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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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05ALMATY1988KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-007
[...] (SBU) On 26 May 2005, per reftel para. 4, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05-007 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Assistant to the Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov had no comment a [...]
2005-05-26 12:00:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2017KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST
[...] On 26 May 2005, DTRO-A received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of 1 January to 31 March 2005 from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follows: BEGIN TEXT U.S [...]
2005-05-31 08:15:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM US RS UP KZ DTRO
05ALMATY2045DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-008, 009, and 010
[...] On 1 June 2005, per REFs para 4, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05-008, -009 and -010 to Lieutenant Colonel Anarbek Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin had n [...]
2005-06-01 11:47:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2231KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 12:32:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALKNNP KZ MNUC PARM PREL WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2638DEMARCHE ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON WMD PROLIFERATOR
[...] Emboff delivered Reftel talking points and the text of the Executive Order to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 15. 2. Togyzbayev did not have an immediate substantive response to the demarche; he however reiterated Kazakh [...]
2005-07-18 08:53:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC KZ WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2797KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED
[...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 April 2005 - 30 June 2005, to CPT R. Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Maermanov had no [...]
2005-07-29 11:33:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY2799Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-013, "Delivery of Revised
[...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-013 to Captain Ruslan Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Maermanov had no comment and no reaction. 2. (U) POC for th [...]
2005-07-29 11:40:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2814Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-012, "Confirming ICBM
[...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-012 to Captain Ruslan Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Maermanov had no comment and no reaction. 2. (U) POC for thi [...]
2005-08-01 11:10:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3157KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL TO SWAP SUPPORT AT UNESCO
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On August 23, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 10- 1-1/1947 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to reftel demarche. Text follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan prese [...]
2005-08-31 09:16:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3307Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-015, "U.S. proposal to
[...] (SBU) On September 14, per Ref, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-015 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin reacted favorably to the [...]
2005-09-14 12:34:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3308Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-014, "Response to Russia's
[...] (SBU) On September 14, per Ref F, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-014 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin made no comment. 2. [...]
2005-09-14 12:35:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3376 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Anne Cummings is now the Action Officer for EXBS Kazakhstan. Thank you to Joanna Gabryszewski for all her good work on the EXBS Kazakhstan program. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED Â [...]
2005-09-20 10:27:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY3454KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ON CANWFZ, CWC, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik on September 27 in Astana. Shkolnik assured the Ambassador that there will not/not be a signing ceremony for the proposed Central Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in the near term [...]
2005-10-04 14:49:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL CW KNNP KZ PARM POLITICAL
05ALMATY3494KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON SUA
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed Ref A points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on September 15. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department, told POEC chief on September 30 that the MFA was coordinating a response with other relevant agencies. 2. (U) Post will report resp [...]
2005-10-05 04:56:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3563Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-016, "U.S. question
[...] (SBU) On September 28, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-016 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Ak [...]
2005-10-05 05:21:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL JCIC START POLITICAL DTRO
05ALMATY3629KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL
[...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Tokayev, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche outlining U.S. support of India's pursuit of civilian nuclear energy in exchange for a stronger non-proliferation regime. The United States, he continued, would like to raise this further with t [...]
2005-10-06 13:19:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3791Almaty delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-017
[...] (SBU) On October 17, 2005, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-017 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Interpretation branch, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov [...]
2005-10-17 20:58:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3894DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] (SBU) On October 27, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, to Captain Mirsakhatov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Cap [...]
2005-10-27 21:00:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY3905KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS DFM SHAKIROV, NO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Shakirov on October 20 in Astana and raised the issue of the strain transfers envisioned by the November 2004 Biological Weapons Prevention Program (BWPP) Amendment. Shakirov, discouragingly, replied in the same vein as th [...]
2005-10-29 00:31:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM TBIO PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3915KAZAKHSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON BIOKOMBINAT
[...] (C) Summary: The owners of the privatized Biokombinat facility in Almaty are willing to transfer ownership of 69 fermenters to the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund for destruction in return for $500,000 plus taxes. Post recommends that the Department act quickly to formalize agreement o [...]
2005-10-31 06:39:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALKZ PARM TBIO WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY4038 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] In September, a U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) team conducted talks with the Government of Kazakhstan on finalizing the language of the Second Line of Defense (SLD) program's Implementing Arrangement. The most recent revision of the arrangement [...]
2005-11-10 02:17:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY4044KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST
[...] On 8 November 2005, DTRO-A received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of July 1, 2005, to September 30, 2005, from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follows: BEG [...]
2005-11-10 05:40:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM KZ KTIA START DTRO
05ALMATY4142KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR DATA ON MANPADS DELIVERED
[...] (C) POEC Chief delivered reftel request for information on MANPADS in Kazakhtan to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's international security institutes division, on November 4. Togyzbayev indicated that he would work with the MFA's OSCE affairs division to respond to the request for informati [...]
2005-11-22 04:33:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC MASS KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4143KAZAKHSTAN: HIGH INTEREST IN CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) POEC chief passed Ref A information on civil nuclear cooperation with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's Security Institutes Division, on November 4 in Astana. Togyzbayev commented that Kazakhstan is developing good, intensive relations with India [...]
2005-11-22 05:25:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KZ IN ECONOMIC
05ALMATY415KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350
[...] (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's December 20 letter to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Shkolnik (ref),post received a reply under cover of a January 14 diplomatic note from the MFA. Informal embassy translation of letter follows: Letter no. 10-01-134 dated January 11, 2005 [...]
2005-02-04 07:24:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KZ PARM ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4267KAZAKHSTAN: DIP NOTE ON REHABILITATION OF
[...] (SBU) On November 22 post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanking the USG for its decision to co-sponsor the draft resolution on ecological rehabilitation and development of the Semipalatinsk region. The note was drafted in English. 2. (SBU) Begin text: L [...]
2005-12-01 18:28:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4290DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-019 TO THE MINISTRY OF
[...] On 5 December 2005, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05- 019, "Annual START SLCM Declarations," to CPT Radik Zhakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Zhakirov had no comments and no reaction. 2. (U) POC [...]
2005-12-05 03:54:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKACT KTIA PARM US RS UP BO KZ DTRO
05ALMATY4386 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS Advisor Offenbacher will travel to the United States on December 10 for training (December 12-16),consultations (January 9-13),vacation, and to sign a new contract. He hopes to be able to return to return to post by mid-January. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. S [...]
2005-12-13 12:15:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY914 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN EXBS MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE -
[...] Summary: The EXBS staff: On January 27 - 28, 2005, Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP),contractors for State Department Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program (EXBS),presented an Industry Outreach Compliance Workshop at the Almaty Hyatt Hotel to seventeen partici [...]
2005-03-09 07:34:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05AMMAN1245CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 15 to Waleed Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office concerning the proposed U.S.-Jordan agreement on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber informed post in December 2004 tha [...]
2005-02-15 16:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA JO CWC
05AMMAN1578CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION AND
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 24 to Bashir Khassawneh, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Legal Department. Khassawneh said the GOJ was well aware of its obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and was currently determining if existing legi [...]
2005-02-24 14:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM ABUD JO AROC CWC OPCW
05AMMAN1959SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS
[...] (S//NF) GENERAL KHALID SARAIREH, CHAIRMAN, JORDAN ARMED FORCES IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT TO JORDAN. IT WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE JAF LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WILL HELP ENSURE JORDAN'S [...]
2005-03-08 15:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR PARM MASS 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
05AMMAN3629EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] SUMMARY. Regional EXBS Advisor completed coordination for the "Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop I," scheduled for Oman and began coordination for the visit of a MEGAPORTS Initiative/Second Line of Defense Program assessment team to Oman. END SUMMARY. 2. MIDDLE EAST REGION (OMAN, U [...]
2005-05-09 10:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP 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
05AMMAN4890EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] SUMMARY. Regional EXBS Advisor completed coordination for visits to Yemen and Oman. The "Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop I," held in Oman May 15-18, provided exposure to a complex subject for Omani officials, but the course detail and subject were premature in terms of the level of d [...]
2005-06-19 06:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
05AMMAN6452HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH JORDAN ON CWC
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Legal Adviser Bisher Khasawneh on August 10 to present reftel talking points on the proposed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Khasawneh apologized for the long delay [...]
2005-08-11 12:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS JO
05AMMAN6538JORDANIAN FM ON CHALABI SUIT, PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Kasrawi on August 11. After discussing the upcoming Israeli disengagement from Gaza (ref A),Charge informed Kasrawi that the USG had carefully reviewed Jordan's request for a Statement of Interest in a U.S. court case against the GOJ brought by Ir [...]
2005-08-16 12:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL KNNP IZ JO
05AMMAN7288JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 13:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO
05AMMAN7953OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 12:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO
05AMMAN8455JORDAN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 05:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL JO CWC
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
05AMMAN9505SHIELD S53-05: JORDAN WILL BLOCK SALE OF
[...] (S/NF) On December 7 Ambassador delivered to Haytham Mufti, the King's private office advisor on such matters, reftel demarche on the reported offer by Seabird Aviation Jordan LLC of crop dusting aircraft and equipment to a Syrian firm. The King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADD-B [...]
2005-12-08 13:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR IN CBW
05AMMAN9631CWC HCA DISCUSSIONS PRODUCTIVE; ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) During bilateral talks about a draft Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) in Amman December 13, both sides agreed to add a sentence to the end of Part II, paragraph one in the proposed HCA text. The new sentence would read: "Likewise, the principles and proced [...]
2005-12-13 17:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW
05AMMAN982AQABA PORT ISPS SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Aqaba port authorities are working hard to comply with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security Plan (ISPS),which took effect last July 1 (Ref C). A strong management team from the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority [...]
2005-02-07 04:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEWWT ETRD ETTC PARM KSTC PREL JO
05AMMAN9865MTCR PLENARY RESULTS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-26 09:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JO MTCRE
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
05ANKARA1IRANIAN FONMIN KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO TURKEY: IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA interlocutors tell us PM Erdogan strongly underscored Turkish concerns about Iran's nuclear program to visiting Iranian FonMin Kharrazi. End summary. 2. (C) In separate, coordinated Dec. 29 calls on MFA, Polcounselor met DDG for South Asia (including Iran) Evirgen [...]
2005-01-01 05:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MNUC PARM ENRG TU IR IZ
05ANKARA1016CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 2005 DEMARCHE
[...] This is an action request- see para 3. 2. PolMil Counselor and EXBS Advisor delivered talking points outlined in reftel to MFA DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric, on February 24. Meric stated Article 174 of the new Turkish penal code passed last fall contains punishments for violation of ac [...]
2005-02-25 09:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDABUD PARM TU
05ANKARA1205EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: EXBS advisor's primary focus this month was on the two Department of Commerce (DOC) sponsored projects, Internal Control Program (ICP) and Product Identification Tool (PIT) along with coordinating the participation of Turkish delegations in PSI events. EXBS Advisor was able to u [...]
2005-03-07 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA124EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: EXBS advisor focused on updating the status of previously introduced initiatives with new GOT MFA points of contact. The advisor also began the planning with MFA and Customs officials on courses of action for the upcoming year, to focus on the most practical and best use of pote [...]
2005-01-10 11:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA1259TURKISH UNDERSECRETARIAT FOR DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] Deputy PolMilCouns followed up with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Space Branch Satellite Systems Design Officer Captain Kocabicak regarding TUAF evaluation of the international responses to the Remote Sensing Satellite Questionnaire it had submitted to six countries in August 2004. Per Captain Koc [...]
2005-03-09 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA ETTC PARM PREL MARR MASS TU
05ANKARA128PSI: TURKEY CONSIDERING GEARING UP PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1307AUSTRALIAN GROUP 2005 PLENARY: PROPOSAL DELIVERY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1482 SUSTAINING TURKISH COOPERATION IN MARITIME
[...] (U) Reftel requested Embassy input on building international support for an improved global maritime security framework, an objective of the December 2004 Presidential Directive on Maritime Security Policy. The Embassy and USG agencies work closely with the GOT on maritime security programs, i [...]
2005-03-15 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON ETRD PREL PTER PARM TU
05ANKARA1577AUSTRALIA GROUP: DELIVERY OF PAPERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-18 12:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1627AUSTRALIAN GROUP(AG): U.S. PAPER ON ACTIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-21 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCB ETTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA1805CONVENTION FOR SUA: DEMARCHE TO MFA REQUESTING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 05:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV TU
05ANKARA2039PSI: TURKEY'S FEEDBACK ON RECENT OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials at both TGS and MFA have given us positive reviews of the recent PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting in Omaha. Turkey plans to host an air/ground/sea exercise in May 2006. TGS claims it now has the lead on PSI, but we have not heard this elsewhere. The [...]
2005-04-08 08:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA2049EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor conducted the second of three annual program consultations in Washington DC, meeting with stateside program coordinators of the projects being conducted in Turkey, including the Internal Control Program, Commodity Identification Training, Product Identification Tool [...]
2005-04-08 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA2060TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE
[...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]
2005-04-08 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2194EXBS: TURKISH COMMENTS TO LATEST NP COOPERATION
[...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We have discussed the latest U.S. draft NP Cooperation and Assistance Agreement with MFA DDG for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric and other MFA representatives on several occasions since originally delivering it to the GOT in February, 20 [...]
2005-04-18 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA2333UPDATE; CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with the President of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Okay Cakiroglu, on April 22 to request an update on the status of the Cesium 137 that was seized in December. Cakiroglu stated that the Cesium 137 was still safely stored at a Turkish secure facility near Istanbul [...]
2005-04-26 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA2564CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (C) PolMilCouns raised the CWC host country agreement (HCA) with MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric and provided the revised text of the agreement on April 22, as instructed ref a. Meric said that t [...]
2005-05-05 08:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA2579EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: Last month, EXBS Advisor primarily focused on the status and direction of the Commodity Identification Training (CIT),which was scheduled to take place in April, but was eventually postponed to a later date. EXBS Advisor worked closely with MFA, Customs and Turkish Atomic Ener [...]
2005-05-05 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA2674PSI: TURKEY FORMS INTERMINISTERIAL COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Osman Yavuzalp, Head of Department MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs, on May 6 informed EXBS Advisor that the previous day the GOT held their first Interministerial Coordination Meeting to discuss Turkish participation in PSI and what steps Turkey will take in promoting PSI. The [...]
2005-05-10 07:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA2816PSI: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA
[...] (S) EXBS Adviser delivered reftel talking points/non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Osman Yavuzalp the morning of May 17, 2005. Yavuzalp thanked us for the information and informed us that he would immediately pass the information to appropriate government of [...]
2005-05-17 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE
05ANKARA2831CFE: TURKEY ASKS FOR YET ANOTHER REVISION TO DRAFT
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Disarmament and Arms Control officer M. Selcuk Sancar called in PolMilOff on May 17 to inform us that the GOT is requesting one additional change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement Text. Sancar reported that the MFA's lega [...]
2005-05-18 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA2838PSI: MORE ON IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S) MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan informed the Ambassador on May 18 that the shipment to Iran that he had raised the day before with Deputy U/S Nabi Sensoy had been stopped by Turkish authorities. 3. (S) Tuygan said that the British demarc [...]
2005-05-20 05:54:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3053PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY
[...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Nabi Sensoy raised the interdiction of missile-related items destined for Iran with the Ambassador and PolMilCouns on the margins of a lunch in honor of Senator Chuck Hagel May 31. Sensoy informed the Ambassador that the GOT was running out of time to hold this s [...]
2005-05-31 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3088PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish authorities do not believe "catch all" export controls (suggested ref B) can be used unless the shipper of the missile-related equipment destined for Iran is formally imported into Turkey first. MFA continues to put its hope on the Chinese taking the shipment back, but ar [...]
2005-06-01 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3138PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY
[...] (S) MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric contacted PolMilCouns on June 3 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Meric said that the UK Ambassador had explained to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy on June 1 that HMG was d [...]
2005-06-03 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3181PSI: TURKEY PRESS RELEASE TO MARK 2ND ANNIVERSARY
[...] The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs marked the 2nd Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative with a formal press release expressing Turkey's support of this important initiative along with the government's commitment to host a PSI exercise in the spring of 2006. This release w [...]
2005-06-07 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA3185EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT (MAY 2005)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor work this month focused mainly on moving the Government of Turkey forward in the Internal Control Program (ICP),Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Commodity Identification Training (CIT). EXBS Advisor was effective in getting the GOT to approve visits by delega [...]
2005-06-07 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA3196CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (C) This is an action request. Acting PolMilCouns delivered reftel A points and draft HCA/U MOU text to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 6. Yavuzalp said the MFA had already completed the legal review of the revised HCA/U MOU text presented by Post in A [...]
2005-06-08 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3260PSI: TURKISH RESPONSE ON SHARING MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) Per ref a request, Post coordinated with the UK mission in Ankara to deliver a joint demarche to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nabi Sensoy on June 9 to request that Turkey share with China copies of both the legitimate and the false invoice related to the a [...]
2005-06-09 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3261CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MODIFIED DEC
[...] (C) Acting PolMilCouns submitted to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 9 an annotated copy of the modified Dec. 1999 CWC Host Country Agreement with Turkey on Challenge Inspections draft MoU that highlighted changes from the original Dec. 1999 text. Post a [...]
2005-06-09 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3262OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING - TURKEY LIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and MFA on the Open Skies Shared Quota, Acting PolMilCouns and Acting DATT discovered a large gap between the US and Turkish interpretation of the original agreement for a shared June flight which may have led to the recent impas [...]
2005-06-09 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3265OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKEY AGREES NOT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 06:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3358EXBS: SIGNING OF NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE
[...] The Ambassador and Ambassador Ali Tuygun, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, signed the "Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Non-Proliferation Purposes [...]
2005-06-14 07:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA3367JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following demarche topics. ------ Kosovo ------ He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that enunciated in an earlier dem [...]
2005-06-14 09:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN
05ANKARA3406OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKS OPEN TO TALKS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU PSCE
05ANKARA3499READOUT OF TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S MEETING IN
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Iran Department Head Ulku (who did not go on the trip) asserts U/S Tuygan delivered a "crystal clear" message on Iran's nuclear program and the need to cooperate with the EU-3 and IAEA to DFM Aminzadeh June 11 but admitted Tuygan cloaked his message in diplomatic niceties. Wi [...]
2005-06-20 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EPET ECON TU IR
05ANKARA3891PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY
[...] (S) MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Osman Yavuzalp contacted PolMilCouns on July 4 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Yavuzalp informed PolMilCouns that the shipment had been recalled by the owner back to China. [...]
2005-07-07 05:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC IR MNUC PARM PREL TSPA TU MTCRE
05ANKARA3976EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT (JUNE-2005)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated the official signing ceremony for the NP Cooperation Agreement that, once ratified by the Turkish parliament, will allow full engagement of the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor moved forward with the Department of Energy Commodity Identification Tra [...]
2005-07-08 09:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA4037REPORT OF MEETING BETWEEN DOE INTERNATIONAL THREAT
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the DOE Office of International Radiological Threat Reduction Program (IRTR) visited Ankara June 28, 2005 to discuss with officials of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) shared concerns for the security of radioactive materials in the region and to explore oppo [...]
2005-07-12 07:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG IZ KNNP OTRA PARM TRGY TU JO
05ANKARA4645TURKEY AND THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In response to polmilcouns August 9 presentation of reftel points, MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Aydin Evergin said Ankara saw the growing potential of India as a positive contributor to the international community in much the same light as does Washington. As a result, the GOT wa [...]
2005-08-09 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IN
05ANKARA4688CFE: TURKEY SUBMITS REVISED TEXT INCORPORATING USG
[...] This is an action request. Post received via Diplomatic Note on Aug. 4 Turkey's latest proposed text for a CFE Host Country Agreement for implementing Treaty inspections. The proposed text appears to replicate the draft protocol text contained in reftel A, including the Article IV changes pr [...]
2005-08-11 06:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA4691EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2005)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor traveled to Washington DC for consultations, meeting with stateside program coordinators of the projects being conducted in Turkey, including the Commodity Identification Training, Second Line of Defense and other nonproliferation programs. EXBS Advisor also review [...]
2005-08-11 08:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA4784CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA4829TURKEY TO ATTEND 2005 OXFORD TRACKER WORKSHOP
[...] Post received a diplomatic note in reply to the invitation by the Nonproliferation Bureau to attend the "Tracker Workshop". This note states that the GOT will send two representatives to participate in the Tracker Workshop in Oxford, United Kingdom form October 24-28, 2005. 2. The Turkish [...]
2005-08-17 07:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM TU
05ANKARA4841NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN TURKEY: ALLEGED URANIUM
[...] Summary: On August 16 and 17, 2005, Turkish press reported the arrest of 2 individuals suspected of attempting to sell enriched uranium. EXBS Advisor made contact with MFA and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) representatives to confirm the media reports. Both MFA and TAEK have offered [...]
2005-08-17 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER TU
05ANKARA4946TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] Post received a diplomatic note in reply to the invitation by the Nonproliferation Bureau to attend the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. This note states that the GOT will send two representatives to participate in the Conference in Stockholm, Sweden from September 20-2 [...]
2005-08-24 10:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA4947TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN SEDM WMD EXECUTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 21:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM TU
05ANKARA5248NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...]
2005-09-08 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU
05ANKARA5277EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2005)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT) and Second Line of Defense (SLD). Work continued to progress despite being in the m [...]
2005-09-09 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA5416EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA6033TURKEY TO CONSIDER DRAFT AGREEMENT ON REMOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL MASS TU
05ANKARA6083EXBS: POSTPONEMENT OF DHS/CBP BORDER ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Post does not now provide country clearance for three officials from DHS/CBP to come to Turkey Oct 13-21 to conduct a country assessment in preparation for future engagement between CBP and the Turkish Customs authority. At present, the proposed visit would not achieve its desired goals du [...]
2005-10-07 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6191EXBS: PROBLEMS WITH BORDER SECURITY IN TURKEY
[...] (U) Summary: Turkish MFA has requested a hold on travel to border areas under the EXBS program until the Turkish Parliament ratifies the recently signed Nonproliferation Cooperation Agreement. Following ratification, expected by the end of October, full implementation of the EXBS program, in [...]
2005-10-13 07:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC LG PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6230UKRAINE MUNITIONS: TURKEY WILL URGE UKRAINE TO
[...] (SBU) On Oct. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Political Affairs Atilla Gunay to deliver ref a demarche. Gunay responded that Turkey will indeed urge the Ukrainian government to finalize the NATO-PfP Trust Fund implementing agreement with the NATO Maintenance and Supply [...]
2005-10-13 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MASS UP TU NATO
05ANKARA6248U/S JOSEPH DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION IN TURKEY,
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Joseph urged Turkey to take a resolute stand on Iran's nuclear weapons program during his September 29-30 visit to Ankara. Finance Minister Unakitan pledged to work with the United States to address proliferation financing and requested additional information on c [...]
2005-10-14 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA6258REPLY TO PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is willing to support a visit of U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence seized in a police sting operation in Istanbul. Turkey is also conceptually willing to participate in the joint foren [...]
2005-10-14 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETAU KNNP PARM RS TU
05ANKARA6262EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (SEPTEMBER
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor served as control officer for the visit of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph. Also, in September EXBS Advisor coordinated a Commodity Identification Training (CIT) refresher course and related meetings for Turkish Custo [...]
2005-10-14 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA6339CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS
[...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...]
2005-10-20 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC
05ANKARA6558SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...]
2005-11-02 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6671EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor NP projects that are underway in Turkey, including Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT). EXBS Advisor also coordinated Turkish participation in CIT Instructor Training, a Bl [...]
2005-11-12 16:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC IZ KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA6743IRAN RELATED BRIEFING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TU
05ANKARA689EXBS; TURKISH COMMENTS TO LATEST NP COOPERATION
[...] This is an action request- see para 4. 2. We have discussed the latest U.S. draft NP Cooperation and Assistance Agreement (ref A) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Sabri Ergen and other MFA representatives on several occasions since originally delivering it to the GOT [...]
2005-02-07 06:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA7061NAC COMMUNIQUE/MOLDOVA: TURKS SUPPORT "EITHER"
[...] (C) PolMilOff discussed reftel demarche with Gulin Dinc, MFA Chief of Section for NATO Political Affairs, early Dec. Â [...]
2005-12-01 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM PREL KCFE TU
05ANKARA7066EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to shepard forward several of the EXBS projects that are underway in Turkey despite the lack of a ratified NP Cooperation Agreement, including the Internal Control Program (ICP),Commodity Identification Training (CIT),Product Identification Tool (PIT) an [...]
2005-12-01 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
05ANKARA7156PSI: TURKEY INVITES UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN
[...] This is an action request-- see para 6. 2. Summary: The GOT seeks a formal commitment of U.S. participation in the first PSI exercise that Turkey will host. In September 2005, we informed Turkey that we would participate in the exercise (ref a),however the level of participation would b [...]
2005-12-06 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA7157UPDATE: U.S. PROPOSAL TO ANALYZE LEU SEIZED IN
[...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey is still willing to support and is awaiting further information concerning a possible visit by U.S. experts to review previous tests conducted by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority and other evidence sei [...]
2005-12-06 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAU KNNP PARM RS TU
05ANKARA7390UPDATE REQUESTED: AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIONS
[...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 8. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Turkey continues to seek information concerning the status of the ratification of the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. The lack of any information is having a negative ef [...]
2005-12-16 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY TU
05ANKARA7396EXBS: UPDATE OF NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE
[...] This is an action cable. See para 5. 2. We received a diplomatic note from the MFA dated December 14, 2005 concerning the Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Ass [...]
2005-12-16 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
05ANKARA753NPT 2005 REVIEW CONCERENCE (REVCON): REQUEST TO
[...] EXBS Adviser delivered reftel issue paper and talking points to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Sabri Ergen on February 4, 2005. Ergen thanked us for the information and assured EXBS Adviser that the information would be provided to the Turkish delegation attending the [...]
2005-02-09 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM TU
05ANKARA7544STATUS UPDATE: MEETING BETWEEN NUCLEAR AGENCY
[...] Summary: Following up on a DOE/IRTR suggestions, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) offered to host a meeting with the head of the Jordanian and Iraqi nuclear authorities in early 2006. The Turks would welcome U.S. observers to the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to begin discussi [...]
2005-12-23 07:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IZ JO KNNP OTRA PARM TRGY TU
05ANKARA7592NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]
2005-12-27 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA778EXBS; TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: EXBS advisor's primary focus this month was on two significant events, DOS/DOE meeting with GOT officials concerning the proposed plan for the early return of spent HEU fuel rods to the United States and coordination of the DOC team to propose the Product Identification Tool (PIT [...]
2005-02-10 05:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA779CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE TURKISH/GEORGIAN
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with Department Head for Customs Enforcement Ender Gurleyik on January 28, 2005 to request information concerning the truck parked between Georgian and Turkish customs gates (reftels). Gurleyik confirmed that the truck carrying scrap metal set off the portal monitors at t [...]
2005-02-10 06:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA802TURKS SEEK TO INCREASE MULTILATERAL MARITIME
[...] (C) Turkish military and civilian officials have told us that Turkey is working to multilateralize its current Black Sea Harmony (BSH) operation, which monitors and assesses Black Sea maritime traffic and reports the findings to NATO. This effort would only extend to the other five littoral st [...]
2005-02-11 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU
05ANKARA810UPDATE: CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug on February 11 to discuss the truck that SIPDIS was stopped at the Turkish/Georgian border due to the presence of cesium 137 in the scrap metal it was carrying. Tug confirmed the facts presented previously in ref A. [...]
2005-02-11 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA905TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN PSI OEG MEETINGS- MARCH
[...] This is an action request- see para 5. 2. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Head of Department Sabri Ergen on February 16 informed EXBS Advisor that MFA had received a copy of an OSD invitation to Turkey to participate in the next PSI Operational Experts Group meeting to be held in Omaha, N [...]
2005-02-17 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM TU
05ASUNCION1223PARAGUAY SUPPORTS SUA NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 21:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
05ASUNCION1244PARAGUAY: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 18:09:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CDG UNGA
05ASUNCION1482PARAGUAY: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 21:21:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC UNGA
05ASUNCION890PARAGUAY: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 15:17:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC PA
05ASUNCION935PARAGUAY ON OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTROL AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy has no information to suggest that there are MANPADs in Paraguay, within or outside of government control. However, the lack of import/export controls on arms, corruption within the military, other government agencies and Paraguayan society in general, and known FARC a [...]
2005-07-25 14:25:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL PTER PA OAS
05ATHENS114COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of National Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation personnel: William John Dougherty, Frederick Joseph Baumgartner, Joe John Capezza, Allen Edward Crabtree, George Gregory Lord, Randal James Rob [...]
2005-01-11 12:59:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS115COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EPA Official Walter Frick, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to Crete and Athens, Greece from January 28 to February 7, 2005. Mr. Frick will attend and be the keynote speaker at the Technical University of Crete and Heleco' [...]
2005-01-11 13:01:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS122COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT TO
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Allan Krass, NP/NE Physical Science Officer, Charles Edward Messick, Sr., Program Manager, DOE Savannah River Operations Office, James Dunavant and Michael Douglas Dunsmuir of Westinghouse Savannah River Company and Nicholas Lyl [...]
2005-01-12 09:37:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS1505CONTINUED GREEK ANGST, BUT POSITIVE NUMBERS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Greek officials continue to express concern about the level of Turkish air activity in the Aegean. At the same time, statistics recently released by the MOD paint a more positive picture of the actual situation in the region. Greek officials insist that, the content and [...]
2005-06-03 07:24:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR GR TU TURKEY
05ATHENS459MTAG 03-03: GOG CONSIDERING REEXPORT OF MILLING
[...] (S) On February 9, Econcouns was summoned by the head of MoD's Wassenar Expert Group, Col. Ioannis Anastasakis, to discuss possible return of a Mikrosam CNC milling machine (reftels) to Macedonia. (Per reftels, the Greek company, Baksevanidis, acquired two milling machines from the Macedonian [...]
2005-02-15 12:46:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM MCAP ETTC MK GR
05ATHENS58COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of DOE funded personnel: Eleanor Melamed, Janet Steele Ahrens, Kenneth Baird, Stephanie Payne Clarke, Timothy Allen Gregoire, Cody John Hostick, Jennifer Ann Jacobs, William Stewart Johnson, Marion Jane McDonald, Robert David Price [...]
2005-01-05 15:26:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS799INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH
[...] This is in response to reftel invitation of post's input on Greece's adoption of maritime security measures in accordance to the President's Maritime Security Policy. 2. Greece, as host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, has expedited implementation of many security plans including maritime sec [...]
2005-03-22 10:35:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC EU GR IASA
05BANDARSERIBEGAWAN597SINGAPOREAN VIEW OF BRUNEIAN ADHERENCE TO PSI,
[...] (C) Summary: The Singaporean High Commissioner believes Malaysia,s coolness toward the Proliferation Security Initiative may be causing Brunei to delay a decision on adherence to PSI principles, in accordance with Brunei,s desire to avoid taking a stand on any issue on which its two closest [...]
2005-12-09 07:48:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL BX MY SN
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
05BANGKOK1772THAILAND: PSI - SECURING THAI ENDORSEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai on March 9. Surakiart said the RTG could not provide a definitive response over the next few days because the new government was in the process of being formed. Surakiart indicated that he would pe [...]
2005-03-10 10:06:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL TH PSI
05BANGKOK1886PSI: THAIS CLOSE, BUT UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) continues to move towards formal endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles (SOP) in the near future. However, it is unlikely that the endorsement will be made before the March 21 OEG meeting in Omaha. Emb [...]
2005-03-15 23:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL KNNP ETTC AS TH PSI
05BANGKOK2067THAILAND'S NEXT STEPS ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] (SBU) On March 22, Polcouns contacted Busaya Mathelin, Deputy Director General (DDG),International Organizations (IO) Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Thai decision to recall two designated Thai participants before they joined the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Oper [...]
2005-03-22 12:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC PARM TH PSI
05BANGKOK2922THAILAND EXBS LEGAL TECHNICAL FORUM
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Post has proposed and confirmed that a "U.S.-Thailand Legal Technical Forum" will be held under the auspices of the Export Control and Related Border Assistance (EXBS) program, in Bangkok in mid-May. Post expects 20-30 Thai participants at the workshop, including partic [...]
2005-04-29 11:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC TH EXBS
05BANGKOK2925PSI: UPDATE ON SECURING THAI ENDORSEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: After a year and a half of U.S. and other lobbying, Thailand apparently has made the basic policy decision to be more supportive of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is moving through the final steps towards endorsement of the PSI Statement of Interdiction Princi [...]
2005-04-30 06:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL TH PSI
05BANGKOK3144THAILAND: ARF MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE; EAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) officials to discuss planning details and next steps for the Missile Defense Conference which the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has agreed to co-host with the U.S. October 6-7 in Bangkok. The Thais expect to achieve consensus within [...]
2005-05-11 09:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TH ASEAN
05BANGKOK3198THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR:
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to David Recker, Parvin Roushan Huda, Kevin Cummings and Laurie Magree from May 15 - 23, 2005 in order to attend the "US-Thailand Legal Technical Forum", to be held in Bangkok from May 18-20. 2. (U) As noted in reftel, hotel reservat [...]
2005-05-13 08:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PARM PREL ETTC KSTC TH
05BANGKOK3704THAILAND-DPRK RELATIONS: RTG SEES ITSELF AS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PARM PHUM KN KS TH DPRK
05BANGKOK3722SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met with Thai Defense Minister Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya on June 6 in Bangkok. SecDef said: 1) the strong history of U.S.-Thai military cooperation facilitated the impressive response to the December 26 tsunami; 2) the U.S. hopes that Tha [...]
2005-06-07 01:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP PARM PTER MASS TH PSI
05BANGKOK3725SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met on June 6 with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok. Secretary Rumsfeld 1) encouraged Thailand to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles; 2) sought PM Thaksin's insights into [...]
2005-06-07 01:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM OVIP TH PSI
05BANGKOK5128APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INITIATIVE DEMARCHE: RTG
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director of International Economic Policy at MFA; Katanawadee Kalayanamit, International Organizations/Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA; and Amornsate [...]
2005-08-10 05:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO IAEA
05BANGKOK5214SIX-PARTY TALKING POINTS DELIVERED/FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Surapon Petch-Vra, Director of East Asian Affairs - North and South Korea; Piroon Laismit, Director of East Asian Affairs - China and Japan; and Amornsate Singha, Director North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were received [...]
2005-08-15 08:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN KS TH
05BANGKOK5346COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GROMOLL, JAMISON, KANG AND
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Robert Gromoll, Eliot Kang, and Kerry Kartchner from the Department of State and Mr. Phil Jamison from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to visit Thailand during the period of August 26 - August 30 , 2005, to give Thai MFA and MOD of [...]
2005-08-19 06:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPARM OTRA PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK5750THAILAND: FY 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL PKO ALLOCATIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 08:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM TH PKO
05BANGKOK6551JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED IN THAILAND
[...] (C) On October 14, in an attempt to prod Thailand into endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Ambassador joined a group of Ambassadors from PSI countries led by Australia and including COMs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK in a joint demarche on MFA Deputy Perm [...]
2005-10-17 03:52:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH PSI
05BANGKOK6943THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (SBU) Poloff passed reftel points to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, MFA Director of International Economic Policy, and Katanawadee Kalayanamit from the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Chutintorn received the points without comment. Katanawadee said that Thailand does not plan to de [...]
2005-11-04 09:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO
05BANGKOK7045A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...]
2005-11-10 10:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF
05BOGOTA10953NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING; IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the points contained in Ref A to Coordinator for the United States and Canada Francisco Gonzalez, stressing the need to make clear the international community's serious concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Gonzalez promised to pass them to Diana Aguilar, Director of M [...]
2005-11-23 22:55:00Embassy BogotaSECRETIAEA PARM PREL AORC KNNP KISL IR CO
05BOGOTA11084DIALOGUE ON A FRAMEWORK FOR A STRATEGIC DEFENSE
[...] (S) Per reftel, Polcouns and DATT initiated dialogue on a framework for a strategic defense relationship with VMOD Andres Penate and COLMIL's General Padilla on November 22, and with MFA Vice Minister Reyes on November 23. The three officials constitute the internal GOC working group on the m [...]
2005-11-30 15:56:00Embassy BogotaSECRETMARR MCAP PARM PREL CO US PGOV
05BOGOTA7134MANPADS IN COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT NO; FARC MAYBE
[...] (S/NF) The GOC has no MANPADS in its arsenal, no current intentions to purchase them, and no indigenous manufacturing capability. The FARC (formally declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the USG) has demonstrated intent to purchase MANPADS. Numerous unsubstantiated reports indicate tha [...]
2005-07-29 13:33:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA8545THE EFFECTS OF LEISHMANIASIS IN COLOMBIA
[...] (S) Leishmaniasis, the parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies, is a disease plaguing the military and rural poor in Colombia. Reported civilan cases have risen from 4,000 in 1990 to nearly 10,000 in 2003 to a record 13,000 in 2004. Growth in outbreaks within the Colomb [...]
2005-09-12 15:09:00Embassy BogotaSECRETECON PARM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9235DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 22:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNGA
05BRASILIA1044 BRAZIL: FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS UN
[...] (SBU) Summary. From March 30 to April 1, former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Ambassador Alec Watson met with former Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. Rubens Barbosa; former Foreign Minister Luiz Lampreia; Marcelo Vasconcelos and Paulo Alvarenga from the US and Canada Division at the Minist [...]
2005-04-15 19:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL PTER BR UNSC
05BRASILIA1130BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN [...]
2005-04-28 12:01:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL BR
05BRASILIA1152(CORRECTED COPY) BRAZIL: A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETING
[...] (C) Introduction: Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen G. Rademaker met on 11 April with his Brazilian Foreign Ministry counterpart, Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations (in the MRE structure this includes UN and arms control/non-p [...]
2005-04-29 16:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL BR
05BRASILIA182BRAZIL: SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-20 16:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM BR UN
05BRASILIA2066SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF A/S DESUTTER
[...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, August 14-16. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy dis [...]
2005-08-04 17:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC US
05BRASILIA2282BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...]
2005-08-24 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC
05BRASILIA2339BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit),Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...]
2005-09-02 12:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN
05BRASILIA2798BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 18 to Acting Director Jandyr Santos of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Division. Calling the briefing very timely given the ongoing Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna -- where Division Director Santiago Mourao is heading the Brazil [...]
2005-10-19 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP BR IN
05BRASILIA289BRAZIL AND THE IAEA: LATEST ON RESENDE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 12:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM MNUC BR IAEA NPT
05BRASILIA295NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE: BRAZIL PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Poloff discussed ref B non-paper with Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division Chief, Santiago Mourao, who is preparing the GOB position for the 2005 NPT Revcon. Mourao strongly defended the NPT. He agreed that the Treaty required "strengthen [...]
2005-02-01 19:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC BR IAEA NPT
05BRASILIA3116BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ARMS
[...] (S) Foreign Ministry Undersecretary-General for Cooperation and Brazilian Communities Abroad Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira called the Charge to the Foreign Ministry November 28 to respond to the demarche delivered by then Charge Chicola on November 22 concerning the new U.S. policy concerning arms [...]
2005-11-28 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL MARR MASS PARM BR VE
05BRASILIA3124BRAZIL: IAEA/IRAN NOVEMBER 24 IAEA BOARD MEETING
[...] (C) Embassy presented reftel demarche November 28 to Santiago Mourao, director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said the GOB had maintained frequent contact with the EU3 on the issue and had also had two recent discussions of the issue with th [...]
2005-11-29 18:31:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC BR IR IAEA
05BRASILIA3125BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON U/S BURNS & U/S JOSEPH SFRC
[...] (C) Embassy presented the text of the testimonies of U/S Burns and Joseph November 28 to Santiago Mourao, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division. Mourao said he had seen references to the testimony of the two Undersecretaries and looked forward to [...]
2005-11-29 18:44:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IN BR US
05BRASILIA516BRAZIL: RAISING IRAN AT THE 28 FEBRUARY IAES BOG
[...] (C) Per reftel, on 24 February PolCouns provided to the Foreign Ministry (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technoligy Division Chief Santiago Mourao the USG position paper on the IAEA BOG meeting scheduled for 28 February to review developments in the agency's investigation of Iran since Novembe [...]
2005-02-28 14:31:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL BR IAEA POL MIL
05BRASILIA691PART I: BRAZIL'S CONTROL OF SENSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: The GOB possesses an effective, Internet-based export control licensing system (SISCOMEX),and in discussions with emboffs Brazilian officials could not identify any cases of unauthorized transfers of sensitive items since SISCOMEX has been functioning. Long, p [...]
2005-03-14 14:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV ETTC KNNP BR IAEA
05BRASILIA769BRAZIL: OAS MANPADS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Chief of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Santiago Mourao, acknowledged that while he still believed the OAS is not an appropriate forum for a stand-alone MANPADS resolution, others obviously felt that it is appropriate. As a result of active [...]
2005-03-21 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS ETTC BR OAS
05BRASILIA825BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME
[...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...]
2005-03-29 11:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR
05BRATISLAVA122MTAG: POTENTIAL SCUD SALE TO YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 16:05:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC YM LO MTCRE
05BRATISLAVA15EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. The EXBS Advisor was on a consultation trip to the United States, followed by annual leave from December 15-31, 2004. The EXBS Advisor's FSN Assistant was on annual leave from December 5-11, 2004. As most of Slovakia's governm [...]
2005-01-07 11:03:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA198EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...]
2005-03-10 06:06:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA203BRATISLAVA CONCURS WITH EXBS ADVISOR POSITION IN ZAGREB
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 14:34:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSCA KSTC PARM PREL HR SI LO MTCRE
05BRATISLAVA209GOS REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 16:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC LO
05BRATISLAVA214EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, "Short Form", as requested by State 034285. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards" Short Form I. What government agencies & offices are involved in developing export control polic [...]
2005-03-15 14:49:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA215EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS
[...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, effective February 28, 2005. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards - Slovakia - February 2005". I. Adequate commitment, legal and regulatory framework, and governmental structure to regu [...]
2005-03-15 14:49:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA27SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...]
2005-01-13 15:24:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT
05BRATISLAVA272SLOVAKS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP AND NPT CONFERENCES
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches March 31 to Karol Mistrik, Director of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-Terrorism, and his deputy, Henrik Markus. Mistrik confirmed he will lead the delegation to Sydney, accompanied by representatives from the Ministries of Economy, [...]
2005-03-31 14:24:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC LO
05BRATISLAVA290ARMS SALES TO YEMEN: SLOVAK RESPONSE
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche April 11 to Gabriela Mrugova in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-terrorism. Mrugova said neither the GOS nor Slovak arms brokers have exported SA/LW to Yemeni arms brokers. The Slovak MOD sold some non-lethal equipment to Yemen's M [...]
2005-04-12 14:51:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC LO
05BRATISLAVA434SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 2005
[...] (C) Opposition political party Smer (reftel) met its long-held goal and became a member of Socialist International (SI). Smer MP Edita Angyalova, a former IV participant and one of Slovakia's youngest politicians, downplayed Smer's membership in SI, and noted that if the party were to become [...]
2005-06-07 12:48:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PARM KCOR KIRF LO EXBS UN
05BRATISLAVA442SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...]
2005-06-09 12:50:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU PARM LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA464S29F-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 14:14:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SY AE LO CBW
05BRATISLAVA566SLOVAKIA FY 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] On July 15, 2005, Post received a response to Reftel inquiry regarding Slovakia's plans for allocating the 2005 Coalition Solidarity Fund disbursement. In a letter from Jozef Zufka of the Military Planning and Resource Management Section of the Ministry of Defense, Slovakia states its wish t [...]
2005-07-15 14:16:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM LO
05BRATISLAVA587INVITATIONS TO 2005 OXFORD TRACKER WORKSHOP
[...] Ms. Dagmar Dubecka Department of Sensitive Goods Trading Management Ministry of Economy Mierova 19 827 15 Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 2 4854 7976 Fax: +421 2 4342 3915 E-mail: dubecka@economy.gov.sk 2. Mr. Radomir Ondrus Department of Sensitive Goods Trading Management Minis [...]
2005-07-25 09:20:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC LO
05BRATISLAVA665SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] On August 16, post received nominations for The Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. Delegates attending the conference are: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 36 Bratislava Slovak Republic [...]
2005-08-18 06:05:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KSTC MASS LO
05BRATISLAVA684SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] Referring to the Reftel sent out by the Embassy on August 17, the final list of the delegates attending the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference is following: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 [...]
2005-08-24 14:03:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KSTC MASS LO
05BRATISLAVA689 Country Clearance granted for Rossitza B. Petrov and
[...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes U.S.-Slovakia Internal Control Program instructors Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb and grants country clearance for the period of September 24-30, 2005. The embassy point of contact for the visit is Richard "Trey" Lyons, POL Officer, tel: +421-2-5922 [...]
2005-08-26 07:49:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA70 Country Clearance granted for NP/ECC personnel: Paul
[...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes the NP/ECC personnel: Paul B. van Son and Jason C. McClellan and grants country clearance for the period of February 1-2, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Larry Adkins, EXBX Program Advisor, tel: +421-2-5922-3375, fax: 421-5922-5038. Reservations h [...]
2005-01-31 15:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC PREL KSTC BU RO LO
05BRATISLAVA702SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST 2005
[...] (C) During a meeting with Cino Straka, a former Slovak arms dealer, Poloffs learned of a erroneous (yet perhaps auspicious) piece of misinformation: the assumption by this arms dealer that all exports of Slovak manufactured military hardware must be approved by the United States Embassy in B [...]
2005-08-31 15:10:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PARM SOCI KDEM LO
05BRATISLAVA801SLOVAKIA WILL ENCOURAGE UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 12:52:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MASS LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA918PSI: SLOVAKIA ATTENDING ROEG MEETING IN HAMBURG,
[...] Slovakia is sending a five-person delegation to the ROEG meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The Slovak delegation will be led by a representative from the National Presidium of Police. The other group members are from the Ministry of Economy (1),the Customs Service (2),and the Information (Inte [...]
2005-11-16 16:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA938SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...]
2005-11-23 16:13:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO
05BRATISLAVA939GUIDANCE REQUEST: SLOVAKS BUYING MILITARY SUPPLIES
[...] SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. The Slovak Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with a Slovak firm to purchase replacement military parts made in Belarus. Embassy Bratislava requests guidance on the USG's view of a NATO ally indirectly purchasing military supplies from Belarus. END SUMMARY A [...]
2005-11-25 13:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PM LO BO
05BRATISLAVA94EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. January 1-9, 2005 - The EXBS Advisor was on vacation in the United States and arrived back in country on January 11, 2005. B. January 10-14, 2005 - A delegation of Slovak Customs managers participated in a tri-lateral meeting [...]
2005-02-04 09:00:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRUSSELS25EU/ARMS EXPORTS/CHINA: 2003 REPORT SHOWS INCREASED
[...] On December 21 the EU released its 6th Annual Report on the Code of Conduct for arms exports, covering CY 2003. The report, compiled each year by the COARM (conventional arms exports) working group of Member State licensing authorities, covers the value and quantity of export licenses issued [...]
2005-01-04 11:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM ETTC PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2607EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...]
2005-07-08 15:08:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2748A/S FRIED - EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA, JULY
[...] (C) Following a luncheon discussion with all 25 EU Political Directors on transatlantic relations, the EU's neighborhood policy, and the Middle East (reported septel) A/S Fried met with the EU "troika" led by UK Political Director Sawers, Council DG for CFSP Robert Cooper, and Commission RELEX [...]
2005-07-20 09:33:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM ZK IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS283EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR
[...] (S) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo countries. Full text of the draft is in para 2. Council and Member State contacts report that the French are close to agreement on this draft, which has alr [...]
2005-01-21 17:26:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2840EU RECEIVES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA
[...] (SBU) On July 25 and 26, we delivered Reftel A points to Ana Ramirez, Principal Administrator for China and Southeast Asia at the European Council, and Henriette Geiger, China Desk Officer at the European Commission. Both expressed appreciation for the report and talking points. They pointed [...]
2005-07-27 15:30:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH PARM PM PREL USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1129 SECI CENTER OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO HQ OF ORGANIZATION
[...] On April 26-27 DoS Coordinator for SECI Center, RSO and SECI Public Affairs Officer traveled to BSEC Secretariat in Istanbul. This responds to a recent invitation extended by the BSEC Secretary General and Executive Manager to discuss the possible cooperation. During this meeting BSEC stated [...]
2005-05-13 14:16:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM RO SECI
05BUCHAREST1130 INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND END USER
[...] The Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received a letter dated May 4 from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense addressed to ODC regarding Romania's offer to donate armaments to the Afghan National Army. Post notes that the MOD letter states that the GOR cannot pay for the "inter [...]
2005-05-13 14:18:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PARM AF RO
05BUCHAREST1256 INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY
[...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...]
2005-05-27 10:49:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI
05BUCHAREST1270ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...]
2005-05-31 12:03:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO
05BUCHAREST132ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...]
2005-01-18 12:41:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO
05BUCHAREST1350ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...]
2005-06-13 11:12:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1427ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...]
2005-06-23 13:04:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE
05BUCHAREST1510EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE -
[...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...]
2005-07-07 13:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO
05BUCHAREST1530 ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...]
2005-07-11 14:20:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO
05BUCHAREST1581ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL
[...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...]
2005-07-15 13:13:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE
05BUCHAREST477ROMANIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PSI OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - AND CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BLACKSEAFOR EXPANSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 15:30:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALBU GG MARR MASS MNUC NATO PARM PGOV PINS PREL RO RS TU UP
05BUCHAREST568ROMANIAN REACTION TO U.S. POSITION ON FEBRUARY 10
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 15:54:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KN RO
05BUCHAREST852ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 09:58:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO
05BUCHAREST938ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME
[...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...]
2005-04-15 11:32:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU
05BUENOSAIRES184GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...]
2005-01-26 20:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR
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
05CAIRO2801EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...]
2005-04-11 16:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG
05CAIRO4119EGYPT SHARES USG GOALS ON LA/SW MARKING AND
[...] (C) Drawing from reftel points in a June 1 meeting with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, Poloff reiterated USG redlines regarding the marking and tracing of ammunition and our inability to agree to a legally binding document at the Open Ended Working G [...]
2005-06-01 14:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EG
05CAIRO4120CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...]
2005-06-01 14:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC
05CAIRO4172EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON;
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...]
2005-06-02 16:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT
05CAIRO7452EGYPT SUPPORTS AVERTING A MIDDLE EAST SHOWDOWN AT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 08:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EG IS IAEA
05CAIRO8543EGYPT WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO INITIATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 09:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL PGOV EG
05CAIRO8877IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT
[...] (S/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for Multilateral affairs, ECPO Minister Counselor and RMAS Deputy and briefer presented reftel demarche and associated briefing to Deputy assistant minister for D [...]
2005-11-23 16:25:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC
05CAIRO9054EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 06:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC EG UNGA
05CAIRO9316EGYPT'S PROPOSAL FOR BILATERAL NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministry's primary point of contact for disarmament and non-proliferation Dr. Hossam Aly provided poloff with an unofficial proposal for the agenda for the non-proliferation bilateral talks. The unofficial proposals for the agenda include the following, and clearly reflect MFA [...]
2005-12-15 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EG IS
05CAIRO9470ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ON FLAP WITH GULF
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Ambassador inquired into a SIPDIS recent public flap between Moussa and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members over a supposed letter Moussa sent on regional nuclear disarmament issues. Moussa admitted to [...]
2005-12-22 16:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EG IR IS PNUC
05CALGARY643URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT"
[...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...]
2005-10-28 21:59:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA
05CANBERRA310AUSTRALIA'S VIEW ON THE EU'S INTENTION TO LIFT ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several articles in the Australian press over the past several days have miscast the GOA's policy on the EU's professed intention to lift its ban on arms exports to China. Contacts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have assured us that the GOA fully shares the [...]
2005-02-17 07:01:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC ETRD AS CH
05CANBERRA322NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...]
2005-02-18 04:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC PARM AS IAEA
05CANBERRA323NPT ENVOY SANDERS DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 10 luncheon with senior Australian officials hosted by the DCM, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed how to handle Iran's nuclear programs at the IAEA. GOA officials were candid i [...]
2005-02-18 04:28:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA329NO GOA POSITION YET ON ARF CBM SEMINAR ON MISSILE
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A points and concept paper on February 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Section Chief Paula Watt, ARF Action Officer Fiona Couchaud, and Defence Policy and Liaison Section Chief Jane Lambert, and separately to ADOD Assis [...]
2005-02-18 06:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AS ARF
05CANBERRA341NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS CONSULTS ON NPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 10 consultations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra on preparations for the May 2005 Review Conference (RevCon) on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of th [...]
2005-02-22 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA354COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...]
2005-02-24 06:39:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA
05CANBERRA361MTCR: AUSTRALIA AGREES WITH USG'S SMALL GROUP
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on February 24 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak, soliciting Australian views on the three USG proposals for the April 4 Small Group meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and as [...]
2005-02-25 07:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AS MTCRE
05CANBERRA374AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING THE IAEA AND
[...] (C) We presented Ref A demarche on February 7 to DFAT Arms Control Office Director David Mason and ASNO DG John Carlson, and continued discussions during and after the visit of NPT Envoy and CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Refs D - F) about the U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA. Mason, Car [...]
2005-02-28 05:36:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC PARM AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA387NPT REVCON: AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON USG PROPOSALS
[...] (C) Summary. GOA officials have provided additional comments on U.S. preparations for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (Ref A) to those they offered to NPT Envoy Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Ref B) during her February 9-10 visit. The additional comments reinforce Australian support for the over [...]
2005-03-02 02:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP AORC AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA403AUSTRALIA WANTS MORE PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a February 25 courtesy call on DFAT Secretary L'Estrange, North Korean Ambassador Chon engaged on the question of whether North Korea would return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT). According to DFAT, Chon launched into the DPRK's "standard diatribe" about the U. [...]
2005-03-02 07:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC AS KN IAEA
05CANBERRA432DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO),told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...]
2005-03-04 04:34:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH
05CANBERRA509IRAN: FM DOWNER TO EXPRESS AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON
[...] (C) DFAT Arms Control Assistant Secretary Peter Shannon told us March 9 that Iranian MP Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Parliament's National Security Committee, would visit Canberra on March 15. On March 11 we raised with Ben Burdon, Policy Director of the Iraq Task Force (ITF),Ref A points ur [...]
2005-03-14 06:16:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM AS IR IZ IAEA
05CANBERRA510PSI: AUSTRALIA UNWILLING TO PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials balked at the U.S. request (Ref A) for the GOA to endorse Washington's message calling upon Thailand to publicly support the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOP) in orde [...]
2005-03-14 07:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL MNUC ETTC AS TH
05CANBERRA576AUSTRALIA-INDIA BILATERALS: INDIA'S UNSC BID AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and a strategic dialogue with India March 7-8. The SOM's principal topics were the promotion of bilateral economic ties and Australian support for India's bid for permanent UNS [...]
2005-03-24 04:53:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINR KNNP ETTC ETRD ENRG AS IN UNSC
05CANBERRA691MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO SPONSOR TWO SMALL GROUP
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on April 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking whether Australia would be willing to sponsor two of the five Small Group proposals that had emerged fro [...]
2005-04-15 07:50:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE
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
05CANBERRA806APEC: AUSTRALIA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR USG'S
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 4 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counterproliferation Peter Shannon, and separately to International Safeguards Director Russell Leslie in the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (AS [...]
2005-05-09 05:03:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC EAID ETRD KNNP KSTC AS
05CANBERRA837GOA ARF SOM DELEGATION
[...] (U) On May 12, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff that First Assistant Secretary for International Security David Stuart and SIPDIS Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs Susan Dietz-Henderson would head the GOA delegation to the May 18-20 AS [...]
2005-05-12 07:14:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL AORC AS
05CANBERRA859MTCR: AUSTRALIA WILL SPONSOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL
[...] (C) We presented ref A points on May 13 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counterproliferation Section Director Peter Sawczak and MTCR Action Officer Lucinda Bell, asking for Australia's confirmation that it would sponsor the fifth Small Group proposal on transshipment best pra [...]
2005-05-17 08:37:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AS MTCRE
05COLOMBO1408IRAN/IAEA: SRI LANKA ALREADY IN TOUCH WITH TEHRAN
[...] (S) Charge' called on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar August 11 and reviewed with him Ref A talking points calling for firm IAEA action against Iran. Kadirgamar said he shared the U.S. and EU sense of urgency and said the Foreign Ministry would review the U.S. points closely w [...]
2005-08-11 13:12:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPARM PREL IR EU CE
05COLOMBO1654SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE OF EU ON IRAN/IAEA ISSUE
[...] (SBU) On September 16 poloff delivered Reftel A demarche to V. Krishnamoorthy, Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff followed up on September 20, when Krishnamoorthy responded that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is "waiting to see" whether the m [...]
2005-09-20 10:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR MNUC TRGY CE IAEA
05COLOMBO1991SRI LANKA WILL TRY TO BE HELPFUL AT IAEA BOARD
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Foreign Secretary Palihakkara November 23 regarding upcoming IAEA Board meeting, explaining our decision not to seek referral of Iran to the UNSC at this time and also our desire that this not be seen as an endorsement of Iran's behavior. Palihakkara said that he unde [...]
2005-11-23 09:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC IAEA
05COLOMBO411SRI LANKA: DEMARCHES ON IAEA
[...] (U) On February 24 poloff presented reftel demarches to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ekanayake thanked us for the information but offered no immediate reaction to either demarche, noting only that Aruni Wijewardena [...]
2005-02-24 10:38:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR CE IAEA
05COLOMBO413SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE VII
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 10:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CE CWC OPCW
05COLOMBO414MALDIVES: STATUS OF ARTICLE VII IMPLEMENTATION
[...] Poloff presented reftel demarche by fax to Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya on February 23. On February SIPDIS 24 poloff received the following reply by fax from Ahmed Rasheed, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Begin text of reply: We have so far identified a nationa [...]
2005-02-24 10:42:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MV CWC OPCW
05COLOMBO606AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...]
2005-03-28 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE
05DHAKA1247ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND MINE STOCKPILE DESTROYED
[...] On March 8, the MFA sent us a diplomatic note stating that as of February 28, 2005 it has destroyed all if its anti-personnel mines, while retaining some for training purposes as provided by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mi [...]
2005-03-20 10:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM BG
05DHAKA3635BANGLADESHI SCIENCE MINISTER WANTS NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bangladesh's Minister of Science has told U.S. officials he wants to obtain a commercial nuclear reactor to supply electric power to Bangladesh. No other BDG ministry has expressed support for Khan's proposal. Khan has also approached the Chinese with his interest in a reactor, c [...]
2005-07-28 07:33:00Embassy DhakaSECRETENRG ECON MNUC PARM PREL TRGY TSPL BG CH BGD
05DHAKA913FOLLOW UP ACTIONS ON RADIOLOGIC MATERIAL IN
[...] (SBU) Following the visit of the DOE team to Bangladesh in May 2004, Gammatech, Ltd. in Chittagong was identified as the most critical radiologic security concern in Bangladesh. On February 22, EconOff visited the defunct Gammatech factory to check on the status of the facilities and the radio [...]
2005-03-02 09:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG MNUC PARM PTER TRGY BG
05DJIBOUTI1212DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO CWC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche 7 December per reftel to Mohamed Omar Djama, Chief of Americas/Europe Office of Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama responded that Djibouti has shown its willingness to work against the proliferation of weapons of mass dest [...]
2005-12-11 13:38:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CN DJ CWC
05DJIBOUTI1245DJIBOUTI JOINS THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball left as non- papers, the French language versions of the reftel talking points with, respectively, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the MFA Director of Bilateral Relations. 2. The Ambassador was informed that Djibouti signed the Convention the week of De [...]
2005-12-21 04:54:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL DJ
05DOHA1474CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION UPDATE: QATAR
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points, including the offer to meet Qatari officials at The Hague, to the MFA. Ambassador had previously discussed Washington's offer to send officials to Doha before or after Ramadan 2005 to discuss the CWC Challenge Inspections issue. Post has also delivered the dra [...]
2005-08-25 13:17:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL KTIA QA
05DOHA2037QATAR: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary. Qatari authorities balked at meeting a CWC Challenge Inspections negotiating team from Washington on December 15 because, in post's view, senior decision-makers had not been prepared by subordinates on the substance of the meeting. Officials also had not obtained sufficient decisi [...]
2005-12-27 13:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR KTIA QA
05DUBLIN1116MTCR PLENARY: IRELAND FAVORS SYRIA MODEL ON NORTH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 13:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA MTCRE MUNC
05DUBLIN1152IRELAND: NO POSITION YET ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 15:42:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP
05DUBLIN1204IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 10:30:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA
05DUBLIN1220IRELAND AWAITING EU POSITION ON UNFC COMPLIANCE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. On October 3, Post discussed reftel talking points with Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said SIPDIS that EU experts would begin to meet in New York on Octobe [...]
2005-10-04 15:33:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CDG UNGA
05DUBLIN123NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE NON-PAPER DELIVERED TO
[...] (C) On January 31, Post delivered reftel non-paper on the NPT Review Conference to Therese Healy, Third Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Section. As a preliminary response, Healy noted that the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) resolution that p [...]
2005-02-01 14:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP
05DUBLIN1234IRELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON UNFC AD HOC COMMITTEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 16:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL MUNC
05DUBLIN1334IRELAND STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On October 26, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, who was an SIPDIS Irish delegate at the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Healy noted that the Irish Gove [...]
2005-10-27 15:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN EI
05DUBLIN1385UN ASKS IRISH TO TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE; IRISH
[...] (C) In a pull-aside discussion November 10, DoJ Secretary General Sean Aylward told the ambassador that the UN has approached the GOI about sending Irish police to train Palestinian police. Aylward asked for U.S. views. The ambassador encouraged him to consider seriously the proposal. We w [...]
2005-11-10 17:33:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS PARM IS CO EI
05DUBLIN1411IRELAND UNABLE TO ATTEND ROEG HAMBURG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 15:00:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDGM KNNP PARM PREL EI MUNC
05DUBLIN323IRISH RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES
[...] (C) On March 15, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said that the GOI planned to participate actively along with EU partners in the Australia Group (AG) Plenary's Information Exchange [...]
2005-03-16 12:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CBW
05DUBLIN419IRISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON ARMS SALES TO YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 07:19:00Embassy DublinSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC
05DUBLIN50IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...]
2005-01-14 18:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05DUBLIN512IRELAND STILL OPAQUE ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher, the Ambassador strongly urged the GOI to join other Member States in opposing the proposed lifting of the EU arms embargo against China. Gallagher said that Ireland's position on the em [...]
2005-04-29 12:06:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM
05DUBLIN542AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, IRA WITH
[...] (U) Ambassador and DCM called on Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern May 5. They gave the Taoiseach photos from President Bush of the June 2004 EU Summit at Dromoland Castle and the March 2005 Shamrock ceremony in Washington. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the China arms embargo, [...]
2005-05-09 07:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM
05DUBLIN715IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown said that the GOI might contribute police personnel to the EU's planned Rule of Law training program for the Iraqi Transitional Government, but would not l [...]
2005-06-10 08:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EUN
05DUBLIN77IRISH RESPONSE TO SA/LW MARKING AND TRACING
[...] On January 21, Post delivered reftel talking points to Adrian McDaid, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counselor for Disarmament and Non-proliferation and Ireland's representative at the January 24-February 4 UN Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) negotiation session. McDaid said that th [...]
2005-01-21 17:23:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM
05DUBLIN785S29F-04 GOI ON SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-24 14:29:00Embassy DublinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW
05DUBLIN921IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 16:09:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE
05DUBLIN956GOI ON S37-05: UAE ENTITY DIVERTING GOODS TO IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-02 14:14:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CBW
05DUBLIN959MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 09:16:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA MTCRE
05DUBLIN968IRELAND SEEKS MORE DETAILS ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On July 29, Post delivered reftel talking points to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said SIPDIS that the GOI was studying the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and would appreciate additional [...]
2005-08-03 15:53:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL
05DUSHANBE1605TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 10:20:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05DUSHANBE1606TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 10:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL TX TI PARM
05DUSHANBE1678TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS advisor conducted an 11 day assessment/end use monitor trip through the Gorno - Badakhshan and Sogd regions of Tajikistan which included the Afghan, Chinese, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek borders. Please see Dushanbe 1503 for summary. 2. The European Commission Border Management and Drug [...]
2005-10-17 09:30:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1840HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
[...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...]
2005-11-21 13:00:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2003TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Advisor visited Tursunzada land port twice during the period to assess the progress of modular buildings being installed by TFI. The project is on schedule and will be completed by 23 December 2005 barring any unforeseen problems. This is a $68,000 EXBS project to upgrade the border crossing [...]
2005-12-09 12:52:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2006VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD HAZMAT RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TEAM
[...] SUMMARY: Four members of the Virginia National Guard (VNG) assessed the capability of Tajik ministries to respond to a hazardous materials incident. The team visited the Ministries of Emergency Situations, Defense, State Border Protection Committee, Academy of Sciences, and local fire departm [...]
2005-12-09 13:35:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE2052TAJIKISTAN WMD EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN BUDAPEST
[...] SUMMARY: The Tajikistan Weapons of Mass Destruction executive seminar held in Budapest 12-17 December ended Friday with mixed reviews. Although the seminar was an opportunity to assess Tajikistan's ability to combat the proliferation of WMD and exchange information, some Tajiks complained di [...]
2005-12-19 12:16:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05GABORONE1015 GOB PLANS TO COMBAT SMALL ARMS PROLIFERATION
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Botswana has adopted a three- year national action plan to combat proliferation of small arms but intends to approach G-8 nations, and specifically the United States, to request financial assistance to meet its USD 2 million budget. Subsequent to its participation [...]
2005-07-20 10:54:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM KCRM BC POL MIL
05GABORONE227BOTSWANA RESPONSE: SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF CWC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 08:24:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ABUD BC AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05GENEVA1326JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIAN
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian Delegations, respectively, for Part I of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2005-06-01 11:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1339JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...]
2005-06-02 05:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1342JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RSM-56
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005. The U.S. Delegation ask [...]
2005-06-02 06:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1361JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON SS-25
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss the problems encountered d [...]
2005-06-03 09:01:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1363JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:07 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, at which all Parties were repr [...]
2005-06-03 10:12:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1365JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, to discuss the results of the Trident [...]
2005-06-03 11:39:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1387JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 1, 2005, to discuss SS-25, SS-27, and [...]
2005-06-07 04:08:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1388JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss Russian-proposed S-Series Joi [...]
2005-06-07 04:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1391JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 5:10 - 5:50 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to discuss inspection procedures to address [...]
2005-06-07 06:20:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1394JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]
2005-06-07 10:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1401JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 5:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, at which Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...]
2005-06-07 11:56:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1403JCIC-XXVII: (U) SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A second Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to d [...]
2005-06-08 04:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1404JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON GROUND
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-021. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3-6 below are the letters on the ground transportation understanding that were signed and exchanged between the Russian Federation and the United States, and the Russian Federation and Belarus, at the final meeting of the first part of JC [...]
2005-06-08 05:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1411JCIC-XXVII: (U) BILATERAL MEETING ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-022. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 Time: 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Ukraine-initiated bilateral meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005, to discuss Ukrainian proposal [...]
2005-06-08 06:40:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1415JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7,
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 2. The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The documents were completed at the U.S. Mission in [...]
2005-06-08 08:32:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1417JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED ON REPLACEMENT OF
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Agreement 54, "Replacement of Radiation Detection Equipment," that was signed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 3. Begin text [...]
2005-06-08 08:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1418JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED "ON CHANGES TO THE
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-026. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Joint Statement Number S-21, that was initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. This document does not include the classified [...]
2005-06-08 10:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1419JCIC-XXVII: (U) FINAL MEETING OF PART ONE OF
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-023. 2. (U) The Parties met, with all delegation members of each Party present, at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005 for the final meeting of this part of the session. At the meeting, all Parties expressed their satisfaction for the work of the session. It had been [...]
2005-06-08 10:43:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2616BIC-IV: (U) LOOK-UL'YANOV MEETINGS, OCTOBER 26
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-001. 2. (U) Meeting: U.S.-Hosted Dinner Date: October 25, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Place: Auberge des Trois Coqs, Chambesy Participants: U.S. Russia DAS Look Mr. Ul'yanov [...]
2005-10-28 08:19:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2618BIC-IV: (U) U.S. AND RUSSIAN BRIEFINGS ON STATUS
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 26, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations each provided briefings on the status of implementation of the Tre [...]
2005-10-28 09:23:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2619BIC-IV: (U) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE MOSCOW
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations met the morning of October 27, 2005, to provide answers to que [...]
2005-10-28 09:51:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2620BIC-IV: (U) MEETING ON ISSUES RELATED TO
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 3:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) As a measure to improve transparency and confidence-building, Russia repackaged its proposal (orig [...]
2005-10-28 10:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2636JCIC-XXVII: RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II)
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-029. 2. The Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) resumed operations on October 31, 2005. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as INF implementation and compliance [...]
2005-10-31 09:40:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2669JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-031. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the delegation lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for Part II of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2005-11-02 11:18:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2682 JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...]
2005-11-03 10:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2683JCIC-XXVII: (U) TAYLOR-BORYAK DINNER, OCTOBER 30,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-032. 2. Meeting Date: October 30, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:15 P.M. Place: Restaurant Le Creux-de-Genthod Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Boryak ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. JCIC Representa [...]
2005-11-03 10:16:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2685JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, to dis [...]
2005-11-03 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2690JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-035. 2. (S) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, [...]
2005-11-04 06:15:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2712JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a heads of delegation (HOD) meeting, held at the U.S. Mission on November 2 at which all [...]
2005-11-08 06:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2719JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...]
2005-11-08 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2726JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...]
2005-11-09 05:41:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2734JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-041. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss [...]
2005-11-09 07:35:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2735JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...]
2005-11-09 08:36:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2738JCIC-XXVII: UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO THE U.S.
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-047. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of the Unclassified Attachment to the U.S. closing plenary statement -- Coordinated Plenary Statement on Reentry Vehicle Inspections of Trident II SLBMs -- that was made at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of t [...]
2005-11-09 09:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2739JCIC-XXVII: INITIALED JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 39
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-048. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of Joint Statement Number 39 "On First Stages of SS-25 ICBMs Burned Without Nozzles Attached" that was initialed by all Parties in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2005. 3. Begin text: [...]
2005-11-09 10:10:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2741JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-052. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Russian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]
2005-11-09 10:57:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2748JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...]
2005-11-09 13:09:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2749JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN GRIEVANCES WITH CTR AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-046. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Ukraine took the opportunity, during a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, [...]
2005-11-10 03:54:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2750JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN-HOSTED RECEPTION,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-033. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Event: Russian-Hosted Reception Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva AND Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 [...]
2005-11-10 04:03:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2751JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...]
2005-11-10 05:49:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2753JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-044. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A working group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, to discuss Russian con [...]
2005-11-10 06:24:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2755JCIC-XXVII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-050. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]
2005-11-10 07:40:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2756JCIC-XXVII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-051. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the Start Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]
2005-11-10 08:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2757JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...]
2005-11-10 08:19:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2760JCIC-XXVII: CLOSE-OUT OF PART TWO OF JCIC-XXVII
[...] This is JCIC-XXVII-056. 2. This is the end of operations for the second part of JCIC-XXVII. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" o [...]
2005-11-10 08:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2761JCIC-XXVII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-055. 2. (S) Following is the listing of Geneva cables from Part II of JCIC-XXVII reporting activity during the period October 31 - November 9, 2005. JCIC-XXVII-029 (GENEVA 2636) JCIC-XXVII: (U) RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) OPERATIONS JCIC-XXVII-030 (GENE [...]
2005-11-10 09:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GUATEMALA2261AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN VP STEIN
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his introductory call on Guatemala VP Stein, the Ambassador urged the GOG to push for congressional ratification of Article 98 ahead of the Rome Statute. To strengthen Guatemala's ability to dismantle organized crime, the Ambassador made a pitch for legis [...]
2005-09-26 19:58:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SNAR KCRM PHUM EAID GT
05GUATEMALA2611GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...]
2005-11-16 15:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS
05GUATEMALA2724GUATEMALA: RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 17:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC GT UNGA
05GUATEMALA376GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...]
2005-02-15 12:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT
05HALIFAX120LOCAL ACTIVIST PROMISES PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (U) Consul General met recently with Tamara Lorincz, head of the Halifax Peace Coalition. Lorincz called to request the meeting after CG sent her a USG publication on the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. 2. (SBU) Lorincz, who is by any measure the most active and successful [...]
2005-05-26 18:11:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC PARM CA
05HANOI1179VIETNAM-DPRK TIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND
[...] (C) The Vietnam-DPRK bilateral relationship, although strained by last year's "mass defection" of North Korean asylum-seekers from Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul, is slowly returning to normal. Vietnam recognizes that its "traditional ties" with the North, combined with its proximity to China and [...]
2005-05-19 09:59:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PARM PHUM KN KS VM DPRK
05HANOI835 VIETNAM: IAEA Additional Protocol and Other Arms
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST for NP and EAP/EP. Please see Paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We met with our primary GVN arms control and nonproliferation counterpart April 6 to discuss a wide range of outstanding arms control/nonpro issues and the constraints faced by the GVN. [...]
2005-04-08 10:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ABUD VM AROC CWC CBW OPCW APEC
05HANOI951VIETNAM: DOE'S ASSESSMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL SITE
[...] (C) Summary: The Department of Energy,s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Nuclear and International Radiological Threat Reduction (IRTR) Team met with Vietnam nuclear technical experts and government officials in Hanoi on April 18-22. The DOE team recommended various secur [...]
2005-04-26 06:19:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PARM VM
05HELSINKI224NPT 2005 REVCON: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PD STRATEGY
[...] On February 7, the Embassy delivered the Ref A non-paper on the upcoming NPT RevCon to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, new director of the Finnish MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation Unit. In doing so we noted that a USG-GoF dialogue on RevCon issues already has started in New York [...]
2005-02-22 12:34:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PARM KNNP FI NPT IAEA
05HELSINKI735IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE BW-RELATED TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Finnish officials from the MFA's Middle-East Bureau and Non-Proliferation Unit. The officials were unaware of the MOU cited in reftel and said that they would need to investigate the issue [...]
2005-07-01 09:40:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR FI
05HELSINKI94FINLAND: DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING OF SA/LW
[...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Director of MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation, drawing on the talking points to make the case against a legally binding instrument that includes ammunition, and stressing that both are red lines for the Un [...]
2005-01-21 14:36:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPARM FI CDG UN
05ISLAMABAD15513PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...]
2005-10-14 14:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID
05ISLAMABAD15531PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND
[...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...]
2005-10-16 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN
05KABUL4985CODEL MURPHY/SKELTON MEETS KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Congressmen Murphy, Skelton, and Marshall, accompanied by Ambassador Neumann, met with President Karzai on November 24 to discuss U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Karzai expected the inauguration of the newly elected Parliament to occur December 18 or 19 since announced for the 19th. He [...]
2005-12-08 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR PARM MASS AF
05KINGSTON1667EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 18:36:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC JM
05KINGSTON687DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 19:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PARM ABUD ES CWC CBW OPCW
05KINSHASA1033 CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP
[...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...]
2005-06-23 10:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC
05KINSHASA1057MINISTER OF MINES ANNOUNCES 40KG DRC URANIUM
[...] (U) The DRC Minister of Mines, Ingele Ifoto, announced at a June 21 press conference that 40kg of enriched uranium had been confiscated in neighboring Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (ROC). The Minister told members of the press that the uranium, illegally exported from the DRC, is radioactiv [...]
2005-06-28 15:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN KNNP ENRG PARM CG CF
05KUWAIT112PRIME MINISTER SAYS NO CHANCE OF CONTINUED FREE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on continued provision of free fuel to OIF forces to Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad on January 8. Shaykh Sabah said that Kuwait was now spending USD 20-23 million a month on fuel for OIF and had been providing that support for almost t [...]
2005-01-08 13:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KU IZ
05KUWAIT2485AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED FOR REITERATING U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Led by National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, a few Kuwaiti political figures have criticized the Ambassador's May 25 speech to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Command and Staff College. The public release of the speech, in which the Ambassador reiterated U.S. [...]
2005-06-06 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KU IR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2508(C) KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: IRAN FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 4 meeting with Poloff and PolMiloff, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iran Majdi Al-Thufiri shared his thoughts on the June 12 election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei's ability to control Iran's security forces, the U.S.-Iranian relationship and Iran's concerns o [...]
2005-06-07 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PARM KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2624SECURITY BUREAU HEAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK remained committed to fighting terror and was taking all appropriate steps to arrest and prosecute those who practice or advocate violence. He reported th [...]
2005-06-13 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM PARM KU IZ IR
05KUWAIT2925KUWAITIS EXPRESS CONCERN, UNEASE ABOUT NEW IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prominent Kuwaitis expressed unease with the recent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran during June 27 and 28 meetings with Poloff. Although conceding that Ahmadinejad's election would probably not bring about drastic changes to Iranian foreign and do [...]
2005-06-29 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR KU IR KNPP
05KUWAIT3262MFA HOPEFUL PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-24 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG
05KUWAIT3263UPDATE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolChief met July 24 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department Director Ghanim Al-Ghanim to discuss progress toward concluding a Host Country Agreement (HCA) with Kuwait on Challenge Inspections. Al-Ghanim reported [...]
2005-07-24 13:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT3641CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MFA BRIEFED ON U.S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-14 13:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS PREL KU PROG
05KUWAIT3827FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...]
2005-08-27 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3902FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO IRAN; PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah sat with the Ambassador on August 30 to discuss his trip to Tehran, two days earlier. The visit itself last four hours on the ground and included meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new Foreign Minister, M [...]
2005-08-30 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU
05KUWAIT4334KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO
[...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...]
2005-10-05 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4449FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...]
2005-10-17 08:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT481FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...]
2005-02-02 12:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PTER KU
05KUWAIT5046UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 12:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM KLEG KU
05KUWAIT5063NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]
2005-12-10 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5164GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-17 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PTER KU
05KUWAIT539FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]
2005-02-07 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT991KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...]
2005-03-09 13:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05LAGOS578SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG),Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...]
2005-04-17 16:25:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
05LIMA3466SEEKING SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 14:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN
05LIMA3468IRAN/IAEA: URGING SUPPORT FOR FIRM ACTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 16:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PE
05LIMA4023DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE
05LIMA4024IRAN/IAEA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR EU3 EFFORTS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 16:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR EU PE IAEA
05LIMA4212CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PERU UNLIKELY TO PAY
[...] (U) Polcouns presented the demarche on persuading Peru to pay its dues to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/27. 2. (C) Garro said that it was highly unlikely that Peru would pay [...]
2005-09-28 13:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PE CWC
05LIMA4270CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES
[...] (C) The Ambassador, on 9/28, phoned Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (who was out of the country) to explain why it is so important that Peru pay 68,600 Euros towards its OPCW dues. Kuczynski grasped the point immediately when the Ambassador mentioned that the chair might otherwise fall [...]
2005-09-30 17:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PE CWC
05LIMA4590FOLLOWING UP ON 2004 APEC ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche "Following Up on the 2004 APEC Additional Protocol Commitments" (Reftel) to Amb. Juan Carlos Capunay, Peru's Ambassador to APEC, on 10/20. Capunay proudly noted that Peru has already signed and ratified the Additional Protocol, agreed that Brunei, Papua New [...]
2005-10-25 16:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN PE APECO
05LIMA4596PUBLIC DEBATE IN PERU OVER CONTRACTING OF SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peruvians going to Iraq to work as contract security specialists for a U.S. company have become the focus of wide-spread media and official interest. Several hundred Peruvians have signed contracts with Peruvian representatives of the U.S. firm Triple Canopy Inc. The President [...]
2005-10-25 21:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KPAO PE
05LIMA4821PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...]
2005-11-14 12:38:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE
05LJUBLJANA193EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER
[...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...]
2005-03-25 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO
05LJUBLJANA197EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS (SH)
[...] Licensing authority (both munitions and dual use, if different). Ministry of Economy for dual use, Ministry of Defense for munitions 2. Interagency review of licenses. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Nuclear Safety Admin [...]
2005-03-30 09:44:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA207EXBS: SLOVENIA AND CROATIA PROGRAM ADVISORS MONTHLY
[...] SUMMARY: Meetings were held in Zagreb to finalize efforts to put the TRACKER program online. The Croatian Maritime Police exhibited their maritime unit in Split to demonstrate their need for more modern equipment. Sixty radiation pagers were turned over to the Croatian Border Police. With [...]
2005-04-01 01:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR SI
05LJUBLJANA246(S) SLOVENIA: NO REPORTED ARMS SALES TO YEMEN
[...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles non-proliferation issues and export controls. Having taken over his current portfolio just last year, Jerman was confident that no arms shipments from Slovenia hav [...]
2005-04-13 05:00:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA340 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 06 to 11, 2005, to meet with Officials from Government of Slovenia regarding sustainability and training. Personnel: - Roberts, Randal James - Ve [...]
2005-05-24 03:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY SI
05LJUBLJANA36SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARKING AND
[...] (C) On 20 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and position paper to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles SA/LW issues. Jerman mentioned that Ambassador Thalmann's draft text was discussed among EU member states in Brussels on 17 January. He said [...]
2005-01-20 11:27:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPARM SI
05LJUBLJANA369MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 09:19:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR SI
05LJUBLJANA382 SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 13 GAERC
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with the MFA EU Department's Peter Grk to deliver points in advance of June 13 GAERC. On the Balkans and Kosovo, Grk said that although opinions ranged in the EU on how and when Balkan countries should enter the EU, there is consensus that EU integration is the ultimate [...]
2005-06-10 05:07:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM SI
05LJUBLJANA39SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...]
2005-01-21 02:30:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI
05LJUBLJANA407 SLOVENIA: PORTALS IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT ENTERS
[...] (U) The Department of Energy's Second Line of Defense Portals Implementing Agreement (the "Agreement") between the U.S. and Slovenia entered into force on May 23, 2005. The Agreement (full text in para 3, below) was signed by both parties on April 4, 2005. The U.S. diplomatic note (see reft [...]
2005-06-17 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA SI
05LJUBLJANA448SLOVENIA ON WMD PROLIFERATORS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points 1 July to Bostjan Jerman of the MFA's Division for Security Policy. Jerman noted that he was unaware of the reftel Executive Order announcement, but said he would "immediately" pass the entity names to the Ministry of the Economy and Slovene intelligence. [...]
2005-07-01 08:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA511SLOVENIA: INVITATION TO SEPTEMBER 20-22, 2005
[...] (U) On July 21, PolMilOff delivered the letter of invitation and conference schedule provided in reftel to Ms. Mojca Jazbinsek Volk, Acting Director General of the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate at the Slovenian Ministry of the Economy, and requested a reply by August 15, 2005. 2. [...]
2005-07-21 03:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKSTC PARM PREL MASS ETTC SI
05LJUBLJANA672 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to U.S. Export Control Technical Specialists Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 08-13, 2005, to conduct an "Internal Control Program Instructor Training" workshop. 2 [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA689SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...]
2005-09-29 03:34:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA71360TH UNFC: SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST
[...] (U) On October 5, MFA Security Policy staffer Bostjan Jerman called PolMil off from New York to respond to reftel demarche, which was delivered on October 4. Jerman noted Slovenia was generally supportive of the U.S. resolution but that it had not yet discussed it with its EU partners. Noting [...]
2005-10-06 08:06:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL SI UNGA
05LJUBLJANA746 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA B. PETROV AND
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Rossitza B. Petrov and Eric de Nijs, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 06 to 11, 2005, to participate in ICP Instructor Training Workshop. 2. The Control Officer for your visit is Colleen Hyland, Office phone: 3 [...]
2005-10-21 10:10:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC KSTC SI
05LJUBLJANA808SLOVENIA ON IRAN RELATED BRIEFING
[...] (S) On November 23, DCM, C/SIMO, and PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche and presentation to MFA Director for Policy Planning and Multilateral Policy (A/S equivalent) Stanislav Rascan, Security Department Head Stanislav Vidovic, and Security Department staffer Rina Pavlin Gnidovec. During the [...]
2005-11-23 08:41:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL AORC SI
05LJUBLJANA831SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS
[...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on December 1, 2005 to MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Oto Pungartnik and staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Pungartnik said he was surprised the discussion of the language on CFE/Istanbul Commitments had even been broached at the HLTF and [...]
2005-12-01 07:39:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA876 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROSSITZA PETROV
[...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov, to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia on January 28 - February 02, 2005. Mrs. Petrov will assist the Ministry of Economy and the DOC'S Local Subcontractor, ARCTUR, in conducting a tw [...]
2005-12-22 04:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC SI
05MADRID113SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]
2005-01-12 16:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05MADRID1766SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV FUNDED
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation funded personnel: Randy R. Rogers; William J. Dougherty; Brian B. Peters; Scott E. Gable; and Michael G. Hoxie to travel to Algeciras, May 23-Jun [...]
2005-05-10 07:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID1924SPANISH FIRM SEEKS BUSINESS WITH LIBYA
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 17, Javier Hergueta, the Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for bilateral economic relations with Europe and the OECD countries, requested a meeting with poloff. Hergueta explained that a Spanish firm, Espindesa (part of [...]
2005-05-19 14:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER ETTC SP CBW
05MADRID2296SPAIN FAVORS NICARAGUA MANPADS DESTRUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 15:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETMARR PARM PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2325SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA NNTRAV TEAM
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA/SLD funded personnel: Stephanie P. Clarke, William E. Kilmartin, Department of Energy; Edward E. Coyne, William J. Dougherty; Luis G. Rivero, Michael G. Hoxie, Paul M. Jackson, Albert S. Kacoroski, Timothy Yu Lai, George G. Lord, Brian B. [...]
2005-06-16 10:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2451SPAIN AGREES TO MEETING WITH USG ON CHEMICAL
[...] (C) Poloff met with the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director of International Disarmament Affairs, Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, June 24 to convey Washington's desire to meet with Spanish experts in The Hague during the 41st Executive Council Session June 28 to July 5 to discuss the text of [...]
2005-06-24 15:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
05MADRID2652SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Mr. Vann H. van Diepen, Head of Delegation, Director, Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, US Department of State Mr. Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology, US Departmen [...]
2005-07-14 11:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PREL PARM AMGT OTRA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2712EXBS: INVITATION TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL EXPORT
[...] ESTHOFF passed reftel invitation letter July 20 to MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja, urging Spain to send two experts to the September 20-22 International Export Control Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Rodriguez Pantoja said he would coordinate with the [...]
2005-07-20 12:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC ES
05MADRID2714MTCR/SPAIN: MORE SPANISH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL
[...] (C) In a July 20 meeting with MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja and MFA MTCR POC Ambassador Manuel Viturro de la Torre, ESTHOFF provided Ref A U.S. reaction to Ref B Spanish thoughts on Ref C U.S. MTCR North Korea proposal. Rodriguez Pantoja and de la To [...]
2005-07-20 14:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA SP MTCRE
05MADRID2741SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDY RONALD ROGERS + 8
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals from the Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, to travel to Algeciras, Spain from July 26-August 25, 2005: Randy Ronald Rogers, AHTNA Government Services Corporation G [...]
2005-07-22 10:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID2802SPANISH PARTICIPANTS IN STOCKHOLM EXPORT CONTROL
[...] MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja informed ESTHOFF August 1 that Industry Ministry Deputy Director General for Foreign Trade in Defense and Double Use Equipment Antonio Segura will be one of the two GOS representatives to attend the September 20-22 Inter [...]
2005-08-01 13:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC SP
05MADRID2803S37-05: UAE ENTITY DIVERTING GOODS TO IRAN, SUDAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 13:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IR AE SU SP CBW NK
05MADRID2813SPAIN ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 15:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PREL KNNP IN SP
05MADRID2988SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and extend country clearance as requested Ref. A, to: Randy R. Rogers; Terry L. Baumgartner; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; M. Robert Corlew; Edward E. Coyne; Whitney J. Creer; Timothy A. Gregoire; Cody J. Hostick; Elizabeth M. Hughes, Paul M. Jackson; Dung Z. Le; [...]
2005-08-19 14:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3146MTCR: SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. PROPOSAL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA SP MTCRE
05MADRID3151SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA GROUP BIOLOGICAL AGENTS WORKING
[...] (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points August 23 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, requesting Spanish views regarding the U.S. proposal to add 23 biological agents to the Australia Group's (AG) control list. Rodriguez Cantero informed ESTHOFF September 2 [...]
2005-09-06 13:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SP CBW
05MADRID3228SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -AMENDED- FOR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to a team critical to support Construction Management, Field Engineering, Quality Control and Environmental, Safety and Health in Algeciras, from September 26-October 28. Clearance for the team: Randy R. Rogers; Guadalupe Chavez, Gary E. Mizell [...]
2005-09-13 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID3302SHIELD S59A-03: TELSTAR TO END IRAN SALES
[...] (S) Summary: Representatives of Spanish firm Telstar met with ISN/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen on September 16 to explore Telstar's options for exporting its products to Iran. Van Diepen explained that, under the agreement that Telstar made to get previous Iran Nonproliferation Act (INPA) sanctions [...]
2005-09-20 09:16:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SP IR CBW
05MADRID3519SPAIN: MFA REQUEST FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP SALE OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for ISN/MTR -- see paragraph 8. 2. (S) MFA Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja summoned ESTHOFF September 30 to MFA. Rodriguez-Pantoja said that during the U.S.-Spain bilat on the first day of the September 12-16 Madrid MTCR plenary, and in a subse [...]
2005-10-05 15:43:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC SP MTCR
05MADRID3754MTAG: SALE BY SPANISH FIRM OF CNC MILLING MACHINES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 12:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL ETTC MNUC TSPA PARM SP MTCRE
05MADRID3755SPAIN: U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) ESTHOFF passed Ref A points October 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, urging Spain to support an approach that would permit Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to engage in civil nuclear cooperation with India and asking for Spanish sugge [...]
2005-10-26 13:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN SP
05MADRID3813SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV ROGERS
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Randy R. Rogers; Allison C. Bennett; Guadalupe M. Chavez; Stephanie P. Clarke; Michael R. Corlew; Pedro Cortez; Whitney J. Creer; Scott E. Gable; Timothy A. Gregoire; Elizabeth M. Hughes; Paul M. Jackson; William B. Ostendorf; Paul F. Power; [...]
2005-10-28 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA SP
05MADRID633SPAIN SUPPORTS USG INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 16:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY SP IAEA
05MADRID635SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KTIA SU CWC
05MADRID989SPAIN PLANS TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT PROPOSALS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL SP CBE
05MANAMA101SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S JANUARY
[...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. On the key issues of Iran, counter-terrorism, and Article 98, you will find the Bahraini government to be fully supportive of U.S. foreign policy objectives and interests. However, on CT and Article 98, you will find that there are specific areas [...]
2005-01-24 10:04:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER PARM ASEC KISL BA IR IZ KICC IAEA
05MANAMA1323BAHRAIN: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 13:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC BA
05MANAMA1429BAHRAIN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 2 delivered reftel demarche concerning the U.S. UNGA First Committee resolution on compliance to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that Bahrain supports all non-proliferation goals and objectives, including the decl [...]
2005-10-03 13:07:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL BA CDG UNGA
05MANAMA1531BAHRAIN: VISIT TO NEGOTIATE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 11:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA BA CWC
05MANAMA158U/S BOLTON PRESSES FOR MOVING IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton January 30 met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed, Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar to discuss Iran's nuclear program and bringing into force the bilateral Article 98 agreement. In response to U/S Bolton's [...]
2005-02-03 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PTER BA IR KICC
05MANAMA1810ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Kuwaiti National Security Bureau President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sab [...]
2005-12-10 12:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA KU REGION OFFICIALS CTR
05MANAMA1811ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2
[...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Abdalla Rashid Al Noaimi December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APH [...]
2005-12-10 12:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA AE CTR OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA1812ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 3
[...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman December 3 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APHSCT Townsend praised Bahrain's role in hosting the conference [...]
2005-12-10 13:38:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV ETRD BA POL OFFICIALS REFORM CTR
05MANAMA186BAHRAIN: AGREEMENT ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 08:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
05MANAMA27BAHRAIN: TRACK TWO MIL-TO-MIL DIALOGUE MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 11:04:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL BA MEPN
05MANAMA295BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] Pol/Econ chief February 28 delivered reftel demarche concerning implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention Article VII to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran requested additional information about the provisions of Article VII, and we directed him to the Organizat [...]
2005-03-02 13:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ABUD BA AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05MANAMA33ARTICLE 98: SUGGESTED DIP NOTE LANGUAGE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 13:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL BA
05MANAMA720BAHRAIN: CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief May 18 delivered reftel demarche concerning a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) negotiation visit to Bahrain to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said he was open to a visit by an interagency USG team to Bahrain to [...]
2005-05-21 13:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA BA CWC
05MANAMA721BAHRAIN: ENDORSING PSI AND STATEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-21 13:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT BA
05MANAMA824BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF USG RESPONSES ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief June 8 delivered reftel demarche on negotiating a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) host country agreement (HCA) on challenge inspections to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that he was willing to explore the possibility of [...]
2005-06-11 07:02:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS KTIA BA
05MANILA1700SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (U) Post on April 8 provided maritime and nonproliferation officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Bureau of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) the non-paper (reftel) on the proposed amendments to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the [...]
2005-04-13 07:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL RP
05MAPUTO1314MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT OF U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 11:29:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNGA
05MINSK1289NSG-India Demarche Delivered
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 05:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP BO
05MINSK1328MFA Arms Control Raises Old Issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, Ambassador Krol met with MFA Arms Control and International Security Director Alexander Baichorov before Baichorov's trip to the U.S. to participate in the UN First Committee. Baichorov provided the Ambassador with information on a proposed First Committee Resol [...]
2005-10-31 13:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM KNNP MNUC BO
05MINSK1359Belarus Reneges on SA/LW Destruction; De-mining on Track
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk previously asked the OSCE for help securing stockpiles of excess Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),and in their destruction. Several OSCE missions, following the UK's lead, were ready to contribute. Now, however, Minsk has withdrawn its offer to destroy excess SA/LW, [...]
2005-11-08 13:42:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV MASS OSCE NATO BO
05MINSK1518Belarus: MTCR Info Passed
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 13:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BO
05MUMBAI2418MTAG: SANCTIONED INDIAN FIRM SEEKS TERMS FOR PENALTY
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 9. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) The vice chairman of an Indian company sanctioned under the Iran Non-Proliferation Act (reftel) approached Consulate Mumbai on December 28 and said his company would do whatever w [...]
2005-12-29 11:14:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KSCA MTCRE IN IR
05MUSCAT1027CSI TARGETS PORT SALALAH FOR EXPANSION
[...] (U) On June 17, at the request of Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, an assessment team for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program arrived in Oman to meet with government contacts and officials from Salalah Port Services (SPS) to discuss Oman's potential p [...]
2005-06-29 12:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PARM PHSA PREL MU
05MUSCAT1547EXBS STRATEGY FOR OMAN
[...] (SBU) EXBS Advisor recently met with Omani officials, Embassy staff and representatives of the Department of Energy's MEGAPORTS Initiative to discuss the current state of Export Controls and Related Border Security in Oman. Oman, a recent addition to both the Container Security Initiative (CS [...]
2005-10-16 12:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO MU
05MUSCAT1565OMAN READY TO SIGN MEGAPORTS/CSI DOP
[...] Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi informed the Ambassador on October 17 that the Omani government is ready to sign the Department of Homeland Security's Container Security Initiative (CSI) and the Department of Energy's Megaports Initiative combined Declaration of Princ [...]
2005-10-18 12:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM MNUC PREL KSTC KNNP MU
05MUSCAT232OMAN NOT READY TO COMMIT TO PSI
[...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy by note verbale February 9 that while Oman seeks to comply with international laws, agreements and norms, "the government of the Sultanate welcomes the idea of the Proliferation Security Initiative without joining it or being committed t [...]
2005-02-09 13:32:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EWWT MU
05MUSCAT279PSI: TECHNICAL-LEVEL COOPERATION ON TRACK
[...] (S) A senior MFA official reiterated Oman's cooperation across the range of proliferation and border security activities, including a PSI-related air interdiction exercise later this month. He voiced the MFA's firm support for PSI, and his confidence that Oman's military and police were simil [...]
2005-02-16 12:30:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EWWT MASS MU
05MUSCAT33OMAN MFA ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT DRAFT
[...] (U) This is an action request for AC/CB. See para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) Oman responded to the U.S. draft CWC Host Country Agreement (HCA) with a number of proposed amendments. The Foreign Ministry asks that the HCA be converted to letter format, that it delete the term [...]
2005-01-05 12:41:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MARR MASS MOPS MU
05MUSCAT330PSI: FM CLARIFIES OMAN'S VIEWS
[...] (S) In a February 27 telcon on various subjects, the Ambassador sought clarification from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi on the Omani government's attitude toward the Proliferation Security Initiative following its communication of February 9 (reftels). 2. (S) The [...]
2005-02-27 12:33:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EWWT MASS MU
05MUSCAT34IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS STATUS
[...] (SBU) Following the Ambassador's December 27 discussion with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi to encourage Oman's bringing into force its IAEA safeguards agreement and approving the Additional Protocol (ref A),A/DCM also raised the matter in a January 5 meeting on othe [...]
2005-01-05 14:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY PREL AORC OPDC XF MU ESTH
05MUSCAT406WMD AWARENESS COURSE FEEDBACK
[...] The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program sponsored a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness workshop held in Muscat from February 26 to March  [...]
2005-03-08 06:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKSTC ETTC PARM PREL MU
05MUSCAT569OMAN SEEKS TO NEGOTIATE CSI FOR PORTS SALALAH,
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy by note verbale April 2 of the Sultanate's formal request to initiate negotiations on designating the ports of Salalah, Sultan Qaboos (Muscat),and Sohar as participants in the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program by the end of 2 [...]
2005-04-06 15:07:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL ETRD MU
05MUSCAT670EXBS: PORT SALALAH RIPE TARGET FOR PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) With over 30,000 containers on site at any given time and scant screening capabilities, Port Salalah could conceivably be a vulnerable spot in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) import/export or transshipment. Including the port in the Container Security Initiative and expanding our EXBS p [...]
2005-04-24 12:36:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEWWT PARM ETRD PREL PTER ASEC MU
05MUSCAT672URGENT: PSI: U.S. ASSISTANCE IN STOPPING GERMAN
[...] (S) German Ambassador Hartmut Blankenstein confirmed to us mid-day on April 24 that he had not yet approached the Omani government with a demarche to interdict the crane shipment for Iran (ref A). As reported ref B, the instructions from Berlin were transmitted after close of business on April [...]
2005-04-24 14:03:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR MU
05MUSCAT679U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF LTGEN MA XIAOTIAN, JUNE 5, 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 10:35:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR MU
05MUSCAT687PSI: GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT - NO ACTION EXPECTED IN
[...] (S) Begin Summary: The German Ambassador as of COB April 26 has received no instruction from Berlin to take any action with the Omani government to halt a questionable crane shipment to Iran, necessitating the postponing of our scheduled meeting with the Foreign Minister. He indicated that Berlin m [...]
2005-04-26 11:57:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR GM MU NO
05MUSCAT696UPDATE: PSI - GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT
[...] (S) As forecast in ref A, the German Ambassador in Muscat received no instructions from Berlin overnight nor any during the working day on April 27 regarding the German crane shipment bound for Iran (ref C). The German Embassy duty officer informed Pol Chief that they will monitor communicati [...]
2005-04-27 13:16:00Embassy MuscatSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR MU
05MUSCAT831OMAN ADOPTS IAEA'S CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE SAFETY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-22 11:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM PREL MU ESTH
05MUSCAT853FEEDBACK: LEGAL REGULATORY WORKSHOP IN OMAN
[...] (SBU) The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program sponsored an Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop in Muscat May 15-18, 2005. Over 25 officials attended the 4-day event and shared comments on the current state of export controls in Oman. While the course provided an aw [...]
2005-05-25 13:28:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM KNNP KSTC TSPL MU
05MUSCAT932U.S. COAST GUARD ENGAGES OMANI GOVERNMENT ON ISPS
[...] (U) A representative of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program initiated a dialogue with the government of Oman on efforts to comply with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code. The visit revealed important developments in Omani maritime security [...]
2005-06-11 06:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC EWWT KSTC ETRD MU
05NEWDELHI1379MEA PAPER ON EXBS
[...] In response to the DCM's discussion with Joint Secretary for the Americas S. Jaishankar on February 14, the Ministry of External Affairs' Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division provided Embassy with a non-paper on EXBS on Wednesday, February 16. Following is the text of the n [...]
2005-02-23 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM KOMC ETRD ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI1422ASSESSING NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NSSP
[...] (C) Summary: In hopes of avoiding a slowdown on key issues in the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar outlined specific matters that require resolution during a February 18 meeting with visiting SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and [...]
2005-02-24 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PARM MASS TRGY KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1905PRESSING INDIA ON NSSP PHASE II
[...] (C) Summary: In the absence of MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar, who is on extended travel for non-proliferation and C/T dialogues in Australia and the UK, PolCouns flagged the need for progress on Indian export control legislation to keep the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) [...]
2005-03-11 10:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ETTC PARM IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1921US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...]
2005-03-11 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN
05NEWDELHI2299DEFENSE SALES TO INDIA: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
[...] (C) Secretary Rice's visit to India, the announcement that U.S. companies will enter the competition to supply multi-role combat aircraft to India, and India's already articulated interest in P-3C aircraft, have raised the economic dimension of our defense relationship with India to a new level. ( [...]
2005-03-28 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM ECON EFIN AA NSSP
05NEWDELHI2597INDIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PROCUREMENT FOR PAKISTAN'S WMD PROGRAM VIA US FIRM
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor passed to PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining Indian concern about a Chinese firm trying to procure a fixed gamma ray spectrometer from a US firm for shipment to Pakistan. The GOI asks that th [...]
2005-04-06 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ETTC PK CH IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI2599S35-04: INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SANDHYA ORGANIC
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor outlined for PolMilOff the status of the GOI investigation of Sandhya Organic Chemical's shipment of phosphorous oxychloride, a CW precursor, to Iran. 2. (S) According to Kapoor, Sand [...]
2005-04-06 13:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI2601INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SABERO ORGANICS, LTD.
[...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining the status of the GOI investigation of Sabero Organics' export of a CWC Schedule 3 chemical to Iran. Text of nonpaper follows in para 3. 2. (S) Be [...]
2005-04-06 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI2933INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...]
2005-04-19 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI3242EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR INDIA
[...] (SBU) Export Control System Standards for India, in response to Ref A. The GOI is in the process of introducing new legislation aimed at licensing and controlling the export of WMD and their delivery systems. MEA contacts have stated that they expect to introduce and seek approval of the legi [...]
2005-04-29 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3275INDIAN LAWMAKERS MISSING MESSAGE ON US-INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: During an Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (IUPF) gathering on April 27, Indian lawmakers were upbeat about US-India relations, but were surprisingly uninformed about key details of the initiatives underway to make the strategic partnership a reality. Suggesting that the positive impa [...]
2005-05-02 07:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PARM KNNP PK CH IN NSSP US
05NEWDELHI3933THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]
2005-05-27 05:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI4632GOI ON NSSP REMAINING STEPS: U.S. MOVING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche on June 17, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed concern that the USG was "moving the goalposts" on non-proliferation negotiations and that it would be difficult to achieve harmonization beyond [...]
2005-06-17 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM PGOV IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4717S39-04: INDIAN NON-PAPER ON EXPORT OF CW PRECURSOR
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following nonpaper regarding export of sodium cyanide, a chemical weapons precursor, by the Indian [...]
2005-06-21 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM IN CBW US
05NEWDELHI4718INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PURCHASE
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding possible sale of a fixed gamma ray spectrometer by the US firm Canbe [...]
2005-06-21 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM PK CH IN US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4719INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding Pakistani entity Project Management Organization's efforts to procur [...]
2005-06-21 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PK CH IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4961US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...]
2005-06-29 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5115INDIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE EXBS PROGRAM: "TRAIN THE
[...] (SBU) MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a brief overview of an internal GOI assessment of recent EXBS events on July 5. According to Kapoor, MEA surveyed GOI officials that participated in EXBS events in the past year and found that while [...]
2005-07-05 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETTC KNNP PARM IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5278MTAG: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE MISSILE TECH
[...] (S) PolMilOff raised the points in Ref A regarding Indian firms Aron Hurley Koncepts and KG Global's possible transfer of sensitive equipment to Iran in a July 8 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Nutan Kapoor. PolMilOff also gave Kapoor a non-pap [...]
2005-07-11 06:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5444INDIA COMPLETES THE NSSP, STILL PONDERING PSI
[...] (S) Summary: Paving the way for completion of the NSSP, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar delivered two non-papers to the Charge and PolCouns on July 14, one responding to USG questions about implementation of the WMD Bill (see text in para 5 and initial analysi [...]
2005-07-14 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5815INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL
[...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...]
2005-07-27 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR
05NEWDELHI6250IRAN/IAEA: URGING SUPPORT FOR FIRM ACTION
[...] (U) This is an action message please see para 3. 2. (S) In coordination with EU partners, PolCouns presented reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament) Dilip Sinha on August 11. The Charge double-tracked in an August 11 meeting with Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar. Both the Charge and [...]
2005-08-11 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL IR EU IN
05NEWDELHI6638INDIAN QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAN WMD BRIEFING OFFER
[...] (S) In response to the USG offer to brief the GOI on Iran's weaponization program and pursuit of the nuclear fuel cycle (Ref A),MEA Deputy Secretary (Americas) Santosh Jha told PolMilOff on August 29 that MEA is generally interested, but would like more information before it could formally a [...]
2005-08-29 14:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PARM PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI6693INDIA ACCEPTS IRAN BRIEFING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NP/RA. See para 3. 2. (S) The GOI has accepted the offer to have a briefing on Iran's weaponization program (Ref A),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar told A/DCM on August 31. However, because of sensitivities about the visit of Iran's top [...]
2005-08-31 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKNNP PARM IR IN
05NEWDELHI6723INDIA WILL PROVIDE UPDATE ON NEC CASE
[...] (S) In response to points in Reftel, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff on August 31 that the GOI would provide an update on the status of the NEC case. PolMilOff also asked that the GOI provide information on the remaining steps t [...]
2005-09-01 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI7194INDIA DECLINES INVITATION TO EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) Indian export control officials will not attend the international export control conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 20-22, because of other commitments at that time, MEA Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff on Sept. 14. 2. (C) Comm [...]
2005-09-15 09:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI7261NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...]
2005-09-16 13:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM
05NEWDELHI7555SHIELD S38-05: INDIA WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S) PolMilOff raised the points in reftel regarding the Grow-On Group's shipment of large amounts of sodium cyanide to North Korea in a Sept 27 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security, Nutan Kapoor. PolMilOff gave Kapoor a non-paper about the case, as well as [...]
2005-09-28 07:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC KN IN
05NEWDELHI7556DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNFC COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION
[...] PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche seeking support for the US resolution on compliance in the UNGA First Committee to MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security, Nutan Kapoor on September 27. Kapoor had no substantive comment. 2. EmbOffs also delivered the demarche to M [...]
2005-09-28 07:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL IN UNGA
05NEWDELHI8185CONTAINER INSPECTION IN MUMBAI INDIA
[...] ICE Attach Dozier explained that the radiation alert on the container in Colombo, Sri Lanka currently located in Mumbai, India was allegedly caused by neutron radiation from the container as registered by the equipment installed by mega-port (Department of Energy) personne [...]
2005-10-21 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KNNP PARM ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8194RE-EXAMINATION OF MUMBAI CONTAINER
[...] (SBU) DCM met with MEA (Americas) Joint Secretary Jaishankar to present reftel demarche. DCM underlined the importance of this issue to Washington and indicated DOE's interest in sending a team immediately to re-examine the container. Jaishankar reported that the GOI will need to consult the [...]
2005-10-21 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN KNNP PARM ENRG
05NEWDELHI8681INDIA WILL URGE IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE EU3
[...] Charge took the opportunity presented by the scheduled meeting between Special Advisor for UN Reform Shirin Tahir-Kheli and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran to express concern to Saran about the visit on November 17 of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari. The Charge noted that the EU3 [...]
2005-11-15 06:57:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL MNUC PARM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8772GOI WORKING ON EXPORT CONTROLS IN ADVANCE OF HTCG
[...] (C) Charge Blake delivered points from Reftel A to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar on November 18th, emphasizing the importance of India harmonizing its control lists with international standards. Jaishankar responded that he would follow up with issue experts in MEA. Charge noted [...]
2005-11-18 09:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETRD ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8891IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED, EU-3 ALSO PUSHING
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao on November 23, emphasizing the importance of India conveying through a strong national statement that the international community remains seriously concerned about Iran's nuclear [...]
2005-11-23 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP AORC IN IR
05NEWDELHI9260GOI UPDATES ON EXPORT CONTROLS DURING HTCG
[...] (SBU) Summary: MEA officials used the Strategic Trade session of the High Technology Cooperation Group meetings held in New Delhi December 1 to respond to USG questions about India's export controls, stating that the Indian regime "completely covers" MTCR and NSG requirements. The GOI presen [...]
2005-12-08 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9400"GOOD ENGAGEMENT" IS COMMON REFRAIN AT U.S.-INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce David McCormick and GOI Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran led U.S. and Indian delegations in the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi on November 30 - December 1. The HTCG was formed in November 2002 to provide [...]
2005-12-14 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC KSTC OTRA PREL KNNP PARM TSPA IN
05NEWDELHI9408MTAG AND S49-05: INPA EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHES
[...] (S) PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and Deputy Secretary (DISA) Naveen Srivastava on December 14, emphasizing that both transactions appear to be covered under India's new WMD Bill and attendan [...]
2005-12-14 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL CBW IN IR SY
05NEWDELHI9435SARAN: INPA SANCTIONS AT ODDS WITH BILATERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's December 15 presentation of the US decision to impose sanctions on Indian entities, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran highlighted the danger that public awareness of prior GOI action regarding companies being sanctioned for activities that violate neith [...]
2005-12-15 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM MNUC ETTC MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9487INPA SANCTIONS ON INDIA ARE A "LAND MINE"
[...] (S) Briefing Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on December 16 about the Ambassador's preview to Foreign Secretary Saran of the imminent announcement of sanctions on SIPDIS Indian entities (Ref A),PolCouns reviewed the Congressional notification timeline and Ref B talking points, emph [...]
2005-12-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM MNUC ETTC MTCRE IN
05NEWDELHI9758MTAG: GOI WILL FOLLOW UP ON IRAN BROKERING, PUSHES
[...] (S) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA officials, who promised to provide the additional information to concerned GOI agencies and report the status to us at an early date. New Delhi remains concerned by Ref C decision to sanction Indian entities for INPA violations, p [...]
2005-12-28 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IN IR
05OTTAWA1007(C) IRANIAN SCIENTIST OF CBW CONCERN IN CANADA
[...] (C) Polmiloff met April 5 with Foreign Affairs Canada Acting Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Marina Laker, at the latter's request, to discuss Iranian national Mehdi Arbabi Ghahroudi, currently in Canada on a one-year work permit that will expire 04 July 2005. In addition to he [...]
2005-04-06 14:33:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL CVIS CA IR CBW
05OTTAWA1386SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
[...] (C) Reftel points were delivered on May 2 to the APEC Unit of Foreign Affairs Canada's International Economic Relations and Summit Division (EER),the International Crime Division (AGC) and the Regional Security Office (IDC). In a follow up discussion on May 6, AGC's Katie McLaurin informed pol [...]
2005-05-09 14:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSTC EAID CA APECO
05OTTAWA1523CANADIAN CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF REQUEST FOR MEU
[...] USDAO OTTAWA RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM GENERAL R.J. HILLIER TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL J.C. HULY. TEXT FOLLOWS: FROM: CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF NATIONAL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS OTTAWA, ONTARIO 10 MAY 2005 TO: LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAN C. HULY DEPUTY COMMANDANT HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARIN [...]
2005-05-20 15:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM
05OTTAWA1663DEMARCHE REQUEST TO ENCOURAGE NICARAGUA TO DESTROY
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Foreign Affairs Deputy Director Sarah Fountain-Smith in the Regional Security Section (IDC) of the International Security Bureau. She said that while our request comes under the purview of her bureau, Canadian MANPADS policy is handled by a range of offices [...]
2005-06-02 21:11:00Embassy OttawaSECRETMARR PARM PTER MASS CA
05OTTAWA1735DEMARCHE REQUEST TO ENCOURAGE NICARAGUA TO DESTROY
[...] (C) Following-up on reftels June 7, Regional Security Affairs (IDC) desk officer Anne-Marie Spain at Foreign Affairs Canada informed polmiloff that Canada believes that "all actors, not just the Government of Nicaragua" should be approached regarding MANPADS destruction. Spain said that while [...]
2005-06-08 17:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL PTER MASS CA
05OTTAWA1902SCENE-SETTER FOR AIRMEN TALKS NORTH, OTTAWA,
[...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]
2005-06-23 15:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM
05OTTAWA1911WASSENAAR BILAT MEETING WITH CANADA ON MAY 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: NP/ECNP led an interagency delegation to Ottawa to hold bilateral consultations with Canada on various Wassenaar issues. The U.S. and Canada agreed to work together in an effort to make progress on enhancing controls over items of terrorist use; individual reporting of items Ve [...]
2005-06-23 19:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM CA PREL ETTC
05OTTAWA1975LETTER ON PSI CORE GROUP DELIVERED TO CANADA
[...] (C) Undersecretary Joseph's letter was delivered on June 27 to Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright, with a copy to Rob McDougall, Director of Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division (IDA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up conversation on Ju [...]
2005-06-29 17:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CA
05OTTAWA2032EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD
[...] (C) Polmiloff informed Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director Marina Laker of the new Executive Order on Jun 30 and provided additional details in a follow-up meeting on July 5. Laker welcomed USG's supplemental background and said she would convey the information to A [...]
2005-07-07 14:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC CA
05OTTAWA269A/S RADEMAKER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH CANADIANS ON CWC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During consultations in Ottawa on January 11, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC/PDAS Frank Record discussed with Canadian Foreign Affairs (FAC) and National Defense officials progress on the BTWC and CWC. Discussion of Canada's prospective participat [...]
2005-01-28 17:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM CA CWC BWC FAC
05OTTAWA2690CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): URGING CANADA
[...] (U) Following ref A exchanges, and modified guidance, polmiloff met on September 6 with Canadian National Authority Coordinator for the CWC, Bob Brooks, and Senior Advisor Adrian Ghita-Duminica, to discuss USG concerns regarding captive use of Schedule I chemicals. Polmiloff left revised poin [...]
2005-09-07 21:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CA
05OTTAWA2740CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): URGING CANADA
[...] (SBU) Charge and Political Minister Counselor took the opportunity of a meeting with Foreign Affairs Assistant Deputy Minister (between A/S and U/S level) Jim Wright to raise USG concerns about the potential proliferation loophole caused by failure to address "captive use" of CWC Schedule I ch [...]
2005-09-12 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CA
05OTTAWA2748IRAN/IAEA: CANADA CALLS IN IRANIAN CHARGE
[...] (C) In a September 12 meeting with Charge on another matter, Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for International Security Policy Jim Wright took the opportunity to underline Canada's frustration with Iran and its snubbing of the IAEA. Wright reported that he had just called in the Iranian Charge [...]
2005-09-13 17:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL PHUM CA IR IAEA
05OTTAWA2768U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) In a meeting on September 14, Pol M/C and polmiloff solicited Canada's engagement and support to advance civil nuclear cooperation with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group; they emphasized that this was a top priority of President Bush. Emboffs left reftel non-paper outlining obligations [...]
2005-09-15 13:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN CA
05OTTAWA2903CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE WITH NORTH
[...] (S) Polmincouns and polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs DG for International Security Paul Chapin and DG for North Asia and Pacific Ted Lipman on September 22 to discuss cutting off North Korean hard currency earnings from arms sales. Emboffs left key points as a nonpaper, and a duplicate copy [...]
2005-09-27 19:52:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP CA
05OTTAWA2909CANADA NUCLEAR "COOPERATION" WITH INDIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 14:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC PREL CA
05OTTAWA298760TH UNFC: CANADA HEARS USG CONCERNS ABOUT AD HOC
[...] (C) DCM and polmiloff met with Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright late on October 5 to present general points on the UNFC draft resolution and deliver oral points, as instructed. Arms Control Director Rob MacDougall and incoming Deputy Director Ron Stansf [...]
2005-10-06 19:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC PARM PREL MNUC CA
05OTTAWA3012CWC: HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT/ARRANGEMENT WITH CANADA
[...] (C) Polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs Canada officials and a Department of National Defence representative on October 7 to deliver reftel message and text. Meeting participants were CWC National Coordinator Bob Brooks, Senior Advisor for Industry Issues Adrian Ghita-Duminica, Nonproliferatio [...]
2005-10-07 19:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL CA
05OTTAWA302DEMARCHE ON NPT 2005 REVCON DELIVERED TO CANADA
[...] (C) As instructed in reftel, nonpaper was delivered to FAC Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division Deputy Marina Laker on January 31, 2005. Laker expressed appreciation for USG's efforts to initiate consultations early in the process. She said she would be circulating the U.S [...]
2005-02-01 13:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM CA IAEA FAC
05OTTAWA304A/S RADEMAKER,S MEETINGS WITH CANADIANS ON ARMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a day of consultations in Ottawa on January 11, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC/PDAS Frank Record exchanged views with Canadian Foreign Affairs (FAC) and National Defense officials on U.S. and Canadian arms control and disarmament policy. [...]
2005-02-01 18:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM CD CA NPT FAC
05OTTAWA3116CANADA OPEN TO "CREDIBLE" AND "DEFENSIBLE" MODUS
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche points to Terry Wood, Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation (IDN) at Foreign Affairs Canada on October 18. Wood expressed appreciation for timely briefing materials in light of last week's discussions at the G-8 Senior Group meeting in London, a [...]
2005-10-18 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL CA IN
05OTTAWA3123LETTER FROM MP DAVID KILGOUR TO SECSTATE URGING
[...] Embassy has received a letter from MP David Kilgour addressed to the Secretary regarding NATO involvement in Darfur. Mr. Kilgour is an independent MP who has been a champion of human rights and humanitarian issues going back to international efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in the 1970,s. K [...]
2005-10-19 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA PREL SU PARM MOPS
05OTTAWA3204OTTAWA: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA FINANCIAL
[...] (C/Noforn) Foreign Affairs Canada Nuclear Non-proliferation officer Colin Smith has provided an update on implementing reftel proposals but warned that "bureaucratic inertia" and the need for legislative amendments will delay progress. He confirmed that all elements of the government with a [...]
2005-10-26 17:51:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC EFIN CA
05OTTAWA3283US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...]
2005-11-03 20:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR CA
05OTTAWA3300OTTAWA PLANS TO HOST LANDMINE EVENT IN MARCH 2006
[...] Embassy Ottawa plans to organize an event in March 2006, in lieu of this Fall. As in 2003 and 2004, the likely venue would be the Ambassador's residence and we would invite a range of government and non-government interlocutors. ConGen-Toronto is also considering organizing an event during t [...]
2005-11-04 21:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKHDP KSEP PHUM PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP CA
05OTTAWA3571CANADA: MEASURES AGAINST WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCE
[...] (SBU) Post faxed ref (A) points to Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Nonproliferation, Deborah Paul, and UN, Human Rights and Economic Law officer Catrina Ventura on November 28. 2. (C) In a subsequent conversation, Ventura acknowledged the importance of fulfilling Canada's obligations u [...]
2005-12-02 17:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PTER PREL EWWT MNUC CA
05OTTAWA3578CANADA: CONCURS ON STRONG LANGUAGE FOR
[...] (C) Polmiloff conveyed reftel concerns to Isabelle Poupart, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for NATO and OSCE, the morning of December 1. Poupart was taken aback by USG perception that Canada was "reluctant to endorse" the proposed text on Moldova, indicating that such a posture would contrav [...]
2005-12-02 21:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE CA NATO
05OTTAWA3611(C) CANADA SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA ARMS
[...] (C) We delivered oral demarche points to Foreign Affairs Deputy Directors Christine Cadieux (Regional Security) and Harold Hickman (Andean Region),and National Defence Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Col. Mike Hache, on November 18 and 21, respectively. FAC and DND officials acknowled [...]
2005-12-07 20:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS CA VE
05OTTAWA578IRAN/IAEA: CANADA SUPPORTS USG APPROACH FOR
[...] (C) Polmiloff conveyed reftel points to Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation Terry Wood on February 24, encouraging Canada to make a national statement. Wood said he was pleased to see that the USG's assessment of the upcoming BOG briefing on Iran tracked with Canada's [...]
2005-02-24 18:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC CA IAEA
05OTTAWA637GOC AT PAINS TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) Privy Council Clerk Alex Himelfarb contacted me on February 28 to stress yet again his concern that the government,s good-faith effort to beef up its defense capabilities will get lost in the reporting on the poorly managed missile defense decision. First Himelfarb, then the PM,s Chie [...]
2005-03-01 18:27:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP PARM PREL CA LTG
05OTTAWA970CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING
[...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...]
2005-04-01 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA
05PANAMA1570PANAMA SUPPORTS OAS MANPADS GUIDELINES
[...] (S) Ministry of Government and Justice Security Advisor Severino Mejia told POLOFF on July 19 that Panama supports OAS Guidelines for Control of MANPADS. Importing or exporting this type of weapon into Panama is illegal. Mejia wants to work with the Embassy to reduce smuggling of weapons a [...]
2005-07-27 13:17:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1606PANAMA RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On June 20, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to MFA International Organizations (IO) Director Javier Bonagas. MFA IO responded with the following note verbale on July 27, 2005. (Begin unofficial translation) "Republic of Panama, Ministry of Foreign Relations [...]
2005-07-29 21:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PARIS103IRAN/EU3: GUARDED FRENCH REACTION TO U/S BOLTON
[...] (C) On January 5, MFA Disarmament Office Deputy Veronique Vouland informed us that the MFA had taken on board U/S Bolton's letter re Iranian processing activities (reftels). She said they had not been surprised by the letter, but she also did not indicate whether France agreed with our assessm [...]
2005-01-06 17:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL FR
05PARIS1084EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: EXPANDING ON FRENCH DEFENSE
[...] (C) During the course of a meeting on an unrelated issue with Mr. Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor to Defense Minister Alliot-Marie, we inquired about the minister's comments in the recent Financial Times article entitled "France urges end to China arms embargo." We noted our confusion over [...]
2005-02-18 18:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC PREL FR EUN
05PARIS1087PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA
[...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...]
2005-02-22 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1178FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1196MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- SMALL
[...] (C) On February 24, EST Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti with non-paper contained reftel, noting the request for feedback; the need to limit discussion within the small group; and, the invitation to share small group proposals. Bertolotti said he would study t [...]
2005-02-24 17:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETAU FR KSCA PREL PARM ETTC TSPA
05PARIS1197MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (C) On February 24, EST Counselor presented paper contained in reftel regarding proposed agenda topics for the 2005 MTCR Plenary Information Exchange to French MFA MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti. Bertolotti appreciated the receipt of the document and he will prepare it soonest as a PO [...]
2005-02-24 17:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
05PARIS1225IRAN-EU3: FEBRUARY 24 MEETING BETWEEN FRENCH
[...] SUMMARY. Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Ruhani, on one stop of a tour that will include visits to each EU3 capital, met with French President Jacques Chirac February 24. Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche, told us that Ruhani's purpose was to move the discussions from the [...]
2005-02-25 15:19:00Embassy ParisSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR UK FR IAEA GE
05PARIS1232FRANCE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH REVISED TERMS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY FR IAEA
05PARIS1233IRAN/IAEA: FRANCE WILL RAISE IRAN AT THE FEB 28
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IAEA
05PARIS1400IRAN/EU3: LETTER FROM U/S BOLTON DELIVERED TO
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the letter from U/S Bolton in reftel to MFA Political Director Laboulaye's office on March 3, 2005. Given that Laboulaye was on leave, we also passed on a copy of the letter to Ms. Veronique Vouland, deputy in the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-prolifer [...]
2005-03-03 17:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM MNUC IR FR
05PARIS1478CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FRANCE'S SINGLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 16:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCW AS PARM PREL
05PARIS1517PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA
[...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...]
2005-03-08 15:19:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1525AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING
[...] (C) On 04 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered points provided reftel on U.S. proposals for the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point-of-contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading the non-paper, Sur commented that the U.S. proposals [...]
2005-03-08 16:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL FR CBE
05PARIS1580FRENCH POSITION ON THE JOINT EU-CHINA STATEMENT ON
[...] (S) Following a demarche delivered on 01 March on a separate matter, French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact David Bertolotti provided EST Officer comments on the French position regarding the joint European Union-China statement on nonproliferation issued o/a October [...]
2005-03-10 07:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR JA CH MTCR
05PARIS1667FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR"
[...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...]
2005-03-14 11:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS1708APRIL 2005 AUSTRALIA GROUP PLENARY DEMARCHES:
[...] (C) On 11 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered reftels non-papers on U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point of contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading points in non-papers, Sur firs [...]
2005-03-15 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL FR CBE
05PARIS1715 FRANCE: GOF ACCEPTS PROPOSED MARCH 29 MEETINGS ON NEW
[...] EconOff raised reftel with MFA Wassenaar Arrangement expert Bruno Bisson on March 11 and followed-up with him on March 14 and 15, when he confirmed that he and his GOF interagency colleagues accept the U.S. proposal to bring a small team of experts to Paris on March 29 for a presentation of ou [...]
2005-03-15 13:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL FR
05PARIS1731PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS
[...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...]
2005-03-15 17:15:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS174MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S)
[...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...]
2005-01-10 17:42:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE
05PARIS176PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION: RESPONSE TO FRENCH
[...] (SBU) On January 10, EST Counselor delivered Ambassador Guhin's letter and talking points contained reftel to Veronique Vouland, Deputy to Francois Richier, and Sebastien Jaunet, both in the Sub Directorate for Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation. (Messrs. Dahan and Richier were both u [...]
2005-01-10 18:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR TRGY MNUC PARM ENRG
05PARIS1762PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S)
[...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...]
2005-03-16 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR
05PARIS1823MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...]
2005-03-18 10:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1834IRAN HOSTS CONFERENCE MARCH 5-6 TO SHOW ITS
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Policy Planning Philippe Errera (please protect) provided us with a brief readout of Iran's March 5-6 conference entitled "Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development," sponsored by the Iranian Center for Strategic Research (CSR),the Foreign Ministry, the Atomic [...]
2005-03-18 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR FR
05PARIS1916 U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIA GROUP REGIONAL
[...] (C) On 22 March 2005, Embassy EST officer delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. actions to implement Australia Group (AG) decisions on regional nonproliferation to French Ministry of Foreign Affairs point of contact for AG matters, Etienne Sur. After reading points in non-paper, Sur thanked EST [...]
2005-03-23 10:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC FR CBW AUSGR
05PARIS2349(S) FRENCH APPLAUD YEMENI STEPS TO CURB SA/LW
[...] (S) Reftel points were delivered to Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume in the MFA's Bureau of Strategic Affairs on April 4. In a follow-up conversation on April 6, Guillaume told poloff that France is glad to see that Yemen, a country notorious for its a [...]
2005-04-07 16:49:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL MASS ETTC FR YE
05PARIS2391APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...]
2005-04-08 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR
05PARIS2399(C) CWC/BWC: MEETING OF CLOSE ALLIES, PARIS,
[...] (C) Summary: Close Allies (U.S., UK, France, Germany) met to coordinate actions for the upcoming OPCW Executive Council meeting and to review both joint and bilateral efforts on compliance, Article VII implementation, financial/personnel matters and CW destruction. Discussion on BWC primarily [...]
2005-04-08 15:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TBIO CBW
05PARIS2471AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG
[...] (C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary, EST officer received a 11 April call from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs BWC desk officer, Gabriel Bernier. He informed EST o [...]
2005-04-12 15:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR
05PARIS2601FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS2603FRENCH DENY ANY PLANS TO SELL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO
[...] (U) Reftel FBIS reports quoted Taiwan and Hong Kong press reports that France intends to sell 210 Mirage 200-9CS fighter aircraft, along with 1,200 MICA missiles and 180 alternative engines, as part of a 12 billion euros defense trade package. The sale allegedly was agreed to last December 20 [...]
2005-04-15 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC CH FR EUN
05PARIS2660SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]
2005-04-19 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS285SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH
[...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...]
2005-01-14 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS3013FRANCE RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered points on U.S.-Russia MANPADS arrangement (reftel A) to French MFA Office for Disarmament's Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume on April 15 and again on April 22. Guillaume told poloff the MFA appreciated being informed on the matter ad [...]
2005-05-03 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALRS KHDP MARR PARM PREL PTER FR
05PARIS3223BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (BWC) WORK PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL
05PARIS3234IRAN: EU-3 LETTER WARNS TEHRAN AGAINST CHANGES TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Laboulaye discussed with Charge May 11 the EU-3 letter to Rohani warning against resumption of uranium conversion. Laboulaye said that it may be necessary to convene an extraordinary meeting of the IAEA board and stressed the need to build international cons [...]
2005-05-12 11:03:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PARM IR FR
05PARIS3491FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]
2005-05-20 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3759MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): MAY 26,
[...] (C) EST Counselor participated in the May 26 MTCR Points-of-Contact (POC) meeting held at the South Korean Embassy in Paris and delivered the substance of points contained in reftel. 2. (C) The POC Session began with a briefing - based on a "first draft summary report" - by French MFA POC [...]
2005-05-31 15:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC TSPA ETTC
05PARIS3796FRANCE TO HELP LIBYA WITH IAEA-MONITORED NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to a Libyan request, France is studying how it might assist Libya with its Russian-built Tajoura plant. No formal agreement has been signed yet, but Libyans have asked for assistance in producing radio isotopes for medical and industrial use, as well as aid in using th [...]
2005-06-01 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG LY FR IAEA
05PARIS3844SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING: FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: France plans to work with its EU partners on Small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) negotiations, but in an effort to reach consensus, is prepared to take a more pragmatic bilateral approach. The French end game is to obtain an agreement on dealing with the illicit trade in SA/LW, [...]
2005-06-02 16:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM FR
05PARIS407FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MARKING AND TRACING
[...] SUMMARY. On January 20, poloff met with Jean-Francois Guillaume, the MFA Action Officer responsible for small arms and light weapons nonproliferation, who explained that the French will support European initiatives at the second negotiation session of the UN Program of Action on Small Arms an [...]
2005-01-21 19:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM FR UN
05PARIS4095FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...]
2005-06-10 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN
05PARIS4307FRENCH REACTION TO EU ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH IRAN
[...] (C) EconOff delivered reftel demarch to Jean-Claude Nolla, Deputy Director for Energy and Transport (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA Economic Directorate. Nolla was unaware of the recent pronouncements by Francois Lamoureaux, the European Commission's DG for Energy. Nolla promised to look into it, [...]
2005-06-17 14:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIR EPET ETTC PARM PREL
05PARIS4562PRELIMINARY FRENCH REACTION TO EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
[...] (C) We shared June 28 reftel talking points with the MFA's Disarmament Office Deputy Veronique Vouland, previewing the planned release of the Executive Order on proliferation financing and asking for French support. Vouland, accompanied by disarmament desk officer Etienne de Gonneville, took [...]
2005-06-29 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR FR
05PARIS4655PSI: FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH ON STATUS
[...] (C) We delivered on June 24 the reftel letter from Undersecretary Joseph informing MFA Political Director Laboulaye of the U.S. wish to dissolve the PSI Core Group by June 30 through silence procedure. On June 30, Laboulaye's office conveyed to us his response for U/S Joseph, in which Laboula [...]
2005-07-01 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS4661FRENCH RESPONSE TO NICARAGUAN MANPADS DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) June 20 to MFA desk officer for small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) Jean-Francois Guillaume and July 1 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central America and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu. Guillaume indicated that the GOF is focused on the destruction of arms i [...]
2005-07-01 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL PTER MASS FR
05PARIS4705COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...]
2005-07-06 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER
05PARIS472EU3-IRAN - FRENCH READOUT OF PARIS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) We met January 24 with MFA A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Philippe Carre, who travels to Washington January 26-28 for consultations in the Department, the NSC, and DOD/OSD. In response to our questions on the EU3-Iran January 17-18 talks, Carre gave us a rea [...]
2005-01-26 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR FR
05PARIS4977MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 06 JULY
[...] (C) Summary: On 6 July 2005, Embassy EST officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) held at the Korean Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on preparations for the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid. 2. (C) Summary, Continued: [...]
2005-07-19 12:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5032IRAN/EU3: LETTER FROM U/S BURNS AND U/S JOSEPH TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post delivered letter from U/S Burns and U/S Joseph to MFA Director for Political and Security Affairs Stanislas LeFebvre de Laboulaye on July 11. In a follow-up conversation on July 19 with Nicolas Roche of the MFA Directorate for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Roc [...]
2005-07-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETIR EU KNNP PREL PARM FR IAEA
05PARIS5041U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE -
[...] (U) On July 19, EST Counselor read points contained reftel regarding U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Messrs. Nicholas Roche and David Bertolotti, both of the Division of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Foreign Ministry. They took careful notes, asked question [...]
2005-07-20 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL FR
05PARIS5133MTAG 04-04: FRENCH FIRM'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM: DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL
05PARIS5177MTAG 32-96: DRDO SEEKING SUPPORT FOR MISSILE
[...] (S) On 20 July 2005, EST officer delivered reftel non-paper on India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) efforts to obtain support from the French firm SAGEM to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti. Bertolotti appreciated [...]
2005-07-27 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IN FR MTCRE
05PARIS5214RESPONSES TO EU-3 REQUESTS - FRANCE
[...] (C) During introductory calls July 28, incoming and outgoing DCMs provided reftel response to the EU-3's July 20 questions regarding the proposal to Iran to MFA Political Director Laboulaye. Laboulaye already had received substance from the French embassy in Washington. He commented only t [...]
2005-07-28 13:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS5239UNSCR 1540 -- FRANCE ALL FOR PROMOTING 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR
05PARIS5263PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]
2005-08-01 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5385FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES PACKAGE DELIVERED TO FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 16:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PARIS5566REQUEST FOR FRANCE TO STOP A SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S/NF) On 16 August, ESTH Nonproliferation Officer met French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) investigation regarding the transfer of vibration/centrifuge systems involving the U.S. company Data Physics, [...]
2005-08-18 13:34:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS5575 USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS
[...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...]
2005-08-18 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW
05PARIS5861MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (C) On August 30, ESTH/NP Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti subject paper on high performance steels for missile applications for the September Madrid MTCR Plenary Information Exchange session. Bertolotti said that while he would distribute it, he considered it [...]
2005-08-30 16:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKSCA PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA FR
05PARIS5866INITIAL FRENCH COMMENTS RE IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (SBU) We presented August 30 reftel talking points and non-paper to MFA action officer for IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle. He confirmed that he was aware of the June IAEA decision to establish a committee on Safeguards and Verification, but noted that the MFA had not had an opportunity to [...]
2005-08-31 07:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS6113EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...]
2005-09-09 09:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS6124POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
[...] (S) On September 8, ESTH Counselor provided French MTCR point-of-contact David Bertolotti in the disarmament and nonproliferation division of the MFA with points contained reftel. (Although reftel request is not described as falling with the MTCR itself, since it involves technology possibly [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR ETTC PARM PREL
05PARIS6125EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS6133MORE FRENCH THOUGHTS ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (C) MFA official covering IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle shared with us September 7 some additional comments on U.S. proposals for the Committee on Safeguards and Verification. His general assessment was that the MFA agreed with many of our proposals. He also shared the following thoughts [...]
2005-09-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS6342SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...]
2005-09-16 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR
05PARIS6391U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) The French govenment supports the U.S. initiative to achieve civilian nuclear cooperation with India. In that regard, Foreign Ministry officials urge fastidious cooperation with the U.S. in advance of the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting to be in the best position to address conc [...]
2005-09-20 11:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM
05PARIS6530DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...]
2005-09-23 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN
05PARIS6748FRANCE ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL FR UNGA
05PARIS675MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...]
2005-02-02 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS698460TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC
05PARIS7151DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO
[...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]
2005-10-19 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7154PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE
[...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...]
2005-10-19 10:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS7496MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...]
2005-11-03 13:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ UNSC
05PARIS7885FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...]
2005-11-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS7961MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER
[...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...]
2005-11-22 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8172NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS
[...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...]
2005-12-01 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE FR NATO
05PARIS8246FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...]
2005-12-05 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM KTFN FR
05PARIS8460FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO
[...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...]
2005-12-14 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS8548 FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...]
2005-12-20 09:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR
05PARIS8561AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED
[...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...]
2005-12-20 13:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW
05PARIS888FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel),which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...]
2005-02-11 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA
05PARIS89IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD
[...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...]
2005-01-06 11:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC PREL FR IAEA
05PARIS920IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS
[...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...]
2005-02-14 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PRAGUE1009CZECHS NOTIFIED OF 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 17:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PARM EZ
05PRAGUE1036CZECHS CONFIRM THEIR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] (U) This is an action request; see action in para 2. 2. (U) In a meeting with DAO July 8, Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Zdenek Borkovec expressed the GOCR,s great appreciation for the $6 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds (CSF). He indicated the GOCR had not changed any of its pr [...]
2005-07-12 06:05:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1058CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...]
2005-07-14 16:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE106ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...]
2005-01-21 14:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ
05PRAGUE109(S) MTAG 05-96: CZECH FIRM STROJIMPORT AND IRANIAN
[...] (S) Poloff met January 20 with Otakar Gorgol, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA's UN Department to discuss ref A. Poloff and Gorgol, who handles many of the ministry's non-proliferation issues, have had a series of meetings about a horizontal boring machine, manufactured by the Czech firm Tos [...]
2005-01-21 17:26:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC EZ IR MTCR
05PRAGUE1146ASDD-01 TO VIETNAM: POINTS DELIVERED, LITTLE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 14:48:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER VM
05PRAGUE1252"DOWNGRADED VERA": LIKELY CZECH YES TO PAKISTAN,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to formally oppose a sale of a passive surveillance system, model ASDD-01, to Vietnam. This move effectively blocks that deal for the immediate future. The GOCR is currently involved in a high-level debate on the merits of issui [...]
2005-08-26 15:55:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK VM
05PRAGUE1327CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES CONCENRING THE MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 14:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC EZ KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA MTCRE
05PRAGUE1339INDIA NUCLEAR DEMARCHE - CZECHS THINK EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ IN KNNP PARM EUN
05PRAGUE1363CZECHS LICENSE A ONE-YEAR VERA SYSTEM LOAN TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 12:01:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK
05PRAGUE1490CZECHS ARE CO-SPONSORS OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 15:19:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EZ UN
05PRAGUE1573CZECHS SAY YES TO IRAQ RESOLUTION, AND NO TO SWISS
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are grateful the U.S. shared the text of the draft Iraq resolution at an early stage, and are optimistic the resolution will pass. On the Swiss proposal for reform of the UNSC working methods, the Czechs will oppose it. End summary. 2. (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief and [...]
2005-11-04 09:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EZ UNSC UNGA
05PRAGUE1600CZECH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO ENABLE CIVIL
[...] (C) On 9 November, PolOff met with Pavel Klucky, new MFA deputy director for international organizations with primary responsibility for non-proliferation, and reviewed Ref demarches. Klucky stated that the Czech government was in general agreement with the U.S. proposal, noting the potential [...]
2005-11-10 12:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP PARM PREL
05PRAGUE162(S) MTAG-05-96: CZECH REPUBLIC BASED STROJIMPORT'S
[...] (S) Two weeks after receiving a demarche (Reftels) about the possible sales of computer numerically controlled lathes from the Czech firm Strojimport to firms in Iran, the MFA has delivered its response. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department, and Otakar Gorgol, who handles MTCR issues, said [...]
2005-02-04 14:26:00Embassy PragueSECRETPARM PREL ETTC EZ IR MTCRE
05PRAGUE163(S) NIAG 4225: POSSIBLE IRANIAN PROCUREMENT OF
[...] (S) In response to demarche in Reftel A, presented to the MFA on January 20, the Czech government assembled representatives from the MFA, the Office for Nuclear Security (SUJB),the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the intelligence branch (BIS). None of the representatives could find any e [...]
2005-02-04 14:27:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC EZ IR
05PRAGUE1660CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR UN REQUEST
[...] (C) Poloff and DATT Nov 23 delivered reftel points to Zdenek Borkovec, Policy Director of the MOD,s Strategic Planning Division. The Czechs are unable to provide aircraft. As reported Ref B, Defense Minister Kuehnl has requested U.S. air transport for a visit to Iraq due to the Czechs' own ina [...]
2005-11-29 10:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ EZ UN
05PRAGUE1761CZECH REPUBLIC: CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN-OWNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian company OMZ, a subsidiary of the state-run firm GAZPROM, purchased the Czech firm, Skoda Nuclear Engineering (Skoda J.S),in April of 2004. OMZ has two wholly owned subsidiaries that manufacture equipment for nuclear plants. One, Izhorskie Zavody of Saint Petersburg [...]
2005-12-23 12:58:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM ETRD EZ
05PRAGUE212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA TEAM TO
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Bert Cochran and Gilbert Chavez to travel to Prague March 11-17, 2005. 2. Hotel reservation have been made in Marriott Hotel, V Celnici 8, Prague 1, tel: (00420)22288-8822, fax: (00420)22182-2333. Confirmation for Bert Cochran is 86 [...]
2005-02-14 15:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC ENRG ETTC OTRA PARM PREL
05PRAGUE237NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE (REVCON): REQUEST TO
[...] (U) Poloff gave non-paper reftel to the Director of the UN Department at the MFA and his assistant for non-proliferation, February 2. They thanked Poloff for the information on the US position and agreed to share it with colleagues who might attend the May NPT Review Conference. CABANISS [...]
2005-02-17 11:19:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM
05PRAGUE260CZECHS SOLICIT U.S. OPINION ON ARMS SALES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is beginning to get a number of requests from Czech arms firms wanting to sell weapons and ammunition to the government of Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has no diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, and consequently [...]
2005-02-23 13:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF EZ PARM
05PRAGUE318CZECH GOVERNMENT SOLICITS US OPINION ON ARMS SALES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Republic has extensive surpluses of arms and ammunition left over from the days of the Warsaw Pact. Licensing authorities at the MFA are recieving many requests from Czech arms dealers to sell the surplus munitions to the governments in Afgh [...]
2005-03-04 11:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM AF IR EZ
05PRAGUE341AMENDMENT: CZECH REPUBLIC CTRY CLR,
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Tyacke Michael, Allen Kenneth, Bolshinsky Igor, Dewes John, Moses Stanley and Thomas Jay to travel to Prague March 10 - 18, 2005. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 530 663, ext. 2320. Email: Canni [...]
2005-03-09 12:48:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG PARM OTRA
05PRAGUE353AUSTRALIA GROUP - CZECH PARTICIPATION IN APRIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 15:18:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EZ CBW
05PRAGUE479DOD COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ASD FOR
[...] Embassy Prague provides country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Ricardel and party to visit Prague April SIPDIS 5-6 for consultations with the Czech government on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Control officer will be DATT Ed Gallagher, phone 420-257-530-663 x2337. App [...]
2005-04-04 14:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PARM PREL
05PRAGUE659MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC
[...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...]
2005-05-04 15:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR
05PRAGUE889CZECH ARMS SALES/DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST, SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2 (C) As the western-most country in the Soviet bloc, then Czechoslovakia became the forward ammo depot for any potential invasion of Western Europe.That fact, combined with the recent draw-down in the number of Czech troops from over 130,000 to roughly [...]
2005-06-10 13:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM PM EZ
05PRAGUE892CZECH PROPOSAL FOR PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM TO VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-13 08:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PINR PREL EZ VM PK
05PRETORIA1111OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...]
2005-03-15 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF
05PRETORIA2175SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION
[...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...]
2005-06-02 15:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC
05PRETORIA4297SAG MAKES NO PROGRESS ON STALEMATE WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Ali Larijani, Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC),visited South Africa October 19 for consultations on Iran's nuclear dossier with President Mbeki and Abdul Minty, DFA Deputy Director General and SAG Representative on the IAEA Board of Governors. Minty told A/ [...]
2005-10-24 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP IR SF IAEA
05PRETORIA4419SOUTH AFRICA: WASSENAAR MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on CDA's discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad (ref B),DepPolCouns presented ref A materials to DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink on November 2nd. Combrink was surprised and pleased to learn of the U.S. decision to su [...]
2005-11-02 11:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SF
05QUITO2152GOE STILL NOT CONVINCED ON UNSC REFERRAL FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) PolOff faxed RefTel points on September 15 and followed up with a telephone call on September 19 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs, Miguel Mendez, requesting that the GOE consider referring Iran to the UN Security Council. PolOff mentioned that the Secretary had raised this issu [...]
2005-09-19 20:35:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL IR EU MNUC IAEA
05QUITO2244ECUADOR OPEN TO SUA NON-PROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of Sovereignty Office Helena Yanes responded to RefTel points on September 30. Yanes said that Ecuador agrees in principle to the dangers related to high seas transport of dual-use items, but is not ready to commit regarding criminalization. That decision will likely be i [...]
2005-09-30 19:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EC
05QUITO391ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE,
[...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...]
2005-02-17 17:18:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05QUITO400ECUADOR "STILL STUDYING" NPT STRENGTHENING
[...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies officer in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera stated the Foreign Ministry could not yet comment on the U.S. proposal to beef up Nuclear [...]
2005-02-17 19:57:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP EC NPT IAEA
05QUITO808ECUADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. SUA CONVENTION
[...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 12 transmitted non-paper and supporting talking points to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat. In a follow-up telcon with Poloff April 14, MFA officer Doug Martinez noted Ecuador had yet to formulate a position on the [...]
2005-04-14 17:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EWWT MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EC
05QUITO884PSI SPAWNS LITTLE INTEREST IN ECUADOR
[...] Regarding Reftel request for Embassy comment on the utility of various Public Diplomacy tools in winning Ecuador's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),we consider that placement of USG-drafted articles in local print media the best weapon available. There simply is not s [...]
2005-04-21 22:05:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA EC
05RABAT2201MOROCCO: 60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.
[...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to seek GOM support and cosponsorship for the U.S. UNGA First Committee (UNFC) resolution on compliance. A/Pol/C left behind a copy of the draft resolution with Bourita per reftel instructions. Bourita [...]
2005-10-24 16:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALCDG PARM PREL UNGA MO
05RANGOON1080BURMA: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE WITH
[...] (U) On September 21, visiting EAP/MLS Director and Rangoon P/E Chief delivered reftel talking points during a previously scheduled meeting with the MFA's Acting Deputy General for Political Affairs, U Phae Thann Oo, and Director of the Americas Division, U Min Lwin. 2. (S) In delivering the [...]
2005-09-26 01:47:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP BM EU
05RANGOON1128RUSSIAN ARMS TRADER TO OPEN BURMA OFFICE
[...] (C) Summary: A Russian diplomat in Rangoon says that a major state-owned Russian arms dealer, Rosoboronexport State Corporation, will open an office in Burma as "a natural presence to support Russia's growing commercial military relationship" with the SPDC military regime. The diplomat also [...]
2005-10-05 10:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPARM MASS PREL BM RS
05RANGOON407ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CENTRAL
[...] (S) The construction of high-tension power lines running to a secretive building site in Magwe Division has been halted, according to second-hand information from a Burmese military engineer working in the area. The sensitive project (19.55 N, 94.25 E),purportedly under construction by North [...]
2005-04-05 11:02:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPARM PINR KNNP PREL BM KN
05ROME117MTAG:ITALIAN FIRMS COOPERATING WITH CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 16:32:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC IT PARM PREL CH MTCRE
05ROME1470(S) SHIELD S33A-04: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 15:54:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IT EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1591IRANIAN FAST BOATS
[...] (S) Summary. In response to Ref. A demarche, Italy's Export Control Coordinator Carol Tripepi assured us that the GOI will continue to block the export of FB Design's last fast boat under its contract with Iran, and that he was unaware of any ongoing business between the company and Iranian e [...]
2005-05-09 14:49:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1787MTAG 05-96: EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBER TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 13:31:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME2310ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 13:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE
05ROME2835ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]
2005-08-25 14:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME3146ITALY: TOUR D'HORIZON ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
[...] (S) On September 14, 2005, A/ECMIN and Econoff called on Enrico Padula, MFA Non-proliferation Officer, to present demarches on India (refs A, B, and D),North Korea (ref E),and Iran, (ref C). INDIA ----- 2. (S) A/ECMIN reviewed ref B and D points on the U.S. intent to work toward ful [...]
2005-09-21 10:16:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNENRG ETRD ETTC FR IN IR IT KNNP KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TRGY TSPA MTCR
05ROME36US-ITALIAN WORKING GROUP MEETS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. PM DAS Bue and OSD Strategy Director Pavel led a joint State-DOD delegation to Rome on December 7 to discuss anticipated US Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) changes and work through details on reshaping our presence in Italy. In working group discussions with an Italian dele [...]
2005-01-05 13:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL KPAO IT GLOBAL DEFENSE
05ROME3763IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES
[...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]
2005-11-15 10:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME3797OSCE/FCS: ITALY WILL NOT BLOCK PROGRESS AHEAD OF
[...] (SBU) On November 16 Polmiloff received a response to Reftel demarche from Brunella Borzi, the MFA's office director for OSCE affairs. Borzi apologized for the delayed response saying she has been out of the country and wanted to first confer with the Italian delegation in Vienna before react [...]
2005-11-17 12:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBE IT PARM PREL OSCE
05ROME4021POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECH TRANSFER TO IRAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Aldo Doria, Head of the Ministry of Productive Activities' Export Control Unit, told EconOff the export of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile components from Italy to the Netherlands for possible re-export to Iran is likely to occur by December 20. The Italian firm i [...]
2005-12-07 16:36:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR NE IT MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME4052ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...]
2005-12-13 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME469ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005 SCICOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Counselor Giovanni Battista Iannuzzi, Director of Office VII (National Authority for Conventions on Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Disarmament) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate General for Multilateral Polit [...]
2005-02-11 18:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY AORC IT IAEA
05ROME695(S) MTAG: ADDITIONAL GOI REACTION TO POTENTIAL
[...] (S) Ref B reports on the delivery of our January 13 demarche (ref C) to the MFA's Non-Proliferation Coordinator Carlo Tripepi, in which we informed the GOI that several Chinese firms intended to engage in proliferation-related activity with several Italian firms, including Galileo Avionica, Si [...]
2005-03-01 17:20:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IT CH MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME897ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN SHARES INSIGHTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italy's Ambassador to Iran believes that most Iranians favor better relations with the United States, but at the same time support Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear capabilities. The upcoming Presidential elections could help resolve this dilemma by offering prospects, if Rafsanjan [...]
2005-03-16 15:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR IT IAEA
05SANAA1377AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SALIF PORT YCG STATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. After touring Yemen Hunt's Safir oil platform and the Yemen Coast Guard Command at nearby Salif Port and hearing briefings from Hunt security and the YCG Salif Port Commander, Ambassador raised the issue of maritime security and the vulnerability of the Safir with the Governor of [...]
2005-05-25 14:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM ECON YM COM ENERGY MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1516AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP, GTMO, ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on June 1 on the Yemen Trafficking in Persons report, return of Yemenis from Guantanamo, and Arab League support for the Arab-Israeli peace process. The FM also discussed details of his recent trip to Ira [...]
2005-06-05 12:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOPRC PHUM SMIG PREL PARM KCRM KWMN KBCT YM KNP DEMARCHE TRAFFICKING PERSONS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1534YEMEN: FUNDING FOR THE CSF-CTU
[...] (S) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to address the issue of including Yemen,s Central Security Force-Counter-Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) in Yemen,s FY 05, 06, and 07 Foreign Military Financing allocations. Post assesses that the inclusion of the CSF-CTU in FMF is an essential element in [...]
2005-06-07 10:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS PARM PREL YM YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1587DFM NOMAN DISCUSSES ROYG PRESENCE IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) Summary. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on June 12 to deliver ref A demarche on increasing ROYG diplomatic presence in Baghdad. Discussions also focused on proliferation of Yemen small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and President Saleh's upcoming visit to Washington. E [...]
2005-06-14 06:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM MASS PTER IZ YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1688VADM NICHOLS MEETS WITH ROYG DEFENSE, INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Nichols met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior and the Commander of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) on June 12, 2005. All three ROYG officials expressed their gratitude to the USG for its assistance in establishing and training th [...]
2005-06-18 13:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MASS MCAP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA17302003 GUN REGULATION LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Summary: A 2003 law to regulate gun ownership and trade in Yemen, one of the world's most heavily armed countries, continues to languish in Parliament. The ROYG blames opposition party Islah, but, the legislation also faces stiff opposition from members of the ruling elite, many of whom b [...]
2005-06-22 06:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PARM KMPI YM
05SANAA1836ALIMI DISCUSSES SOMALIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND INTEL
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi, the Minister discussed the ROYG's concern over Somalia, improving cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the state of USG-ROYG intelligence sharing. En [...]
2005-07-06 12:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM
05SANAA1854MOD ALEWA ON USG ASSISTANCE, IRAQ AND SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Minister of Defense Ali Abdullah Alewa, the Minister discussed the need for increased USG military support, suggested a general amnesty in Iraq and asked for increased USG assistan [...]
2005-07-06 15:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1906CDA DELIVERS WMD PROLIFERATORS EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 14:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1907FM QIRBI DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with CDA, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi confirmed his plans to travel to Washington in advance of President Saleh's November meeting with President Bush. Qirbi pulled CDA aside and confided President Saleh,s concerns over U.S. Embassy contacts with member [...]
2005-07-17 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL OVIP PTER PARM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA213PRESIDENT SALEH SAYS YEMEN WILL VOTE WITH US ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 14:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM KNNP YM
05SANAA2317EXBS ADVISOR VISIT AND PROGRAM STRATEGY JULY, 2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the period July 9-19, 2005, Export Controls and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor met with Yemeni officials and principal Embassy staff to discuss the current state of EXBS in Yemen. Advisor met with senior representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Yemen and A [...]
2005-08-14 07:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2365DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...]
2005-08-15 12:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM
05SANAA2465CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS MOD AND MOI
[...] (C) Summary. On August 23 Ambassador and visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commanding General, Major General (MGen) Timothy Ghormley met separately with Minister of Defense, Ali Abdullah Alewa, and Minister of Interior, Rashad al-Alimi. Both ministers commended the [...]
2005-08-29 14:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2507SALEH COOPERATIVE ON CT, LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC REWARDS
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met President Saleh September 4 in preparation for APHAS/CT Townsend's September 6 visit to Yemen, and Saleh's November trip to Washington. Ambassador said the highest priorities for discussion include CT and security cooperation, economic reform and development, and [...]
2005-09-05 12:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2530ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQI CONSTITUTION, AND TERRORISM
[...] Poloff delivered reftels on the Arab League meeting, support for the Iraqi Constitution, the Convention Against Terrorism, changes to military commissions, and amendments to the Safety of Maritime Navigation Convention (SUA) to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Post will report any substanti [...]
2005-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KAWC PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA269COMBATING YEMEN'S GRAY MARKET IN SMALL ARMS AND
[...] (S) Summary. Yemen has one of the highest per capita rates of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the world. It has been reported that, as a result of leakage or diversion, Yemeni weapons procured officially by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) have ended up in terrorist caches. In the past y [...]
2005-02-08 15:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2956CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS ADEN
[...] (U) Summary. On October 1, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander MG Timothy Ghormley and Ambassador traveled to Aden for meetings with the Governor of Aden, Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and regional military commanders. MG Ghormley and Ambassador also participate [...]
2005-10-12 11:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS PARM YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2996AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ARMS BROKERS DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Summary. On October 16, Ambassador, along with UK Ambassador Michael Gifford, delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Qirbi expressing concern over the continued use of Yemeni arms dealers to procure weapons on behalf of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). He noted that MOD appe [...]
2005-10-17 11:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC MASS YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2997PROGRESS REPORT ON YEMEN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) Summary. In July, Ambassador presented President Saleh with a white paper assessing the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) level of counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. The Ambassador shared USG concerns that Yemen's efforts to combat terrorism have been neither consistent nor aggressi [...]
2005-10-17 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PARM SA IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3104AMBASSADOR DELIVERS NORTH KOREAN ARMS TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3349MOD SHOWS INTEREST IN WEAPONS INVENTORY CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting, Office of Military Cooperation Chief and DATT briefed Minister of Defense MG Abdullah Ali Aliwa on a proposed weapons inventory control system. OMC Chief explained the basic concept of the system and reiterated USG willingness to assist in its imple [...]
2005-11-26 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA433DEMARCHE ON SCHROEDER VISIT TO YEMEN DELIVERED TO
[...] (C) Ambassador met with German Ambassador to Yemen, Frank Marcus Mann, on February 27 to discuss the upcoming visit of German Chancellor Schroeder. The German Ambassador shared the main issues Schroeder will focus on, encouraging continued ROYG CT efforts and supporting democratization effor [...]
2005-03-02 05:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA564SALEH SAYS FROM NOW ON NO MORE WEAPONS DEALS USING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/ARPI. See para. 12. 2. (S) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Saleh on March 10. In a classic Saleh move to put his interlocutors on the defensive, the Yemeni President opened with a theatrical tirade on the latest Human Rights [...]
2005-03-12 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA SR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA577YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...]
2005-03-13 15:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA651MOI ALIMI: WE GOT THE SA/LW MESSAGE
[...] (S) On March 16, Ambassador and DCM briefed Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi on the March 10 conversation with President Saleh concerning SA/LW (reftel A). Alimi replied that the ROYG shares U.S. concerns over this issue and confirmed that his Ministry received a copy of the President's l [...]
2005-03-19 13:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA YM
05SANAA72TRACK TWO MIL-TO-MIL DIALOGUE MESSAGE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP YM
05SANJOSE1730COSTA RICA: MANPADS INVENTORY AND TRAFFICKING
[...] (C) Summary: Having experienced no major military conflicts, and since abolishing the national army in 1949, the GOCR has never bought, sold or otherwise had possession of MANPADS or similarly sophisticated missile delivery systems. While Costa Rica does represent a transit point on the illic [...]
2005-08-01 22:40:00Embassy San JoseSECRET//NOFORNEAIR ETTC PARM PGOV PREL
05SANSALVADOR2682DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 21:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES
05SANSALVADOR3475EL SALVADOR: PLENARY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 17:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ES UNGA
05SANTIAGO1057CHILE SUPPORTS US APEC INITIATIVES ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) EconOff met yesterday with German King, Director, and Graciela Fernandez, Deputy Director, of the APEC Department of the Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON) to discuss the GOC position on the APEC Radioactive Sources Initiative. King reiterated Chile's support for [...]
2005-05-13 16:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ETTC KSTC ETRD ECIN PARM CI APEC IAEA
05SANTIAGO1559CHILE TO STUDY BLOCKAGE OF WMD PROLIFERATORS'
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Special Policies Francisco Bernales and North America Desk Officer Falastin Shaktur on July 14. Bernales, who is in charge of proliferation issues for the MFA, said that he would ensure wide distributio [...]
2005-07-19 19:47:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC CI
05SANTIAGO1616SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 21:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD CI APECO IAEA
05SANTIAGO1644MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC BOMB
[...] On August 3, conservative, influential Santiago newspaper "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "60 Years since the Atomic Bomb." Quote: "Six decades ago, U.S. President Harry Truman gave the order to drop two atomic bombs [...]
2005-08-03 16:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI
05SANTIAGO1664MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC BOMB
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 19:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI
05SANTIAGO1674MEDIA REACTION - ATOMIC FALL OUT
[...] On August 6, conservative, influential newspaper-of- record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Will Europe Find a Solution?" Quote: "60 years after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the world still fears nuclear holocaust. This is why...we must find [...]
2005-08-09 15:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KMDR KPAO OPRC PARM CI
05SANTIAGO1681A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE:
[...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...]
2005-08-10 14:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA
05SANTIAGO1885IN COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT, A/S OF VERIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the ongoing Compliance Diplomacy initiative, A/S of Verification and Compliance (VC) Paula A. DeSutter emphasized the importance of Chile as a strategic partner with the capacity to influence key organizations and countries on current topics in arms control and nonpr [...]
2005-09-13 13:52:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PINR PINS PREL KNNP CI
05SANTIAGO2168CHILE'S PARTICIPANTS IN APEC EXPORT CONTROLS
[...] Post is pleased to report that the Government of Chile will send three officials to the conference for "Effective Elements of Export Controls for APEC Economies" to be held in Hawaii the first week of November. Post understands that Washington will cover all costs associated with attending th [...]
2005-10-21 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC EAID ECIN ETRD CI APEC
05SANTIAGO2349AMBASSADOR INFORMS SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (S) The Ambassador met with Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales on November 16 to deliver reftel points. The Ambassador noted the U.S. continued to be concerned about the destabilizing effect Venezuela's arms acquisitions could have on the region. As a resu [...]
2005-11-16 20:04:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETMARR MASS PARM VE CI
05SANTIAGO2479CHILE STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Directorate and Special Policies Directorate on December 5. Deputy Director of Special Policies Francisco Bernales told Poloff December 7 that Chile strongly supported the U.S. Compliance Resolution, and wo [...]
2005-12-09 13:32:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM UNGA PREL MNUC CI
05SANTIAGO2526CHILE NOT BUYING BRAHMOS MISSILES; DOWNPLAYS
[...] (C) Post delivered ref A demarche to Claudio Ortiz, advisor to the Minister of Defense, and to Francisco Bernales, Deputy Director Special Policies Directorate at the MFA, on December 15. Both reiterated the GOC's earlier assurances that the GOC and Chilean military do not intend to procure [...]
2005-12-18 10:53:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCR ETTC IN CI
05SANTIAGO2527CHILE: INFORMING GOC ON 2005 MADRID MTCR PLENARY
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel document and demarche to Francisco Bernales, Deputy Director Special Policies Directorate at the MFA, on December 15. Bernales said the lead person on the Missile Technology Control Regime was Alfredo Labbe, Chile's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Natio [...]
2005-12-18 10:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCR SP CI
05SANTIAGO615INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON
[...] In response to Reftel, Post submits the following information regarding maritime security and coordination. 2. Maritime security issues are handled by Economic Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (tel: 56-2-330-3394). Depending on the maritime issue, other agencies at the embassy are ofte [...]
2005-03-21 20:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKSTC EWWT ECON ETRD PARM PHSA PREL PTER
05SANTODOMINGO3365UNSCR 1540 - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Santo Domingo Embassy on June 20 and again on June 15 delivered reftel demarche to MFA's UN/OAS affairs division. We inquired about the reasons for the Dominican Republic's delay in delivering its report under the resolution and asked whether the government might require technical assistance [...]
2005-06-24 19:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3898MANPADS CONTROL AND SECURITY GUIDELINES -
[...] (S/NF) Summary: There are no MANPADS in the weapons inventories of the armed forces of the Dominican Republic, nor are any known to exist within the country. The Dominican Government does have import)export controls on arms purchases, but high levels of corruption call into question the effe [...]
2005-08-05 12:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRET//NOFORNPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4277CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN
[...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...]
2005-09-13 13:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA
05SINGAPORE2420SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH
[...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore next week. My staff and I are working to ensure a very positive and productive visit. Your visit comes at an ideal time to: -- thank Singapore for its strong commitment to the Proliferation Security Initiative and global counterproliferation [...]
2005-08-11 07:29:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC PREL OTRA SN
05SINGAPORE2501UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH PRESSES SINGAPORE ON
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph visited Singapore August 15 and 16 to attend the opening ceremony of the Singapore-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative exercise, Deep Sabre. The Under Secretary engaged his hosts in bilateral discussio [...]
2005-08-19 08:47:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC KNNP MNUC KN IR MTCRE
05SINGAPORE3160U.S.-SINGAPORE PROLIFERATION TALKS IDENTIFY FUTURE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On October 17-18, the U.S. held productive talks with Singapore on a broad range of nonproliferation and counterproliferation issues. The U.S. delegation, co-led by ISN/MTR Director Van Diepen and OSD/ISP/NPP Director David Cooper, was impressed by the level of preparedness and [...]
2005-10-28 10:00:00Embassy SingaporeSECRET//NOFORNPARM MNUC KNNP ETTC SN
05SOFIA1000 STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE PRESSING
[...] SUMMARY: The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's semi-annual Regional Table Meeting May 17-18 in Sofia pushed countries in South East Europe to make a greater political and resource commitment to the Pact's regional initiatives. The meeting was the first serious discussion countries have [...]
2005-06-03 14:06:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PHUM PARM BU
05SOFIA1808BULGARIA CONFIRMS MANPADS COMPONENTS SHIPPED,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The GOB confirmed that 50 MANPADS components were shipped to Egypt after the conclusion of a U.S.-Bulgarian bilateral agreement intended to take Bulgaria out of the commercial MANPADS business. The GOB maintains it never committed to preventing this sale and claims a misunderstan [...]
2005-10-20 06:52:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPARM PREL MASS MARR BG
05SOFIA283BULGARIAN DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SALES TO IRAQ AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We continue to support procurement of military equipment for the security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as a major USG priority, but aspects of this process at the local level have raised concerns about potential weapons diversion. Embassy has encountered at least one case wh [...]
2005-02-11 12:55:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IZ AF BU
05STATE26545MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C)
[...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...]
2005-02-14 20:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY
05TAIPEI1226TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...]
2005-03-22 09:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC
05TAIPEI1499TAIWAN PROPOSES LATE-APRIL/MAY FOR MEGAPORTS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 06:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM EWWT OTRA TW
05TAIPEI1571TAIWAN'S NEW COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICE
[...] (C) AIT/T Deputy Director Keegan hosted officials from Taiwan's new Counterterrorism Office (CTO) to lunch on March 29 in order to learn the function of the office and how AIT might interface with it. Taiwan participants included National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary General (Ste [...]
2005-03-31 09:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1706TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: AIT/T Acting Director Keegan delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen and to Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh in separate meetings on April 7. Both Ministers expressed Taiwan's strong commitment to strengthen Taiwan's export controls. Minister M [...]
2005-04-08 08:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1780TAIWAN'S INADEQUATE EXPORT CONTROLS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 8 Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) gave AIT a report on its investigations into the She Hong Company and Eumatech Company machine tool shipments to Syria, as we had requested in refs C and D. The results of the BOFT investigations, while welcome, suggest that the [...]
2005-04-14 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI1853TAIWAN'S REVISED TECH PROTECTION BILL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: At a Cabinet meeting on April 13, Taiwan's Executive Yuan (EY) passed a "Sensitive Technology Protection" bill that is a more comprehensive, tougher version of the "Technology Protection Bill" that has been stalled in the Legislative Yuan (LY) for over two years. Whi [...]
2005-04-20 09:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2025TAIWAN PROPOSAL ON EXPORT CONTROL PROCEDURES
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with AIT on April 29, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) presented an outline proposal for parameters of the new export control procedures and the "rapid evaluation mechanism" for end-user checks (ref A). BOFT said it would greatly increase the scope of its export [...]
2005-05-04 09:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2039SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) AIT Econoff met May 4, 2005 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),APEC Task Force Chief Lisa Li-hsin Chuang to deliver reftel demarche requesting that Chinese-Taipei support the U.S. radioactive sources initiative at the Sen [...]
2005-05-05 05:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN
05TAIPEI2475TAIWAN TO REQUIRE EXPORT LICENSES FOR MACHINE
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Taiwan plans to impose a positive requirement that Taiwan firms obtain an export license before shipping machine tools, including reexports, to North Korea. Board of Foreign Trade Deputy Director General Wu provided a [...]
2005-06-06 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL PTER PINR TW
05TAIPEI2509SCHEDULING EXPORT CONTROL VISITS WITH TAIWAN
[...] (U) Action request in para. 11. 2. (S) Summary. AIT/T Deputy Director met June 8 with Wang Hsi-tien, Deputy Director General of Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),to discuss ongoing cooperation on export controls. Taiwan is feeling pressure to send a high-level nonproliferation [...]
2005-06-08 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2672(C) TAIWAN REPORTS ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS WILLING
[...] (C) On June 20, AIT/T Economic Section Chief met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Chief Secretary Peter Ho to discuss the disposal of 39,500 kg of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) seized by Taiwan authorities in August 2003. AIT/T had delivered information on how to destroy the chemical to [...]
2005-06-20 07:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP PARM PREL ECON TW
05TAIPEI2682TAIWAN WANTS TO DO EXPORT CONTROLS RIGHT
[...] (C) AIT/T believes that Taiwan wishes to move forward in implementing an effective export control regime, largely due to sustained US interest in this topic. On April 7, when AIT/T Deputy Director demarched the Ministers of Foreign and Economic Affairs regarding export controls, both Minister [...]
2005-06-20 08:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2719TAIWAN MAY TIGHTEN EXPORT CONTROLS
[...] (S) As reported in ref A, AIT/T Econ Officer delivered the demarche requesting Taiwan assistance to investigate possible cases of sensitive technology being sold to Pakistan and Syrian entities. On the margins of the demarche, Wally Su, the head of the Board of Foreign Trade Export Control W [...]
2005-06-22 08:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI2974TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5
[...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...]
2005-07-11 07:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT
05TAIPEI2983TAIWAN SEEKS COMMENT ON EXPORT APPLICATION
[...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On July 8, AIT/T received a request from Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) for U.S. comment on an export license application for 36,000 kg of sodium cyanide ordered by a manufacturer in Iran. We will forward by cl [...]
2005-07-11 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI3075MEGAPORTS TEAM GETS POSITIVE RECEPTION IN
[...] Taiwan officials expressed strong support for the Megaports Program during the visit of U.S. Department of Energy officials William Kilmartin and Jeffrey Miller. Kilmartin and Miller identified no major obstacles to implementing the program in the Port of Kaohsiung. AIT/T passed a draft AIT [...]
2005-07-21 02:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER PARM TW
05TAIPEI3199Taiwan: Seized Phosphorus Pentasulfide Loaded for
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 28 July, 2005, AIT/K Econoff and Economic Assistant observed the entire process of loading and moving 158 barrels of phosphorus pentasulfide which had been held in Kaohsiung Customs impound warehouse, located outside Kaohsiung Harbor, since its seizure by Taiwan Customs from [...]
2005-08-01 23:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PTER EWWT TW IT
05TAIPEI3201TAIWAN RESPONSE TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche on July 28 to National Security Council Deputy Secretary General Wang Hsi-tien and on July 29 to Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Yiin Chii-ming. Both officials welcomed a U.S. export control delegation to come for discussions on August 10 [...]
2005-08-02 00:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI3573TAIWAN AGREES TO EXPORT CONTROL GAMEPLAN IN NP
[...] (S) Summary: The U.S. team led by NP/CBM Director Vann Van Diepen August 10-11 obtained Taiwan's agreement to cooperate to improve Taiwan's export controls over the long term, and all six points in the near term portion of the U.S. "gameplan" concerning Iran and North Korea (ref A). Point o [...]
2005-08-26 23:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI3600TAIWAN WILL FURTHER INVESTIGATE SUSPECT EXPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on August 26. AIT also delivered and explained the AIT-developed license template. BOFT said it will further investigate the cases mentioned in the talking points. BOFT praised the template's "s [...]
2005-08-30 03:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI3714TAIWAN EXPORTS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel non-paper/talking points to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on September 6. BOFT provided results of its preliminary investigation in Eumatech and a copy of its SHTC exporter watch list (para 5). AIT received information in a letter from BOFT on its furt [...]
2005-09-09 01:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IR
05TAIPEI3776TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL QUICK RESPONSE TIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 08:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW
05TAIPEI4068MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK
05TAIPEI4091TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL NON-PRO FOLLOW-UP
[...] (S) Action Request para 4. Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su told AIT via phone on October 5 that he expected the list of Harmonized Tariff System (HS) items requiring export/re-export/transit/transshipment licenses would be ready by October 20 (re [...]
2005-10-05 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
05TAIPEI4246AIT VISITS TAIWAN'S NUCLEAR SAFETY OPS CENTER
[...] (C) Summary: AIT ECONOFF met with officials from Taiwan,s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) to discuss arrangements for the upcoming 2005 AIT/TECRO Joint Standing Committee on Civil Nuclear Cooperation. AEC officials provided a surprise tour of the new Nuclear Safety Duty Center (NSDC). A 24 hour [...]
2005-10-19 08:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PARM KNNP TW IAEA
05TAIPEI4247TAIWAN WANTS TO EXPLAIN EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
05TAIPEI4332TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
[...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...]
2005-10-25 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
05TAIPEI4335TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
[...] (S) In response to ref B message on the inappropriateness of a Taiwan presentation at the upcoming APEC export control event, Executive Yuan Counterterrorism Office Chief Kuo Lin-wu questioned what the Taiwan delegation would do in Hawaii if not allowed to present. AIT explained at length the [...]
2005-10-26 01:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
05TAIPEI4481TAIWAN LEVEL 4 PATHOGENS WARD
[...] (S//NF) Action request para 3. On November 3, NHDetect CEO and President David Trudil discussed with AIT COMM and ECON officers a formal advocacy request that his company is submitting through the USDOC Advocacy Center regarding its bid on the first phase of a planned level 4 pathogens ward. [...]
2005-11-04 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNAMED ETTC PARM TW MTAG CBW
05TAIPEI4604TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: POSITIVE REACTION
[...] (S) AIT delivered ref a talking points to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on November 15. Su gave a very positive response to the news that we have requested our representatives in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom to d [...]
2005-11-17 03:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW CBW MTAG
05TAIPEI4889(S) NIAG 5201: NUCLEAR-RELATED EXPORT BY TAIWAN
[...] (S) AIT delivered ref a points/non-paper on the possible re-export of Japan-origin frequency inverters to an Iranian company to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on December 15. At the same meeting, AIT delivered the ref b talking points and non-p [...]
2005-12-15 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PREL PARM MNUC
05TAIPEI4955EXPERT TEAM REVIEWS TAIWAN'S 1540 REPORT AND
[...] (C) Summary: An EXBS-sponsored team of two non-proliferation experts spent December 11-18 in Taiwan evaluating Taiwan's export control regime. Highlights included a December 12 presentation to an interagency group reviewing Taiwan's UNSCR 1540 report. After conducting several interviews w [...]
2005-12-22 09:11:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TW
05TAIPEI4956DOUBLE SUCCESS IN TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (S) Summary: During meetings with Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on December 16 and 21, Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su enthused to AIT that the USG "gameplan" on export control was already a great success, judging from the offers of assistance BOFT has received from Japan, Au [...]
2005-12-22 09:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL TW CN
05TAIPEI683MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has provided assurances it will cease trade with Iran. In a meeting with AIT on February 17, BOFT provided updates on several export control cases, and [...]
2005-02-18 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW
05TAIPEI818MTAG: TAIWAN ACTS ON EXPORT CONTROL INTELLIGENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan media have reported that the Taoyuan District Prosecutors' Office raided the residence and company buildings of Tony Hsieh (Jin-yi) on February 24, 2005 (reftels). A Taiwan Justice Ministry contact called AIT on the evening of February 24 to alert us to the late-breaking [...]
2005-02-25 09:25:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1462GHOSTS OF HONDURAS' PAST; MANPADS AND THE OAS
[...] (S) Honduras does not/not possess any MANPADS. Please remove Honduras from the list. During the last two years, the Honduran military has discovered two MANPADS left from the 1980s in comprehensive inventory exercises. There was no prior knowledge of their existence. When cleaning out the [...]
2005-07-13 19:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL HO OAS
05TEGUCIGALPA1693SEND LAWYERS, FUNDS AND GUNNY: SA/LW DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of State Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) program officer (PM/WRA) and Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ordnance destruction team visited Honduras August 1-5 to review possible future technical assistance. Team and PolMilOff met with Vice Minis [...]
2005-08-12 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PARM PREL PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1753HONDURAN MOD REQUESTS SA/LW DTRA SEMINARS FROM
[...] (SBU) This is an Action request for PM/WRA and DTRA: Post requests that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) provide the Government of Honduras (GOH) with Physical Security and Stockpile Management Program (PSSMP) seminars. Post received a formal request from Minister of Defense Federic [...]
2005-08-23 22:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MARR MASS PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2249HONDURAN MOD REQUESTS SA/LW DESTRUCTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 19:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MASS PREL MARR PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2576HONDURAS SENT C-130 ENGINES ABROAD FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Post has received confirmation from the Honduran Air Force that Honduras has shipped at least three C-130 engines to an unnamed facility and country for repair/maintenance without prior Department of State approval. Although in [...]
2005-12-23 16:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKOMC ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PINR HO CI
05TEGUCIGALPA26HONDURAS APPROVED FOUR OUTSTANDING
[...] Summary: During 2004, the GOH ratified two outstanding OAS counterterrorism (CT) conventions and achieved congressional approval of the last two outstanding international conventions/protocols. The GOH is now a party to 10 international and two regional CT conventions and will soon be a party [...]
2005-01-04 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA273HONDURAN RESPONSE TO G-8 FM'S LETTER ON IAEA
[...] As reported ref A, Embassy delivered the G-8 Foreign Ministers' letter on the IAEA Comprehensive Safeguard Agreements and the Additional Protocol in English (ref C) and Spanish (ref B),under cover letter from the Ambassador, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Leonidas Rosa Bautista in December 20 [...]
2005-02-07 17:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL AORC PARM OPDC HO IAEA
05TEGUCIGALPA623HONDURAS: MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post maintains extensive contacts with the GOH and the private sector on all issues relating to maritime security and the efficient and safe functioning of Honduras' ports. Coordination at Post among agencies is excellent and is conducted on an as-needed basis. The GOH has demo [...]
2005-03-21 12:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD PGOV KSTC PARM PREL PTER ASEC HO
05TELAVIV1593C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]
2005-03-17 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1682IVANOV TELLS ISRAELIS THAT RUSSIAN FUEL DELIVERY
[...] (C) According to Israeli officials, Russian National Security Adviser Igor Ivanov and MINATOM staff told the GOI on March 15 that Russian fuel could be delivered to Bushehr "as early as the end of 2005," although the Russians noted that a more likely date would be June 2006. Ariel "Eli" Levit [...]
2005-03-21 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1928ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff, and Director for Arms Control Alon Bar will travel to China for meetings with Chinese officials on April 4-5. According to Bar, the purpose of the trip is to discuss counterterrorism [...]
2005-03-29 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4107MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO
[...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]
2005-06-29 13:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5137A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD
[...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]
2005-08-19 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV544DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings in Tel Aviv on January 18-20. In recognition of their adherence to the NSG Guidelines and promulgation of new export control legislation, the Israelis requested U.S. help in obt [...]
2005-01-31 10:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5705IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...]
2005-09-16 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5794NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S
[...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]
2005-09-21 03:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5796EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA
[...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...]
2005-09-23 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6751SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9
[...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]
2005-12-02 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6798ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...]
2005-12-06 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6872ISRAEL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov told poloff December 4 that: -- Israel continues to be interested in active participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (Proliferation Security Initiative) and ot [...]
2005-12-09 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV7002ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION,
[...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]
2005-12-19 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7030NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO
[...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]
2005-12-21 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05THEHAGUE1560THE NETHERLANDS ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered ref A demarche points to Dutch MFA Arms Transfer Policy Office Director Paul van den IJssel on June 1 (reported ref B) and followed up with him and action officer Marijn van Blom on June 3. Van den IJssel said that after the recent NPT RevCon, a positive result at the [...]
2005-06-03 14:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE167DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]
2005-01-25 07:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE1855PSI: DUTCH SUPPORT ELIMINATING CORE GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-30 12:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE1926U.S.-NETHERLANDS EWGPP MOU SIGNED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 14:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NL NRG
05THEHAGUE2080S37-05: NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Hedda Samson (Senior Policy Officer, Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation, MFA) on July 28. Samson stated she would pass the points on to the appropriate agencies, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the intelligence services. 2. (C) Sams [...]
2005-07-29 07:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC IR PARM PREL SU AE CBW NK
05THEHAGUE2185NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 16:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2186MTAG 5-96: NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 16:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC MNUC NL PARM PREL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2256NETHERLANDS: MTCR PAPERS FOR SEPTEMBER PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:55:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2257NETHERLANDS: AUSTRALIA GROUP BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL CBW
05THEHAGUE2271NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA,
[...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]
2005-08-17 14:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2434NETHERLANDS: MAJOR MILITARY REORGANIZATION
[...] Summary: The Dutch military has implemented a major reorganization that strengthens the role of Chief of Defense Gen. Dick Berlijn by giving him operational control over the Army, Air Force and Navy -- powers that previously rested with the service chiefs. The three services fought a losing b [...]
2005-09-07 14:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2435NETHERLANDS: PREPARATIONS FOR MTCR PLENARY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff discussed reftel A points with Ceta Noland (Policy Advisor, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 6. Noland stated that the Dutch can support the U.S. proposal on North Korea, as it allows states to pursue its goals on a "case by case basis" acco [...]
2005-09-07 15:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA NL MTCRE
05THEHAGUE2478NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE
[...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) September 12. Wilke appreciated the additional information, noting that the Dutch security services were investigating the case based on our August demarche. He stated he would pas [...]
2005-09-13 13:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC IR PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2561NETHERLANDS: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH ON FUEL SUPPLY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 13:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2646NETHERLANDS/60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.
[...] On September 30, POLOFF presented ref A points to Mark Verschuur, Deputy Director of the International Law Division of the Dutch MFA. Verschuur indicated general approval of the points and said that he believed his colleagues at the Dutch Mission to the UN, to whom he promised to send the poi [...]
2005-09-30 14:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL NL UNGA CDG
05THEHAGUE2665NETHERLANDS: ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 14:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS UP NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2666NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY
[...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of Hugo Siblesz (Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) on September 30. On October 4, Charge followed up directly with Siblesz. Siblesz said the Dutch definitely plan to participate in the October 12 and 13 London meetings on fuel supply assura [...]
2005-10-04 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2675NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]
2005-10-05 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
05THEHAGUE2696NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH NON-COMMITTAL ON FIRST
[...] (C) On September 6, POLOFF discussed reftel points on the proposed Mexican draft resolution on ad hoc committees in the UNGA First Committee (UNFC) to Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division at the MFA. Wiegman explained that the Dutch do not yet have [...]
2005-10-06 11:51:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC AORC NL
05THEHAGUE2702NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO INVITE ON FUEL SUPPLY
[...] Polmiloff delivered reftel A letter to the Office of Robert de Groot, Head of the MFA's Department of Security Policy, on October 5. 2. Polmiloff received the same day the following response from the Office of Hugo Siblesz to U/S Joseph's September 26 letter (ref B) inviting him to particip [...]
2005-10-06 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2829NETHERLANDS/NSG: U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel talking points and questions/answers to Paul Wilke (Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, MFA) October 18 . Wilke said he would pass the points to the Dutch delegation in preparation for the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group in Vienna. He add [...]
2005-10-18 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN NL
05THEHAGUE3112NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING PARITY TO OUR
[...] (S) On November 16, Polcouns shared reftel concerns of Venezuelan arms acquisitions with Robert de Groot (Head of the Office of Security Policy, MFA). De Groot said the Dutch understood U.S. concerns and were also troubled by Venezuelan activities. He added that the Dutch would continue to lo [...]
2005-11-17 14:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PARM MARR MASS NL VE
05THEHAGUE3156NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONSIDERING UN AIRCRAFT
[...] (C) The Dutch will consider the UN's request for aircraft to support the UNAMI mission, but will seek assurances on security, according to the MFA. On November 23, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche points to Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department [...]
2005-11-23 14:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE3168NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH UNABLE TO HELP ON UN
[...] (C) The Netherlands lacks the capacity to provide aircraft to support the UNAMI mission. Willemijn Kallenberg (Senior Policy Advisor, North Africa and Middle East Department, MFA) told Poloff November 25 that the Dutch received last week at the UN a request similar to reftel points. Willemijn [...]
2005-11-25 07:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR IZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE3169NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED
[...] (S) On November 16, Washington-based analysts, accompanied by Charge, POLCOUNS, and MPP Deputy Chief, delivered a classified briefing on Iran's nuclear weaponization program to senior Dutch MFA officials. The Dutch side included Hugo Siblesz (Political Director),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Pol [...]
2005-11-25 08:26:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL KNNP IR EU NL
05THEHAGUE3221NETHERLANDS/NATO: RESPONSE TO NAC COMMUNIQUE CFE
[...] (C) The Dutch continue to support efforts to revise International Staff language on Russian withdrawal from Moldova in the December 2005 NAC Communique. MFA Chief of the Arms Control Division Matthijs Wolters told Polmiloff December 1 that the Dutch see the EITHER option as doing more to enco [...]
2005-12-02 06:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE NL NATO
05THEHAGUE484DUTCH UNVEIL THEIR 14-BIT ADC PARTS CONTROL PLAN
[...] all 14-bit ADCs that are to be supplied under this contract will solely be used for the manufacture of base stations or parts thereof for civilian communication purposes; 2. telecommunication equipment or assembled parts of such equipment containing these 14-bit ADCs can only be sold to tele [...]
2005-02-22 09:08:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC KSTC PARM NL CH
05THEHAGUE530IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH ON FEBRUARY 28 BOG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 14:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR NL IAEA
05THEHAGUE865PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 15:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL
05TOKYO1331VIEWPOINT OF THE SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY IN TOKYO
[...] (C) ROK Deputy Chief of Mission in Tokyo, Choo Kyu-ho, accompanied by First Secretary Jeong Woon-jin, conveyed his embassy's viewpoints on North Korea, China, and the status of Japan-ROK bilateral relations at a March 7, 2005 lunch with the Charge. DCM Choo presented a rather dismal assessment [...]
2005-03-07 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL JA KS KN CH MNNUC
05TOKYO1349U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL:
[...] (C) Summary: During informal policy planning talks with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister Tsuneo Nishida on March 2, Director of Policy Planning Stephen D. Krasner discussed East Asian architecture, China, North Korea and the President's democratization agenda. Nishida said Ja [...]
2005-03-08 07:50:00Embassy TokyoSECRETECIN PREL PARM PINR KDEM CH TW KN JA ASEAN
05TUNIS1067TUNISIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING OFFICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-20 14:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT TS
05USNATO3NATO MOVES FORWARD WITH LANDMARK BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 16:59:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO KNNP PARM MNUC
05VIENNA1064GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF
[...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]
2005-04-01 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
05VIENNA132SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION:
[...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...]
2005-01-14 09:52:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN
05VIENNA1498BWC 2005 WORK PROGRAM MEETINGS ON CODES OF
[...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper to acting head of MFA Nonproliferation Bureau Dorothea Auer on May 6. Auer thanked us for the information and responded that it was clear that any "universal" code of conduct was a non-starter. She also thought it unlik [...]
2005-05-09 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AU CBW EUN
05VIENNA164AMBASSADOR URGES NEW INTERIOR MINISTER TO HALT
[...] (S) Summary: In his first meeting with new Interior Minister Liese Prokop on January 18, the Ambassador praised the excellent cooperation the U.S. has enjoyed with the Ministry on law enforcement, anti-terrorism, and Embassy security issues. He explained in detail U.S. concerns regarding Au [...]
2005-01-20 12:44:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA165AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: FURTHER SHIPMENTS
[...] (S) After the Ambassador's January 18 meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Liese Prokop (reported septel),Helmut Krehlik (strictly protect),head of the Economics Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, called Econ Unit Chief to ask for an urgent appointment. Krehlik said that Ste [...]
2005-01-20 13:06:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA178AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO SA/LW DEMARCHE
[...] On January 21, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Norbert Hack, Counsellor in the MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division. Hack said that Austria intended to support the EU position on this issue. Hack added that all sides would have to compromise to ensure passage of the propose [...]
2005-01-21 15:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM AU CDG UN
05VIENNA1935EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY:
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...]
2005-06-10 09:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN
05VIENNA1942AUSTRIA REJECTS LICENSE FOR ASSAULT RIFLE EXPORT
[...] (S) On June 7, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Western European Affairs Herbert Krauss (strictly protect) asked to meet with us to follow up on a May 18 briefing for Austrian officials on nonproliferation issues. Pol Unit Chief met Krauss (whose bureau also currently handles military transit [...]
2005-06-10 14:59:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL IR AU
05VIENNA2345SHIELD S08-02, S63-02, S21-04: GOA RESPONSE TO USG
[...] (S) On July 1, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Economic Ministry's Export and Import Control Division, underscoring USG concerns with plans to build an Iranian Trade and Technology Center in Austria. Krehlik (strictly protect) said certain Austri [...]
2005-07-12 14:36:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU IR CBW
05VIENNA2400AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...]
2005-07-15 15:57:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA2647SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE:
[...] Post sent reftel letter of invitation and draft schedule for the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference to Helmut Krehlik from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and to Franz Kocian from the Ministry of Interior, Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution a [...]
2005-08-05 14:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KSTC MASS ETTC AU
05VIENNA2663U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) Following receipt of reftel (and a specific MFA request for a briefing),Acting Econ/Pol Couns met with MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Alexander Kmentt to discuss U.S-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation. Kmentt said he had been studying the initiative [...]
2005-08-08 15:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL
05VIENNA2931MTAG 5-96: POTENTIAL UAV COOPERATION BETWEEN AN
[...] (S) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said he [...]
2005-09-01 12:20:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA2932SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN
[...] (S/NF) On August 30, EconPolCouns and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A nonpaper to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and to Dorothea Auer, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Auer and Krehlik [...]
2005-09-01 12:23:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL AU IR
05VIENNA3062AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...]
2005-09-14 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN
05VIENNA3135MTAG: INTERIM AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF
[...] (S) On September 15, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Falschleiner in the Ministry of Economy's office responsible for dual-export controls, requesting the GoA to investigate the Austrian firm WFL Millturn Technologies' offer of spare parts to the Beijing Power Machin [...]
2005-09-21 11:42:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3203AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA
[...] (S) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points and nonpapers to Rudolf Unterkoefler, Head of the Ministry of Interior's Economic and Financial Investigations Division and to Josef Mahr, Head of the Austrian FIU, and separately to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's J [...]
2005-09-27 12:14:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC AU
05VIENNA331AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: COMPANY HEAD
[...] (S) Ambassador and DCM called on Ambassador Hans-Peter Manz, the Chancellor,s diplomatic advisor, at Manz,s request on February 2 to discuss the Steyr-Mannlicher sale of sniper rifles to Iran (reftels). Manz said his government wanted to avoid creating any wrong impressions in Washington: t [...]
2005-02-04 15:34:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3323UNFC DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION:AUSTRIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points and a copy of the U.S. draft compliance resolution to MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for International Organization Affairs Helmut Boeck on September 30. Pol Unit Chief followed up on October 5 with MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothe [...]
2005-10-07 14:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AU CDG UNGA EUN
05VIENNA3324ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP TRUST FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MASS UP AU NATO
05VIENNA3325MTAG 5-96: AUSTRIAN FIRM OFFERS GRAPHITE TO
[...] (S/NF) On September 7, post delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Export and Import Control Division in the Ministry of Economy and to Alexander Kmentt, Deputy Head of the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division. Krehlik said an official from "another English-sp [...]
2005-10-07 14:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3358MTAG: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON FIRM'S OFFER OF CNC
[...] (S) On October 12, Econ Unit Chief followed up on ref A with Gerhard Erdpresser, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Anti-Dumping, Dual-Use and Wassenaar Arrangement Division. Erdpresser thanked the USG for the information in ref B and said the MoE had carefully checked the spare parts s [...]
2005-10-14 06:59:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU CH MTCRE
05VIENNA3462DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. 2. (S) Auer undertook to investigate the issue of plans by Steyr-Mannlicher to export weapons technology to Iran thro [...]
2005-10-27 11:16:00Embassy ViennaSECRETAU ETTC PARM PREL
05VIENNA3463DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dorothea Auer, Austrian MFA Director (assistant secretary) for Non-Proliferation, and Alexander Kmennt, Auer's DAS-level assistant for nuclear non-proliferation, on October 25. 2. (C) Auer and Kmennt were grateful for the detailed de [...]
2005-10-27 12:12:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IN AU
05VIENNA3464MTAG 5-96: FOLLOW-UP ON AUSTRIAN FIRM'S OFFER TO
[...] (S/NF) PolUnit Chief and EconUnit Chief followed up recently with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division, and Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Head of the MFA's Export Control Division, to discuss the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare P [...]
2005-10-27 12:42:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3471PSI -- DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PSI REGIONAL
[...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 25 to Dorothea Auer, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary level Director for Non-Proliferation. SIPDIS 2. Auer said she would coordinate with her colleagues in the Defense Ministry and in law enforcement agencies to determ [...]
2005-10-27 15:22:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM AU
05VIENNA37AUSTRIAN EXPORT OF SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN --
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador raised the transfer of Steyr-Mannlicher sniper rifles to Iran with Foreign Minstry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes SIPDIS Kyrle on January 7. Kyrle stressed that the Foreign Ministry had verified the end-user as an Iranian government en [...]
2005-01-07 13:39:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL PINR IR AU
05VIENNA372NPT 2005 REVCON PREPARATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Bureau on February 2. PolOffs followed up on February 4 with Robert Zischg, MFA director for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Disarmament, and Arms Control. Zischg's likely successor, Alexander Kmentt, also participated. Zischg [...]
2005-02-08 15:34:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP AU NPT IAEA EUN
05VIENNA3737AUSTRIA: STEYR-MANNLICHER CONTINUES BUSINESS WITH
[...] (S) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A points November 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was not surprised that Steyr-Mannlicher President Wolfgang Fuerlinger wanted to sell weapons production technology to Iran. Krehlik [...]
2005-11-25 14:47:00Embassy ViennaSECRETETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA3745AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CHARGE FIRM WITH
[...] (S/NF) During a November 25 discussion with Economic Unit Chief, Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Import and Export Division, said that the GoA would almost certainly charge the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) Industrial Spare Parts company with violating Austria's Foreign Trade A [...]
2005-11-28 14:40:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3774SHIELD S13A-05: AUSTRIAN FIRM'S ACTIVITY MAY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 15:37:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW
05VIENNA3833DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 7, Charge was able to reach Chancellery Diplomatic Advisor Hans-Peter Manz by telephone as Manz was about to leave with the Chancellor for Washington. Charge presented the unclassified portions of reftel demarche, and undertook to arrange for the classified portions to reach Manz [...]
2005-12-07 17:16:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP EU AU
05VIENNA3878AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF
[...] (C) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A talking points and nonpaper one December 12 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division and to Birgit Ertl in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Froehlich reiterated points from ref B discussion, in which he n [...]
2005-12-14 15:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEWWT MNUC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA3912IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000: DEMARCHE ON
[...] (S) On December 19, Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Division, notifying the GoA of impending sanctions against Steyr-Mannlicher under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. Krehlik thanked the USG for advance [...]
2005-12-19 15:49:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA3920SHIELD S13A-05: FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) On January 19, Econ Unit Chief met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Division to discuss the Austrian firm Vogelbusch's possible sale of technology and equipment for a citric acid production line to the Iranian firm Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries. Krehli [...]
2005-12-20 11:29:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU CBW
05VIENNA3973IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000: AUSTRIAN
[...] (SBU) The public announcement of sanctions against Austrian arms manufacturer Steyr-Mannlicher on December 27 gave rise to headlines in the Austrian media. Most reporting identified the sale and shipment of 800 high-powered, 50-caliber sniper rifles to Iran as the reason for the U.S. action. [...]
2005-12-30 14:17:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC AU MTCRE
05VIENNA406AUSTRIA: NO APPROVAL TO EXPORT MORE SNIPER RIFLES
[...] (S) Summary: Diplomatic Advisor to the Chancellor Hans Peter Manz assured the Ambassador on February 10 that the Austrian government would not/not authorize Steyr-Mannlicher to export any further sniper rifles to Iran. He also noted that the government would not permit the export of handguns [...]
2005-02-10 16:18:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA735AUSTRALIA GROUP 2005 PLENARY: DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 16:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL AU
05VIENNA875AUSTRALIA GROUP INFO EXCHANGE AND EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) points on March 10 to Dorothea Auer, Office Director for Biological and Chemical Weapons in MFA's Bureau for Nonproliferation and Arms Control. Auer said that Austrian representatives (including herself) would certainly attend these meetings. Austria p [...]
2005-03-16 15:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL AU
05VILNIUS1050GOL WILL PRESS UKRAINE ON NATO MUNITIONS PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 14:59:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS UP LH
05VILNIUS1153(S) MTAG 03-03: GOL CONFIRMS END-USE OF MACEDONIAN
[...] (S) Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division, informed us that the GOL's interagency import control board approved the application of the Kaunas-based British company Jurby Watertech to import a "MAW 20 MS3" filament winding machine (ref A). [...]
2005-10-27 13:48:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MK LH
05VILNIUS1346GOL REQUESTS USG INPUT ON HELICOPTER TRAINING FOR
[...] (U) This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington by OOB January 5. 2. (C) Summary: The GOL is currently considering approval of a contract for a Lithuanian firm to broker a deal for its Russian partner to provide training to Iranian helicopter pilots. T [...]
2005-12-29 14:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC MCAP IR RS LH
05VILNIUS530LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL
[...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...]
2005-05-23 09:24:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP
05VILNIUS596GERMAN AND LITHUANIAN AUTHORITIES SCRUTINIZE MONEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY RSO BRENT A. BARKER. REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) Summary. The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigative Service recently disclosed to us that in 2004 it received an informal request from a German government agency regarding a financial transaction used to "purchase equipment in [...]
2005-06-10 05:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMCAP KSTC PARM PTER PINR EFIN KNNP ASEC IR LH
05VILNIUS648LITHUANIAN MFA OPPOSES ARMS SALE TO NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's MFA will oppose the approval of a license for JSC Manubaltas to export ammunition manufacturing equipment to the Kingdom of Nepal at the GOL's next inter-agency meeting on this issue. The GOL had consulted with the USG on this sale, pursuant to its Wassenaar commitme [...]
2005-06-21 12:43:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM LH NP
05VILNIUS693LITHUANIA GRATEFUL FOR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] The Ambassador informed GOL officials on June 30 of the decision to allocate USD 8 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds to Lithuania. In separate conversations, the Ambassador spoke with Minister of Defense Gediminas Kirkilas, Director of the MFA's America, Africa, Asia and Oceania Departme [...]
2005-07-01 12:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM LH
05VILNIUS704GOL PROVIDES COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND WISH LIST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL provided us on July 5 an updated list of equipment it hopes to purchase with the USD $8 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds that Congress allocated to Lithuania. The GOL plans to use the money to bolster its force leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in A [...]
2005-07-07 13:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PARM LH
05WARSAW13 Further Press Stories on Alleged Polish Bribery
[...] (U) Summary: Polish papers continue to follow allegations that a shadowy Polish tycoon, Marek Dochnal, bribed a parliamentarian related to the privatization sale of a steel mill. There are also allegations that Dochnal was involved in the campaign by Russian companies to buy shares in Poland' [...]
2005-01-03 14:48:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD PARM PREL PL
05WARSAW1521POLISH HELICOPTERS YET AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary. The Polish state-owned holding company, Bumar, continues to work with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on helicopter contracts. Bumar understands that the contracts were amended at the insistence of U.S. military advisors, who Bumar believes were pressured to do so by American and [...]
2005-03-17 13:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MCAP PARM ECON IZ PL
05WARSAW3210MTCR POINTS DELIVERED TO POLISH MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 14:54:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PL MTCRE
05WARSAW3305MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) "SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PL MTCRE
05WARSAW3410POLISH RESPONSE REGARDING WEAPONS SALES TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Economy (MOE) and MFA officials responsible for export controls. Both ministries confirmed that there was an agreement with Indonesia for sale of the Kobra air defense system to Indonesia, but there were as yet no applications for [...]
2005-09-19 13:03:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS PL LY IN
05WARSAW3625POLISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief was called in to MFA October 17 by Deputy Director for Security Policy Tadeusz Chomicki to discuss the upcoming selection of a new chairman for the Zangger Committee. Chomicki explained that the Polish delegation had provided to the British Mission in Vienna, which acts as s [...]
2005-10-18 14:41:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC KNNP PL EUN
05WARSAW3826NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT LISTS MISSILE DEFENSE IN
[...] (U) In a published addendum to his November 10 expose to the Sejm (Parliament) in advance of the first vote of confidence in his newly formed government (reftel),PM Marcinkiewicz included a specific statement on missile defense cooperation with the United States. The statement listed as one [...]
2005-11-14 16:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV PARM PL
05WARSAW3954NAC COMMUNIQUE: POLAND SUPPORTS STRONG LANGUAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 16:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE PL NATO
05WARSAW4124DRAFT POLISH DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Poland's Parliamentary Defense Committee offered a glimpse of future defense spending when it approved the $5.6 billion draft defense budget for 2006 on December 15. This represents a 3.3% increase (adjusted for inflation) over 2005. Significant elements of the draft include $1 billi [...]
2005-12-28 15:53:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PREL PTER PARM PL
05WELLINGTON243NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...]
2005-03-23 04:07:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON275MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEW
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials are considering whether the country should serve as the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Chair for 2006-7, as suggested by current Chair South Korea and quietly endorsed by the United States and Australia. The officials will be unable to make a deci [...]
2005-04-01 05:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
05WELLINGTON293NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...]
2005-04-08 02:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON294NEW ZEALAND GEARING UP FOR AUSTRALIA GROUP PLENARY
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials from the Prime Minister's External Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Customs Service will attend the April 18-22 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Sydney. The group does not plan to present any papers or introduce any new initiatives [...]
2005-04-08 03:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL NZ CBE
05WELLINGTON310NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...]
2005-04-14 02:53:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON385NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
[...] (U) This message contains an action suggestion, at para 5. 2. (U) Post shared reftel demarche with the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The Division takes the lead at MFAT on all bilateral and multilateral disarmament-related issues. 3. (U) [...]
2005-05-13 04:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN NZ APECO
05WELLINGTON420 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Stafford to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from June 8-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to consult with New Zealand government officials on international participation in the Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Produc [...]
2005-05-31 05:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG KNNP PARM NZ
05WELLINGTON513 NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel message and talking points to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Disarmament Division on April 26, 2005. Dell Higgie, Director of MFAT's Security Policy Division and Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism responded in a letter that the embassy recei [...]
2005-07-05 03:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON527WMD PROLIFERATORS' E.O.
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Couns shared reftel information with Deborah Panckhurst, Deputy Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stressing our desire that New Zealand adopt a similar policy. Panckhurst promised to review the E.O. closely and said that she would [...]
2005-07-07 05:01:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC
05WELLINGTON585NEW ZEALAND ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Couns delivered reftel information to Deborah Pankhurst, Deputy Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Pankhurst said that MFAT had already received a fair amount of information about the initiative from the New Zealand Embassy [...]
2005-08-02 05:15:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL
05WELLINGTON637 New Zealand on U.S. APEC Radioactive Sources
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 01:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN APEC IAEA
05WELLINGTON665AUSTRALIA GROUP: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS WORKING GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 05:31:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC NZ
05WELLINGTON707NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND ARF CBM SEMINAR ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR XB NZ
05WELLINGTON748NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 02:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON79260TH UNFC: NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) Largely because of frustration over the lack of progress in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the New Zealand government supports the draft resolution in the UN First Committee that would establish Ad Hoc Committees under the UN General Assembly. However, New Zealand does not want the [...]
2005-10-13 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ
05WELLINGTON82U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] (C) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...]
2005-01-28 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON898PSI: NEW ZEALAND WILL ATTEND HAMBURG REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 02:42:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON900NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
[...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese government that the company does not meet New Zealand [...]
2005-11-21 03:16:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ
05YEREVAN1020SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO YEREVAN
[...] (SBU) In a brief stop as part of a larger trip to the region, Senator Chuck Hagel, along with EUCOM Deputy Commander Charles Wald and other DOD personnel, visited Yerevan June 2-3. During his visit the Senator discussed regional stability, military cooperation as well as progress on economic [...]
2005-06-10 03:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM AM AJ GG RU
05YEREVAN1058RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
[...] (C) Armenian officials have confirmed news reports that the transfer of materiel from Russian military bases in Georgia to a Russian military base in Armenia is already underway. According to Russian DCM Igor Gromyko, the transfer will not violate the conditions of the Conventional Forces in [...]
2005-06-17 02:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS AM GG RU
05YEREVAN1298ARMENIA DRAGS ITS FEET ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 10:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM
05YEREVAN131CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER
[...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...]
2005-01-26 11:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
05YEREVAN1407ARMENIA: GOOD PROGRESS ON DEFENSE ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Although it took nearly two years to get Armenia to agree to a defense assessment, now that it has begun, good progress is being made. The second visit of U.S. experts took place July 26-28. After consultations with Armenia's general staff, the current draft accurately describes Armenia' [...]
2005-08-04 13:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL MARR AM
05YEREVAN154UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) On January 31, we met with Armen Israelian, head of the MFA's Department for Arms Control and International Security to follow up on the reported (ref) seizure on the Georgia-Turkey border of cesium-137 reportedly originating in Armenia. Israelian said that the Armenian National Security [...]
2005-01-31 13:10:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN1758DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNFC RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 11:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL AM CDG UNGA
05YEREVAN1811ARMENIA: MORE PROGRESS ON DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) During September 28-29 Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Yerevan, the Armenian military's senior leadership indicated an encouraging commitment to openness and transparency, engaging in straightforward discussions centered on Armenia's current threat environment. According to Minis [...]
2005-10-07 10:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL MARR AM
05YEREVAN1935DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA TO SUPPORT UNSCR ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 11:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ AM UNSC
05YEREVAN2030CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: ARMENIA MISSES
[...] (C) Following what appeared to be good progress toward implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),Armenian MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Acting Division Head Karen Matirossian told us during a recent meeting that, as he had predicted in March (ref B),the GOAM w [...]
2005-11-18 11:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05YEREVAN2104ARMENIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNGA/60TH RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 11:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC AM UNGA
05YEREVAN244ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Treat Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Despite GOAM assurances that ratification by the National Assembly was "locked in," the Armenian parliament failed on February 9 to ratify its bilateral Article 98 agreement with the USG. Member absenteeism and the oppositio [...]
2005-02-10 12:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM AM
05YEREVAN281ARMENIA: URANIUM SMUGGLER CONVICTED, THEN RELEASED
[...] (S/NF) On 15 December 2004, Garik Dadayan, an Armenian citizen, was convicted of attempting to smuggle radioactive material across state borders. Samvel Mnatsakanian, the lead prosecutor in the case, said that because of the weakness of evidence and poor cooperation between law enforcement a [...]
2005-02-17 12:32:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AM GG
05YEREVAN312LITTLE PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATING SEIZURE OF
[...] (C) Armenia asserts that it has still not received formal notification that from either the IAEA or from the Turkish authorities that Cesium-137 seized on the Georgia-Turkey border in December 2004 originated in Armenia. Armenian MFA experts tell us they will insist on a formal investigation [...]
2005-02-24 09:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM TU KPRP
05YEREVAN337ARMENIA RATIFIES ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-28 11:58:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM AM
05YEREVAN34EMBASSY YEREVAN SUPPORTS U.S. JOINING BLACK SEA
[...] (C) Summary. Post strongly supports the United State's joining the Black Sea Economic Council (BSEC) as an observer, per ref A. There could be multiple benefits for the U.S.: we focus here on those that intersect with our regional goals in the South Caucasus. Due to Armenia's political isola [...]
2005-01-11 13:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECIN ETTC KFPC PARM AM
05YEREVAN371 ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CWC ARTICLE VII DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 10:29:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05YEREVAN44ARMENIA SEEKS USG PERMISSION TO SELL WEAPONS TO
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request. Please see para 7. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) On January 11, Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian asked the Ambassador what the U.S. view would be on a potential weapons sale to Iran. Sargsian said that the GOAM is under increasing pr [...]
2005-01-12 12:42:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL AM IR
05YEREVAN45AMBASSADOR DELIVERS WARNING ON ARMS CONTROL
[...] (S/NF) In deploying troops to the coalition in Iraq and agreeing to a defense assessment, Armenia has taken important steps in building a broader, deeper defense relationship; lack of full compliance with conventional arms control regimes would negate that progress. That was the message the A [...]
2005-01-12 12:42:00Embassy YerevanSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MARR KCFE AM OSCE
05YEREVAN451SPIKE IN N-K CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS "SEASONAL"
[...] (C) The number of cease-fire violations along the line of contact between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has increased dramatically since the beginning of March. Although accusations of responsibility and casualty figures vary according to the source of th [...]
2005-03-14 11:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL AJ AM
05YEREVAN517ARMENIAN DEFMIN ON POW'S, CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan was to blame for the recent increase in cease-fire violations on the line of contact with Azerbaijan. If the International Community was now concerned about the effect of violations on the negotiation process, t [...]
2005-03-23 12:11:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR AM AJ
05YEREVAN553LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of hearings today in the Armenian National Assembly on Nagorno-Karabagh (SEPTEL),Foreign Minister Oskanian passed the following letter to embassy representatives of Minsk Group co-Chairs, addressed to Ministers. The letter raises concerns about the possibility o [...]
2005-03-29 12:22:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDAJ AM PARM PBTS PREL
05YEREVAN593GENERAL WALD'S MARCH 30-31 VISIT TO ARMENIA
[...] (C) In meetings with President Kocharian, MOD Sargsian and CHOD Harutiunyan, EUCOM's General Charles Wald acknowledged steps Armenia had taken in the past year to open the way for a closer defense relationship with the U.S. General Wald assured President Kocharian that peace and stability in [...]
2005-04-05 11:08:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PARM MARR AM
05YEREVAN615OSCE SPECIAL REP ON N-K POW ISSUE, CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) OSCE Special Rep Andrzej Kasprzyk told the Ambassador on April 7 that although OSCE CiO Rupel had secured agreement during his March 31 visit from "N-K" authorities for three Azerbaijani POWs to be returned, this action was complicated by the April 1 capture of an Armenian soldier by Azerba [...]
2005-04-07 13:09:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM AM AJ
05YEREVAN634UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH
[...] (C) We recently met with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to follow-up on any details concerning the December 2004 Cesium-137 seizure at the Georgian/Turkish border per ref A. Martirosyan stated that ANRA had still not received any official notification [...]
2005-04-12 02:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN85ARMENIAN MOD TAKES "NO" FOR AN ANSWER
[...] (S) Summary: Armenia will comply with a USG request (ref) and will refrain from proceeding with a transfer to Iran of an anti-air missile system. End Summary. 2. (S) Ambassador met privately with Armenian Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsian January 19 and conveyed points contained reftel. [...]
2005-01-19 12:36:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPARM PREL AM IR
05YEREVAN865DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-16 11:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM
05YEREVAN997FM OSKANIAN ON ARMENIA'S CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) On June 2, FM Oskanian briefed Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan. He characterized the May 17 Warsaw meeting of Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev as "positive," with a critical step forward, but rejected Azerbaijan's assertion that Armenia had agreed to return all "occupied [...]
2005-06-07 11:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PHUM
05ZAGREB155PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...]
2005-02-02 07:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO
05ZAGREB335CROATIA SOON READY TO TALK SOFA & ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) New Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy Igor Pokaz told the DCM in a introductory call on February 24 that he is planning to lead a delegation to Washington around March 29-31 to restart talks on Supplemental SOFA and Article 98 agreements. Pokaz would like to finalize an agreement on [...]
2005-03-03 13:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM KNNP HR NATO
05ZAGREB369CROATIA DELIVERS WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT ASSURANCES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) On March 4 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hidajet Biscevic delivered the diplomatic note (para 3) to Ambassador Frank in response to our demarche per reftels on support for Croatia's Wassenaar Arrangement Membership. Request Depart [...]
2005-03-08 11:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MASS HR
06ABIDJAN1256COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITY
[...] (S) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered talking points in reftel to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) TANOH indicated that Cote d'Ivoire takes its UN obligations seriously and op [...]
2006-11-09 17:15:00Embassy AbidjanSECRETPARM PREL IV
06ABUDHABI103REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On January 16, Pol Chief met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to deliver ref A points on U.S. views regarding the Iran nuclear issue, and texts of both the EU-3 Foreign Ministers' Statement and the Secretary's Statement on Iran's resumption of uranium SIP [...]
2006-01-17 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC AE UN
06ABUDHABI1202SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH VISIT TO THE UAE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy welcomes you back to the UAE to secure UAE endorsement the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOPs) and to continue the dialogue regarding our concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Since your visit in October 2005, Embassy a [...]
2006-03-27 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI138UAE: SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Two years after a USG interagency team visited the UAE to discuss an agreement on remote sensing, the UAE's chief proponent of acquiring a remote sensing system, UAE Chairman of Space Reconnaissance Programs Colonel Mahash al-Hameli, says there is still a strong desire to work wit [...]
2006-01-19 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI1422UAE FM TELLS U/S JOSEPH: "USE UAE AS LAST RESORT"
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ) met April 8 to discuss Iran's proliferation and regional ambitions. U/S Joseph conveyed that the United States considers Iran a serious threat [...]
2006-04-12 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI1520UAE MAKES PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF PSI
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. (C) The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the UAE MFA April 15 endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Statement of Interdicting Principles. In response to our query about whether the endorsement was publ [...]
2006-04-17 10:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI1644UAE'S PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PSI
[...] (C) On April 22 Ambassador passed ref A points to UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who expressed no objection to sharing UAE's private endorsement with the other government in the region that has privately endorsed PSI (Oman) and with other interested Gulf countries in order t [...]
2006-04-24 10:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI176TEXTBOOK CASE: DUBAI CUSTOMS; RE-DELIVERY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 17, Dubai Customs allowed Iranian vessel M/V Iran Baluchestan, suspected of transporting dual-use items, to leave Port Rashid for Iran. Despite requests from the Embassy and Consulate, Dubai did not authorize the inspection of the container, claiming that it had no l [...]
2006-01-22 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI1903UAE RESPONSE TO IRANIAN EFFORT TO REASSURE GCC
[...] (U) On May 6, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) spoke to the press at the conclusion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consultative summit in Riyadh. According to WAM, the UAE's official news agency, when asked if the GCC had received any assurances from Iran that its n [...]
2006-05-08 13:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI1928UAE WILL CONSIDER CWC CHALLENGE INSPECTION HOST
[...] (C) On April 30, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the office of the Secretary of Defense, Dr. David Cooper (OSD/ISP/CbtWMD&NP/NPP),met with MFA Director of International Organizations, Yacoub al-Hosani, to discuss the outstanding bilateral Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challenge in [...]
2006-05-10 11:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2080UAE FOREIGN MINISTER, U/S LEVEY DISCUSS TARGETED
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 30 Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) to discuss the possibility of imposing targeted financial measures to isolate the Government of Iran, in the event the Un [...]
2006-05-20 07:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2081U/S LEVEY CO-CHAIRS 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. The second meeting of the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi April 30, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi and on the U.S. side by Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Finan [...]
2006-05-20 07:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2126UAE: UPDATE ON SHUTTING DOWN ACTIVITIES OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On May 22, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) asked for USG "patience" as UAE authorities looked into Mayrow-associated company linkages within the UAE and the Gulf region. AbZ reiterated several times that the UAEG took the information provided by the USG "very s [...]
2006-05-22 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI2129ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE FAVORS GULF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 17 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),a DOD-State-NSC-USCENTCOM delegation headed by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry and Political-Military Affairs Bur [...]
2006-05-23 08:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMCAP MASS PREL PARM ENRG ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2285FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH, PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) chaired the GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh June 3 where the main point of deliberation was Iran's nuclear program. Both AbZ and UAE VP/PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) made public statements in recent days expressin [...]
2006-06-05 11:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI2324UAE ARMED FORCES COS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE,
[...] (S) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohamed Thani al-Rumaithy sought broader engagement on the Gulf Security Dialogue, particularly given the escalating tension surrounding Iran. Al-Rumaithy, who requested the meeting, charac [...]
2006-06-06 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP IR IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2350MAYROW GENERAL ORDER POINTS PASSED
[...] (S) Ambassador passed ref A's Mayrow General Order non-paper to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (ABZ) and International Affairs Director/Office of the Crown Prince Yousef al Otaiba on June 4. ABZ noted that the legal issues surrounding Mayrow were complex. He encouraged USG re-exa [...]
2006-06-07 12:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI257REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC: UAE PERSPECTIVE,
[...] (C) On January 25, in the course of delivering demarches on Afghanistan donors conference and Bashar Al-Asad's travel, DCM met with MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan and also reviewed ref A points on Iran. Al-Haidan (who formerly served as UAE ambassador in Iran) expressed what has been increasin [...]
2006-01-25 15:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR AE UN
06ABUDHABI2688IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...]
2006-06-28 10:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI2771PSI: UAE WILLING TO GO PUBLIC
[...] (U) Action request contained para 4. 2. (C) On July 4, econoff met with MFA Director of International Organizations and Conferences, Yacoub al-Hosani, to discuss the UAE's level of participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Econoff delivered points in reftel demarche and [...]
2006-07-05 09:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2772VP/PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, at MbR's request. Ambassador underscored USG concerns on the need for the UAEG to pass export control legislation and provided MbR with a copy of ref A nonpaper, which had b [...]
2006-07-05 10:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2780DEADLINE FOR EXPORT CONTROL LAW "INTERFERENCE IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On July 4, Ambassador received a letter from Brigadier Mohamad al-Qemzi, Chairman of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force and director of the Dubai security service. The letter responded to Ambassador's ref A demarche on "Improving the UAE Counterproliferation Effort" [...]
2006-07-05 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI2812UAE COMMENTS ON NORTH KOREA, IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 10:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KN IR AE
06ABUDHABI2905UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TEAM TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (S) On July 16, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to UAE Ministry of Interior Major Mohammed al-Kitbi, a member of the UAE's counterproliferation task force team. Econoff stressed the importance of the UAE seizing the shipments of suspected improvised explosive device (IED) components that Atl [...]
2006-07-16 12:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2930SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]
2006-07-17 14:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3056P5+1 IRAN INCENTIVE PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized reftel points on Iran with MFA's number two on July 26. An inquiry about the Minister's Iran travel plans led to a discussion of consular and legal issues between the UAE and Iran which would be addressed by an MFA team the following week. End summary. [...]
2006-07-26 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP AORC IR EU AE
06ABUDHABI3135UAE WILL LOOK INTO BRAYAN FOR IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) On August 2, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to UAE Ministry of Interior Major Rashid, a member of the UAE's counterproliferation task force team. Econoff requested that the UAE investigate Brayan Electromechanical LLC to determine whether it is ordering compressor units that might be [...]
2006-08-02 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC ETTC PARM PREL PGOV IR AE
06ABUDHABI3169UAE CLAIM TO NEED MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO
[...] (S/NF) On August 4 CDA met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs, Ambassador Hamad Saeed Al-Zaabi shortly before Friday noon prayers to request action on ref A NIACT. CDA explained that the USG had information indicating that the "Iran Isfahan," which had docked in Dubai that morning, was carryin [...]
2006-08-05 14:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI3372DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAYROW GENERAL ORDER UPDATE
[...] (S) On August 19, CDA and Econoff delivered the Mayrow demarche to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Mohammad Abdul Rahim Abdul Jalil. CDA requested an update on the investigation into Mayrow and its associated group of companies. He also provided Ambassador Abdul Ja [...]
2006-08-20 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI3619DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) on September 10 to thank him for the UAE's hosting of the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group meeting. AbZ, who had just met with Iraqi Deputy PM Barham Salih, emphasized the [...]
2006-09-13 06:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID ETTC MNUC PARM EINV IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3633UAE DECLINES TO HOST PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE BUT
[...] (C) On the evening of September 13, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told Ambassador that the UAE would not/not host the land-based portion of the PSI-related exercise LEADING EDGE, which is to take place in the Gulf in late October. Post continues to press the [...]
2006-09-14 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL KNNP XF AE
06ABUDHABI3876US/UAE CTF DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TABATABAIE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 12:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI3882PSI: UAE PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE LEADING EDGE
[...] (C) On September 3, econchief and poleconoff met with Yacoub Al-Hosani, Director of International Organizations at the MFA to encourage the UAE to participate actively in the late October Leading Edge exercise. Econchief explained that the UAE military had already received an invitation to [...]
2006-10-05 05:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA KU MU QA AE
06ABUDHABI3944GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN,
[...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...]
2006-10-12 10:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4010DELIVERED POINTS ON UNSCR 1718
[...] (SBU) PolChief passed reftel points to MFA Director for International Organizations and Conferences Yacub Al-Hosani on October 16. Al-Hosani, with whom we have discussed the North Korean issue frequently, offered no immediate comment. 2. (SBU) On October 17, Charge also shared reftel dema [...]
2006-10-17 13:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN AE
06ABUDHABI4094UAE IDENTIFIES OBSERVERS FOR EXERCISE LEADING EDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4225PSI: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH AND EXERCISE LEADING
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Acting Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan under cover of a diplomatic note. Following up on delivery of the letter, PolChief discussed its content November 7 with our primary interlocutor on nonproliferation issues at MFA, Director for I [...]
2006-11-07 15:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PHSA MNUC AE
06ABUDHABI4226DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND UNSCR 1718
[...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points, under cover of a diplomatic note, to MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani on November 7. Al-Hosani, MFA's expert on nonproliferation and arms control, carefully reviewed the obligations related to UNSCR 1718 and said he believed th [...]
2006-11-07 16:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UN AE
06ABUDHABI4257STRATEGIC TRADE CONTROL PLAN FOR THE UAE - OUR
[...] (C) We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the draft EXBS program plan for the UAE. The UAE remains a major concern as a transshipment point for WMD/missile related products for a number of reasons: -- the UAE still lacks an export control/transshipment control law; -- the UAE and I [...]
2006-11-09 11:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL KSTC AE
06ABUDHABI4302GSD ISSUES REVIEWED AT JMC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS
[...] (C) Working groups following up on the June, 2006 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met November 14 in Abu Dhabi, reviewing action items and charting a path towards deeper U.S.-UAE military cooperation. The thoroughness of UAE engagement on a number of items discussed, including topics which a [...]
2006-11-16 11:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMCAP PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR AF AE
06ABUDHABI4328PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]
2006-11-22 09:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI605A/S RADEMAKER LAUNCHES US/UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION
[...] (S) Summary. On February 11, the U.S. and UAE met for the first meeting of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF). Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) Stephen Rademaker led the U.S. interagency delegation, and the UAE team was led by Du [...]
2006-02-20 05:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI852PSI: SEEKING ENDORSEMENT BY THE UAE
[...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) and MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security David McCormick and Ambassador both urged that the UAE endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles [...]
2006-03-07 07:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI945U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE;
[...] (C) In March 11 meeting with MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan, DCM delivered reftel A points which were taken on board. Discussion of President Bush's recent visit to India segued into the more urgent issue of Iranian nuclear ambitions. 2. (C) Al Haidan, a former UAE ambassador to Tehran, [...]
2006-03-13 07:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC IR AE
06ABUJA1144NIGERIA: PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 11:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NI
06ABUJA1505THE CHARGE MAKES COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] On June 7, 2006, The Charge' called on Minister of Environment Chief Helen Esuene in response to her April 6 letter to the Ambassador requesting U.S. collaboration on proposed agricultural anti-desertification projects in 11 northern states. AgAttache accompanied the Charge'. Permanent Secreta [...]
2006-06-15 06:35:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PARM TBIO ETRD NI
06ABUJA234SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...]
2006-02-01 15:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA938PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN DARFUR: AMIS FORCE
[...] (C) On April 25 Khartoum CDA Hume raised with AMIS commander Major General Ihekire US concerns about increased fighting and specifically attacks on civilians in Darfur per reftel. He emphasized that recent fighting had taken place in close proximity to AMIS installations without any appropr [...]
2006-04-26 11:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINS PARM SU NI
06ACCRA1855ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana has an estimated 150,000 illegal arms. Most are crude locally made guns, but there is an unknown quantity of arms trafficking from elsewhere in West Africa. Ghana,s Small Arms Commission has worked with the UNDP and civil society on the issue since 2003 through the Ghana [...]
2006-08-14 12:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS ASEC GH
06ACCRA2623NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points per Ref A on October 27 to the MFA's Supervising Director for Multilateral, Passport and Legal Affairs, Kwesi Quartey. Quartey noted that Ghana was totally committed to preventing chemical weapons from reaching the wrong hands. Its failure to pass implem [...]
2006-10-31 16:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC GH
06ACCRA2653UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 13:05:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPARM GH XX
06ACCRA3005GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]
2006-12-18 17:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06AITTAIPEI1787MTAG: CONTINUED MACHINE TOOL PROLIFERATION TO IRAN
[...] (S) AIT delivered reftel points/non-paper on indications on continued machine tool sales to Iran to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on May 17. 2. (S) BOFT agreed to investigate the information in the non-paper and to report back to AIT with i [...]
2006-05-25 05:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC
06AITTAIPEI2167DTC CASE 980274: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, on June 21 AIT Econ Chief hand delivered to Terry Ting, Deputy Secretary General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO),the written request for assurances in subject case. Mr. Ting said that he would consult with the Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]
2006-06-23 04:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKOMC ETTC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI2349MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW
06AITTAIPEI2463DTC CASE 980274: TAIWAN ASSURANCES
[...] (C) On July 21, 2006, AIT Taipei received written assurances from TECRO for DTC 980274 as requested ref A. The text of TECRO's assurances follows: 2. (C) Begin text. Coordination Council for North American Affairs Headquarters for Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the [...]
2006-07-21 09:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC MNUC MTCRE PARM TW
06AITTAIPEI2916DTC CASE 999050: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALKOMC ETTC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI2924MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Action request paras 3 and 5. 2. (S) Summary: AIT seeks reactions to the ref A non-paper on Taiwan's plans to restrict trade with North Korea and Iran and to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) repeated, and now urgent, BOFT requests for technical assistance (ref B) in its export [...]
2006-08-24 02:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT KGIT
06AITTAIPEI3506DTC CASE 999050: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Econoff wrote to TECRO on August 23, 2006 and sought written confirmation of assurances provided in reftel to the export case, DTC:999050. The text of the response letter (received on October 12, 2006) from the Deputy Secretary General Terry Ting follows: 2. (C) Ref [...]
2006-10-13 06:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI4167(S) IRANIAN MACHINE TOOL PROCUREMENT IN TAIWAN -
[...] (S) Summary: On December 20, 2006, AIT/T delivered reftel points to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT). BOFT informed us that it has added 109 items to its sensitive commodities list and is working on a list of luxury goods that would be banned for export to North Korea. End summary. [...]
2006-12-21 06:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR
06AITTAIPEI4191REQUESTS FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY ASSURANCES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-27 05:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC MNUC MTCRE PARM TW
06AITTAIPEI685MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL READOUT FOR FEBRUARY
[...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),AIT delivered ref A demarche and received assurances that BOFT would investigate the cases mentioned. As requested in the demarche, BOFT also provided AIT with an accuracy report on the Manford Vertical Machining Cent [...]
2006-03-06 02:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETECCT PARM MTCRE IR TW
06AITTAIPEI719NRC COMMISSIONER VISIT TO TAIWAN NUCLEAR PLANTS
[...] (C) Summary: Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeff Merrifield visited Taiwan Feb 22-24 to meet with his counterparts at the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) and to visit the Institute for Nuclear Energy Research (INER) along with two nuclear power plant sites in northern Taiwan. AEC chairman Ouyang [...]
2006-03-08 07:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PARM IAEA KNNP TW
06AITTAIPEI855MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),and a March 10 meeting with Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),AIT delivered ref A demarche on the need for Taiwan to expeditiously implement its "gameplan" commitments on export/transit/transshipment licen [...]
2006-03-15 22:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
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