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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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04COLOMBO806 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Pushpika G. "Weerakoon", Research Intern, Ministry of Justice, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a f [...]
2004-05-18 10:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO807 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP "U.S. JUDICIAL SYSTEM I" NOVEMBER 18-DECEMBER 9, 2004.
[...] Post nominates Saliya K.M. "Pieris", Attorney-at Law, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is [...]
2004-05-18 10:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL
04COLOMBO808 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates T.M. Thusitha N. "Tennakoon", Chief Executive Officer and Director of Studies, Bandaranaike Center for International Studies for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED [...]
2004-05-18 10:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO810 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Dushni "Weerakoon", Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is [...]
2004-05-18 10:25:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO811 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Ven. M. "Mangala" Bhikku, Lecturer, University of Ruhuna, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...]
2004-05-18 10:25:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO812 FY 05 REGIONAL IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR
[...] Post nominates D. Prashantha J. "DE LIVERA" Senior State Counsel, Attorney General's Department for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The follo [...]
2004-05-18 10:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OECV OEXC
04COLOMBO814FY-05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 10:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO815 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates K.T. "Kuruswamy" Member, Colombo Municipal Council for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format [...]
2004-05-18 10:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO817FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 11:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL
04COLOMBO822FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-19 05:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO832FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the Post-EVDB software. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.7 POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov TRANSM [...]
2004-05-20 06:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO833FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-20 06:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO834FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-20 06:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO837FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Ms. Kasupathy "Kunthavie" Administrative Officer, Suriya Women's Development Centre for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): NOMI [...]
2004-05-20 08:58:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO839 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MPR
[...] Post nominates Gajendran "Ponnambalam" Member of Parliament, and Anura R. "Solomons", deputy editor/foreign news editor of "Divaina" Sinhala daily newspaper, as principle candidates for participation in subject project. Post confirms that these nominations have "Full country team approval". [...]
2004-05-20 09:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO840 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates T.M.G. "Chandrasekera" Deputy Director News and Current Affairs, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]
2004-05-20 09:07:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO843 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Soundarie "David", Researcher/Project Coordinator, International Center for Ethnic Studies for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): [...]
2004-05-20 10:58:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO850FY-05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP "U.S.
[...] Post nominates M. Zain Mohamed "Aazim", Assistant Manager/Economist, Central Bank of Sri Lanka for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The follo [...]
2004-05-21 04:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO854 FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] Post nominates Prabaghan "Ratnasabapathy" News Editor, "Virekesari" newspaper for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a [...]
2004-05-21 06:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO862FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 07:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO881 FY-04 IV PROGRAM: SINGLE COUNTRY GROUP PROJECT ON
[...] Post nominates the following five candidates for participation in the subject project. The Fifth nominee's detailed bio would follow in separate cable. Post confirms that these nominations have "full country team approval." 2. Nominations are as follow: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO [...]
2004-05-27 04:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OECV OEXC
04DJIBOUTI1128HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TRANSLATION BEGUN; WEBSITE INCOMPLETE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 05:29:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO AINT KWWW OIIP DJ AF ASA
04DJIBOUTI1140POST SEALS AGREEMENT WITH DJIBOUTI AIRLINES TO DISTRIBUTE HI! MAGAZINE IN FLIGHT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post today made an agreement with Djibouti Airlines to distribute HI! Magazine as free, in flight reading material. The airline will receive 150 copies monthly to offer to passengers. Negotiations with Daallo, another local carrier, are still pending. END SUMM [...]
2004-08-26 11:23:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL OIIP YM ET SO DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI1154THE MESSAGE IS MISSING
[...] (C) Summary. While most elements of the global war on terrorism are functioning well in the Horn of Africa, a key ingredient - the message in the Somali language to the people of the region - is missing. It is time to think again how to add this component to the mix. Post suggests Somali langua [...]
2004-08-30 04:46:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL DJ KPAO PTER
04DJIBOUTI1168Djibouti Speaks Out on Darfur
[...] (U) The state run newspaper, La Nation, yesterday published a story saying that the Republic of Djibouti will support the Government of Sudan until the Darfur crisis is resolved. The story indicated that the Sudan situation is improving and that progress is being made at the Abuja conference. [...]
2004-09-02 08:55:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KMDR KPAO US XA
04DJIBOUTI1269SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) Summary: Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructures and services and promoting economic development are top priorities for the Government of Djibouti. Embassy Djibouti and CJTF-HOA are working in tandem to assist in these areas. Economic ventures under [...]
2004-09-30 10:39:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO MARR OVIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI1391DJIBOUTIAN OPPOSITION MEDIA THEMES, OCTOBER 27-28, 2004
[...] (U) Summary: The opposition journals during the week of October 24-28 focused on the alleged complaint against La Realite for slander filed by the Minister of Defense; the designation of the successor to Ahmed Dini Ahmed as president of the Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD); and the dist [...]
2004-11-01 10:38:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1435DORALE TRANSMITTER GOES LIVE; NEGLIGIBLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A medium wave transmitter at the Radio Television Djibouti (RTD) station in Dorale was activated on November 4, marking completion of phase one of the RTD- International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) joint renovation of the station. Concerns that the transmitter may interfere with c [...]
2004-11-09 07:38:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI1487INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK SHORT, BUT SWEET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This year's International Education Week (IEW) was successful, despite the fact that the Eid, paired with the Muslim work-week, shortened observance to three and a half days. Embassy-sponsored events included a soccer tournament, book donations, a lecture, art exhibitions, an Amba [...]
2004-11-21 10:35:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL KPAO EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1494EMBASSY DJIBOUTI REACHES OUT FOR RAMADAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Djibouti sponsored an information speech, several Iftaars (fast breakings) and a public service announcement during the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan. Embassy staff also attended several Ifaars as part of its continued outreach to the country's Muslim community. END SUMMAR [...]
2004-11-22 09:04:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI15002004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact for Annual Terrorism Report is Pol/Econ Officer Erinn Reed (reedec@state.gov). Below is post changes to 2003 Country Section for Djibouti. 2. (U) Djibouti, a staunch supporter in the global war on terrorism and a member of the Arab League, has taken a strong sta [...]
2004-11-23 03:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1507DJIBOUTI EXPRESSES INTEREST IN ANGLICIZATION
[...] (U) Djibouti is an isolated francophone country, surrounded by countries where the official languages all include English. The recent presence of the U.S. military in Djibouti has underscored a language barrier. After the Government of Djibouti, the U.S. Government is the second largest emp [...]
2004-11-23 10:16:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1605EMBASSY DJIBOUTI LAUNCHES WEBSITE
[...] (U) Embassy Djibouti is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at http://djibouti.usembassy.gov/ The site was designed under the Content Management System. Questions and comments should be directed to PAO Tiffany Bartish at bartishtm@state.gov RAGSDALE [...]
2004-12-19 12:05:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO AINT KWWW OIIP TINT XX DJ AF ASA
04DJIBOUTI21SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-06 11:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDDJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL
04DJIBOUTI23SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S.
[...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...]
2004-01-07 07:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI442DJIBOUTI: INFLUENCE ANALYSIS
[...] (U) The following text was compiled in report form per reftel. Begin text: DJIBOUTI Djibouti,s population is estimated at 600,000 inhabitants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Somalis make up the majority, followed by the Afars and a minority of Arabs. The population has ethnic, cultur [...]
2004-03-25 13:39:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI474DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EACTI ENGLISH LANGUAGE
[...] (U) Post has received a high volume of requests in Djibouti for English language training. Djibouti is a Francophone island in a predominantly English speaking Horn of Africa region. The arrival of CJTF-HOA, the only U.S. Military base in Africa, has created an additional incentive for Dji [...]
2004-03-31 11:55:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KPAO CT DJ
04DJIBOUTI747DJIBOUTI: 2005 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINATIONS
[...] (U) Djibouti proposes three candidates for International Visitors Programs in 2005. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Djibouti is host to the only U.S. military base in Africa and a strategic partner in the War on Terror. Exposure to Americans has been limited and the population, which is 90 p [...]
2004-05-27 09:56:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI782PK12 RETURNS TO FULL OPERATIONS AFTER MAY EXPLOSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) radio station at PK12 is back to full operations after an explosion and subsequent detection of unexploded ordinance (UXO) on the site. Plans for full site clearance continue. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At 2am on May 3 an explosion took pl [...]
2004-06-08 07:37:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI785IBB SIGNAL INTERFERES WITH FRENCH RADIO OPERATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Commander of French Forces in Djibouti told the Ambassador that signals from the International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) Radio Sawa tower at PK12 were interfering with French radio operations in Djibouti. Tests by IBB imply that the problem rests in structural de [...]
2004-06-08 09:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPAO FR DJ BBG
04DUBLIN1200IRELAND SUPPORTS EU ON VENEZUELA REFERENDUM
[...] On August 11, Post delivered reftel's requested demarche to Brian Muldoon, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean. Muldoon noted SIPDIS that Ireland had participated in extensive EU consultations on Venezuela and endorsed the August 3 EU dec [...]
2004-08-11 17:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO
04DUBLIN1513IRISH RESPONSE ON AIRBUS DEMARCHE: "WE'RE NOT
[...] On October 7, post delivered reftel talking points to Tony Joyce, Senior Trade Negotiator in Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. Joyce said that Ireland had no involvement in the aircraft manufacturing sector and thus no direct interest in the Airbus-Boeing dispute. He [...]
2004-10-07 15:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KPAO EUN
04DUBLIN1755IRISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-06 15:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SNAR EUN SXG
04DUBLIN1836IRISH RESPONSE TO YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ AUCTION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On December 20, Post delivered reftel talking points to Austin Gormley, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Bilateral Economic Relations. Gormley said SIPDIS that the GOI did not plan to raise the Yuganskneftegaz auction bilaterally with the Russian Government. He [...]
2004-12-22 15:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO
04DUBLIN1844TERRORIST FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH, BATTERJEE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-23 11:26:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO
04DUSHANBE170TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED
[...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...]
2004-02-01 05:20:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI
04GUATEMALA3164GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER'S DEATH: MORE COMMON CRIME
[...] (U) Julio Rolando Raquec, Secretary of the Federation of Workers in the Informal Economy (FSTIG),died after being mugged several blocks from his Guatemala City residence by unidentified individuals on November 30. Raquec sustained fatal injuries during the robbery and died later the same d [...]
2004-12-10 18:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SNAR EAID KPAO ECON
04GUATEMALA3244GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]
2004-12-21 23:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04HANOI2169VOICE OF AMERICA RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNAL FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: VOICE OF AMERICA'S (VOA) ASIA DIRECTOR FOR MARKETING AND PROGRAM PLACEMENT, DR. JOYCE NGOH, GARNERED A POSITIVE REACTION FROM VIETNAM TELEVISION ON HER FOURTH ANNUAL VISIT TO HANOI. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE VOA BEGAN ITS MARKETING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM, VTV OFFICIALS WELCOMED VOA'S E [...]
2004-08-05 03:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO VM
04HANOI3050Ambassador Visits MIA Recovery Site; Meets with
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Nghe An and Ha Tinh Provinces in northern central Vietnam November 4-5 to visit a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) operational recovery site and to observe the turnover of remains believed to be those of an American serviceman lost during the V [...]
2004-11-10 10:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO VM PGOV PHUM KHIV KIRF MARR MOPS
04HANOI908INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - VIETNAM
[...] Per Reftel request, Post provides an Influence Analysis statement on Vietnam. 2. The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has a monopoly on political power. A hierarchy topped by the Politburo sets its policies. The decision-making process is opaque to most observers and usually slow. Input f [...]
2004-03-31 06:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP VM DPOL
04HARARE1147HIGHLIGHTS / RESULTS REPORT: COMMUNITY BANKING
[...] Description of Activity: PAS Harare hosted a one-hour TPC on Community Banking with Liz Kelderhouse, Community Officer for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ms. Kelderhouse outlined the different models of Community Banks in the U.S. and how they strive to reach out to th [...]
2004-07-13 11:46:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ZI
04HARARE1180MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS GLOBAL FUND; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Zim losing out on HIV/Aids global fund," the July 18 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried the following editorial on page 8: 2. ". . .Although the war on HIV/AIDS is being fought on many fronts. . .there is no doubt that this diseas [...]
2004-07-19 13:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
04HARARE128DAILY NEWS BACK ON STREETS
[...] (U) High Court Judge Tendai Uchena on January 21 again ordered the police to vacate the premises of The Daily News (TDN) following an admission in court by the Attorney General's office that there was no legal basis for police occupation of the premises. After receiving a call on January 21 [...]
2004-01-22 14:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PREL SA ZI
04HARARE1518THE DIVINE COMRADE M
[...] (U) An op-ed piece in the September 1 edition of the GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper declared President Mugabe to have been divinely appointed. Drawing from the books of Daniel, Romans, Amos, Timothy and John, the rambling piece suggests that God speaks to Mugabe (COMMENT: but, inquiring min [...]
2004-09-08 15:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO SOCI ZI
04HARARE1535HIGHLIGHTS / RESULTS REPORT: PAS HARARE SPONSORS
[...] Description of Activity: From August 26-September 2, 2004, Dr. Linda Greene, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- Madison interacted with a variety of stakeholders regarding Sexual Harassment Laws and Policies in Zimbabwe. In addition to delivering the keynote address [...]
2004-09-13 11:56:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ZI
04HARARE1562ZIMBABWE'S ELECTION SPACE OPENING?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Presidential Affairs Gandhi Mudzingwa told poloff on September 14 that the party was finding it easier to conduct rallies around the country, although no-go areas remained. In a surprise move, Mudzinga said Election Registrar General Mudede had agreed to share [...]
2004-09-17 08:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ZI MDC
04HARARE174COURT CONSOLIDATES GOZ APPEAL AND DAILY NEWS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After two days of hearings, Supreme Court Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on January 28 consolidated the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe's (ANZ, parent company of The Daily News) and the Media and Information Commission's (MIC) appeal of lower court decisions permitting publi [...]
2004-01-29 13:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO ZI
04HARARE1756GOZ TO OPEN MEDIA SPACE?
[...] (C) On October 18, CEO Sam Nkomo of The Daily News (TDN),the independent daily that was closed by the GOZ in September 2003 and has been unsuccessful in its efforts to reopen (ref B),met with the Charge to discuss the status of TDN's consolidated court appeal. Although Nkomo did not identif [...]
2004-10-21 13:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE1890 TEACHER UNION TRAVAILS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 9, Raymond Majongwe, of the Progressive Teacher's Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) briefed the Ambassador on his recent visit to South Africa to participate in a workshop sponsored by the Center for Civic Education's CIVITAS program. Majongwe, a civil society activist who h [...]
2004-11-17 10:11:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB KPAO ZI
04HARARE1913GOZ SEEKING THAW WITH USG?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Bush on his re-election (ref A) is the latest among several indications that the GOZ is prepared to seek some degree of rapprochement with the USG. Exchanges with senior Reserve Bank officials, a businessman well-connected wi [...]
2004-11-23 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE223 SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS AIPPA'S CONSTITUTIONALITY,
[...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 5 upheld the constitutionality of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). In a long-running case brought by the Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (IJAZ) filed soon after AIPPA was enacted, the ruled that AIPPA sections [...]
2004-02-05 13:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO PREL ZI
04HARARE302INDEPENDENT MEDIA UNDER THREAT - ANZ HEARING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on The Daily News's (TDN) consolidated appeal, and the paper remains unpublished. Tension between management and journalists resulting from GOZ pressure on ANZ also may be hindering the paper's ability to publish. The GOZ has expanded [...]
2004-02-20 10:39:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINR ZI
04HARARE315DAILY NEWS FIRES STAFF
[...] (C) The Daily News (TDN) editor Sam Nkomo and assistant editor Bill Saidi told the Ambassador over lunch on February 22 that the paper had fired 250 reporters and staff after they barricaded Nkomo in his office on February 19 to address various work-related issues (reftel). According to Nkomo [...]
2004-02-23 13:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE409SUPREME COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON ANZ
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 3, the Supreme Court reserved judgment on the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) consolidated appeal (Ref C). The court gave no indication of when it would give its ruling. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The hearing consisted of a constitutional challenge by the ANZ of nin [...]
2004-03-05 10:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
04HARARE561INFLUENCE ANALYSIS -- ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's media operating environment is restrictive and becoming increasingly harsh. The GOZ's Media and Information Commission (MIC) closed the only independent daily newspaper, the Daily News, and has threatened other independent newspapers and journalists with legal action. Secu [...]
2004-04-01 05:18:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP ZI
04HARARE632GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) BUYS PAS BUILDING
[...] SUMMARY. GOZ HAS PURCHASED THE BUILDING HOUSING PAS HARARE AND IS EVICTING ALL THE OTHER TENANTS BUT EXEMPTING PAS. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF THE BUILDING WILL BE USED BY THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS OR THE MININSTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LONG TERM PAS EMPLOYEES HAVE SUGGESTE [...]
2004-04-13 13:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ZI
04HARARE691TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...]
2004-04-22 15:09:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP
04HARARE726PRESS UNDER FIRE AGAIN IN ZIMBABWE
[...] We have recently noticed a new and more dangerous attack on the press in Zimbabwe. On Monday April 26, 2004 an editorial entitled "Time to deal with traitors" appeared in the government owned newspaper "The Herald." The editorial was at best threatening and at worst [...]
2004-04-29 13:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
04HARARE751ZIMBABWE'S GROWING REGIONAL ENEMIES LIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Soaked in anti-imperialist rhetoric and conspiracy theories, Zimbabwe's official press continues to view other nations exclusively through the prism of the ruling party's "with-us-or-against-us" framework. On the enemies list, the West has been joined by Botswana, Nigeria and [...]
2004-05-05 08:18:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO ZI
04HARARE8GOZ GOING AFTER COUNTRY'S LARGEST CELLULAR PHONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government maneuvers may be underway to withdraw the operating license of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ),the nation's largest cellular phone operator, over alleged foreign exchange abuses. The exercise could represent a broadening of GOZ efforts to destroy Strive Misiyiwa, t [...]
2004-01-05 12:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS KPAO ZI
04HARARE882MUGABE VISIBLY AGITATED DURING SKY NEWS INTERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Controversy has swirled around President Mugabe's May 22 interview with Sky News. The fallout might result in some turmoil within the higher echelons of ZANU-PF, and some discomfort for Mbeki, but it is unlikely to affect Mugabe's domestic political fortune. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...]
2004-05-27 16:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON KPAO ZI
04HARARE988GOZ SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, COMMENCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Media and Information Commission (MIC) on June 10 cancelled the registration of The Tribune newspaper (owned by a ruling party MP),purportedly over violations of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The GOZ on June 9 commenced its prosecution of [...]
2004-06-14 14:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM EINV ZI
04HARARE99LAND REFORM SURVEY ILLUMINATES POLITICAL CHALLENGES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute reconfirms land reform's central importance in Zimbabwean politics. Advocates and critics of GOZ land reform each will find data in the survey to support their respective causes. The survey bears out wide support for the cent [...]
2004-01-16 09:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAGR ECON KPAO ZI
04HELSINKI1536FINLAND: FY-05 UPDATED IVP SLATE OF ALTERNATE CANDIDATES
[...] Following are the names and titles for our slate of alternative candidates for FY-05. Individual nominations for alternative IV candidates have already been sent septels. I. EURP U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges I (October 18, 2004) Mr. Jori Arvonen, International Affairs Secretary, Co [...]
2004-12-08 14:17:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FI KPAO
04HOCHIMINHCITY1077GVN LAUNCHES MASSIVE AGENT ORANGE MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BUT FEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam has launched a vigorous media campaign to whip up support for the Agent Orange lawsuit in a New York Federal Court, but our contacts and (wo)man on the street in Ho Chi Minh City remain largely unmoved, tending to be more preoccupied with quality of li [...]
2004-08-20 00:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SENV OPRC VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1204SUBDUED REACTION TO IRF REPORT IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and official reaction in Southern Vietnam to the decision to designate Vietnam a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) has been muted. While the HCMC press faithfully carried Hanoi-issued editorials on CPC, there was no "piling on," i.e., no effort to supplement wi [...]
2004-09-24 12:43:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP OPRC VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1359KHANH HOA PROVINCE: DELAYED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Khanh Hoa Province on Vietnam's central coast is attempting a development strategy based on tourism, seafood and maritime transport. Geography, natural resources, and workforce give the province excellent development potential and some infrastructure investment is underway. However, a [...]
2004-10-27 11:40:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO VM SOE HIV AIDS RELFREE
04ISTANBUL1804CRITICISM OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ PERVADES BMNEAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Linkage of the BMENAI with U.S. policy in Iraq was a common theme of speakers at a Cultural Initiative Symposium on the Greater Middle East and North Africa Project (BMENAI) in Istanbul in November. A wide range of Turkish academics, former GOT officials, and European diplomats [...]
2004-12-06 08:52:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTU IZ PREL KPAO KMPI
04ISTANBUL530GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE: YOUNG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH A GROUP OF ISTANBUL ACADEMICS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE REACTIONS OF INFORMED INTERLOCUTORS TO THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE. SEVERAL WARNED OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND OTHERS WONDERED IF THE PROPOSED COMMITMENT COULD BE SUSTAI [...]
2004-04-06 11:27:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KDEM KMPI XF TU
04KINSHASA1174DIN/ODI ACCESS WAIVER REQUEST - KINSHASA
[...] Post or bureau name; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Post or bureau point of contact, e-mail address, and telephone number; Floyd L. Wilson, WilsonFL@state.gov, (243) 81-884-0255 3. Location serviced by DIN; American Cultural Center, JAO Compound, 498 Ave. Colonel Lukusa - [...]
2004-06-28 08:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAADP ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC KPAO KRIM OIIP
04KINSHASA1510MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON U.S. MILITARY
[...] On July 21, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on the U.S. military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The English text of the release is as follows: "The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the successful visit of a team from the Defense Institute of International [...]
2004-08-11 15:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PINS CG MAP
04KINSHASA1511MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND
[...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...]
2004-08-11 15:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1512MEDIA PLACEMENT - PRESS RELEASE ON PEACE AND
[...] On July 23, 2004 PAS Kinshasa distributed a press release on talks initiated by the U.S. Government to establish peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. 2. The French version of the press release appeared in the Kinshasa newspapers listed below. The general headline for these placeme [...]
2004-08-11 15:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1515MEDIA PLACEMENT, JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2004
[...] The July 31st edition of the pro-PPRD (former government) "La Cite Africaine" carried on pages 1 and 2 the article entitled "Le Congres americain critique la Monuc" ("U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Congo Comes Under Fire in Congress -MONUC's Ability to Safeguard Civilians, Elections Questioned": J [...]
2004-08-12 11:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO CG
04KINSHASA1516MEDIA PLACEMENT - ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF MARCH 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-12 11:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO CG
04KINSHASA1523FY'05 MRP: "Combating International Crime," January 6-27,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1524FY'05-MRP: "Grassroots Democracy I" November 11- December
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1525FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1526FY'05 AFRP: "HIV/AIDS and the Family,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1527FY'05-AFRP: "Transparency and Good Governance,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1528FY'05 AFRP: "U.S. Africa Investment and Trade,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1529FY'05-AFRP: "Higher Education in the U.S.,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1530FY'05-SCP: "Protection of Human Rights"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1531FY'05 MRP: "TV Broadcast Journalism," April 7-28, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1532FY'05 AFRP: Women and Development, February 28-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1580MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004
[...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...]
2004-08-23 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO CG
04KINSHASA1795SEPT 23 CIAT MEETING-MEDIA, NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The International Committee to Support the Transition (CIAT) met September 23. The CIAT invited the High Media Authority (HAM) officers to exchange views of how to best protect the freedom of the press while promoting a reconciliation agenda, ensure professional standards, and [...]
2004-09-24 13:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1982"STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY" DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-25 09:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR KPAO CG WTRO
04KINSHASA1984Special Winter FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-26 05:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA2020PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...]
2004-11-01 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG
04KUWAIT326MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAO and APAO met with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Rashid al-Hamad, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools concept and other issues. The minister told us that he is interested in principle in working with the USG in establishing 2-3 such schools in Kuwait, and said that he [...]
2004-01-28 09:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO OEXC XF KU
04KUWAIT4428Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...]
2004-12-20 14:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU
04LAGOS147 DYNAMIC MLK DAY EVENT DRAWS 250 IN LAGOS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK) celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, drew over 250 people as well as local press to share an evening of speeches, artwork and music in commemoration of the late civil rights leader. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The program, which featured U.S. speaker Dr [...]
2004-01-22 12:14:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NI
04LAGOS1504 REMEMBERING DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a fitting tribute to the late Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and distinguished African-American diplomat, the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, recently concluded our yearlong program commemorating the 100th anniversary of his bir [...]
2004-07-22 08:14:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NI
04LILONGWE143Elections: State Media Denying Equal Access
[...] With May 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections approaching, state-owned radio and television persists in almost exclusively broadcasting ruling party campaigning and pro-government news. Neither the Electoral Commission nor the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority is willing to [...]
2004-02-20 11:15:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO MI
04LILONGWE154MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT
[...] (SBU) Malawi's AGOA exports (excluding GSP) continued to grow in 2003, and now exceed $58 million. More than $20 million of those exports are clothing, and a fifth garment company began operations. Privatization and reorganization of Malawi's primary textile manufacturer may extend the AGOA [...]
2004-02-24 16:01:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN KPAO MI
04LILONGWE204Elections: Bias in State-Owned Media
[...] With elections just 66 days away, the government-controlled media remains biased in its coverage, broadcasting pro-government news and ruling party campaign reports while providing almost no access to the opposition. The Public Affairs Committee, a local civil society group composed of influ [...]
2004-03-12 11:16:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO MI
04LILONGWE207MALAWI MEDIA PRIMER
[...] SUMMARY: The government-controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation radio is the main source of news for the average Malawian. Two independent daily newspapers are read by a small segment of the urban population. Private (commercial, religious, community) radio stations reach urban centers i [...]
2004-03-15 12:13:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV KDEM MI
04LILONGWE261INFLUENCE ANALYSIS - MALAWI
[...] (SBU) The information environment in Malawi has changed drastically in the ten years since multi-party democracy was instituted. During the previous 30-year regime of President for Life Hastings Banda, the information environment was completely closed. All news was censored and freedom of [...]
2004-03-29 11:55:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP MI
04LILONGWE400ELECTORAL COMMISSION ADMITS BIAS BY STATE MEDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a bruising meeting convened by donor chiefs of mission on May 11 with representatives of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and the directors-general of state-controlled radio and television, the Commission itself acknowledged that election coverage has been heavily biase [...]
2004-05-13 13:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI
04LILONGWE402ELECTION RESULTS TO BE BROADCAST LIVE
[...] Independent Capital Radio has devised a plan to broadcast May 18 election results live. In cooperation with Public Affairs Committee's (PAC) election monitors and funded by the British and Germans, Capital Radio will be on- air live from 6 pm on May 18 until 6 am on May 19 announcing result [...]
2004-05-14 08:22:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO MI
04LILONGWE403STATE-OWNED RADIO HALTS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Opposition presidential candidate and First Vice President Justin Malawezi's interview on state-owned Malawi Broadcast Corporation (MBC) was halted after only 15 minutes of an hour-long program. Malawezi, formerly of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) but running as an independen [...]
2004-05-14 11:44:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO MI
04LILONGWE411MORE ATTACKS ON MUTHARIKA'S CREDIBILITY
[...] (U) "The Nation" daily newspaper published a front-page story on May 17 questioning the authenticity of United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Bingu wa Mutharika's doctoral degree. In a carefully constructed article, the newspaper points out that Mutharika's CV does not list the [...]
2004-05-17 13:21:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR KPAO MI
04LILONGWE458THE MEDIA ON ELECTION DAY
[...] Summary: Presidential and parliamentary elections in Malawi left one radio station shut down and four of its staff members in police custody for airing an `inflammatory interview' with an opposition leader who was disputing election results. A journalist from another private radio station was [...]
2004-05-28 05:02:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KDEM MI
04LILONGWE686NEW VOA-AFFILIATED INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION GOES
[...] Voice of America (VOA) has extended its partnership with an independent affiliate, Capital Radio, to bring non-government controlled radio broadcast to northern Malawi. On July 19, Ambassador and PAS staff attended the Mzuzu launch ceremony of the new station, which significantly enhances th [...]
2004-07-22 15:23:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KDEM MI
04LILONGWE785ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE
[...] (S) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"),which the press characterized as and most Malawians believe to have been a USG-initiative, came at time when the Muslim-Christian divide was being exploited by politicians in the run- [...]
2004-08-12 13:25:00Embassy LilongweSECRETKISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI
04LILONGWE820MEDIA REPORT: STATE-RUN MEDIA FREEDOM
[...] SUMMARY: A new era is dawning for the state media in Malawi. The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM) have increased their coverage of different political perspectives after newly-elected government officials openly encouraged the two media houses to present opp [...]
2004-08-23 08:11:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM MI
04LJUBLJANA1092SLOVENE BIOMETRIC PASSPORT UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenia will begin issuing a first-phase biometric passport containing photo recognition data before October 26, 2005. A second-phase biometric passport incorporating both photo recognition and fingerprints will be introduced at a later date, in compliance with new EU requirement [...]
2004-12-07 08:02:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT PREL KPAO SI
04LJUBLJANA1128SLOVENIA ON YUKOS AUCTION
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points to Angelina Trajkovski of the MFA's Office for Eastern Europe on December 20. Trajkovski explained that no official reaction at the minister level had been developed, but that this was clearly a step backward for Russia and of concern to Slovenia. [...]
2004-12-20 11:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON KPAO PREL PHUM RS SI
04LJUBLJANA499 PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: SLOVENIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Slovenia has a very open information environment in which there is little, if any, overt censorship. The media are critical and react strongly against any perceived attempts to influence the tenor of their reporting. Nevertheless, they often fall short of journalistic standa [...]
2004-05-28 10:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP SI
04LJUBLJANA830 BIAS IN SLOVENE OPINION POLLING: MORE ABOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As in most countries, the results of public opinion polls in Slovenia are widely discussed among media, politicians, pundits and the public. However, few of these "consumers" are aware of the methodologies that are used or the ease with which polling data can be manipulated. [...]
2004-09-03 04:00:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR SI
04MADRID2795SPAIN TOYS WITH IDEA OF CULTURAL EXCEPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spain's new Minister of Culture has vowed to find ways to help the Spanish film industry. The press has seized on her sometimes over the top remarks and is reporting that the GOS is pursuing a policy of cultural exception along the lines of the French model. A high-level Minis [...]
2004-07-22 15:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON KPAO SP
04MADRID2916MUSLIM OUTREACH WORLDWIDE
[...] Embassy Madrid welcomes this Muslim Outreach initiative and provides the following information about our outreach efforts: 2. Brief Context for Muslim Outreach efforts in Spain: An estimated 500,000 to one million Muslims live in Spain. Almost all are of foreign origin, with only about 3, [...]
2004-07-30 15:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM OIIP PREL EAID PHUM PGOV EUN OEXC SP
04MADRID3066SPAIN/EU SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Following up on USOAS Ambassador Maisto's strong pitch to the GOS on the Venezuelan presidential referendum (ref a),Poloff delivered ref b points on August 10 to Javier Ignacio Martinez del Barrio, Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director for Countries within the Andean Community. Martin [...]
2004-08-11 10:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO SP
04MADRID3103SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 12:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3118SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE
[...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]
2004-08-15 17:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3821PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-01 12:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3831PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPANISH BIOTECHNOLOGY VIDEO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 08:16:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO
04MADRID3887EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Department's first participant in the "Citizen Diplomat" program, September 29 - October [...]
2004-10-05 13:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI KPAO KISL SP
04MADRID3932STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY (STOP)
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 14:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR KPAO SP WTRO
04MADRID3991DEMARCHE ON U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE
[...] (U) We delivered Reftel A demarche to Javier Hergueta Garnica, Deputy Director General of Bilateral International Economic Relations with Europe and the OECD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as Sr. Joan Trullen Tomas, Secretary General of Industry and Jesus Candil Gonzalo [...]
2004-10-14 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ETRD SP
04MADRID4890SPAIN: YUKOS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 17:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON PREL PHUM KPAO RS SP
04MANAMA1020BAHRAINI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRATEFUL FOR
[...] Twenty Bahraini high school students and their families gathered at the American Cultural and Education Center (ACEC) on June 23 to receive Certificates of Award for the Micro Scholarship for English language study funded by R and administered by the post. Charg d'Affaires Molly Williamson p [...]
2004-06-29 12:07:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1121 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USDA AND HHS ANNOUNCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-17 09:18:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON KPAO BA
04MANAMA1200MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH IN BAHRAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahrain is an Islamic state with a population that is 98 percent Muslim. Bahraini contacts have discussed the potential of a possible shift towards conservatism in Bahrain. However, some groups, such as Beit Al Qura,an, the Bahrain Women,s Society, and the Bahrain Youth Forum Soc [...]
2004-07-28 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALBA EAID KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL
04MANAMA128 DCM RETURNS FROM NAJAF AND ENGAGES BAHRAINI
[...] To further post's goal of convincing Bahraini audiences about U.S. goals in Iraq, PAS Manama arranged tailored media events for DCM Ford, who recently returned to Bahrain from a three month rotation as the CPA Governorate Coordinator in Najaf. Bahrain is a small island and many Embassy contac [...]
2004-01-27 13:50:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KMDR KPAO BA
04MANAMA1285GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE
[...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]
2004-08-16 14:47:00Embassy ManamaSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04MANAMA1387MINISTER OF INFORMATION DISCUSSES AL JAZEERA AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Al Jazeera Satellite Channel and Iraq dominated the conversation during the Ambassador's Sept. 6 introductory call on Minister of Information Nabeel bin Yaqoob Al Hamer. The Minister said that he had directed Bahrain Satellite Television to stop airing the videotapes on abductions and kid [...]
2004-09-08 14:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO OIIP KMPI BA
04MANAMA162 ENAGING YOUNGER BAHRAINIS WITH ROCK AND ROLL
[...] PAS Manama engaged younger and more diverse Bahraini audiences by programming American rock `n' roll band "Circus Guy" from January 14-18, 2004. Circus Guy's program included performing live on Radio Bahrain's popular weekend music and interview program, an acoustic performance for critically [...]
2004-02-08 07:05:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1677BAHRAIN: STRATEGY TARGETING ORGANIZED PIRACY
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points and STOP! fact sheet on October 24 to Salma Waheedi, Senior Economist at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy (MOFNE). Ms. Waheedi underscored Bahrain's commitment to ensuring a strong Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime and its rigorou [...]
2004-11-07 13:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR KPAO BA WTRO
04MANAMA1691BAHRAINI JOURNALIST DESCRIBES FOREIGN PRESS CENTER
[...] Abbas Busafwan, Manama's participant in the Foreign Press Center's reporting tour about Arab American and other ethnic communities (May 16-29, 2004),told the APAO that the program had deepened his understanding about America and broadened his horizons. The reporting tour was his first visit [...]
2004-11-09 11:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KFPC KPAO BA
04MANAMA1695EMBASSY MANAMA'S RAMADAN ACTIVITIES SHOWCASE
[...] Embassy Manama's 2004 Ramadan activities follow: -- The Ambassador hosted a lively youth-oriented U.S. Elections Night "majlis" in his Residence on November 2. More than one hundred University of Bahrain students, NGO representatives, journalists, and government officials attended. Eleven [...]
2004-11-10 07:29:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MANAMA1782BAHRAIN: POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS
[...] (U) Post appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback on our experiences working with MEPI implementers. For the most part our experience has been positive, however, we would like to see better coordination on implementer travel including advance notice and contact information for those a [...]
2004-11-29 13:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI BA
04MANAMA1821BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM SECRETARY POWELL
[...] (U) Embassy Manama received the following response from Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifato Secretary Powell's letter on the Broader Middle East and SIPDIS North Africa (BMENA) meeting in Rabat via diplomatic note on December 6. 2. (U) Begin Text November 30 [...]
2004-12-07 12:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO OPDC BA
04MANAMA1924Sports Programming Works
[...] (U) The Bahraini reaction to the highly successful visit of former Georgetown University Basketball players Omari Faulkner and Courtland Freeman was summed up by the Bahrain's National Basketball Team coach: "More sports programs are needed to foster greater dialogue." The two Cultural Envoy [...]
2004-12-22 13:06:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI OEXC KPAO BA
04MANAMA203ROUSING RECEPTION OF FTA ROUND ONE IN BAHRAIN
[...] SUMMARY: The United States and Bahrain held round one of Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Manama, January 26-30. Government of Bahrain (GOB) officials across the board are thrilled with the progress the negotiating teams made during the first round, and this enthusiasm was echoed in the pre [...]
2004-02-11 15:21:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KPAO KMPI
04MANAMA292MICRO-SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY
[...] Post welcomes the micro-scholarships for English language study initiative outlined in reftel A. This program will assist post in raising the English language abilities of an important target audience. 2. Post's outline of plans to start up this program in Bahrain follow: -- Progra [...]
2004-03-06 05:02:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO KIRC BA
04MANAMA372 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AWARDS OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 13:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO PREL IZ
04MANAMA375SUPPORT FOR GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE IN
[...] (SBU) Following U/S Grossman's visit to Bahrain on 3/3/04, Charg was invited by Al-Wasat Newspaper, to participate in a discussion forum about the Greater Middle East Initiative on 3/14/04. The forum was attended by a cross section of Bahrainis representing academia, business, media, and go [...]
2004-03-17 14:00:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KMDR PGOV KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA399 MEPI'S "MY ARABIC LIBRARY" - BAHRAIN MINISTRY
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/PI; please see para 6. 2. (U) PAO has met twice with senior Ministry of Education officials in Bahrain about the MEPI Arabic language early reading book program (on February 22 and March 16). The Assistant Undersecretary for Curriculum and Trainin [...]
2004-03-23 13:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC SCUL KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA444MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (U) Post's MEPI working group met on March 23 to review ref A. The following is the Mission's response. CROSS PILLAR 2. (U) Post's MEPI working group is considering four MEPI small grants. Post will advise MEPI of details via email per reftel. ECONOMIC PILLAR 3. (U) In conjunctio [...]
2004-03-31 10:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI EAID ECON PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA518GOB TONE ON IZ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET
[...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]
2004-04-12 15:32:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA527GOB TONE ON IRAQ CAREFUL IN PUBLIC AMIDST STREET
[...] (C) On April 9 a GOB official statement expressed concern about the violence in Iraq and urged all parties to exercise self-restraint. The statement also said that Bahrain hopes to see the reconstruction of Iraq and the restoration of stability. Privately, top GOB officials have told the C [...]
2004-04-14 11:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ KPAO BA
04MANAMA566 MEPI'S "MY ARABIC LIBRARY" GETS A GREEN LIGHT
[...] (U) During a third meeting about MEPI's "My Arabic Library" with senior Ministry of Education officials in Bahrain (February 22, March 16, and April 17),the Ministry of Education approved Bahrain's participation in this project. The approval comes after post's efforts to overcome Ministry c [...]
2004-04-21 10:08:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA592 MEPI INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING ON TRACK
[...] Post arranged a series of meetings on April 19-22 for visiting Internews Network Vice President Jeanne Bourgault and Middle East Regional Director Karim Alrawi to finalize plans for MEPI-funded journalism training in Bahrain. The Minister of Information has approved the training and he has r [...]
2004-04-26 13:03:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA593 MEPI INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING ON TRACK
[...] Post arranged a series of meetings on April 19-22 for visiting Internews Network Vice President Jeanne Bourgault and Middle East Regional Director Karim Alrawi to finalize plans for MEPI-funded journalism training in Bahrain. The Minister of Information has approved the training and he has r [...]
2004-04-27 05:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA622 BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT
[...] Summary: For the past three days, all five Bahraini daily newspapers have run front-page stories with banner headlines, photos of Iraqi POWs being mistreated, and columns about the mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. Writers and opinion leaders have questioned U.S. values of democracy and human rig [...]
2004-05-03 09:12:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA642 BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT
[...] Summary: All six Bahraini daily newspapers continue to run stories about U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. In addition to photos of prisoners, newspapers are running photos of families waiting outside Iraqi prisons to obtain information about their loved ones inside. Letters to the editor p [...]
2004-05-05 09:44:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA694GLOBE BAHRAIN.DIALOGUE AT A CRITICAL TIME
[...] Bahrain GLOBE high school students continue to enthusiastically work together with Americans to save the Earth. To observe Earth Day 2004, PAS coordinated with the Ministry of Education and GLOBE Bahrain students to support activities to increase awareness of environmental issues in Bahrain. [...]
2004-05-12 13:53:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL KGLB OEXC KPAO BA
04MANAMA721BAHRAINIS TO WATCH ABU GHRAIB TORTURE TRIALS
[...] (C) The editor in chief of the Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper group told CDA and PAO over lunch on May 16 that the U.S. can regain some of its lost credibility with the Bahraini public if the soldiers responsible for torture at Abu Gharieb prison are punished sternly and visibly. He expects th [...]
2004-05-17 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL KPAO BA
04MANAMA722JAMES ZOGBY ENGAGES BAHRAINIS AND ADDRESSES ABU
[...] James Zogby, founder and President of the Arab American Institute and media commentator, visited Bahrain May 10-12, 2004. His speaking tour was co-sponsored by the American Studies Center at the University of Bahrain and the Bahrain Center for Studies and Research, with partial funding from [...]
2004-05-17 14:21:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA732SPOT REPORT: BAHRAINI WOMEN ON ABU GHRAIB POWS
[...] Bahraini women from all walks of life, including Sunni and Shia followers, have been sharing their thoughts and feelings about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse with Emboffs and our Bahraini Foreign Service Nationals. Although the region's reaction has already been heavily reported in the press, [...]
2004-05-18 13:36:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMPI KDEM KWMN PHUM BA
04MANAMA809REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON ALLEGED ABUSE OF FEMALE IRAQI POWS
[...] Embassy Manama requests guidance to respond to press accounts about abuse of female POWs in prisons in Iraq. Several stories ran on the front pages of Bahrain's Arabic and English language dailies on 5/29 (see para three for headlines),quoting sources in Baghdad about the rape of female pris [...]
2004-05-30 14:22:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO BA
04MANAMA839 INTERNEWS JOURNALISM TRAINING SHOULD CONTINUE
[...] In reftel, para 13 (our response to NEA/PI's request for feedback on MEPI's FY 2004 funding recommendations),post concurred with NEA/PI's decision to evaluate the results of the Internews media training program prior to investing further in this project in FY04. Internews has visited Bahrai [...]
2004-06-05 06:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO KDEM BA
04MANAMA864PART II: PARTING THOUGHTS ON BAHRAIN'S POLITICAL
[...] (S) Bahraini politics remain a complicated balancing act in a small polity. By no means is it a full democracy, but it is going in the right direction with parliament making real trouble and forcing real changes. If not always wise in their actions, the deputies can scarcely be discounted as [...]
2004-06-07 15:27:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KPAO KMPI BA
04MANAMA981RETURNED IV PARTICIPANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
[...] SUMMARY: In the midst of anti-American sentiments in some segments of Bahraini society, Yousif Mohammed Mahmoud, a participant in an April 2004 International Visitor (IV) program, gave the U.S. a much-needed positive press spin this week. Mr. Mahmoud reflected to the local press on his Intern [...]
2004-06-23 05:15:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BA
04MAPUTO1026MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims, in its outreach efforts. Given the current demographics of Mozambique and recent world events, post is expanding these eff [...]
2004-07-29 13:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL
04MAPUTO1260MAPUTO INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PRIORITY LIST FOR FY-05
[...] PAS Maputo hereby submits a prioritized list of FY-05 Internationa Each candidate has full country team approval. The candidates and pr a.Suleimane Esep Amuji, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partici b.Daniel Herminio Bento, RP Democratic Governance and Civic Partic c.Manuel Jose Dos Santos, [...]
2004-09-16 14:51:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL
04MAPUTO1427SCHNEIDMAN CLAIM THAT FRELIMO FOUNDER WAS CIA
[...] Independent publications in Mozambique have featured former AF DAS Witney Schneidman's claims that FRELIMO founder Eduardo Mondlane received funds from the CIA. The October 28 edition of the Beira weekly Zambeze led with the back-page headline, "FRELIMO founder financed by CIA" On October 27, [...]
2004-10-28 14:51:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP MZ OPRC FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1525FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC
[...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...]
2004-11-23 12:12:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL
04MAPUTO168Mozambique: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy
[...] Mozambique's constitutional government, headed by President Joaquim Chissano, held its second general multiparty elections in 1999. President Chissano was elected in generally free and fair elections. Chissano and the leadership of FRELIMO, which have ruled the country since independence in 19 [...]
2004-02-05 11:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO597MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN
[...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...]
2004-04-30 10:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ
04MUSCAT1967MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: ARAFAT, IRAQ AND BUSH VICTORY
[...] On November 7, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Palestinian Unification": "The Palestinian Authority is going through a dangerous phase. The declining health of President Yasir Arafat plays into the hands of the Israelis, who fully expect the rise o [...]
2004-11-09 07:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT1983OMAN ONLINE: THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-11-13 07:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2002MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: FALLUJAH, MIDDLE EAST, ARAFAT
[...] Privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on November 16 under the headline "Weak on Humanitarianism": "Recent U.S. military operations in Fallujah show a lack of humanitarian concern on the part of those charged with executing the military campaign. Innocent people are [...]
2004-11-17 09:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2010REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON WITCHES BROOM DISEASE
[...] Embassy Muscat requests that IIP and EB fund one or more agricultural biotechnology speakers to participate in Sultan Qaboos University's first international conference on the "Prevention and Treatment of Witches Broom Disease of Lime Trees" which will be held March 13-16, 2005. This request i [...]
2004-11-17 13:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON TBIO KPAO OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2011OMAN: POST SUPPORT FOR MEPI PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS
[...] To date there are no MEPI program implementers with offices in Oman, although we understand there may be some considering establishing a full-time presence in Muscat. Amideast is one such organization, and is currently consulting with a local law firm on the legalities and formalities of estab [...]
2004-11-17 13:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI MU MEPI
04MUSCAT2025MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WAR AND PALESTINIAN
[...] An editorial appeared in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on November 21 entitled "A Conflict of Wills in Iraq... Whose Victory?": "After the failed U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is necessary to convince Iraqis and Afghans that there is hope for their future and that th [...]
2004-11-23 10:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2037OMAN ATTENDANCE, REACTIONS TO RABAT FORUM FOR THE
[...] (SBU) In a November 24 telcon, the MFA Under Secretary's Political Affairs Director, Humaid al-Maani, informed Pol/E Chief that, for the time being, neither Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi nor Minister of National Economy (and de facto Finance Minister) Ahmed bin Abduln [...]
2004-11-24 10:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KMPI KPAO ECON PREL
04MUSCAT2078MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POWELL, SYRIA, SHARM AL-
[...] The lead editorial in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on November 29 was entitled "The Iraqi Elections": "The election in Iraq can be seen as a bottleneck, beyond which the country may be able to rebuild itself under the sheltering umbrella of a permanent constitution and representat [...]
2004-11-30 13:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2094OMAN ONLINE: TOPICS IN FREEDOM
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-12-01 11:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2121MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: AIDS, IMPERIALISM, AND MEDIA
[...] Privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial on December 1 entitled "On The Occasion Of World AIDS Day": "On the occasion of world AIDS day, Arab countries are reviewing their health policies regarding AIDS and acknowledging that more needs to be done to confront and contain t [...]
2004-12-06 12:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2142OMAN ONLINE: VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, VISAS, INCREASED GAS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-12-08 13:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU EAC
04MUSCAT2143ECA CULTURAL ENVOYS HAVE A BALL IN OMAN
[...] ECA Cultural Envoys Omari Faulkner and Courtland Freeman engaged a wide range of Omani basketball players, coaches, and students during their highly successful four-day visit to the Sultanate. Welcomed by dignitaries including the newly appointed Minister of Sports Affairs, the duo established [...]
2004-12-08 13:37:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2145RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S RABAT INVITATION
[...] In response to reftel letter from Secretary Powell to G-8 and Broader Middle East and North Africa foreign ministers, the Embassy received December 8 a reply letter from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah to the Secretary under cover of a diplomatic note. The [...]
2004-12-08 14:03:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM KPAO PREL ECON OPDC
04MUSCAT2165MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, IRAQ, UN
[...] On December 13, the lead editorial in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" was entitled "Reform from Within." "The Forum for the Future in Rabat concluded with several recommendations for reform in the Arab world. Most of the recommendations fell within the framework of America's Greater [...]
2004-12-13 12:41:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP IZ MU
04MUSCAT2183AMERICAN CORNERS: FIVE IS NOT ENOUGH
[...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8 for action requested. 2. In view of the success and popularity of Oman's five existing American Corners, Embassy Muscat requests funding for two additional ones. Suitable locations have already been identified: the Muscat Higher College o [...]
2004-12-15 08:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRC OIIP SCUL MU
04MUSCAT2187OMAN ONLINE: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, PRISONS, AND
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-12-15 13:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2223MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: CIVIL SOCIETY, FREE SPEECH, U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 06:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04MUSCAT2251OMAN ONLINE: DRUG USE, WORK IN IRAQ, AND HINDUS IN OMAN
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]
2004-12-26 02:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2265MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: U.S. WAR DEATHS, PALESTINE, IRAQ
[...] The lead editorial in the privately -owned Arabic daily "Al- Watan" on December 24 was entitled "American Patience": "In 1983, when 240 Americans died in a suicide bombing in Beirut, former President Reagan immediately called for the withdrawal of all American troops stationed there. Today, [...]
2004-12-27 11:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
04PARAMARIBO104US HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR SURINAME
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-05 19:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP
04PARAMARIBO197SURINAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER LEVENS EXPRESSES
[...] Following her return from a visit to China, Surinamese Foreign Minister, Marie Levens announced publicly that Suriname stands behind CARICOM on Haiti and is concerned about allegations made by ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that the US forced him out of Haiti. Levens suggested that if t [...]
2004-03-04 18:05:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPAO NS
04PARAMARIBO39IIP U.S. RICE POLICY SPEAKER DR. GAIL CRAMER WINS
[...] Dr. Gail Cramer, the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University, educated Surinamers about U.S. Rice Policy during an October 12-16 visit to Suriname. He met with a variety of government officials, politicians, rice farmers and exporters b [...]
2004-01-16 11:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAGR PREL NS
04PARAMARIBO527JAZZ AMBASSADORS THRILL CROWDS IN SURINAME, HELP
[...] On July 8-11, the Embassy hosted Jazz Ambassadors Deborah Davis and a Few Good Men in the first ever visit of a Jazz Ambassadors group to Suriname. The dynamic quartet thrilled school children in a workshop entitled "What is Jazz?," invitees to a private concert at the Ambassador's residence [...]
2004-07-19 19:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI NS
04PARAMARIBO98CST GENTIAN COMPLETES OUTSTANDING TRAINING AND
[...] FOLLOWING ITS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO GUYANA (REFTEL),CST GENTIAN SAILED INTO PARAMARIBO JANUARY 21 AND COMPLETED A HIGHLY PRAISED PROGRAM OF TRAINING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. THE AMBASSADOR MET THE GENTIAN AT SEA ON A SURINAMESE PILOT VESSEL AND SAILED INTO PORT WITH THE GENTIAN'S CREW TO BEGIN T [...]
2004-02-05 13:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS MARR KPAO NS
04PARIS5935FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE
[...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Venezuelan desk officer Hedi Picquart on August 9 and delivered demarche as per reftel. Picquart noted that France had hoped EU international election observers would participate in the August 15 referendum vote. Unfortunately, the GoV-imposed restrictions were deemed [...]
2004-08-10 16:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE KPAO FR KDEM
04PRETORIA3889TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND POSTING ON
[...] Embassy posted the South Africa section of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2003, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003, the report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004, and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - June 2004 [...]
2004-08-27 09:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM PREL
04QUEBEC190QUEBEC CITY 400TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG and Embassy Minister Counselor for Public Affairs met Oct 14-15 with federal, provincial and municipal representatives involved with planning Quebec's 400th Anniversary in 2008. Quebec Mayor L'Allier pushed for a visible U.S. legacy in the form of a genealogy center, while [...]
2004-11-03 17:36:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL CA
04QUITO2208GOE CONCERNED, YET UNWILLING TO ACT ON VENEZUELAN
[...] (C) At an August 5 dinner hosted by Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez in honor of visiting President Jimmy Carter, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns (reftel) over the August 15 Venezuelan referendum. Gutierrez asserted that Ecuador wanted "real" democracy in Venezuela. The birthplace of [...]
2004-08-09 17:49:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EC VE
04RANGOON1176AMERICAN CENTER ANNEX IN MANDALAY: FREQUENTLY ASKED
[...] (SBU) Given the summer-cycle turnover in personnel working on Burma issues, we thought it would be helpful to provide a quick synopsis of the plan to establish an annex of Rangoon's American Center in Mandalay. This informal format provides Embassy Rangoon's perspective on many questions fre [...]
2004-09-09 09:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ABLD ASEC PREL KPAO KDEM BM
04RANGOON1456 CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAM FOR RISING ETHNIC PARTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section (PAS) recently initiated a leadership capacity building program (called the "Global English" Program) for 23 representatives from nine ethnic democratic political parties. The program's nine-month curriculum, targeted at rising or curr [...]
2004-11-12 02:44:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KPAO EAID PREL BM
04RANGOON238AMERICAN CENTER SPEAKER PROMOTES DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section hosted Fulbright Scholar Jeffrey Kamakahi for programs on diversity, inequality, and social change with Burma's many ethnic, racial, and religious groups. Though the target audiences greatly appreciated his visit, they also expressed th [...]
2004-02-23 10:07:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL KPAO BM
04RANGOON559ENERGIZING BURMA'S SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTREPRENEURS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand visited Rangoon explaining the benefits of a more active civil society role for the business community and delivering the message that combined voices were more effective in pushing reform. Progressive busin [...]
2004-05-06 05:00:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KPAO PGOV SCUL KWMN BM
04RANGOON58CULTIVATING THE FOURTH ESTATE
[...] The Rangoon American Center hosted Burma's first journalism training course, conducted by the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation (IMMF),an independent media support foundation based in Thailand, November 10 to 23, 2003. The two-week course was designed to introduce young journalists to the [...]
2004-01-14 03:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO BM
04ROME1274INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: ITALY
[...] Italy has the kind of wide-open media environment characteristic of most modern democracies. As in other countries, most Italians get their news and information from television news programs. There are seven main broadcast evening news programs, with two prime-time newscasts - one public (RA [...]
2004-03-31 14:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP IT
04ROME1806IRAQ: ITALY TRAINS IRAQ TV JOURNALISTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ITALIAN STATE BROADCASTER RAI HOSTED TEN TELEVISION JOURNALISTS AND TECHNICIANS FROM THE IRAQI MEDIA NETWORK FOR A TWO-WEEK TRAINING SESSION IN JANUARY. THE TRAINING PROVED USEFUL FOR THE IRAQIS, ACCORDING TO LUIGI SAITTA, A RAI NEWSROOM DIRECTOR WHO OVERSAW THE TRAINING. SAITT [...]
2004-05-08 10:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IT IZ KPAO XF IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3138DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW:
[...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...]
2004-08-14 10:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3166ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL
[...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...]
2004-08-17 13:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3401ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH
[...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...]
2004-09-07 08:59:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3862G8 SUMMIT COMMITMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
[...] Summary. USUN-Rome organized a panel discussion entitled, "Planting the Seeds for Africa's Future: G8 Partnerships to Raise Agricultural Productivity Through Capacity Building," on Sept. 21 in the margins of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on World Food Security (CFS). [...]
2004-10-05 15:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID AORC ETRD KPAO KSUM XA FAO
04ROME4186 127TH FAO COUNCIL, 22-27 NOVEMBER 2004: LOOKING
[...] (U) Summary: The upcoming FAO Council will provide an opportunity principally for members to review the world's food and agricultural situation, to track progress in the activities of FAO and the World Food Program (WFP),and to discuss FAO program, budget and administrative issues. The we [...]
2004-10-29 09:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4296FAO COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS: COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT
[...] Summary. Over the past several months one of this Mission's highest priorities has been to achieve Permrep and Secretariat agreement to launch a comprehensive independent SIPDIS external evaluation of the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Through such an evaluation, we hope to [...]
2004-11-09 10:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID SENV KUNR KPAO FAO
04ROME4673USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE
[...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...]
2004-12-09 13:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
04ROME80EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...]
2004-01-09 18:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04SANAA100FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Combating Child Work Association has concluded its training project titled "Awareness-Raising Program Among the Working Children's Community". The awareness sessions were conducted from 20 August until 22 December 03. 2. PAO and PAS attended the opening ceremony of the [...]
2004-01-11 13:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1018MEETING WITH INFORMATION MINISTER AND NATIONAL TV CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 24, PAO held meetings with the Director of Yemen TV and the Minister of Information to brief them on upcoming media training programs sponsored by the Embassy and to discuss further cooperation in the information sector. Both interlocutors expressed readiness to work w [...]
2004-05-01 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP YM
04SANAA102FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Handicap Rehabilitation Society for Children has concluded its awareness mobile sessions project titled "Inclusion of Disabled Children in Public Schools". 2. The PAO and PAS attended the Handicapped Rehabilitation Society opening ceremony for its project "Inclusion [...]
2004-01-11 13:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1085MEPI GRANT RECIPIENT DECLINES AWARD IN
[...] The Yemeni Female Media Forum declined acceptance of a MEPI small grant in the amount of $16, 500 in protest of U.S. policies in the region. The president of the Forum, Ms. Rahma Hujaira, also withdrew herself as a nominee for the International Visitors Program. Several Yemeni papers and we [...]
2004-05-03 07:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL YM
04SANAA1280FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Society for the Development of Women and Children SOUL has concluded its training project titled "Institutional NGOs Capacity Building" This project was performed in three phases: The first phase was the institutional assessment of local organizations t [...]
2004-05-31 10:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2504YEMEN: POSTING OF DRL REPORTS COMPLETED
[...] Per reftel, all four current DRL reports concerning Yemen in English have been updated on Post's public website. 2. Arabic translation is currently posted for the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR). 3. In consultation with the Public Affairs Section, Post understands that the Director of NE [...]
2004-09-23 10:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2832ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE
[...] Embassy Sanaa completed reftel action request. September 7, 2004 media notice on the Seed Initiative was sent by PD to normal newspaper distribution throughout Yemen on September 29, 2004. The notice was picked up by at least the Annahar, a weekly independent publication. Annahar has a week [...]
2004-11-08 12:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO YM
04SANAA2836YEMEN 2004 RAMADAN STRATEGY
[...] Per reftel, Post reports the following Ramadan programming for 2004. 2. Third Annual PD Iftar. Post,s major event was its annual Iftar dinner on 11/03. Invitees included ROYG officials, NGO heads and representatives, media and cultural contacts, as well as embassy staff. The Ambassador co [...]
2004-11-08 12:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIIP KPAO KIRF
04SANAA3094AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" -
[...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...]
2004-12-15 10:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3105YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]
2004-12-18 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]
2004-12-18 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA718MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (u) Post welcomes the MEPI FY 04 funding recommendations (ref a) and appreciates the opportunity to comment. Post is pleased to see the continuation of a number of successful programs, including MEET the U.S., WTO accession training, and political parties strengthening. Reftel a requests com [...]
2004-03-31 11:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO EAID ECON PREL YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA96FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Communication Training & Qualifying Institution (CTQI) has concluded its training project titled "Advocacy and Media Campaign." Conducted from 04-15 October 2003 for 20 participants from ten NGOs working with women and human rights issues on how to use media to prepare [...]
2004-01-11 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA97FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al-ZAHRA
[...] Al-Zahara Association, Dhamr governorate, has concluded its project titled "Training and Capacity Building for NOGs". The duration of the project was from 23-31 August 03. Thirty-two participants from Dhamar and Albaida governorates attended the workshop and learned ab [...]
2004-01-11 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA98FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al-
[...] Al-Mara'wa Social and Health Association has concluded its project titled "Girls' Education: Awareness and Advocacy Program". The Association conducted two workshops in ten selected rural areas with dense population in Al-Marawa district in accordance with the terms o [...]
2004-01-11 13:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANTODOMINGO4579DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN
[...] (SBU) On August 6 poloff delivered points para 3 reftel to MFA international organizations deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, and urged the GODR to issue a statement supporting a free, fair, and transparent process in the Venezuelan presidential referendum August 15. Poloff also advocat [...]
2004-08-09 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE DR
04SANTODOMINGO790DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]
2004-02-06 21:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04TAIPEI3071MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] U.S. Presidential Election A) "The United States Needs to Re-organize Its Relations with [Its] Asian Allies" Lai I-chung, International Affairs Director of the Taiwan Think Tank, said in an op-ed in the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (10/1): "Judging by the strategic traits of t [...]
2004-10-04 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3104MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 09:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3129MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 08:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3153MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ARMS PROCUREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-08 08:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3206MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S NATIONAL DAY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-14 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3224MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS,
[...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "The Remarks about Coming to Help Defend Taiwan in 12 Days" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" said in an editorial (10/14): "Legislator Lee Wen-chung said a high-ranking U.S. defense official has given him a guarantee that so long as Taiwan buys def [...]
2004-10-15 08:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3233MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S NATIONAL DAY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 08:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3259MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTION; TAIWAN ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-19 08:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3264"STOP!" DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TAIWAN LOBBIES ON
[...] Econoff delivered ref demarche to the Deputy Director General of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),Jack Lu. Lu and his staff had just returned from training in Washington with USPTO and had already been extensively briefed on the STOP! initiative. Lu expressed Taiwan's willing [...]
2004-10-19 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR KPAO ECON ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3309MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-21 23:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3322MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-22 08:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3332MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 00:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3354MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-27 08:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3360 TAIWAN: LATE-SEASON TYPHOON STRIKES TAIWAN
[...] Summary. Typhoon Nock-ten struck Taiwan's northeast on October 25. Nock-ten moved more swiftly than July's Typhoon Mindulle and August's Aere and caused less damage. Nevertheless, four people were killed, one remains missing, and more than 100 were injured. Taipei was one of the hardest hit [...]
2004-10-28 04:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT SENV ECON KSCA KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3367MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-28 23:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3389MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-29 07:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3445MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] Secretary Powell's Beijing Trip and U.S. Policy A) "President Chen Once Said He Would Make the United States Happy and Give Beijing No Excuse [to Attack Taiwan]" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" editorialized (10/31): ". Judged from whichever perspective, Secretary Powell's r [...]
2004-11-02 00:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3449MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-02 06:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3488MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS AND U.S.
[...] U.S. Elections and U.S. Policy A) "Bush Gets Re-elected with a Narrow Margin, But the Price He Pays Is the United States' Unity and Democratic Image" The conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" commented in an editorial (11/4): "Over the past four years, [U.S. President George [...]
2004-11-04 07:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3505MEDIA REACTION: BUSH RE-ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 07:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3517MEDIA REACTION: NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION; IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 07:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3531MEDIA REACTION: NEW BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 08:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3551MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU APEC MEETING AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-10 07:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3578MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-12 05:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3608MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-15 23:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3644MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-16 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3668MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S RESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-17 23:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3707TAIWAN'S CULTURAL CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with Taiwan artists and academics have revealed their growing concern that the ruling DPP's political drive to create a new national identity has created a battleground in the arenas of art and education. Artists and officials alike lament the fact that culture [...]
2004-11-19 07:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL SOCI TW
04TAIPEI3708MEDIA REACTION: RICE NOMINATION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-19 07:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3730MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU MEETING AT APEC, RICE
[...] Bush-Hu Meeting at APEC A) "The United States Casts a Curse on the Futures of Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" editorialized (11/22): ". It seems inevitable for Washington to describe [its `consistent'] position regarding the cross-Strait situ [...]
2004-11-22 23:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3793MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS,
[...] U.S.-Taiwan Relations "U.S. Continues Two-pronged Policy" Associate professor Yu Pen-li of the Graduate Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, said in the pro-independence, English-language "Taipei Times" (11/29): ". In the future, the new US government will face several ne [...]
2004-11-30 05:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3808MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-02 00:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3809"CHINA TIMES" ARTICLES ON WASHINGTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-02 00:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3826MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-02 07:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3838MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S SOVEREIGNTY ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-03 04:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3859MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECT,
[...] Taiwan's Economic Prospect "Do Not Use [Reasons Like Taiwan's] Industry Outflow and Pro-China Attitude to Harm Taiwan's Credit Rating Again" The pro-independence "Liberty Times" editorialized (12/7): "It is regretful that while China's political and military threats have done serious d [...]
2004-12-07 06:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3904"CHINA TIMES" EDITORIAL ON U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3906MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-08 10:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3923MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S PLAN TO CHANGE NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 10:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3924TAIWAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 20:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3931MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-10 07:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3959MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-13 23:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3969MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 00:33:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3984MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 07:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3998MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-16 21:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4016MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 07:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4023MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 05:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4049MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION" LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-22 08:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4064MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-23 04:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4068News Coverage of Secret U.S. Envoy's Visit to
[...] An article on the front page of the pro- independence "Liberty Times" said (12/27): Headline: "U.S. Secret Envoy Met with President Chen Shui-bian: [There Is] No Change in U.S.-Taiwan Relations. A Very High-Ranking U.S. Envoy Secretly Visited Taipei Before Christmas and Thought Positive o [...]
2004-12-27 04:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4075CHINA'S "ANTI-SECESSION LAW," AND U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-27 07:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4082MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE WHITE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-28 02:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4118MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE WHITE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI4125MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 06:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1050MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]
2004-05-07 15:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1051MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]
2004-05-07 15:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1060EVALUATION OF SPEAKER ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION: NICOLE CHEETHAM, TRACKER #20444
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1073MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 7, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/7 entitled "Bush in trouble." "Things are turning out for the worse for President Bush, more than a year after the Iraqi invasion and after having declared the end of the military actions. However, the Iraqis are still resisting [...]
2004-05-11 14:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1079MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 11, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/11 entitled "Beyond 9/11" "If the `war on terrorism' carried out by Bush and his oil-thirsty `falcons' has been really caused by the devastating attacks on September 11, 2001, there's no doubt that the damage caused to the U.S. b [...]
2004-05-11 22:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1169MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 20, 2004
[...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman and former presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/20 entitled "The war in Iraq: was it worth it?" "Senator Edward Kennedy has called the war in Iraq The Bushes' Vietnam, and his definition [...]
2004-05-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1207MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 25, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" of 5/23 entitled "At home." "The members of battalion Xatruch returned home last Friday after spending almost five months in Iraq working to support the consolidation of peace and democracy in that country." "The performance of th [...]
2004-05-25 21:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1259MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 1, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/29 entitled "Towards an uncertain future." "CAFTA took a step ahead after being signed by the Central American trade ministers and the U.S. Trade Representative, even though it has an uncertain future because it depends on the res [...]
2004-06-02 15:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA1308MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 8, 2004
[...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress and former Liberal Party presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/5 entitled "Two lies in three letters." "Representatives of several unions from Central America an [...]
2004-06-08 20:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA1322MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 6/9 entitled "The legacy." "The passing of Ronald Reagan has brought back the controversy of the time of civil war in Central America. Considering where these countries are now, opposed to the crisis they were going through and the [...]
2004-06-09 19:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1384MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on June 18 entitled "Trafficking in Persons." "Trafficking in persons is a source of innumerable violations to human rights, a profitable activity for organized crime, and even a means to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted dise [...]
2004-06-18 17:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1385MEDIA STRATEGY FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[...] As part of a PAS media strategy for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) team visiting Honduras, PAS arranged a press conference for President Ricardo Maduro and John Hewko, Vice-President for Country Relations at the MCC, to address the Millennium Challenge Account(MCA) importance for p [...]
2004-06-18 17:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA1598MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 7/20 entitled "Neither yes or no." "Despite the fact that Washington hasn't accepted or refused a new TPS extension, the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs is optimistic, and President Maduro has planned a trip to the U.S. in Sept [...]
2004-07-20 17:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA169MEDIA REACTION ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, JANUARY 22,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/24 entitled "No Access". "Within the package of Constitutional reforms approved by Congress, there is a new concept called Habeas Data, which was closes access to public information, even though it isn't part of the political agre [...]
2004-01-22 18:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA172MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 15, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/15 entitled "A great deal of rhetoric and few results". "The Latin American presidents arrived in Monterrey with few expectations, and they came back with their hands practically empty. More than ever, this Summit was characteri [...]
2004-01-22 21:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA185MEDIA REACTION ON STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/23 entitled "State of the Union Message". "The message of President Bush fell short, not only did it not address Latin American issues, but it was weak on international issues as a whole. For instance, Bush didn't talk about som [...]
2004-01-23 17:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2016MEDIA REACTION ON IMMIGRATION, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 9/2, entitled "Corridor of Death." "Statistics from the National Forum on Immigration show that in the first semester of 2004, 66 Hondurans died, 74 were injured and 25 were maimed attempting to enter illegally in the U.S." "The r [...]
2004-09-08 14:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2049EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MARIA JOSE T. FLETCHER, TRACKER NO. 21830
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-14 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2051MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR CRESENCIO ARCOS AND
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 9/11, entitled "Optimism for TPS." "Cresencio Arcos, Director of International Affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Dan Fisk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, visited Tegucigalpa to par [...]
2004-09-14 19:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2052MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11, SEPTEMBER 13, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 9/11, entitled "Three years later." "Three years after the devastating attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, symbols of the U.S. economic and military power, Islamic and other anti-Western extremists have caused chaos a [...]
2004-09-14 19:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PTER HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2224MEDIA REACTION ON THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/2, entitled "Debate and reality." "Although the first of three presidential debates was won by the Democratic candidate John F. Kerry, his victory was far from being a decisive blow against President Bush, who also lost the firs [...]
2004-10-05 21:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2330MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, OCTOBER 15, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/12, entitled "Towards CAFTA." "The warning about the negative consequences of CAFTA made by the World Bank and the turn this issue may take if Bush loses the November elections should be a matter of concern and of immediate acti [...]
2004-10-19 21:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA2383MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, OCTOBER 15, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 10/12, entitled "Towards CAFTA." "The warning about the negative consequences of CAFTA made by the World Bank and the turn this issue may take if Bush loses the November elections should be a matter of concern and of immediate acti [...]
2004-10-26 13:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA2440MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT MADURO'S VISIT TO
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 10/23, entitled "Amnesty." "President Maduro is visiting Washington, and because President Bush is probably busy with his electoral campaign, he met with Secretary of State Colin Powell to discuss several issues of interest to both [...]
2004-11-01 12:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG ECON KMCA KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2456MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 1,
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based moderate daily "La Prensa" on 11/1, entitled "Elections and Terror." "The U.S. election process on the first Tuesday in November has become an anachronism, since millions of Americans will have voted before that date despite the suspicion that the winner won't [...]
2004-11-02 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2457MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, NOVEMBER 1, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 10/30, entitled "TPS." "The decision of President Bush to extend TPS until June 6, 2006, is vital because of the critical economic and social situation the country is going through, where the problem of unemployment is significant an [...]
2004-11-02 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2478MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, NOVEMBER 3, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 11/3, entitled "TPS." "The extension of Temporary Protected Status has given to more than 90,000 Hondurans living in the U.S. the possibility of working until July 5, 2006, without the risk of being arrested and deported. Althoug [...]
2004-11-04 13:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA250HONDURAN CONGRESS PASSES NEW LAW OF HABEAS DATA
[...] SUMMARY: On January 20, the Honduran Congress passed a series of proposed changes to the Constitution to improve the mechanisms of civic participation and governmental accountability through the introduction of new democratic measures such as plebiscites and referenda. At the eleventh hour, [...]
2004-02-02 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM OIIP PREL KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2509MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, NOVEMBER 5, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 11/5, entitled "CAFTA to Congress." "The Executive has sent the text of CAFTA to Congress for its approval, which may be subject to a wide process of consultation with different sectors of Honduran society." "With the reelection of [...]
2004-11-05 20:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA251MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, FEBRUARY 2, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/31 entitled "The big lie". "At this point in time, it's just intolerable the attempt to justify the invasion and aggression to Iraq under the false pretense of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Besides, the th [...]
2004-02-03 14:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2510MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 5,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/5, entitled "Democratic Defeat." "Not even the active support of several Hollywood stars, the most influential media outlets, academics, organizations of all kinds, including relatives of 9/11 victims and soldiers who died or ar [...]
2004-11-05 20:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2529MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 8, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/8, entitled "Another Challenge in Iraq." "While President George W. Bush and his followers are enjoying his indisputable win, the occupation forces in Iraq have a difficult task at hand: conquering the rebel Sunni city of Falluj [...]
2004-11-09 13:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2580MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 10,
[...] Op-ed by Vicente Machado (Honduran Ambassador in Colombia) in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/10, entitled "Wink to Kerry, Smile to Bush." "Senator John Kerry received a wink in the ballots, but victory smiled on President George Bush after the U.S. elections. It was what [...]
2004-11-16 13:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2822MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 21, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/21, titled "They should hurry." "CAFTA is now in the process of being ratified by the Congresses of each country. Just last week and after long discussions, El Salvador was the first one to ratify it despite the opposition of left [...]
2004-12-21 20:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA2831MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, DECEMBER 22, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 12/22, entitled "Let's get it over with." "As we said before, El Salvador has already fulfilled their duty by ratifying CAFTA. In Honduras, the pressure has increased to follow that example, while the Congress has said that once it [...]
2004-12-23 16:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
04TEGUCIGALPA502MEDIA REACTION ON CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY,
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 2/27 entitled "Transparency against corruption." "The visit of a delegation of Transparency International (TI) to Honduras, headed by its Vice-president, Ines Ospina, is an encouraging step in our fight against this threat, one of th [...]
2004-03-02 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA61MEDIA REACTION ON NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY,
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/9 entitled "A door of opportunity". "The new immigration program proposed by president Bush has had diverse reactions internationally." "For instance, for some Central American governments that every year have to deal with a dif [...]
2004-01-09 23:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO PA
04TEGUCIGALPA652MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MARCH 17, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/17 entitled "They should come back." "The bloody terrorist attacks in Madrid last week, the defeat of Jose Maria Aznar's Partido Popular in Spain, and the announcement by recently elected Spanish Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero [...]
2004-03-18 14:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA653MEDIA REACTION ON HAITI, MARCH 17, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 3/17 entitled "Maneuvers." "In a similar situation to what has happened in Iraq, where a provisional government backed by Washington tries to handle a transitional period until they come up with a new government to take over after a [...]
2004-03-18 14:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA669MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MARCH 16, 2004
[...] Editorial on front-page corner of Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/16 entitled "Mending errors." "As El Heraldo warned when it was decided to send troops, the continuing terrorist attacks and the announcement of the withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Iraq have shown that [...]
2004-03-19 18:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA77MEDIA REACTION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 13, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/13 entitled "Less differences". "The Summit of the Americas was inaugurated in Monterrey, Mexico, in a context of apparent or real differences among some of the countries participating on it." "The Summit will touch on a series of [...]
2004-01-13 20:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA78MEDIA REACTIONS ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 12, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 1/12 entitled "The Monterrey Summit". "The Summit of the Americas in Monterrey will be a crucial test for the relationship between Latin America and the U.S. due to the controversy that has arisen lately over sensitive issues of f [...]
2004-01-13 21:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA781MEDIA REACTION ON RESOLUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...]
2004-04-02 22:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU OIIP KPAO HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA787MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...]
2004-04-05 17:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA802MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...]
2004-04-05 23:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA803MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/3 entitled "The resolution." "President Maduro and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have stated that in the Cuba affair Honduras is acting as a sovereign state, in accordance with the U.N. Charter." "We're going to take their wo [...]
2004-04-05 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA810MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us Presi Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party ) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinatio [...]
2004-04-06 19:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA813MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us `Presi' Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinati [...]
2004-04-06 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA853MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/14 entitled "Ours and theirs." "To take to Congress the resolution presented by Honduras to the UNCHR will stir a meaningless discussion when we have other issues and laws that, despite their importance, are being ignored by our [...]
2004-04-14 22:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA854MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Op-ed by Rafael Delgado in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/7 entitled "Foreign policy and subordination." "President Maduro and his ministers have said it: our foreign policy hasn't changed, which means that the current administration has maintained the same approach o [...]
2004-04-14 22:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA855MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Op-ed by Julieta Castellanos in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/13 entitled "The aggression towards Cuba." "The last foreign policy move has placed our country in the disgraceful situation of becoming the backyard of a powerful country. Public officials are losing credibil [...]
2004-04-14 22:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA862MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/15 entitled "Iraq." "The situation in Iraq has deteriorated in the last weeks, due to the uprising of several armed groups in territories controlled by Shiites and Sunnis threatens to spread the violence to the whole Iraq." " [...]
2004-04-15 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA873MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/15 entitled "Sixth attack to Tegucigalpa Base." "Colonel Wilfredo Calderon Canales, commander of battalion Xatruch II, confirmed in a phone interview that the Honduran base in Najaf was attacked by unknown Iraqi forces on the afterno [...]
2004-04-15 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA925MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 21, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/21 entitled "Retreat" "The announced return of our troops has only confirmed a decision taken by President Maduro almost a month ago that he wouldn't request to Congress an extension to authorize the presence of additional Hondura [...]
2004-04-21 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA945PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites (see my attached comment)1, exercise [...]
2004-04-26 18:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA960PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites1, exercise effective control of busin [...]
2004-04-27 19:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA966MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 26, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 4/24 entitled "Return of the troops." "President Maduro has recently announced the return of the Honduran troops in Iraq, who were supposed to carry out humanitarian and reconstruction works in that country." "When the Honduran gov [...]
2004-04-27 21:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TELAVIV1375ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL
[...] Summary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are under the age of 25. Most can trace their families' arrival in Israel to rescue missions such as Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). The vast majority live in impoverished communities w [...]
2004-03-05 08:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1777Canon White and Former Archbishop of
[...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...]
2004-03-24 06:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6060RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL: CULTURAL AND
[...] Summary: During a recent meeting with PD staff, Professor Marina Nizhnik of Tel Aviv University discussed the Russian immigrant community of Israel, with particular emphasis on differences between the more established community that has resided in Israel for the past 10 years and the recent ar [...]
2004-12-02 07:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAO ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV6072ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S.
[...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...]
2004-12-02 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6113ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S.
[...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...]
2004-12-06 08:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6563ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...]
2004-12-27 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1119DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN WILTON PARK MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 09:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KPAO NL
04THEHAGUE1121EVALUATION FOR FY-2004 VOLVIS ELECTION PROGRAM FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 11:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1359FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should n [...]
2004-06-03 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1360FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shoul [...]
2004-06-03 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1361FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jeroen W.F. Sas as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Sas is earmarked for the EU/RP "Trade and Economic Development" which will be held from May 9 - 27, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]
2004-06-03 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1363FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Henk Jan Ormel as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...]
2004-06-03 15:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1364FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEX [...]
2004-06-03 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1365FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Richard Cornelius Berkhout as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingto [...]
2004-06-03 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1370FY-2005 Embassy The Hague International
[...] On April 22, 2004, the International Visitor Program Selection Committee nominated the following slate of IVP candidates for the FY-2005. As per refcable, we are nominating 11 primary candidates. The remaining candidates are nominated as alternates. We request that The Hague will again be offe [...]
2004-06-03 16:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1392FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Naglaa Abdel Rahman Elhajj as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Ms. Elhajj is earmarked for the MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues" which will be held from May 12 - June 2, 2005. 2. START [...]
2004-06-04 11:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1394FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...]
2004-06-04 11:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1397FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Delphine R.R. Pronk as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...]
2004-06-04 11:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1983DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Dimitri Vogelaar August 5 to discuss reftel message. Vogelaar said that he was disappointed that the EU would not be able to send an observer mission to Venezuela, but stressed that the EU would remain involved "even without a European mission." [...]
2004-08-10 09:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO NL
04THEHAGUE2047NETHERLANDS: UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-16 14:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL KPAO NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2143TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS AND
[...] Embassy The Hague has regularly posted the Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Trafficking in Persons reports on the embassy web site and alerted key contacts to their existence. We have not, however, translated the reports into Dutch given the extraordinarily high proficiency in English. [...]
2004-08-27 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM PREL KDEM NL
04THEHAGUE2999Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears
[...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...]
2004-11-18 11:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3038DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] After coordinating with the Moroccan Embassy in the Hague, POLCOUNS delivered refs points and agenda for the December 11 Forum for the Future in Rabat to Michiel den Hond, Head of the Dutch MFA's Middle East Affairs Department on November 18. Den Hond confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Bot [...]
2004-11-19 16:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3142NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH TO CO-FINANCE CNPA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-01 18:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAF XD SNAR XG KPAO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE719 DUTCH PRESS ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE US
[...] Summary. The visit of Prime Minister Balkenende to the US received broad attention in the Dutch media. The fallout from the Madrid terrorist attacks and discussion of the opposition Labor Party's desire not to renew the Dutch military deployment in Iraq overshadowed his March 15 [...]
2004-03-18 15:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO NL PREL
04THEHAGUE973TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-19 12:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE980TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-20 12:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04VILNIUS1442FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A
[...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...]
2004-11-26 09:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL LH RS
04VILNIUS1566LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]
2004-12-27 14:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON1069NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...]
2004-12-22 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
04WELLINGTON832NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. SEED ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] Post delivered reftel announcement on U.S. participation in the Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (SEED) partnership to the Environment and Americas Divisions of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) MFAT will distribute the information to GoNZ ag [...]
2004-09-30 02:20:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV NZ
04YEREVAN1109REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: ARMENIAN MEDIA
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian mass media widely covered the recent developments in Ajaria and Georgia and paid special attention to the resignation of Ajaria's leader, Aslan Abashidze. The press outlined the importance of the recent political developments for their possible impact on Armenia and on the [...]
2004-05-07 13:01:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN1119"CELEBRATION" OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN
[...] SUMMARY: Competing media organizations sponsored several events on Monday, May 3, in observance of World Press Freedom Day. Generally critical of the government of Armenia, the events also revealed a certain amount of intramural hard feelings in the world of Armenian journalism. The U.S. Em [...]
2004-05-10 09:26:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN1369REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on June 17. Almost all TV and newspaper reports were accurate and factual. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. All the newspapers noted that there will be the final p [...]
2004-06-21 08:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN1537AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-09 13:00:00Embassy YerevanSECRETMARR PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN1789CHARGE BRIEFS DFM ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:25:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN1893NEW PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS SWORN IN BY NEW
[...] SUMMARY: On August 23, the Ambassador swore in 51 new Peace Corps Volunteers for service in Armenia, the largest group since the program was established in 1992. Foreign Minister Oskanian, who attended the ceremony, spoke passionately about the high value of the program for Armenia and U.S [...]
2004-08-27 12:03:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAO OPRC PREL AM KMRD
04YEREVAN2156REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the first press conference of Ambassador John Evans held on September 15. Virtually all TV stations commented on the unique format of the press conference (the heads of all the sections of the U.S. mission in Armenia were present). All TV stations show [...]
2004-09-30 13:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN2210 IPR: PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel we delivered talking points on piracy of intellectual property to Deputy Minister of Trade Tigran Davtyan, October 6. Davtyan expressed interest in the Strategy Targeting Organi [...]
2004-10-06 11:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KPAO AM WTRO
04YEREVAN226REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address was widely covered in Armenian media, both print and broadcast. Coverage by broadcast media was mostly factual, using CNN, EuroNews or Russian sources. Print media used the Russian Washington File provided by the U.S. Embassy Pu [...]
2004-01-23 12:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN2537OPPOSITION EDITOR'S CAR TORCHED, BLAMES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) November 22 at 20:40 (local time) the car of Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the opposition newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak, burst into flame in front of his office. Pashinyan is convinced th [...]
2004-11-24 14:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO AM
04YEREVAN444"A POLITICAL MURDER": ARMENIAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian mass media widely covered the murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian who was attending a NATO training course in Hungary. Echoing the official press statements made by the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, almost all local media outlets connected this crime to the g [...]
2004-02-23 12:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN516REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on February 27. TV reports were mainly accurate and factual. The printed press, however, carried some comments on the Ambassador's answers regarding the murder of the Armenian officer in Budapest and the Ka [...]
2004-03-02 03:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN680REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...]
2004-03-22 10:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN687REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: TRAIN BOMBINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...]
2004-03-23 10:09:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN722REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: SHEIKH AHMED
[...] SUMMARY: The assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was reported on all Armenian TV channels, the reports being mainly factual. However, some local papers published commentaries. The following is the summary of the articles. [...]
2004-03-26 02:32:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN739REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the March 26 press conference held by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan after his meeting with President Kocharian. Among forty invited representatives of mass media, ten represented foreign media outlets. [...]
2004-03-29 01:27:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN774REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: AFTER THE
[...] SUMMARY: After the visit of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Armenia all mass media widely covered his meetings and press conference held in Yerevan. Following his visit to Azerbaijan, some Armenian newspapers published editorials discussing the Armitage visit to the region and [...]
2004-04-01 02:56:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN784"To enter the 21st century or not?" - PAS
[...] SUMMARY: On March 21, the PAS Yerevan organized a highly successful forum in honor of International Women's Month, featuring prominent women working in the fields of international affairs, politics, business, media and law. The event drew capacity crowds and was covered by three television s [...]
2004-04-01 11:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KWMN PREL OEXC SCUL AM
04YEREVAN786REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: Major General Jeffery Kohler, the Director of Plans and Policy for the U.S. European Command, paid a two-day visit to Armenia on March 30-31. Immediately before departure he gave a press conference, with more than twenty media outlets participating. The TV reports were mainly factu [...]
2004-04-02 01:31:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN970REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS
[...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on April 22. TV reports were mainly accurate and factual. The press carried fewer commentaries this time than it has in the past. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. [...]
2004-04-26 10:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04ZAGREB781CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON
[...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...]
2004-04-30 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO
04ZAGREB969FY-04 U.S. SPEAKER EVALUATION-CRS ANALYST PAUL
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IN 11 PROGRAMS OVER FOUR DAYS (APRIL 28-30 AND MAY 3, 2004),U.S. SPEAKER AND NATO EXPERT PAUL GALLIS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE EXPLAINED U.S. CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON NATO AND NATO EXPANSION, ENCOURAGED THE CONTINUATION OF CROATIAN DEFENSE REFORMS, A [...]
2004-05-27 07:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP HR NATO
05ABUDHABI2173UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT FREEDOM
[...] (C) Summary: Although the United Arab Emirates is a wealthy and economically advanced country, an open political system and political competition do not exist. The UAE has no elections, no political parties, and no trade unions. The existing appointed consultative bodies that debate and adop [...]
2005-05-16 05:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI2195 UAE ACCESS STUDENTS: "I THOUGHT THAT AMERICANS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 03:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL XF TC
05ABUDHABI3043UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY
[...] (C) Summary: Since the May 16 submission of the UAE democratic reform strategy (ref A),visiting DOS and embassy officials have highlighted the need for greater public participation with President Khalifa, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, MinState Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed, [...]
2005-07-11 06:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC MEPI
05ABUDHABI3161UAE IMAMS DENOUNCE TERROR, EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the July 7 terror attacks in London and the continuing violence in Iraq, the UAEG has stepped up its efforts to denounce terrorist violence. The UAEG's latest push has included a public campaign with unequivocal condemnations of extremism in government-approved Fri [...]
2005-07-18 07:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3242UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to preach tolerance and moderation. Three UAE nationals were injured in the explosions, according to press reports. As reported reftel, after the July 7 attack [...]
2005-07-25 07:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KISL KPAO TC
05ABUDHABI3264UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING
[...] An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk attack. The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an unidenti [...]
2005-07-25 11:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3299UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens and large expatriate community that extremist-inspired violence has no place in Islam. Through a series of carefully crafted Friday sermons, the Ministry of [...]
2005-07-27 10:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3735TFUS01: UAE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Ambassador early Saturday afternoon, September 3, to reiterate UAE President Sheikh Khalifa's message of condolence to President Bush (full text below, para 6) as well as the UAE's offer of [...]
2005-09-03 11:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3746TFUS01: UAE OFFERS $100 MN IN HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] Sultan Al Rumaithi, Office Director for Deputy PM/MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamden Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, informed Ambassador today that the UAEG was prepared to extend $100 million dollars in assistance for Hurricane Katrina Relief. A UAEG inter-ministerial committee has been formed to [...]
2005-09-05 07:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3772TFUS01: UAE DONATION - HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] Obeid Al Marra, from UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs, telephoned DCM to request instructions for in-kind delivery of donated materials (MREs, medical aid, bedding, generators) for Hurricane Katrina victims. 2. Al Marra stated that most probably the UAEG donation would be half cash an [...]
2005-09-05 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC
05ABUDHABI3883UAE 9/11 COMMEMORATION: "WE MUST ALL STAND UNITED"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Abu Dhabi held a ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and honoring the memory of those from eighty-two countries who lost their lives on September 11. UAE senior officials from the Presidency, and Ministries of Justice and Islamic Affairs, [...]
2005-09-12 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PTER XF TC
05ABUDHABI4113UAE REFORM STRATEGY: SECOND QUARTERLY UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 13:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TC
05ABUDHABI4946ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council December 6 to publicly denounce terrorists as disloyal towards their fellow citizens. MbZ's strongly worded message follows his equally powerful [...]
2005-12-07 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PREL KPAO AE
05ABUDHABI5043NEW ORLEANS JAZZ HERITAGE TOURS: THE MARDI GRAS
[...] Summary: More than 500 UAE nationals including government officials, media representatives, businessmen, and students attended two performances of Mardi Gras Indian Collective. The program included two performances, one at the Emirates Heritage Village in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, November 26, and [...]
2005-12-14 15:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC KPAO
05ABUDHABI964UAE: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Summary: PAO Abu Dhabi postponed International Education Week activities due to the mourning period following the death of UAE President Sheikh Zayed. PAO subsequently spread the activities out over several weeks in November and December. Public Affairs Officers and Education Advisors vi [...]
2005-03-01 12:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TC SCUL CVIS
05ABUDHABI97UAE ENGLISH LANGUAGE MICROSCHOLARSHIPS
[...] (U) Summary: The inauguration of the English-language Microscholarship Program in the UAE has generated goodwill and a positive image for the US at a time when Emirati students are bombarded with negative images from press and television. This is the first program to reach out to UAE youth in [...]
2005-01-05 12:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TC SCUL
05ABUJA1676IVLP Returnee Spearheads Judicial Reforms in
[...] Summary: Ms. Faustinah I. Kola-Olalere, Chair of Magistrate Association of Nigeria (MAN) returned from her IVLP program with a consuming passion: transforming Nigeria's courts emphasis on punishment to correction and reformation. She hopes this new emphasis would red [...]
2005-09-09 12:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC NI
05ABUJA1821NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS
[...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]
2005-09-26 13:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA1850Nigeria: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] Summary: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with roughly an equal number of Muslims and Christians. Despite its prominence as a leading oil producer, the majority of Nigerians eke out a meager existence on less than a dollar a day, as the country finds itself near the bottom of the [...]
2005-09-28 11:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KMPI NI
05ACCRA110GHANA: REQUEST FOR FUNDS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] This cable, in response to Ref A, requests funds for FY 05 public diplomacy outreach projects related to agricultural biotechnology. Post requests funding for upcoming workshops to be undertaken in conjunction with USAID,s Program for Biosafety Systems, the goal of which is to promote the judi [...]
2005-01-14 10:51:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAGR ECON BIOTECHNOLOGY
05ACCRA1969COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA
[...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...]
2005-09-27 13:17:00Embassy AccraSECRETEAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER
05ACCRA2435EMBASSY GHANA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TO MUSLIM
[...] SUMMARY: This year Post continued to expand its Muslim outreach program during the recently completed Ramadan celebrations. The Embassy hosted more events, took the program to more areas, and reached more Muslim citizens than in any year so far. I was involved personally in several of the act [...]
2005-11-29 14:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KISL KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SOCI
05ACCRA2484WTO DOHA ROUND ACTION PLAN: GHANA
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftels, Ambassador, Econoffs, and USAID/Ghana and USAID West Africa Regional Program (WARP) officers are working closely with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) to prepare GoG representatives for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial in Hong Kong with trai [...]
2005-12-06 17:32:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO OIIP GH WTRO
05ACCRA2566GHANA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Ghana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. To date, no acts of international terrorism have ever occurred in Ghana. Ghana is not a sanctuary or safe haven for terrorists. Per reftel A instructions, Ghana will not require a detailed assessment. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]
2005-12-19 12:43:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GH
05ACCRA2587THE AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSION PROFILE IN TAMALE
[...] Summary: During an intensive four-day trip to the Northern Region (November 29-December 2),historically plagued by ethnic conflict, but currently poor but peaceful, Ambassador and Mission team engaged in many successful programs that showcased transformational diplomacy at its best. The hi [...]
2005-12-20 17:31:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON GH KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA636REPORT ON MRP "COMBATTING INTERNATIONAL
[...] Summary. The Chief Inspector of Police at the Women and Juvenile Unit of the Ghana Police, Elvis Bawa Sadongo, was among the participants in the MRP on "Combatting International Crime" from January 7 - 28, 2005. He said his trip was a real "eye-opener" because he and the other IVLP participa [...]
2005-04-01 06:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ACCRA637REPORT ON AFRP "RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE
[...] Summary. Two Ghanaian radio broadcasters were among the participants in an AFRP on "Radio Broadcasting in the U.S." from January 31-February 18, 2005. Both had rave reviews for the program and said the experience broadened everyone's perspective. One of the journalists was particularly impr [...]
2005-04-01 06:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ACCRA644SPEAKER DEBUTS HIPLIFE DOCUMENTARY TO WIDE
[...] Summary. From February 17-26, 2005, post sponsored a series of film screenings across Ghana of a PAS-funded documentary that described links between Ghanaian hiplife artists and the United States. The film showings were part of post's African American History Month celebrations. Post used [...]
2005-04-01 11:02:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
05ADDISABABA3843AU CONVENING PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL CONGRESS
[...] Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) is convening a Pan African Cultural Congress in Nairobi from December 4-9, 2005 to "review and assess the cultural sector in Africa, and consider the stakes, challenges and opportunities" to develop appropriate programs. The USG has been invite [...]
2005-11-14 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO SCUL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3852 VOA'S AMHARIC SERVICE CONDEMNED BY GOE - NEED FOR
[...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. SUMMARY: On November 8, Charge d'Affaires met with local and London-based Voice of America correspondents. She used the meeting to discuss U.S. policy regarding Ethiopia, the role the VOA is playing in Ethiopia at a time when i [...]
2005-11-15 08:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3915 ETHIOPIA: VOA ON THE HOT SEAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A November 15 meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu provided the opportunity for the Charge to discuss the Government of Ethiopia's concerns regarding reporting by the VOA's Amharic Service, as well as larger issues of GOE press outreach and its relatio [...]
2005-11-22 13:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA
05ALGIERS1050AMBASSADOR PRESSES BELKHEIR ON DEFAMATION
[...] (C) During May 24 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues, Ambassador took the occasion to underscore our serious concerns about the mounting number of Algerian journalists who are either in jail or condemned to prison terms on charges of defamation. (At the time of t [...]
2005-05-25 21:02:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO AG
05ALGIERS1199POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]
2005-06-13 09:41:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1534ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST
[...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...]
2005-07-20 17:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1971ALGERIA TO ATTEND RABAT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE
[...] DCM participated in a joint demarche with UK Charge Nick Low and Italian DCM Antonio Bellavia on MFA Director General for the Americas Cherif Chikhi September 26 to encourage high level GOA participation at the October 1-3 BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue meeting in Rabat. Chikhi, who will [...]
2005-09-26 16:49:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL KMPI AG
05ALGIERS1975COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA
[...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...]
2005-09-27 16:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG
05ALMATY1130 KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]
2005-03-28 04:03:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1883 OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS
[...] (SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran desecration at Guantanamo started only on May 16, and was low-key and non-inflamatory. The May 16 primetime news on one Kazakhstani state channel and one indep [...]
2005-05-18 11:32:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1953 OPPOSITION PAPER OUTMANEUVERS AUTHORITIES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the information ministry ordered Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan's (DCK) weekly newspaper "Respublika: Business Review" to stop publishing. It revoked the weekly's registration after filing suit in February following Respublica's republication of the transcript of an [...]
2005-05-24 05:21:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY215INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLETS COVETED BY NAZARBAYEV
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media advocates in Kazakhstan report that over the past few weeks, momentum has been building to consolidate ownership of influential media outlets among Nazarbayev loyalists in advance of the presidential elections. A source within the presidential administration revealed tha [...]
2005-01-21 04:49:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3277OMNIBUS OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of a series of bi- monthly cables on developments among Kazakhstan's media. Most of the incidents reported here indicate a pattern of restrictions against editorially independent media in the run-up to the December presidential elections. To their great credit [...]
2005-09-09 10:00:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3284KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION BUYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurbulat Masanov, a well-known human rights activist and political commentator, will forego his role as expert analyst at a discussion club to head an institute on ethnology created for him by the presidential administration. In accepting the new position, Masanov agreed to refrai [...]
2005-09-09 14:06:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3924 ZERO TOLERANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION PRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harassment of opposition print media intensified in the three weeks leading up to start of the official campaign period October 25. While print runs have increased, there have been incidents ranging from confiscation of the entire print run of one paper, to grabbing copies out [...]
2005-11-01 00:36:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4092004-05 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE
[...] (SBU) The following is the draft summary of U.S. strategy and efforts to combat human rights abuses and bolster democracy in Kazakhstan for 2004-05. BEGIN DRAFT STRATEGY TEXT: In Kazakhstan, the United States forcefully advocated support of human rights and democracy, emphasizing that bi [...]
2005-02-03 23:54:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ELAB KPAO KSEP KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4175REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a CIS elections monitoring representative, media coverage of presidential campaigns in the first two weeks of November "did not quite correspond" to legal and constitutional norms. State media are honoring the letter, if not the spirit, of the information ministry' [...]
2005-11-25 06:08:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
05ALMATY422 FY05 TV CO-OP PROPOSALS FOR KAZAKHSTAN
[...] U.S. Embassy-Almaty offers the following TV co- operative projects for FY05, in descending order of priority. Post plans to cover international airfare costs not covered by the stations and will arrange pre-departure briefings for selected TV crews. 2a. "Muslims in the United States." Th [...]
2005-02-06 05:20:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP KZ
05ALMATY4282 SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev is poised to win a substantial victory with support likely exceeding 70 percent of the vote. While the pre-electoral playing field was not level, opposition candidates engaged in a serious campaign effort that was hindered more by their inability to connec [...]
2005-12-02 09:22:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO KZ
05ALMATY4412 KAZAKHSTANI ANALYSTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent roundtable to discuss the November 14 military pact between Russia and Uzbekistan, a group of political analysts and academics considered the pact both a hedge against U.S. influence in Central Asia, as well as a signal from Russia that it still has influence in the [...]
2005-12-15 13:09:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY572 ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK),Fr [...]
2005-02-13 23:32:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY794 DCK NEWSPAPER SOZ CLOSED BY COURT ORDER
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY. Democratic Choice of Kazakshtan's (DCK) newspaper, Soz ("Word"),has been closed down via official court order. On January 31, an inter-district economic court ordered the newspaper to pay the National Security Committee (KNB) 5 million tenge ($38,500) in damages for a Sept [...]
2005-02-28 07:39:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY977 Kazakhstan: Procurator General Begins
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Procurator General's Office (PG) for the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan systematically began investigating 33 U.S. Mission implementing partners at the instigation of Mazhilis member E.A. Abilkasimov. Officials from the Procurator's Office were often accompanied by [...]
2005-03-15 08:41:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN1629 PAS Amman Conducts Web Dialogue
[...] PAS Amman hosted February 17 a web dialogue on the Embassy's public website between USAID Jordan Mission Director Anne Aarnes and the Jordanian public. This is the first of what are planned as monthly web dialogue sessions with senior country team members. The web dialogue enabled Jordanians [...]
2005-02-27 09:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KIRC EAID SCUL JO
05AMMAN1649NEA ESTH Conference Links ESTH To Full Range of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thirty-eight officers from a range of U.S. departments and NEA missions met in Wadi Mousa, Jordan February 2-3 for a workshop to discuss U.S. environment, science, technology and health (ESTH) priorities in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to ex [...]
2005-02-27 15:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD KPAO TBIO KHIV SOCI JO XF
05AMMAN2092IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GOJ
[...] (U) A/PolCouns delivered on March 13 ref A talking points and statement on U.S. support for EU-3 diplomacy efforts on Iran to Waleed Obeidat, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat had no substantive response, but said he would forward the information to FM [...]
2005-03-13 16:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KPAO IR IZ JO
05AMMAN2435PAS Amman Hosts Iraqi and Jordanian
[...] Summary: As part of PA Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization Program, and in support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman organized workshop on economic, financial, and business journalism in the period March 14-17. The workshop, which was direc [...]
2005-03-24 08:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMPI KPAO XF IZ JO
05AMMAN2570NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 09:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC JO
05AMMAN3075ARABIC TRANSLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-17 11:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO KSPR JO
05AMMAN3088PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE OUTREACH IN
[...] In response to reftel, PAO Amman, in consultation with Legal Attache, has made plans to exploit the following outreach opportunities to publicize the message of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Jordan. PAO will use material available on the Bureau of International Information Pro [...]
2005-04-18 04:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA JO
05AMMAN3394DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1559: JORDAN
[...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi on April 28 to deliver the demarche on the need to sustain pressure on Syria to comply fully with UNSCR 1559. Charge pointed to Jordan's strong and consistent support for the resolution; more needed to be done to ensure its implementation. [...]
2005-04-28 13:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO LE SY JO
05AMMAN3399JORDAN'S STIFLED (BUT EXPANDING) MEDIA SECTOR
[...] (C) Jordan,s media sector has seen rapid expansion recently, driven by government measures to open the broadcast sector to private ownership and a booming advertising market. Private radio has begun broadcasting in Jordan for the first time, while plans are underway for Jordan,s first private [...]
2005-04-28 14:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM ECON ECPS KMPI JO
05AMMAN3907OUTREACH ACTION ON ALLEGED KORAN
[...] 1. Post raised the Koran desecration issue with the GOJ and widely distributed the Secretary's comments and the Newsweek retraction to the media and our journalist contacts in addition to posting them on the Embassy Webpage. While the Jordanian press prominently reported "Islamic [...]
2005-05-18 08:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KISL PREL JO
05AMMAN4075PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE UPDATE: JORDAN
[...] (C) On May 17, 2005, Charge briefed Jordanian Foreign Minister Qasrawi on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and encouraged active Jordanian participation in this effort. Qasrawi received the information favorably, as had Prince Faisal, whom Charge had briefed earlier on the PSI. How [...]
2005-05-25 04:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO
05AMMAN4303PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE - JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-01 13:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO
05AMMAN5128AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD REQUEST FOR AMMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-27 13:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL JO
05AMMAN5760SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS:
[...] (SBU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious leaders, underscoring the importance of countering extremism, terrorism, and incitement to violence and intolerance. One of our strongest allies on the counter [...]
2005-07-19 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PREL PTER JO
05AMMAN5761NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held in Amman. These include further work to de-legitimize extremists' use of "psuedo" fatwas to justify terrorism, development of a core canon of books which wi [...]
2005-07-19 11:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL KPAO
05AMMAN5913JORDANIANS CONDEMN SHARM AL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah led Jordan's public condemnation of the July 23 bombings in Sharm al-Sheikh, calling the attacks "barbaric" acts of terrorism that have no grounding in Islam. He telephoned President Mubarak to express Jordan's solidarity with Egypt, as ordinary Jordanians and th [...]
2005-07-25 14:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KPAO ECON EG JO
05AMMAN6252NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 10:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC JO
05AMMAN6408DEVELOPING MEDIA FREEDOM IN JORDAN
[...] (C) Introduction: A free media sector will play a central role if Jordan is to continue moving toward a more democratic political order. Free media and open information environments are also necessary to sustain economic growth and to raise public confidence in the integrity of the governmen [...]
2005-08-10 03:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PHUM JO
05AMMAN6656ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 10:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
05AMMAN7534G-8 BMENA - OCTOBER 1-3 MEETING IN RABAT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 12:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI KPAO PREL JO
05AMMAN7708COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils against extremist ideas - and to help such values emerge where they are absent - for several years. We use a wide panoply of State Department and other USG pro [...]
2005-09-28 05:35:00Embassy AmmanSECRETKDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO
05AMMAN7932 RAMADAN 2005 PA STRATEGY: ENGAGING ISLAM
[...] DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, THE ENTIRE AMERICAN MISSION IN JORDAN WILL WORK TO REINFORCE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN RESPECT FOR ISLAM AND ISLAMIC TRADITIONS. OUR EFFORTS THIS YEAR WILL FOCUS ON EVENTS WHICH WILL CARRY THAT MESSAGE BEYOND OUR USUAL CONTACTS TO AUDIENCES NOT ALWAYS REACHED [...]
2005-10-05 06:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF KPAO PREL JO
05AMMAN7943Environmental Public Diplomacy in Aqaba: Baseball
[...] Summary: $1,500 still buys a lot. Post used $1,500 of public diplomacy funds from the "R" Bureau through OES to co- sponsor "Clean up the World Day" in Aqaba, Jordan on October  [...]
2005-10-05 10:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KICR KPAO JO
05AMMAN8093JORDAN: KING'S COMMENTS ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION
[...] (U) Jordan's King Abdullah continued efforts to bolster the Iraqi political process in an October 9 interview with Al-Rai, the leading semi-official Arabic-language daily. The widely circulated independent centrist Arabic daily Al Ghad, also covered the basic points of the King's interview. [...]
2005-10-11 14:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO IZ JO
05AMMAN8422BEGINNING THE FIGHT OVER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Marwan Muasher, chairman of the Royal Commission for the National Agenda (the centerpiece of King Abdullah's reform efforts),recently announced that the commission's report will include a recommendation that membership in the Jordan Press Association (JPA) become volun [...]
2005-10-26 08:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV JO
05AMMAN8460JORDAN ENDORSES THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 08:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO
05AMMAN8923 THANKS AND KUDOS: RYAN GLIHA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO APER
05AMMAN8944PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RAMADAN EVENTS
[...] During Ramadan, Embassy Amman made a comprehensive and vigorous effort to demonstrate American respect for Islam and to further public understanding that Islam and respect for religion are a part of mainstream American life. All mission elements' public statements during the month began with [...]
2005-11-17 06:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KISL JO
05AMMAN9040"AMMAN MESSAGE" INTERFAITH IFTAR PROMOTES
[...] Summary. The Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) hosted an interfaith conference on October 31 in Amman. With post financial help, the conference brought together representatives of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism from the U.S. and the Middle East to discuss moderation [...]
2005-11-22 09:56:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KIRF PREL PHUM KPAO JO
05AMMAN9290HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - JORDAN
[...] Post is planning two events to commemorate Human Rights Day. Both feature former Ambassador Swanee Hunt who will be in Jordan December 9 - 11. Amb. Hunt will participate in programs on women's rights as an integral part of human rights. She has worked with Jordanian and Iraqi women on thes [...]
2005-11-30 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO JO
05AMMAN9473 Embassy Amman Public Outreach following
[...] Embassy Amman's Public Affairs Office conducted outreach activities in support of the goals outlined in reftel. The text of the Secretary's statement of December 5 was posted on the main homepage of the mission website at the top of the page. Post also electronically distributed the Secretar [...]
2005-12-07 17:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO OIIP JO
05AMMAN9580NGOS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM
[...] Post has identified five NGOs that are providing assistance to the victims of the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman (Ref B.) None of these groups were established to specifically provide support or services to victims of terrorism and their families. Instead, they are private charitable and [...]
2005-12-12 12:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC KPAO JO
05AMMAN9589PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 15 IRAQI ELECTION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 17:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ JO
05AMMAN9771TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED
[...] Summary: In response to reftel, post successfully placed A/S Wayne's op-ed with Jordan's two largest circulation Arabic dailies and its most prominent English daily. No media reaction was observed. End summary. 2. In response to reftel, Embassy's Public Affairs Section placed A/S Wayne's [...]
2005-12-19 15:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KPAO PTER ETTC JO
05AMMAN9882PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: JORDAN REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) A DoD delegation led by Dr. David Cooper, OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy, provided GOJ officials two informational briefings on operational aspects of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Amman December 14. The focus was on how Jordan could organize at the national l [...]
2005-12-26 15:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO
05ANKARA1062AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT: ESF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]
2005-02-28 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1090AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT GENERATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Minister of Education visited a primary school in a poor neighborhood of Ankara February 23. The school visit was linked to the U.S. ESF grant to a project providing cash to poor families conditioned on their keeping their children in school. There was wides [...]
2005-03-01 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1474U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 IRAN DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) We made reftel points on March 15 to MFA Middle East Department Head Ulku. Ulku welcomed the U.S. position, which he said Turkey would view positively. Ulku averred that Turkey will continue to press Iran privately to work with the EU-3 and IAEA. EDELMAN [...]
2005-03-15 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO TU IR
05ANKARA1552CARLIN TALKS TIP TACTICS WITH JUDICIAL OFFICIALS;
[...] (U) IIP Speaker Barbara Carlin, Resident Legal Attache in Skopje, Macedonia, brought her expertise on prosecution of human trafficking cases to Turkey to support a Ministry of Justice conference for 50 judges and prosecutors on February 9. The conference, organized by the International Orga [...]
2005-03-17 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU OIIP TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2814OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS
[...] The Turkish media has been uncharacteristically restrained in its coverage of the alleged desecration incident at Guantanamo. News coverage since the claim was first published in Newsweek has generally been factual and balanced. Most papers reported on the demonstrations and violence in Afgh [...]
2005-05-17 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KISL PREL
05ANKARA2899ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPECIALIST HELPS WRITE TURKEY'S
[...] SUMMARY: From April 25 to May 20, 2005, English Language Specialist William Smalzer worked in Izmir, Turkey, with the Ministry of Education textbook writers assigned to write the English books for grades 9-11 and for the prep year (before grade 9) for high schools that require entrance examina [...]
2005-05-23 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL TU
05ANKARA3961SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS:
[...] (C) We supplied reftel points to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Tezel, making clear Turkey is not a subject of this effort and asking for Turkish views on our proposed initiative. Tezel, a thoughtful interlocutor, thanked us and said he would reflect on our initiative and convey [...]
2005-07-07 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAO TU
05ANKARA3997TURKMAN GROUP, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY SEEK U.S.
[...] This is an action request for the Department, USAID, and Embassy Baghdad--please see para. 9. 2. Summary: The Iraqi Turkmen Assembly and Hacettepe University are seeking U.S. assistance for a distance learning project for students in Kirkuk to take classes from Hacettepe. This is the first [...]
2005-07-08 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO EAID SCUL IZ TU
05ANKARA4036TURKEY'S LEADERS, PRESS REACT TO LONDON ATTACKS
[...] Senior Turkish officials were quick to condemn last week's terrorist bombings in London. Most press commentators also condemned the attack, though many blamed the US-led war in Iraq for accelerating the spread of terrorism. Some journalists also pointed to an alleged double standard by Weste [...]
2005-07-11 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA425IRAQ: TURKISH DAILY CLAIMS KIRKUK TO BE HANDED
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (U) The Jan. 26 edition of the Turkish daily "Milliyet" ran a story claiming that the U.S., the UK, the IIG, and Iraqi Kurds have reached a secret deal under which Kirkuk will come under Kurdish control following Jan. 30 elections [...]
2005-01-26 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PGOV TU IZ UK
05ANKARA4258THE TURKISH PRESS DEBATES THE PKK ISSUE
[...] (U) The increase in PKK violence in Turkey, culminating in the July 16 bus bombing in the Turkish resort of Kusadasi, has accelerated the public debate over how best to deal with the PKK. The dominant view continues to blame the violence on the perceived US failure to fulfill its commitment t [...]
2005-07-22 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA4425 TRACKER 23827 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER DANIEL
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Daniel Jacobs visited Turkey July 18-22, 2005, for a four-day speaker program that brought him into contact with government, business, NGO, and academic audiences for presentations and discussions of U.S. Environmental Policy with special emphasis on [...]
2005-08-01 11:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL TU
05ANKARA46Turkey Biotech Regulations On Hold
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKEY HAS DRAFTED BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS THAT IF ADOPTED IN THEIR CURRENT FORM, WOULD RESTRICT AGRICULTURAL TRADE. THE DRAFT WAS RECENTLY FINALIZED AND CIRCULATED TO RELEVANT INDUSTRIES. INDUSTRY SOURCES INDICATE THAT THE DRAFT REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AFTER A [...]
2005-01-04 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TU
05ANKARA53059/11 EVENTS IN ANKARA, ISTANBUL GENERATE POSITIVE
[...] Commemorations organized by Embassy Ankara and Congen Istanbul to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generated unusually widespread and positive coverage in the Turkish media today. Embassy Ankara organized a ceremony and wreath-laying at a monument to Turkish martyrs in the nearby muni [...]
2005-09-12 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA5355TFUS01: TURKS REMEMBER GENEROUS EARTHQUAKE
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: The GOT has formally offered an assistance package totaling USD 2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including a USD 1.5 million cash donation to the American Red Cross (already sent),and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance. GOT Emergen [...]
2005-09-14 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5394TFUS01: TURKS IN KIND OFFER DETAILS
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. The Turkish Government has formally offered an assistance package totaling $2.5 million for Hurricane Katrina, including $1.5 million cash donation sent to the American Red Cross, and USD 1 million of in-kind assistance to be determined (Ref A). [...]
2005-09-15 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5501VISIT TO TURKEY OF UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey comes at a time when bilateral relations are gradually but perceptibly improving. While the Turks highly value U.S. support for Turkey,s EU membership and our active work on behalf of a Cyprus settlement, the perceptions that we have done nothing to counter the [...]
2005-09-22 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PGOV PREL KPAO TU
05ANKARA5539G-8 BMENA: TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN OCTOBER 1-3
[...] MFA Policy Planning Directorate Department Head Levent Gumrukcu told Poloff September 21 that MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ambassador Mehmet Akat would lead the Turkish delegation to Rabat. MFA Coordinator for BMENA Omur Orhun has a meeting in Cairo at that time and will not be a [...]
2005-09-23 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL KMPI TU BMENA
05ANKARA5695TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME
[...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...]
2005-09-29 12:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU
05ANKARA5947SUBJECT: TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF UNDER
[...] Turkish media coverage of Under Secretary Hughes' September 27-29 visit to Ankara and Istanbul was generally fair and factual. Coming on the eve of Turkey's historic start of EU accession talks, scheduled for October 3, coverage was less comprehensive than it might otherwise have been. The v [...]
2005-10-03 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6105 Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Questions
[...] Summary. Turkey is waiting for the results of tests, which were sent to England to determine the type of Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock near Baliksehir last week. There is still some uncertainty among officials whether the virus is the H5N1 strain. The outbreak o [...]
2005-10-10 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6138 Turkey's AI Outbreak - More Details
[...] Summary. More details are emerging about the recent AI outbreak in Turkey. On Thursday, officials expect to receive test results for specimens sent to England to determine the subtype Avian Influenza (AI) that was detected in a turkey flock last week. The government has been taking extraor [...]
2005-10-11 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6232 H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Turkey
[...] Summary. The Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that tests from the recent outbreak confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Turkey. Samples had been sent to England earlier this week for testing. The Minister of Health made a similar announc [...]
2005-10-13 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6236 Turkish Agriculture on the Eve of EU Negotiations
[...] Summary. Turkey is expected to open the chapter on agriculture by January 2006. While agriculture will be one of the more difficult negotiations, given the significant and wrenching changes needed in rural areas, Turkey may benefit from the process itself. The Turkish government is being c [...]
2005-10-14 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO
05ANKARA6291 Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey
[...] Summary. Although there have been several suspicious cases of bird deaths in the Western and Eastern regions of the country, there have been no new outbreaks of Avian Influenza in Turkey. The Government plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone by the end of the mont [...]
2005-10-17 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6400TURKS REQUEST U.S. TAKE TOUGH LINE WITH BARZANI ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA requests that U.S. principals take a tough line with KRG President Masoud Barzani on the PKK and Kurdish expansionism, especially in Kirkuk but also in Ninewah. Additionally, the Turks hope we will publicize that this occurred. End summary. 2. (C/NF) MFA Director Gener [...]
2005-10-24 14:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAO TU IZ
05ANKARA6424 TRACKER 24124 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER SALLY
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Sally Gardner Reed, President of Friends of the Library USA, spent a week in Turkey interacting with library professionals in Istanbul and Ankara September 18-24, 2005. In Istanbul, Ms. Reed delivered the keynote address at a conference that took pla [...]
2005-10-25 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL
05ANKARA6481 TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PREPAREDNESS RAPID
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey experienced one confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in Balikesir in northwestern Turkey in early October without reports of human illness or deaths. The Ministry of Health has taken a leadership role in contingency planning for a potential pandemic [...]
2005-10-27 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED
05ANKARA6514 Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey
[...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) plans to lift the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone if new lab results determine that there is no sign of AI in the 7 kilometer radius outside the quarantine zone near Balikesir. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed reports in the press [...]
2005-10-31 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU
05ANKARA6605 Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey
[...] Summary. The Government of Turkey (GOT) is still cautious about lifting the quarantine restrictions in the AI affected zone until more testing is done. The dead poultry in Inegol tested negative for AI. Although there continues to be no new confirmed outbreaks of AI in Turkey, there are repo [...]
2005-11-08 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA6695 CHARGE'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TOUCHES ANKARA'S POOREST
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Charg carried out an active program to connect with the poorer segments of Ankara's population. In each of her events, which included a visit to Ankara's largest mosque, an iftar dinner, and calls on charitable organizations, the C [...]
2005-11-14 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SOCI EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA6838 Visit to Turkey by USAID Avian Influenza Official
[...] Summary. In the month since the outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey, international and bilateral partners have been examining Turkey's response as a possible model for other countries and exploring possible deficient areas in which to collaborate with Turkey in case of any future outbreak [...]
2005-11-21 09:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA7034 Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey
[...] (U) Summary. There have been no new outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey since the October outbreak. According to reports, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has been testing for AI in the case of any suspicious bird deaths. Poultry consumption has steadily risen but is still well below [...]
2005-12-01 10:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA7228INFORMATION ON TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH
[...] There are a number of groups/NGOs in Turkey which support victims of terrorist attacks and their families, specifically victims of PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party). The two largest organizations, EMSAD and ASAYDD, participated with us at this year's 9/11 commemoration at a local martyrs' monume [...]
2005-12-09 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KWAWC KPAO TU
05ANKARA7318 Avian Influenza Situation Update in Turkey
[...] The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture's Protection and Control Division published its fourth and final report on Avian Influenza (AI)on December 8, 2005 and submitted it to the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE). 2. The report declares that the country is free of AI a [...]
2005-12-14 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC
05ANKARA7443TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]
2005-12-20 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7519REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS
[...] CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH. IN ADDITION TO THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE, THEY GENERATE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST TO PARTNER WITH A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ENGAGE BROAD AND NON- TRADITIONAL AUDIENCES. SUCH PROGRAMMING ADDRESSES POST'S MPP OBJE [...]
2005-12-22 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL TU
05ANKARA7604TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-28 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KPAO PTER TU
05ANKARA7606 Second Avian Influenza Outbreak in Turkey
[...] (U) Summary. On December 27, the Government of Turkey announced a second outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in the country. This one occurred in the East, near the Armenian border, in an area where there are only backyard farms and no commercial production operations. The government took all [...]
2005-12-28 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
05ANKARA862 SENIOR BIOTECH ADVISOR'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (SBU) In meetings with GOT officials and private sector organizations, State's Senior Agricultural Biotech Advisor raised U.S. concerns about the potential of Turkey's draft biosafety law to hinder trade and development, and provided an overview of U.S. biotechnology policies, particularly w [...]
2005-02-15 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO TU
05ASUNCION1027 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK FROM RPC MANILA
[...] Post would like to order the following: 02 Outline of U.S. Government, 02-S, 50 copies at USD 1.30 ea., total USD 65. 03 Outline of American Geography, 03-S, 50 copies at USD 1.60 ea., total USD 80 04 Outline of the U.S. Economy, 04-S, 50 copies at USD 1.45 ea., total USD 72.50 05 Ou [...]
2005-08-16 14:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1028 NEW IIP PUBLICATION OFFERING: AMRICAN TEENAGERS
[...] Post would like to order 150 copies in Spanish of subject booklet at USD 1.95 ea. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Karen L. Williams; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost estimate [...]
2005-08-16 14:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1040COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CULTURE CONNECT
[...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Maria Horne, Culture Connect Envoy, to travel to Asuncion during the period of 8/24/05 to 9/3/05 under the Cultural Connect Envoy Program. The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. Kleiner,PAO, office tel.: (595-21) 213- [...]
2005-08-18 20:16:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SCUL OXEC
05ASUNCION1043 ASUNCION REQUEST FOR U.S.SPEAKER ON COUNTER-
[...] Brief program description: Post would like to join PAS Santiago in a request for a speaker on counter-terrorism issues (reftel 01643) for three days of presentations (negotiable) on the fight against terrorism to the Government of Paraguay Office of the Vice President; Institute for High Stra [...]
2005-08-19 14:37:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO PTER PA CI AR UY PE IIP
05ASUNCION1098 RPC MANILA E-MAIL TRACKING No. 05-9690
[...] Please charge USD 41.81 for APO shipping of Post's order to: Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526123 ; Organization Public Diplomacy; Function 1370; Object Code 2288. Post A/B&F Officer, Thomas Daley, certifies funds availability. KEANE [...]
2005-08-31 18:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1099 RPC MANILA E-MAIL TRACKING No. 05-9702
[...] Please charge USD 229.74 for APO shipping of Post's order to: Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526124; Organization Public Diplomacy; Function 1370; Object Code 2288. Post A/B&F Officer, Thomas Daley, certifies funds availability. KEANE [...]
2005-08-31 18:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1146FY06 CALL FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ENGLISH TEACHING
[...] Post would like to order 400 subscriptions at USD 3.00 per subscription. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Bruce P. Kleiner; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost estimate. 3. Pl [...]
2005-09-12 20:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO OEXC SCUL
05ASUNCION1149PARAGUAY: POST PLAN FOR UNSCR 1617
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post agrees with Department's view on the importance of the passage of UNSCR 1617 and has developed an action plan as suggested in refel. Our public diplomacy strategy plans to incorporate all relevant points into our [...]
2005-09-12 20:52:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KPAO OIIP PA
05ASUNCION1170 NEW IIP PUBLICATION OFFERING: HOW THE U.S. IS
[...] Post would like to order 150 copies in Spanish of subject publication at USD .65 ea. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Bruce P. Kleiner; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost estim [...]
2005-09-15 19:31:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1178COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REAC ROSEMARIE ARENS TO
[...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Rosemarie Arens, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator for South America, travel to Asuncion during the period of 9/25/05 to 9/28/05. The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. Kleiner,PAO, office tel.: (595-21) 213- [...]
2005-09-19 16:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO SCUL PE
05ASUNCION1188 NEW EDITION OF IIP'S "OUTLINE OF U.S. HISTORY"
[...] Post would like to order 200 copies in Spanish of subject publication at USD 2.30 ea. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Bruce P. Kleiner; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost esti [...]
2005-09-20 20:05:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION1239TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR CRISTINA ESCRIBA TO ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 20:30:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO APER AFSN AFSI
05ASUNCION1256CORRECTED TRAVEL INFORMATION FOR CRISTINA ESCRIBA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 19:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO APER AFSN AFSI
05ASUNCION1315PARAGUAY: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI REFERENDUM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 21:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ
05ASUNCION1466PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 18:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO SMIG PA
05ASUNCION415 RPC MANILA E-MAIL TRACKING No. 05-5048
[...] Please charge USD 18.24 for APO shipping of Post's order to: Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526111; Organization Public Diplomacy; Function 1370; Object Code 2288. Post B&F Officer, Harold Hodges, certifies funds availability. KEANE [...]
2005-03-28 09:45:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION430YALE SPIZZWINKS CAPTIVATE PARAGUAYAN AUDIENCES
[...] Summary: In conjunction with a performance in Buenos Aires, 14 members of the Yale Spizzwinks a cappella choir performed two standing-room only concerts in Paraguay on March 17 and 18. Their unique and engaging blend of music and humor, combined with their youthful enthusiasm and Spanish-la [...]
2005-03-29 17:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPA KPAO SCUL
05ASUNCION431AMERICAN VOICES BRINGS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO
[...] Summary: In conjunction with performances for Embassy San Jose, Embassy Tegucigalpa and Embassy Managua, Embassy Asuncion hosted Daniel Washington, baritone, and John Ferguson, pianist, for four concerts the week of 2/21 in commemoration of Black History month. An estimated 750 people atte [...]
2005-03-29 17:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPA KPAO SCUL
05ASUNCION485PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK FROM RPC MANILA
[...] Post would like to order the following: Scholastic Book Stickers, 123-S and 123-E, 2 Packages ea. at USD 20 ea., total USD 80. Public Diplomacy Press Kit Folder, 41-S, 200 folders at USD .60 ea., total USD 120. La Prensa sin Ataduras, 52-S, 100 booklets at USD 1.70 ea., total USD 170. [...]
2005-04-11 13:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION493 TELLING AMERICA'S STORY IN PICTURES: "AMERICA 24/7
[...] Post would like to order 500 copies of subject book. 2. Please ship via APO to Amembassy Asuncion, Public Diplomacy; Attn. PAO Karen L. Williams; Unit 4732; APO AA 34036. Fiscal data for shipping will be provided as soon as post receives shipping cost estimate. KEANE [...]
2005-04-12 20:57:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP AINF SCUL
05ASUNCION542 RPC MANILA E-MAIL TRACKING No. 05-5839
[...] Please charge USD 42.45 for APO shipping of Posts order to: Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526113; O [...]
2005-04-21 21:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION543 RPC MANILA E-MAIL TRACKING No. 05-5967
[...] Please charge USD 558.41 for APO shipping of Posts order to: Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526114; O [...]
2005-04-21 21:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION610PARAGUAY DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] On 5/4, PolOff informed MFA International Organizations Director Martha Moreno, OAS Desk Officer Mirtha Benitez, and Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga that the Secretary plans to head the U.S. delegation to the 35th Regular General Assembly of the OAS. 2. Moreno and Benitez advised that F [...]
2005-05-05 15:35:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION619COMPOSITION OF PARAGUAY'S OAS DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-05 21:08:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION636 SPRING/SUMMER 2005 SOLICITATION FOR PD STOCK
[...] Per RPC Manila tracking number 05-6739 post would like to confirm order and provide fiscal data for cost of order $180 Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; Obligation 4134526119; Function Code 1370; Object Code 2621 and for shipping $16.88 Appropriation 19-50113-000P; Allotment 4134; O [...]
2005-05-10 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC
05ASUNCION781COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PATRICK MOORE - TVRO
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Patrick Moore, for travel to Asuncion during the period of 06/20/05 to 06/23/05 for the purpose of performing TVRO system preventative maintenance. The contact officer for the visit is Claudia Baker, office tel.: (595-21) 213-715, ext2086. Home tel [...]
2005-06-16 20:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KPAO PA UY CI RSO
05ASUNCION7852005 AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD PROGRAM REQUEST -
[...] Per reftel, Post requests inclusion in the January - March 2006 American Music Abroad tour. Post requests three program days to include one concert in the capital city of Asuncion and two performances in the interior of the country. 2. Post's top MPP priorities all require support from [...]
2005-06-17 15:39:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL
05ASUNCION807Paraguayan Media Focuses on Chavez Barbs at US and
[...] SUMMARY: News coverage of the 06/20 speeches of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Paraguayan Congress and the National University focused on comments attacking the United States and Chavez' interpretation of the benefits of an anticipated Venezuelan/Paraguayan oil deal. Coverage in new [...]
2005-06-24 11:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO PA
05ASUNCION857COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RELO HASMAN
[...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Melvia Hasman, RELO Brasilia, travel to Asuncion during the period of 7/19/05 to 7/23/05 to accompany EL Specialist Dr. Timothy Reagan and to meet key contacts and attend the Southern TESOL Conference . The contact officer [...]
2005-07-06 20:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SCUL
05ASUNCION858ASUNCION, PY204 NOMINATION
[...] PAS Asuncion is nominating the following FSN/LES employee for subject training. The following information follows the format as requested in paragraph 7 of reftel. A. Name: Irene Cristina Escriba B. Position: Cultural Affairs Assistant Grade 6, Step 3. C. Date of birth: 12/16/81 [...]
2005-07-06 20:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO APER AFSN AFSI KIRC
05ASUNCION887PARAGUAY: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 21:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KCRM IO KISL KPAO PA
05ASUNCION917AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORISM, MONEY LAUNDERING,
[...] (C) Summary: On July 15, I breakfasted with Foreign Minister Leila Rachid and we discussed ominous trends in Venezuela, de-legitimizing terrorism, anti-money laundering legislation, U.S. candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, an FBI officer in Asuncion, prospects for extraditi [...]
2005-07-18 20:48:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR KPAO SCUL KUNR PA UNSC UNESCO
05ATHENS2529COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...]
2005-09-27 13:53:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS634ATHENS TIP CONFERENCE RAISES AWARENESS ON NEED TO
[...] SUMMARY: An embassy-organized Athens TIP symposium on February 23 raised awareness on the need for better cooperation among law enforcement and justice officials to fight trafficking in Greece. Following the February 15-16 training seminar for Greek judiciary and police officers in Thessalon [...]
2005-03-07 08:56:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PHUM SMIG GR TIP
05BAGHDAD2357MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY ELECTIONS; BAGHDAD
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June.1 were the developments of the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Accidental mistake" (Ad-Dustoor, June 1) B. "In preparation for the upcoming elections" (Al [...]
2005-06-01 10:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2371MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION SYRIA TERRORISM;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 2 were the developments of the security, political situations and the constitution's drafting process. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "May Hammurabi appear and draft our constitution" (Al- [...]
2005-06-02 11:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2398MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RESISTANCE GOVERNMENT
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 5 were the developments of the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Resistance by animals and water melon" (Asharq Al- Awsat, 6/5) B. "Citizens and the politi [...]
2005-06-05 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD2403MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION TERRORISM;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 6 were the development of the political and security situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The constitution and the final date" (Ad-Dustoor, June 6) B. "New page and an honest line" [...]
2005-06-06 10:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2422MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ VIOLENCE CONSTITUTION;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 7 were the developments of the political and security situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Shall we have an Iraqi conference to stop violence?" (Al-Ittihad, June 7) B. "Credibility [...]
2005-06-07 11:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2442MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AL-JAFARI POLITICAL PROGRAM,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 8 were the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Al-Jafari needs a rest" (Al-Ittihad, June 8) B. "The language of the constitution " (Al-Mashriq, June 8) --- [...]
2005-06-08 12:50:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2450MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 9 were the Badr Organization's conference, Arab Sunni participation in the constitutional committee, and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Familiar [...]
2005-06-09 13:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2471MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 12 were the preparations for drafting the constitution and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "National rights are red lines that should not be cros [...]
2005-06-12 09:03:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2481MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 13 were constitution-drafting preparations and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The New Iraq" (Al-Sabah, 6/13) B. "Good and Bad" (Az-Zaman [...]
2005-06-13 09:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2508MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 14 were the questioning of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Special Tribunal and developments in the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. " Who Guarantees? " (Al-Sabah, 6/14) B [...]
2005-06-14 13:44:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2521MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, AND
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 15 were the process of drafting the constitution, the political situation and security. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The government's program" (Al-Ittihad, 6/15) B. "Our weapon and their [...]
2005-06-15 12:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2542 Dr. Anthony Cordesman U.S. Speaker Program in
[...] Summary: Dr. Anthony Cordesman of CSIS participated in an eight-day speaker program in Iraq (Baghdad and Al- Hillah) June 3-11, 2005. His program included meetings and events with senior officials and opinion leaders from all major ethnic and sectarian elements of Iraqi society, and represen [...]
2005-06-16 10:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PTER SCUL IZ
05BAGHDAD2598MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S. WITHDRAWAL,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 19 were Al-Jafari's visit to Kuwait, military operations in Al-Qa'im and Al-Thar Thar, and the Brussels conference. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Failure is not an option in Iraq" (Asharq [...]
2005-06-19 09:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2616 THE REMAKING OF "AL-IRAQIYYA" - PRIMITIVE BUT
[...] Summary: After almost two years of confusion, several hundred million dollars in investment, chaotic management, and Byzantine internal machinations, "Al-Iraqiyya" -- the television component of the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) -- shows signs of finding its voice and projecting a populist "Iraq [...]
2005-06-20 11:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SCUL
05BAGHDAD2622IRAQ FY 06 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM
[...] The following is PAS Baghdad's FY 2006 slate of Iraqi International Visitor nominees. PAS is nominating 75 (seventy-five) principal candidates at this time. All have Country Team approval. PAS Baghdad is proposing 33 nominees for Regional and Multi-Regional Programs, and 42 for Iraq- only [...]
2005-06-21 02:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
05BAGHDAD2809MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, CONSTITUTION, SHIITES,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 3 were the preparations for drafting the constitution and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Yesterday's prey and today's hunter" (Al-Ittihad [...]
2005-07-03 10:42:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2828MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, U.S. WITHDRAWAL,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 5 were preparations for drafting the constitution and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Do not leave us to fight terrorism alone" (Al-Bayyna [...]
2005-07-05 09:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2835MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, ARAB COUNTRIES;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 5 were the attacks against foreign diplomats in Baghdad, preparations for drafting the constitution, and the developments of the security and political situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- [...]
2005-07-06 10:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2846MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUNMEN, DIALOGUE, TAL,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 7 were Talabani's and Al-Jafari's meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation, the Minister of Defense's visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the se [...]
2005-07-07 09:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2889MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERROR, EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 10 were Talabani's and Al-Jafari's condolences to the Egyptian President for the assassination of the Ambassador in Baghdad, Al-Jafari's expected visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution [...]
2005-07-10 09:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2908MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, LONDON BOMBINGS;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 11 were calls for the Arab Ministers of Interior to hold a security conference, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...]
2005-07-11 08:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2919MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, AL-JAFARI'S VISIT TO IRAN,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 12 were Al-Jafari's upcoming visit to Iran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------- [...]
2005-07-12 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2940MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, CONSTITUTION, SUNNI
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 13 were Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick's visit to Baghdad, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF [...]
2005-07-13 10:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2969MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, AL-JAFARI, IRAN, RESISTANCE;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 17 were Al-Jafari's visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------- [...]
2005-07-17 10:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3008MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ TERROR CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 20 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "C [...]
2005-07-20 11:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3028MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ELECTIONS SECURITY LAW;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 21 were the Sunnis withdrawal from the constitutional committee, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ------- [...]
2005-07-21 10:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3064MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION TERROR; BAGHDAD
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 24 were the presidency council's meeting, Al-Jafari and Talabani's meeting with the American ambassador, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, drafting the constitution, and the developments of the security sit [...]
2005-07-24 12:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3075MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION AND SUNNI
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 25 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Is i [...]
2005-07-25 10:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3098MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION, TERROR; BAGHDAD
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 26 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and a response to Egyptian media coverage of the Sharm Al Sheikh attack. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Constitution a [...]
2005-07-26 15:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3110MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY, U.S. AMBASSADOR
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 27 were the new security plan, drafting the constitution, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------- [...]
2005-07-27 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3123MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY, CONSTITUTION;
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 28 were drafting the constitution, and the security situation. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "For a constitution that ensures rights for all" (Al- Da'awa, 7/28) B. "Why Iraq not others" (Al- Ittihad, [...]
2005-07-28 15:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3392SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI EDITORIAL SUMMARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3402SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DELAY OF THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3409MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3413NEW PRODUCT - DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING, August 18, 200
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 20:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3443MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 21:42:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3451DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-23 19:27:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3452MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-23 19:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3458MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3459 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3460MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3468MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 21:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3473DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 24, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3482DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 07:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3483MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3501MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-28 20:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3502DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 28, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-28 20:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3533Special Media Reaction Report - Opinions on the
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 20:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3540DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 06:03:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3568MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-01 06:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3569DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 28, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-01 06:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3570MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-01 08:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3601Special Media Reaction Report The Sunni Split on the
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Within the Sunni community two positions have emerge on the constitution, an approach of continued engagement and a rejectionist approach. This debate is being carried out in the media with both camps reaching out to major Iraqi and pan-Arab outlets to espouse their positions. I [...]
2005-09-02 20:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3638MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-05 18:50:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3639DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 28, 2005
[...] Each group should organize its internal structure and renounce divisions. 2. Establishing strong relations among these groups and combining efforts. 3. Establishing strong relations with left wing powers and non-extremist Islamic groups. 4. Working with international human rig [...]
2005-09-05 18:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3659MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 18:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3660DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 6, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 19:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3681DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 05:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3682DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 05:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3688MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3689DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3695DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 8, 2005
[...] Acknowledging the rights of Iraqi women as mothers, workers, and citizens in the constitution. 2. Constitutional guarantees preventing all forms of violence and discrimination against women. 3. Constitutional guarantees for no less than 40% of women's representation in all [...]
2005-09-08 18:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3696MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 18:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3732DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 11, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-11 18:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3733MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-11 18:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3759MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 02:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3779CONSTITUTION OUTREACH PROGRAMMING
[...] (LOU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, post (principally PAS and USAID) has sponsored or funded a substantial level of programming relating to Iraq's current constitutional debate. This programming has involved airlifting Iraqi officials to meet with local audiences to discuss the constitu [...]
2005-09-13 15:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3781DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 13, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 17:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3782MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3806MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 19:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3807DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 14, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3823MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 17:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3854MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-18 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3855DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 18, 2005
[...] Dr. Farid Iyar said votes outside Iraq cannot legally be added to any three-province federation. If that is the case, we must ignore four million votes. 2. Iraqis will not decide Iraqism; rather, federalism will identify who is the Iraqi. 3. One does not have the right to v [...]
2005-09-18 19:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3877MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 18:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3878DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 18:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3888MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 19:29:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3889DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 20, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 19:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3905MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 18:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3906DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 21, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 19:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3934MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 18:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3935DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 22, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 19:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3963MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 02:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3964DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 02:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3984MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 15:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3986DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 26, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4009DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 27, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 17:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4010MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 17:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4025MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 02:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4026DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 28, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 02:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4038DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 17:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4039MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 17:42:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4074DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 2, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-02 18:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4075MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-02 18:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4082 IRAQI OFFICIALS HOLD TOWN HALLS ON CONSTITUTION
[...] Summary: During the week of September 18-24 the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG) Outreach Program sent groups of senior Iraqi officials to four provincial capitals: Diwaniyah, Karbalah, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Each ITG Outreach group is comprised of a cabinet level official and one or two Tra [...]
2005-10-03 09:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4088DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 3, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 18:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4089MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 18:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4105DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 4, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 17:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4106MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 17:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4126MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 04:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4127DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 5, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 04:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4138MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 18:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4140DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 6, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 03:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4172DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 10, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-10 18:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4173MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-10 18:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4198DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 11, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 17:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4199MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 18:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4209DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 12, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 19:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4210MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 19:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4221MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 19:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4222DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 13, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 20:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4272MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 19:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4273DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 17, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 19:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4297DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 18, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 18:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4298MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 18:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4319DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 18:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4320MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 18:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4336MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 17:27:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4337DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 20, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 17:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4367DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 23, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-23 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4368MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-23 17:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4371 IRAQ MEDIA SILENT ON AFGHAN CREMATIONS
[...] Iraqi media monitored by the coalition forces, FBIS, and U.S. Embassy offices in Iraq devoted practically zero coverage to the reported burning of two Taliban fighters' bodies by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 2. Iraqi media, instead, are closely following expected results of the recent cons [...]
2005-10-24 08:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL MOPS KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4391DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 17:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4392MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4409MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 18:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4411 AL-BAGHDADIYA TV: IS THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME
[...] (U) This is a joint message with Embassy Amman and Embassy Cairo. 2. (U) Summary. There are reports in Baghdad and Cairo that members of Saddam's family, or at least unreformed Saddam-era Ba'athists, may be using new satellite channel al- Baghdadiya as a Trojan Horse to re-enter Iraqi p [...]
2005-10-27 03:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL KPAO EG IZ
05BAGHDAD4433MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 18:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4439 IRAQI PARTY LEADER OFFERS PROGRAM SUPPORT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 22, PA Counselor and PA Section staff met with Mithal Al-Alusi, Secretary General of a liberal Sunni party, to discuss cooperation in the area of public outreach, specifically the establishment of a joint mechanism to promote Iraqi-American cultural linkages and to [...]
2005-10-29 05:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC OEXC PGOV KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4444DANISH EXHIBIT COMPANY PRESSES ON WITH
[...] Summary. Denmark-based United Exhibits Group (UEG) is in Baghdad to secure an addendum to its exclusive July 2004 agreement with the Iraqi government to exhibit Iraq's "Nimrud Gold" collection internationally for five years. The initial agreement called for that tour to begin by October 20 [...]
2005-10-29 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL MOPS KPAO ECON PGOV PREL DA IZ
05BAGHDAD4451DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 30, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-30 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4452MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 03:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4464MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 18:59:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4503DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - November 2, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 18:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4516BASRAH REGIONAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-06 09:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4780DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - November 29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 17:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4781MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 19:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4789DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - November 30, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 17:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4791MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 19:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4805DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - December 1, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 17:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4811MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 20:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4841MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-04 18:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4855MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 19:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4856DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - December 5, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 19:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4868MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 18:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4910MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 19:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4926AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF CULTURE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with ITG Culture Minister Nuri Al-Rawi on November 30. They reviewed the impact of Iraq's security situation on Iraqi cultural heritage sites and the promotion of Iraqi culture generally. Fourteen Iraqi cultural centers are planned worldwide (three in the U.S.) [...]
2005-12-10 10:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4954DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - December 12, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4962MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 03:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4968IRAQ'S STATE BOARD OF ANTIQUITIES AND HERITAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) Director, Dr. Donny George, explained to visiting Embassy Public Affairs (PA) officers that SBAH and National Museum staffs are ready to work, that cameras and motion detectors have been installed, but that the security situa [...]
2005-12-13 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4984MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 18:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5053MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 21:02:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5067MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5088MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 03:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5097MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-23 08:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5125MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-26 16:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5133MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-28 03:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5150MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 03:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5156MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 16:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BANGKOK1024THAILAND: NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel non-paper February 7 to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Departments of International Organizations (IO) and ASEAN Affairs. One MFA official noted in the non-paper the line reading, "The United State will seek support for other measures t [...]
2005-02-09 04:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM KPAO TH NPT IAEA
05BANGKOK1527THAILAND: INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local Thai media on March 2 headlined their stories on the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR) with variations on the theme, "US government slams Thailand's human rights performance," with special attention to incidents in the South. PM Thaksin has not commented on the HRR. Offici [...]
2005-03-02 13:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1921THAIS SEEK RETURN OF CLAIMED ROYAL HEADDRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai media and some politicians have recently called for the return to Thailand of a 500-year old royal headdress which they claim was stolen in the 1950s. The headdress is currently on display at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [...]
2005-03-16 08:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO TH
05BANGKOK3206THAILAND ISSUES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR NEW IRAQI
[...] (SBU) The MFA has informed Post that the RTG has issued a public statement in support of the Iraqi transitional Government. The MFA has posted the announcement on the Ministry's website (www.mfa.go.th). In addition, MFA North America Division provided post with a copy of a congratulatory D [...]
2005-05-13 10:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO TH IRAQ
05BANGKOK3522COMMUNITY RADIO IN THAILAND: CRACKDOWN OR CROSSED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An estimated 2,000 (maybe 3,000) unregistered community radio stations continue to broadcast popular news and "call in" talk shows without a legal regulatory framework. Appointment of a National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) remains stalled in the Thai Senate. Although the Royal [...]
2005-05-31 05:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO TH
05BANGKOK4286ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST SHOT IN TSUNAMI-HIT AREA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A reporter for a popular daily newspaper survived an attempt on his life near his home in the tsunami-affected province of Phang Nga on June 1. The attack SIPDIS occurred following his publication of articles about land encroachment on public forest lands by influential busine [...]
2005-06-30 09:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO TH
05BANGKOK4723TRIAL BEGINS IN LIBEL CASE FOR RESPECTED THAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 19, witnesses for the prosecution began their arguments in the case of Shincorp versus Thai media activist Supinya Klangnarong. Supinya is being sued for libel over comments that she made in a 2003 interview with the Thai Post. Supinya told Poloffs she was disappointed [...]
2005-07-22 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK5419MORE CONCERNS ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AS RTG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two recent moves by the RTG against media operations critical of Prime Minister Thaksin's government have renewed concerns within the human rights community that the government is once again resorting to legal measures to intimidate the country's press. After being warned twice, [...]
2005-08-23 10:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK5676'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER' INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Mr. Chatopa "Mustafa" Awae, a prominent human rights researcher, was shot three times by unknown gunmen in Pattani. Mustafa's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening and he is conscious and under armed guard in Pattani Hospital. Mustafa reportedly had been [...]
2005-09-02 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK5940FOT (FRIEND OF THAKSIN) BUYS UP HUGE SHARES IN TWO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Within two days, Thailand's largest entertainment conglomerate spent $US 66 million dollars to buy 32% and 23% of shares in the parent companies of two of Thailand's leading newspapers- Matichon, and the Bangkok Post respectively. The company's President, Mr. Paiboon Damrongchaith [...]
2005-09-15 11:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK5965SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AUG 29-31 VISIT OF STAFFDEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From August 29-31 Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces for a follow-up assessment of the violence affecting the region. The recently announced Emergency Decree -- which has not yet ha [...]
2005-09-16 09:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6090TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in T Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the politi opposition stron [...]
2005-09-23 08:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6093SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...]
2005-09-23 09:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6095TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]
2005-09-23 09:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6096TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]
2005-09-23 09:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK7014COMBATTING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary: The ongoing insurgency in the southern three provinces is the most significant manifestation of extremism in Thailand. The problem is primarily ethnic and to some extent separatist in its origin, rather than sectarian, although international, radical Islam is having an effect, b [...]
2005-11-09 10:04:00Embassy BangkokSECRETEAID KDEM PHUM PREL KMPI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7030U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]
2005-11-10 07:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7213THAI COURT TRIES "GAG ORDER" TO SHUT UP PROMINENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Thai Civil Court has issued Thaksin critic Sondhi Limthongkul a gag order, effectively banning him from criticizing the Prime Minister until libel suits against him can be litigated. Since his popular political television program was canceled in September, Sondhi has been doin [...]
2005-11-21 00:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7253TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]
2005-11-22 09:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7289THAILAND AMBITIOUS ON HONG KONG, BUT WARY
[...] On November 22, Econoff met with Ms. Sirinart Chaimun, Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotations in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss the RTG agenda for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The RTG is sending a thirty-plus person team to the Ministerial headed by Deputy [...]
2005-11-23 09:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO OIIP TH WTRO
05BANGKOK7317COURT VICTORIES FOR RABBLE-ROUSING JOURNALIST
[...] (U) SUMMARY. One week after Sondhi Limthongkul attracted nearly 40,000 people to Bangkok's Lumpini Park with his "mobile talk show", the businessman-turned-media defender won two significant legal victories, including a partial reprieve from last week's gag order on him and his associates. Mea [...]
2005-11-25 10:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7345SONDHI'S TENTH AND LARGEST RALLY TO DATE ATTRACTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government critic Sondhi Limthongkul hosted his tenth "mobile talk show" from a monastery in Udon Thani. A crowd of approximately 50,000 gathered in Bangkok's Lumpini Park to listen to Sondhi offer revelations of new scandals concerning the Thai Rak Thai government. In the two-ho [...]
2005-11-28 10:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7574OLD FRIENDS, BAD DEALS, AND COMMUNITY RADIO: THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 1, Embassy Officers visited controversial community radio station 92.25. Station personnel reported that the station had started up operations a week after the August raid (Reftel A) and was now technically broadcasting their programs solely on the Internet, which we [...]
2005-12-09 08:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7783SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT OF STAFFDEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) professional staffmember Frank Jannuzi visited the far southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala as part of SFRC and Embassy Bangkok's ongoing effort to closely monitor the situation in that region. Jannuzi met with leading local gov [...]
2005-12-21 09:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7918SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]
2005-12-30 04:35:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BASRAH148IRAN PURSUING ACTIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM IN BASRAH,
[...] (C) Summary. Iran is pursuing an aggressive public diplomacy campaign in Basrah and Maysan Provinces that includes programs similar to the State Department's public diplomacy (PD) programs: visitor programs, book fairs, book reprinting services, libraries and media training programs. In Nove [...]
2005-12-15 10:09:00REO BasrahSECRETPREL PROP KPAO IZ
05BASRAH155REO BASRAH SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE MEDIA IN THE RUN-UP TO THE
[...] Summary. REO Basrah programmed $145,000 in public diplomacy grant funds to media organizations for coverage of key election issues in the run-up to the December 15 national election. Al-Samawah, Al-Manarah, Shatt Al-Arab, Al-Haqeeqa and Basrah Politics newspapers and Radio Shinasheel each rec [...]
2005-12-24 16:08:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PGOV IZ
05BOGOTA1079SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S.
[...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, it has been ravaged by an internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities for over 40 year [...]
2005-02-02 15:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
05BOGOTA11123HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA
[...] (U) Per reftel, in honor of Human Rights Day Ambassador Wood will deliver remarks on December 16 at the graduation of 80 public officials from a USAID-sponsored certification course on human rights. 2. (U) Two other organizations will also host events in honor of Human Rights day. On Satu [...]
2005-12-01 20:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO CO
05BOGOTA11700REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, President Uribe announced his intention to run for reelection. Uribe's 90-minute radio interview on November 29 caused debate, as National Electoral Council (CNE) head Guillermo Mejia questioned equality of access for opposition candidates. A separate CNE magi [...]
2005-12-16 20:13:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO CO
05BOGOTA3390VOA Delegation Strengthens Relations in Colombia
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a visit to Colombia March 15-16, Broadcast Board Governor (BBG) Blanquita Cullum, Voice of America (VOA) Director David Jackson, and VOA Director for Latin America Richard Araujo met with leading Colombian broadcast journalists and news directors to discuss VOA programming and [...]
2005-04-12 17:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA4101FUMIGATION IS WORKING: COM'S RESPONSE IN POLITICAL
[...] (U) The Chief of Mission responded to press articles challenging the success of eradication efforts in Colombia, and calling for a change in policy in an article published by leading political weekly Cambio on its April 11-18 issue. 2. (U) BEGIN ARTICLE: "There has been a lot of discussi [...]
2005-04-29 15:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV PTER SENV CO
05BOGOTA4649COM'S RESPONSE TO EDITORIAL CHALLENGING AERIAL COCA
[...] (U) In response to national leading daily El Tiempo's editorial May 16, "Not in the Parks," (Reftel) affirming that aerial eradication in national parks would lead to irreparable environmental and human damages, COM provided the following response published as a letter to the editor in the sa [...]
2005-05-17 19:09:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA5006MEDIA REACTION: ERADICATION
[...] Op-ed in national daily El Tiempo (5/24) by environmentalist and priest Andres Hurtado entitled: "Colombia Needs to be Washed with Dirty Glypho-dirty," argues: "Besides poisoning the soil, glyphosate proves that the truth is modifiable and responds to power... Let us not lie to ourselves: g [...]
2005-05-24 23:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA5223MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE
[...] Leading editorial in Medellin-based daily El Colombiano (5/31) entitled: "FTA Is A Priority," notes: "The negotiations on a free trade agreement with the U.S. are entering their final phase. We are starting to hear a few voices expressing a lack of enthusiasm due to an unhurried process, as [...]
2005-05-31 22:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO FTA
05BOGOTA5735 AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD
[...] In response to Ref A, Bogota enthusiastically wishes to participate in the 2005 American Music Abroad program. In particular, we hope to receive a hip-hop group. We request four programming days at any time during the week other than Sunday. We would plan to take the group to two cities with [...]
2005-06-15 20:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO CO
05BOGOTA6057FOMER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S COMMENTS ON THE PEACE
[...] (U) During former President Clinton's June 22 visit to Colombia, a reporter for national television network Caracol asked him if he supported the peace processes with the paramilitaries and the guerrilla groups. Clinton stated: "Of course, so long as they understand there will be zero toler [...]
2005-06-24 22:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6089"COLOMBIA IS ON THE RIGHT PATH," FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (U) During a half-day visit to Colombia June 22, President Clinton expressed unequivocal support for President Uribe and his policies, as well as for the Colombian people. Speaking to a business and leadership forum (Expogestion) with an audience of over 2,000 people - including President Uri [...]
2005-06-27 17:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6889COLOMBIA: JULY 2005 GALLUP POLL RESULTS
[...] (U) The survey found that 71% of respondents feel safer today than they did a year ago, up seven percent (64%) from April 2005. Those disagreeing with the statement decreased from 31% in April to 26% in July. As such, a little over a third of Colombians (36%) feel that public order/security is [...]
2005-07-22 20:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7687"BOOMERANG AGAINST EXTRADITION:" EL TIEMPO'S
[...] Leading national daily El Tiempo's August 12 editorial is highly critical of an extradition bill under consideration by the U.S. Congress. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF THE EDITORIAL: Boomerang Against Extradition "There are times when laws, instead of helping to achieve what they intend to do [...]
2005-08-12 21:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8157MEDIA REACTION: DETAINED AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 11:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8174MEDIA REACTION: AERIAL ERADICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 16:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8183URIBE CALLS TO RESOLVE CASES INVOLVING COLOMBIA'S
[...] (U) President Uribe called on Colombia's judicial system to resolve a number of high profile cases involving the country's public forces during a townhall meeting in Cartagena August 27. BEGIN SPEECH EXCERPTS: "I was talking to Attorney General Iguarn yesterday and I told him: `Attorney G [...]
2005-08-30 19:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8281PRESIDENT URIBE REITERATES OFFER OF HURRICANE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-01 21:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV KPAO CO
05BRASILIA1407BRAZIL/US CONGRESS-TO-CONGRESS OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent years, Mission Brazil has worked hard to strengthen institutional links and dialogue between the Brazilian and US Congresses. The overall strategy is to increase contacts and interaction both among Members and staffers based on the expectation of short- and long-term [...]
2005-05-25 14:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO SCUL BR
05BRASILIA3277BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...]
2005-12-16 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR
05BRATISLAVA1010SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 23, 2005
[...] (C) NGO Obciansko-demokraticka mladez (Citizens' Association for Democratic Youth) has made a deal with center-right parties SDKU and KDH to act as their official mud-slingers / Smer fact-checkers in the upcoming parliamentary campaign. During the 2002 campaign, Obciansko-demokraticka mlade [...]
2005-12-23 13:35:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KPAO SOCI UP BO LO
05BRATISLAVA187 MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA ON
[...] Summary: The President's visit to Slovakia was generally perceived by media analysts and public commentary as an expression of positive U.S.- Slovak relations and of appreciation for Slovakia's support of the U.S. in the war against terrorism, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The meeting [...]
2005-03-08 06:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA236RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO
[...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...]
2005-03-21 15:18:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA247EMBASSY BRATISLAVA RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL
[...] Post is forwarding documentation relating to the following cultural grants: -- PAS covered the cost of U.S. visa fees for recipients of the Open Society Foundation's (OSF) high school student essay competition in 2003 and 2004. These students attended high schools in the U.S. for one year. [...]
2005-03-24 10:15:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA25 LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON FOREST DISASTER
[...] (U) Summary. On January 4, Econoff and FSN visited civic leaders in the Tatra region to discuss restoration and renewal efforts in the wake of the recent wind disaster that leveled 250 square kilometers of forest (reftel A). Two of the leaders are also members of the GOS Commission establis [...]
2005-01-12 14:54:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO
05BRATISLAVA274 SLOVAK RESPONSE TO WIPO SESSION ON IPR AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 12:59:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP LO WIPO
05BRATISLAVA298NEW HIGH-LEVEL GROUP WILL COORDINATE ACTION ON TIP
[...] At its March 31 meeting, the Slovak Government's Council for the Prevention of Criminality decided to form an expert working group on trafficking in persons. The Council is a high-level body composed of 23 representatives from ministries, government agencies, law enforcement bodies, and NGOs. [...]
2005-04-14 14:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA397RESIGNATION OF THE SLOVAK MINISTER OF CULTURE COMES
[...] Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic has accepted the resignation of the Minister of Culture Rudolf Chmel. The President's decision becomes effective today, May 24. Until a new Minister is appointed, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will be temporarily in charge of the Cult [...]
2005-05-24 13:48:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA432ROMA POLITICAL POLLING SHOWS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Democratic Institute (NDI) Roma Political Participation program advisors told Poloff that recent polling data showed commonly held perceptions of Roma political affiliation, involvement, and participation were false. Some of this data, they claimed, could be damaging t [...]
2005-06-07 07:35:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR KDEM KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA463NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE
[...] Mr. Frantisek Toth became the new Slovak Minister of Culture following the resignation of Minister Chmel in May. Mr. Toth has been appointed by President Ivan Gasparovic today, June 15, 2005. He was nominated for this position by the coalition party Alliance of New Citizen (ANO). 2. Please [...]
2005-06-15 13:37:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA550 TATRAS RENEWAL DEBATE
[...] Summary. On June 16, 2005, post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) to introduce two American forestry experts to Slovaks working on restoration efforts in the Tatras Mountains (ref A). The conversation allowed the Americans to begin assessing the specific damage, better understand the [...]
2005-07-12 14:25:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO
05BRATISLAVA637GITMO DETAINEES: A NON-ISSUE IN SLOVAKIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy has shared reftel talking points with Prime Minister Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor, and will also share them with experts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the week of August 8 (most of the lead people have been on vacation during recent weeks). 2. (SBU) The issues surrou [...]
2005-08-08 15:32:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA661FOR THE ROMA IN PRESOV, ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposal to erect of a wall between Roma and non-Roma citizens in the Stara Tehelna neighborhood of Presov seems to be advancing, despite negative media coverage and an initial retraction of the plan by the Mayor. In an August 12 meeting between the GOS Plenipotentiary for [...]
2005-08-17 15:09:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA677MINISTER RUSKO'S WILD RIDE
[...] (C) Following the Christian Democratic Party (KDH) announcement last week that it would leave the coalition if Minister of the Economy Pavol Rusko was not removed from office by August 23 (Ref C),Rusko's ANO party closeted itself August 22 to determine next steps. In Bratislava, the only t [...]
2005-08-22 15:30:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA701 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PAULA
[...] Country clearance is requested for Bratislava IRC Director Paula Holotnakova to travel to Tallinn, Estonia, October 1-6 to participate in the American Corners Workshop. 2. Holotnakova will travel to Tallinn by plane October 1 and return October 6. No travel assistance is required. 3. [...]
2005-08-31 13:41:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRC OIIP LO
05BRATISLAVA771COMBATING EXTREMISM IN SLOVAKIA
[...] (C) Summary. The GOS and the USG have actively funded programs to combat extremism and intolerance in Slovakia. Extremism here takes the form of a privately organized Neo-Nazi movement, which usually targets the Roma minority and the small Jewish population. Violent attacks have occurred in t [...]
2005-09-26 15:40:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LO
05BRATISLAVA78IRAQ: SLOVAKIA ISSUES POSITIVE STATEMENTS ON
[...] Slovak PM Mikulas Dzurinda (para 2) and the MFA (para 3) issued congratulatory statements on the Iraqi elections. Post placed the IIP-supplied op-ed on the Iraqi elections in the daily newspaper Narodna Obroda (readership estimated at 145,000) on January 27 under the CDA's by-line. The he [...]
2005-02-02 12:23:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO IZ LO
05BRATISLAVA881SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT ON IRAQ REFERENDUM
[...] Pursuant to reftels, Slovakia released the following statement on the results of Iraq's October 15 referendum on the draft constitution. The statement is available in English at the MFA website at http://www.foreign.gov.sk/En/index.html . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT OF STATEMENT: The Ministry of [...]
2005-11-02 13:46:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ LO
05BRATISLAVA985 FY06 "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY" SUBSCRIPTION
[...] PAS Bratislava would like to order three copies of the special discounted subscription to "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY." Please use following fiscal data: 19-60113000P-4265-688005-1365-2621 ($108.00) 2. Contact Person: Paula Holotnakova, IRC Director 3. Shipping Address: Department of State [...]
2005-12-14 13:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO LO
05BRUSSELS1014COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DPAO DONNA
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DONNA WOOLF TO ATTEND PAO CONFERENCE IN VIENNA, MARCH 13 TO 16, 2005. PLEASE NOTE THAT MS. WOOLF WILL REPRESENT EMBASSY BRUSSELS PAO CHRIS ROCHESTER. KOROLOGOS [...]
2005-03-11 12:50:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO BE USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS358SOLANA'S REMARKS ON IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Recent press reports that EU High Rep Solana predicted "disaster" if Iraqi Sunnis don't vote were inaccurate, we were assured by two reliable sources. Instead, we were told Solana said the exclusion of Sunnis from the political process following the vote would be a disaster, an [...]
2005-01-26 15:51:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1578PD BUCHAREST'S CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: FROM JUNE 22-25, PD BUCHAREST HOSTED A SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MORE THAN 90 MUSEUM DIRECTORS THAT PROMOTED REGIONAL COOPERATION AND GAVE THEM PRACTICAL IDEAS ON HOW TO THRIVE AS CIVIC INSTITUTIONS IN A MARKET ECONOMY. THE SEMINAR DIRECTOR, DR. MARC PACHTER, ENSURED [...]
2005-07-15 11:03:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO RO
05BUCHAREST611DEMOCRACY GRANT TO TERRA MILENIUL III
[...] The purpose of the project "For Whom do we vote for sustainable development?" that Terra Mileniul III implemented through a $14,980 DSG was threefold: to monitor the environmental policies promoted by political parties in their electoral campaigns, to raise citizen awareness of these policies, [...]
2005-03-11 15:07:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KDEM KPAO SCUL PGOV
05BUCHAREST818AMBASADORIAL FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION
[...] Post appreciates ECA/P/C indulgence. This is the formal request for the project discussed in Ref B emails. Charge has seen and approved this request. 2. GRANTEE: The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (NVM) Address: 28, Kiseleff Bv., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 011 4021 222.9 [...]
2005-04-04 11:46:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL
05CAIRO2405 BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT:
[...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...]
2005-03-28 08:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2410ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE
[...] Summary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staff met with the editor on March 23 to protest the cartoon. The editor stated that the cartoon was a 2004 work by a Palestinian freelancer. Although the edito [...]
2005-03-28 11:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2416EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 12:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2589 REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY
[...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...]
2005-04-04 13:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2734 CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to newly appointed Minister of Information Anas El Fekki reiterating the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors's (BBG's) long-standing request for facilities to [...]
2005-04-07 15:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP KPAO EG BBG
05CAIRO2736 EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 15:17:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2740EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...]
2005-04-07 15:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG
05CAIRO2789 TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF
[...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...]
2005-04-11 14:14:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO2930 IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...]
2005-04-18 07:39:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG
05CAIRO2968EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR
[...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...]
2005-04-18 15:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG
05CAIRO2971 AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED:
[...] Summary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of the bomber's blast-damaged face appeared above the fold in all of Egypt's major newspapers, along with Interior Ministry claims that "jihadi" publications had [...]
2005-04-19 06:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO2990 BOGUS USG MEMO 'EXPLAINED' BY AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA officer visited Abdel Latif Al Manawy, Cairo bureau chief of pan-Arab Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, to discuss an April 3 article appearing on page 9 of that paper referring to an alleged State Department memo "urging the White House to begin direct talks" with the Muslim B [...]
2005-04-20 09:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PROP OIIP KPAO EG
05CAIRO3066EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-24 05:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP
05CAIRO3131 FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY
[...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...]
2005-04-27 13:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3132 FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER
[...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...]
2005-04-27 13:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3133FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19
[...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...]
2005-04-27 13:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3164 EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...]
2005-04-28 11:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG
05CAIRO3175GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...]
2005-04-28 15:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY
05CAIRO3239 TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S
[...] (U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...]
2005-05-04 06:15:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG
05CAIRO3589 POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA
[...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...]
2005-05-11 09:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3647GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON
[...] (C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel),the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address allegations of desecration of the Koran at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo that sparked violent protests May 11 in Afghanistan. Nazif was unaware of the [...]
2005-05-12 15:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO3763POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...]
2005-05-17 10:50:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO3767 MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT;
[...] Constitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage May 10 - 15. Viewers of Egyptian TV and pan-Arab satellite channels Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabiya on May 10 - 11 saw scenes of heated debate, with Ayman Nour an [...]
2005-05-17 12:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3792 Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-18 07:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3901 MIXED COMMENTARY ON NAZIF VISIT TO WASHINGTON:
[...] Headlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was widely covered, as was Mubarak's May 17 statement encouraging Egyptians to get out and vote on the constitutional amendment referendum on May 25. Mubarak met May [...]
2005-05-23 08:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4028MAY 25 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 25 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. IDWG participation was limited to cleared Americans only to permit discussion of the status of post's submission to the Department for use in de [...]
2005-05-26 15:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL KPAO EG KIIP
05CAIRO4126 REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA;
[...] May 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic voters casting their ballots and praising President Mubarak and the referendum throughout May 25. "We now have true democracy in Egypt and thanks to our Pres [...]
2005-06-02 05:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4127 SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...]
2005-06-02 05:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO4159 PROPOSAL FOR FY-06 SINGLE COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR
[...] Embassy Cairo requests a Single Country Program be organized for five to seven Egyptian participants on the topic of "Arts Management in the United States." This program is intended for young Egyptian artists who lack practical experience in the management of the arts, but who are currently i [...]
2005-06-02 12:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO4256 CAIRO MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION HELD UP OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Apparently objecting to coverage of referendum-related protests by the English-language weekly "Cairo Magazine," the Ministry of Information (MOI) withheld permission to distribute the June 2 edition of the magazine for four days. The magazine's staff was never informed by t [...]
2005-06-06 14:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4304 CRITICS ACCUSE NDP OF USING "THUGS" AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the pro-government press was praising the May 25 referendum, independent and opposition commentators criticized what they considered poor media coverage and accused ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of acting like "thugs" and "mercenaries." One commentator [...]
2005-06-08 06:01:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4321 WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST LAUNCHES NEW NEWSPAPER IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al Fagr ("The Dawn"),the latest weekly independent newspaper in Egypt, published its first edition on June 4. The newspaper's founder and editor, Adel Hamouda, stated on Egyptian TV that Al Fagr "aims to improve the state of Egyptian journalism," while privately telling a P [...]
2005-06-09 05:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4362GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING
[...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...]
2005-06-10 15:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO4430 FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT
[...] Summary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of government spokesmen and financial experts who commented positively on the law over the weekend. Meanwhile, the opposition and independent press continued to [...]
2005-06-13 11:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4441 SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...]
2005-06-13 15:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO EG SY
05CAIRO4598 OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO
[...] Summary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's presidential elections law changes that they perceived would exclude Gamal Mubarak from running for the presidency. However, one commentator in leading pro-gov [...]
2005-06-19 15:41:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO IZ EG
05CAIRO4709SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...]
2005-06-21 15:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL
05CAIRO4756 EGYPTIAN E-JOURNALISM - TWO WEBSITES IN VANGUARD,
[...] Summary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Internet news sources. Masrawy styles itself as a reliable source for general news, while Arab Ambassador aims to serve as a "bridge" between the Arab and western w [...]
2005-06-23 09:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG
05CAIRO4882 CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN
[...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...]
2005-06-28 06:27:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO IZ SU EG
05CAIRO5000EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-03 10:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5009 SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN
[...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...]
2005-07-03 13:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5054 QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL
[...] Summary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian population and that remains a religious influence. Tightly controlled by the Egyptian government, Holy Quran Radio avoids hard news of any kind, while the three [...]
2005-07-05 13:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SCUL KPAO EG
05CAIRO5057 EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR
[...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...]
2005-07-05 14:56:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5185 EGYPTIAN MEDIA LEGEND IBRAHIM NAFEI SHOWN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Of all the changes to the pro- government press leadership announced by the Shura Council on July 3 (ref A),most significant is the replacement of media giant Ibrahim Nafei, former Editor-in-chief and Board Chairman of Al-Ahram. Nafei, who was appointed Editor-in- chief by [...]
2005-07-07 16:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5245 EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...]
2005-07-11 08:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO LE EG
05CAIRO5264 BLACK DAY OF TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day of Terrorism" was one leading newspaper's headline. All media outlets covered remarks by the Mufti of the Republic labeling Al-Sharif's killers as "thugs" w [...]
2005-07-11 12:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5472 EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...]
2005-07-18 14:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5473 TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]
2005-07-18 14:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5477 EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...]
2005-07-18 14:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5553 FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making
[...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...]
2005-07-20 14:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5652 "THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] Summary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the attacks showed emergency workers removing bodies from the bomb sites and assisting the injured, while government officials and intellectuals gave phone interview [...]
2005-07-25 09:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5743CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN
[...] (C) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...]
2005-07-26 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO5744 SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]
2005-07-26 16:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG
05CAIRO5753 PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY
[...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...]
2005-07-27 12:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5757SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and contacts with influential Islamic leaders in Egypt but agrees more can and should be done. Key leaders like Sheikh Tantawi are generally allies in the struggle a [...]
2005-07-27 13:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO5814 SENIOR EDITOR PRAISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S SIGNING
[...] (U) The new editor-in-chief of the very influential pro-government news weekly Al Ahram Al Arabi (circulation: 80,000) had high praise for President Bush's signing the condolence book for victims of the Sharm bombings, at the Egyptian Embassy. (A color photograph of the same appeared on the [...]
2005-07-28 11:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5820 UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS?: EGYPTIAN MEDIA HAS FREE
[...] Summary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings. While some commentators continue to blame Israel for terrorism in the region, many commentators have pointed fingers squa [...]
2005-07-28 15:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO6133 HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA
[...] Summary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-government media continued to devote the majority of their coverage to Mubarak's candidacy, they also gave prominent coverage to the candidacies of two other polit [...]
2005-08-09 15:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO6210BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH
[...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...]
2005-08-11 15:26:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG
05CAIRO6270 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG:
[...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...]
2005-08-15 15:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
05CAIRO6508 ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...]
2005-08-24 10:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
05CAIRO6711BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT
[...] (C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...]
2005-08-31 15:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ
05CAIRO6914TFUS01: EGYPT'S DONATION TO KATRINA RELIEF ON THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little Rock two Egyptian C-130 aircraft containing Katrina relief, including 3,000 blankets, 1.1 tons of jam, and 1.3 tons of powdered milk. Post requests that Task Force ens [...]
2005-09-06 17:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG
05CAIRO6989 AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA
[...] Summary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fekki's promise to be more open and balanced. While print and television the latter, without a doubt, the most influential medium in Egypt covered all candida [...]
2005-09-08 14:53:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7104 AND THE WINNER IS...: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10. Coverage also featured a debate among commentators about the election's importance, with many in the pro-government newspapers focusing on it as the first s [...]
2005-09-13 05:56:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7149 AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON
[...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]
2005-09-14 08:56:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7238 AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON
[...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]
2005-09-19 05:27:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7393G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-25 08:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI EG MO
05CAIRO7450 AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...]
2005-09-27 07:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG
05CAIRO7626 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2:
[...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...]
2005-10-03 11:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7792COMBATING EXTREMISM: STREET-LEVEL COMPETITION IN
[...] SUMMARY: The USG, GOE, and a wide range of non- governmental organizations in Egypt are vigorously engaged in efforts to combat extremism. In response to reftel request, this message describes efforts in Egypt to reduce the sources of extremism, counter extremism in the media, create a poli [...]
2005-10-11 14:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER
05CAIRO7946 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...]
2005-10-17 07:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8137 SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA:
[...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...]
2005-10-23 14:33:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8288 STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT
[...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...]
2005-10-30 12:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8421 TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR
[...] Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars during Ramadan. PA worked with members of the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute to arrange three iftars from October 19 to October 30. The iftar seminars took [...]
2005-11-02 14:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO8462 CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA
[...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...]
2005-11-06 15:56:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8587 ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devoting live coverage throughout the day of voting. Pro-government media coverage emphasized what it termed the election's "transparency" and high voter turn-ou [...]
2005-11-14 10:14:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG
05CAIRO8929 NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP
[...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...]
2005-11-29 11:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL EG
05CAIRO8933 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI
[...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...]
2005-11-29 12:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG
05CAIRO9071 Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4:
[...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...]
2005-12-06 12:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG
05CAIRO9086WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 05:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC KPAO
05CAIRO9271 ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE
[...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...]
2005-12-14 07:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO9380AMERICAN IMAM CAMPAIGNS FOR TOLERANCE,
[...] SUMMARY: American Imam Mohammed Bashar Arafat engaged religious scholars, students, journalists, and media audiences across the Arab world with his message of tolerance and hope during a visit to Egypt Dec. 1-13. In purposeful, persuasive Arabic cadences, Bashar preached respect for Christi [...]
2005-12-20 14:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP KIRF EG
05CAIRO9388American Author Promotes Dynamic View of US
[...] SUMMARY: American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead engaged Egyptian audiences with his dynamic vision of U.S. foreign policy during three days of lectures, roundtable discussions, and media interviews November 27-29. Meads visit coincided with the Embassys release of the Arabic tra [...]
2005-12-21 06:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP EG
05CAIRO9425REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND
[...] Post is pleased at ECAs commitment to revitalizing cultural and sports programming and eager to collaborate in developing effective new approaches. These programs are invaluable tools for developing mutual understanding with different socio-economic levels, especially Egypts emerging youth, a [...]
2005-12-21 12:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC
05CANBERRA1253AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING
[...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...]
2005-07-24 21:33:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN
05CANBERRA436AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]
2005-03-04 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA749FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...]
2005-04-28 05:57:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS
05CARACAS1298THE TELESUR SAGA: CHAVISTA CNN, THE MANAGER'S
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has been vigorously pushing for the creation of TELESUR, a hemisphere-wide, multi-national, Latin American satellite television network, to offer a different point of view from CNN. TELESUR would promote GOV interests, and it would promote Chavez,s ambitions for cont [...]
2005-04-29 18:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECPS KPAO OPRC PGOV PINR XM VE
05CARACAS1551SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND
[...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...]
2005-05-20 17:00:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER VE
05CARACAS1703MEDIA PLAY 6/1-7: BUSH-MACHADO (SUMATE) MEETING
[...] The May 31 meeting between Maria Corina Machado, the director of Venezuelan pro-democracy NGO SUMATE and President Bush has created outraged reactions from Chavez supporters. Comments made by senior government officials claim Machado is trying to garner support from the U.S. in preparation for [...]
2005-06-06 20:45:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS1786SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND
[...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...]
2005-06-13 14:08:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER VE
05CARACAS2267TELESUR DEBUTS WITH MUCH FANFARE, LITTLE
[...] (SBU) THE MUCH-AWAITED LAUNCH OF TELESUR, THE REGIONAL TELEVISION STATION HATCHED BY VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ-WITH NOMINAL COOPERATION FROM ARGENTINA, BRASIL, CUBA, AND URUGUAY-OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JULY 24. THE INITIAL BROADCAST ORIGINATED FROM A THEATER IN CARACAS WHERE SELECT INVITED [...]
2005-07-27 15:53:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV VE
05CARACAS2277MEDIA PLAY- TELESUR DEBUT AND U.S.
[...] Telesur, the regional TV channel backed primarily by the Venezuelan government, debuted July 24. Recent comments made by officialist press reflect disappointment in the United States for what they consider another attempt to hinder efforts towards regional integration. They further claim the U [...]
2005-07-28 13:56:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV VE
05CARACAS3584TELESUR MARCHES FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, 2005 the Venezuelan Government supported international, cable channel TELESUR began broadcasting 24 hours a day. PD officer conversations with both the President and Director General of TELESUR reveal that they remain concerned with financial and programming issue [...]
2005-11-29 18:17:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS603"GO TO HELL" VENEZUELAN MINISTER OF INFORMATION
[...] Summary: (U) Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Andres Izarra followed up on President Hugo Chavez's February 20 claim that the U.S. was trying to kill him by launching his own attack on the U.S. and Venezuelan media, starting with a February 21 press conference. He claimed [...]
2005-02-25 20:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC PGOV PREL PROP
05CHIANGMAI201ASK A CONSUL
[...] Summary: To make the U.S. visa process more understandable to a broad Thai audience, the U.S. Consulate General Chiang Mai has initiated a weekly newspaper column titled "Ask a Consul". End Summary. 2. The Consulate's "Ask a Consul" column debuted August 26 in Thai News, the largest newspap [...]
2005-09-01 09:36:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT OIIP OPRC KPAO TH
05CHIANGMAI241STUDENTS "ASK A CONSUL" DURING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK EX
[...] Consulate Chiang Mai invited readers of its weekly "Ask A Consul" newspaper column (reftel) to ask their questions in person at a presentation on the U.S. visa process during International Education Week. 2. The consular session was part of an all-day EdExpo USA sponsored by the IC-ACE Educat [...]
2005-11-25 07:52:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OEXC SCUL KPAO OPRC TH
05COLOMBO1020 Pro-JVP Media Minister Persuaded to Resign
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aviation, Ports and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera resigned from the media portfolio today amid speculation the President had asked him to do so due to his alleged favoritism towards the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP),the government's Marxist/Sinhala nationalist junior all [...]
2005-06-08 01:39:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO1063 Special Media Reaction: Statement of the co-
[...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan media provided prominent, widespread and positive coverage to the statement issued June 13 by the Tokyo donors' conference co-chairs following their Washington meeting. Electronic media reported the statement on Tuesday, June 14, while all print media carried front-pa [...]
2005-06-15 10:43:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1127 Special Media Reaction: Predictable Coverage of
[...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan media provided widespread prominent editorial coverage of the June 24 signing of the Joint Mechanism (Post-Tsunami Management Structure, P-TOMS) between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in high circulation Sunday edition newsp [...]
2005-06-27 11:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1253 World Bank Report Details Weaknesses of Sri
[...] Summary: The World Bank issued its long-delayed report on education in Sri Lanka at a conference in Colombo June 30, painting a grim picture of the state of education in a country once known for its relatively progressive and equitable system. The study, compiled in the past year by a team [...]
2005-07-18 11:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO1338SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) Ambassador raised issue of understanding for US detainee operations with Foreign Minister Kadirgamar on August 1, explaining that we wanted our friends to better understand our operations and the rationale for them, and to convey their support to broader constituencies. Kadirgamar noted [...]
2005-08-02 06:04:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05COLOMBO1428 Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...]
2005-08-15 09:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1451 Leading Tamil Announcer and Husband Murdered in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram (Ref A)and several alleged death threats received by other prominent Tamil journalists (Ref B),a well-known Tamil radio and television personality and her husband -- a former member of the Pe [...]
2005-08-18 07:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1478MALDIVES: DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKER
[...] (U) Summary: From August 14-19, Dr. Bert B. Lockwood, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati and Director of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, was in Maldives with the assistance of the International Information Programs Bureau and funded by an Economic Support Funds (ESF [...]
2005-08-22 11:30:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI EAID ELAB KPAO KDEM MV
05COLOMBO1523Grenade attack on pro-LTTE newspaper office shakes
[...] (U) Summary: Two men threw two grenades into the premises of the Sudar Oli newspaper office in Colombo August 29, killing one and injuring three. Sudar Oli, an unapologetically pro-LTTE paper, was the object of an unsuccessful grenade attack on one of its Colombo branch offices on August 20, [...]
2005-08-31 07:16:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PTER PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1714 Special Media Reaction: E.U. Ban on LTTE Travel
[...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media reacted strongly to the European Union's travel ban on the LTTE. Mainstream and Sinhala nationalist media led with news of the ban, praising the move and speculating the decision could lead quickly to the EU's designation of the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Or [...]
2005-09-29 10:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1739SRI LANKAN DAILY REPORTS GOVERNMENT TO DROP
[...] (U) The headlines of the October 3 edition of the English language Daily Mirror, quoting an unnamed "top US State Department official," reported the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had agreed to hold off on anti-conversion legislation because of US pressure. According to the article, written by [...]
2005-10-03 10:10:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO CE
05COLOMBO1814FIRST US-MALDIVES FRIENDSHIP WEEK A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first-ever US-Maldives Friendship Week ("Friendship Week") which took place on September 23-28 furthered the Mission Performance Plan (MPP) goal of stable and secure partners worldwide and enhanced bilateral ties in the political, economic, cultural and security realms. Bu [...]
2005-10-17 11:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP PREL MV
05COLOMBO1817Public Diplomacy Programs Enrich First U.S. - Maldives
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's public diplomacy programs formed a large part of the first annual U.S.- Maldives Friendship Week September 25 through September 28. In addition to a trade show organized by the Economic/Commercial Section, PD organized the signing of the first Ambassador's Fund for Cultur [...]
2005-10-18 02:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO OIIP OEXC OPRC PREL SCUL
05COLOMBO1951SRI LANKA: SUGGESTED U.S. STATEMENT ON THE
[...] (SBU) This message conveys Embassy's suggestions for a statement by the Department Spokesman after the November 17 presidential election. Two versions are provided: one for suggested use in the event of a generally free and fair election and another for suggested use in the event of an elect [...]
2005-11-15 11:58:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO CE
05COLOMBO2014 Special Media Reaction: LTTE Leader Vellupillai
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27(reftel),Sri Lankan television and newspapers on November 28 and 29 focused on the future of the peace process with a renewed sense of hope and pragmatism. In response to the election of President [...]
2005-11-29 11:07:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2026WTO DOHA ROUND - AMBASSADOR RAISES US CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised reftel WTO points with Trade Minister Fernandopulle on November 29 and Econchief has passed same points to representatives from the Finance Ministry and members of influential private sector groups. Minister Fernadopulle is not well-versed on the issues set to a [...]
2005-12-01 10:50:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKIRC KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD OIIP CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2056 Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on
[...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]
2005-12-07 11:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2101SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]
2005-12-15 07:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2136 Special Media Reaction: December 19 Statement by
[...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked banner headlines and lead stories of all print and electronic media on December 21. However, only the mainstream independent Daily Mirror and its sister Sinhala paper, Lanka [...]
2005-12-21 09:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2164 Special Media Reaction: Tsunami Anniversary
[...] (U) Summary: All three English dailies carried Ambassador Lunstead's tsunami memorial message titled "America Joins Sri Lanka in Remembrance" on Friday, December 23. Sinhala and Tamil newspapers carried the op-ed in the vernacular on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26. Complementin [...]
2005-12-28 08:55:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO2166 Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to
[...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked a considerable amount of editorial comment in the English and Sinhala press in the week following its December 21 release in Colombo. Editorialists analyzed the statement am [...]
2005-12-28 11:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO244 Special Media Reaction: Colombo Press Conference
[...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of post's January 29 press conference to announce plans to transition from a mix of military and civilian tsunami relief efforts to a fully civilian one was prominent and widespread, generating front-page headlines but little editorial comment. Most media focused [...]
2005-02-01 01:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO314 FROM COMITY TO CALUMNY: SRI LANKAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Six weeks after the tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, the main political parties have fallen back into their previous pattern of exchanging accusations and denunciations in the media. This return to fractiousness has dissolved the relative comity that prevailed imm [...]
2005-02-09 04:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO395 Special Media Reaction: Former Presidents
[...] (U) Summary: The visit of former Presidents Clinton and Bush to Sri Lanka February 20-21 elicited copious, straightforward media coverage, with all media outlets, print as well as electronic, featuring the visit prominently. Editorial comment was largely positive as well, but a few outlets [...]
2005-02-22 10:39:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO EAID PTER OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO489 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION
[...] Contact: Philip Frayne Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1264 Fax: +94 11 244 9070 E-mail: fraynepa@state.gov Angela Gemza Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1271 Fax: +91 11 244 9070 E-mail: gemzaa@state.gov 2. Grante [...]
2005-03-08 04:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL
05COLOMBO732 International Visitor Request: Sri Lankan MP's
[...] (U) A group of seven Sri Lankan Members of Parliament (MP) have requested a fully-funded trip of a week to ten days' duration to visit Hawaii, California and Washington, D.C., in order to look at how the U.S. prepares for and responds to natural disasters. The group would like to visit the Ts [...]
2005-04-20 01:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PTER EAID CE
05COLOMBO832 Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder
[...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...]
2005-05-04 08:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO897 Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...]
2005-05-16 10:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO900 Outreach on Newsweek Retraction of Koran
[...] Reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the original Newsweek story about alleged desecration of the Koran was muted and low-key. Media in both countries ran straight wire service reports about the controversy, but abstained from publishing or broadcasting outraged commentary and editorial [...]
2005-05-17 10:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KISL OIIP PREL CE MV
05COLOMBO954 Leading Tamil Editor Receives Death Threats
[...] (U) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, (Reftel),another prominent Tamil journalist, Vediwel Thevaraj, Acting Editor- in-Chief of the mainstream independent Tamil daily Virakesari, has reported receiving anonymous death threats. Mr. [...]
2005-05-26 11:39:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO971 Special Media Reaction: Former President Bill
[...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of President Clinton's May 27-28 visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Relief was prominent and widespread. Electronic and print media reported on the visit through the weekend and Monday. The coverage of the former Presi [...]
2005-06-01 01:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05DAMASCUS5122SARG DENIES HAVING THREATENED MURR
[...] (U) The official Syrian Press Agency (SANA) September 28 published a denial of statements attributed to Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr in which he said that Syrian intelligence officials in Lebanon threatened him months before he was severely injured in a car-bombing assassination attem [...]
2005-09-28 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SY
05DAMASCUS5791Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers published the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri. They highlighted the fact that the resolution dropped the threat of sanctions and called on Syria to coopera [...]
2005-11-02 15:32:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5812Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian judicial committee announced its headquarters and communication numbers to receive any information regarding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri, and that it held its first meeting, expressing hope that any person who has informatio [...]
2005-11-06 14:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5829Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Arab and international contacts to discuss UNSC Resolution 1636, citing the planned visits to Syria by Arab League SecGen Amr Mousa, and by UN SecGen Annan and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz to Cairo. As for Iraq, papers reported the US " [...]
2005-11-07 12:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5865Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today featured a press statement by Judge Ghada Murad, head of the Syrian committee established to investigate the Al-Hariri assassination, announcing commencement of review of the transcripts of testimony of Syrian witnesses and confirming cooperation with the internati [...]
2005-11-08 13:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5908Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Al-Hariri
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend focused on President Asad's speech. Government-owned Tishreen and Al- Ba'th, which are usually not published on Fridays, appeared on Friday 11 November, along with the third official government-owned paper, Al-Thawra, to report on President Bashar Al-Asa [...]
2005-11-13 14:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5936Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Libya, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of a Libyan delegation carrying a message of solidarity with Syria from Colonel Qaddafi. Papers also reported the visit to Damascus by the Iranian FM, who will supposedly be mediating between Syria and Lebanon to ease the recent tension caused b [...]
2005-11-14 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5961Damascus Media Reaction: Mehlis Report, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's messages to Arab and world leaders, the Security Council member states, the current chairman of the Arab Summit, the current chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Nonaligned Nations, the UN SecGen, and the Arab League [...]
2005-11-15 13:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5971Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, Syria/US,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers reported the visit to Bejing of a Syrian MFA delegation and cited a statement by a Chinese Deputy FM rejecting politicization of the International Investigation Commission report and rejecting any economic sanctions on Syria. Government-owned Al-Thawra reported an [...]
2005-11-16 15:12:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6010Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with Syria to cooperate with the International Investigation Commission. Headlines featured Gul's statement, "Our goal is to protect stability in the region and to [...]
2005-11-17 13:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6040Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security Council, carrying a letter from King Abdullah to President Asad, and Renato Rabillo, Leader of the Brazilian Communist Party. Papers on 11/19 quoted a dipl [...]
2005-11-20 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6072Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in Iraq that the US does not possess any evidence against Syria on the issue of infiltrations through the Syrian border, and a statement by President Bush ruling [...]
2005-11-21 15:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6101Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of the Bahraini FM to Damascus carrying a message from the King of Bahrain to President Asad on Syria's coordination with the International Investigation Commission. On Lebanon, papers featured President Asad's message to President Lahoud congratulat [...]
2005-11-22 12:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6223Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Mehlis, Iraq (11/28)
[...] Summary: The Syrian press reported President Asad's meeting with Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi National Security Council, carrying a message from King Abdullah to President Asad. Syrian papers also carried the full text of the TV interview broadcast by Syrian TV la [...]
2005-11-29 09:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6226Damascus Media Reaction: Euro-Med Summit, Al-Hariri
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported in banner headlines FM Shara's address at the Euro-Med Summit in Barcelona and carried the full text of the final communique of the conference. Papers also reported FM Shara's meeting with Lebanese FM Al-Saniora in which Shara said that Syria has opened a [...]
2005-11-29 13:07:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6254Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimony to the international investigation commission in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The papers view Husam's account, as to [...]
2005-11-30 14:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6255Damascus Media Reaction: False Witness/Al-Hariri
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to focus on revelations by the Syrian "masked witness," Husam Tahir Husam, who gave false testimony to the international investigation commission in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The papers view Husam's account, as to [...]
2005-11-30 14:28:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6277Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Probe/Masked
[...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to comment on statements by Syrian witness Husam Tahir Husam that he was intimidated by a group of Lebanese political, media, and security figures to give false testimony to the international investigation commission to implicate Syria in the assassination of [...]
2005-12-01 11:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6383ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW PROGRAM: DAMASCUS POINTS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 09:21:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SY
05DAMASCUS6392Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Summit, Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today focused on the summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Mecca. Papers reported FM Shara's representation of President Asad and the meetings he held on the sidelines of the conference with Iraqi President Talabani, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa of Bahrai [...]
2005-12-08 13:31:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6521Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to criticize the second report of the International Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq al-Hariri and cited Lebanese criticism of the report from the "National Unity Forum," that described the Mehlis report as "empty [...]
2005-12-15 15:12:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6578Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a lecture delivered by Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah, Minister of Information, entitled "Propaganda Campaign Against Syria," in which he criticized the anti-Syria media and political campaign, saying that it seeks to incite disagreement between Syria and Lebanon and [...]
2005-12-19 14:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6600Damascus Media Reaction: GCC Summit, IIC, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the final communique of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) summit that underlined commitment to the security and stability of Syria and Lebanon, adding that Syria had cooperated with the international investigation into the assassination of former Premier R [...]
2005-12-20 16:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6624Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. On 12/22 papers reported a press statement by British PM Blair expressing his government's readiness to start a positive and constructive dialogue with Syria ac [...]
2005-12-22 12:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6640Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Weekend Syrian papers reported statements by Lebanese personalities emphasizing distinguished ties with Syria, listing among them Lebanese Minister of Energy & Water Mohammed Fneish who underlined the importance of preserving "the distinguished relations with Syria to face the Israeli [...]
2005-12-26 14:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6662Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's message to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir conveyed by Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem on current Arab developments, bilateral relations and coordination for the forthcoming Arab summit scheduled in Khartoum. Mouallem and M [...]
2005-12-27 15:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6687Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today highlighted President Asad's interview with Turkish TV Sky News. President Asad said that Syrian-Turkish ties are progressing in a constant and firm way and there is a conviction among Turkish institutions, and many countries, that what is happening to Syria now i [...]
2005-12-28 14:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DARESSALAAM980GPRA: CULTURAL ENVOY BASKETBALL PROGRAM
[...] Summary: The Public Affairs Section organized a Culture Connect program that featured two basketball cultural envoys, Courtland Freeman and Alvin Green. Freeman is a former basketball player and Georgetown University graduate while Green is a recent graduate of Coastal Carolina University and [...]
2005-05-18 13:38:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL TZ
05DHAKA1096Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 04:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1114Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 07:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1146FINANCE MINISTER RAHMAN AND INDUSTRIES
[...] During March 12-14, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman and Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami, who is also leader of ruling coalition partner Jamaat Islami, denounced the Bangladeshi press for allegedly promoting a false and negative image of Bangladesh. 2. Rahman charged that Banglades [...]
2005-03-15 03:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PREL BG OCII
05DHAKA1175Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 08:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1281REACTION TO SECRETARY'S REMARK ABOUT BANGLADESH
[...] In her March 16 interview with "India Today" in New Delhi, Secretary Rice commented, "There is more that we probably need to do on Bangladesh which is, I think, a place that is becoming quite troubling." 2. The English and Bangla language media widely reported this statement. On March 20 [...]
2005-03-21 10:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL BG OCII
05DHAKA1296Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]
2005-03-22 09:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1297Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's South
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "The Visit of Condoleezza Rice" Conservative Bangla language newspaper "Ittefaq" editorially comments (3/20): What Condoleezza Rice said during her visit to India and Pakistan means that the U.S. wants to st [...]
2005-03-22 09:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1354Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "Does Bangladesh Deserve All Those Adjective?" A page 1 commentary in centrist economic newspaper "Financial Express" opines (3/23): One cannot but be concerned by what US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [...]
2005-03-23 10:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1437Media Reaction: Lebanon situation; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 04:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1450Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1477Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 04:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1535Media Reaction: State Department's Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-03 06:02:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1699Media Reaction: Middle East; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 05:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1805Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 09:21:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1860Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-21 05:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1919Media Reaction: Myanmar; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 11:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA194Media Reaction: Iraq, Sudan;Dhaka
[...] IRAQ ------- "The Chink in the Armor" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (1/17): There is evidence that the entire U.S. project in Iraq is hopelessly flawed and its armed forces are being vanquished by a ferocious guerilla army. The security situati [...]
2005-01-17 06:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1953Media Reaction: Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 06:23:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2085Media Reaction: Country Report on Terrorism; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 08:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2173Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-08 03:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2185Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 03:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII BGD
05DHAKA2270Media Reaction: Assistant Secretary Christina
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-15 06:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2297Media Reaction: Alleged Desecration of the Holy
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 04:01:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2304POST RESPONSE TO NEWSWEEK ALLEGATIONS
[...] The response in Bangladesh to allegations in Newsweek that the Quran had been desecrated has been less severe than that in other countries in the region. Although the Foreign Ministry has called for a full investigation and punishment of the guilty, the local press has concentrated more on t [...]
2005-05-17 08:36:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO BG
05DHAKA2570Media Reaction: Koran Desecration and NewsWeek; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-05 07:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2602Media Reaction: Koran Desecration; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 06:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2619Media Reaction: Koran Desecration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 23:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA290SUGGESTED PRESS GUIDANCE - NYT MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON
[...] In the January 23 edition of the New York Times Magazine, an article on Bangladesh entitled "The Next Islamic Revolution?" is generating significant local reaction. In the event it is raised at the noon press briefing or with SA/PB, we suggest the following guidance: Q: THE NEW YORK [...]
2005-01-24 10:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM PTER ASEC BG
05DHAKA3030Media Reaction: U.S.-Bangladesh Relations, Iranian
[...] U.S.-Bangladesh Relations ---------------------------- "Burns' Praise for Bangladesh" Independent English "News Today" editorially comments (6/28): The United States' support to Bangladesh's development and democracy remains crucial for stability and progress in this country. Bangladesh [...]
2005-06-28 05:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3042Media Reaction: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns'
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-29 03:41:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3060Media Reaction: Visit of Nicholas Burns and
[...] The Visit of Nicholas Burns and Gastright --------------------------------------------- "US Policy And Ahmadiyas" Independent English language newspaper "Bangladesh Observer" editorially comments (6/30): On the heels of US Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to D [...]
2005-06-30 03:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3203Media Reaction: G 8 summit, London Blast, Iraq;
[...] G-8 Summit ------------- "Limited Gain at G-8: Disappointment Over Environment" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (7/10): In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on London, there was much speculation that the G-8 summit at Gleneagles would be side- [...]
2005-07-10 08:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA326Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration, Iraq;Dhaka
[...] BUSH INAUGURATION -------------------- "Of Two Presidential Inaugurations" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" editorially comments (1/25/05): Two presidential inaugurations in the past few days have naturally aroused two different kinds of feeling around the globe. The tho [...]
2005-01-25 07:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3296Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 04:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3315Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA335Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 04:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA350Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 08:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3530Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-24 02:58:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3557Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 05:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA366Media Reaction: Iraqi Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-30 08:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3681Media Reaction: Terrorism and Islamic Apologists;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-31 06:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3764Media Reaction: Indo-U.S. Defense Agreement; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 07:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3803Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Central
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Ghost of Terror on Blair's shoulder" Pro-government Bangla language newspaper "Amar Desh" editorially comments (8/7): Britain is now seeing the specter of terrorism. The Last vestiges of human rights and liberalism are being eliminated with m [...]
2005-08-07 04:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3847Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings; Dhaka
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Measures to expel Muslims Will Be Disastrous For Britain" An op-ed article in anti-West Bangla language newspaper "Inqilab" opines (8/8): The meeting between Muslim leaders and leaders of the British government and the opposition had generated d [...]
2005-08-08 05:02:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3855TALKING POINTS ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) During an August 4 meeting with PMO Foreign Affairs Advisor Reaz Rahman, Charge handed over a nonpaper based on reftel talking points, stressing the reality, rationale, and impact of our actions related to Gitmo. 2. (C) Rahman thanked her for the information, but had no substantive resp [...]
2005-08-08 10:01:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05DHAKA3942Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Israel,
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Is Tony Blair on the right track to combat terrorism in Britain?" An editorial page article in English language newspaper "Daily Star" by former ambassador Harun ur Rashid opines (8/10): Political observers believe the basic fault lies in t [...]
2005-08-11 04:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3943Media Reaction: Iran; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 04:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4040Media Reaction: Iranian Nuclear Program; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 08:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4135Media Reaction: Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-21 06:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4151MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; DHAKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 09:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4290MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S CRISIS OVER CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 04:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4392Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 09:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4410Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 05:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4447Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina, U.S. Supreme
[...] Aftermath of Katrina ----------------------- "Katrina Fallout Issues: Tragedy Compounded by Governance Failure" English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (9/8): The destruction of the city of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and the accompanying massive loss of life ha [...]
2005-09-10 04:55:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4483Media Reaction: Iraq Constitution Bangladesh-U.S.
[...] Iraq Constitution -------------------- "Iraq Constitution Points To War On Terror's Agenda" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" front-page article comments (9/11): The US-led invasion of Iraq dubbed as the "war on terror" sparked off by the twin tower bombings in New York fou [...]
2005-09-11 10:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4694MEDIA REACTION: US-BANGLADESH RELATIONS, UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-18 07:19:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4910 IMAM YAHYA HENDI BUILDS BRIDGES TO BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS
[...] Summary: Visiting Bangladesh on the Speakers Program September 22-27, Imam Yahya Hendi addressed thousands of Bangladeshis - from students to ministers -- about Islam in America and the role of women in Islam at mosques, madrassas and other fora. He was exceptionally well received and effectiv [...]
2005-09-29 07:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO BG
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