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica, to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the USA, on the occasi [...] | 2008-07-07 17:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON617 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON621 | JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...] | 2008-07-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON627 | JAMAICA: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM BILL FOOD SECURITY AND [...] In response to inquiries made per reftel, Post has received the following letter, dated July 10, 2008, from Mr. R. Karl James, General Manager, Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited: (Begin text) "Jamaica projects to use approximately 62,000 tons of raw sugar during the FY 07/08. Jamaica [...] | 2008-07-15 19:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON648 | JAMAICA: FALL OF OLINT INVESTMENT SCHEME COULD [...] (C) Following in the path of several other alternative investment schemes (Cash Plus, CAREIF, World Wise, see reftels),foreign currency trader Olint appears to have collapsed. Led by CEO David Smith, Olint built a strong following in Jamaica promising returns of ten percent per month. Unlik [...] | 2008-07-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON653 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE PRESSURE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON677 | JAMAICA: EXTRADITION OF DRUG KINGPIN NEMBHARD -- [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 4, Drug Kingpin Norris "Dido" Nembhard and four co-conspirators lost their final appeal and were eligible for extradition. Following maneuvers by defense attorneys to delay the extradition long enough to mount what would likely have been an unsuccessful ap [...] | 2008-07-28 19:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM JM CO XL |
| 08KINGSTON702 | Jamaica: PM Golding concerned Justice System will Collapse [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Bruce Golding, was briefed on a USAID-sponsored assessment of the impact of Corruption in Jamaica on July 29. Golding has asked for a follow on meeting in three weeks with principal stakeholders, namely Customs, Police, Finance, National Security, Attorney and S [...] | 2008-08-04 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN PREL ASEC SOCI KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON707 | JAMAICA: POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV PHUM SOCI AID ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON709 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE [...] Per reftel (D),Post delivered diplomatic note, together with a Word copy reflecting tracked changes, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on the afternoon of August 7. 2. Post will report further developments. JOHNSON [...] | 2008-08-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER ASEC KTIA JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON710 | JAMAICA: DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE AMERICAS (DMA [...] In response to DCM's inquiry per reftel, the Permanent Secretary in the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of National Security, Gilbert Scott, has provided the following information: (A) The Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, will represent the GoJ at the DMA VII [...] | 2008-08-08 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON726 | JAMAICA: OLINT AND CASH PLUS, PARTY IS OVER, BUT [...] (C) The Jamaican Financial Services Commission (FSC) has identified up to 30 unregulated investment schemes, with the three biggest being Cash Plus, Olint, and World Wise (reftels). Acting FSC Director George Roper met privately with Econoffs on August 13 to discuss the latest developments i [...] | 2008-08-19 18:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON731 | JAMAICA: OLYMPIC TRIUMPHS IN BEIJING IGNITE [...] Spectacular performances by Jamaican athletes at the Beijing Olympics have enthralled this nation of 2.7 million, dominating the media and igniting widespread spontaneous celebrations. In Kingston and Montego Bay, normal commerce and traffic have slowed to a crawl as thousands have remained gl [...] | 2008-08-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL PGOV ECON EINV SOCI KCRM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON739 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST [...] In response to Embassy's diplomatic note delivered August 7 per reftels (D) and (E),on August 21 Post received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 13, 2008. For ease of reference, points at whi [...] | 2008-08-22 18:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON741 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 19:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON743 | JAMAICA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN TRGY IR GM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON755 | JAMAICA: ETHANOL SECTOR, FULL OF HOPES AND FEARS [...] (SBU) The Jamaican ethanol sector is seeing profitable growth as exports to the U.S. market rise, benefiting from trade preferences provided by the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has agreed to the sale of its former sugar estates to Brazilian firm Infinity Bi [...] | 2008-08-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON ETRD TRSY IBRD WTO XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON760 | JAMAICA: CAT 1 STORM GUSTAV SITUATION REPORT 1 [...] The predicted track and intensity of Category 1 Storm Gustav shifted significantly overnight, and was now predicted to pass just south of Jamaica during the day at winds approaching hurricane force. DCM invoked emergency telephone tree at 0645 local time. Normal embassy and consular operations [...] | 2008-08-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON761 | JAMAICA: GUSTAV STORM SITUATION REPORT 2 [...] The Consular section has issued a Warden Message at 11AM entitled, "Tropical Storm Gustav Update - U.S. Embassy Suspends Normal Operations" to alert U.S. citizens residing in and traveling to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands that the U.S. Embassy in Kingston has suspended normal operations on Aug [...] | 2008-08-28 18:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC EAIR ECON CASC PINR XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON762 | JAMAICA: GUSTAV OFDA FUNDING CITATION REQUEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACTION REQUEST: THIS CABLE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ADVICE ON A FUNDING CITATIONS FOR USD 100,000 TO BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA'S OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO ASSESS AND RESPOND TO DAMAGE SU [...] | 2008-09-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID AEMR ASEC ECON CASC PINR XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON764 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR GG RU JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON765 | JAMAICA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA; REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON770 | JAMAICA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW AND STORM GUSTAV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Tropical Storm Gustav has damaged infrastructure on the island and caused at least 14 deaths (reftels A and B). Agriculture also sustained damage, mainly in the eastern parishes of Portland, St. Thomas and St Mary. It is too early to accurately estimate the total financia [...] | 2008-09-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL |
| 08KINGSTON772 | JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: REFORM NEEDED, BUT OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture held a workshop to present findings from a 2008 USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry. The assessment found that Jamaica's cocoa beans are some of the finest in the world and are in high demand as a [...] | 2008-09-03 18:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID ETRD JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON795 | JAMAICA: RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR STORM GUSTAV [...] (SBU) Jamaicans are again picking up the pieces from the ninth major natural disaster in seven years. Two weeks after Tropical Storm Gustav hit, the country is still assessing damage, but agriculture and infrastructure suffered most. Embassy and USAID staff traveled on September 8 to the thre [...] | 2008-09-10 18:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON807 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 18:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON819 | JAMAICA: REVIEW OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR CARICOM LEADERS' [...] Per reftel, Ambassador reviewed the agenda items on the afternoon of September 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dr. Kenneth Baugh, who will accompany Prime Minister Bruce Golding to the CARICOM Leaders' meeting with the Secretary on September 25 in [...] | 2008-09-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MASS JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON838 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON867 | JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The GOJ's USD 4.5 million deal with American Airlines to guarantee airlift to the island has faced criticism in the press; others see it as an important hedge against the failing national carrier Air Jamaica. -- Air Jamaica appears to have found a new CEO after the one s [...] | 2008-10-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON883 | WILL FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCK JAMAICA? [...] (SBU) Jamaica's heavy dependence on global economic fortunes exposes the country to the ongoing financial meltdown, a serious concern for the year-old Golding administration. Finance Minister Audley Shaw, in an apparent move to avoid a crisis of confidence, has been reassuring Jamaicans that t [...] | 2008-10-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON917 | JAMAICA: SUPPORTS EXPANDING BIOFUELS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) In response to the action request in reftel, Econoff met with Minster of Energy Clive Mullings to deliver points. Mullings said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) welcomes the biofuels cooperation and he said he was very appreciative of this offer of assistance to Jamaica. He said he looks [...] | 2008-10-24 20:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV ETRD JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON936 | JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) signed the Open Skies Agreement with the United States on October 30. -- Ministry of Energy rolls out E-10 at gas stations and considers investment in a castor bean biodiesel project. -- Energy Ministry also announces plans to invest in c [...] | 2008-11-03 20:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON949 | JAMAICA: IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS OLYMPIC GOLD [...] (U) Three-time gold medal winner Usain Bolt emphasized the importance of protecting intellectual property rights at a three-day workshop on Combating Piracy of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) held at the U.S. Mission in Kingston. The workshop held November 4-6 was organized by the Political [...] | 2008-11-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SOCI PGOV SCUL USTR KCRM JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON95 | (S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] (S) The text below is taken directly from an internal briefing document drafted by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Bilateral Relations Department. The document was dated October 1 2007 and prepared for the then-newly elected Prime Minister Bruce Golding. [...] | 2008-01-30 17:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON97 | (S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON972 | JAMAICA: FATAL SHOOTING MARS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RULING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON98 | JAMAICAN THINK TANK ANALYZES INVESTMENT SCHEMES [...] (U) The Jamaican think tank Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) based at the University of the West Indies has released the first independent analysis on alternative investment schemes which have proliferated on the island. A range of schemes promising annual returns of up to 180 perce [...] | 2008-01-30 20:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD EFIN PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON981 | JAMAICA: DIPNOTE RE FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated November 8, 2008: (BEGIN TEXT OF JAMAICAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE) ---------------------------------------- Ref No.: 358/801/3) The Ministry of Fo [...] | 2008-11-19 16:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON984 | JAMAICA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR TSPL TRSY XL JM |
| 08KINGSTON987 | JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF SOUTHCOM'S FY09 OEF-CCA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MASS MARR ASEC JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON989 | CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...] | 2008-11-21 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL |
| 08LONDON1478 | UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are more likely to build effective capacity together than separatel [...] | 2008-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS |
| 08NASSAU228 | CARICOM LEADERS ADDRESS CRIME, TOURISM, ECONOMIC [...] (U) CARICOM heads of government gathered in Nassau March 7-8 for an inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting that focused on preventing crime, lowering the cost of living, and improving domestic economic links with their important tourism sectors. Reflecting mounting concerns throughout th [...] | 2008-03-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD BF XL |
| 08OTTAWA1028 | EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE OAS AND THE SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on July 18, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States Hector E. Morales, Jr. emphasized his hopes of maintaining strong coordination and collaboration with Canada on hemi [...] | 2008-08-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XL XM CA |
| 08OTTAWA1393 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...] | 2008-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA |
| 08OTTAWA419 | CANADA ALSO ENCOURAGING PSI ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) According to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of International Trade, Canada fully shares the U.S. goal of encouraging more states to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (reftel). Swords c [...] | 2008-03-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP PHSA PREL XL XM CA |
| 08OTTAWA695 | TBI: CANADA LOOKING TO INCREASE CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada is increasing its engagement in the Caribbean in order to bolster prosperity, security, and democracy. The move reflects the government's desire to recast Canada as a capable and reliable "player" in the hemisphere. Canadian government officials over the past year have h [...] | 2008-05-22 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XL CA |
| 08PARAMARIBO17 | SURINAME SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY OF PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER [...] (U) DCM met with the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 14 to deliver demarche in response to REFs (A) and (B),seeking Surinamese support for the U.S. candidate for the January 17 election of members to the Committ [...] | 2008-01-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI XL XR NS |
| 08PARAMARIBO249 | SURINAME: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (C) Post is pleased to respond to Reftel request for information. Answers are keyed to Reftel. A. REFTEL QUERY: How could the United States help enhance Caribbean regional cooperation in addressing transnational crime and terrorism, including by providing additional resources? ----------- [...] | 2008-06-06 20:13:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MASS MOPS SNAR XL NS |
| 08PARAMARIBO312 | PETROCARIBE OIL SHIPMENTS TO BEGIN FALL 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. The governments of Suriname and Venezuela reached agreement on the structure of their PetroCaribe deal, which has been dubbed the "Suriname Model." Under this scheme, the Government of Suriname (GOS) will provide the Government of Venezuela (GOV) partial payment for the crude [...] | 2008-08-04 18:24:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD PREL XM XL |
| 08PARAMARIBO335 | OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT A "STRONG POSSIBILITY" [...] (U) Summary. Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there is a "strong possibility" the Government of Suriname (GOS) would sign a bilateral Open Skies agreement. Craig, a long-time fan of an Open Skies agreement, may not reflect a consolidated p [...] | 2008-08-20 17:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE1328 | HAITI'S PARTICIPATION IN SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (SBU) On September 18, Polcouns previewed with Presidential Chief of Staff Fritz Longchamp reftel agenda for the Secretary's meeting with Caribbean/CARICOM leaders September 25 on the margins of UNGA. Longchamp said that President Preval would be accompanied by Foreign Minister Alrich Nicolas [...] | 2008-09-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON MASS ETRD XL HA |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE542 | HAITI-ATF ETRACE MOU FOLLOW-UP: US-CARICOM [...] Poloff discussed proposed eTRACE MOU per reftel with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officer on March 11. ATF officer (and POC for ATF's assessment team that visited Haiti October 2007) informed Poloff that ATF does not/not recommend and is unable to support Haiti's participati [...] | 2008-04-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PARM PREL TD XL |
| 08PORTAUPRINCE762 | CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT -- HAITI [...] (C) This message is a response to reftel request for information concerning Haiti in the framework of exploring options among CARICOM countries for expanded U.S. support for Caribbean regional security capacities. USG Assistance to the Haitian National Police ------------------------------- [...] | 2008-05-27 17:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER XL MASS HA |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN249 | CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (C) Summary: The GOTT is heavily focused on security concerns, both for domestic and regional reasons. It sees itself as under attack by criminal elements running guns and drugs from South America and is dealing with an explosion of murders -- many gang related. From its perspective, the G [...] | 2008-06-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MASS PREL PTER TD XL |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN535 | AMBASSADORS TO THE CARIBBEAN DISCUSS HIV/AIDS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Seventh Annual Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, eight U.S. Ambassadors discussed the future of U.S. regional assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Focusing on the Partnership Compacts envisaged under PEPFAR II legislation, the Ambassadors as [...] | 2008-11-24 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID PREL OVIP TBIO KPAO TD XL |
| 08SANJOSE457 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING'S IOM [...] (C) On May 28, we delivered Ref A demarche to Alejandro Solano, the MFA's Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Solano told us the GOCR had had its own troubles with Brunson McKinley. The GOCR did not favor McKinley's candidacy due to McKinley's on-again, off-again organization of a regional IOM [...] | 2008-05-29 21:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG AORC EUN XM XL CA CS |
| 08SANJOSE631 | COSTA RICA INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AMERICAS [...] (U) On July 30, we delivered reftel to Antonio Alarcon, FonMin's Chief of Staff, who replied that he would ask President Arias when he returned soon from a state visit to Brazil. 2. (SBU) We understand that Arias will be arriving in New York on September 21 or 22 for the UNGA. Post believe [...] | 2008-07-30 21:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD XK XL XM XR XS CS |
| 08SANJOSE885 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR [...] On November 7, we delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to Lilian Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of Candidacies. No substantive response was received at that time. 2. However, on November 12, we received Dip Note DGPE/P111-C/221-11-08, dated November 7, which announced Costa Rica [...] | 2008-11-13 15:06:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS CS |
| 08SANSALVADOR814 | DIPNOTE REGARDING EXTENSION OF COMALAPA CSL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL ES NL NT XL PGOV |
| 08SANTIAGO1126 | REGIONAL MEETINGS IN BRAZIL: CHILE'S FM WORRIED [...] (C) In a short one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador on December 19, Foreign Minister Foxley noted that he was troubled by the mood at the December 17 Latin American/Caribbean summit meetings in Brazil. Presidents Calderon and Lula, he suggested, were genuinely serious about replacing [...] | 2008-12-19 19:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XM XL XS |
| 08STATE118919 | TRAVEL ALERT ? HURRICANE PALOMA [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Hurricane Paloma in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Cuba. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be affected by Hurricane Paloma who do not have access to [...] | 2008-11-07 17:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE119378 | MGHH02: Hurricane Paloma Monitoring Group [...] (SBU) The storm hit the Cayman Islands November 7; there are no reports of serious damage. The airport is open and power has been restored to most of Grand Cayman. (MG/Embassy Kingston telcon) HURRICANE PALOMA STRIKES CUBA AS CATEGORY 4 ------------------------------------------- 2. (SB [...] | 2008-11-09 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE132722 | MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING: SAVE THE DATE [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pr [...] | 2008-12-18 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP XL XM |
| 08STATE132842 | MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting will take place on May 14. In an effort to implement the pri [...] | 2008-12-19 13:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL XL XM |
| 08STATE17674 | EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary/Action Request: Department requests that post propose to the Netherlands Government (GONL) to extend the current bilateral SOFA through an exchange of diplomatic notes based on the text in paragraph 4 below, which is virtually identical to the text of the note currently in force (r [...] | 2008-02-21 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT |
| 08STATE29766 | URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...] | 2008-03-21 17:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM |
| 08STATE58067 | TRAVEL ALERT - HURRICANE SEASON [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to alert U.S. citizens to the Hurricane Season in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. The official Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June through November. This Travel Alert expires November 30, 2008. 2. National We [...] | 2008-05-30 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE69093 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 23 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 23, 2008, 11:15 a.m., Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Deputy Secretary Negroponte WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon WHA/CAR Velia De Pirro (Notetaker) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Prime Minister Patrick Manning Ambassador from Trinidad & Tobago Glenda More [...] | 2008-06-26 23:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON ETRD ENRG KCRM XL TD |
| 08STATE81957 | CIVAIR SURINAME--TIME FOR OPEN SKIES? [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 13. 2. Summary. Surinamese Transportation officials met with DOT and DOS on July 8 to discuss Suriname Airways' planned flights to the United States. During the meeting, the GOS had numerous questions about our bilateral air servi [...] | 2008-07-30 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
| 08STATE92346 | TRAVEL ALERT - TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas affected by Tropical Storm Gustav in Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. U.S. citizens in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Gustav w [...] | 2008-08-28 01:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE93343 | TRAVEL ALERT ? TROPICAL STORM HANNA [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Tropical Storm Hanna in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Hanna and who do not have acc [...] | 2008-08-30 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 08STATE9413 | REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY [...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on how national governments can make voluntary pledges to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. These national pledges, as [...] | 2008-01-30 14:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL |
| 08THEHAGUE389 | NETHERLANDS: EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post received a diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 8 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. With the exchange of notes, the SOFA extension shall enter into force on th [...] | 2008-05-08 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL |
| 08THEHAGUE94 | NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL and the Government of the Netherlands Antilles have concluded a draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) based closely on the 1954 U.S.-Netherlands agreement relating to the stationing of U.S. armed forces in the Netherlands. According to Dutch MFA Legal Counsel [...] | 2008-02-01 10:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |
| 08USEUBRUSSELS378 | U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...] | 2008-03-11 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1197 | UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...] | 2008-12-22 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
| 08USUNNEWYORK134 | UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM |
| 08VATICAN47 | EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC [...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...] | 2008-07-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT |
| 09BEIJING518 | HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...] | 2009-02-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL |
| 09BELMOPAN305 | CCJ MAY BECOME BELIZE'S FINAL APPELLATE COURT [...] On June 19, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed a bill to the House of Representatives for a constitutional amendment that would replace the Privy Council in London as the final appellate court for Belize with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This proposal is in keeping with the obl [...] | 2009-08-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV XL BH |
| 09BRIDGETOWN1 | BARBADOS MFA FRETS OVER VENEZUELA MARITIME CLAIMS [...] (C) MFA Maritime and American Affairs Desk Officers expressed lingering concerns over Venezuela's claim to a 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Bird Rock Island (la Isla de Aves) and claims to large maritime blocks within Barbados's EEZ, in recent meetings with Emboffs. Ve [...] | 2009-01-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL ETRD MARR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN10 | OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP - ANTIGUA AGREES [...] (c) DCM delivered ref demarche points to MFA Acting Permanent Secretary Cicely Solomon on January 8. Solomon agreed that Iranian leadership at UNDP would be counterproductive, and said the GOAB would instruct its UN Permrep to work to block an Iranian presidency and to find and support a su [...] | 2009-01-08 18:34:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID UN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN100 | BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE DTC CASE: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 18:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC BB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN109 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A [...] | 2009-02-13 19:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
| 09BRIDGETOWN114 | ANTIGUA: UPHEAVAL ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (C) Antiguan PM Spencer's February 17 announcement of March 12 as the date for parliamentary elections was almost immediately overshadowed by an announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission of action being taken against U.S.-Antiguan citizen Sir Allen Stanford for "massive, on-going fraud [...] | 2009-02-18 21:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ST CN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN116 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (s/nf) According to the definitional criteria in reftel, the countries of the eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) have little that qualify as CI/KR assets from a U.S. national security perspective [...] | 2009-02-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL ETTC XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN122 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is [...] | 2009-02-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC |
| 09BRIDGETOWN126 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) the [...] | 2009-02-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN132 | INSIDE CRICKET: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS POLITICAL [...] (C) A long-time member of the ruling St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP),Dwyer Astaphan, recently resigned from the Douglas administration, opening the door for the Concerned Citizen Movement (CCM) -- a Nevis-based party -- to play a kingmaker's role, possibly in coalition with the oppos [...] | 2009-02-26 22:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN136 | THE STANFORD SAGA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) The Eastern Caribbean is still bracing itself for the full impact of fraud allegations against Texas billionaire and financier, R. Allen Stanford. Some effects from the fall-out have already been felt across the region, most notably in Antigua and Barbuda, where Stanford was the largest [...] | 2009-02-27 17:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM EFIN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN140 | INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] (U) This response covers the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2. (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. A [...] | 2009-03-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN142 | CHINESE VICE PREMIER HUI,S VISIT: IT WAS ALL ABOUT [...] (C) The visit of Vice Premier Hui Liangyu to Barbados was more style than substance, according to senior MFA officials. The primary goal of the visit appears to have been to reinforce China,s commitment to the region in order to prevent any new flip-flops on the recognition of Taiwan followi [...] | 2009-03-04 19:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN143 | TIP SUBMISSION - SAINT LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is (are) th [...] | 2009-03-04 19:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PHUM KWMN ELAD SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN144 | COLLAPSE OF TRINIDAD,S CL FINANCIAL GROUP RIPPLES [...] (C) The collapse and subsequent bailout of the CLICO Group, one of the largest financial conglomerates in the Caribbean, is a cause of serious concern in Barbados. CLICO holds a wide range of assets in Barbados including the Barbados National Bank, which Prime Minister Thompson is now seeking [...] | 2009-03-04 19:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL CN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN145 | DOMINICA: EMERGING WATER SUPERPOWER? [...] (U) Dominica has the potential to be a massive exporter of potable fresh water, with some 300 million gallons spilling into the ocean every day. The government has expressed interest in exploiting this largely untapped resource, but a lack of capacity and resources to focus on the possible i [...] | 2009-03-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP XL EAGR EIND ETRD EWWT SENV |
| 09BRIDGETOWN146 | DOMINICA'S LABOR UNIONS STRUGGLING AMID ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Dominica,s labor union leaders were surprisingly upbeat in recent meetings, believing that Dominica,s isolation and small economy with a strong agricultural base will limit the impact of the global financial crisis on the nation,s economy. Cruise ship arrivals are holding steady at cl [...] | 2009-03-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ESSO KHIV PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN153 | REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Summary: In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown submits the following requests for Embassy Science Fellows to work in Dominica, St Lucia and Barbados. Point of contact for these proposals is ESTH Officer, Jake Aller, allerjc2@state.gov, 246-227-4274. End Summary. -------------------- [...] | 2009-03-06 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN155 | IMF SHIFTS COURSE ON ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PROJECT [...] (C) Following a January 30-February 12 Article IV consultation visit to St. Vincent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a report in which it termed the construction of a costly new international airport a step in the right direction for the country's tourism development. This conclus [...] | 2009-03-06 20:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN160 | DOMINICA COMMERCIAL SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Dominica has long been an undeveloped and underserved economy in the Caribbean, but projects in geothermal power and freshwater have the potential to attract business interest to the country. The American business community is small but growing, with interests in electricity, media, qu [...] | 2009-03-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN162 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN: TOURISM ECONOMY WAITING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Governments across the Eastern Caribbean continue to put on a brave face about the effects of the global economic recession; however, sources in the business community paint a different picture. Local tourism associations and hoteliers are very concerned about the depth and duration of [...] | 2009-03-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN166 | DOMINICA POLECON ROUNDUP [...] (C) The Government of Dominica continues to suffer from small-time leadership, a perception that corruption is out of hand, and a lack of momentum in developing infrastructure for growth. The newly formed Integrity in Public Office Commission is operational, but hamstrung by lack of resource [...] | 2009-03-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL INRB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN171 | ANTIGUA RETURNS UPP TO POWER; ALP HEADS TO COURT [...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda's ruling United Progressive Party(UPP) won a closely contested election March 12, taking nine of the 17 seats and retaining its majority in parliament, but losing three previously-held seats in an election marred by delays and technical difficulties. Among the seats l [...] | 2009-03-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ST XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN180 | Cuban Dissident Blasts Cuban Racism, Sparking Vigorous [...] (SBU) A rare public presentation by a critic of Cuba sponsored by the University of the West Indies drew big crowds, sparked a heated debate, and evoked a hysterical (in both senses of the word) response from the Cuban Ambassador in Barbados. Afro-Cuban dissident Carlos Moore highlighted the p [...] | 2009-03-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN187 | JRCC ASSESSMENT, EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (SBU) The JRCC has proven to be an incredibly useful tool for this mission and in particular for our law enforcement community. Originally developed to screen for potential terrorist threats attendant to the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC),JRCC and the APIS system have had the unforeseen benefit [...] | 2009-03-25 21:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM CVIS EAIR PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN195 | EASTERN CARIBBEAN PLANS FOR SOA (C-AL9-00153) [...] (C) Eastern Caribbean Prime Ministers all plan to lead their delegations to the Summit of the Americas. All seven Eastern Caribbean countries believe that the Summit provides an opportune moment to engage the new U.S. Administration to address what they see as a potentially devastating blow [...] | 2009-03-30 16:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN199 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in Antigua and Barbuda. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Antigua and Bar [...] | 2009-04-01 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN2 | RESPONSE CABLE: ANTIGUA AIR STATION LEASE RENEWAL [...] (U) Post received a Diplomatic Note responding to DOD,s request for a 90 day extension of the lease for the United States Air Force maintained facility in Antigua and Barbuda, as well as the U.S.-Antigua Defense Areas and Facilities Agreement, both of which expire on December 31, 2008 (Ref A). [...] | 2009-01-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN200 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in Barbados. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Barbados benefits from som [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN201 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in St. Lucia. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Dominica benefits from so [...] | 2009-04-01 13:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN204 | BARBADOS PM APPEALS TO POTUS RE TAX HAVEN BILLS [...] (SBU) Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson sent the President a strongly worded appeal to exempt his country from any pending anti-tax haven legislation. Calling on the President and Congress to avoid a "broad brush and generic condemnation" of international financial centers on the basis [...] | 2009-04-01 22:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN207 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DOMINICA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparencyin Dominica. Responses are keyed to reftel quesions. -- Is the central government expected to eceive or is it already receiving U.S. foreignassistance funded using FY 09 funds? Dominica bnefits from some reg [...] | 2009-04-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN210 | ST LUCIA: GOVERNMENT WEAKNESS AND FOREIGN [...] (C) The government's integrity and accountability are under increasing strain in St. Lucia in the face of continued tensions within the governing party and windfall foreign funds being deployed by Taiwan into government constituencies. With the ongoing economic slowdown impacting the island, [...] | 2009-04-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL INRB XL CH TW EAID OFDP |
| 09BRIDGETOWN216 | CARIBBEAN WORKERS: DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) A recent survey of labor contacts throughout our region revealed an upswing in unemployment and poverty, but also a surprising degree of optimism for the months ahead. Labor leaders report that the impact of the global recession has so far not led to feared high levels of job losses. Whil [...] | 2009-04-06 19:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ESSO PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN219 | Counter-Narcotics on our Eastern Caribbean Third Border: [...] (SBU) The countries of the Eastern Caribbean are seeing a steady increase in narcotics trafficking and the attendant problems of gun and gang violence in their communities. Trafficking is on the rise as drug runners look for alternate routes to compensate for successes under Plan Colombia and [...] | 2009-04-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN238 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS - [...] (sbu) Per reftel request, contact information for Embassy Bridgetown's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers follows: TFCO: Cheryl Kast Title: Treasury Attache Telephone: 246-227-4132 (office); 246-822-1176 (cell) unclass email 1: cheryl.kast@ci.irs.gov unclass email 2: kastcl@state.go [...] | 2009-04-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN243 | SAINT LUCIA: ECONOMIC PROMISE AND PITFALLS [...] (U) The economy of St. Lucia is suffering from a decline in tourist arrivals, but the consensus is that the country is on the right path and should do well when the global economy recovers. American businesses see potential for their investments in St. Lucia, but believe the government needs [...] | 2009-04-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD XL PGOV KCRM PREL INRB |
| 09BRIDGETOWN249 | CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO ST. VINCENT HIGHLIGHTS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) During an April 19-20 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG),a CODEL chaired by New York Congressman Eliot Engel met with Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Foreign Minister Sir Louis Straker, and a host of local dignitaries. The just-concluded Summit of the Americas, new directions [...] | 2009-04-27 19:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN255 | ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SUGAR QUOTA [...] (U) Embassy Bridgetown received diplomatic note number 172/2009, dated 21 April 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Vincent and the Grenadines regarding the export of sugar to the United States. The MFA stated "St. Vincent and the Grenadines is not a producer of sugar." St. Vi [...] | 2009-04-30 18:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN256 | DOMINICA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Steve Ferrol, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Dominica, on April 22nd, 2009. Ferrol stated that the issue of Kosovo had been discussed in Caricom, but as of yet there has been no decision made. Ferrol knew of a letter b [...] | 2009-04-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL XL ECON |
| 09BRIDGETOWN266 | TRADE BANS ON PORK DUE TO H1N1 FEARS: ST. LUCIA [...] (SBU) FAS Officer demarched St. Lucia Chief Veterinary Officer George Joseph regarding the pork ban as requested reftel. Joseph confirmed the ban, and declined to consider lifting it at this time. We will continue to follow up with ag ministry contacts and MFA. The CVO in St. Lucia has bro [...] | 2009-05-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN269 | U.S.-CARIBBEAN TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO ADVANCE [...] (U) Mission officers have contacted senior and working level contacts in ministries of foreign affairs and national security in all countries in our AOR to encourage participation and substantive input into the technical talks in Paramaribo as requested reftel. In addition, Mission officers [...] | 2009-05-07 21:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN27 | ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION - MORE HARD TIMES AHEAD [...] (C) Former St. Vincent Ambassador to the UN and cabinet minister under previous Mitchell administrations, Jonathan Peters, announced his return to politics in St. Vincent in a January 13 meeting at the Embassy. Peters has an ambitious plan both to take control of the opposition New Democratic [...] | 2009-01-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN282 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO BARBADOS [...] (SBU) Your visit, on the heels of Barbados Prime Minister Thompson's meeting with the President at the Summit of the Americas, provides opportunities to follow-up on the President,s conversations on regional stability and security and to demonstrate to the people of the region our continuing [...] | 2009-05-13 21:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN292 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on May 15 the Embassy provided information concerning the addition of Abdul Haq to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with al-Qaeda, Usama bin Ladin, or the Taliban to the MFAs of the following countries under cover of Diplomatic Notes: [...] | 2009-05-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN293 | BARBADOS ANNOUNCES NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (SBU) A recent announcement by Barbados PM David Thompson that places greater restrictions on undocumented CARICOM aliens has elicited negative reactions from the opposition, the local Guyanese community, and regional commentators. While the policy is consistent with other GOB actions to "fe [...] | 2009-05-19 20:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV BB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN294 | ST. VINCENT PM LASHES OUT OVER BARBADOS IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (U) St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves leveled unusually sharp criticism against a fellow CARICOM member at a speech to the St. Vincent parliament May 14. While stopping just short of calling out Barbados PM David Thompson by name, Gonsalves strongly castigated Barbados for a recently- [...] | 2009-05-19 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN295 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Vincent and the Grenadines follows. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. [...] | 2009-05-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN303 | BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel queries for Barbados. -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Barbados has not taken any steps to advance democracy or human rights in Cuba. -- Has the host country made public statem [...] | 2009-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN304 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made other public statemen [...] | 2009-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN305 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for Dominica. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made public state [...] | 2009-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN306 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for Antigua and Barbuda. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Antigua and Barbuda has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host cou [...] | 2009-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN307 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Kitts and Nevis. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host cou [...] | 2009-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN312 | USNS COMFORT VISIT DAZZLES ANTIGUA [...] (U) The May 5-16 goodwill visit of the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Comfort to Antigua and Barbuda drew rave reviews from every corner of the country. The visit directly touched over 55,000 lives -- well over half the population of the country -- along with numerous others through community relati [...] | 2009-05-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN314 | ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER'S VISIT TO BARBADOS SETS [...] (C) Attorney General Eric Holder's May 21-24 visit to Barbados generated enormous goodwill both in Barbados and more broadly among CARICOM Attorneys General. The visit, which received glowing press in Barbados, charted a positive agenda for judicial and law enforcement cooperation between t [...] | 2009-05-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL KJUS MASS XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN315 | BARBADOS PM TELLS AG HOLDER RAUL CASTRO WANTS TO [...] (C) Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, who met with Raul Castro one on one for two hours in mid-May, told Attorney General Holder that he was "impressed by the degree to which Raul Castro is interested in working with the United States." Given Barbados' long-standing good relations with [...] | 2009-05-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN328 | VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Per reftels, the Embassy provided information on May 12 and again on June 2, 2009 regarding the June 3, 2009 voting deadline for World Bank Governors to cast a vote regarding Kosovo's admission to the World Bank. The MFAs of the following countries were contacted under cover of Diplom [...] | 2009-06-03 20:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL XL KV |
| 09BRIDGETOWN329 | BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) Barbados' acting health minister confirmed on June 3 the first recorded case of swine flu. The case was confirmed by the Caribbean Epidemiology Research Centre in Trinidad (CAREC). The Barbados public health office announced that a 19-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for the H1N1 str [...] | 2009-06-04 19:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN331 | BARBADOS RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) Barbados' acting health minister confirmed on June 3 the first recorded case of swine flu. The case was confirmed by the Caribbean Epidemiology Research Centre in Trinidad (CAREC). The Barbados public health office announced that a 19-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for the H1N1 str [...] | 2009-06-04 22:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN339 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: May 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...] | 2009-06-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN34 | FINAL DEPARTURE FROM POST - AMBASSADOR MARY MARTIN [...] Ambassador Mary Martin Ourisman departed post on Friday, January 16, 2009, at 12:46 p.m. local time for return to Washington, D.C. 2. The Transfer of Office certificate has been signed by Ambassador Mary Ourisman and Charge d'Affaires David Brent Hardt as follows; a signed original is file [...] | 2009-01-16 21:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV PREL BB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN345 | ADVANCE ACQISITION PLAN - PFP'S FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND [...] NAS Bridgetown has no acquisition requirements above $100,000 at this time. HARDT [...] | 2009-06-10 21:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN346 | GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ON EVERYONE'S FRONT BURNER IN [...] (C) Having been granted rights to develop a geothermal reservoir by the Government of Nevis, West Indies Power claims it is 18 months away from generating sufficient power to meet the energy needs of Nevis, and more than 2 years away from exporting power to St. Kitts. Large potential customers [...] | 2009-06-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN347 | READY TO DRILL (FOR STEAM NOT OIL): DOMINICA [...] (U) On 14 March 2009, poloff, met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Ports Vincent Philbert to discuss the Summit of the Americas, focusing on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (EPCA). Philbert advised us that representatives from Domin [...] | 2009-06-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | XL ECON ENV EINV ENRG SENV TRGY |
| 09BRIDGETOWN348 | BLANKET DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM [...] Blanket over-flight clearance approval has been received via diplomatic notes for the duration of the year 2009 hurricane season from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Antigua and Barbuda (Note #172/2009),Barbados (Note #298/2009),Dominica (Note #242/04-1382),St. Kitts and Nevis (No [...] | 2009-06-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR SENV SOCI TPHY XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN358 | ANTIGUA'S RULING PARTY UNDER PRESSURE FROM COURT [...] (C) In the three months since the election that saw the United Progressive Party (UPP) returned to power in Antigua, the government has found itself under pressure from legal challenges to election results from opposition Antigua Labor Party (ALP) and internal party infighting. The Antiguan [...] | 2009-06-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN369 | EXPROPRIATION - ST. LUCIA [...] (SBU) St. Lucia has one outstanding expropriation case. ---------------------- Claimant Designation -------------------- 2. (U) Claimants A through F. --------------------- Date of Expropriation --------------------- 3. (U) The initial expropriation occurred in May 2008. The ti [...] | 2009-06-19 19:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN377 | ANTIGUA GOVT HOLDS TRUMP CARD OVER CORRUPT [...] (c) On June 22, UK High Commissioner Duncan Taylor passed to the Charge a copy of a "confidential opinion" from a law firm hired by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to investigate possible corrupt activities by the previous government with regards to repayment of a development loan. The [...] | 2009-06-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM CVIS XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN388 | REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF HUBERT CHARLES [...] (SBU) Diplomatic Note 204/02/1-1460, dated June 23, 2009, was received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth of Dominica, requesting agreement for the appointment of Hubert Charles as Dominica's Ambassador to the United States. 2. (U) The diplomatic note included Mr. Charles' c [...] | 2009-06-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN402 | SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) According to press coverage, St. Lucia has reported its first case of H1N1. The Ministry of Health was informed on June 26th by the Caribbean Epidemology Center (CAREC) based in Trinidad that the sample of a 32 year old woman was positive for the H1N1 virus. The patient had recently re [...] | 2009-07-02 12:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO KSTH XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN407 | CHAVEZ LAVISHES ATTENTION ON DOMINICA AFTER ST. [...] (C) On June 12th, the 18 member states of Venezuela's PetroCaribe agreement held their 6th annual summit on the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis; President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was the headliner. Citing the dynamic nature of oil prices and the global economy, St. Kitts PM Denzil Dougl [...] | 2009-07-02 20:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN41 | CUBA, DEPORTEES AND SECURITY TOP AGENDA IN [...] (C) During the Ambassador's January 8 farewell call on St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, he called on the U.S. to unconditionally end its economic embargo on Cuba. PM Gonsalves spoke at length about the deep, strong ties that bind the United States and the Caribb [...] | 2009-01-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL XL ZL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN417 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS OPPOSITION LEADERS ANTICIPATE [...] (C) Opposition leaders from the People's Action Movement (PAM) on St. Kitts are renouncing their U.S. citizenship in anticipation of possible elections in July. Using the out of control crime wave and the government's lack of action as corner stone of a PAM campaign, leaders are confident they [...] | 2009-07-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN425 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ELECTIONS: WAITING FOR THE [...] (C) Michael Morton, Chairman of the largest private sector entity on St. Kitts and Nevis and a strong opposition party supporter, told emboffs in a recent meeting that he believes Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and the St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKLP) did not call elections as expected on [...] | 2009-07-15 14:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN430 | NEVIS HOSTS GEOTHERMAL CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) hosted the first Eastern Caribbean Geothermal Energy Conference on Nevis, June 30th through July 2nd to promote geothermal energy in the region. In Attendance were government officials from St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica, and St. Vincent and [...] | 2009-07-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL EINV KTBD IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN438 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: June 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...] | 2009-07-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN446 | CBERA BIENNIAL SURVEY -- EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Embassy Bridgetown provides below its responses to reftel request for information on CBERA-related investment in the Eastern Caribbean and the economic impact of CBI on these countries. Please note this response covers the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Gre [...] | 2009-07-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN448 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) In an effort to get a grip on escalating, gang-related violent crime in the Eastern Caribbean, St. Kitts and Nevis hosted the first Regional Conference on Youth Crime and Violence Prevention on June 22-23. The conference sought to define the scope of the problem, establish why the violence [...] | 2009-07-22 18:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ECON SOCI PREL PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN460 | DEMARCHE TO GOAB ON ZOOKZ.COM WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarche to Antigua's Finance Minister and Attorney General in separate meetings July 24. By that time, the GOAB had taken aggressive action to shut down the Zookz.com website and to strongly denounce the company's assertion that it was acting legally under the term [...] | 2009-07-29 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN461 | POLOFF INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with key St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) government and non-government representatives yielded leads on SVG's orientation towards the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Shipboarding Agreement, reaction on G/TIP's Tier 2 Watchlist designation, and offered [...] | 2009-07-29 19:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN462 | ANTIGUA, ST. VINCENT EAGER TO RENEW TALKS ON PSI [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (SBU) In separate meetings July 20 and July 23-24, senior government officials in both St. Vincent and Antigua signaled their readiness to engage with USG experts to conclude shipboarding agreements under the Proliferation Security Initiative. [...] | 2009-07-29 20:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN465 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SSI SPEAKER FOSTERS DEBATE IN [...] (U) The Strategic Speaker Initiative brought solar power expert JF Scarborough to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica to talk about alternative energy. This timely topic attracted surprisingly large crowds and fostered vigorous debate within the countries on the best way to manage future alternati [...] | 2009-07-30 20:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN471 | ALBA'S ALLURE TO ANTIGUA ET AL [...] (c) Three of the seven Eastern Caribbean countries are now members of both ALBA and PetroCaribe. While this has raised eyebrows among political pundits in the region and beyond, the three island nations that have joined - Dominica, St. Vincent, and most recently, Antigua - are doing what they [...] | 2009-08-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN483 | DOMINICA DEBATES THE FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) A recently concluded Strategic Speaker Initiative (reftel A) brought about a timely debate within Dominica on the best way to manage future alternative energy projects. In Dominica, the elephant in the room is geothermal energy, which is seen by many as a savior for the country despite th [...] | 2009-08-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN5 | DOMINICA: AMATEURISH PM'S OFFICE BOTCHES [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Despite repeated confirmation the day prior to the Ambassador's planned December 17 farewell calls on Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Foreign Minister Vince Henderson, both were no-shows [...] | 2009-01-05 18:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN500 | LEADING ST. VINCENT'S OPPOSITION -- WHAT'S SECOND [...] (C) Jonathan Peters, the former Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador to the UN and Minister of Trade under Sir James Mitchell, met with poloffs to discuss his plans to run for opposition leader in St. Vincent. This was his third trip to the Embassy in less than a year, to ask for [...] | 2009-08-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN507 | GRENADA REPLACES CONTROVERSIAL AG IN CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Grenada's year-old Government announced a cabinet reshuffle on 31 July, the centerpiece of which was the formal sacking of a controversial Attorney General. The reshuffle also resulted in the creation of two new ministries and the division of several others. According to the Senior Ad [...] | 2009-08-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN514 | GOOD PROGRESS AT SECOND CBSI WG MEETING [...] (U) An August 13 working group meeting between Caribbean officials and USG representatives made good progress on moving the President's security agenda for the Caribbean region forward. The two sides agreed to craft a political declaration, strategy, and action plan to frame assistance under [...] | 2009-08-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID KJUS SNAR PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN529 | St. Vincent Eager to Cooperate on Anti-TIP Measures [...] The Office to Counter Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) consultant's August 24-27 meetings with Vincentian government (GOSVG) and NGO representatives revealed receptiveness to further anti-TIP cooperation, from expanded legislation beyond the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) model [...] | 2009-08-31 21:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM EAID PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN530 | LEADING ST. VINCENT'S OPPOSITION -- WHAT'S SECOND [...] (SBU) Jonathan Peters, the former Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador to the UN and Minister of Trade under Sir James Mitchell, met with poloffs to discuss his plans to run for opposition leader in St. Vincent. This was his third trip to the Embassy in less than a year, to ask f [...] | 2009-09-01 19:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN555 | SSI SPEAKER ELECTRIFIES EASTERN CARIBBEAN SMALL [...] (U) Strategic Speaker Chuck Mills made a series of presentations and met with government officials, local chambers of commerce and small business associations during his week-long trip to Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia. His talk on small business development and entrepreneurship was well-re [...] | 2009-09-14 20:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP ECON EFIN EINV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN567 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: NAS Summer 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a summary of law enforcement and counter-narcotics activities and training for July and August 2009 in Embassy Bridgetown's AOR. Most of the reporting period was dominated by a JIATF-S led operation, Operation Flying Fish II, which resulted in numerous contacts with drug [...] | 2009-09-16 22:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS MASS PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN6 | CUBA, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C). During a December 19 farewell call on Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, the Ambassador thanked Thompson for his efforts to work with us to strengthen regional security, urged him to reassess his government's approach to UN human rights resolutions, and reaffirmed U.S. support for co [...] | 2009-01-05 19:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL XL ZL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN611 | EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN EXPANDS OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) Following a successful inaugural Iftar celebration for Ramadan 2007, Embassy Bridgetown significantly expanded outreach to Eastern Caribbean Islamic communities in 2009 with Iftar events in three countries -- Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis. All three events were well attend [...] | 2009-10-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PHUM PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN615 | ST. VINCENT SET TO LAUNCH MAJOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Vincentians are preparing for what will likely be a hotly contested vote in a November 25 referendum on a new constitution. The proposed constitution, which would turn the multi-island nation into a presidential republic, has been touted by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as essential fo [...] | 2009-10-06 12:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN617 | (C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: BARBADOS PM [...] (C) Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson is a bland but competent leader who is maintaining his country's long-standing tradition of political pragmatism and fiscal responsibility. He is also committed to an independent foreign policy of "moderation and commonsense." This commitment, refle [...] | 2009-10-06 20:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR INRB XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN619 | ST LUCIA IFTAR HIGHLIGHTS COMPETITION IN LOCAL [...] (C) The Iftar hosted by the Embassy in St. Lucia continued our efforts begun in Barbados in 2007 to reach out to the small but growing Muslim Community in the Eastern Caribbean. This community is appreciative of U.S. engagement. The local dynamics among Muslim groups competing for scarce re [...] | 2009-10-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL KISL SOCI XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN62 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM OECS DIRECTOR GENERAL LEN [...] Please deliver the following message from OECS Director General Len Ishmael to President Barack Obama. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mr. President, It is with the utmost pride and humility that we of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States add our voice to the many throughout the world, in [...] | 2009-01-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP OECS XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN622 | (C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: ST. VINCENT PM [...] (C/NF) Politically rooted in 1970s leftist movements, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is a pragmatic ideologue with a strong populist bent. He has the charisma and political savvy needed to keep himself in power for years to come, though his popularity is gradual [...] | 2009-10-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR INRB PREL PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN623 | GRENADA EAGER TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE ENERGY -- BUT [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Energy and Environment Officials, senior officials from GRENLEC, the American-owned private utility company in Grenada, and the President of Grensol, a solar power provider, to assess the state of play of alternative energy development in Grenada. The consensus [...] | 2009-10-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG EINV ETRD ECON SENV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN624 | COMMERCIAL WORKSHOP IN GRENADA GARNERS INTEREST, [...] (U) Emboff conducted a half-day workshop in Grenada on September 24 to promote USG programs that facilitate trade and investment. This was the fourth in a series of these workshops that the Pol/Econ section at Embassy Bridgetown has held. Previous workshops included Barbados, St Lucia, and S [...] | 2009-10-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ENRG ECON ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN625 | LABOUR UNIONS STRUGGLING IN GRENADA AS RECESSION [...] (U) Labor unions are struggling in Grenada as the global recession is deeply affecting their members. Unemployment is estimated by the government at over 30 percent, but so far, large scale layoffs have been averted. Labor, the government and the business community are engaged in negotiating [...] | 2009-10-08 17:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OECS ELAB ECON XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN653 | RELEASE OF LAST OF THE GRENADA 17 BRIEFLY SHAKES [...] (C) The release on September 5, 2009 of the last of the "Grenada 17" -- those in prison for their roles in the assassination of then-Prime Minister Maurice Bishop --, caused a brief but energetic outpouring of political vitriol in the days following the government's action. The government, n [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN654 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN655 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN656 | RELEASE OF LAST OF THE GRENADA 17 BRIEFLY SHAKES [...] (C) The release on September 5, 2009 of the last of the "Grenada 17" -- those in prison for their roles in the assassination of then-Prime Minister Maurice Bishop --, caused a brief but energetic outpouring of political vitriol in the days following the government's action. The government, n [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN658 | RELEASE OF LAST OF THE GRENADA 17 BRIEFLY SHAKES [...] (C) The release on September 5, 2009 of the last of the "Grenada 17" -- those in prison for their roles in the assassination of then-Prime Minister Maurice Bishop --, caused a brief but energetic outpouring of political vitriol in the days following the government's action. The government, n [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN659 | YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN660 | SOUTHCOM ASSESSMENTS ON ST.LUCIA HOSPITAL [...] (C) The three assessments prepared by SOUTHCOM on the effects of the fire at St. Jude's hospital in St. Lucia were completed and delivered to Prime Minister King October 2. These assessments, encompassing the entire Medical infrastructure of southern St. Lucia, provided a roadmap for rebuildi [...] | 2009-10-16 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS PGOV PHUM PREL SL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN661 | INAUGURAL BARBADOS BUSINESS FORUM STRESSES [...] (U) Tougher regulations on international financial service providers, mainly to diminish criticism of their operations as so-called "tax havens," and diversification of the Caribbean market were two main themes of the Barbados International Business Association's first-ever conference on the i [...] | 2009-10-16 21:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ETRD XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN675 | CHINESE-MADE PLANES HEADED TO THE CARIBBEAN [...] (C) The Governments of Barbados and Antigua, two of the three majority shareholders in the monopoly regional air carrier LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport),have expressed strong interest in replacing the aging fleet of turboprops with Chinese-made planes. China's Ambassador in Antigua con [...] | 2009-10-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAIR PREL CN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN68 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM DOMINICA'S [...] Embassy Bridgetown received Diplomatic Note No. 211/01-224 from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which included a letter from President Nicholas Liverpool containing a congratulatory message for President Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. When the or [...] | 2009-02-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN685 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ST. [...] (SBU) CDA conveyed reftel points to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Foreign Minister Louis Straker in meetings October 26. PM Gonsalves said he was displeased with the images of abuse displayed during Iran's recent presidential election, adding that his June [...] | 2009-10-29 18:22:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PHUM IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN686 | 2009 TIP REPORT INTERIM ASSESSMENT: ST. VINCENT [...] (SBU) Since being placed on the Tier 2 Watchlist, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has worked cooperatively with the Embassy to ensure that the country addresses the perceived weaknesses that landed it on that list. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves spoke to the Charge an [...] | 2009-10-29 18:35:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV SMIG XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN689 | ST. VINCENT CONTINUES IRAN COURTSHIP IN HOPES OF [...] (C) In his attempt to garner financial support for his signature International Airport project, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves (with encouragement from Venezuela's Hugo Chavez) has sought to forge closer relations with Iran. Although he has held two meetings with Iranian president [...] | 2009-10-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC PGOV PHUM PARM IR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN690 | VINCENTIAN NATIONAL DAY EVENTS SHARPEN BATTLE [...] (SBU) St. Vincent's November 25 constitutional referendum was the main focus of discussion with government and NGO interlocutors, and the main point of Independence Day remarks made by Prime Minister Gonsalves, during the October 27 festivities marking the country's 30th anniversary of indepen [...] | 2009-10-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN699 | GOLDSTONE POINTS SENT TO EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 18:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN710 | 050196866 BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Response to reftel inquiries for pre-license check on license 050196866 for the export of ammunition to Barbados, through Carter and Company, follows. -- When was your company established and who are its principals? Carter and Company was established in 1925. It is a private shareh [...] | 2009-11-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN711 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Vincent and the Grenadines follows. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. [...] | 2009-11-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN712 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Vincent and the Grenadines follows. - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, Barbados has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host coun [...] | 2009-11-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN721 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for Dominica follows. -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has done nothing to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. -- Has the host co [...] | 2009-11-17 17:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN723 | REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) Response to reftel inquiries for St. Lucia follows. -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has done nothing to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. -- Has the host country [...] | 2009-11-17 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN725 | St Kitts: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country [...] | 2009-11-18 18:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL XL CU |
| 09BRIDGETOWN73 | GOB INFORMALLY POSTPONING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY (SBU) In a January 29 meeting arranged by the Embassy at the request of San Diego-based PriceSmart, a warehouse-style shopping club, Director of Barbados' Consumers Affairs Department (DCCA) Terry Bascombe assured PriceSmart executives and econoffs that the GOB would not follow through [...] | 2009-02-04 21:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OECS EINV ECON XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN733 | Barbados Launches First-Ever Entrepreneurship Venture [...] The Barbados Government, in conjunction with a handful of local business leaders, announced the formation of the island nation's first-ever business start-up seed capital and venture capital fund on November 13. The fund, which was capitalized by the Barbados Government, will be administered [...] | 2009-11-19 18:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN735 | GONSALVES DEFENDS TIES WITH VENEZUELA, BUT WELCOMES DEEPER [...] (C) In a three-hour marathon meeting with the Charge October 26, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves outlined his efforts to combat drug trafficking and crime and his need for new assets and expanded U.S. support. He defended his close ties to Venezuela through ALBA and PetroCaribe, but [...] | 2009-11-19 20:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN737 | Embassy Bridgetown Nomination for 2010 Secretary's Award for [...] With the concurrence of the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown country team, I am pleased to nominate St. Vincent and the Grenadines civil society and human rights activist Anesia Octavia Baptiste for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Baptiste, an outspoken, effective an [...] | 2009-11-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN739 | BARBADOS COAST GUARD COMMANDER TACKLES CORRUPTION, TRAINING [...] (C) Newly installed Barbados Coast Guard Commander Sean Reece emphasized the need for further training for his units as the Coast Guard grapples with serious internal corruption issues and regional capacity deficiencies. Reece commended the close cooperation between the Coast Guard and U.S. So [...] | 2009-12-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS SNAR CH XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN741 | PM PONDERS ELECTIONS AFTER FAILED REDISTRICTING BID [...] (C) With no date yet set for St. Kitts and Nevis General elections, the constitutional deadline of March, 2010 is looming Larger, leaving the government with ever-more restricted room to maneuver. After an apparent opposition legal victory stemming from accusations of gerrymandering by the ru [...] | 2009-12-04 18:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ST XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN743 | Dominica PM Calls Snap Elections for December 18 [...] (C) Prime Minister Skerrit announced snap elections to occur on the 18th of December. This is ten months earlier than required, and reflects Skerrit's calculation that his advantage may be at its peak due to an influx of assistance from Venezuela and China -- both officially in terms of infra [...] | 2009-12-04 21:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OAS XL VE |
| 09BRIDGETOWN745 | Dominica Election Primer: The Bolivarian Candidate [...] (C) With high unemployment and government corruption dominating election debates, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has decided to take a gamble on his political career, betting that he can ride a wave of financial support from China and Venezuela to overcome his government's poor sho [...] | 2009-12-04 21:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON XL VE |
| 09BRIDGETOWN747 | (C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: DOMINICA PM ROOSEVELT [...] (C) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica was the youngest head of government in the world when he took office in 2004 at 31 years of age. His youth has been highlighted as a reason for his naivetC) in international circles, but also as an indicator of well-honed political instincts th [...] | 2009-12-07 19:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV XL VE |
| 09BRIDGETOWN749 | The Last of the Caribs [...] (C) Dominica's Carib territory - one of the last vestiges of indigenous Carib culture in the Hemisphere -- is rapidly losing its cultural identity due to increasing government encroachment, the breakdown of public institutions, and the high rate of poverty and social ills within the Carib comm [...] | 2009-12-07 19:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EAID ECON KWMN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN753 | (C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA PM [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has gradually grown into his role as the dominant figure in Antiguan politics and, with his recent electoral victory, looks set to remain in power through 2014. Despite his decision to join ALBA and PetroCaribe and the fawning pro-ALBA rhetoric it has occ [...] | 2009-12-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL VE XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN759 | St. Kitts Shooting for Number One [...] (C) Summary. The per capita murder rate in St. Kitts is on pace to be among the highest in the world for the second year in a row. The country has set a new record for gun murders, despite new gun legislation and a national crackdown on illegal fire arms. A poorly trained police force sore [...] | 2009-12-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV KCRM EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN761 | Dominican PM's Boasts of Assistance Refuted by Anguilla and [...] (C) In what is seen as a significant pre-election mistake, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced at a political rally that his government had extended USD$13.5 million in loans to Anguilla and Antigua to help its "downtrodden" fellow members of the Organization of Eastern Caribb [...] | 2009-12-16 19:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN763 | Antigua's Economy: Down for the Count? [...] (C) Antigua's public debt has increased at a catastrophic rate over the last two years, leading to a debt to GDP ratio of almost 120 percent. The government's own estimates show that the ratio will likely hit 200 percent by the end of the its current term in office in 2014, if drastic measure [...] | 2009-12-16 19:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL CH XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN765 | Dominica's Opposition Leader Cautiously Optimistic Despite [...] (C) Dominica's main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) leader Ron Green was cautiously optimistic in a call on the Charge in Bridgetown December 11, a week ahead of December 18 General Elections. Green lamented the role that outside money was playing in the election, especially by giving th [...] | 2009-12-16 19:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN769 | Where there's Smoke: Corruption in Dominica [...] (C) Allegations of corruption continue to mount against Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as December 18 national elections approach. These allegations focus primarily on the Layou River Scandal, bogus Ambassadorial appointments, no bid government contracts, Ross University villas, an [...] | 2009-12-16 21:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN771 | Dominica's General Election Creates a Nearly One Party State [...] (C) Roosevelt Skerrit's Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won a landslide victory, capturing 18 of the 21 constituencies, with the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) relegated to only 3 seats. The final vote tally was 61 percent for the DLP, 35 percent for the UWP and 4 percent for the remaining [...] | 2009-12-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM OAS XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN773 | St. Lucia Minister of Commerce Laments Government [...] (SBU) St. Lucia Commerce Minister Tessa Mangal outlined challenges facing the government in St. Lucia from poor training and lack of professional standards among civil servants in a December 4 meeting with the ChargC). Mangal expressed frustration over the lack of a customer service mentality [...] | 2009-12-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ECON PGOV KWMN XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN774 | ST. VINCENT REJECTS NEW CONSTITUTION: VOTERS DASH PM [...] (SBU) Vincentians voted convincingly November 25 to reject a constitutional referendum that would have significantly changed St. Vincent's structure of governance. The surprisingly sharp 56-44 percent defeat set Prime Minister Gonsalves on his heels and dashed his plans to follow the referendu [...] | 2009-12-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN78 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CONTENDS FOR PER CAPITA MURDER [...] (C) The small twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is number two, sandwiched between Colombia and South Africa, on the list of nations with the most murders per capita. The spike in killings, now receiving attention in the international press, has the potential to further damage a touris [...] | 2009-02-05 20:11:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL XL SOCI |
| 09BRIDGETOWN786 | International Efforts Keep Drug Trafficking at Bay in [...] (SBU) A consistent presence of counter-drug assets from the international community throughout the summer had a noticeable impact on suppressing trafficking activity in the Eastern Caribbean. Most countries in the region continue to lack financial and human resources to adequately address the [...] | 2009-12-04 19:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN81 | BARBADOS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, in the face of rising proverty levels due to the high cost of li [...] | 2009-02-06 19:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN83 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given rising poverty levels in the region due to the high cost of li [...] | 2009-02-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN86 | DOMINICA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are starting to rise due to the hig [...] | 2009-02-06 19:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN87 | ST LUCIA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are rising due to the high cost of [...] | 2009-02-06 19:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN88 | ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given that poverty levels in the region are rising due to the hi [...] | 2009-02-06 19:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN89 | ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given the fact that poverty levels in the region are starting to [...] | 2009-02-06 20:01:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL |
| 09BRIDGETOWN99 | ANTIGUA,S RULING PARTY FAVORED TO WIN ELECTION; [...] (C). Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer dissolved parliament February 9 to launch what will be a hotly contested election season. Spencer did not announce an election date, but hinted he will do so soon, with an election date expected by the end of March. The ruling United Progressive [...] | 2009-02-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ST CN XL |
| 09CANBERRA835 | UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL |
| 09CANBERRA837 | UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DELIVERED TO GOA [...] (C/NF) PM Rudd wants to ensure the institutionalization of the G-20 leaders meeting and plans to reinforce that message at his UNGA meetings prior to the Pittsburgh Summit. Maclachlan stated that Australia would like to be a "voice" for those who are not members of the G-20 and that Rudd and [...] | 2009-09-13 23:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL |
| 09GEORGETOWN547 | CANADIAN COMPANY CONFIDENT OIL OFF GUYANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on promising seismic indicators, CGX Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian oil firm CGX Energy Inc. created in 1998 to develop deposits in Guyana's coastal waters, plans to begin exploratory drilling in September 2010 and projects peak production of up to 300 [...] | 2009-12-22 14:40:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EPET XL GY |
| 09GEORGETOWN630 | GUYANA: Demarche Delivered on UNGA "Defamation of Religions" [...] (U) Per reftel, PolChief delivered demarche on the potential dangers of the "Defamation of Religions" resolution and requested the Government of Guyana (GOG) to vote against or to abstain on the resolution when it comes to the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. Demarche was delivered [...] | 2009-12-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PHUM KIRF UN UNGA XL GY |
| 09GRENADA10 | TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA [...] (U) As requested reftel B, below are Embassy Grenada's responses to questions regarding Grenada for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------------ PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-02-17 21:41:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GJ |
| 09GRENADA71 | EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED AUGUST 4 FOR EMANCIPATION DAY HOLIDAY [...] Embassy Grenada will be closed Monday, August 3, 2008 for the local celebration of Emancipation Day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, August 4. 3. Embassy Grenada will be closed also on Monday, August 10 and Tuesday, August 11, 2009 for the local Carnival celebrations. [...] | 2009-07-24 20:38:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER CASC XL |
| 09KINGSTON1024 | JAMAICA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, the following is suggested narrative input for Jamaica: (begin text) Jamaica's proximity to the United States, well developed sea lanes and air links, and the transit of over two million travelers annually between the United States and Jamaica make the country a poten [...] | 2009-11-27 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON1040 | Jamaica Outlines Position For Copenhagen Climate Change [...] (SBU) As the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) prepares to attend the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, they are also finalizing the Second National Communication (SNC) on the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) as required by treaty signatories. The GOJ reports their [...] | 2009-12-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV UNEP ENRG EINV PREL PINR SOCI KGHG XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON1046 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on the potential dangers of the "Defamation of Religions" resolution and solicited the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s commitment to vote against or to abstain on the resolution when it comes to the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. Demarche was de [...] | 2009-12-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PHUM KIRF UN UNGA XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON1106 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Per Reftel, CDA delivered demarche via telephone urging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to vote "yes" on the upcoming Iran human rights resolution in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Demarche was delivered to Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2009-12-15 17:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HURI PREL KISL ISCON UN UNGA JM XL IR |
| 09KINGSTON1118 | JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON113 | JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...] | 2009-02-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON115 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS [...] Per reftel, EmbOffs delivered demarche regarding liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in the course of a meeting on February 11 with Ministry of Agriculture International Trade Specialist Karl Hyatt and Special Advisor Dr. Wayne Henry. 2. Hyatt reconfirmed that Jam [...] | 2009-02-13 15:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON117 | JAMAICA: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 20:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON118 | JAMAICA: UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 20:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON119 | JAMAICA: INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] The responses in this cable are keyed to the questions in Reftel. 2. 23 A. Information on trafficking in persons (TIP) is available from the Department of the Public Prosecutor (DPP),police anti-TIP Unit, and the national anti-TIP task force. These are reliable sources that provide veri [...] | 2009-02-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON144 | JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...] | 2009-02-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON157 | JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...] | 2009-03-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON167 | JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has high expectations for the 2009 SOA to be held April 17-19 in Port-of-Spain. Post is implementing a number of public diplomacy outreach initiatives, and the SOA has begun to receive attention in the local media. End Summary. Foreign Minister's Expectations [...] | 2009-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL KPAO KSUM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON183 | CLEARANCE FOR VESSEL R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (MFAFT) has granted clearance for the vessel R/V Corwith Cramer to conduct maritime scientific research in areas subject to the jurisdiction of Jamaica from 27MAR2009 to 04MAY2009. 2. A copy of the original diplo [...] | 2009-03-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT SENV PBTS PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON184 | JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...] | 2009-03-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON192 | JAMAICA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] In response to reftels (A) and (D),and consistent with reftel (C),to the best of Post's knowledge Jamaica has no record of child labor or forced labor in the production of goods. HEG [...] | 2009-03-12 20:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON260 | JAMAICA: NOT TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 19:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON268 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON269 | JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...] | 2009-04-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON27 | JAMAICA ON TRACK TO RATIFY MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Janice Miller, Assistant Director of Economic Affairs at Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),on January 8. 2. Miller indicated that the Jamaican Parliament must vote to ratify the Montreal Convention. The Minister of Transpo [...] | 2009-01-12 18:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ICAO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON270 | JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...] | 2009-04-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON278 | LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM PRIME MINISTER BRUCE [...] (SBU) Under cover of the following Government of Jamaica Diplomatic Note No. 5/504/1 of April 6, post has received the below letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to the President: (Begin Text of Diplomatic Note) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its [...] | 2009-04-08 20:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL SNAR ASEC KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON294 | JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...] | 2009-04-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON295 | JAMAICA: CARICOM Multilat at FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON296 | JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTIONS ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 18:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON297 | JAMAICA: UPDATE OF INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM [...] Information for Embassy Kingston's TFCO and Deputy TFCO is unchanged: TFCO: Lloyd Moss, Political-Economic Counselor, tel. 876-702-6083 (IVG 929-6083),e-mail MossLW@state.gov, class e-mail MossLW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO: Nathan Carter, Economic Officer, tel. 876-702-6028 (IVG 929-6 [...] | 2009-04-17 18:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON298 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 19:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON301 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 19:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON348 | JAMAICA: IPR AND 301 WATCHLIST FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with Carol Simpson, Executive Director of the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) on May 4 to discuss Jamaica's continued listing on the IPR 301 Watch List and the status of the proposed Patent and Design Act. Simpson explained the legislative process is tim [...] | 2009-05-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TRSY XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON355 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON373 | JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTION ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL IBRD KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON394 | CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...] | 2009-05-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON408 | JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A [...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...] | 2009-05-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON409 | JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A [...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...] | 2009-05-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON417 | JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR REMAINS A PROBLEM; CONVICTION RATE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken significant steps to pass and enforce legislation on child labor, although conviction rates in this field, as in others in Jamaica, remain low. Conoff accompanied Tina McCarter and Linda Bermudez of the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of [...] | 2009-05-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM CVIS PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON418 | JAMAICA: JCLO APPEARS TO CHARGE JAMAICAN GUEST WORKERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the mandatory payroll deductions imposed on Jamaican H2A and H2B guest workers to fund the activities of the Jamaican Central Labour Organization (JCLO) are duplicative of services provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Jamaican Embassy a [...] | 2009-05-22 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM SOCI PREL ELAB JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON436 | JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...] | 2009-05-29 20:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON437 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO [...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...] | 2009-06-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV |
| 09KINGSTON438 | Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery [...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...] | 2009-06-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON439 | JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES RETRACTION, [...] (U) National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has withdrawn his May 27 statement before the annual conference of the Jamaican Police Federation (JPF) that seemed to reflect government tolerance of police misconduct. The retraction followed two days of criticism from human rights groups, the opp [...] | 2009-06-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB PGOV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON452 | JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...] | 2009-06-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON459 | JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: VERY SWEET REFORM [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a workshop to present findings from a USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry (reftel). The assessment found that although there are significant economic opportunities to be derived from coc [...] | 2009-06-09 19:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID SOCI KCOR ETRD JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON462 | JAMAICA: Mid-year report card for the 2010 Major's List [...] (U) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) continues to make progress in combating the significant flow of illicit drugs, fighting public corruption, and assisting in the extradition of wanted fugitives from U.S. Justice. Although the GOJ expresses a desire to combat criminal activities and continues [...] | 2009-06-10 19:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON466 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post has confirmed the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) will send Marcia Forbes, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Kathryn Phipps, Chairperson of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, to participate in the June 15-16 Lima event. GOJ participants are aware [...] | 2009-06-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KGHG ENVT EAGR SENV SOCI ETRD KSUM XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON471 | AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...] | 2009-06-12 18:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON480 | JAMAICA: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS FOR HIV [...] (U) On June 11 the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS hosted the 4th Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum on HIV/AIDS (forum) for business and NGO leaders in the Caribbean. At the event the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) highlighted that Jamaica has more than 30,000 people living with HIV/AI [...] | 2009-06-16 20:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID SOCI PREL KHIV TBIO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON490 | JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY [...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...] | 2009-06-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON495 | JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS [...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...] | 2009-06-19 19:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON496 | JAMAICA: H1N1 14 CONFIRMED CASES, STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has confirmed fourteen cases of influenza A (H1N1) on the island. The first two cases were from two people who arrived from New York on May 19 (reftel). In the first week of June, five cases were detected, all related to people who traveled from the Unite [...] | 2009-06-22 17:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO SOCI PREL PINR KFLU XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON502 | JAMAICA: PM GOLDING G20 LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 Post received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to President Barack Obama relating to the G20 Summit in September. The original was sent to the White House through the [...] | 2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN SOCI TRSY OAS IBRD XL |
| 09KINGSTON503 | OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP [...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...] | 2009-06-25 18:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON504 | JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION [...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...] | 2009-06-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON508 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL |
| 09KINGSTON509 | JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...] | 2009-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL |
| 09KINGSTON518 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to urge Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to undertake specific actions to ensure immediate and robust implementation of financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 in order to prevent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from using Jamaican jurisdictions to [...] | 2009-07-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON528 | JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...] | 2009-07-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON531 | JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...] | 2009-07-08 19:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON536 | JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...] | 2009-07-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD IMF XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON560 | JAMAICA: HONDURAN EMBASSY DIPNOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC OAS UN JM HO XL XK |
| 09KINGSTON561 | JAMAICA: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON605 | JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON606 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON609 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT LBS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request on Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol, Emboff met with Pat Sinclair McCalla, Permanent Secretary in the Office of The Prime Minister on August 11. McCalla said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is in strong support of the LBS protocol and will look to [...] | 2009-08-14 20:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS SENV PHSA EIND JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON611 | JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING [...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...] | 2009-08-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON622 | JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...] | 2009-08-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON631 | JAMAICA: STEWART TO LEAD JAMAICA TEACHERS UNION, EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) As Michael Stewart takes the reins of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA),one of the island's largest public sector unions, he finds himself caught between: a public education system in disarray; an Education Ministry facing severe fiscal restraints, demanding greater accountability [...] | 2009-08-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON648 | JAMAICA: AUGUST LABOR REVIEW, PUBLIC SECTOR UNREST GROWS [...] (U) -- Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding reiterates promise not to cut public sector jobs despite Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s worsening financial prospects. -- National Workers Union (NWU) President Vincent Morrison expresses skepticism toward PM's promise, expects GOJ austerity measures to [...] | 2009-08-28 17:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON655 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER HESITANT ON EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Charge', accompanied by EmbOff, paid an introductory courtesy call on Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on the morning of August 28. Charge' requested assistance from Baugh on a recent dipnote regarding the extradition request for [...] | 2009-08-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CJAN ETRD EAID SNAR AID DEA JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON66 | JAMAICA: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] The intense interest and excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack H. Obama as 44th President of the United States grew steadily in the run-up to January 20. Prior to inauguration day, the volume of newspaper columns, radio and television reports and commentary had steadily grown. Wit [...] | 2009-01-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL ECON SOCI KPAO JM XL OIIP |
| 09KINGSTON661 | JAMAICA: GOJ VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REVIEW [...] (SBU) Although Jamaica does not manufacture or export weapons of mass destruction (WMD),the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is active in international disarmament fora and is proud of its leadership role in establishing Latin America and the Caribbean as the first nuclear weapon-free zone in the w [...] | 2009-09-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON667 | JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. CONSENT OF NOMINATED [...] Post received the following Diplomatict Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 24, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 324/801/65) Ref. No.: 324/801/65 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaic [...] | 2009-09-02 19:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON668 | JAMAICA RATIFIES CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 20, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 8/807/530) "Ref. No.:8/807/530 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...] | 2009-09-02 19:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON669 | JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...] | 2009-09-02 19:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON682 | JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...] | 2009-09-09 20:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON685 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 23:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EAGR OVIP UNGA JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON686 | JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 23:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON689 | LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY, [...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...] | 2009-09-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON701 | JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 22:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON705 | British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request [...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...] | 2009-09-25 21:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON71 | JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: This cable answers questions from reftel and outlines Jamaica's progress on eliminating the worst forms of child labor. During the reporting period, the Jamaican government trained fifty police officers on child labor/exploitation issues. In addition, the Department of Public Prosec [...] | 2009-01-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON712 | JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...] | 2009-09-22 19:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN |
| 09KINGSTON733 | JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS [...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...] | 2009-11-04 18:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON735 | JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...] | 2009-11-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON746 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...] | 2009-09-25 19:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL |
| 09KINGSTON753 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...] | 2009-12-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON806 | JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...] | 2009-10-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE |
| 09KINGSTON86 | JAMAICA: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN UNESCO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON886 | JAMAICA: PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE RELATED TO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered diplomatic note and text of proposed Jamaica reply note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s USA Desk Officer, Ms. Lisa Bryan-Smart, on the morning of October 22. Post will fax copies to Washington per reftel para. 7, and will report [...] | 2009-10-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL DOE JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON890 | JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re [...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...] | 2009-10-23 18:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON900 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche expressing USG concerns that the Government of Haiti (GOH)'s recent removal of tourist visa requirements for nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) would lead to increases in alien smuggling and human trafficking networks and encourage intend [...] | 2009-10-27 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KFRD KTIP KCRM HA CH JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON914 | JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...] | 2009-11-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON922 | JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON926 | JAMAICA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche regarding the Goldstone Report to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the morning of November [...] | 2009-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON948 | : DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Per reftel, Charg???? delivered demarche on upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. As directed, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) was solicited to vote "no" on "no action" motions and "yes" on substantive resolutions highlighting human rights abuses in these countries. D [...] | 2009-11-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON966 | JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS, [...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...] | 2009-11-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR |
| 09KINGSTON990 | KINGSTON: SCHEDULING ICASS POST-SPECIFIC TRAINING [...] Post welcomes ICASS Post-Specific Training during the week of March 15, 2010, as proposed reftel. Parnell [...] | 2009-11-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT KICA JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON996 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche and delivered nonpaper expressing U.S. concern regarding the number of UNGA resolutions reflecting an anti-Israel bias. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government [...] | 2009-11-24 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON998 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff presented demarche and diplomatic note to solicit support for U.S. candidacy for WHO executive board. Demarche and dipnote were delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Minis [...] | 2009-11-24 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO JM XL |
| 09LISBON495 | PORTUGAL ON 64TH UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on September 4 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese MFA Directorate for International Organizations and discussed the points further on September 11 with Joao Ribeiro de Almeida, Portugal's MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy a [...] | 2009-09-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL PO |
| 09MADRID341 | SPAIN: INTERESTED IN JOINT OUTREACH DEMARCHES FOR [...] (C) Embassy Madrid on March 31 provided a dip note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation to accompany REFTEL invitations to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) meetings in Miami, FL during May 12-14. On March 24, POLOFF had advised Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non [...] | 2009-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM SP |
| 09OTTAWA237 | CANADA TO SPONSOR UNSCR 1540 SEMINAR FOR CARICOM [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CPI -- see para 5. 2. (U) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff expressed Canada's appreciation for the U.S. decision to provide both legislative drafting suppo [...] | 2009-03-25 17:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM ETRD KSTC XL HA DR CA |
| 09OTTAWA840 | CANADIAN WARSHIPS COMPLETE COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION [...] (U) Summary: On October 30, two Canadian Forces (CF) warships completed operations in support of Operation CARIBBE, Canada's contribution to an ongoing U.S.-led, multi-national effort to interdict drug trafficking in Caribbean and east Pacific waters. The Canadian vessels provided surveillance [...] | 2009-11-03 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS SNAR CA XL |
| 09PARAMARIBO149 | CARIBBEAN-U.S. TECHNICAL SECURITY COOPERATION MEETING [...] (U) Summary. The May 20 Caribbean-U.S. Technical Security Cooperation Meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname, concluded on a highly positive note, as U.S. and Caribbean representatives agreed to initiate a formal dialogue to develop and institutionalize a joint regional security strategy. Caribbea [...] | 2009-05-22 19:57:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR SNAR MASS MOPS PREL XL NS |
| 09PARAMARIBO271 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR DEPORTEES [...] (SBU) Mrs. Nell Stadwijk-Kappel, Policy Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS) met with Poloff on September 11 to discuss issuing travel documents for deportees. Poloff delivered the points in Reftel, to which Stadwij [...] | 2009-09-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL XL NS |
| 09PARAMARIBO281 | SURINAME HEAD OF UNGA DELEGATION NOT ABLE TO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post conveyed to Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe, head of Suriname's delegation to the UNGA, Secretary Clinton's invitation to meet with leaders of the Caribbean, on the margins of the UNGA. 2. (SBU) According to Juliette Redman, acting head of the International Organizatio [...] | 2009-09-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA UN SNAR XL NS |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE291 | MARITIME SECURITY AND DOMAIN AWARENESS: REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the Directive per ref and submits the following recommendations: Please include Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a Primary agency for the following directives: - Maritime Environment (1. Seaports; and 3. Vessels) - Maritime Terrorism Threats (3. Criminal and Terror [...] | 2009-03-16 15:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PINR KSPR EWWT XA XB XD XF XG XK XL XM AA |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE827 | DEMARCHE ON CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AND HAITI [...] (U) Post extended invitations for the Caribbean Leaders meeting and the Haiti Key Players meeting to the appropriate members of the Haitian Delegation who plan to attend the UNGA. President Preval will be attending both meetings, according to the Secretary General at the National Palace, Frit [...] | 2009-09-22 16:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA UNAUS SNAR XL KPKO UNSC HA |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN198 | NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...] | 2009-05-01 21:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN210 | U.S.-CARIBBEAN TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO ADVANCE CBSI [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon told the Charge May 5 that the GOTT viewed the CBSI initiative, and upcoming technical meeting, very positively. She promised to follow up on the initiative inside the GOTT. 2. (SBU) National Security Ministry International Affairs Director Antoinet [...] | 2009-05-05 22:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XL MARR MASS MOPS PREL TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN250 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION TASK FORCE REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The long-promised report on advancing regional economic (by 2011) and political (by 2013) integration was released May 30. Weighing in at 394 pages (with a separate shorter 164-page "Summary" version),the report is in line with CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) goals of fr [...] | 2009-06-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN PGOV XL TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN251 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...] | 2009-06-05 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
| 09SANJOSE758 | U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Entry Into Force (EIF) of the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on January 1st 2009, the reporting period 2007-2008 is the last in which the Caribbean Basin trade programs (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) figure among Costa Rica's trade benefits. Textile [...] | 2009-09-02 15:14:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS |
| 09SANSALVADOR333 | SICA MULTILAT [...] (SBU) Elmer Charlaix, Private Secretary to Salvadoran President Antonio Saca, told PolCouns April 15 both the President and President-elect Funes would attend the SICA meeting with President Obama Sunday, April 19 on the margins of the Summit of the Americas. Charlaix said when the Nicaraguan [...] | 2009-04-15 21:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ES XL XM XS |
| 09SANTIAGO279 | CHILE LOOKS TOWARD SUMMIT WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Chilean officials see President Obama's participation in the Summit of the Americas as a critical chance for the president to signal his re-engagement with Latin America, a region that feels jettisoned by conflicts and emerging powers in other regions. The financial crisis and [...] | 2009-03-23 20:53:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KSUM PGOV ETRD ECON XL XM XS |
| 09SANTIAGO435 | CHILE GIVES THUMBS UP TO OBAMA'S SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Top MFA officials described the Summit of the Americas as a success notable for its positive atmosphere and frank exchange of views, and were relieved that their fears of possible outbursts by Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, or others never came to pass. Even these polemical president [...] | 2009-05-06 21:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XM XL XS CI |
| 09SANTIAGO5 | CHILE HOSTS IBERIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: Approximately 150 public prosecutors, NGO leaders, and other government officials from 21 Latin American countries gathered at the recent Iberian-American Public Prosecutor's summit to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP) investigations, prosecutions, victims' assistance, and preventi [...] | 2009-01-02 20:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP XM XL CI |
| 09SANTODOMINGO1070 | SECRETARY AND CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 16:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | XL PREL UNGA SNAR DR |
| 09SHANGHAI170 | CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...] | 2009-04-15 03:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR |
| 09SKOPJE452 | MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...] | 2009-09-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK |
| 09STATE110433 | WHA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 22:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AR BH DR GT GY NU XL |
| 09STATE122923 | Second OAS Public Security Ministerial Spotlights Crime [...] (U) This cable is sent from the U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (SBU) Summary. Public Security Ministers, Justice Ministers, and Attorneys Generals met in Santo Domingo Nov. 4-5, 2009 for the OAS Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Ameri [...] | 2009-12-01 16:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XL XK XM XR OAS |
| 09STATE127595 | Paris Club November 2009 Meeting and Negotiations with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the November 18, 2009, Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," the IMF requested financing assurances for the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) new IMF program. Canada, troubled by the revocation of a mining license held by a Canadian-led consortium, waited until November 24 to [...] | 2009-12-14 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XL CN FR |
| 09STATE22404 | EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary/Action Request: Department requests that post propose to the Netherlands Government (GONL) to extend the current bilateral SOFA through an exchange of diplomatic notes based on the text in paragraphs 3 and 4 below, which is virutally identical to the previous exchange of notes that [...] | 2009-03-10 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT NA AA XL |
| 09STATE26136 | PSI: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING - OFFICIAL [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting for PSI participating countries will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting for Western Hemisphere coun [...] | 2009-03-18 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM |
| 09STATE55529 | TRAVEL ALERT - HURRICANE SEASON [...] The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the Hurricane Season in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. The official Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June through November. This Travel Alert expires on December 4, 2009. 2. National Weather Service [...] | 2009-05-29 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 09STATE88937 | ANNOUNCING WHA ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY [...] This is an action cable (please see para 8.) 2. Summary: OES, in cooperation with Embassy San Jose announces its conference on Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) issues for WHA. This event is open to Science Counselors, Economic/Political officers, local hire environmental sp [...] | 2009-08-26 13:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV XL XK XM XR ECON TBIO ABUD AFIN |
| 09STATE90254 | UNGA 64: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The upcoming 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA) provides an unparalleled opportunity to build broad-based support for foreign policy priorities that need multilateral action or global implementation to be successful. At the General Assembly, the Administration [...] | 2009-08-29 02:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL |
| 09STATE90798 | TRAVEL ALERT - HURRICANE JIMENA [...] The Department of State urges American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas in Mexico that may be affected by Hurricane Jimena. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be impacted by Hurricane Jimena and who do not have access to adequate and safe shelter should consid [...] | 2009-08-31 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 09STATE92592 | TRAVEL ALERT - HURRICANE JIMENA [...] The Department of State urges American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas in Mexico that remain affected by Hurricane Jimena and its aftermath. U.S. citizens located in areas impacted by Hurricane Jimena who do not have access to adequate and safe shelter should cons [...] | 2009-09-04 20:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
| 09THEHAGUE277 | NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES-ARUBA SOFA: EXTENSION ACCEPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands is in agreement with the U.S. proposal to extend the current bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by exchange of diplomatic notes. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On May 1 POLMIL Officer received the GoNL diplomatic note response to Department' [...] | 2009-05-01 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL AA NA NT XL NL |
| 09THEHAGUE278 | NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES-ARUBA SOFA: EXTENSION ACCEPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands is in agreement with the U.S. proposal to extend the current bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by exchange of diplomatic notes. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On May 1 POLMIL Officer received the GoNL diplomatic note response to Department' [...] | 2009-05-01 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL AA NA NT XL NL |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA499 | IAEA/TC: Cooperation on Food Safety in Latin America and [...] (U) SUMMARY: IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) efforts to advance nuclear applications for food security in Latin America are exemplary within the Agency for their regional integration and partnering, but much work lies ahead. Under TC Director for Latin America Juan Antonio Casas-Zamora's lead [...] | 2009-11-04 15:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA500 | IAEA/TC: LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (U) In order to solidify its relationship with the IAEA, members of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for the Advancement of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) agreed to a regional strategic profile (RSP) for 2007-2013 that serves as a basis for the prepa [...] | 2009-11-05 12:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1133 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...] | 2009-12-18 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
| 10BRIDGETOWN114 | BARBADOS - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] Summary: Child labor is not an issue in Barbados. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in Barbados. The constitution prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and there were no reports that such practices occurred. The law provides for a [...] | 2010-02-08 21:39:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN13 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 12:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN142 | DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE RESPONSE - BARBADOS AND THE E. [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has sought responses from the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 2. (U) In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there is no specific law penalizing cell phone use while driving, thoug [...] | 2010-02-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN162 | TFHA01: St. Lucia, Dominica may have Creole-Speaking Police [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts in St. Lucia and Dominica have each signaled that they may be able to supply up to 15 Creole-speaking law enforcement personnel for assignment with the UN in Haiti. St. Lucia is much further along in its thinking; the special services unit (SSU) deputy chief told Emboff [...] | 2010-02-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN KPKO MASS HA XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN164 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------------------- ---- Para 25 - The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (SBU) [...] | 2010-02-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB ASEC SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN166 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY DO XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN168 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY AC XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN17 | BARBADOS PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT TO COUNTER-DRUG [...] (U) Public comments made by Prime Minister Thompson and Opposition Leader Mia Mottley regarding the need to continue supporting regional counter-narcotics efforts through the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) exemplified Barbados' unified stance on the issue and its commitment to co [...] | 2010-01-19 19:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS SNAR XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN170 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY VC XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN172 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY SC XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN174 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY ST XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN176 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY BB XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN178 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - GRENADA [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S. Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an a [...] | 2010-02-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY GJ XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN19 | Rearranging the Dominos in Dominica's Cabinet [...] (C) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his new cabinet at an event in the National Stadium on the 4th of January. Fifteen ministerial positions will be parsed out among 18 MPs, almost half of whom are new to government. Skerrit added Foreign Affairs and Information Technology [...] | 2010-01-23 00:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN196 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER FOR BARBADOS AND THE EASTERN [...] Jake Aller is the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown point of contact for telecommunications issues through July 2010. Mr. Aller may be contacted via email at AllerJC2@state.gov or by telephone at (246) 227-4274. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown covers Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis [...] | 2010-02-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT OECS XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN200 | Barbados Employers, Unions Muddling Through Recession With [...] (U) Summary/Comment: Despite unemployment hitting 11 percent this year, Barbados has avoided large scale layoffs and appears to be weathering the economic downturn reasonably well. Mothballed construction projects are slowly coming back on track and tourist arrivals, while down, have begun to [...] | 2010-02-25 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EINT XL OECS |
| 10BRIDGETOWN23 | St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party Wins Historic Fourth [...] (C) The St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP) won six of the eight seats available to them in the Federal Elections on St. Christopher, giving them a majority of the seats in the federal parliament for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term. Opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) Lea [...] | 2010-01-29 19:15:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN27 | VINCENTIAN PM GONSALVES THREATENS MEDIA OUTLET, CIVIL [...] (C) In what has become a standard political bully tactic, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has lobbed threats of legal action at a local radio station sympathetic to the main opposition party, a London-based campaign strategizing firm working with the Opposition, and a civil society a [...] | 2010-02-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN33 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------------- PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A. What is [...] | 2010-02-23 20:38:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB ASEC SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN34 | Bridgetown 2010 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund Request [...] Bridgetown has an aggressive commercial program planned for the remainder of this fiscal year and is requesting US$ 21,551 in BFIF funding to support the following proposed activities: We plan on conducting programs in each of the seven countries in our area of responsibility to include Antig [...] | 2010-01-14 18:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ECIN XL OECS |
| 10BRIDGETOWN35 | PM King: Rising Crime Threatens St. Lucia's Expanding [...] (C) St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King told the Charge in a February 10 meeting that his government is struggling to stem the tide of violent crime that has begun to adversely affect the country's vital but vulnerable tourism sector. He is hiring more police, weeding out corruption in t [...] | 2010-02-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MASS SNAR XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN37 | GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 18:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN5 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PUBLICIZING U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on December 21, 2009. Talking points were also relayed verbally to Prime Ministers Denzil Douglas and Baldwin S [...] | 2010-01-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN68 | Teamwork Produces Successful Results in the Eastern [...] (SBU) The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Military Liaison Office, and the Narcotics Affairs Section are working with local and regional authorities to deter drug trafficking. Many operations have been successful; however, without consistent, reliable maritime assets to assist the Region [...] | 2010-01-29 17:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN7 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for information on fiscal transparency in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funding using FY 2010 SFOAA? [...] | 2010-01-12 18:17:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN70 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR BARBADOS [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through Invest Barbados, strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. (U) The Government offers special incentive packages for foreign [...] | 2010-02-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN88 | DOMINICA - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] Summary: Child labor is not an issue in Dominica. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in Dominica. The constitution prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and there were no reports that such practices occurred. The law provides for a [...] | 2010-02-05 19:41:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN90 | ST. KTTS - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] Summary: Child labor is not an issue in St. Kitts. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in St. Kitts. The constitution prohibits slavery, servitude, and forced labor of children, and the Department of Labor effectively enforced this law in practice. There w [...] | 2010-02-05 19:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN92 | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED [...] Summary: Child labor is not an issue in Antigua. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in Antigua. The constitution prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including by children, and there were no reports that such practices occurred. The law provides for a m [...] | 2010-02-05 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN94 | ST.VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: Child labor is not a significant issue in St. Vincent. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in St. Vincent, though there is evidence that minors continue to work in the cultivation of marijuana. The law prohibits forced or compulsory labor, including [...] | 2010-02-05 21:18:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10BRIDGETOWN96 | ST LUCIA - INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] Summary: Child labor is not an issue in St Lucia. Post has found no evidence of exploitative child labor or forced labor in St Lucia. The law provides for a minimum legal working age of 16 years. The minimum legal working age for industrial work is 18 years. Child labor existed to some d [...] | 2010-02-05 22:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI XL |
| 10DAKAR228 | Possible Senegalese Additions to MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN MARR MCAP PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR HA XL KJUS |
| 10GEORGETOWN1 | Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11 [...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...] | 2010-01-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN15 | Jagdeo Visits Iran [...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...] | 2010-02-04 19:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG IR XL GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN17 | LCDS COLLIDES WITH GOLD MINING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: In early January the Jagdeo administration proposed new mining regulations to limit forest degradation as part of President Bharrat Jagdeo's Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Miners strongly rejected proposed regulations and demanded that five to seven percent of Guyana's [...] | 2010-02-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN19 | Pol/Econ Roundup January 28-February 16 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. Local Government Elections - STATUS UPDATE 2. (C) Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (G [...] | 2010-02-16 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
| 10GRENADA4 | An Island at E's: Education, Enforcement, the Economy and [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 20:27:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV SENV GJ XL |
| 10KINGSTON118 | Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 20:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON174 | JAMAICA: EXTRADITION CASES OF PRESLEY BINGHAM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 22:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON176 | Jamaica: 2010 Special 301 Watch List Response [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Progress also [...] | 2010-02-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL TRSY USTR KIPR XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON23 | JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; MFAFT REQUESTS USG RESPONSES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 18:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN SNAR PREL SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON230 | JAMAICA: WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES JAMAICAN [...] (SBU) The World Bank will provide the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with USD 400 million in concessionary loans over the next 27 months of the International Monetary fund (IMF) program, according to World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica Badrul Haque, who met with CDA to discuss development [...] | 2010-02-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL IDB IBRD IMF JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON244 | JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Embassy Kingston's submission of information requested for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: 2. (SBU) Jamaica's TIP Situation -------------------------------------- A. Sources of information include: Jamaican media; the Governm [...] | 2010-02-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON272 | JAMAICA: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered nonpaper on the designation of entities related to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The nonp [...] | 2010-02-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN IR GM JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON274 | JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered nonpaper on the IAEA investigation of Syria's clandestine nuclear activities to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The nonpaper was deliv [...] | 2010-02-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IAEA SY JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON276 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche requesting follow-up on the Goldstone Report to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the afternoon [...] | 2010-02-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON280 | Jamaica: Response To Fiscal Year 2010 FISCAL U.S. Raw Cane [...] (U) In response to questions listed in reftel A, Post has included the following responses from Mr. R. Karl James, General Manager Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited: A. Does your Jamaica plan to ship its full FY 2010 allocation of raw cane sugar to the United States for delivery by Sep [...] | 2010-02-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON EINV PREL TRSY OPIC IBRD IMF XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON46 | JAMAICA: POSSIBLE HOST COUNTRY AID TO HAITI; POSSIBLE [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph four. 2. Despite Jamaica's extreme financial difficulties, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) currently are developing courses of action (COAs) to provide up to a company of engineers [...] | 2010-01-13 20:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON56 | JAMAICA: MAROONS STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE UNIQUE CULTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 20:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON JM PGOV SCUL SOCI XL |
| 10KINGSTON74 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Minister of Information Daryl Vaz on the morning of January 19. Vaz reported that the Secretary had met briefly with Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Foreign Minister Kenneth [...] | 2010-01-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON82 | JAMAICA: LIKELY TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] Per reftel, Charge' delivered points regarding the importance of the Copenhagen Accord in a private meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Amb. Vilma McNish, on the afternoon of January 21. 2. Amb. McNish was mo [...] | 2010-01-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON86 | JAMAICA: DENIAL OF EXTRADITION REQUEST: PRESLEY BINGHAM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 20:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL |
| 10MEXICO123 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
| 10MEXICO125 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
| 10MEXICO127 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
| 10MEXICO141 | Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future? [...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...] | 2010-02-26 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
| 10PARIS101 | OECD: OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: OECD development institutions provide opportunities for harnessing the OECD's unique strengths (donor coordination, peer learning, analysis of market-based best practices, and statistics) in support of U.S. development priorities. As the USG looks for ways to elevate its develop [...] | 2010-01-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
| 10PARIS140 | OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...] | 2010-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM |
| 10PARIS179 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...] | 2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE132 | Haitian National Police - Status Report and Action Request [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks after the devastating January 12 earthquake, and despite the loss of its headquarters building, commissariats, personnel, and equipment, the Haitian National Police (HNP) remains the most visible government institution in Haiti, and continues to provide a reassu [...] | 2010-02-06 21:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE152 | MINUSTAH Police Contingent Update and Action Request [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS is working to rebuild contact with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) following the loss of much of the organization's civilian, military, and police leadership in the January 12 earthquake. Coordination will remain a challenge as personnel ar [...] | 2010-02-09 21:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE158 | Haiti: UK and Canadian Donor Plans for Corrections Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS met on February 11 with officials from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and Canada's Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START),to discuss corrections sector development plans in the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Hait [...] | 2010-02-13 20:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV SNAR SOCI KPKO KJUS UN XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE160 | NAS Haiti December 2009 Monthly Report [...] (U) (NOTE: This cable serves to fulfill a monthly INL reporting requirement to document activities for the month of December 2009. The content dates prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake. END NOTE.) 2. (SBU) Summary: In December 2009, there were significant developments in the NAS-H [...] | 2010-02-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE164 | Haiti: Canada Reevaluates Security and Rule of Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) in Haiti is reassessing its security and rule of law development assistance in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. START will likely support the Haitian National Police (HNP) by building a new headquarter [...] | 2010-02-15 23:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO XL HA |
| 10PORTAUPRINCE68 | Haiti Post-Quake INL/NAS Assistance for MINUSTAH, HNP and [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS Port-au-Prince, in conjunction with DEA, FBI, and other USG agencies, has stepped up advisory, logistical, and material support to GOH security institutions since the January 12 earthquake. [...] | 2010-01-20 23:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KPKO KJUS XL HA |
| 10PORTOFSPAIN36 | CANADA MAY FUND BRITISH JUDICIAL REFORM EFFORT IN TT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada may fund a British initiative to embed an expert in judicial reform within the GOTT as early as the first half of 2010. Under the program developed from a 2007 assessment visit, an official with the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would address several broad areas [...] | 2010-01-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KJUS PGOV TD XL |
| 10STATE5218 | IF-ASKED POINTS ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR POSTS IN [...] (SBU) Due to an enormous increase in demand over the past few years for helium-3 (He-3) in neutron detection (particularly in radiation portal monitors),the USG does not have enough He-3 in stock to meet current demand over the next few years. The USG has made the decision to defer allocatio [...] | 2010-01-19 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP IAEA XA XB XC XD XF XG XH XL XM |
| 10STATE7439 | TFHA01: INL RESPONSE TO NAS NEEDS FOR HNP, [...] In response to reftel request concerning issues to be addressed by INL in support of Embassy Port au Prince. The Department has taken steps to assist with the following: 2. INL is preparing the procurement, delivery, and construction of a temporary camp for the US contingent to be located [...] | 2010-01-25 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO PGOV SOCI HA XL |
| 10THEHAGUE7 | NETHERLANDS REQUEST FOR LETTER CONFIRMING [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Recent statements from Venezuela's President Chavez have spawned Dutch parliamentary queries on aerial activities operating from the Antilles. The MFA has requested a letter signed by the Ambassador confirming that the U.S. abides by [...] | 2010-01-08 07:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |