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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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08SANJOSE159SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO
[...] Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Costello. Costa Rica has a history of political stability, social progress and commitment to peace and human rights which has been undermined in recent years by ineffective government institutions, growing domestic security problems, corruption scandals a [...]
2008-02-27 22:51:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SENV CS
08SANSALVADOR324Codel Costello Visits ES Aircraft Maintenance Facility
[...] Summary. A 16 person Congressional delegation led by Jerry Costello (D-IL) visited El Salvador February 28 - March 1. The primary purpose of the visit was to see the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility. The CODEL also met with other aviation and transportation officials in the public and p [...]
2008-03-17 20:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOREP EAIR ECON SNAR
08SAOPAULO301U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...]
2008-06-13 15:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO471JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...]
2008-09-05 16:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO90BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...]
2008-02-26 10:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SECTIO04OF07BEIJING3049BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 08:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08SHANGHAI12CHINA EASTERN - SINGAPORE AIRLINES DEAL: BELLWETHER FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) shareholders rebuffed a deal that would have allowed Singapore International Airlines (SIA) to buy a strategic share of the company. The move has sparked a wave of speculation regarding the meaning for CEA and the greater airline indu [...]
2008-01-11 11:38:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELTN ECPS ETRD EFIN CH
08STATE122910RESPONDING TO JAPAN ON ESTA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo is requested to share the text below as a non-paper with relevant officials in the Government of Japan (GOJ) in response to questions about the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) to the United States. [...]
2008-11-19 19:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL JA
08STATE123238SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA BRIEFING
[...] USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council briefing and consultation on Somalia to be held on November 20. 2. Begin points: -- We would like to thank the (DPA official),(DPKO official),as well as the IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos [...]
2008-11-20 16:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE132204CIVAIR INDIA: GROUND HANDLING DEMARCHE
[...] This is an action message ) please see para 9. SUMMARY ------- 2. Washington agencies have learned, through Post and media reporting, that the Government of India plans to implement a new ground handling policy at major metropolitan airports in India. We understand the proposed Indian [...]
2008-12-17 20:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR IN
08STATE25210BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 15:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SW
08STATE81957CIVAIR SURINAME--TIME FOR OPEN SKIES?
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 13. 2. Summary. Surinamese Transportation officials met with DOT and DOS on July 8 to discuss Suriname Airways' planned flights to the United States. During the meeting, the GOS had numerous questions about our bilateral air servi [...]
2008-07-30 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA XL NS
08STATE88329TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 21
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi cannot confirm the movements of Russian troops, though journalists traveling between Gori and Tbilisi told post the troops expect to depart ?soon.? (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 2. (U) De facto South Ossetian President Kokoity dismissed his cabinet due to delays in t [...]
2008-08-18 11:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR
08SUVA135NAURU GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS RECUR
[...] (C) Tiny Nauru has slid into another period of political instability. The landslide re-election of the reformist Scott government in August 2007 brought a sense of hope (Ref A); but leadership battles since have pushed Nauru back into seesaw political squabbles that we had hoped were history. [...]
2008-04-07 13:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NR
08TAIPEI625LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG (KMT) ON MA
[...] (C) Summary: LY Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director during a May 5 meeting that China would not ease pressure on Taiwan's "international living space" during Ma's presidency, even if it harmed chances to warm cross-Strait relations. Facing high commodity prices and a global economic [...]
2008-05-06 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI762 TAIWAN NSC SECRETARY-GENERAL SU CHI ON
[...] (C) Summary. NSC Secretary General Su Chi told Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staff member Frank Jannuzi that the Ma Administration considers its U.S. ties to be even more important than its relations with Beijing. He said the former is critical to both Taiwan's survival and prosp [...]
2008-06-03 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORG MARR MASS MCAP CH TW
08TASHKENT1140UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR 21-24 OCTOBER NGLOC
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes you to Uzbekistan for what will be a very important step toward realizing a new Northern Ground Line of Communication (NGLOC). This initiative's significance is increasingly important due to pending USG decisions concerning strengthening our military pre [...]
2008-10-07 11:52:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT1308UZBEKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR GENERAL MCNABB,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent looks forward to hosting you and advancing one more step toward opening a new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) (previously referred to as the Northern Ground Line of Communication or NGLOC) to Afghanistan. The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) viewed Rear Admiral [...]
2008-11-14 09:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT1382Uzbekistan Supportive on Afghanistan Transit Concepts
[...] (C) Summary: The Commander of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) General Duncan McNabb visited Uzbekistan November 18-20 to discuss possible modalities of establishing commercial transit of non-lethal supplies for U.S. forces in Afghanistan (Northern Distribution Network -NDN). The Governme [...]
2008-11-26 13:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EINT UZ
08TASHKENT564GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN PROTESTS ANOTHER U.S.
[...] (U) On May 13, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed Post via diplomatic note that according to its aviation authorities, the aircrew of G-550 Pentastar Aviation Airlines Flight N940DC violated Uzbekistan's overflight procedures on April 22. The flight was en-route to Helsinki from Mumba [...]
2008-05-19 11:47:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PBTS UZ
08TASHKENT899SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]
2008-08-04 14:00:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TBILISI1170FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...]
2008-07-07 14:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1349GEORGIA: SITREP 5: GEORGIANS NEARLY EXHAUSTED;
[...] (C) Begin Summary: FM Tkeshelashvili briefed the diplomatic corps August 10 that Georgia has suffered huge casualties. The FM described the situation as no longer about South Ossetia but rather was Russia aggression against an independent country. She said Russian planes have bombed hospitals in Go [...]
2008-08-10 09:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1523GEORGIA: SITREP 25: NO CONFIRMATION OF AN ABKHAZ
[...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG has been unable to confirm press reports of a wall planned by Abkhaz "authorities" along the administrative border. The OSCE was finally allowed to patrol north of Russian checkpoints and came within four km of Tskhinvali, but was again refused access to Akhalgori. Polit [...]
2008-09-05 15:04:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1689RUSSIAN CHECKPOINTS STILL PRESENT, POTENTIALLY
[...] (C) Summary and comment. According to the Georgian National Security Council (NSC),13 Russian checkpoints remain on undisputed Georgian territory as of September 23 -- 6 in western Georgia and 7 in the east, outside South Ossetia, along with 1 supply base in the west and 1 communications cen [...]
2008-09-24 14:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TEGUCIGALPA583POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO
[...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...]
2008-06-18 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA637ZELAYA RELENTS ON TONCONTIN BUT PUSHES AHEAD ON
[...] (C) Summary: Normal flights are expected to resume at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport this week, more than five weeks after a Taca Airlines crash landing prompted President Zelaya to restrict operations there to small aircraft. Zelaya reversed himself over the weekend after the release of flig [...]
2008-07-07 20:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TELAVIV1025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 05:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV121RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in ref A, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and senior commercial specialist visited Astronautics C.A., Ltd.'s office in Petah Tikva, Israel on January 14 and met with Ground Systems and Business Development Manager Eli Avraham to discuss the proposed transaction covere [...]
2008-01-14 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IS
08TELAVIV1844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called PM Ehud Olmert yesterday to affirm the ties between the two c [...]
2008-08-21 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO1008 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-11 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO116 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1177JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 07:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1216 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1238SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 05:33:00Embassy TokyoSECRETECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL
08TOKYO1280JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 07:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1296JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1342JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1438JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1555SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (S) While your upcoming visit to Tokyo will focus primarily on multilateral and G-8 issues, the Mission would like to share with you some background on where our relations with Japan now stand. Your meetings with Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka and your host, Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae, w [...]
2008-06-08 23:10:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA
08TOKYO1583 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO172 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO175PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S JAN 18 MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Senior Chinese officials were considerably less belligerent on the issue of Taiwan during his January 13-18 visit to China than in May 2007, likely due to consistent messages from the U.S. Government and the results of Taiwan's legislative elections, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy K [...]
2008-01-23 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH JA
08TOKYO1821 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 22:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO189 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1942JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1971 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/16/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2056BOEING'S CONCERNS ABOUT ANA LARGE AIRCRAFT PURCHASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing is concerned about possible EU governments' intervention on Airbus' behalf in connection with future purchases of large civil aircraft by All Nippon Airways (ANA). Representatives of ANA have told Emboffs, however, that any such purchase should be based solely on economi [...]
2008-07-26 12:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAIR PREL JA
08TOKYO2112JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 01:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2123JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 01:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO215 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2179JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2272HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...]
2008-08-18 07:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2273 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 07:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2277JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-19 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2293 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 07:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2307 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 00:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2323JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 00:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2330 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 07:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2357JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 05:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2378 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2431JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2451JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2523 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/16/08-1
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08
[...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]
2008-01-31 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2638 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/24/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2653 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/08
[...] Voting on Oct. 26 if talks between both camps collapse before start of deliberations If the new cabinet receives high public support and sees the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and other opposition parties unwilling to cooperate in enacting the extra budget bill, the government would dissol [...]
2008-09-25 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2655JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2656TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to the results of their respective nationwide opinion polls on public support for the Aso cabinet, which was launched on Wednesday. 2. "Can George Washington Be Fortress of Peace?" The liberal Asahi editorialized (9/26): "...The deploym [...]
2008-09-26 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2678 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2682JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2708 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 23:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2727 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-30 08:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2754 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO28JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2845SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...]
2008-10-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR
08TOKYO2890JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 03:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2896 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO308JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3117LITTLE PROGRESS IN U.S.-JAPAN CIV AIR TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Japan officials held out little promise of broader liberalization of Japan's civil aviation sector during bilateral talks in Tokyo October 29-30. As in past civil aviation negotiations, the GOJ eschewed broader discussion of Japan's decade-old commitment to "ful [...]
2008-11-10 07:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
08TOKYO3137JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-11 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO3166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO319 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-06 22:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3214TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a Nikkei report on plans by the Chinese government fund China Investment Corporation to invest in AIG and its affiliate American Life Insurance Company. 2. "China Preparing for Construction of Aircraft Carrier" The business-oriented Nikke [...]
2008-11-21 04:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3244 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 00:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3361JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO35 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-07 08:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3521JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 01:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]
2008-12-30 02:32:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3534 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO354JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3541 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 03:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO385 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO394JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 01:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO400 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-14 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO409JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO423JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 01:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO429 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-19 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO476SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Begin Text. Madam Secretary, You arrive in Japan at a sensitive time in our relationship. Less than three weeks ago, a 38-year-old Marine confessed to raping a 14-year-old girl. I flew to Okinawa with the Commander of U.S. Forces Japan to express our own outrage and sympathy for th [...]
2008-02-22 11:50:00Embassy TokyoSECRETOVIP PREL ECON JA
08TOKYO528 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO538JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/29/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 05:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO559 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 08:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO571 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO648 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 23:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO669JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 00:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO68JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO765JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO800MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION
[...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...]
2008-03-24 07:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR PGOV JA
08TOKYO837JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 01:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO858 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-28 08:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 08:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO888 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/01/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO901TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO
[...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...]
2008-04-02 09:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO913 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO920JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 01:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO933JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TRIPOLI588LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL),E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515
[...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...]
2008-07-21 16:35:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY
08TUNIS787Tunisiair Aircraft Purchase Goes to Airbus
[...] (U) Tunisian National Air Carrier, Tunisair, confirmed its order and signed a purchase agreement for 16 aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. It also signed an industrial partnership that will create 200 jobs in the aeronautic sector in Tunisia. End Summary. ------------ [...]
2008-07-16 17:11:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD EINV TS
08ULAANBAATAR11Trains, Planes and Congressional Exchanges: Ambassador
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 4, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on new Minister of Roads, Transportation and Tourism R. Rash. During the cordial hour-long meeting, Rash emphasized the importance of the rail sector to the country's economy and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...]
2008-01-08 06:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EAIR PREL ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR264MONGOLIA ADDS NEW AIR CORRIDORS, CASHES IN ON AMPLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) has added three new air corridors and entry/exit points to accommodate 30% annual increases in air traffic and the expected 40% spike in flyovers during the Beijing Olympics. Approximately 200 flights pass over Mongolia each day (30 ori [...]
2008-06-04 21:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON AMGT MG
08ULAANBAATAR81ROK, CHINA EYE EXPANDED AIR LINKS WITH MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 13 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new CEO of Mongolia-based EZnis Airways revealed that the South Korean Government and China's Civil Aviation Authority have made informal inquires to the Mongolian Government regarding the possible expansion of air service [...]
2008-02-15 00:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON MG
08USUNNEWYORK101963RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]
2008-11-05 13:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08VIENNA395 SAUDI INVESTOR OBTAINS 20% SHARE IN AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
[...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, who obtained Austrian citizenship in 2007, will obtain a 20% share in Austria's national carrier, Austrian Airlines (AUA). The Euro 150 million ($225 million) equity increase will help AUA purchase new aircraft and expand its Middle East network [...]
2008-03-18 07:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AU
08VIENNA675 AUSTRIAN AIRLINES CONSIDERING OPTIONS AFTER SAUDI INVESTOR
[...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber has backed out of plans to acquire a 20% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA) through an investment of Euro 150 million ($225 million). Al Jaber claimed that AUA management had misled him about the financial stability of the airline, pointing to the [...]
2008-05-16 15:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VLADIVOSTOK106AIRLINES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST SKIDDING TO A STOP
[...] Summary. The airline industry in the Far East continues its downward trajectory. Dalavia has become the latest in a series of bankruptcies in the industry. Vladivostok Avia remains relatively strong, but may become a tempting takeover target. Ticket prices will remain prohibitively expensiv [...]
2008-09-26 06:59:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV ECON RS
08WARSAW74POLAND READIES AIR MARSHALL AGREEMENT WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) William Gaches, Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),and Paul Rodgers, TSA Representative in Brussels, visited Warsaw December 6-7. While in Warsaw, Gaches and Rodgers met with officials from Poland's Civil Aviation Office to discuss a proposed [...]
2008-01-17 15:08:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PL PTER
08WELLINGTON145NZ DEFENSE MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY REBUILDING AND THE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On April 27 New Zealand's Defense Minister Phil Goff was interviewed on the Sunday morning current affairs program "Agenda TV". Minister Goff emphasized that New Zealand is pouring billions of dollars into rebuilding its defense capacity and he focused on the cooperative dynam [...]
2008-04-28 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IO NZ
08WELLINGTON408NEW GOVERNMENT'S EVENTFUL FIRST WEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his first weeks as Prime Minister John Key has addressed, in quick succession, many challenges: the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Peru; a national aviation tragedy; and having hundreds of New Zealand travelers stranded in Bangkok. On the whole, observers judge that Key has perf [...]
2008-12-08 20:54:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WINDHOEK314NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...]
2008-10-03 08:50:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD OTRA ASEC WA
08ZAGREB69ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS
[...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...]
2008-01-31 10:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB95CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER
[...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...]
2008-02-08 15:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR
09ABUDHABI583(S) UAE DETAINS US MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON RUSSIAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, the UAE authorities detained two Russian IL-76 cargo planes operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA),which were carrying US military cargo and two US service members from Kuwait to Afghanistan. Accor [...]
2009-06-10 15:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNEAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KU AE
09ABUDHABI607UPDATE ON UAE DETENTION OF MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON
[...] (C) Summary: Following overnight indications that four U.S. military escorts (reftel) might be prosecuted along with the Russian crew and carrier, Ambassador met June 15 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Rumaithi and Minister of Interior Saif to seek their intervention in the releas [...]
2009-06-15 14:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KUAE
09ABUDHABI744UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE (GSD) JULY 20 PLENARY SESSION AND
[...] (S/NF) In a July 20 plenary session of the GSD with a large UAE delegation, accompanied by a smaller session with the UAE Chief of Staff, the immediate focus was largely on Iran. Participants reiterated the good defense cooperation that the U.S. and UAE enjoy, while noting the need to improve [...]
2009-07-22 10:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUJA1058NIGERIA: DELTA NEW YORK-ABUJA ROUTE LAUNCHES WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Delta flight 215 touched down at Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport June 11 at 12:13 p.m., currently the only U.S. flag carrier to fly direct from the U.S. to Nigeria's capital city Abuja. The plane was met by a full staff of ground crews and customer service staff to ai [...]
2009-06-15 08:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1116NIGERIA: WEAPONS LADEN PLANE IMPOUNDED IN KANO;
[...] (SBU) A Ukrainian aircraft said to be "fully loaded" with 18 crates of weapons was impounded by a Nigerian military intelligence unit at Kano's Aminu Kano International Airport shortly after 4:00 AM on June 17. The plane, an Antonov 12 with registration number MEM 4-060 and tail number UR-CAK, [...]
2009-06-19 13:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PINR PGOV MASS NI EK HR
09ABUJA1438NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG
[...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...]
2009-08-06 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1822NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 2, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ------------------------------------------- NIGERIA STRIVES FOR FAA CATEGORY ONE RATING ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Nigeria cont [...]
2009-10-02 17:20:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN EMIN PHUM PINR KTIP NI
09ABUJA2254NIGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In 2009, the Government of Nigeria continued efforts to improve coordination, communication and cooperation between the executive and legislative branches on counterterrorism (CT) matters. However, progress on CT legislation in the National Assembly slowed due to reconciliation and consoli [...]
2009-12-11 14:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC
09ABUJA361 NIGERIA-USG MAKING HEADWAY BUT STILL LOOKING FOR TAILWIND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren February 20 to review progress since NCAA, Nigerian, and U.S. firms met in November for a public private-partnership (PPP) aviation workshop. Demurren was very positive stating that [...]
2009-03-02 15:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN NI
09ABUJA456NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ROBUST NEXT STEPS WITH AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the new Minister of Aviation Babtunde Omotoba on March 5 to advocate for new Delta Airline routes from Abuja to Atlanta and Lagos to New York and reviewed the multilateral Open Skies Agreement signed between the United States and Nigeria in 2000. Omotoba [...]
2009-03-16 17:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA535NIGERIA: AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY WORKSHOP WITH TSA
[...] Summary. Ambassador and the new Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, opened the third workshop of the U.S. and Nigeria's Public Private Partnership (PPP on Aviation Airport Security and Safety on March 17. The purpose of the PPP is to assist the GON in achieving U.S. Federal Aviation Admi [...]
2009-03-30 07:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ACCRA1021GHANA'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION HEAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOG has signaled that it was raising the profile of civil aviation issues by selecting a new head of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey. Mamphey's selection also underlined the continuing influence of former President J.J. Rawlings in civair affa [...]
2009-09-28 16:43:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON MARR GH
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1504MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI328MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...]
2009-03-23 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI333MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI337MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 25 news coverage on Taiwan's economic prospects; on the controversies surrounding the anti-Taiwan remarks by a former Toronto-based Government Information Office official; and on the ongoing investigation into former President Chen [...]
2009-03-25 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI474MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS224ALGIERS: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) Algeria is a nominally secular state with a 99-percent Muslim population. There are no identifiable ethnic or religious communities that har [...]
2009-03-03 18:18:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AG
09AMMAN134JORDAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the nearly ten years since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertak [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
09AMMAN1675JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM
[...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...]
2009-07-27 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON JO IZ
09ASHGABAT2: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]
2009-01-05 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT837SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASMARA139ERITREA'S NASAIR STRUGGLING TO TAKE FLIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nasair, a privately owned Eritrean airline, is gamely attempting to succeed amid Eritrea's atrophying economy. With no aviation fuel available in Asmara and almost no tourist or business travelers, the deck appears stacked against Nasair, which is putting the final touches on a [...]
2009-04-29 12:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA379ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...]
2009-11-04 10:40:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER
09ASTANA256 KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT AIR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff met on February 4 with Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Director Daulet Mamekov to solicit official feedback on model bilateral and multilateral Open Skies agreements that we provided the Kazakhstani govern [...]
2009-02-12 08:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAIR KZ
09BAGHDAD3158RRT ERBIL: RAPID GROWTH IN KURDISTAN REGION,S AIR
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The growth of two international airports in the Kurdistan Region (KR) -- Erbil International Airport (EIA) and Sulaimaniyah International Airport (SIA) -- has significantly increased air travel options for consumers and paved the way for b [...]
2009-12-08 09:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD3294IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTRY DEAL WITH UKRAINE RAISES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) announced an arms deal for armored personnel carriers, light transport aircraft, and helicopter repair. The deal is valued at $560.1 million, but was announced as a $2.5 billion commitment, with the additional [...]
2009-12-22 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MARR EFIN IZ UP
09BAGHDAD502NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANDING RAPIDLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Najaf Airport is expanding rapidly to accommodate the demand from Shi'a pilgrims coming to religious shrines in the province. Religious pilgrims visiting the province have increased dramatically over last year, and most pilgrims stay for at least a week. Currently the bulk of [...]
2009-02-26 13:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD EINV IZ IR
09BAKU400AZERBAIJAN: AIRLINES THREATEN TO CEASE BAKU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, officials at Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport announced that a nightly curfew, to begin July 2, 2009, would shut the airport from 0000 to 0700. Airlines reacted with shock and said they might cease operations to Baku, as trans-Atlantic connections in [...]
2009-05-15 12:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR ETRD ADCO AJ
09BAKU585EVALUATING AZERBAIJANI FACILITIES DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Charge briefed Reftel A points to Novruz Mammadov, head of the foreign relations department in the Presidential Administration, on July 17. Charge's briefing was confined to Reftel information about the agreement with Kyrgyzstan, U.S. desire to develop options to Manas and seeking agreemen [...]
2009-07-23 12:08:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ
09BANGKOK1574THAI FINANCE MINISTER ON AMERICAN BUSINESS
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij, the Ambassador raised concerns about less than fair and transparent treatment U.S. business receives from the Ministry's Customs Department. The Ambassador also raised the Megaports Initiative, encouraging the Thai go [...]
2009-07-02 10:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL TH
09BANGKOK2150Thai Economy Improves in Second Quarter (For Most)
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Second quarter economic data released August 24 by the Thai Government showed an improved economic situation in Thailand. Gross domestic (GDP) was down 4.9 percent when compared to the same period in 2008, but improved 2.3 percent over the first quarter of this year [...]
2009-08-26 11:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH
09BASRAH16BASRAH AIRPORT AIMS TO BECOME TRANSPORT, COMMERCIAL HUB
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) aims to play a future role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become what Coalition and Basrah leaders hope will be a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Historically under-utilized and rel [...]
2009-04-03 13:09:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAIR ICAO ETRD IZ IR SA SY JO TU AE
09BEIJING1044MEDIA REACTION: ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO CHINA,
[...] ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO CHINA a. "The U.S. fears China's anti-warship capabilities" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(04/20): "A former U.S. chief of naval operations once mentioned that China's research int [...]
2009-04-20 08:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1171 MGSF01 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 2
[...] (U) The World Health Organization (WHO) China Representative Hans Troedsson reported on April 28 that while an "unspecified number" of suspected H1N1 are cases currently being investigated in China, to date, there still are no confirmed cases of infection by the virus in humans or livestock. [...]
2009-04-30 09:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1396 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 17
[...] (U) As of May 26, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced twelve confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. There are five confirmed cases in Beijing, and one case each in the following cities: Chengdu, Jinan City (Shandong Province),Guangzhou, Fuzhou (Fujian Province),[...]
2009-05-26 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING22LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]
2009-01-06 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2214MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP, CHINA'S SOUTH
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP "On the global energy dialogue: let's first discuss what the U.S. should do" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/04): "China should not remain passive when the question of 'responsibility' is brought up in d [...]
2009-08-04 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING248MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2521 WELCOME TO BEIJING
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...]
2009-09-02 08:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS
09BEIJING2612MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY
[...] 9/11 ANNIVERSARY "9/11 incident still bothers U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/11)(pg 7): "Chinese scholar Geng Xin said that the U.S. initially had the support and sympathy of the world after 9/11, but after launching two [...]
2009-09-11 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING644MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]
2009-03-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING662MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...]
2009-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING765JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]
2009-03-24 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING801MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 08:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIRUT28LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED
[...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...]
2009-01-08 15:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT502LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC
[...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...]
2009-05-06 05:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT821LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...]
2009-07-20 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE
09BELGRADE1136SERBIA: JAT STRIKE ENDS, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Flights of JAT Airways, the Serbian flag carrier, were grounded between September 30 and October 2 due to a strike by mechanics at JAT Tehnika, the former maintenance arm of the effectively bankrupt national airline. The cause of the strike was unpaid debts between the two state companie [...]
2009-10-05 07:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE1330Serbia's Flying Circus: Opening JAT to Competition
[...] (SBU) After an early October strike by aircraft maintenance firm JAT Tehnika that grounded JAT airline planes (Ref A),Serbia's civil aviation officials are picking up the pace to open the market to foreign competition and expand airport facilities. Foreign carriers, especially discount airlin [...]
2009-11-12 11:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV JAT SR
09BRASILIA34BRAZIL,S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY--STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. On December 18, President Lula signed the National Defense Strategy, concluding a fifteen month drafting exercise. The document was principally drafted by Minister for Strategic Planning Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and it provides a security policy framework tha [...]
2009-01-09 16:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR
09BRASILIA35BRAZIL,S DEFENSE STRATEGY -- MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ref a reported on the strategic aspects of Brazil,s new Defense Strategy document, signed by President Lula on December 18. While the main purpose of the strategy as written by the Minister for Strategic Planning, was to place Brazil,s military and defense sector in the framewo [...]
2009-01-09 17:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL MARR
09BRIDGETOWN675CHINESE-MADE PLANES HEADED TO THE CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) The Governments of Barbados and Antigua, two of the three majority shareholders in the monopoly regional air carrier LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport),have expressed strong interest in replacing the aging fleet of turboprops with Chinese-made planes. China's Ambassador in Antigua con [...]
2009-10-23 13:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAIR PREL CN XL
09BRUSSELS397BELGIUM: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MIN TRANSPORTATION
[...] (SBU) In a March 11 meeting with the Charge and embassy officials to brief the Embassy on a recent alleged case of sabotage of two airplanes at Brussels's Zaventem airport, the Belgian Minister of Transportation and senior Belgian civair officials told the Charge that as far as they know two [...]
2009-03-19 16:12:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR BE
09BUCHAREST556ROMANIA: STATE CARRIER TAROM STILL INTERESTED IN
[...] (C/NF) The Director-General of the state-owned airline Tarom, Ruxandra Brutaru, informed EconOff in an August 5 meeting that Tarom intends to consolidate its medium-range aircraft fleet around a single aircraft type within the next year. This fleet is currently composed of eleven Boeing 737s, [...]
2009-08-11 13:27:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ECON BEXP PGOV RO
09BUDAPEST404MALEV AND THE BUDAPEST AIRPORT: BETTING ON FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Malev focuses on strengthening its regional market, hiring a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and adding flights to Romania and Russia. Budapest Airport is optimistic about the future, and is embarking on several development projects, but needs a strong Malev to be successful. Mal [...]
2009-06-03 15:36:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUDAPEST851TOO IMPORTANT TO FAIL: HUNGARY LIKELY TO REACQUIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian government, Malev Airlines, and Budapest Airport contacts confirmed that the GOH will likely reacquire a minority stake in recently improved but still debt-laden Malev from Russia's Putin-connected Vneshekonombank (VEB). Embassy contacts characterized VEB as ill-suited [...]
2009-11-27 15:04:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
09BUENOSAIRES123Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties,
[...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...]
2009-02-05 17:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES127ARGENTINA: PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER
[...] (U) This is an action request for State and Southern Command, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires is concerned that the decision to relocate one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) from Newport News, VA to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport, FL, could be either misconstrued by Governm [...]
2009-02-05 19:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1272ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control
[...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...]
2009-11-20 18:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES156Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee
[...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...]
2009-02-13 14:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL AR
09CAIRO1371UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...]
2009-07-16 08:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG
09CAIRO401EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FOUR
[...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for 4 C-130J transport aircraft. The primary mission of the C-130 is inter and intra theatre transport of people, cargo and equipment. These aircraft would supplement the current Egyptian Air For [...]
2009-03-08 13:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR EG
09CANBERRA454DEBATE OVER DEFENSE WHITE PAPER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: While public reaction to the government's long-awaited Defense White Paper's release on May 2 has been relatively muted, the opposition, media and academics have been debating the degree to which the perception of China's potential security threat influenced the document. Th [...]
2009-05-13 08:22:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMCAP PREL AS CH
09CANBERRA511GFC, H1N1, AND OPEN SKIES, OH MY! A LOOK AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Australian civil aviation industry has not escaped the economic slowdown brought on by the intensified global financial crisis. Qantas remains the heavyweight in the Australian aviation arena, but its share of the domestic market is slipping and is now down to around 60%. [...]
2009-06-01 06:46:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON AS
09CANBERRA568GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA-INFORMATION COLLECTION,
[...] (U) The Australian government is forward leaning in both maintaining border security and providing assistance to partners in the fight against terrorism. To that end, robust and dynamic protocols are in place to ensure that the movement of suspected and known terrorists are monitored and thwar [...]
2009-06-17 23:10:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PREL PTER
09CANBERRA755QANTAS FEELING IMPACT BUT WEATHERING ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Qantas definitely felt the effect of the global financial crisis, the Australian national carrier appears to have weathered through it better than most in the airline industry. The company should post between USD80 to 160 million in profit for the year ending June 30, [...]
2009-08-14 07:23:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AS
09CARACAS1325GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...]
2009-10-15 15:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
09CARACAS269VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG OVERTURES ON AVIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Venezuelan private sector organization advocated strongly for the Venezuelan civil aviation authority (INAC) to support the issuance of visas for F AA inspectors and to meet with the Embassy to discuss visa matters. The Venezuelan govemment (GBRV) has not acceded to either request. [...]
2009-03-03 15:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS407VENEZUELAN AVIATION UPDATE: NATIONALIZATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a possible violation of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) has grounded all foreign-registered private aircraft, 95 percent of which are US-registered. The GBRV informed the Embassy via diplomat [...]
2009-03-27 21:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS615VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH POSSIBLE DRUG TIES TO FLY
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests information on whether or not Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal is cleared to commence flights to the United States and any information, derogatory or otherwise, on U.S.-based company Aircraft Parts and Pieces, Inc. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President of Venezuelan air [...]
2009-05-18 17:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS ASEC
09COLOMBO529Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 72
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge pressed Government officials to permit UN access to the conflict zone as soon as possible, and to facilitate a visit this month by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. At least 1,200 civilians escaped on May 14, and perhaps thousands of others are following, according to mi [...]
2009-05-14 11:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COPENHAGEN522DHS SECRETARY MOVES AIR MARSHAL ISSUE FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Denmark November 2-3 for meetings with the Danish Ministers of Justice and Transportation and for a public event on trafficking in persons (TIP). Ambassador Fulton accompanied her throughout the visit. Th [...]
2009-11-19 15:38:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS EAIR ASEC KHLS KTIP PTER KCRM DA
09DAMASCUS390SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 17:30:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS496UPDATE ON SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION SECTOR
[...] (C) A well-placed Embassy source claimed that Lufthansa Techniq has advised Syrian Air to sue the German company for USD 2 million in damages in a German court. According to the source, Lufthansa Techniq expects to lose the case, and will use the judgment as cover to re-export two Airbus A320 [...]
2009-07-16 14:29:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD ETTC PREL PTER PGOV SY
09DAMASCUS660SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES DESPERATE
[...] (C) Both Syrian Air and the SARG continue to take drastic steps to overcome the problems presented by a dwindling fleet of air worthy aircraft. In addition to their recently announced negotiations for the lease (with option to buy) of two TU 204 aircraft (ref A),Syrian Air has reportedly cont [...]
2009-09-08 13:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DHAKA770CIVAIR CHIEF: BANGLADESH WANTS TO ENGAGE FAA
[...] (U) In an August 2 meeting with Emboffs, Sakeb Majlis, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) expressed hope that national carrier Biman Airlines would restart flights from Dhaka to New York, emphasizing the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) determination to obtain C [...]
2009-08-04 10:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG
09DHAKA841AWAMI LEAGUE MUST GOVERN WELL, OR "WE WILL GO TO
[...] (C) Commerce Minister Faruk Khan told the Ambassador August 25 that the Awami League government faced a stark choice: "if we do not govern well enough to win reelection, we will go to jail" when the opposition comes to power in five years. Khan said Prime Minister Hasina must do three thing [...]
2009-08-27 08:52:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD BEXP EINV EAIR ELAB BG
09DILI290USS BONHOMME RICHARD AND 11TH MEU VISIT TIMOR-LESTE
[...] (U) Summary: The USS Bonhomme Richard and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit visited Timor-Leste October 13-23 and conducted highly successful exercises, provided medical services, completed humanitarian engineering projects, and engaged in community relations activities in coordination with [...]
2009-10-26 05:36:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MASS ASEC TT
09DOHA158FAA VISIT CONFIRMS WEAKNESS OF QATAR'S CIVIL
[...] (U) FAA Senior Regional Representative Roy Barnett visited Qatar January 21-22 for consultations with the Embassy, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, and Qatar Airways. During the visit, he met with the QCAA Vice Chairman Ibrahim Abdulgadir, half a dozen other QCAA employees, and the Qatar Airway [...]
2009-03-04 05:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC QA
09DOHA401EXPATS SHARE VIEWS ON QATAR WITH FELTMAN
[...] (SBU) On June 16, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman met over dinner at the Ambassador's residence with five thoughtful expatriates who have worked in Qatar for a number of years. Each offered his views of why Qatar pursues the foreign and domestic policies that i [...]
2009-06-18 12:56:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SOCI QA
09DUBAI241DUBAI'S LOW-COST AIRLINE LAUNCHES INAUGURAL ROUTES
[...] (U) During its first two weeks of operation, flydubai--Dubai's new low-cost airline--launched inaugural routes to Beirut and Amman on June 1 and additional routes to Damascus and Alexandria on June 8 and 9, respectively. The new airline will focus on destinations four hours or less from Dubai [...]
2009-06-10 14:29:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL AE
09DUBLIN100U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO
[...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...]
2009-03-03 15:06:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN102RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST
[...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...]
2009-03-03 15:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHSA RU EI
09DUBLIN45IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has fueled robust economic growth since the "Celtic Tiger" period of the late 1990s. Ireland's pro-investment climate saw total FDI stock grow from euro 53 billion in 1998 to euro 131 billion in 2007. Trad [...]
2009-01-30 13:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR EI
09DUBLIN71OIL SPILL THREATENS THE COAST OF IRELAND
[...] (U) On February 14, through the use of aerial pollution surveillance equipment, the Irish Coast Guard spotted an oil spill 50 miles off the south coast of Ireland. At the time, the spill measured 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles and was located close to a Russian aircraft carrier and a tanker. The Iris [...]
2009-02-18 12:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EWWT EPET EFIS SENV EI
09DURBAN119DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...]
2009-12-23 13:41:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF
09DUSHANBE1112TAJIKISTAN - BOEING MAKES A DEAL WITH SOMON AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing has reached an agreement with Somon Air (which is controlled by the President and his family),to provide Somon Air up to six 737 aircraft by 2012. With the aircraft, Boeing will provide a comprehensive package of training for Somon pilots and maintenance staff and analy [...]
2009-09-30 11:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV EAIR TI
09DUSHANBE932FLYING BY NIGHT: TAJIK AVIATION ILL-EQUIPPED, UNDER-FUNDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's aviation sector faces many challenges: lack of capacity and oversight, limited flights, high costs, poor planning, aging infrastructure, and unrealistic expectations. During a recent visit to Dushanbe by senior Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration representa [...]
2009-07-31 10:01:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL TI
09FREETOWN430SIERRA LEONE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Please see the following draft of the Sierra Leone 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, keyed to reftel: 2) Summary Sierra Leone has taken steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and has mounted efforts against drug abuse. I [...]
2009-11-02 15:49:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL SL
09GUATEMALA703PUTTING OUT FIRES: THE OAS OFFICE IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent trip by PolOff to the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone (AZ) found an effective team performing difficult tasks under often arduous conditions. By resolving territorial disputes early in the process and at a local level, [...]
2009-07-21 22:24:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOAS PBTS PREL PGOV PINR PNAT GT
09HANOI497WAY FORWARD ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM
[...] (C) Summary: The United States and Vietnam are moving to a new level of defense cooperation not previously seen in our bilateral relationship. While progress in some areas is slower than we would like, we have now expanded our engagement to the point where setting priorities will be key to ou [...]
2009-06-01 10:01:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
09HANOI895Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation
[...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 9:30 a.m.; Ministry of Defense, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy Hanoi Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary, EAP Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant [...]
2009-11-10 04:25:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS VM
09HANOI968BUILDING FOUNDATION FOR A NEW BEGINNING IN DEFENSE TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's visit to the U.S. in June 2008, which included an unprecedented meeting at the Pentagon, both the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have demonstrated previously unseen interest in buying non-lethal [...]
2009-09-17 04:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EINT ETRD MARR PARM
09HARARE228AIR ZIMBABWE AT ROSSROAD TO SURVIVAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Zimbabwe, the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe, is at a crossroads. After ten years of disastrous financial mismanagement, AirZim has become an enormous drain to the government's coffers, requiring continuous transfusions of working capital from the [...]
2009-03-17 08:52:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE248ZIM NOTES 03-20-2009
[...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - New Government Making Progress, But Still Lacks Unity... - Conspiracy Theorists Continue to Blame U.S. for Accident... - Minister Matinenga Takes The Witness Stand... - MDC Members Remain Behind Bars For Post-Funeral Violence... - Giving Up On O [...]
2009-03-23 12:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE837AIR ZIMBABWE ON LIFE SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the words of CEO Peter Chikumba, Air Zimbabwe is on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. Although the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe has laid-off 30 percent of its workforce since February 2009 and has significantly reduced service, the airline [...]
2009-10-20 14:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HONGKONG688COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCC VISIT TO HONG KONG,
[...] Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Bartholomew and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation to Hong Kong May 9-12 2009. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Benjamin Weber, office telephone:(852)2841-2110; mobile t [...]
2009-04-15 10:20:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OREP HK
09ISLAMABAD2669 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 12:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3073 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD832SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...]
2009-04-21 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09JAKARTA1091USTDA GRANT FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP
[...] Summary: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded $341,000 in grant funds to Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance the safety and security of the country's aviation sector. The technical assistance grant is the latest effort to bolster the civil aviat [...]
2009-06-26 06:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SN TH ID
09JAKARTA1619INDONESIA: AVIATION - THE NEXT STEP
[...] (U) This message contains an Action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is a major civil aviation market, and will grow faster if U.S. technical assistance can help bring its aviation sector up to international standards. A string of fatal air disasters has height [...]
2009-09-29 00:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ID
09JAKARTA1685SINO-INDONESIAN RELATIONS -- POLITICAL WARINESS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI views its deepening ties with the United States as an important element of a strategy to maintain regional balance in light of expanding Chinese influence. Sino-Indonesian ties are currently dominated by booming trade relations, which have in turn brought concerns that [...]
2009-10-07 08:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON ID CH
09JAKARTA448FIRST COMMERCIAL SUCCESS UNDER CAPE TOWN CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EAIR EINV ECON ID
09KABUL1361AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS: NARCO-INSURGENCY
[...] (C) Summary. Afghan Army commandos and U.S. special forces air-assaulted and seized a large Taliban command center that doubled as a heroin-producing complex in central Helmand on May 19-23. The operation, which included the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA)/National Interdiction [...]
2009-05-31 05:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF
09KABUL3346ARIANA: SAFER, PROFITABLE BUT STILL FINANCIALLY CONFUSING
[...] Action request for USEU and AmEmbassy London - please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's largest airline, state-owned Ariana Airlines, is a leader in market share and profitability despite an EU flight ban and an aging fleet. Its energetic president, M.K. Wardak, has improve [...]
2009-10-19 03:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV AF
09KABUL3667LACK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OVERSIGHT RAISES SAFETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's air traffic has grown by 67 percent over the past year, outstripping its antiquated, procedural-based air traffic control system and a surveillance system that covers only a small fraction of its airspace. Joint airspace use by commercial and combat flights withou [...]
2009-11-14 11:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV AF
09KABUL4029Afghanistan's Hajj 2009: Transport Ministry and Ariana
[...] Summary: In a marked improvement from last year's Hajj, logistics for the 2009 Afghan pilgrimage proceeded smoothly, due to extensive planning by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA). State-owned Ariana Airlines transported about 35,000 pilgrims, thanks to a last-minute deal b [...]
2009-12-16 10:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL809SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]
2009-04-01 14:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF
09KARACHI387KARACHI - NATIONAL AIRLINE FLOUNDERS AS PRIVATE CARRIERS
[...] (C) Summary: While Pakistan's national carrier, PIA, has been operating at a loss for years, Pakistan's private carriers are seeing profits increase and are cautiously preparing to expand - particularly into the Middle Eastern market. PIA executives blame reduced travel demand and unfair compe [...]
2009-12-14 06:16:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV ECON PK
09KARACHI68KARACHI - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FRUSTRATED BY
[...] (C) Summary: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director General Sajid Habib told EconOff on February 13 that Pakistan's airline industry wanted a response from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to an industry request to fly direct flights to the U.S. He invited U.S. carrier [...]
2009-03-02 06:22:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL ECON PK
09KATHMANDU1046CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU
[...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...]
2009-11-19 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU431BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...]
2009-05-22 07:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KHARTOUM17MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]
2009-01-06 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM227UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...]
2009-02-21 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM591CHADIAN REBELS STILL FEAR ARMY OFFENSIVE, PLEDGE NOT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting in Khartoum, RFC Chadian Rebel Commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno claimed that the Chadian Army remains poised to attack the Chadian rebels along the nebulous border region. Hanno backtracked on earlier assertions that [...]
2009-05-05 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM890CHADIAN REBELS WITHDRAW BUT MILITARY TENSIONS REMAIN ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 29 meeting in Khartoum, United des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) Chadian rebel commander Mahamat Hanno claimed that UFR President Timane Erdimi and the UFR commanders have returned to Khartoum. UFR combatants have reportedly withdrawn from the border but have not disar [...]
2009-08-02 12:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KINGSTON922JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 15:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM
09KUWAIT314KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...]
2009-03-31 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN
09KUWAIT527KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SOLDIERS INFECTED WITH H1N1
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. On the evening of Saturday, May 23, news of confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among U.S. military personnel transiting Kuwait to Iraq broke in the local and international media. The story ran on the front page of all local papers, and on local, regional, and pan-Arab [...]
2009-05-26 03:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KU
09KYIV1073UKRAINE: NO RESPONSE YET FROM SAA ON DELTA PARKING
[...] (SBU) On June 22 we delivered reftel points on Delta Air Lines' request for authorization to park its aircraft overnight in Kyiv on five nights between August 8 and September 6. SAA Deputy Chairman Dmytro Babeichuk stated he would check with SAA Chairman Davydov on the proposed consultation [...]
2009-06-23 04:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1703U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]
2009-10-02 07:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09LAGOS357NIGERIAN FLIGHTS TO THE USA: TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF?
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting FAA representatives report that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) is close to meeting all eight requirements for Category 1 status for Nigerian carriers to fly to the United States and that it could gain that status as soon as mid-2010. End Summary. Status of [...]
2009-09-08 17:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV NI
09LIBREVILLE37GABON REFORMS CIVIL AVIATION AMID CONCERNS OVER
[...] (SBU) Civil aviation in Gabon is in disarray. Since July 2008, the European Union has imposed safety-related restrictions on all Gabon-certified air carriers, including a complete ban on most companies. In response, Gabon is scrambling to put in place a new, independent civil aviation author [...]
2009-01-26 11:00:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV GB TP
09LIMA1498LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 19:33:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA1729NAS Lima End of Month Report - November
[...] (U) Summary: - Aviation Report - Ports/Maritime Program Report - Ports Program Case of Note - Eradication Report - Police Programs Report - CADCA Evaluates New Community Anti-Drug Coalitions East of the Andes Aviation Report 2. (SBU) NAS Aviation ha [...]
2009-12-29 19:58:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PE XR KCRM ASEC PREL
09LIMA695LIMA NAS APRIL END OF MONTH REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 20:32:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LJUBLJANA94SLOVENIA TO FOLLOW EU LINE ON ETS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 13:54:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON SI ETRD SENV EU
09LONDON2102UK TO PRESS EC FOR REMOVAL OF USG AIRCRAFT FROM EU
[...] (SBU) UK transportation officials offered to lobby the European Commission (EC) in support of USG request (Ref A) to remove state airlines from the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The UK does not control the list, but understands USG desire to have our government flights - FAA, NASA and U. [...]
2009-09-09 16:11:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV UK
09LONDON2862MOD ANNOUNCES PLUS UP FOR AFGHANISTAN SPENDING -- MATCHED BY CUTS IN OTHER AREAS REF: LONDON 2768
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 15:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS MARR MCAP UK
09LONDON461HEATHROW EXPANSION GETS LIFTOFF, EXPECT TURBULENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Heathrow's expansion is a major economic, political and environmental hot-button issue, creating unusual alliances among its supporters and opponents, and will likely become a key electoral issue. On January 16, Transport Minister Geoff Hoon announced HMG plans to build a th [...]
2009-02-20 17:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ECON EIND ETRD PGOV UK
09LUSAKA73ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS' FAILURE A "GOVERNMENT TAKEDOWN"
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Zambian Airways claims the Zambian Government destroyed creditor and consumer confidence in it and drove it into bankruptcy because of vendettas against the airline's primary stakeholders. Although its business practices are questionable, at the very least, Zambian [...]
2009-02-03 09:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR PGOV ZA
09MADRID942CIVAIR: RESPONSE FROM GOS ON FEDERAL AVIATION
[...] (U) Para 3 contains a translation of the response from Spain's Agency for Air Safety (AESA) on 8 cases of alleged violations of U.S. airspace (ref A). Background: Until this year, the GOS had determined that it did not have the legal jurisdiction to investigate cases of citizens or residents o [...]
2009-09-22 11:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SP
09MANAGUA1073TURBULENT RELATIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) Relations between commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes and the GON's airport authority are worsening. On November 3 a representative of Continental Airlines told econoff that the situation at Managua's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is becoming "unbearable." [...]
2009-11-06 19:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
09MANAMA141BAHRAIN: KING ON REGIONAL SECURITY, IRAN,
[...] (S) Summary: King Hamad encouraged the U.S. military to base P-3s in Bahrain, asked that GCC governments be kept in the loop on any U.S.-Iranian engagement, and commented on Morocco's dispute with Iran. He reiterated offers of help in Afghanistan and with anti-piracy efforts. End summary. [...]
2009-03-10 10:07:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR AF AEC IR MO BA
09MANAMA313GENERAL PETRAEUS' MAY 20 MEETING WITH KING HAMAD
[...] (U) Participants: United States: General David Petraeus, Commande, USCENTCOM Ambassador Adam Ereli General JohnAllen, Deputy Commander, USCENTCOM Mike Gfoeller POLAD USCENTCOM Saadi Othman, Adviser to Genera Petraeus Ali Khedery, Adviser to General Petraeus olonel Mike Iverson, Executiv [...]
2009-05-27 11:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MARR SY BA
09MANAMA314GENERAL PETRAEUS' MAY 20 MEETING WITH KING HAMAD
[...] (U) Participants: United States: General David Petraeus, Commander, USCENTCOM Ambassador Adam Ereli General John Allen, Deputy Commander, USCENTCOM Mike Gfoeller, POLAD USCENTCOM Saadi Othman, Adviser to General Petraeus Ali Khedery, Adviser to General Petraeus Colonel Mike Iverson, Exe [...]
2009-05-27 11:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP MARR SY BA
09MANAMA737BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 10:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA
09MEXICO1236SITREP 11 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The Minister of Health announced May 4 that the number of new H1N1 cases has declined and that there have been no new deaths. However, as Mexico clears a backlog of older H1N1 samples, the total number of confirmed cases has risen to 727 and deaths to 26. Mexica [...]
2009-05-05 00:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1322AIR TRANSPORT: FLU SPARES PASSENGERS, HITS FINANCES
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables reporting on the economic impact of the influenza outbreak in Mexico. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The transportation system in Mexico has withstood the H1N1 assault at its current intensity rather well. While fear of the influenza has subsided, the economi [...]
2009-05-13 20:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KFLU MX
09MEXICO1428Mexico Economic Weekly - May 22
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-05-23 18:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1602009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO
[...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]
2009-01-21 22:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO1669Mexico Economic Weekly - June 12
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-06-12 22:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO582Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-02-27 19:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO803SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...]
2009-03-19 13:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO815SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REYES, SKELTON,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]
2009-03-20 15:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO927SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL HOYER TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico welcomes you to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico [...]
2009-03-27 22:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON MX
09MILAN153BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Econ Officer and an Economic Specialist from Consulate General Milan visited the headquarters of Aermeccanica S.R.L., via Monte Grappa N.2, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo Varese, on June 29, 2009 to obtain the following information. 2. (U) Aermeccanica is a family-owned air [...]
2009-07-21 09:51:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
09MONROVIA785ETHIOPIAN AIRWAYS TO FLY TO MONROVIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Airways (EA) will begin flights to Roberts International Airport (RIA) October 25, expanding its service in West Africa by linking Monrovia to Addis Ababa through Accra. EA's entrance will meet the need for more avenues from Liberia into Africa, Europe and the United S [...]
2009-10-26 08:24:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR LI
09MONTREAL80ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...]
2009-03-09 23:55:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KS KN IC ICAO
09MOSCOW2548GOR CLAIMS DIPLOMATIC COURIERS IN KABUL OBSTRUCTED
[...] (C) On October 8, MFA North American Desk Second Secretary Sergey Kuznetsov passed us a nonpaper detailing GOR complaints that their diplomatic couriers in Kabul were stopped and searched by a private security firm at Kabul Arport on October 5. He added that FM Lavrov may raise this issue wit [...]
2009-10-08 11:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ADPM ASEC RS AF
09MOSCOW2935RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX
[...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...]
2009-12-03 06:41:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPGOV PREL RS KN
09MOSCOW2958SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TALKS TRAINS, PLANES,
[...] (U) November 18-20, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood led the USG delegation to the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Officials from the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA),U.S. Centers for Disease Control a [...]
2009-12-08 14:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECON PREL ETRD RS
09MOSCOW652FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWING MILITARY REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: The current global financial crisis has forced a postponement of Russia's plans for military reform. With financial realities finally forcing the GOR to prioritize Defense Minister Serdyukov's proposed reforms, it is becoming clear that Russia's already-atrophied conventional for [...]
2009-03-17 14:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MCAP MNUC ECON RS
09MOSCOW756ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE
[...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...]
2009-03-26 15:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV PARM RS
09MUSCAT1001SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you on your return to Oman. Below is an update on events since your last visit. 2. (C) Base Access Agreement: The renewal negotiations, in scheduling stage during your last visit, are now set to begin in Muscat in mid-December 2009. We do not see signi [...]
2009-11-04 14:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL MOPS MASS MU
09MUSCAT273SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION
[...] (C) Security and military cooperation between the U.S. and Oman, as well as the overall bilateral relationship, remains strong. Oman's strategic location makes it a highly valued partner for the support of U.S. military operations across a wide area. While sharing U.S. concerns on Iran's nucl [...]
2009-04-01 14:51:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER MASS MOPS MU
09MUSCAT845OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED
[...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...]
2009-08-05 12:41:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU
09MUSCAT907OMAN PORTS: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Muscat continues to make slow but steady progress in efforts to press forward the USG agenda for ports in Oman. In a September 13 meeting, the Undersecretary for Ports reacted favorably to the possibility of U.S. Naval use of port Duqm and promised to confirm proposed dat [...]
2009-09-15 09:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EWWT MOPS MU
09NEWDELHI1099GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...]
2009-05-29 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1162New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...]
2009-06-05 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1222New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...]
2009-06-12 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1814TSA REP DISCUSSES BCAS AND FAMS MOU, VIP SCREENING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Transportation Safety Administration Representative (TSA South Asia Regional Rep newly stationed in Singapore) Thomas Keene visited New Delhi August 4-7 to meet with Government of India (GOI) officials and U.S. airlines representatives to discuss aviation security issues. During [...]
2009-09-01 03:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR PREL PTER IN OVIP
09NEWDELHI2037New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...]
2009-10-01 14:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2198SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...]
2009-10-29 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL
09NEWDELHI2437 TOP CONCERNS OF U.S. CIVAIR COMPANIES IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion with Emboffs on November 23, representatives of U.S. airlines, express delivery services and aircraft manufacturers discussed their doing business concerns in order to provide input to government-to-government meetings scheduled to take place on the ma [...]
2009-12-04 02:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PTER ETRD EFIN ECON IN
09NEWDELHI2529SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG
[...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...]
2009-12-18 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI438THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...]
2009-03-06 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN
09NEWDELHI663NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...]
2009-04-03 10:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI870END USE MONITORING: FINDING AN ACCEPTABLE TEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) During the last several weeks, GOI officials have indicated a stronger interest in settling outstanding issues involving End Use Monitoring (EUM) language to be used in Letters of Agreement for defense sales. We see an opportunity to d [...]
2009-05-01 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN
09NEWDELHI937NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 4-8, 2009, including the following: -- Indian IT Industry Reactions to U.S. Tax Plan -- Indo-Pak Border Trade Increases to About $80M -- New Chief of National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) [...]
2009-05-08 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NICOSIA314CYPRUS: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus (ROC): United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on seaport security and anti-terrorism. 2. (SBU) Cyprus has rou [...]
2009-05-13 08:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR MOPS PREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA789REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus: United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on Waterside Port Security. This activity is clearly in the US national i [...]
2009-12-22 14:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
09OTTAWA34 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB USTR OPIC PGOV CA
09PANAMA123CODEL COSTELLO MEETS PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Costello, composed of members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Martin Torrijos Espino during the afternoon of February 2 to discuss transportation and the overall bilateral relationship. During the cordial meeting, Torrijos e [...]
2009-02-10 22:05:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EWWT OREP PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA893TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FLYING HIGH BUT CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Summary: Tocumen International Airport captures the Panamanian zeitgeist in a concentrated dose. Tocumen's legitimate status as a crux of Latin America's passenger and cargo traffic is tainted by a seamy underside of alien smuggling, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and corruption. Explo [...]
2009-12-18 18:05:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPREL PGOV PM CTM DEA DHS
09PANAMA894Scenesetter for CODEL Boehner
[...] (SBU) Since the restoration of democracy after Operation Just Cause twenty years ago, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable government, achieving a new confidence, dynamism, and psychological sovereignty that complements the 1999 completion of its territorial sovereignty. [...]
2009-12-03 14:17:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SOCI ASEC SNAR PGOV KPAO CASC PM
09PORTLOUIS271SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...]
2009-09-08 13:08:00Embassy Port LouisSECRETASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE
09PORTOFSPAIN119SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PRIME MINISTER MANNING
[...] (C) Prime Minister Patrick Manning met CDA Charles Shapiro March 16 to discuss Summit of the Americas issues. Manning envisions a major role for the President, including an event in Port of Spain's main park (the Savannah) for 100,000s. The PM will make a quick March 18-21 trip to six natio [...]
2009-03-17 10:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM MASS TD
09PORTOFSPAIN506TIGHT RACE FOR BOEING IN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing's bid to sell ten 737-800 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago's national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reaching a watershed as an intra-governmental board is expected to decide on a vendor by early January. Boeing is competing against Airbus for a potential $790 millio [...]
2009-12-28 16:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV PREL KPRV TD
09PRAGUE147DEFENSE PROCUREMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SHADY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARR EZ KCOR MARR MCAPP
09PRETORIA1054SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009,
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1118SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-06-03 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1134DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...]
2009-06-05 14:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1288SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph four of Reftel A. Post delivered the demarche to South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) Deputy Director of Maritme and Antarctic Policy Patrick Jacobs on May 7. Jacobs presented the req [...]
2009-06-26 13:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON ETRD MARR PARM PREL PHSA KOMC SF
09PRETORIA1482SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]
2009-07-22 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1697SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J.
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]
2009-08-24 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA2271SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS'
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 11:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2602SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...]
2009-12-18 11:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF
09PRETORIA38SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...]
2009-01-09 14:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA473SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SACKS CEO
[...] This cable is based on collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg. 2. (U) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) reached an agreement to terminate CEO Khaya Ngqula's contract following charges of mismanagement and corruption. SAA continues to face fin [...]
2009-03-12 05:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ELAB ECON SF
09PRETORIA893SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-04 13:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09RIODEJANEIRO404Rio Radar - December 3
[...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: BLACKOUTS HIT RIO DE JANEIRO...AGAIN AND AGAIN 2. (U) Beginning the afte [...]
2009-12-03 17:23:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ASEC PGOV TBIO EAIR BR
09RIYADH1621SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE
[...] (S) The Yemeni town of Razah near the Saudi border was apparently struck by either Saudi or Yemeni aircraft on December 13; international press sources report over 30 deaths. If these reports are accurate this would be the deadliest attack to date against the Houthis since the Saudis commence [...]
2009-12-14 15:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09ROME1060USG-OWNED OR -OPERATED AIRCRAFT ON THE EU ETS LIST
[...] (U) Summary. Post received responses to the demarche in Reftel B from officials at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, ENAC (Italy's civil aviation administration),and the Ministry of the Environment, and Land and Sea Safeguards. All officials agreed that Italy had no power to [...]
2009-09-16 07:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SENV KGHG EUN
09ROME1363ISAF: NEXT STEPS FOR ITALY'S 1,000 TROOP COMMITMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian government has started the Parliamentary approval process for its increased ISAF commitments. On December 10, FM Frattini and MOD La Russa briefed Parliament's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees on the GOI's plans for a 1,000-troop surge in ISAF over the next te [...]
2009-12-11 16:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
09ROME171INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]
2009-02-12 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09SANSALVADOR1024CROSSED WIRES: NPR'S REPORT ON OUTSOURCING AIRLINE REPAIRS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the El Salvador-based Aeroman repair facility strongly refuted allegations raised in a recent National Public Radio report concerning the potential safety implications of the growing practice in the airline industry of outsourcing maintenance abroad. Aeroman clien [...]
2009-10-30 18:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR980TACA AND AVIANCA AGREE TO MERGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, El Salvador's Grupo TACA announced a merger with Colombia's Avianca Airlines to form Latin America's second-largest carrier. TACA's primary short-term benefit is new long-haul routes to Europe and North America. The local American Airlines representative does not [...]
2009-10-14 19:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SOCI ES
09SAOPAULO569MEDIA REACTION- OBAMA'S SPEECH AT THE U.N.; FX-2 BID;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 19:08:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SEOUL1389NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]
2009-08-31 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL258PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009
[...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...]
2009-02-19 07:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL357ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...]
2009-03-06 09:40:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEAIR KS KN
09SEOUL393SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:20:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL776NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...]
2009-05-15 01:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SHANGHAI122SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...]
2009-03-17 07:58:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL
09SHANGHAI55CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]
2009-01-30 11:23:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI58CORRECTED COPY: CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]
2009-02-02 03:56:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SINGAPORE1073SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S SINGAPORE VISIT
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, the message you delivered in Thailand in July that "the United States is back in Southeast Asia" is resonating here in Singapore. Your upcoming visit presents a precious opportunity to consolidate and build upon the gains that your early and intense focus on Asia as Secr [...]
2009-11-04 06:25:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR OVIP CLINTON HILLARY SN ASEAN
09SINGAPORE1138PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...]
2009-12-01 08:49:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV APEC CN SN
09SINGAPORE167 OUTLOOK MIXED FOR SINGAPORE'S AVIATION REPAIR INDUSTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 is expected to be difficult for the aviation maintenance and repair overhaul (MRO) industry in Singapore. As the recession deepens and leisure travel slows, some carriers may be forced to ground older planes and default on payments. MRO companies face challenges securing [...]
2009-02-26 04:20:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09STATE1023UPDATE ON EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO INCLUDE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, 2008 European Ministers officially adopted a Directive to include international aviation in the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). All flights arriving and departing from EU airports, [...]
2009-01-06 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU
09STATE116029DEMARCHE URGING GOA NOT TO SIGN IRAN AGREEMENTS
[...] (C) Department requests that Embassy Tirana demarche appropriate GOA officials on an urgent basis, urging the Albanian Government to reject overtures by the Iranian Government to sign free trade and cultural exchange agreements with Iran and establish an Iranian airline hub in Albania. Please [...]
2009-11-10 19:12:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EAIR IR AL
09STATE120250ANGOLA: TRANSPORT MINISTER TELLS WASHINGTON
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Angolan Minister of Transportation August da Silva Tomas and a delegation of Government of Angola transportation figures discussed future cooperation in supp [...]
2009-11-20 22:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAO EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
09STATE122215CIVAIR INDIA: REQUEST TO SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM THE
[...] This is an action request. See paras. 12-14. 2. (SBU) Summary: Due to recent statements made by Indian Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) officials in correspondence with a U.S. air carrier, as well as comments made by a BCAS official in an August 2009 meeting, the Transportation Sec [...]
2009-11-27 21:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL PTER IN
09STATE127635(U) BLUE LANTERN CHECK VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. (U) U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. [...]
2009-12-14 17:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETAV BB CY ETTC KOMC UK
09STATE14039GUIDANCE FOR THE 2009 UN GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides guidance for the U.S. Expert to the 2009 UN Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on the Continuing Operation of the UN Register of Conventional Arms. The 2009 GGE will meet February 16 - 20, April 27 - May 3, and July 13-17. The February and April meetin [...]
2009-02-14 03:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MCAP UNGA CDG MASS SIPDIS
09STATE16171DRAFT DIPLOMATIC NOTES FOR NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable responds to Embassy Beijing's request for guidance (Ref B) for draft language for an exchange of diplomatic notes regarding transit of non-lethal materials through China via commercial mean [...]
2009-02-20 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF CH MARR PGOV PREL
09STATE24316U.S. RESPONSE TO LATEST VERSION OF DRAFT TRANSIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides formal guidance to Embassy Tashkent in response to the Government of Uzbekistan,s latest draft of the exchange of letters dated March 3, 2009 (Ref. D). It is the position of the Department of Defense and Department of State that the U.S. Government can acce [...]
2009-03-13 20:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR UZ
09STATE31078INSTRUCTIONS TO SIGN TRANSIT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tashkent is instructed to deliver the proposed exchange of letters in paragraph 3 to the Government of Uzbekistan. The U.S. Government has agreed to all of the Government of Uzbekistan's proposed changes found in reftel C. If the transit arrangement is acceptable to the Gove [...]
2009-03-31 21:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PREL UZ
09STATE61813TRAVEL WARNING - IRAQ
[...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the dangers inherent in travel to Iraq and recommends against all but essential travel in country given the fluid security situation. Numerous insurgent groups remain active throughout Iraq. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)-led military [...]
2009-06-15 23:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PTER IR
09STATE65194REVISED DRAFT OF THE RUSSIA AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2, 3, and 4. 2. (C) Post is requested to provide the revised draft of the Russia Afghanistan Transit Agreement to the MFA. The text of the revised draft is in paragraph 5 below. A Microsoft Word version of the agreement with tracked revi [...]
2009-06-23 23:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL AF RS US
09STATE86367(SBU) SEEKING GOE SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSIT
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to notify the GOE that the U.S plans the commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies for Afghanistan via the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) via the Port of Tallinn. This effort is [...]
2009-08-19 15:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF EN MARR MOPS NATO PREL
09STATE91284SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR U.S. START FOLLOW-ON
[...] (S) BACKGROUND: On August 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Moscow provided the texts of the Draft New START Treaty Articles and the associated Definitions Annex to the Russian Federation (Refs A-D). This cable contains the U.S.-proposed draft of the New START Treaty Inspection Protocol. A courtesy Ru [...]
2009-09-01 21:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START US RS
09SURABAYA76INDONESIAN FLEET REVIEW: U.S. NAVY DOMINATES THE SHOW AND
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Navy, led by the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, dominated "Sail Bunaken" at the Indonesian Fleet Review (IFR) 2009, hosted by Indonesia in North Sulawesi August 12-20, 2009. Indonesian officials, the media, and the general public expressed overwhelming appreciation for the partici [...]
2009-08-27 03:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MARR PHSA ID
09SUVA32CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE: EXPANDING U.S. OPORTUNITIES IN FIJI,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Direct air links between the United States and Fiji will likely expand as Air Pacific seeks new destinations for its forthcoming five Boeing 787 Dreamliners. While direct negotiations between the USG and Fiji's interim government are off the table, Air Pacific seeks informal di [...]
2009-01-27 06:20:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FJ KI
09TAIPEI416PRO-GREEN ACADEMICS WORRY TAIWAN IS BEING
[...] (SBU) Summary: A number of Taiwan and international participants at a recent conference on the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) expressed concern that the rise of China, Taiwan's growing economic dependence on the PRC, and cross-Strait detente are drawing Taiwan increasingly [...]
2009-04-07 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CH TW
09TALLINN263GOE SAYS ETS WILL NOT APPLY TO MILITARY FLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 14:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON SENV EUN EN
09TASHKENT575UZBEKISTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR US TRANSCOM COMMANDER GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of the roll out of the new strategy for Afghanistan and the signing of the exchange of letters on transit, your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the message that Afghanistan is a common endeavor in which the United States and Uzbekistan are partners. Although the [...]
2009-04-24 13:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV UZ
09TBILISI1090GEORGIA: SECURITY INCIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Three separate security incidents within the last week could indicate that the Russians, Abkhaz or South Ossetians may wish to bump up instability in the midst of the UNOMIG negotiations. South Ossetians set up a new checkpoint near Perevi on June 8 and continue to h [...]
2009-06-12 15:21:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI1123IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The June 22 kickoff of the U.S.-Georgia Charter Commission will raise the question of the future of our military cooperation. Embassy Moscow's recent cable (reftel) has highlighted Russian views and the potential impact on our attempt to reset our relations with Moscow. There are, howe [...]
2009-06-18 12:01:00Embassy TbilisiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI1132GEORGIA: POTENTIAL IMPACT OF UNOMIG CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Russia's veto of a technical rollover of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia leaves a significant gap in both transparency of the military situation in Abkhazia and protection of its residents, especially those in the Gali region. Nevertheless, the actual impact may b [...]
2009-06-19 13:46:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI447GEORGIA: MAJOR MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN ABKHAZIA AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment. International monitors continue to report to us their observations of significant military assets and movements inside the Abkhaz and South Ossetian administrative boundaries, including tanks, artillery, and personnel. The assets observed exceed the limits the Georgi [...]
2009-03-06 13:53:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI450GEORGIA: MAJOR MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN ABKHAZIA AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment. International monitors continue to report to us their observations of significant military assets and movements inside the Abkhaz and South Ossetian administrative boundaries, including tanks, artillery, and personnel. The assets observed exceed the limits the Georgi [...]
2009-03-06 14:37:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI511GEORGIA: UNOMIG BEGINS EVALUATING RESPECT FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment. UNOMIG personnel have begun evaluating the degree to which the various sides respect UNSCR 1866. UNOMIG's position is that 1866 re-imposes on all sides the conditions of paragraph 2a of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, which defines a security zone that excludes all milita [...]
2009-03-17 13:56:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09TBILISI625GEORGIA: TIME TO MOBILIZE ON NEW UN MISSION
[...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Johan Verbeke offered the U.S., French and German ambassadors additional details on his ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia, as well as a readout of recent trips to Washington, London, Moscow and Prague. He urged western countries to weigh [...]
2009-03-27 14:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC UNOMIG KBTS RS GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1287TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. EconCouns and EconOffs met with local representatives from Continental, American and Delta Airlines to gauge the overall health of the airline industry in light of the international economic downturn and the Honduran political crisis. Representatives of all three airlines said [...]
2009-12-14 22:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EAID EFIN EINV ETRD CASC CVIS PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA811TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-24 23:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA813TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-25 13:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TELAVIV138ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast Summary: -------- Veteran journalist Eitan Haber wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "[And] we,in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether you will continue the tradition of American presidents of the pas [...]
2009-01-20 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV682ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that on Saturday night police sappers disarmed a powerful 100-kg bomb in a car outside HaifaQs Lev Hamifratz shopping mall, thwarting a potential terrori [...]
2009-03-23 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV90GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 13, 1200
[...] (S) Summary: Israeli media reports PM Olmert indicated to foreign leaders January 12 that he was prepared to give Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire talks a chance prior to a decision on a third phase of Operation Cast Lead. At the same time, Olmert stated in a speech to Israeli southern city may [...]
2009-01-13 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MOPS PINS KWBG CASC EG IS JO KPAL EAID
09THEHAGUE404NETHERLANDS: WHA PDAS KELLY'S JUNE 25, 2009
[...] (U) June 25, 2009; 8:45 am; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, WHA Eric Falls (Embassy notetaker) Netherlands ----------- Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Potman, [...]
2009-07-07 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL BL NU CU VE
09TOKYO1021JAPAN'S EFFORTS TO ASSIST ITS AILING AIRLINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its "Support Package to Strengthen the Foundation of the Airline Industry" April 10, a set of initiatives to assist Japan's struggling airline sector. The support package does not require Diet approval [...]
2009-05-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EIND ETRD WTRO EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1043MGSF01 May 7 UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. All previous reports of suspected H1N1 cases in Japan in the end have tested negative for the novel virus. The Japanese government is preparing for the possibility of the WHO raising its pandemic alert to Ph [...]
2009-05-07 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1059 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 07:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1061JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 00:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1086MGSF01 JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] This message contains an Action Request, please see para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: Four human cases of Type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Japan. While no Americans were among the infected, four Americans who had been confined to their Kyoto hotel rooms because of their suspected pro [...]
2009-05-13 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR AESC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TOKYO1228 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 21:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1250JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 00:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1304 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 22:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1375 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1405 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 21:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1406JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 00:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1426YOKOSUKA ELECTION PROJECTION: LDP-BACKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ryoichi Kabaya--the 64 year-old independent incumbent backed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),Komeito, and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)--will most likely retain his seat during the June 28 Yokosuka City mayoral election, according to U.S. Embassy Diet contacts. Yokosuka [...]
2009-06-24 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL JA
09TOKYO1458JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1524JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 00:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1548JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 02:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1673JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 00:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1722 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 21:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1764RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON
[...] (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? The Immigration Bureau tracks entries and exits for all travelers, both foreign and Japanese, on a nationwide computerized database. The system [...]
2009-08-03 06:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS
09TOKYO1832 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 21:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1938 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/21/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1944JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO195JAPAN-CHINA: UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Japanese Foreign Ministry officials and PRC diplomats stationed in Tokyo are upbeat about the current state of Sino-Japanese relations and optimistic about the future of the relationship. Neither believes all problems have been solved, however. Territorial disputes and Ja [...]
2009-01-27 23:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1954JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1977 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 21:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO198JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2005JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 02:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO201TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the enactment on Tuesday of a second supplementary budget. 2. "New Environment Policy to Call for Change in U.S. Industries" The business-oriented Nikkei argued in an editorial (1/28): "President Obama revealed his plans to impose str [...]
2009-01-28 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2010 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/01/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2040 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 21:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2066 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/08/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 21:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2098 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 06:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2118JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 00:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO212 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 04:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2208 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 21:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2226 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2286 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 23:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2434 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 23:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO245 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2494 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 21:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2502 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 06:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2507 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 23:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2516 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2523 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-01 23:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2674 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 01:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2676ASD GREGSON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND CHINA WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki said in a November 17 meeting with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Wallace Gregson that the Japanese government fully supports U.S. bilateral engagement wit [...]
2009-11-19 04:23:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV MNUC MARR KN JA
09TOKYO2686 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2795TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...]
2009-12-08 23:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2800TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA, U.S.-JAPAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: All papers on Tuesday morning front- paged the GOJ's move to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Hatoyama and President Obama next week in Copenhagen so that the premier can directly explain to the President the Japanese administration's current position on Futenma relocation [...]
2009-12-08 23:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO2813JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT
[...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...]
2009-12-09 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN
09TOKYO2821 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 03:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2860 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2880 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 23:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2928 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/28/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 03:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2949 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/31/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO308JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY COMMISSION TRYING TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, is aiming for a March 2009 release of its long awaited report, despite last-minute Chinese misgivings about language contained therein. The Committee initially sought to complete the project by Summer 2 [...]
2009-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO317SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO TOKYO
[...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso, Foreign Minister Nakasone and Defense Minister Hamada are eager to see you to discuss our new Administration's foreign policy and ways to improve our global and regional partnership. That your first stop on your first overseas trip i [...]
2009-02-10 07:16:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO33JAPAN: ASO EKING OUT POSITIVE REVIEWS ON CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has forged modest success on China. Facing plummeting approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and a Diet divided with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, PM Aso has managed to keep bilateral ties to China on an even keel by actively engagin [...]
2009-01-07 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO336TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S. BAILOUT PLAN AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included the Chinese military's plans to construct its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier after 2020. 2. "U.S. Bailout Plan Unsatisfactory" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (2/13): "A new financial stabilization plan revealed by the Obama ad [...]
2009-02-13 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO337JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/13/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 01:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO388JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 2/20/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 01:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO516TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers continued to give prominent front-page play to the ongoing investigation by prosecutors of DPJ President Ozawa's aide for allegedly receiving illegal corporate contributions from a scandal-hit general contractor. 2. "Explanations on Surging Military [...]
2009-03-06 10:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO593TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included yesterday's press remarks by DPJ President Ozawa, in which he insisted that political donations by private companies, labor unions, and other entities should be completely prohibited. 2. "Khatami Makes Difficult Decision" On former Irani [...]
2009-03-18 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO600JAPAN'S OPPOSITION PARTY OFFERS VARYING VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),lacks a coherent, unified message on China policy. Most party members agree on the importance of strengthening Sino-Japanese ties and believe that a DPJ-led government would have to handle relations with Chi [...]
2009-03-18 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO614 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/19/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 07:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO636JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 02:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO639FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 1
[...] (U) Summary: At 0648hrs local time, FedEx cargo flight 80 from Guangzhou to Narita Airport crashed upon landing and burst into flames on the runway. FedEx and the GOJ confirmed that the two people on-board, the pilot and co-pilot, died. FedEx confirmed the identities for the two individuals, [...]
2009-03-23 07:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC PREL JA
09TOKYO646FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 2
[...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the crash of FedEx cargo flight 80, large numbers of passenger flights at Narita Airport are delayed, diverted, or canceled. Runway A, the site of the crash, remains closed, and runway B is heavily congested with additional flights. In addition to the National [...]
2009-03-23 08:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC PREL JA
09TOKYO651JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 03:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO658FEDEX AIR CRASH IN TOKYO: SITREP 3
[...] (U) Summary: Narita Airport's Runway A, where a FedEx aircraft crashed on March 23, has re-opened and resumed operations. The temporary closure of runway A affected both Japanese and foreign airlines' international flights, resulting in delays, diversions, and crowded conditions at airport [...]
2009-03-24 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CASC PREL JA
09TOKYO674JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO68JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO704TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND U.S. PLAN FOR
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the victory of an LDP candidate in Sunday's Chiba gubernatorial election. 2. "International Community Should Also Offer Ideas" The liberal Asahi editorialized (3/30): "The Obama administration, which has stated that it will concentrate i [...]
2009-03-30 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO849 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/14/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 06:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO852CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER ASO
[...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R-AZ),Lindsay Graham (R-SC),and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) met with Prime Minister Aso April 9 and exchanged views on China's defense spending and its economy, North Korea, and the London G20 Summit and nuclear energy. Senator McCain thanked PM Aso for Japan's c [...]
2009-04-14 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV PMIL JA
09TOKYO869JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 01:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO917JAPANESE AIRLINES DISCUSS CIVIL AVIATION AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese airlines report slight improvements in the international civil aviation market, particularly for leisure travel, but that the business, domestic, and freight sectors show no sign of recovery. Japan's position as a regional hub, according to Japan Airlines (JAL) and Al [...]
2009-04-21 09:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELTN PGOV ETRD JA
09TOKYO955 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 07:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO984JAPAN-CHINA: BROADENING ENGAGEMENT ON EVE OF PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's scheduled April 29 trip to Beijing represents the culmination of engagement efforts during the past year aimed at promoting confidence in bilateral ties, addressing mutual concerns, and exploring areas of potential cooperation. Aso's meeting with [...]
2009-04-29 00:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON JA CH
09TOKYO992 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TUNIS86TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. FDI in Tunisia Up 51.1 Percent in 2008 B. Industry Exports Down C. GOT To Boost Maritime and Air Transport D. Tunisia and Jordan Sign 16 Cooperation Agreements E. Two Tunisian Comp [...]
2009-02-13 11:49:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD TS
09UNVIEVIENNA308WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 25-27 GENERAL WORKING
[...] (C) Summary: Acting DAS Ganzer led an inter-agency delegation to the May 25-27 Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG). Russia again presented a paper on arms exports to Georgia, expressing its frustration that Wassenaar did not report Russia,s concerns appropriately in reports of m [...]
2009-06-29 13:04:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA563IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1
[...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...]
2009-12-15 12:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP JP AR
09USUNNEWYORK326UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...]
2009-03-27 21:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09VIENNA225Austrian Airlines Financial Situation Grim;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Austrian Airlines (AUA) is in increasingly dire financial straits despite bridge loans from the GoA. On February 19, new management announced a 2008 operating loss of EUR 100-125 million which would wipe out half of AUA's remaining capital base. Including financial items (wri [...]
2009-02-26 15:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EUN AU
09VIENNA910Austrian Airlines Skates on Thin Ice as Lufthansa Takeover
[...] SUMMARY: As the buyout of Austrian Airlines (AUA) by Lufthansa (LH) nears its contract deadline of July 31 (AFTER which LH can back out or seek modified terms),AUA is preparing for the worst while hoping the European Commission and LH can come to an understanding. Commission approval for key [...]
2009-07-22 12:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PGOV AU
09WELLINGTON37BOEING BIDS TO SELL AIR NEW ZEALAND FIFTEEN NEW AIRCRAFT
[...] (U) Summary: Boeing Corporation hopes to secure a new tender for the sale of fifteen new 737s to Air New Zealand worth US$1.2 billion. If successful this will add to Boeing's already lucrative contract to supply the national carrier with state-of-the-art aircraft. Air New Zealand is awaitin [...]
2009-02-13 03:12:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EAIR EIND EINT EINV ENRG ETRD NZ
09YAOUNDE247CAMEROON: CIVAIR DIRECTOR SAYS CAMAIRCO STALLED
[...] (SBU) In a February 26 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Director General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) Sama Juma Ignatius said he was awaiting more information to finalize the investigation into the 2007 Kenya Airways crash. The government is breaking up a long held monopoly o [...]
2009-03-12 14:42:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM EAIR ECON
09YAOUNDE430CAMAIRCO BACK TO SQUARE ONE
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with then Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency and Chairman of the Board of CAMAIRCO Philemon Yang provided an update of the government's plans to start up a new national airline after the liquidation in 2006 of CAMAIR. Yang noted t [...]
2009-05-12 15:44:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM EAIR ECON PGOV KCOR
09ZAGREB73CROATIA CIVIL AVIATION REFORM: POSITIVE SIGNS BUT
[...] Summary. Econoff met with the director of the recently formed Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) to disQs reform of aviation oversight and the IASA proQs. The director appears to have a good grasp of the problems and challenges identified by the FAA during their IASA inspection last year [...]
2009-02-09 11:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON HR PGOV
10AITTAIPEI119MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 news coverage on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, on suspected Chinese submarine movement in the waters near Kaohsiung on January 27, and on the college entrance exams for Taiwan senior high school students. 2. Almost ever [...]
2010-02-01 09:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AMMAN196JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]
2010-01-19 11:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10AMMAN237JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO
[...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]
2010-01-25 11:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10ANKARA122TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 11:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ASHGABAT211SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an opportunity to strengthen our bilateral diplomatic dialogue and highlight our desire for greater cooperation involving Afghanistan. Key issue [...]
2010-02-12 13:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
10BASRAH4BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: GREAT TRANSPORT AND COMMERCIAL
[...] (SBU) Basrah International Airport (BIA) could play an important role in facilitating economic growth in southern Iraq, and become a force-multiplier for hydrocarbon, services, ports, and other commercial activity. Relatively new and under-utilized, the airport also connects to Iraq's rail, po [...]
2010-02-09 13:27:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ICAO EINV IZ
10BEIJING241CHINA REJECTS PROPOSAL ON NEW FEDEX FLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) authorities rejected a U.S. Government request to approve new flight segments to FedEx's hub facility at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. CAAC Director General Li Jiangmin's January 29, 2010 response, faxed to the Embassy, cited the airspa [...]
2010-01-29 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA CH
10BEIJING268TAIWAN ARMS SALES: U.S. FIRMS' EXPOSURE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of major U.S. firms involved in the Taiwan arms deal (and with significant China operations) tell the Embassy they are concerned about possible Chinese sanctions resulting from the deal, but have not yet been contacted by Chinese authorities. Chinese media have f [...]
2010-02-02 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING394CAAC DISCUSSES CAPE TOWN TREATY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Embassy officials met with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on February 1, 2010 to discuss China's implementation of the Cape Town Convention and the status of its Technical Cooperation Agreement with FAA. CAAC stated t [...]
2010-02-18 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA ETRD CH
10BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, CHINA-GOOGLE, TURKEY-ISRAEL, U.S.,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Earthquake 3. (China-Google) Dispute 4. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations 5. (U.S.) Bankers in The Hot Seat 6. (Iran) Aftermath of Assassination of Scientist  [...]
2010-01-14 17:16:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR HA KWWW TK US IR
10BERLIN83MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, OBAMA PRESIDENCY, KUNDUZ AIRSTRIKE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Earthquake 3. Massachusetts Senate Race 4. Afghanistan--Kunduz Airstrike 5. Climate Protection--IPCC Â [...]
2010-01-21 15:18:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR SENV KGHG HA US AF
10BRASILIA16Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC BR
10BRASILIA19SENIOR BRAZIL OFFICIALS PRAISE COOPERATION, SEEK CLOSER
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Charge on January 22, Chief of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) General Staff Admiral Joao Afonso Prado Maia de Faria ("ADM Prado Maia") and Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Latin America Antonio Simoes both said they saw no conflict between the United S [...]
2010-01-22 22:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA44TFHA01: BRAZIL ACTIVE, EAGER TO PARTNER WITH USG ON HAITI
[...] (U) In the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the GOB has taken an unusually active role in assistance efforts, building on its leadership of MINUSTAH and recent rotation onto the UN Security Council. Brazilian actions to date include: * Sent by President Lula, Defense Mini [...]
2010-01-15 13:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BR MARR
10BUDAPEST14RENATIONALIZING MALEV AIRLINES: JAN 31 THE LATEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press reports indicate that the GOH is close to finalizing a deal by January 31 to reacquire a majority stake in struggling Malev Airlines from Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB). The conclusion of such a deal would help close a turbulent era for Malev under de facto Russian o [...]
2010-01-12 07:23:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
10HANOI18SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...]
2010-01-06 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI3Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...]
2010-01-15 09:32:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD
10HANOI4Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...]
2010-01-05 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HONGKONG199MACAU AIRPORT INTEGRATING SERVICES WITH MAINLAND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with declining passenger and cargo traffic, the Macau International Airport Company Ltd. (CAM) has ventured into the Mainland's Pearl River Delta (PRD) in hopes of better integrating its cargo and passenger services with the region. An increase in air cargo volume from the [...]
2010-02-04 00:54:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ECIN TW MC HK
10ISLAMABAD176 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD387 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 10:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10KABUL705Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports
[...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...]
2010-02-28 06:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KINSHASA102CONGO EXPRESS, A NEW AIRLINE FOR THE DRC
[...] (U) Congo Express was launched on January 25 in association with South African Express, part of South African Airways, and will be based in Lubumbashi, Katanga Province. The new airline will operate a fleet of CRJ200 aircraft and will initially provide domestic connections between Kinshasa, L [...]
2010-01-29 07:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON PGOV CG
10LILONGWE34MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 14
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The following is a compilation of recent highlights from the "Warm Heart of Africa." -- SADC Members Urged to Support Mutharika for AU Chair -- Minister for the Disabled Says Devices Needed -- Vice President Banda Unhappy with TV Coverage -- Energy Regulator Recommends Increasi [...]
2010-01-14 13:54:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EINV AU MI
10LIMA222January Trade and Investment Brief
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru's Free Trade Agreement with S. Korea -- Entry into Force of Peru-China Agreement Delayed -- The Peru-EU Negotiations -- Negotiations with Japan Remain Complicated -- India and Peru Talk Pos [...]
2010-02-02 19:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
10MADRID60REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050204437
[...] SUMMARY: Post has made pre-license inquiries requested reftel regarding dealings between Vietnamese security forces and Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA. David de Teran, Head of Export Compliance for EADS CASA, informed Pol-Mil officer t [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SP VN
10MADRID89AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 27, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) The Ambassador presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos January 27, 2010. After the presentation, the King pulled the Ambassador aside for a 20-minute talk. The King said he was pleased the Ambassador had arrived. He stressed that he wanted Spain to be better known in the U.S. and h [...]
2010-01-27 18:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MANAGUA69AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON
[...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...]
2010-02-08 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
10MOSCOW155WILL PROPOSED AEROFLOT-ROSAVIA DEAL UNDERMINE
[...] (SBU) On December 30, during a meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Transport Igor Levitin reportedly suggested that control over new Russian airline RosAvia be transferred to Aeroflot. Under the proposal, Russian state corporation Rostekhnologia, 51% owne [...]
2010-01-22 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS
10MOSCOW265PUTIN SUPPORTS PLAN TO MERGE ROSTEKHNOLOGIA'S
[...] (SBU) On February 2, Prime Minister Putin announced support for Transport Minister Levitin's plan to transfer Rostekhnologia's aviation assets to Aeroflot. According to Levitin's proposal, all the regional airlines that would have become Russia's new national carrier RosAvia, will be absorbed [...]
2010-02-05 09:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS
10NASSAU186Nassau Monthly-- February 2010
[...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. --Haiti Earthquake Sparks Fear Of Illegal Drug Increase --Cuban Detainee Shot at Immigration Detention Center --Bahamas Gets Tough on Crime --We're #4: Ship Registry -- Co [...]
2010-02-26 20:05:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SMIG ECON EFIN EINV BF
10NEWDELHI151SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...]
2010-01-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI287SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...]
2010-02-11 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN
10OTTAWA60Canada's 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR ETRD EINV
10PARIS170 SECDEF GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE HERVE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) was hosted by French Minister of Defense Herve Morin for a working lunch during an official bilateral visit to Paris on February 8, 2010. SecDef and Morin agreed on the basic themes to be included in NATO's revised Strategic Concept. [...]
2010-02-12 13:49:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MAR FR IR AF NATO
10PORTAUPRINCE50TFHA01: EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE EARTHQUAKE SITREP as of 1800
[...] (SBU) On January 14 at 3:00 PM the Ambassador attended first UN donor coordination meeting at MINUSTAH's log base with President Preval, Prime Minister Bellerive, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General Edmond Mulet, Kim Bolduc of UNDP, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and t [...]
2010-01-16 02:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10PRAGUE26CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on January 19 and 20 to Foreign Ministry Humanitarian Aid Department Officer Hana Volna, who is leading government coordination efforts. She reported that the Czech Government has pledged CZK 20 million (USD 1.1 million) to the international Haiti relief effo [...]
2010-01-20 14:29:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL EZ HA
10RIYADH67Saudi Public Reaction to New TSA Initiatives
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saudi public and media reaction to the new TSA requirements has been overwhelmingly negative, with the tenor of commentary ranging from rhetorical assertions that the Kingdom is being punished for its "position against Israel" to practical concerns by workaday Saudis of the heal [...]
2010-01-11 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SA
10ROME172SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF DEFESNE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Minister of Defense Ignacio La Russa during an official visit to Rome on February 6-7, 2010. La Russa expressed deep appreciation for SecDef's visit and for the chance to focus on bilateral defense relations rather tha [...]
2010-02-12 13:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IR KV
10ROME186HAITI: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPANDED MINUSTAH
[...] (U) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Political-Military Officer Andrea Romussi on February 11. Romussi said that the Ministry of Defense is ready to deploy a self-sustaining Formed Police Unit (FPU) of 125 Carabinieri to Haiti under the MINUSTAH mandate. Approval from the Prime Minister' [...]
2010-02-16 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10ROME83SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY GATES TO ROME
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Mission Italy and I look forward to hosting you in February, as does Minister La Russa and the Government of Italy. In anticipation, I met with La Russa on January 19. He is delighted that you have accepted his invitation and is working hard to ensure that your meetings in [...]
2010-01-22 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10SEOUL69SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 19, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 05:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL80SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 20, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 09:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL95NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Year's Editorial Focuses on the Economy -- DPRK Bans Foreign Currency Use -- DPRK Continues Closing Wholesale Markets -- Number of DPRK Cell Phon [...]
2010-01-26 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SHANGHAI44CHINA EASTERN-SHANGHAI AIRLINES MERGER HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information and is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Central Government-owned China Eastern completed its long awaited merger with local rival Shanghai Airlines on January 29, with substantial concessions to [...]
2010-02-09 02:40:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EIND PGOV CH
10STATE11282TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE
[...] (U) French President Sarkozy is expected to visit Haiti February 17. (Lenouvelliste.com) EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Forty-two adoptees, forty-six escorts and/or adoptive parents and sixty-two other American citizens arrived in Florid [...]
2010-02-04 13:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR
10STATE1187ENGAGING ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) The attempted Christmas day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight resulted in a presidential review and new Transportation Security Administration TSA) screening requirem [...]
2010-01-06 21:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER ASEC ECON AF AG CU IR IZ LE LY NI PK SA
10STATE16993BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050215379 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled OV-10 aircraft parts [...]
2010-02-24 16:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RP
10STATE17899TRAVEL WARNING: IRAQ
[...] The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks inherent in travel to Iraq and recommends against all but essential travel within the country given the fluid security situation. Numerous insurgent groups remain active throughout Iraq. Although Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]
2010-02-26 01:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC IZ
10STATE3641TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The Port-au-Prince airport is open. Airport runway and apron areas are functional. Commercial operations are limited to emergency flights. U.S. airlines have suspended operations. U.S. Special Operations units will arrive at 1500 to establish ATC services and airport security. (TF1/Em [...]
2010-01-14 10:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE3675TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The tower is now fully operational and the airport can conduct 24-hour operations. Lights function on the runway and in half of the terminal. (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) UN ASYG MULET AND DELEGATION EN ROUTE ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) The UN delegation wi [...]
2010-01-14 12:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE4628CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR 21 JANUARY 2010 VCC AND
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. See para 2-8. 2. (C) U.S. Objectives: USDel objectives for the 21 January 2010 Verification and Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts meetings include: -- Seeking clarification on attempts in the VCC to modify or resubmit Ref A tasker for VCC Expert [...]
2010-01-15 21:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL NATO
10STATE6918DEMARCHE REQUEST: HAITI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at the highest appropriate level at the earliest opportunity to: -- underscore that the U.S. is actively supporting search and rescue, relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti at the request of the Government of Haiti (REF C [...]
2010-01-22 23:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA
10STATE7528MANPADS ASSIST VISIT (MAV) AT LAHORE AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2 for action request and paragraph 13 for suggested talking points. Washington leaves to post discretion as to the timing for approaching Pakistani authorities, given the current negative media environment surrounding U.S. passenger scree [...]
2010-01-26 07:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV ECON PK
10STATE9108TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) No updates at this time. SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (U) No updates at this time. COMMODITY FLOW -------------- 3. (SBU) CORRECTED ITEM: $20 million in Haitian funds held by HSBC are now scheduled to be delivered February 2 to the Central Bank of Hait [...]
2010-01-29 01:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE9584U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Summary. The seventh -- and possibly decisive -- round of second stage U.S.-EU air transport negotiations will take place in Madrid February 15-17. The November 3, 2009 U.S.-EU Summit Declaration calls for a second stage agreement by the end of 2010. To meet this timetable, both sides must [...]
2010-01-29 21:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO
10THEHAGUE88NETHERLANDS: LATEST DUTCH VIEWS ON THE U.S.-EU
[...] (U) On February 11, Econoffs delivered reftel points on the second stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations to Hans de Jong, Special Advisor and Chief Negotiator for aviation issues, and Janneke Kolk, Policy Advisor, at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management. De J [...]
2010-02-12 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO NL
10TOKYO101 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 03:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO121 JAPANESE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA
10TOKYO136 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO185 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO191 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 05:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO202 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO217 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (2) 02/08/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO305 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO332 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-21 23:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO335 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO61 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO65 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO74 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/13/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10ULAANBAATAR152010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR162010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR172010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR272010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 1 of 3
[...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 1, contains sections A.1 through A.3. See septels for sections A.5-A.16. A.1 OPENNESS OF GOVERNMENT TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT In its specific policies, laws, and general attitude, the Government of [...]
2010-01-27 07:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR54AERO MONGOLIA: UNION BUSTING, STATE COMPLICITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A labor strike at domestic carrier Aero Mongolia raises new concerns about the deficiencies of law enforcement and the political influence of corporations. Exercising their legal right, all 70 employees of Aero Mongolia organized a trade union in the fall of 2008 and registered it [...]
2010-02-23 08:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM SMIG EAIR PGOV PREL MG
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10YEREVAN63ARMAVIA OWNER OUTLINES PLANS FOR U.S. FLIGHTS
[...] (C) During their meeting on January 21, Armavia Airlines owner Mikhail Baghdassarov told Ambassador that the company has reached agreement to purchase a Boeing 767 as a first step toward establishing its long-awaited service to the U.S. Despite the toll the economic crisis has taken on the wo [...]
2010-02-05 13:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD AM
90BANDARSERIBEGAWAN834ADMIRAL HARDISTY'S MEETING WITH SULTAN OF BRUNEI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: USCINCPAC ADMIRAL HARDISTY MET WITH SULTAN OF BRUNEI 21 NOV TO DISCUSS PROSPECTS FOR MODEST EXPANSION OF U.S.-BRUNEI MILITARY RELATIONS. OTHER TOPICS COVERED WERE PHILIPPINE BASE NEGOTIATIONS, U.S.-SINGAPORE AGREEMENT, SULTAN'S VISIT TO U.S. AIRCRAF [...]
1990-11-30 07:02:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BX
90KHARTOUM3477SUDAN AND THE ARABS: POSSIBLY STEP-SISTERS;
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SUDAN'S ARAB RELATIONSHIPS HAVE UNDERGONE A METAMORPHOSIS SINCE THE MILITARY COUP OF JUNE 1989. MOST ARAB STATES REACTED WARMLY TO THE OUSTER OF SADIQ AL- MAHDI. SINCE THEN, THIS WARMTH HAS DISSIPATED AS AN UNENLIGHTENED GOS HAS DRIFTED TOWARD LI [...]
1990-04-01 07:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MASS KPRP SU
97BANDARSERIBEGAWAN631 VICE ADMIRAL NATTER'S MEETING WITH THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SULTAN BOLKIAH EXPRESSED HIS DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. DEFENSE UMBRELLA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, CHARACTERIZING IT AS ESSENTIAL TO THE REGION'S PEACE AND PROSPERITY. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS SATISFACTION WITH THE BROADER U.S.-BRUNEI BILATERAL RELATIO [...]
1997-07-30 09:22:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BX
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