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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 04ANKARA5672 | DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: DASD Ian Brzezinski held a candid exchange with Turkish MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Baki Ilkin during a September 22 meeting to discuss ways to elevate the level of our bilateral dialogue. Ilkin confirmed Turkey's interest in developing the relationship and understood recent U.S. [...] | 2004-10-02 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR OVIP PTER MOPS PARM TU |
| 04ANKARA5689 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5698 | SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...] | 2004-10-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5712 | TURKISH PRESIDENT SEZER OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH [...] (U) Summary: While underscoring the importance of relations with the U.S., President Sezer used his Oct. 1 address to parliament twice sharply to criticize U.S. non-action against the terrorist PKK sheltering in northern Iraq. In a lengthy and wooden assessment of the domestic state of affair [...] | 2004-10-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU |
| 04ANKARA5719 | TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...] | 2004-10-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT TU GA |
| 04ANKARA5721 | DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski requested MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Sensoy's assistance to elevate the level of U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue. He praised Turkey's agreement to command ISAF VII. On Missile Defense, he emphasized the importance of our [...] | 2004-10-06 04:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA573 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5741 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5750 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...] | 2004-10-07 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5751 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5784 | FM GUL AND STRAW MEET IN ANKARA OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: UK FM Straw met with Turkish FM Gul the morning after the EC issued its Turkey report. Gul said Turkey is pleased overall with the report but cited some complaints, including on economic issues. Gul wants PM Erdogan to write to the EU about them. Gul urged direct flights to n [...] | 2004-10-12 04:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | CY IR IZ PREL TU UK AM GG |
| 04ANKARA5844 | IRAQ: VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] Summary: Hamid Majid Musa, Vice President of the Iraqi National Council, told Ankara-based diplomats that January 2005 elections were on track despite the insurgency. On Kirkuk, he said that if the TAL- established Iraqi Property Claims Commission fails to resolve the population distribution [...] | 2004-10-15 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA5845 | IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ: TURKS SAY IRAQI [...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Oct. 13 to deliver reftel demarche. DCM emphasized that Turkey--as a neighbor to both countries and as Chairman-in-Office of the OIC--was in a key position to deliver a meaningful message to Iran on its interference in Ir [...] | 2004-10-15 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IZ IR TU |
| 04ANKARA5860 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...] | 2004-10-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5908 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA5909 | IRAQ: VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] Summary: Hamid Majid Musa, Vice President of the Iraqi National Council, told Ankara-based diplomats that January 2005 elections were on track despite the insurgency. On Kirkuk, he said that if the TAL- established Iraqi Property Claims Commission fails to resolve the population distribution [...] | 2004-10-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA6000 | TURKEY'S FIRST CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary: In an October 15 introductory call by the Ambassador, Yigit Alpogan, the first civilian Secretary-General in the seventy year history of the Turkish SIPDIS National Security Council (NSC),outlined plans to downsize and further "civilianize" the NSC staff. Alpogan provided li [...] | 2004-10-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA6010 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6043 | TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...] | 2004-10-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA6048 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6150 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...] | 2004-11-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6167 | IRAN REQUEST FOR BOEING PARTICIPATION IN KISH [...] (SBU) Following, for the record, are the texts of three documents given to DCM by the Swiss defense attache in Ankara, who is also accredited to Tehran. The documents relate an Iranian desire to encourage the participation of the Boeing Company in the Kish Air Show, which will be held Novem [...] | 2004-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TU IR |
| 04ANKARA6204 | IRAQ/TURKEY: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON THE WAY TO [...] (C) We appreciate Baghdad's reporting on FonMin Zibari's desire for stronger ties with Turkey (ref a). The Iraqi ambassador to Ankara has emphasized to us Turkey's importance to Iraq and its generally constructive role (as opposed to Iran and Syria) in working for unified, prosperous, secure [...] | 2004-11-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA6207 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...] | 2004-11-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 04ANKARA6254 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6285 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6314 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6318 | HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 8 we presented reftel A and B demarches to individual MFA departments for each country mentioned: A. We presented Belarus points to Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe Solendil, who confirmed the Turkish UN delegation had already been instructed to vote positively wi [...] | 2004-11-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA6329 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6393 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...] | 2004-11-10 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6396 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6479 | TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 8 meetings with Turkish officials on energy issues, Eurasia Senior Advisor Steven Mann stressed the importance of a level playing field for American companies in Turkey's energy sector and unflagging USG support for a Bosphorus bypass and expansion of natural gas trad [...] | 2004-11-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV BEXP TU |
| 04ANKARA6513 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-23 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6541 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-24 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA655 | Foreign Trade Undersecretary on WTO [...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretary Tuncer Kayalar and Department Head Hasan Yalcin told us on January 30 that they found USTR Zoellick's letter on the WTO negotiations to be very encouraging, particularly on ending export subsidies in agriculture. Kayalar reviewed GOT efforts to conclude a se [...] | 2004-02-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
| 04ANKARA6565 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6599 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6620 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6648 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-30 16:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6678 | TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move forward on energy liberalization, but failure to articulate next policy, legislative, and regulatory steps. The private sector is eager to move ahead and take a [...] | 2004-12-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU |
| 04ANKARA6686 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...] | 2004-12-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6687 | TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...] | 2004-12-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU |
| 04ANKARA6765 | IRAQ'S NEIGHBORING INTERIOR MINISTERS ISSUE JOINT [...] (C) On Dec. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Iraq Desk Avni Botsali to get a readout on the meeting of Interior Ministers of Iraq's neighbors that took place in Tehran Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Botsali, who accompanied Interior Minister Aksu to Tehran, said that the Ministers agreed to identify natio [...] | 2004-12-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA6792 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6797 | TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced a tender for six of its natural gas import contracts in November. Although legal obstacles may eventually require that the tender be switched to gas volumes, [...] | 2004-12-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET TU |
| 04ANKARA6805 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6816 | Scenesetter for Codel Hastert [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession prospects and the state of t [...] | 2004-12-08 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON IZ TU |
| 04ANKARA6835 | Scenesetter for Treasury DAS Loevinger [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. It is also a delicate moment in relations with both the IMF and EU. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, coo [...] | 2004-12-09 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
| 04ANKARA6877 | IRAN: MFA OFFICIAL ON NUKES AND INTEREFERENCE IN [...] (C) PolMilCouns discussed Iran's nuclear program Dec. 9 with MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen. Evirgen said that Turkey is continuing to warn Iran that it must comply with the IAEA and cease any further development of nuclear weapons capability. In the context of the [...] | 2004-12-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC IR TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA6882 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-10 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6887 | PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...] | 2004-12-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU |
| 04ANKARA6938 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, DECEMBER 1-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published December 12, 2004 by [...] | 2004-12-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6939 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA6941 | LIFE IN TURKEY'S MOST SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: An early November visit to Hakkari province yielded a mixed picture of Turkey,s heavily-Kurdish, most Southeastern province, wedged between Iran and Iraq. The once-oppressive security environment has been replaced by streets full of pedestrians, a hotel full of Istanbul visito [...] | 2004-12-14 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
| 04ANKARA6985 | THREE SOUTHEASTERN TURKISH MAYORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Southeastern Turkish towns of Viransehir, Kiziltepe, and Sirnak, pro-Kurdish DEHAP party mayors have differing views on the Democratic Society Movement (DSM),which appears to be DEHAP,s successor party: while two mayors welcomed DSM, another thought DSM,s leaders wer [...] | 2004-12-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA7 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-02 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7044 | DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...] | 2004-12-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
| 04ANKARA7050 | UN PLENARY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] (U) December 17 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA departments for Turkmenistan and Iran. 2. (U) We reviewed Iran's poor human rights record with South Asia Political Officer Didem Yilbas, who said that she did not think Turkey would change its previous position, but promised to [...] | 2004-12-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA7059 | TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...] | 2004-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU |
| 04ANKARA7066 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7067 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...] | 2004-12-20 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU |
| 04ANKARA7111 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7160 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7190 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 05:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA7201 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA731 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA943 | TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel),Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...] | 2004-02-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
| 04ANKARA948 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA971 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04ANKARA992 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 04BAGHDAD119 | USEB 58: Shia Leaders Petition on Behalf of Sadr [...] (U) Classified by DCM James Jeffrey, Reason 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Last week, influential Shia leaders, including the Dawa and SCIRI parties, asked Prime Minister Allawi to defuse the tension in Najaf by dropping, at least temporarily, the charges against Muqtada al-Sadr. They [...] | 2004-07-12 18:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD221 | USEB 112: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Allawi told the Deputy Secretary that he and his counterparts in the Arab world are looking forward to his tour of the region. Allawi plans to have an open and honest discussion with Syria about their involvement in Iraqi affairs. He would like to see Interior Mini [...] | 2004-07-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD57 | USEB 34: FM ZEBARI HERALDS NEW ERA FOR IRAQ [...] (C) IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR JULY 4 THAT THE NEW INTERIM IRAQI GOVERNMENT (IIG) MUST DEMONSTRATE ITS INDEPENDENCE AND SHOW THE IRAQI PEOPLE THAT THE TRANSFER OF POWER WAS GENUINE. HE HOPED DISBURSEMENT OF U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS WOULD BE ACCELERATED AND SAID THAT STABI [...] | 2004-07-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD697 | LOCAL OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON AL-SADR'S FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Najaf's Governor, the Provincial Council Chair and the Governor's aide all believe Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's intervention in the Najaf crisis has left al- Sadr significantly weakened politically. They further feel that the agreement al-Sadr signed has strengthened the Iraqi Go [...] | 2004-08-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ |
| 04BEIRUT3300 | LEBANON: THE "BEIRUT DECLARATION" -- BACKGROUND, [...] (C) Lebanese authorities inadvertently gave the "Beirut Declaration" -- a ringing denunciation of Lebanon's political status quo covered by the press in both Lebanon and France (Ref A) -- widespread publicity as a result of their ham-handed attempt to block the document's public unveiling. T [...] | 2004-06-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SY LE |
| 04BEIRUT3713 | LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...] | 2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT408 | LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...] (C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED TO IRAQ'S GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO BERRI, AMAL HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED TO ITS FOUNDER, IMAM M [...] | 2004-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ |
| 04BEIRUT4941 | LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...] | 2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04BOGOTA12829 | DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN |
| 04BOGOTA12846 | DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...] | 2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN |
| 04BOGOTA4875 | COLOMBIA HAS NO PLANS FOR REPRESENTATION IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-05-12 23:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL IZ CO |
| 04BRASILIA2151 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Ministry of Foreign Relations Sensitive Technologies and Disarmament Division (MRE/DDS) Deputy Director Manuel Montenegro, who is well versed on Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) matters. Montenegro had participated in the recent NSG plenary meeting [...] | 2004-08-26 20:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL PARM BR NPT IAEA |
| 04BRASILIA2303 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS, 8 [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call on 8 September with Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Viegas expressed enthusiastic satisfaction with Department responses to GOB suggestions for revisions in the stalled 2000 bilateral Technology Safeguards Agreement on possible U.S. participation in commercial [...] | 2004-09-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR BR POL MIL |
| 04BRASILIA2428 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2468 | SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BRAZIL, 4-6 [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Sao Paulo and Brasilia. You are the senior USG official to travel to Brazil during the administration of President Lula da Silva. Your visit has been much sought after by the GOB, and the President and Foreign Minister A [...] | 2004-09-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL SOCI BR US |
| 04BRASILIA2513 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENCY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary. In an affable and candid first meeting with Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff and Lula right-hand man Jose Dirceu expressed optimism about bilateral relations, Brazil's economy and the potential for American investment in major new infrastructure projects. At the same time, [...] | 2004-10-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR US |
| 04BRASILIA3047 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTAA AND OTHER ISSUES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION, ON DECEMBER 9 AMBASSADOR MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN THE USG-GOB BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH THE MEETING AGENDA INCLUDED POTENTIAL TOPICS SPANNING A VARIETY OF D [...] | 2004-12-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD ETTC MNUC SENV BR FTAA |
| 04BRASILIA755 | BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] | 2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRASILIA794 | BRAZIL READY TO RECOGNIZE ITGA, NEEDS BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Although the GOB is considering reopening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, there has been no public mention of Brazilian intentions towards Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) Division Chief responsible for South Asia acknowledged a lack of focus [...] | 2004-04-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR AF |
| 04BRASILIA913 | BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...] | 2004-04-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT |
| 04BRATISLAVA1130 | SLOVAKS WILL NOT LOBBY FOR IRAN/TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA189 | CHR 60TH SESSION DEMARCHE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-26 06:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LO UNHRC |
| 04BRUSSELS1119 | DG COOPER ON DPRK: EU READY TO HELP WHEN TIME IS [...] (C) Visiting EAP PDAS Donald Keyser met with Council DG for External Relations Robert Cooper March 5 on the margins of semestral troika consultations with the EU (reftel). Cooper expressed satisfaction with the slow but steady progress in the Six Party process and offered the EU's assistance b [...] | 2004-03-17 07:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS139 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JANUARY 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 8. 2. Summary. During its January 9 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from the Baltic states (Norway),Central Europe (Netherlands),Northern Africa (Spain),Africa - apart from North Africa (Franc [...] | 2004-01-14 06:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EU KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS14 | EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...] | 2004-01-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1607 | SUBJECT: MARCH 19 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders and NP/PPC Director Christopher Murray led discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's Nonproliferation Troika (CONOP). Issues dis [...] | 2004-04-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1766 | SUBJECT: APRIL 15 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 15, NEA/ENA Director Greg Berry led discussions on the Maghreb with the EU's Troika (COMAG). Issues discussed were: -- The Barcelona Process and European Neighborhood Policy: EU officials shared their views on the existing Barcelona Process and their new Neighborhood Po [...] | 2004-04-23 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV XI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2262 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...] | 2004-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2368 | KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14 [...] The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty negotiations and the nomination of the next generation of key EU leaders (Commission President, CFSP High Rep). But a substantial list of other topics will also [...] | 2004-06-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2456 | (C) EU/IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: LOW EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A key EU official involved in the ongoing EU/Iran human rights dialogue believes that the next round of that dialogue (June 14-15 in Teheran) will accomplish little. End summary 2.(C) The EU Council official responsible for organizing the next round of EU/Iran human rights dialo [...] | 2004-06-09 05:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2593 | MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad range of foreign policy topics so that they can focus on Constitutional Treaty negotiations and top-level appointments (septel). EU leaders are expected to en [...] | 2004-06-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3059 | US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...] | 2004-07-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3159 | EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (refs A, C). EU reporting, relayed to poloff by a Policy Unit staffer, described the seminar as useful overall -- with a "wonderful atmo [...] | 2004-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3729 | EU OFFICIALS ON IAEA IRAN REPORT: NOT READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel with Council nonproliferation and nuclear policy advisors September 2 and 3. While acknowledging serious unresolved issues, they assessed DG El Baradei's new report as "overall more positive than the last one," and said that EU BOG members were unlikely t [...] | 2004-09-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3741 | NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY [...] This is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) This message provides a snapshot of the state of play of homeland security initiatives and organizations within the Commission. It is organized [...] | 2004-09-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3772 | GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...] | 2004-09-08 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3840 | ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...] | 2004-09-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3897 | EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...] | 2004-09-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3926 | EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...] (C) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-of-country registration procedures for Afghan refugees. This is not intended as a formal diplomatic monitoring mission. The preregistration visit to Islamabad [...] | 2004-09-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4107 | EU IN UN: IO A/S HOLMES IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with IO Assistant Secretary Kim Holmes on September 15-16, EU officials: --stressed EU commitment to "effective multilateralism with the UN at its core;" --continued their push for enhanced status for the European Commission (EC) in UN bodies (EU additionality); [...] | 2004-09-27 08:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS416 | EC ON IRAQI REFUGEE RETURN AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The EC agrees with reftel strategy of concentrating first on the return of Iraqi refugees from neighboring countries. It has no plans at present to promote the return of Iraqis from EU Member States. An EC attempt to return Afghans to their country in 2003 was unsuccessful b [...] | 2004-02-02 04:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IZ AF EUR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4161 | SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmament issues. Subjects covered included U.S./EU priorities, UNFC, UNDC, CD, FMCT, landmines, CWB, BWC, CCW, CTBT, Libya, Luxembourg,s upcoming EU presidency, a [...] | 2004-09-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4201 | EU WANTS G8 TALKS ON IRAN BEFORE NEXT IAEA BOARD [...] (C/NF) According to UK Mission official Karen Betts (strictly protect),the EU-3 are working to coordinate with the EU ideas for a G-8 strategy to "handle Iran between now and the November IAEA Board meeting." On September 29, EU High Rep Solana presented a draft paper to the EU-3 outlining [...] | 2004-09-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP ETTC EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4274 | US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...] | 2004-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS432 | EU HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA PREVIEW: CHR-60 AND CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Further to ref A, European Council human rights experts stressed the importance of earlier bilateral consultations on country-specific resolutions, while noting that a number of EU member state human rights experts continue to have trouble dealing with the US "thematics" paper. Re [...] | 2004-02-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS ETRD IR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4335 | WISHFUL THINKING? EU HOPES G8 CAN KEEP IRAN OUT OF [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with NEA DAS Dibble and NP A/DAS Fitzpatrick on October 4-5, EU officials from the Dutch Presidency, Council Secretariat and Commission expressed concerns that IAEA referral of Iran to the UNSC in November would cross a major, negative threshold they want to avoid. [...] | 2004-10-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP IR EUN IAEA UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4346 | EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of the month. Patten called the Commission's decision earlier that day to recommend in favor of starting accession negotiations with Turkey "the most important de [...] | 2004-10-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4550 | U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION TROIKA: EU LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, the U.S. and the EU held their semi-annual exchange on nonproliferation issues. This discussion followed the release of the second U.S.-EU Summit declaration on nonproliferation. The two sides touched on a wide range of nonproliferation issues and explored possib [...] | 2004-10-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4625 | NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...] | 2004-10-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4665 | EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON [...] (C) We shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council officials in advance of the Nov. 2 EU FMs (GAERC) meeting and the Nov. 4-5 European Council summit meeting. Given the failure of the incoming Barroso Commission to get parliamentary confirmation (REF C) before this meeting, the Commi [...] | 2004-10-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YI CY UP ZR IS SU SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4677 | DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...] | 2004-10-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4702 | EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU financial support for the electoral process and decided to send an expert team by the end of November "to start planning" with the Iraqi authorities "for a possi [...] | 2004-11-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4881 | EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored the EU's firm support for the Six-Party Process and willingness to play a constructive role when the time comes. They urged the US to consult early if the EU i [...] | 2004-11-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4944 | COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC [...] (U) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (who will be attending her first GAERC as a Commissioner on Monday). MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXX X [...] | 2004-11-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5195 | ENGAGING THE EU ON THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2005 [...] (C) The Middle East remains a nexus of friction between the United States and the European Union. Since 9/11, these differences have affected our ability to work together on Iraq, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Middle East Peace, and the promotion of broader reform in the region. The irony [...] | 2004-12-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON MNUC XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5221 | ENGAGING THE EU ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 25 EU member states have a GDP roughly equal to the United States, but spend twice as much on development assistance. One fifth of EU assistance is funneled through the European Commission (EC),making the Commission the third largest single donor in the world and an import [...] | 2004-12-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREF PREL EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5258 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL DEC. 16-17: HIGH STAKES, HIGH [...] (C) As the EU heads into final preparations for its December 16-17 summit (European Council) meeting, a limited number of high stakes issues remain open for final agreement. The main issue for heads of state and government will be Turkey, and possibly Croatia and the China arms embargo (alth [...] | 2004-12-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID CK TU HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5396 | EU/IRAN: WMD REP GIANNELLA READOUT ON TALKS, PATH [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting to review the EU3,s efforts with Iran December 21, EU WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella said she was generally pleased with the process but questioned whether the EU-3 could achieve its goals without eventual US involvement. She said that neither the December 13 ministerial [...] | 2004-12-23 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PINR IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS728 | KOFI ANNAN AND THE EU: MULTILATERALISM, MONEY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG Kofi Annan used his January 28-30 visit to Brussels to lecture the EU in public on the need to have more open migration policies, while holding private talks on a range of world hotspots. The EU showcased its commitment to a policy of "effective multilateralism" centered [...] | 2004-02-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UNGA UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2540 | AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] | 2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2712 | AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] | 2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3081 | COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] | 2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3171 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...] | 2004-11-10 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3216 | URGENT DEMARCE CONCERNING THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IR BO ZI SU AR UNGA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3310 | IRAN/IAEA: ARGENTINA ON STRONG NATIONAL STATEMENTS [...] (C) Polcouns delivered points in reftel to the Argentine MFA Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) the afternoon of November 24 to DIGAN counselor Luciano Tanto Clement. Clement reiterated the GOA's longstanding concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and its [...] | 2004-11-24 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR AR IAEA |
| 04CAIRO8456 | EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...] | 2004-11-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO |
| 04CARACAS1426 | VISIT TO VENEZUELA OF SENATOR NELSON - ECONOMIC [...] (C) During his April 15-17 visit to Venezuela Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with representatives of U.S. energy businesses operating in Venezuela, with state oil corporation PDVSA President Ali Rodriguez, and with members of the board of the Venezuela-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( [...] | 2004-04-27 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL VE |
| 04CARACAS2038 | PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...] | 2004-06-18 21:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS2045 | PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...] | 2004-06-21 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET VE |
| 04CARACAS3230 | VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel led a delegation to Moscow from October 2-6 for the first meeting of the High-Level Russo-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN). Rangel discussed joint efforts to combat international terrorism and military-technological cooperation w [...] | 2004-10-20 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD VE |
| 04CARACAS3506 | CHAVISTAS AT THE HELM IN A SEA OF RED [...] (C) October and August electoral successes have renewed President Hugo Chavez's mandate, placed his loyalists in most of the governorships and key mayoralties, and positioned the Chavista movement to capture an overwhelming majority in next year's National Assembly elections. Chavez supporters [...] | 2004-11-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM VE |
| 04CARACAS3577 | KILLING OF POLITICAL PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson was killed the night of November 18, according to press reports and the GoV, as he traveled home in his personal vehicle. More than a dozen GoV officials and government supporters, among them Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel, went to the site of th [...] | 2004-11-19 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
| 04CARACAS3622 | CHAVEZ LOOKING INSIDE AND OUT [...] (C) Fresh from electoral victories in August and October, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is deepening his Bolivarian Revolution with a new ten-point strategy. Chavez now plans to create a "new political infrastructure" that integrates social action groups and forces political parties to elec [...] | 2004-11-23 19:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE |
| 04CARACAS3704 | VENEZUELAN POLICE RAID HEBREW CULTURAL CENTER [...] (U) Venezuelan police investigating the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson searched the Hebrew Club in Caracas November 29 for three hours. The search, which began at 6:30 a.m. and disrupted the arrival of 1,500 students to the school on the premises, turned up no evidence or weapons. L [...] | 2004-12-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KIRF VE |
| 04CARACAS3711 | VENEZUELA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: ALI RODRIGUEZ [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez swore in Ali Rodriguez Araque as Foreign Minister on November 21, replacing outgoing Minister Jesus Perez. Rodriguez was most recently president of the state-run oil company PDVSA. Rodriguez, who served one year as the Secretary General of OPEC, was a cong [...] | 2004-12-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VE |
| 04CARACAS3826 | CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...] | 2004-12-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA |
| 04COLOMBO1128 | SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES US TO BECOME [...] Foreign Minister Kadirgamar has asked Ambassador to consider possibility of US becoming a "Dialogue Partner" in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). IOR-ARC members include Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, [...] | 2004-07-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON CE |
| 04COLOMBO1172 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 093 (07/14/04) [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT CE MV |
| 04COLOMBO1173 | IN THE ABSENCE OF US ATTENDANCE, COLOMBO PLAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 7. 2. (SBU) COLOMBO PLAN ADOPTS AMENDMENT: Mission received the minutes (Ref A) from the Colombo Plan's 39th Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) which was held June 15-16, 2004 in Tehran (the U.S. did not attend because of the venue),in [...] | 2004-07-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AORC PREL CE |
| 04COLOMBO1301 | Mission conveys points on USG initiatives for [...] (C) On August 3, poloff spoke with Sumedha Ekanayake and presented the USG initiatives for the 59th UN General Assembly, per Reftel. Ekanayake said he would review the points with his colleagues but that he did not foresee any GSL conflicts with U.S. initiatives to advance economic freedom, [...] | 2004-08-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC CE UNGA UN |
| 04COLOMBO1502 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES - There are communities in Sri Lanka capable of conducting anti-US demonstrations. B. NO - There have been no anti-US demonstrations in the past 12 months. C. YES - Other forms of demonstrations have taken place outside USG facilities. D. Demonstra [...] | 2004-09-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04COLOMBO1510 | SRI LANKA: VISIT OF S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. J. [...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials on September 8, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador J. Cofer Black underscored U.S. appreciation of Sri Lanka's support of the Global War on Terror. He emphasized USG commitment to helping the GSL achieve a peaceful resolut [...] | 2004-09-13 08:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO1573 | BRIEFING SRI LANKA'S "GOOD FRIEND" HIGH ON FINMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama reviewed for the Ambassador his recent discussions with OPEC and outlined his thoughts on the WB/IMF meetings in Washington in early October. He looks forward to meeting USTR Zoellick and seeks to assure USTR of the GSL's commitment to support th [...] | 2004-09-22 01:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET CE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO1597 | COLOMBO PLAN: SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS TO US-PROPOSED [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- please see Para 8. 2. (U) BACKGROUND ON THE AMENDMENT: The Colombo Plan Working group, created to discuss a proposed constitutional amendment on financial arrears, met on September 24. In addition to the Secretary General and the Maldivian High Commissio [...] | 2004-09-27 05:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR AORC IR CE |
| 04COLOMBO1625 | HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT REVIEW FOR COLOMBO [...] (S/NF) Embassy Colombo convened a Counterintelligence Working Group (CIWG) meeting on 9/28/04. The purpose of the meeting was to respond to the annual Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Threat Review outlined in Ref A. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, ARSO, POL, DAO, and IPO. The Colombo CIWG p [...] | 2004-09-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CE |
| 04COLOMBO1791 | IRAN/IAEA: OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, Ambassador delivered reftel points and non-paper to FM Kadirgamar. Poloff had spoken separately with GSL Assistant Director for UN Affairs Ekanayake. Kadirgamar expressed interest in US views, but acknowledged he was not well briefed on the subject. Ekanayake sa [...] | 2004-11-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM CE IR UNSC |
| 04COLOMBO1919 | NORWEGIANS CONCERNED BY JVP-ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegians are increasingly concerned by an ugly JVP-orchestrated campaign against their role in the peace process. The situation is exacerbated by President Kumaratunga,s reluctance to pull the JVP into line. The Co-Chair consensus here is that a group call on the Foreign [...] | 2004-11-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO2053 | SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: UPDATE ON POST-TSUNAMI [...] Five Americans have been reported killed and about 100 remain unaccounted for after a tsunami struck Sri Lanka the morning of December 26, causing at least 6,000 deaths islandwide. (Note: The latest government figures indicate the count could rise as high as 10,000. End note.) This tally in [...] | 2004-12-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AEMR EAID CE MV |
| 04COLOMBO301 | Colombo Plan Update: Meeting in Tehran, Future [...] (C) In this message, Mission provides an update to ongoing Colombo Plan issues: -- The 39th Consultative Committee, now scheduled for May 2004 in Tehran, Iran; -- An Eminent Persons Group to review and recommend on Colombo Plan activities, prior to the May 2004 meeting; -- Next steps f [...] | 2004-02-24 10:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AORC PREL CE IR |
| 04COLOMBO438 | UNHRC: Ambassador reviews U.S. priorities at [...] (C) As requested Ref B, Ambassador discussed upcoming UNHRC session with Foreign Secretary Bernard Goonetilleke on March 11. Goonetilleke is the number two in the Foreign Ministry and highest-ranking career official. (Embassy had previously presented similar material to MFA's Director Gener [...] | 2004-03-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE UNHRC |
| 04COLOMBO940 | In meeting with Ambassador, Colombo Plan SG [...] (C) On June 8, Kittipan Kanjanapipatkul, Colombo Plan Secretary General, briefed the Ambassador on the agenda of the upcoming June 14-16 39th Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) to be held in Tehran, Iran. (There will not be any USG attendance at the meeting in Tehran.) Specifically, the Se [...] | 2004-06-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR AORC PREL CE |
| 04DJIBOUTI1238 | DJIBOUTIAN-AMERICAN FISHING COMPANY LOOKING TO [...] (U) Summary: The fishing sector in Djibouti has a new advocate in the form of Djibouti Maritime Management and Investment Company (DMMI),a joint venture owned in majority by Iranian-American investor Mehrdad Radseresht and Djiboutian businessman Youssouf Moussa Dawaleh. DMMI seeks to maximize [...] | 2004-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1562 | BUDGETARY SESSION OPENING INDICATIVE OF FRICTION [...] (U) Summary: On November 29th, the Djibouti National Assembly officially opened its second session, known as the budgetary session, for 2004 in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. The ceremony, in which PM Dileita and National Assembly President Idriss Arnaoud A [...] | 2004-12-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EPET PHUM DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI1575 | DJIBOUTI: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 December to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan explained Djibouti's position on the two cases, particularly that of Iran, as a matter of differing approaches to the problem. For Djibouti, the approach utilized most often in [...] | 2004-12-09 09:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI21 | SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL |
| 04DJIBOUTI23 | SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S. [...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...] | 2004-01-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI525 | DJIBOUTI'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) During Ambassador's March 30 courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture Dini Abdallah Bililis, Bililis expressed gratitude for USAID funding of a livestock marketing/health certification facility and food security programs. He also expressed appreciation for the assistance of Camp Lemonier [...] | 2004-04-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID PGOV DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI581 | FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF COOPERATION OFFER [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, and Minister of Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mohamoud Ali Youssef, both drew Ambassador aside April 15, on the margins of an emergency meeting with heads of diplomatic missions on the subject of the flood disaster in [...] | 2004-04-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ DJ |
| 04DUBLIN1244 | IRELAND SUPPORTS OCVR IN IRAN AND WILL PUSH FOR [...] Emboff, delivering reftel points A and B, spoke on August 23 to Cliona Manahan, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director of the Asia and Pacific Section. Regarding Out of Country Voting and Registration (OCVR) for the Afghan presidential elections (reftel A),Manahan stated the GOI had s [...] | 2004-08-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL |
| 04DUBLIN1632 | IRISH RESPONSES ON PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On October 28, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European correspondent. ---- Iraq ---- 2. (C) Keown noted that Member States' foreign ministers were preparing for November 2 discussions in Brussels on measures to support [...] | 2004-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN |
| 04DUBLIN1633 | IRISH/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: NOT RIPE TO LIFT YET [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a delegation comprised of State DRL and PM and DoD J-5 visited members of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Parliament, and Amnesty International-Irish Section, to argue against the EU lifting its arms embargo against China. Until recently, Irish offi [...] | 2004-10-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PINR PREL |
| 04DUBLIN1667 | IRELAND SUPPORTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
| 04DUBLIN990 | GOI SHOULD SUPPORT US REVCON AIMS, BUT EXPECT A [...] Summary. Emboff delivered reftel points to Sarah McGrath, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section of the DFA. The GOI agrees that proliferation via a vis Iran and the DPRK is a serious problem and supports USG non-proliferation efforts. However, McGrath reminded emboff t [...] | 2004-07-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP NPT |
| 04DUSHANBE170 | TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED [...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...] | 2004-02-01 05:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI |
| 04FRANKFURT462 | GERMANY'S LIBERAL PARTY HITS THE MARK IN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In strong recent performances at the FDP (Free Democrat) national convention in Stuttgart January 6-7 and European election kick-off in Saarbruecken Jan. 17, party head Guido Westerwelle called for less government and more private initiative, starting with radical tax reform. Party [...] | 2004-01-20 16:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL GM |
| 04GUATEMALA2351 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE ON ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Embassy Guatemala polcouns delivered reftel points to Ambassador Anamaria Dieguez, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations, asking that the GOG elevate the terrorism issue to the top of its bilateral agenda with the states listed. 2. (C) Dieguez said the GOG does not have a substan [...] | 2004-09-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2819 | GUATEMALA WILL SUPPORT ALL UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV IO GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2941 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...] | 2004-11-19 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2964 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS /// [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...] | 2004-11-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA3162 | GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, to express appreciation for Guatemala's vote in 3rd Committee on the Turkmenistan resolution, but again note disappointment about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution. Poloff asked [...] | 2004-12-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GT IR UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA583 | GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...] | 2004-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04HELSINKI1137 | GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...] | 2004-09-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1407 | FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...] | 2004-11-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN |
| 04HELSINKI1472 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...] | 2004-11-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI |
| 04HELSINKI1486 | FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...] | 2004-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI |
| 04HELSINKI1547 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...] | 2004-12-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 04ISTANBUL1558 | CUKUROVA FAILS TO COME THROUGH AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's stock market was shaken Tuesday as it absorbed news that the Cukurova Group had again missed the deadline for completion of the first payment under its early payment plan with the Turkish Savings Deposit Fund (SDIF). The ISE-100 dropped 2.15 percent Tuesday as a resul [...] | 2004-10-15 06:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
| 04ISTANBUL276 | ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...] | 2004-02-24 12:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU |
| 04ISTANBUL298 | ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING [...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...] | 2004-02-26 13:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU |
| 04ISTANBUL365 | ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...] | 2004-03-09 12:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
| 04ISTANBUL376 | ISTANBUL KURDS FOCUS ON IRAQI "KURDISTAN" [...] (C) Summary: Previously polarized and defined by their degree of support and sympathy for the PKK (later KADEK, now KONGRA-GEL) and imprisoned former PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, Istanbul Kurds tells us they have increasingly adopted Iraqi Kurds and their experiment with autonomy as their new ca [...] | 2004-03-10 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IZ TU |
| 04ISTANBUL610 | TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 4.4 TONS OF MORPHINE BASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) seized 4.4 tons of morphine base, with an estimated value in Turkey of USD 15.5 million, in a raid on an Istanbul warehouse on March 29. The group targeted in the recent raid has connections to other narcotics trafficking groups in Turkey and elsewher [...] | 2004-04-20 07:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
| 04KABUL1381 | NORTHERN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. VII Corps General Wasiq met with the Ambassador on May 10 to discuss major initiatives to bring stability and promote economic and political progress in northern Afghanistan. Key topics included: northern disappointment with the perceived slow pace of reconstruction efforts in t [...] | 2004-05-15 04:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF |
| 04KINSHASA2058 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolution [...] | 2004-11-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CG |
| 04KUWAIT13 | (C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...] | 2004-01-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1316 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...] | 2004-04-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT1346 | (SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis),who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] | 2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1380 | (C) PM ASSURES DEPUTY SECRETARY "WE'RE LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah assured Deputy Secretary Armitage April 19 that "we are long-term allies." SIPDIS Shaykh Sabah urged the US to seek a new UNSC Resolution on Iraq, and to resolve the situation in Fallujah -- peacefully if possible, but if not, then above all quickl [...] | 2004-04-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1402 | (SBU) CJCS DISCUSSES IRAQ PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discussed the current situation in Iraq with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense April 14. Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah emphasized that Kuwait's support for Coalition efforts in Iraq would continue. General M [...] | 2004-04-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | MARR PREL ASEC IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1500 | (S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...] | 2004-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1505 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 11-12: ABU GHRAIB ABUSE; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: Condemnation of the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to dominate local opinion pages. A small but consistent number of editorials also continue to appear, praising the transparency with which U.S. authorities are dealing with the issue, as in one column titled [...] | 2004-05-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT180 | NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...] | 2004-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM |
| 04KUWAIT189 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JANUARY 8-12: BAKER [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti MPs and the head of the Shiite clerics in Kuwait have reacted angrily to the reported suggestion by the Vice President of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress that Kuwait should lease two of its islands to Iraq to use as ports. The leading editorial in daily Al-Watan procla [...] | 2004-01-19 04:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2075 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 5-7: IRAQ; TERROR [...] SUMMARY: Isolated calls for Arabs to take responsibility for combating terror and religious extremism have been drowned out in a flood of conspiracy theories that allege US and Israeli roles in supporting Al-Zarqawi, rigging Saddam's trial, and torturing detainees. Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote [...] | 2004-07-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT2335 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, the Ambassador paid farewell visits to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah. Discussions centered largely on the situation in Iraq, including the Interim Government's ability to secure the country in the face o [...] | 2004-07-27 06:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT2524 | PRIME MINISTER'S AIDE REPORTS ALLAWI CRITICAL OF [...] Biographical information included. For biographical information, please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. During an August 8 meeting, Assistant U/S of the Diwan of the Prime Minister Shaykh Fawaz Saud Al-Sabah gave Poloff a readout of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's July 30 meeting with K [...] | 2004-08-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KU IZ MOPS EAID EFIN PTER |
| 04KUWAIT2596 | KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...] | 2004-08-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT2630 | MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...] | 2004-08-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT3028 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER |
| 04KUWAIT3504 | CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...] | 2004-10-07 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3544 | AL-SABAH INSIDER SAYS U.S. DOESN'T VALUE KUWAIT; [...] (S/NF) Summary: In early fall 2004, PolOff met several times with a senior Shaykh from the Al-Sabah ruling family who works in the Prime Minister's office and has daily interaction with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad. The interlocutor, who is in his forties and has a prominent lineage, [...] | 2004-10-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KWMN IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3546 | SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT3548 | KUWAITI CHIEF OF STAFF MEETS WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Chief of Naval operations, Admiral Vern Clark, met with Kuwait Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Fahed, on October 11 and discussed the state of the bilateral relationship. Fahed asserted that the bilateral relationship is now based on mutual desires and interes [...] | 2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER KU |
| 04KUWAIT3607 | MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...] | 2004-10-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER |
| 04KUWAIT3658 | KUWAITI FM TELLS A/S BLOOMFIELD FUEL ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., PDASD Peter Flory, and the Ambassador that a fuel contract for OIF support was required by the GOK's constitutional framework and that Parliament would hold the [...] | 2004-10-27 04:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3681 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...] | 2004-10-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3726 | KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...] (S) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi during his October 25 visit to Kuwait that Iran should "look at Iraq" as an example of what happens to countries that de [...] | 2004-11-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL EPET KU IR IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3762 | KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT [...] (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's n [...] | 2004-11-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ IR |
| 04KUWAIT3768 | KUWAIT CALLS IRAQI PRESIDENT VISIT A SUCCESS: [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a November 2 meeting, Kuwaiti MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a readout of IIG President Ghazi al-Yawar's October 30 - November 1 visit to Kuwait. Jarallah said the visit had been "very fruitful," though Yawar had not come with a specific [...] | 2004-11-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3893 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KU UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT3897 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S NOVEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a 45 minute meeting November 7, the Deputy Secretary and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the situation in Iraq. The Deputy Secretary briefed the PM on his visit, informing him of the IIG's declaration of a state [...] | 2004-11-12 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT3984 | KUWAIT SUPPORTS SECRETARY' POWELL'S INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed November 21 on developments on Iraqi issues in advance of the FM's departure for the Sharm Al Sheikh regional conference. The Ambassador secured GOK support for Secretary Powell's conference intervention and reconfirmed SIPDIS K [...] | 2004-11-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID |
| 04KUWAIT4100 | TWO EDITORS AGREE: UNCERTAIN SUCCESSION IS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In courtesy calls by Ambassador LeBaron on the editors of Kuwait's top two Arabic-language dailies, each editor cited Kuwait's uncertain ruling family succession as the number one problem now facing the nation. The two papers, Al-Qabas and Al-Rai Al-Aam, differ signifi [...] | 2004-11-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT4106 | KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...] | 2004-12-01 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO |
| 04KUWAIT4199 | SENIOR MP SAYS THE TIME IS NOT RIGHT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 courtesy call by Ambassador LeBaron, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs, MP Mohammed Jassam Al-Sager (also Al-Saqer),was not shy about his views on Iraq, U.S. policy successes and failures, and the effectiveness of the Government [...] | 2004-12-06 03:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID KU KLEG |
| 04KUWAIT4218 | HIGHLIGHTS OF MARITIME LIAISON OFFICE (MARLO) [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Representatives of major commercial shipping companies, regional customs and port authorities, and various US government personnel joined the US Navy Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) for its semiannual regional conference in Dubai on November 30 - December 1, 2004. [...] | 2004-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KU MOPS MAS |
| 04KUWAIT4361 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KU UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT4369 | SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...] | 2004-12-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ NATO |
| 04KUWAIT4370 | NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. Billed as a courtesy call, the meeting covered the U.S-Kuwaiti bilateral relationship and a wide range of regional issues. On terrorism, Al-Babtain said the [...] | 2004-12-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT4428 | Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...] | 2004-12-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU |
| 04KUWAIT4557 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: PROJECTS, EXPANSION, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met December 2004 separately with KPC board members, executives and chairmen of the various KPC divisions, and also met with American oil company executives. Most of the discussions concerned the Kuwait Project (septel),but other topics discussed include: Kuwait-Ira [...] | 2004-12-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG BEXP KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT539 | (U) IRAQ: NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES' MEETING SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwait hosted the Fifth Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Neighboring Countries of Iraq February 14-15. The participation of the Iraqis for the first time, and the presence of UN Special Envoy Brahimi, minimized contentiousness and resulted in success, in the GOK view. Th [...] | 2004-02-17 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ KU UNSC |
| 04KUWAIT69 | HUMANITARIAN FUEL CONVOYS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: THE [...] (C) Summary. A survey of the provision of gasoline and kerosene to southern Iraq under the humanitarian fuel program showed bottlenecks inside Iraq that are slowing truck convoys coming from Kuwait. The downloading depots at Diwaniyah and Latifiyah lack adequate pumps to download fuel from tr [...] | 2004-01-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IR KU |
| 04KUWAIT731 | (C) GULF WAR MISSING: TSC MEETS, NOTES CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) of the Tripartite Commission on Gulf War POWs and Missing Persons (TPC) held its 45th official session in Kuwait March 2. 30 more remains of Kuwaiti missing have been positively identified since the December TPC meeting. The TSC authorized ful [...] | 2004-03-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPOW PHUM IZ KU ICRC |
| 04KUWAIT786 | (SBU) KUWAIT AND IRAQ BEGIN ADDRESSING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministry Undersecretary Al-Own told USG officials that Kuwait and Iraq have begun direct discussion of bilateral energy issues through the creation of a technical committee, but he remains concerned that Iraq is lacking well-organized plans for the sector. (See septel o [...] | 2004-03-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV KU IZ SA QA IR |
| 04KUWAIT89 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 7: [...] SUMMARY: In an article titled "Do Not Accept Colonialism," one writer claims that Iraq's oil resources will be controlled by "companies with strong ties to the American administration," specifically Halliburton who he writes is "accused of rigging the price of fuel sold to the US army." New [...] | 2004-01-08 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR |
| 04KUWAIT991 | (SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...] | 2004-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
| 04LAGOS2563 | NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...] (U) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, with 26 firms bidding. The GON expects to announce final results on December 31. High interest is centered on Bloc 4, with Houston-based Environmental Remedi [...] | 2004-12-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV NI ENERG |
| 04MADRID1099 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III DEMARCHE [...] (C) We presented reftel points to Marcos Rodriguez Cantero in the office of International Disarmament Affairs at the MFA on March 30. Rodriguez, who will be Spain's delegate to the PrepCom, said Spain would support U.S. proposals to strengthen the IAEA Board of Governors and the Proliferation [...] | 2004-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP SP NPT IAEA |
| 04MADRID1731 | DCM'S MEETING WITH MFA STATE SECRETARY BERNARDINO [...] (C) DCM paid an initial call May 10 on MFA State Secretary Bernadino Leon, who said this was his first meeting SIPDIS with a foreign embassy since taking office. Leon made a point of saying that the new government wanted to have excellent relations with the U.S., especially on counter-terrorism in [...] | 2004-05-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID1831 | SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...] | 2004-05-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EK SP |
| 04MADRID2201 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO JUNE 14-15 EU FMS MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 10 to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security. On general questions regarding the EU Constitution, Mora said he thought the EU Constitution would be approved by June 25. He said the double majority populatio [...] | 2004-06-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUR |
| 04MADRID2205 | SPAIN: POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN/IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY SP |
| 04MADRID2483 | SPAIN - BIOGRAPHIES ON MFA DIRECTORS GENERAL [...] (U) This cable provides biographies on new directors general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI, Spain's equivalent of USAID). GOS directors general are roughly equivalent to State Department assistant secretaries; AECI directors gen [...] | 2004-07-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID SP PSOE |
| 04MADRID2565 | SPAIN: UNSATISFIED WITH NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary: The GOS was dissatisfied that the NPT PrepCom III conference did not focus on broad nonproliferation issues, according to the MFA's non-proliferation office. Our MFA interlocutors believe that unless substantive priorities are identified during follow-up consultations, the 2005 [...] | 2004-07-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM SP |
| 04MADRID2659 | SPAIN: NEW "APPROACH" ON WESTERN SAHARA; VIEWS ON [...] (C) The GOS is pursuing a new "approach" to resolve the crisis in the Western Sahara but its elements remain unclear, according to the newly appointed MFA Director General for the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa, Alvaro Iranzo. The Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister is in the process of di [...] | 2004-07-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO WI SU SP USUN |
| 04MADRID2679 | IRAQI ASSETS: LISTING OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID2693 | SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...] | 2004-07-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2800 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT [...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...] | 2004-07-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP |
| 04MADRID3892 | SPAIN URGES FRANCE TO BUDGE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) The Spanish Foreign Ministry's chief diplomat for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and African issues told visiting EUR/WE office director Kathy Allegrone October 1 that Spain has edged "closer toward neutrality" on the Western Sahara issue and is urging France to budge from its firm support [...] | 2004-10-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID3992 | SPAIN: MFA SUPPORTIVE OF SHELL/REPSOL FRAMEWORK [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Repsol YPF's Director General for the Eastern Hemisphere and Orient Mario B. Rosso, as well as to Alberto Moreno Humet, Deputy Director of the Near East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2. (SBU) Moreno expressed doubt that this issue would g [...] | 2004-10-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETTC ENRG EPET SP |
| 04MADRID4063 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REGRETS UNHELPFUL MOD [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon told DCM Manzanares Oct. 14 that he agreed that DefMin Bono's comments last week about US-Spain relations and the US role in the Spanish National Day Parade were extremely unhelpful. Leon promised there would be no further comments from President Zapatero [...] | 2004-10-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
| 04MADRID4179 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE, NOV 2: IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed Iraq, Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and North Cyprus with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning, on October 26 and October 28. Mora Benavente said that EU police training in Iraq would take place after [...] | 2004-10-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4197 | SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...] | 2004-11-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP |
| 04MADRID4243 | ILSA RESPONSE FROM REPSOL IS BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (SBU) We spoke with Mario B. Rosso, Director General of the Eastern Hemisphere and Caribbean for REPSOL-YPF (Repsol) about Reftel A and B points. 2. (SBU) Rosso was well-prepared to handle the topic, explaining that the framework agreement noted in Reftel B was only "investigative," and t [...] | 2004-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR SP |
| 04MADRID4294 | SPAIN SUPPORTS US POSITIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
| 04MADRID4374 | (S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooper [...] | 2004-11-15 17:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC SP CBW |
| 04MADRID4445 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...] | 2004-11-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP EUN |
| 04MADRID4499 | SPAIN/IRAN-IAEA: RESPONSE TO US REQUEST FOR STRONG [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID4612 | CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...] | 2004-12-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE |
| 04MADRID635 | SPAIN: ELBARADEI TELLS PALACIO IAEA SHOULD MOVE [...] (C) Poloff queried Guillermo Kirkpatrick, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Disarmament, about Minister Palacio's February 19 meeting with IAEA Director General ElBaradei in Vienna. Kirkpatrick said ElBaradei told Palacio he was extremely happy with Libya's cooperation with [...] | 2004-02-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER SP |
| 04MADRID711 | IRAQI ASSETS:RASHEED BANK ACCOUNTS IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-01 16:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL IZ SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID763 | OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET [...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...] | 2004-03-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BTIO EPET SP |
| 04MADRID773 | IRAN/IAEA: REACTION TO DG'S IRAN REPORT [...] (C) We met with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero of the International Disarmament division at MFA on March 3 and conveyed US views on the IAEA Iran Report. Rodriguez told us that Spain shares US concerns about Iranian non-proliferation and the findings contained in the IAEA Iran report. Non-prolifera [...] | 2004-03-08 06:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC SP IAEA |
| 04MADRID822 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...] | 2004-03-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID959 | SPANISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON MARCH 22-23 EU FMS [...] (C) Summary. Spain will be putting terrorism at the top of its agenda for the March 22-23 EU FMS meetings and the March 25-26 European Council meetings. Jointly with the Dutch, Spain will be backing the creation of a EU Coordinator for anti-terrorism efforts. The MFA's EU Office also expects [...] | 2004-03-18 17:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP EUN |
| 04MANAMA1228 | BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DOD SCHOOL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa stressed to Charge during an August 4 meeting the need to find a way to work together to keep the most important cultural tie, the Department of Defense Bahrain School, operational. Shaikh Mohammed conveyed GOB's offe [...] | 2004-08-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD BA IZ |
| 04MANAMA126 | KING HAMAD WANTS NO ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ [...] (S) KING HAMAD ON JANUARY 26, WARNED THE AMBASSADOR THAT SHIA POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN IRAQ COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAMIC STATE LIKE IRAN. THE KING RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR IN ADVANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE FOR A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT IN BAGHDAD, AND THE KING USED THE O [...] | 2004-01-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PHUM BA |
| 04MANAMA1337 | CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...] | 2004-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ |
| 04MANAMA1383 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) DEMONSTRATIONS A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 500-4,000 E. Yes, anti-American demonstrations are usually triggered by US Military Action or US Foreign Policy. F. In the last 12 months, some demonstrations have at times become violent. Numerous incidents of rock throwing and physical [...] | 2004-09-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04MANAMA1402 | BAHRAIN: ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche on ending state sponsorship of terrorism on September 8 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened carefully to the points, particularly those on Iran. He re [...] | 2004-09-13 05:09:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BA |
| 04MANAMA1422 | MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...] (C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the development of Bahrain's petroleum and petrochemicals sector, and he looks forward to continued cooperation with the U.S. He stated that his primary concern is [...] | 2004-09-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG |
| 04MANAMA1467 | SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to seeing you in Bahrain. We have asked for calls on the King, Crown Prince, and the Defense Minister apart from your attendance at the Disaster Preparedness Conference. Since your last visit here, the travel warning has been lifted and the DOD Bahrain S [...] | 2004-09-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV BA |
| 04MANAMA1516 | GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) Commander U.S. Central Command General Abizaid met with King Hamad, Crown Prince Salman, and Defense Minister Khalifa on September 27 to discuss Iraq and the upcoming elections there, the need for full Sunni participation in the election, Iranian interference in Iraq, and the situations in [...] | 2004-10-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER BA IZ IR |
| 04MANAMA1524 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...] | 2004-10-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA |
| 04MANAMA1580 | BAHRAIN: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (S) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning Iranian activity in Iraq to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, emphasizing increasing United States concern about Iranian behavior in Iraq. The Minister responded that the GOB shares our concerns and he has [...] | 2004-10-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER BA IZ IR |
| 04MANAMA1692 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BA |
| 04MANAMA1708 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH KING HAMAD [...] (S) The Deputy Secretary met with King Hamad November 7 to discuss Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, the situation in Iraq, and Bahrain's relations with its neighbors. The King opened the meeting with a surprise proposal to commit a company of special forces troops to Afghanistan as part o [...] | 2004-11-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR ASEC PTER BA IZ |
| 04MANAMA1745 | SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO [...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...] | 2004-11-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA |
| 04MANAMA1759 | SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar told Secretary of the Navy England November 22 that the King will SIPDIS use his upcoming visit to Washington to stress to the President that Bahrain is proudly aligned with the U.S., and to remind the people of Bahrain that the people of the [...] | 2004-11-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA |
| 04MANAMA1766 | SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S MEETINGS WITH KING [...] (C) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England met with King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman November 23 and discussed the King's November 29 visit to Washington, Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, Iraq, and Iran. The King expressed his appreciation for the invitation to meet with the President an [...] | 2004-11-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ASEC BA IZ |
| 04MANAMA1829 | GCC CRISIS? MINISTERIAL FOUNDERS ON BAHRAIN FTA [...] (C) The December 7 meeting of GCC Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance, aimed at preparing for the 25th GCC Summit in Manama December 20-21, ended in failure over Saudi insistence that all discussions of FTAs with the United States stop, Deputy Foreign Minister and Minister for Foreign Aff [...] | 2004-12-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON BA GCC |
| 04MANAMA1849 | BAHRAIN: SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-12 07:03:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BA UNGA |
| 04MANAMA1862 | ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM DISCUSSES IRAQI FUTURE WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCIRI Chairman Al-Hakim visited Bahrain this week, bringing a positive message of reassurance that Iraqi Shia wished to work with Sunnis to forge a new Iraq. Hegemony of one faction, he insisted, was not a model for Iraq. He said he had talked with many Sunni religious leaders in [...] | 2004-12-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BA IZ |
| 04MANAMA1882 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. DNSA Hadley encouraged Saud to reach out to Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the January 30 elections. The Foreign Mini [...] | 2004-12-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM PGOV SA IR SY IZ |
| 04MANAMA1884 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...] | 2004-12-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA |
| 04MANAMA1885 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (S) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Bin Alawi said that Oman is looking forward to negotiating a free trade agreement with t [...] | 2004-12-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON MU IR BA |
| 04MANAMA1886 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...] | 2004-12-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA |
| 04MANAMA1888 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Abdallah Rashed Al Nuaymi December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Nuaymi said that the United Arab Emirates was pleased with progress in the bila [...] | 2004-12-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM IZ IR BA TC |
| 04MANAMA1890 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UK Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Sir Nigel Sheinwald December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Sheinwald said that the UK government had solidified around the January 30 date for Iraq [...] | 2004-12-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS PTER UK IR IZ BA |
| 04MANAMA1912 | GCC MANAMA SUMMIT CONCLUDES UNDER SHADOW OF [...] (C) Saudi Arabia's concern about bilateral free trade agreements with the United States overshadowed the 25th GCC Summit, which took place in Bahrain December 20-21. The last minute downgrading of Saudi's representation from Crown Prince Abdulla to Prince Sultan set the tone at the beginning [...] | 2004-12-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD BA GCC |
| 04MANAMA236 | BOYCOTTERS RIG LABOR UNION FEDERATION BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's two leading opposition societies colluded to fix the labor union federation board elections with the plan to use the labor movement as a political platform. By ignoring standard democratic election and bylaw procedures, opposition parties realized their plans but also [...] | 2004-02-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM BA |
| 04MANAMA252 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (S/NF) Manama reports no significant changes from the previous SEPQ of September 10, 2003. The threat environment for Bahrain and the region remains a significant concern for the EAC. The movement of terrorists and equipment from Saudi Arabia into Bahrain across the causeway poses the greatest [...] | 2004-02-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04MANAMA291 | KING HAMAD SUPPORTS REFORM IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 09:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BA |
| 04MANAMA351 | BAHRAIN AND THE 6OTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-13 13:04:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BA UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA409 | VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...] | 2004-03-25 09:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA |
| 04MANAMA431 | BAHRAINI VIEWS ON IRAQ: WONDERING ABOUT IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad remains concerned about the extent of Shia and Iranian influence in Iraq but is strongly supportive of our efforts there. His son the Crown Prince urged us to take care with the de-Baathification process to avoid alienating Iraqi Sunnis. The King and Crown [...] | 2004-03-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL IZ BA |
| 04MANAMA523 | BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...] | 2004-04-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL BA |
| 04MANAMA526 | BAHRAINI LEADERS ON IRAQ: FOCUS FIRST ON [...] (C) Summary: The King, Crown Prince and Foreign Minister told visiting American officials on April 13 that the U.S. needs to focus more of its effort on restoring stability in Iraq immediately, and to worry less about building democracy there in any short time frame. The King and Foreign M [...] | 2004-04-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL BA |
| 04MANAMA612 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S APRIL 19-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Deputy Secretary Armitage, King Hamad and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman pledged their government's full commitment to its strategic alliance with the US. The King and Crown Prince stressed the need to immediately restore order in Iraq with the selection of a stro [...] | 2004-04-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL BA |
| 04MANAMA725 | BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END [...] (C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the end of CY 2004. Bahraini demand for natural gas is increasing with projects such as the expansion of the aluminum smelter go forward. These projects are vital [...] | 2004-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA |
| 04MAPUTO1617 | MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On December 15 Emboff delivered ref A demarche urging the GRM to oppose any potential motions for non- action in the UN plenary session on previously approved resolutions critical of the human rights situation in Iran and Turkmenistan. In the meeting, the MFA Director for UN Affairs, Ant [...] | 2004-12-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MZ UN |
| 04MUSCAT2010 | REQUEST FOR SPEAKER ON WITCHES BROOM DISEASE [...] Embassy Muscat requests that IIP and EB fund one or more agricultural biotechnology speakers to participate in Sultan Qaboos University's first international conference on the "Prevention and Treatment of Witches Broom Disease of Lime Trees" which will be held March 13-16, 2005. This request i [...] | 2004-11-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO KPAO OIIP MU |
| 04MUSCAT2037 | OMAN ATTENDANCE, REACTIONS TO RABAT FORUM FOR THE [...] (SBU) In a November 24 telcon, the MFA Under Secretary's Political Affairs Director, Humaid al-Maani, informed Pol/E Chief that, for the time being, neither Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi nor Minister of National Economy (and de facto Finance Minister) Ahmed bin Abduln [...] | 2004-11-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KMPI KPAO ECON PREL |
| 04MUSCAT2178 | (C) OMAN FM HOSTS QUIET BILATERAL WITH ISRAELI MFA [...] (C) On December 13, at the margins of an Executive Council meeting of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDREC),an Israeli Foreign Ministry official held a private 90-minute bilateral with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. The discussion reportedly focused [...] | 2004-12-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IS MU |
| 04MUSCAT2180 | BANNED WRITERS SPARK COMMENTARY [...] (SBU) Journalist Mohammed al-Harthi (protect) and writer Abdullah al-Riyami (protect) have been barred from publishing in all media and press in Oman for having criticized the pace of democratic reform in the country. The ban includes the withdrawal of al-Harthi's weekly column "Platforms" fr [...] | 2004-12-15 06:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MU |
| 04MUSCAT2189 | OMAN FONMIN ON SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE [...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Dibble reviewed themes in the Secretary's oral message with Omani Foreign Minister Bin SIPDIS Alawi. Concerning Iran's behavior, the Minister recommended finding ways to address Tehran's security concerns and feelings of isolation as an effective means of reducing its [...] | 2004-12-16 18:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC ETRD MU |
| 04MUSCAT2192 | 2004-05 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR OMAN [...] Oman is not a regional or offshore financial center and does not have a significant money laundering problem. Its small banking sector is supervised by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),which has the authority to suspend or reorganize a bank's operations. In 2004, Oman had a total of 17 banks wi [...] | 2004-12-18 02:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN MU |
| 04NASSAU1542 | SCANDAL IN THE FAMILY? PRIME MINISTER DENIES [...] (C) Iranian businessman Mohammed Harajchi presented documentation of some of his financial contributions to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party during a press event held at his multi-million dollar Paradise Island home on 11 August 2004. Harajchi denied that his contributions were designed [...] | 2004-08-13 21:05:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EFIN BF |
| 04NEWDELHI7013 | NSSP PHASE ONE: REVIEWING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PENDING [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables reporting on the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group. USG and GOI counterparts met in two positive and productive sessions of the NSSP Implementation Group on October 20-21 to review accomplishments under Phase One and [...] | 2004-11-03 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP |
| 04NEWDELHI7061 | NSSP PHASE TWO: CHARTING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing achievements made under Phase One (Ref A),the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) Implementation Group discussed the way forward on Phase Two, including legislation, enforcement, outreach, and training to strengthen export controls; adherence to MCTR and [...] | 2004-11-05 09:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN NSSP |
| 04NEWDELHI7251 | INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...] | 2004-11-16 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7380 | IAEA DG ON INDIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY NEEDS, IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: The GOI used a recent visit by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohammed El Baradei to press its case for reform of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) requirements to facilitate India's cooperation with others in the international community in using nuclear power to fill the country's growi [...] | 2004-11-19 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG IR IN IAEA GOI NSSP |
| 04NEWDELHI7395 | ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...] | 2004-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7424 | GOI DOCUMENT: INDO-PAK PROPOSALS WHERE INDIA [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7425 | GOI DOCUMENT: RECENT INITIATIVES IN INDO-PAK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK GOI |
| 04NEWDELHI7426 | INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...] | 2004-11-22 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI |
| 04NEWDELHI7427 | GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] | 2004-11-22 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7494 | INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN [...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...] | 2004-11-24 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7512 | SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...] | 2004-11-29 05:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR |
| 04NEWDELHI7674 | GOI UNAPOLOGETIC ON DARFUR NO ACTION VOTE, [...] (C) SA/INS Director Blake and Polcouns used a December 2 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to convey our disappointment at the recent GOI vote at the UN in favor of "no action" on the resolution concerning the plight of refugees in Darfur. Polcouns also urged further ef [...] | 2004-12-03 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IN CH UN |
| 04NEWDELHI7733 | PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...] | 2004-12-07 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN |
| 04NEWDELHI7966 | INDO-ISRAEL RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's December 5-10 visit to India was "extremely positive" and provided an opportunity to expand the bilateral relationship beyond defense, Israel Embassy DCM Yoed Magen told A/PolCouns and Poloff on December 16. The visit, the first high-leve [...] | 2004-12-17 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TSPA PTER ECON IN IS |
| 04OTTAWA2963 | U.S. AND CANADIAN POLICY PLANNERS SEEK SYNERGY ON [...] (C) Summary: In policy planning talks October 28-29 in Toronto, U.S. and Canadian colleagues exchanged views and sought ways to synergize efforts on a range of global and regional issues. The Canadian team briefed on Canada,s attempt through its International Policy Review to enhance public s [...] | 2004-11-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA IR IZ PGOV PREL AF PINS KMPI SCUL |
| 04OTTAWA2990 | GOC LAYS OUT THEIR PREFERENCES FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary - Canada would welcome a January visit by President Bush to set a tone of partnership for the next four years, according to Alex Himelfarb and Tim Murphy, the Prime Minister,s top aides. They would like to use the visit to emphasize Canada,s commitment to North American security in [...] | 2004-11-08 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ETRD PREL CA |
| 04PARIS8983 | FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...] | 2004-12-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC FR |
| 04PARIS8990 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST [...] MIDDLE EAST 2. U.S. DEFICIT 3. TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED INTERVIEW LAST EVENING ON TURKEY, HIS "YES, BUT ONLY IF," AND THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU IS TODAY'S NUMBER ONE LEAD STORY. INTERVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES ABOUND, ANALYZING THE PRESIDENT [...] | 2004-12-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 04PARIS9025 | FRENCH LOBBYING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) As per reftel, Poloff spoke to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen about the need to lobby third countries against supporting any "no action motions" that might be brought by Iran or [...] | 2004-12-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL FR EUN |
| 04PARIS9188 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TSUNAMI: AN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 04PRAGUE1878 | CZECH SUBMISSION FOR 2004-2005 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS [...] SUMMARY. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Marijuana, both imported, and to a much lesser extent grown locally, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of marijuana continues to grow, particularly among the young. The popularity of Ec [...] | 2004-12-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EZ |
| 04PRETORIA3202 | SOUTH AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY HELPS IRAN MINE COPPER [...] (SBU) Summary: Mintek, the South African state-owned minerals processing research institution, has entered into an agreement with the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICICO) to construct a USD 3-4 million heap bio- leaching pilot plant in Sarcheshmeh, Iran. Construction should beg [...] | 2004-07-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV EIND IR SF |
| 04PRETORIA3991 | SOUTH AFRICA'S POSITION ON SEPTEMBER BOG: [...] (C) Ambassador Frazer delivered reftel demarche and passed reftel nonpaper September 2 to Abdul Minty, South Africa's Governor on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) and Deputy Director General at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The ambassador emphasized that the USG believes the Sept [...] | 2004-09-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR SF IAEA |
| 04RANGOON805 | THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...] (S) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religious education has survived and flourished in Rangoon Division. Though Rangoon's madrassas operate under vigilant MI attention, there are up to 130 schools -- s [...] | 2004-06-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM |
| 04RIYADH6449 | SAUDI ARABIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, post submits the following language for use in the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Embassy POC for this report is Julie Eadeh (eadehja@state.gov). 2. (U) During the year, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continued to support the global war on terror. Al Qai'da, in the [...] | 2004-12-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL SA |
| 04ROME1050 | MEETING BETWEEN U/S DOBRIANSKY AND ITALIAN FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. U/S PAULA DOBRIANSKY HELD A BILATERAL MEETING WITH FM FRATTINI ON MARCH 4 AT THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. THE UNDER SECRETARY RAISED FOUR ISSUES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ECOSOC MEMBERSHIP AND MONTREAL PROTOCOL LIMITS ON [...] | 2004-03-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | IT KDEM PHUM PREL SENV EG HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME1109 | EU GAERC AND COUNCIL - ITALY ON BOARD WITH US [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italy is on board with US views presented ref A. Our interlocutors predict that statements in draft for next week's General Affairs External Relations Council (GAERC) and European Council (Heads of State) meetings will reinforce the need for US-EU solidarity on Balkans and Midea [...] | 2004-03-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN MEPP |
| 04ROME1343 | ITALY ON ANTI-COALITION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (C) Italian officials agree on the need to respond firmly to al-Sadr's challenge to the Coalition's authority. MFA noted the importance of not allowing Jaysh al-Mahdi to establish a "territorial presence." The Italians also believe that Iran should share our interest in containing a [...] | 2004-04-05 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1527 | ITALY/IRAQ; FIRM ON TROOPS; WORKING ON HOSTAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian authorities expressed their strong agreement with points in reftel demarche; they are determined to stay the course with the Italian military deployment in Iraq. With the Italian public still shocked by the brutal murder of an Italian citizen taken hostage, the government [...] | 2004-04-20 05:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1594 | BRIEFING ITALY ON MILITARY/DUAL-USE PROCUREMENT [...] (S) INR Analyst Dr. Thomas Zarzecki, EUR/PRA officer Mark Cassayre, and Emboffs met with Italian officials March 30 to provide an intelligence briefing on military/dual-use procurement efforts in Europe by Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism. The briefing included information about the [...] | 2004-04-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME1596 | FM FRATTINI TELLS IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI TO TOE THE [...] (C) POST READ WITH INTEREST READOUT (REF) INDICATING THAT IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY IRNA REPORTED THAT FM FRATTINI TOLD IRANIAN FM KHARRAZI THAT IRAN'S POSITION ON COOPERATING WITH THE IAEA WAS "DEFENSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE" AND "CREDIBLE". ACCORDING TO MFA IRAN DESK OFFICER FEDERICA FERRARI BRA [...] | 2004-04-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IR KNNR IAEA |
| 04ROME166 | UPDATE ON SALE OF FAST BOATS AND BOAT ENGINES TO [...] (S) Summary. Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) officials outlined to us on January 14 a three-pronged strategy for dealing with the export of fast boats and related items to Iran. In the short term the MPA will inquire with Italian customs authorities about the status of the immi [...] | 2004-01-15 17:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME1692 | ITALY ON BOARD WITH IRAN/IAEA BOG VIEWS; MORE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR NON-PROLIFERATION GIOVANNI IANNUZZI SAID THAT ITALY AGREES COMPLETELY WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S INTENTIONS FOR ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND THAT THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING SHOULD REINFORCE INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS AS EXPRESSED REF A. "WE COULD HAVE WRITTEN THEM OURSELVES" [...] | 2004-04-30 06:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA |
| 04ROME1852 | ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...] | 2004-05-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME1938 | LIBYA: U/S BOLTON MEETING WITH AMB. AL-OBEIDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 17, UNDERSECRETARY JOHN BOLTON CALLED ON LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO ROME ABDUL ATI AL-OBEIDI TO DISCUSS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON LIBYA'S WMD COMMITMENTS. AL-OBEIDI SPOKE SOFTLY AND REGRETTED THAT THE US HAD PUBLICLY SINGLED OUT SYRIA AS ONE OF THE STATES WITH WHICH LIBYA WAS CEASIN [...] | 2004-05-19 12:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT LY PARM PREL MTCR |
| 04ROME1966 | U/S BOLTON MEETS WITH ITALY'S G-8 SHERPA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALIAN G-8 SHERPA CASTELLANETA TOOK U/S BOLTON'S POINT ON THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON IRAN, AND EXPRESSED ITALIAN DISPLEASURE OVER "EU THREE" ATTEMPTS TO ARROGATE EU POLICY ON THIS ISSUE. HE ADDED THAT IRAN MAY BE "MORE OPEN" AT PRESENT, PERHAPS DUE TO MOUNTING INSTABILITY [...] | 2004-05-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP IR IT IAEA |
| 04ROME2092 | REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SENSTITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 3. (SBU) THE OFFICE OF THE ICE ATTACHE IN ROME IS ASSISTING OUR OFFICE IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WITH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN AND IRAQ FROM THE U.S. FIRM "AMIR TTT INC." THE INVESTIG [...] | 2004-05-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2168 | MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...] | 2004-06-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME2217 | ITALY ON US PROPOSALS FOR STRENGTHENING THE IAEA: [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL PAPER TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ARMS CONTROL GIOVANNI IANNUZZI ON JUNE 9. ITALY FULLY AGREES WITH THE PROPOSALS REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, WHICH IT CONSIDERS A "PILLAR" OF THE IAEA. ITALY CAN SPEAK MORE SERENELY NOW THAT IT HAS FINISHED ITS OWN IMPLEMENTAT [...] | 2004-06-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY MNUC IT IAEA |
| 04ROME2272 | DARFUR: ITALY COMMITMENT EURO 4.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is contributing a total of Euro 4.4 million (approx $5.4 million) to relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. Officials at the MFA's Directorate of Development Cooperation told USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck that Italy does not rule out further contri [...] | 2004-06-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU IT AF WFP UN |
| 04ROME2309 | ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AND COUNCIL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials briefed poloffs on positions Italy will take during GAERC and Council meetings during the week of June 14. European Neighborhood Policy debate will continue at both GAERC and Council meetings. The unanimous UNSC approval of the new Iraq resolution has prepared the [...] | 2004-06-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IT MEPP EUN |
| 04ROME2322 | U.S.-ITALY EXPORT CONTROL TALKS: EMBASSY THOUGHTS [...] (S) Summary. The June 23 U.S.-Italy export control talks in Rome provide an important opportunity to encourage the GOI to address more flexibly the control of troublesome exports that do not fall clearly under any multilateral regime, such as the export of Italian fast boats to Iran. The GOI lo [...] | 2004-06-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2363 | IRANIAN DIPLOMAT SOUNDS OUT THE BRITS [...] (S) ON JUNE 17, UK EMBASSY POL COUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL (STRICTLY PROTECT) BRIEFED POLOFF ON HIS MEETING THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH IRANIAN EMBASSY SECOND SECRETARY ALI GHOLAMPOUR. THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CAMPBELL'S OFFICE IN THE UK EMBASSY. 2. (S) ACCORDING TO GHOLAMPOUR, IRAN IS "THANKFUL" THA [...] | 2004-06-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2418 | GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: U.S. PRIVATE- [...] Summary: The Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international endowment that aims to provide permanent funding for the world's major crop diversity collections, which provide the foundation for future improvements in agricultural productivity. The Trust has garnered firm pledges o [...] | 2004-06-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI |
| 04ROME2467 | ITALIAN ROLE IN RELEASE OF BRITISH MILITARY [...] (C) UK EMBASSY POLCOUNS FRANCIS CAMPBELL TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 24 THAT ITALY PLAYED A "VERY HELPFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE" IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF THE EIGHT UK MILITARY PERSONNEL HELD BY IRAN. TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN PM BLAIR'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR NIGEL SCHIENWALD AND PM BERLUSCONI'S NATI [...] | 2004-06-25 04:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR IZ UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME254 | GOI PROVIDES TECHNICAL DETAILS ON FAST BOATS AND [...] (S/NF) AS FOESHADOWED IN REFTEL, THE GOI HAS SHARED WITH US -- ON A STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BASIS -- DETAILED INORMATION FROM BOTH FB DESIGN AND ISOTTA FRASCHINI OTORI REGARDING THEIR EXPORTS TO IRAN. WE WERE OLD THAT NEITHER COMPANY IS AWARE THAT THE INFORATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE USG. [...] | 2004-01-23 18:35:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2810 | RIGHT TO FOOD: INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: The third (and supposedly final) session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome from 5 to 10 July 2004. [...] | 2004-07-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN FAO |
| 04ROME2829 | U.S.-ITALY DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (S) On June 23, 2004, U.S. and Italian goverment delegations held consultations on a range o export control and technology transfer issues, s a follow-up to discussions held in July 2003. Bth sides appeared satisfied with the quality of he information exchange. Discussion included the EU/China [...] | 2004-07-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PREL EIND PARM TSPA IT CH IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME2885 | GOI RESPONSE TO NPT PREPCOM III [...] (C) Summary. Italy judged PrepCom III as failing to deliver on both substantive and organizational issues. The GOI welcomed US explanations of the US Article VI record, but suggests that the US now should also seek more concrete steps to convince Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries of its [...] | 2004-07-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IT NPT |
| 04ROME2933 | WFP'S SCHOOL FEEDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) WFP's school feeding programs in Iraq are ongoing. During the academic year 2003-2004 in the three northern governorates, WFP provided technical assistance to the local authorities to guarantee a smooth continuation of school feeding activities targeting over 700,000 students. Between Ma [...] | 2004-07-29 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC EFIN IZ WFP |
| 04ROME2935 | UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...] | 2004-07-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR |
| 04ROME2964 | FAST BOATS TO IRAN: COMPANY PRESSES GOI [...] (S) The Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) continues to be pressed by Italian fast boat manufacturer FB Design to allow it to resume business with Iran, according to Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements - Foreign Trade. Teti himself contacted econoff July 28 to [...] | 2004-07-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EIND PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME307 | CHR-60: ITALIANS SHOP STRATEGIES ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) Italian MFA Human Rights Director Giuseppe Calvetta reviewed with us January 27 ministry thinking on several CHR-related elements following the January 21 meeting of EU human rights experts (COHOM). Iran ---- 2. (C) The Irish presidency would be contacting Tehran in the coming days [...] | 2004-01-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME3116 | U/S BOLTON'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH LIBYAN OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton July 10 told Libyan officials that Libya had to end military cooperation with Iran as a sine qua non of concluding Phase III cooperation. The Libyans responded that all ongoing activity was linked to closing out existing contracts, which would be terminated on Septemb [...] | 2004-08-11 19:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC LY IAEA |
| 04ROME3224 | ITALY WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IRAN ON OUT OF [...] (U) Post conveyed ref points in the MFA to the Office of Iranian Affairs, the Office of Under Secretary for Asia Margherita Boniver, and to Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Enrico De Maio. We also delivered the points to the Prime Minister's office. 2. (C) De Maio said [...] | 2004-08-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR IT UN |
| 04ROME3239 | ITALY ENGAGED IN TEHRAN IN EFFORTS TO SECURE OUT [...] Post received further information regarding Italy's efforts to secure Iranian cooperation for out of country voting for the upcoming elections in Afghanistan from the MFA's desk officer for Iran, Federica Ferrari Bravo, on August 23. Ferrari Bravo said that Italy is well aware of the problem [...] | 2004-08-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF IR IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME3285 | IAEA: ITALY AGREES TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA continues to prefer a strategy that avoids risking breaking off all dialogue with Iran, but at the same time acknowledges that the situation in the IAEA is getting worse. While Italy did not explicitly say it would vote against a referral to the UNSC, it does not [...] | 2004-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME3381 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Charge, accompanied by PolOff, met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo and NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi on September 1 to convey points from Ref A demarche. Italy shares US views on most of the issues that EU Foreign Ministers w [...] | 2004-09-03 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IT EUN |
| 04ROME3399 | ITALY TALKING TOUGH ON IRAN -- WITH THE EMPHASIS [...] (C) Pol M/C discussed Ref A non-paper with Paolo Dionisi, Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi, on September 3. Dionisi, commenting that the US always delivers a tough message on Iran, said that Italy also will send a tough message to Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council R [...] | 2004-09-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME3480 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO 9/13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A/DCM and A/PolMinCouns discussed Ref A points with MFA Deputy Political Director Claudio Bisogniero on September 10, as did PolOff with MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo on September 9. We have also raised Ref A with various other Italian government interlocutors (Refs B [...] | 2004-09-13 04:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME3520 | ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...] | 2004-09-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA |
| 04ROME3933 | IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...] | 2004-10-12 08:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3989 | IRAN: ITALY APPRECIATES US THINKING ON UNSC OPTIONS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel non-paper with Giovanni Iannuzzi, head of the MFA's nonproliferation office, on October 15. Iannuzzi responded very positively to the non-paper, which he had shared with MFA DG for Multilateral Political Affairs Giampiero Massolo the evening before Massolo's depart [...] | 2004-10-15 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL IT IAEA |
| 04ROME4180 | ITALIAN POSITIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that the PSC was busy preparing documentation on Iraq for the GAERC and follow-on Council meeting. He also confirmed that Iraqi PM Allawi will have lunch with the Council at 25 plus 3 on November 5. Member States are firming up an econ [...] | 2004-10-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME4320 | ITALY FULLY BACKS U.S. ON THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4404 | EU STRATEGY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Middle East director outlined the state of discussion among EU members for an initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Italy is seeking to insert stronger messages to the initiatives: for Israel, the need to publicly declare readiness for negotiation, and for the Pale [...] | 2004-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL EUN |
| 04ROME4544 | IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...] | 2004-11-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME59 | SALE OF FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] (S) ON JAN. 7 ECON COUNSELOR CALLED ON GABRIELE CHECCHIA, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (INDUSTRY) MARZANO, TO CONTINUE REFTEL A DISCUSSION OF FB DESIGN'S EXPORT TO IRAN OF FOUR FAST BOATS. ECON COUNSELOR SAID WE UNDERSTOOD TWO BOATS WERE ALREADY IN IRAN, AND THAT TH [...] | 2004-01-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL EIND IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME776 | ITALIAN MINISTRY TRIES TO BLOCK FUTURE FAST BOAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: With FB Design's fast-boat contract with Iran effectively fulfilled, the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities has sent a stern letter to the company, warning it to do no further business with Iran without formal ministerial review. The legal force of the letter is unclear, [...] | 2004-03-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EIND PARM PREL IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME792 | IRAN/IAEA: ITALY (STILL) SEES THE GLASS AS HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALTHOUGH ITALY HAS NOT YET FORMED A FINAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DG'S FEBRUARY 24 REPORT ON IRAN, THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE SOME "VERY DISTURBING" BREACHES. ITALY WILL CONSULT FURTHER WITH ITS EU PARTNERS BEFORE DRAWING ANY FINAL CONCLUSI [...] | 2004-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR IT IAEA |
| 04ROME927 | ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...] | 2004-03-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME994 | ACTIVITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE POLITICAL, POL-MIL AND LABOR SECTIONS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT IT |
| 04SANAA146 | REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Sanaa Inter-Governmental Regional Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court was held January 10-12, sponsored by No Peace Without Justice (an EU-affiliated NGO),the ROYG, the European Union and several European govern [...] | 2004-01-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 04SANAA1565 | AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...] | 2004-06-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA1771 | SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...] | 2004-07-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 04SANAA2006 | YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...] | 2004-08-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2408 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS THERMOBARICS, STATE SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador took the opportunity of his introductory meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman to deliver refs A and B. Noman listened carefully to both messages and asked questions, but offered no immediate response. Discussions on G-8 BMENA process covered septel. E [...] | 2004-09-12 05:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2489 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...] | 2004-09-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 04SANAA2697 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ [...] (S) On October 16 Ambassador expressed to FM Qirbi USG concerns about Iranian interference with the UN, OIC - endorsed political process in Iraq. Iran's provision of support to insurgents, including terrorists, said Ambassador, directly threatens the security of Iraq and the region. He req [...] | 2004-10-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR IZ IR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2724 | IRAN/IAEA: OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (U) On September 16 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman concerning options for member nations to address Iran's nuclear program at the UNSC in preparation for the November IAEA meeting. 2. (SBU) Noman responded that he believes Iran has reach [...] | 2004-10-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP IR YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA2861 | ACTION TAKEN: DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) On November 9 Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA diplomatic attach Selwa al-Rifai. Rifai said that due to the Eid holidays no one was available to give an indication as to how ROYG would vote on the resolutions. 2. (C) Rifai stated that while Yemen supports Human Rights resol [...] | 2004-11-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANAA3086 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED SUPPORT IN [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Ref B demarche was delivered November 9 (ref C). 2. (C) Noman said he received the same demarche from the Dutch December 13. The DFM confided that he agreed with the USG position on both t [...] | 2004-12-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IR YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANAA3118 | DAS DIBBLE MEETINGS WITH ROYG MINISTERS: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Visiting NEA/ARPI Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi, Minister of Interior Alimi, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Sofan on December 15. The Ministers worked from the same talking poi [...] | 2004-12-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR ECON KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA626 | FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...] | 2004-03-17 17:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA728 | PRESENTATION OF INCOMING LEGATT TO MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On 27 March 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Minister of the Interior Rashad al-Alimi to present newly arrived LEGATT and discuss security subjects. Alimi warmly welcomed LEGATT, and listed a number of issues on which MOI sought cooperation with LEGATT. Also present at the m [...] | 2004-04-03 04:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 04STATE89155 | PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...] | 2004-04-22 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO |
| 04TAIPEI3051 | NEW INFO ON TAIWAN'S EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following-up the AIT-BOFT meeting reported ref A, on October 1 BOFT faxed to AIT additional documents related to Taiwan's export control system and correspondence regarding the Ching Hwee International Trading Company. These documents have been relayed via fax to EAP/TC and a [...] | 2004-10-01 09:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM TW |
| 04TAIPEI3367 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S BEIJING [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-28 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 04TAIPEI3483 | BOFT PROVIDES MORE INFO ON EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan,s Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) officials relayed to AIT on November 1 new information that shows the Ching Hwee Company (which we discussed earlier with Taiwan, see ref B) has played a dominant role in Taiwan's machinery exports to North Korea. BOFT investigations (per re [...] | 2004-11-04 05:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM TW |
| 04TAIPEI4134 | TAIWAN ASKS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on December 30, Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade Director Peter Ho requested that Washington Agencies reconsider sanctions on Taiwan's Ecoma Enterprise Co. Ltd. Taiwan had checked with Washington Agenci [...] | 2004-12-30 09:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TW |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA538 | GOH PROGRESS ON TEDS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the visit of the State / NOAA training team in December 2003, Honduras has been working to continue improving the turtle excluder device (TED) program and enforcement abilities of fisheries officials. Understanding that re-certification was premised upon training new inspe [...] | 2004-03-05 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD ECON HO |
| 04TELAVIV1246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...] | 2004-03-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...] | 2004-03-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1335 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...] | 2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1384 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1390 | ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...] | 2004-03-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1408 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1451 | MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...] | 2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1493 | LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff told polmiloff that the GOI, while fully cognizant of "what's at stake" in gaining consensus for a Libya resolution, is unhappy with the reftel Libya resolution language because i [...] | 2004-03-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1638 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...] | 2004-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1644 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1661 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...] | 2004-03-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...] | 2004-03-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1721 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...] | 2004-03-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1830 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...] | 2004-03-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1952 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...] | 2004-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1962 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2079 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...] | 2004-04-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2140 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...] | 2004-04-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2156 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...] | 2004-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2242 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...] | 2004-04-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2282 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Release of Mordechai Vanunu 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the release after 18 years in jail for aggravated espionage of whistleblower, or "atomic spy," Mordechai Vanunu, which took place this morni [...] | 2004-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2324 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2347 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program 3. Release of Mordechai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited PM Sharon's downplaying, in a speech to the Knesset Thursday, of the upcoming Likud referendum on his disengagement plan. [...] | 2004-04-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2412 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] April 27 Damascus Attack 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal 4. Cyprus ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. Administration is inclined to present Jordan's King Abdullah II a "balancin [...] | 2004-04-28 12:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6036 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...] | 2004-12-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6088 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Yediot and Maariv, led with PM Sharon's efforts to form a new coalition. Leading media reported that Sharon intends to ask Labor Party Chairman Shimon P [...] | 2004-12-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6121 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...] | 2004-12-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6163 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...] | 2004-12-07 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6200 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...] | 2004-12-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6232 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6261 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Jerusalem and settlements correspondent Nadav Shragai wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's victory in the Likud convention destroyed the strategy adopted in recen [...] | 2004-12-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6286 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...] | 2004-12-13 12:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6383 | FM SHALOM QUESTIONS ABU MAZEN'S DETERMINATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing optimism about the opportunities presented by the PA transition, FM Shalom, in a December 1 meeting with Codel Hagel/Biden, questioned Abu Mazen's commitment to dismantling terrorist infrastructure, to stopping incitement and to stepping away from Arafat's legacy. [...] | 2004-12-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6385 | EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...] | 2004-12-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6387 | SHARON AND CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon told Codel Hagel/Biden that he was fully committed to making peace with the post-Arafat Palestinian leadership, but that there would be no compromise on holding the the new leadership accountable for actions to combat the terrorist infrastructure. While rec [...] | 2004-12-16 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6388 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6443 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6454 | NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership must show serious intent to fight terror and corruption before receiving any "gifts" from the U.S. or Israel. Netanyahu said that the GOI should simply "walk out of the Gaza Strip [...] | 2004-12-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV6455 | MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...] | 2004-12-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6489 | ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...] | 2004-12-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV6535 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...] | 2004-12-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6546 | ISRAELI REASSURANCES ON NONPROLIFERATION SECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials told the Ambassador on December 22 that the nonproliferation section of the EU-Israel plan of action under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) contained "absolutely nothing new." They described the plan as another attempt by the EU to lock Is [...] | 2004-12-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV6547 | ISRAELI VIEWS ON IAEA FORUM ON "EXPERIENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told the Ambassador on December 22 that the ground rules and agenda for the upcoming IAEA forum on nuclear-weapon-free zones reflect understandings between Israel and the IAEA. The only outstanding issue is that DG [...] | 2004-12-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL MNUC TRGY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6564 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...] | 2004-12-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6581 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The tidal waves in South Asia continue to dominate the headlines. Citing international sources, Israel Radio reported that 50,000 people are believed to have died in the ts [...] | 2004-12-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6630 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tsunami 2. Mideast 3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program 4. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited assessments that the casualty toll of the tidal waves in South Asia has reached 60,000 or even 70,000, and cited UN officia [...] | 2004-12-29 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6651 | ISRAELI FM SHALOM OFFERS CAUTIOUS VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that the situation had improved since Arafat's death, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Senators Lieberman and Dayton on December 28 that he is "discouraged" by Abu Mazen's recent remarks on the campaign trail. Shalom interpreted the speech as an ind [...] | 2004-12-30 08:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6671 | ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the Ambassador a cautiously optimistic assessment of the chances for security cooperation with post-Arafat Palestinian leaders. Mofaz said that disengagement will increase Israel's s [...] | 2004-12-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE102 | IRAQ/MEK: DUTCH WILL ACCEPT CITIZENS, CONSIDER [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of Gulf States Adri van Loopik, Iran Senior Policy Advisor Arnout Wegerif, and Political Affairs Policy Officer Wouter Jurgens. MFA contacts appreciated the information, and would like to obtain details as soon on possible on any individuals ca [...] | 2004-01-16 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PHUM PTER IR NL PREJ IQ |
| 04THEHAGUE1042 | (S/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH SUBMITTING MEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-23 16:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PTER IZ NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1105 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...] | 2004-05-03 13:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1144 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...] | 2004-05-10 12:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1224 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN [...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...] | 2004-05-19 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM |
| 04THEHAGUE1352 | Secretary Abraham's May 23 Bilateral Meeting [...] Summary: Energy Secretary Abraham held a May 23 luncheon discussion with Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst on the margins of the International Energy Forum meeting in Amsterdam. They agreed to explore the possibilities for increased U.S.-EU collaboration on energy technologies and that th [...] | 2004-06-02 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG KNNP IR NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1359 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should n [...] | 2004-06-03 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1363 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Henk Jan Ormel as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...] | 2004-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1392 | FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Naglaa Abdel Rahman Elhajj as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Ms. Elhajj is earmarked for the MRP "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues" which will be held from May 12 - June 2, 2005. 2. START [...] | 2004-06-04 11:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1487 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the June 10 consultation chaired by facilitator Peter van Brakel (Canada),agreement was reached on all of the outstanding issues. Most important for the U.S., there were no objections to the language concerning payment of Article IV/V invoices, as approved by Washington. South Kore [...] | 2004-06-16 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1499 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...] | 2004-06-17 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1512 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - STATUS OF [...] (SBU) As noted in the scene setter for the 37th Executive Council session (septel),one important set of decisions under consideration at the EC involve the requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines. At this point, the prospects for the adoption of both se [...] | 2004-06-17 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1548 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Russian Federation hosted a June 15 meeting of P-5 Ambassadors in The Hague, noting that the idea originated in Moscow with Universality suggested as the first topic for discussion. Russia also noted the connection between the CWC and UNSC Resolution 1540 that increases the importanc [...] | 2004-06-22 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1550 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The following are the results of the June 14-17 facilitations on industry issues. Schedule 1 captive use remains under consideration due to differences in opinion over whether or not a decision clarifying the declarability of Schedule 1 'captive use' production is necessary. On one han [...] | 2004-06-22 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1694 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): EC-37 [...] (SBU) Summary: During EC-37, the U.S., UK, Italian and Libyan dels cooperated closely in actively educating and seeking support from other EC members regarding the proposed technical change that would permit Libya to seek conversion of chemical weapons production facilities (CWPF). Without e [...] | 2004-07-06 16:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1695 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its objectives at a very successful 37th Executive Council (EC) session. The requests from Libya and Albania for extension of their destruction deadlines were adopted. Agreement was reached on a larger Working Capital Fund with a longer replenishment period, [...] | 2004-07-06 16:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1713 | NPT: DUTCH VIEWS ON PREPCOM III [...] (SBU) PolMilOff discussed reftel points with MFA Nonproliferation policy officer Harman van Dijk on July 8. Van Dijk attended PrepCom III in New York. The Dutch consider the PrepCom to have been fairly successful. Like the U.S. they had no expectation of achieving consensus on substantive r [...] | 2004-07-08 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP NL NPT |
| 04THEHAGUE1793 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...] | 2004-07-16 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
| 04THEHAGUE1801 | EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...] | 2004-07-16 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN |
| 04THEHAGUE1828 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The co-facilitators Gordon Eckersly/Australia and Ian Mundell/Canada held four sessions on 13-14 July 2004 to discuss Executive Management, Policymaking Organs, and Administration. The DDG made a brief introduction to the elements covered by the Executive Management section. Delegations [...] | 2004-07-20 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] | 2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1901 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: KARZAI CANDIDACY AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA's head of South Asia Division Wilfred Mohr July 28. Mohr stated that the Dutch Ambassador in Afghanistan will soon call on Karzai to present his credentials, at which point he will also express GoNL support for reform and stability in Afghanistan. He sa [...] | 2004-07-28 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1967 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) A recent trip by the Director General proved uneventful and produced little or nothing in terms of substantive results - an outcome considered very successful by the DG. The OPCW Chief of Cabinet Raphael Grossi expounded on a number of personnel issues, most notably appealing for a solid [...] | 2004-08-05 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE1981 | SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM [...] Post requests three interns for spring 2005. The following responses are given as per para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Three B. Language requirement: None C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and verbal communication skills. For Pol/Econ advanc [...] | 2004-08-09 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ASEC NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2035 | KICT: IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL: REQUEST FOR [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH TWO. 2. We have received from Secretary-General Pinto of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal the request for our Second Quarter, 2004/2005, budget contribution of USD 964,362.13. Please note that the check must reach the Office of the Legal Counse [...] | 2004-08-13 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT KICT NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2124 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...] | 2004-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK AF IR NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2138 | INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH), [...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...] | 2004-08-26 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2154 | DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Dutch parliament interrupted its August recess for a special session on Iraq attended by Defense Minister Kamp and Foreign Minister Bot. The parliament endorsed the additional security measures taken in the wake of the August 14 ambush of Dutch troops in Iraq a [...] | 2004-08-27 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2206 | NETHERLANDS: REPATRIATION FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-03 08:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PREF PREL PTER NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2248 | DUTCH RESPONSE: ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding state sponsorship of terrorism, but differentiate their level of concern with regard to the specific states named on the U.S. list. The Dutch - both bilaterally and in their EU Presidency capacity - regularly press Syria and Iran regardin [...] | 2004-09-07 07:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2261 | IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH MFA VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff discussed refs A and B with Dutch MFA Nonproliferation Chief Paul Wilke on September 7. Wilke does not believe it will be possible to gain support within the EU for referring Iran's non-compliance to the UNSC in September. He doubts ElBaradei's November report will be [...] | 2004-09-07 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC |
| 04THEHAGUE2289 | SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...] | 2004-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2290 | SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...] | 2004-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2303 | DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...] | 2004-09-13 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC |
| 04THEHAGUE2344 | IRAN/IAEA: IAEA NEGOTIATIONS ON IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Political Counselor and Poloff shared ref A demarche text and ref b points with Dutch Government officials on September 16. Poloff reached Elka Merks, in the Dutch MFA Nonproliferation office, to convey points in advance of the morning meeting in Vienna at the IAEA. Poloff drew on reft [...] | 2004-09-16 14:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR NL UNSC |
| 04THEHAGUE2346 | SEPT. 13-14 GAERC: READ-OUT FROM DUTCH [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept. 13-14 GAERC with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 16. He said the the EU's foreign ministers had discussed Secretary Powell's comments about genocide in Darfur, the financing of the UN Protective Force in Iraq, and EU rel [...] | 2004-09-16 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2399 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Delegations made little progress towards a draft decision on Schedule 1 "captive use." Germany presented a non-paper providing several examples of known processes where Schedule 1 chemical(s) were produced during the production of certain final products. France, Switzerland, Italy and t [...] | 2004-09-20 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2409 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...] | 2004-09-21 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2490 | DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...] | 2004-09-30 07:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PK NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2492 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] | 2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2493 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...] | 2004-09-30 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2518 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCTOBER 1 [...] (U) At the October 1 consultations on the Libyan proposal to make a technical change to permit conversion of the Rabta facility, the overwhelming number of attendees voiced strong support. A limited number of "usual suspects" raised questions, in particular Pakistan, but also Russia, India an [...] | 2004-10-04 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2526 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On October 1, South Korean del rep Park Yong Kyu informed us that his delegation was recommending to Seoul that South Korea not/not support a continuation of the political consultancy for General Chong, who is tasked with working on universality on the Korean peninsula. The ROK delegat [...] | 2004-10-05 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2531 | AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...] | 2004-10-05 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NL EUN NATO |
| 04THEHAGUE2606 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Facilitator Mark Matthews/UK held a 6 October consultation on the recommendations contained in the Second progress Report on the OPCW Plan of Action Regarding the Implementation of Article VII (EC-38/DG.16, 15 September 2004). Delegations welcomed the limited progress made since the last [...] | 2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2691 | NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: THE HALF-WAY POINT [...] (C) Summary. With three months down and three to go, the Dutch no doubt view the first half of their presidency as a qualified success. They have made measurable progress on most of their priorities and effectively navigated two unexpected developments (the crisis in Darfur and PM Balkenend [...] | 2004-10-18 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2698 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...] | 2004-10-19 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY AL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2699 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) It was apparent at the October 12-15 Executive Council that member states remain divided on the Director-General's budget and program proposal for 2005. While the differences are not great, whether on the level of increase or specifics in the program, it will still require some time and [...] | 2004-10-19 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2733 | EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...] | 2004-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2750 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...] | 2004-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2757 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, MFA, and Adriaan Palm, MFA Political Affairs Officer, on October 26 to deliver points in reftel. Werner said the only addition to the agenda as set forth reftel was the African Great Lakes, where the Belgians [...] | 2004-10-26 18:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2777 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC [...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...] | 2004-10-29 09:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE283 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30 [...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...] | 2004-02-04 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2836 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...] | 2004-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2910 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 16:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN |
| 04THEHAGUE2924 | NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...] | 2004-11-12 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2999 | Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears [...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...] | 2004-11-18 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL NL |
| 04THEHAGUE3166 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...] | 2004-12-03 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3177 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: CHINA SUMMIT CONTENT STILL [...] (C) Summary: With just over one working day left before the EU-China Summit, the Dutch are still in negotiations with the Chinese regarding content of an EU-China Joint Statement, including what if anything will come of talk about a Chinese "gesture" on human rights as part of a package for a p [...] | 2004-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM CH NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3197 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The wrap-up includes items from discussions on the margins of the November 24 special Executive Council session and the Nov 29-Dec 2 Conference of States Parties (CSP) which were informally reported back to Washington. ------ TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) The application by the Taiwan Chem [...] | 2004-12-08 10:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3202 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT [...] (S) On December 7, a senior official of the Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in their 2003 Aggrega [...] | 2004-12-08 10:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL IR CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3219 | NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...] | 2004-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3273 | DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL PHUM PREL |
| 04THEHAGUE424 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep met on February 11 with Ralf Trapp, Special Assistant to DDG Brian Hawtin, who reported that only nine countries responded to the TS Note Verbale requesting States Party respond with their requests for or offers of assistance by February 1; one responded on February 2. Of the ten [...] | 2004-02-19 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE544 | DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...] | 2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC |
| 04THEHAGUE556 | LIBYA/IAEA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM LY NL IAEA |
| 04THEHAGUE610 | IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH VIEWS ON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 12:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA |
| 04THEHAGUE727 | FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM [...] Post requests four interns for fall 2004. The following responses are keyed para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Four B. Language requirement: None for Legal. Dutch is preferred but not required for others. C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and [...] | 2004-03-19 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ASEC |
| 04THEHAGUE733 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP CABLE - [...] (U) As a result of the March industry cluster meetings, the March Executive Council will have several industry issues for States Parties to consider. Two decisions, one on Captive Use and the other on Clarification Requests, appear ripe for adoption by the Executive Council. In addition, th [...] | 2004-03-19 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE787 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...] | 2004-03-26 05:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL |
| 04THEHAGUE798 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...] | 2004-03-29 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE812 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DELIVERY OF [...] (S) On the margins of the March 23-26 Executive Council session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the U.S. delegation delivered to the Iranian delegation the cover letter (signed by Ambassador Javits) contained in paragraph 8 of reftel and the list of questions in [...] | 2004-03-30 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBW |
| 04THEHAGUE83 | (C) SUBJECT: MKO FUNDRAISING ATTEMPT IN THE HAGUE [...] (S/NF) The Dutch government successfully intervened with municipal authorities in The Hague on January 10 to prevent the Association of Iranian Students (Vereniging Iraanse Academici in Nederland or VIAN) from launching a fundraising campaign touted as support for Bam earthquake victims but in [...] | 2004-01-13 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PTER ASEC IZ NL |
| 04THEHAGUE90 | (SBU) TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-14 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER ASEC EUN NL |
| 04TRIPOLI28 | (C) U.S. OIL COMPANIES PERSEVERE IN LIBYA [...] (C) Oasis/Oxy Update: The oil majors were in Tripoli the week of December 6 for yet another Libyan economic conference (reftel). The former Oasis partners (Marathon, Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips) are continuing their negotiations with the NOC for re-entry into the Libyan oil market, as is Oc [...] | 2004-12-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL LY |
| 04VATICAN1968 | U/S BOLTON PREVIEWS SEA ISLAND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton previewed Sea Island G-8 Summit non-proliferation initiatives for Holy See Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo May 17, emphasizing the President's desire to ensure that efforts to address WMD threats were a priority for G-8 nations. Bolton highlighted progress in imple [...] | 2004-05-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR LY IN PK IS VT |
| 04VATICAN3197 | HOLY SEE CLARIFIES POSITION ON NAJAF MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See's Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See would be willing to help mediate the standoff in Najaf if all parties to the conflict requested it, but had indicated this willingness only in response to a public request made by an al- [...] | 2004-08-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
| 04VATICAN4760 | A/S BURNS UPDATES VATICAN ON MEPP, IRAQ [...] (C) Holy See Foreign Minister Lajolo agreed with NEA A/S Burns December 9 that there were signs of "a better situation" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and he emphasized that "both sides" now needed to move forward with the Road Map. On Iraq elections, Lajolo welcomed Burns' assurance th [...] | 2004-12-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ KPAL PREL VT |
| 04VATICAN4838 | EMBASSY CONFERENCE PROMOTES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
| 04VATICAN4839 | NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR TIGHTER BORDERS, [...] (C) Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Edward Ismail Yelda called for tighter controls on his country's borders in a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador. He urged particular attention to the Jordanian border, which he cited as a source of foreign fighters and weapons. Yelda said the situat [...] | 2004-12-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
| 04WELLINGTON669 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM CLARK ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Swindells met with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on August 3 to touch base on a number of issues. DCM accompanied as notetaker. The PM was backed by acting Senior Policy Advisor Brook Barrington and Americas Division Director (A/S equivalent) Roy Ferguson. 2. ( [...] | 2004-08-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON737 | NEW ZEALAND TAKES FIRM LINE WITH IRAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi visited New Zealand August 23-24 to explain Iran's position in the IAEA. Kharrazi met with Prime Minister Helen Clark, Foreign Minister Phil Goff, Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs, Communications Minister Paul Swain and Agriculture and Trade Ministe [...] | 2004-08-29 22:15:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON950 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) On November 12, POL/ECON Couns discussed Reftel B resolutions with Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer was joined by Tamsin Royson, MFAT's policy officer for Africa. 2. (C) Meyer said that New Zealand woul [...] | 2004-11-15 17:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NZ UNGA |
| 04YEREVAN1240 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: DEAL SIGNED ON FUTURE SWAP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On May 19, 2004, Garnik Badalian, Head of the Iran desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, briefed us about a recent agreement on the Iran - Armenia pipeline. Badalian said that o [...] | 2004-05-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AM |
| 04YEREVAN1255 | DECIPHERING THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) The Armenian-American Diaspora continues to wield considerable influence upon the foreign and domestic policies of the Government of Armenia. This influence ranges from the obvious connection of U.S.-born and/or trained GOAM officials, the influence of private and public U.S. assistance [...] | 2004-06-01 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
| 04YEREVAN1337 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CITIZEN CONCERNS IN ARMENIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Ordway discussed USG assistance programs and current events with Armenians living in the southern province of Syunik during a town hall meeting June 8 in the provincial capital of Kapan. The meeting was part of a broader schedule of USG assistance site visits and poli [...] | 2004-06-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
| 04YEREVAN1453 | ARMENIA RELUCTANT TO DISSOLVE ARMENERGO: RIGHTFULLY [...] (SBU) An IMF conditionality and commitments to other donors, including the United States (as part of the USATF action plan),oblige the Government of Armenia to eliminate by July 31 ArmEnergo, a state-owned enterprise that is the single buyer of midstream electricity. Once ArmEnergo is elimin [...] | 2004-06-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG AM |
| 04YEREVAN1473 | ARMENIA: SURPRISINGLY LITTLE TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Despite Armenia's geographic isolation and closed borders, trade with its southern neighbor Iran remains surprisingly small. While the April 12-13 meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister V [...] | 2004-06-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD AM |
| 04YEREVAN1523 | PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO VISIT ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian announced June 24 that Iranian President (Ali) Mohammad Khatami-Ardakani would visit Armenia this September. According to the announcement, Khatami will be the first Iranian head of s [...] | 2004-07-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR AM |
| 04YEREVAN1940 | ARMENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- BATTLING GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AM |
| 04YEREVAN2019 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: IRAN TO FINANCE PIPELINE [...] (SBU) During Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed a deal to finance the Armenia-Iran gas pipeline as far as Kajaran, 41 kilometers into Armenia. In May the governments had signed an agreement providing for the constru [...] | 2004-09-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET AM IR |
| 04YEREVAN2061 | OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT KHATAMI TO ARMENIA [...] (C) During Iranian President's Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan, September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed seven agreements including the agreements concerning the partial financing and construction of an Armenian-Iranian gas pipeline. The local press and the Armenian Minis [...] | 2004-09-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET AM IR |
| 04YEREVAN2062 | ARMENIA: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) Armenia does not have an active biological warfare program nor does it have an interest, desire or capability to start one (reftel). The Armenian government has denied ever having a biological warfare program and currently Armenian biological institutes and private companies are struggl [...] | 2004-09-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PINR ECON PTER TBIO PARM AM KPRP |
| 04YEREVAN2113 | FM TAPS SPECIAL ADVISOR AS NEXT AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR AM |
| 04YEREVAN2166 | GOAM SUPPORT FOR IRAQ MISSION UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) GOAM commitment to deploying troops in Iraq remains strong despite recent media statements and public opinion against the mission. Opposition groups have not strongly attacked plans for deployment, and Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials continue to make consis [...] | 2004-10-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
| 04YEREVAN2224 | ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT GIVES ENERGY SECTOR A HALF-FIX [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On October 1, Armenia' Public Service Regulatory Commission (PRSC) ended ArmEnergo's reign as the state-owned single buyer of midstream electricity, responding to demands of the [...] | 2004-10-07 03:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG AM |
| 04YEREVAN2406 | POWER STRUGGLE: ARMENIA SELLS GEORGIA CHEAP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Sources in Armenia's energy sector claim that, following the October 10 sabotage of transmission lines from Russia (Ref A),the Georgian government forced Armenia to sell electricit [...] | 2004-11-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAID AM |
| 04YEREVAN2449 | ARMENIAN FLIGHTS HAMPERED BY FUEL SHORTAGES [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A shortage of aviation fuel is forcing Armenia's outbound flights to make intermediate landings to refuel before continuing on their scheduled itinerary. Although government and av [...] | 2004-11-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD EAID GG AJ AM |
| 04YEREVAN2456 | ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches to Artak Apitonian, Head of the UN Division at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ------- BELARUS ------- 2. (SBU) Regarding Belarus, Apitonian stated that Armenia is wavering between abstaining and voting against the resolution. Armenia woul [...] | 2004-11-09 02:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AM UNGA |
| 04YEREVAN2656 | RAIL BLOCKADE: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AROUND ARMENIA [...] (C) For more than twelve years, the blockade of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan has disrupted regional transit corridors. All political considerations aside, regional economic development has been stymied. Recent steps by Azerbaijan to improve the effectiveness of its blockade have tighten [...] | 2004-12-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD AM AZ |
| 04YEREVAN2685 | (IMI) ARMENIA: THE IMPORTED BUILDING [...] This cable reviews the market for imported building materials in Armenia as of December 2004. The report describes the market size and U.S. market share in Armenia, and lists major market suppliers and best sales prospects for U.S. companies. It also includes a list of major importers and ke [...] | 2004-12-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM |
| 04YEREVAN2693 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AM |
| 04YEREVAN2793 | NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER THE FIRST IN A [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian named Armen Bayburdian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) December 24. Bayburdian joins current Deputy Foreign Ministers Tatul Margarian (expected to be named Am [...] | 2004-12-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
| 04YEREVAN284 | CTAG MEETING HELD IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post convened a coordination meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Armenia February 2 in advance of the capital-level CTAG meeting to be held February 20 per reftel. Represen [...] | 2004-02-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL PTER |
| 04YEREVAN382 | ARMENIA WON'T COMMIT TO SHUTDOWN DATE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) During the February 10 EU-Armenia working group on Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP),Armenia would not commit to a new closure date for the ANPP and the EU side refu [...] | 2004-02-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG AM |
| 04YEREVAN456 | ARMENIAN NUCLEAR REGULATION IN FLUX [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On February 18, 2004, we met with Ashot Martirosyan, the head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to encourage Armenia to commit to the IAEA Code o [...] | 2004-02-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP ECON AM |
| 04YEREVAN457 | PIPE DREAMS: IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE DOESN'T [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian officials have again proposed a gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia as a way to alleviate Armenia's concerns about the future diversity of energy sources. According to the [...] | 2004-02-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AM |
| 04YEREVAN587 | KURDISH ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (S) There is an Armenian-Kurdish friendship society in downtown Yerevan with a sign posted on the door identifying it as such. The "Friendship Society's" main goals in Armenia appear to be to promote Kurdish culture, organize holidays, demonstrations, and campaigns for better treatment of and/ [...] | 2004-03-11 03:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR AM TU |
| 04YEREVAN659 | ARMENIA: SEIZURES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOAM has, for the first time, shared information with EXBS Advisor about ongoing export violation investigations and radiological seizures. This is the result of ongoing efforts to obtain statistical data from Armenian National Security Service to measure the effectiveness [...] | 2004-03-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC MNUC PARM PREL AM |
| 04YEREVAN698 | PROPOSED IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: STILL NO MONEY [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports about an Iran- Armenia gas pipeline deal, our meeting March 22, 2004 with Deputy Minister of Energy Areg Galstyan confirms that any such deal is still more a vague, albeit strong, desire than a real plan. Both the Deputy Minister and resident European Delega [...] | 2004-03-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AM |
| 04YEREVAN794 | ARMENIAN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY [...] (S) Emboff visited the Armenian Institute of Applied Chemistry (ARIAC) for an update on its activities. The chemical institute is going strong, boasting about USD 270,000 in export sales and USD 50,000 in domestic sales of chemical compounds in 2003. ARIAC's client base includes companies fr [...] | 2004-04-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV AM |
| 04YEREVAN816 | FORTHCOMING AGREEMENT ON ARMENIA-IRAN PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Post skepticism about the viability of the Iran-Armenia pipeline project notwithstanding, two points should be clear. One, the pipeline is the number one priority for the Ministry of Energy. Two, the Iranian Minister will come to Armenia in April and will sign something: most probably [...] | 2004-04-06 06:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS AM |
| 04YEREVAN830 | REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...] | 2004-04-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE |
| 04YEREVAN934 | FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES VISIT TO IRAN; GOI POSITIONS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian discussed his April 11-12 visit to Iran with Ambassador April 13, providing details on his meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Kharrazi. According to Oskanian, Kharrazi said that Iran is not supporting Shia insurgents in Iraq and feels the current situa [...] | 2004-04-21 08:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM IR |
| 04YEREVAN966 | IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: WHAT IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY? [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post has consistently discredited recent media reports about the ten-year-old proposal to build a pipeline from Iran to Armenia on the grounds that there has been no indication of a [...] | 2004-04-26 01:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AM |
| 04ZAGREB1034 | U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...] (SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and its exploration activities in Syria in particular. Zeljko Belosic, Member of the Board and executive director for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production note [...] | 2004-06-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ |
| 05ABUDHABI1091 | UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...] | 2005-03-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1156 | THE UAE FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHEIKH ZAYED'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary: UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has overseen a smooth transition of power in his first four months in office. Gradually, the UAE leadership has restructured and rejuvenated government institutions, set in motion several infrastructure projects, [...] | 2005-03-14 02:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1165 | DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQI POLITICS [...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points March 14 with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Al Haidan said that MFA officials have spoken to the Iranian ambassador advising Iran not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs, but explained that the Iranians have a d [...] | 2005-03-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL IR IZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1166 | U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1333 | LABOR UNION RIGHTS A LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED TASK [...] (U) This is a joint Abu Dhabi and Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary: DoL D/US Levine held labor consultations March 19-21 with a wide range of senior UAE officials, professional associations, and businesspeople. The labor delegation discussed current labor laws and practices and workers right [...] | 2005-03-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1438 | US/UAE FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The United States and the UAE held the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Abu Dhabi, March 8-10. UAEG leaders are enthusiastic about the prospect of an FTA with the United States. After a somewhat slow start the negotiators made significant progress, concluding [...] | 2005-04-02 02:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR TC FTA |
| 05ABUDHABI1605 | SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ, GAZA, MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met April 10 to review regional developments and U.S.-UAE relations. The UAE remains very worried about Iranian influence in Iraq. HbZ urged the U.S. to stand behind Mahm [...] | 2005-04-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD JO IZ IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1680 | AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed on April 12 on Iraq developments. Ambassador Jones, who had been in Iraq three days earlier, briefed Sheikh H [...] | 2005-04-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IZ IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI1872 | OIL INDUSTRY REPS ON POTENTIAL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Western oil executives told Ambassador, at an energy roundtable, about Abu Dhabi plans to add 200,000 barrels per-day capacity over the next two years in onshore production and 150,000 capacity in the near term offshore. They agreed that Saudi ARAMCO would be able to meet Saudi Oil [...] | 2005-04-27 10:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2090 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...] | 2005-05-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2178 | MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2180 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY MEETS NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi met May 14 with Ambassador and a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and reviewed the UAE's security concerns, and the political reform trends that are under way in the region. Al Noaim [...] | 2005-05-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KDEM PGOV IZ IR SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI231 | ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...] | 2005-01-16 04:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2489 | BASRAH MEDIA REPORTING TRIP - "TELL THEM THAT OUR DOOR IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS." [...] (U) Summary. On May 18-21 PA Abu Dhabi conducted a media- reporting trip for Abu Dhabi TV, Arabic Language daily Al-Ittihad and monthly Gulf Defense Magazine to Basrah, Iraq to highlight Basrah political and economic stability and UK/Iraqi joint military training activities. The group met wit [...] | 2005-06-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR IZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2497 | POST VIEWS ON OUTREACH TO IRAQIS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has considered ways to accelerate engagement with Iraq's Sunni Arab community (ref A),and believes that there could be a role for the UAEG in using its good offices to bring together U.S. and ITG officials with influential Sunni leaders. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Moh [...] | 2005-06-06 04:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2781 | SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...] | 2005-06-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2815 | UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...] | 2005-06-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2816 | UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...] | 2005-06-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2945 | PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...] | 2005-07-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2947 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...] | 2005-07-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2957 | DOE WILLIAMSON ENERGY DISCUSSIONS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary. DOE officials Molly Williamson and John Brodman met UAEG counterparts to discuss the UAE's oil sector and oil market issues. The delegation, accompanied by Ambassador and econoff, briefed UAEG interlocutors on Secretary Bodman's recent travel to Moscow, Baku and Kiev. SIPDIS [...] | 2005-07-02 08:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2975 | CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...] | 2005-07-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI301 | SCENESETTER - NSC HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Overview: We look forward to welcoming you to the United Arab Emirates February 6-7. U.S.-UAE cooperation in the security and counterterrorism fields is robust and the UAE leadership is actively seeking ways to enhance the relationship. Your visit here will be an excellent opportunity to [...] | 2005-01-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EFIN IZ IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3013 | SCENESETTER - DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Administrator Tandy: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the U.S. and the UAE have deepened and expanded in the economic, military, counter-terror, and nonproli [...] | 2005-07-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3068 | MTCR REGIME OUTREACH MISSION TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Given the UAE's strategic geographic location, booming economic activity, and outstanding shipping facilities, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) identified the UAE as a priority country for outreach. South Korea, as current MTCR Chair, led a June 7-9 mission to the UA [...] | 2005-07-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3211 | DEA ADMINISTRATOR'S UAE VISIT - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (U) Summary: In a 15-17 July visit to the UAE, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al [...] | 2005-07-23 01:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AF TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3237 | SAJGAS IPO AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Dow Jones Correspondent Simeon Kerr (protect) telephoned EconChief on July 23 and July 24 to say that Crescent Petroleum and the Emirate of Sharjah planned to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in September for their SajGas proj [...] | 2005-07-25 03:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BEXP ENRG ECON PREL IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...] | 2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI326 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you back to the United Arab Emirates January 30-February 1. Your visit will provide a timely opportunity to discuss our common concerns about the Iranian nuclear program with the UAEG as well as to review progress on the UAEG,s export controls program. The UAE [...] | 2005-01-23 11:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC IZ IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3272 | SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...] | 2005-07-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA |
| 05ABUDHABI332 | ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...] | 2005-01-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3346 | STATUS OF UAE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of export controls in the UAE has been raised in a number of contexts recently, including during the recent MTCR outreach mission to the UAE (Refs A and E) and FTA negotiations between the US and the UAE. This message reviews the status of export controls in the UAE as [...] | 2005-07-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3391 | UAE THINK TANK PAINTS ROSY PICTURE ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: An editorial by a quasi-governmental Abu Dhabi think tank asserting that the UAE is "an island isolated from terrorism" because of its "alert and advanced" security services appears to be part of an effort to attempt to reassure investors, tourists, and residents that the UAE rema [...] | 2005-08-03 06:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3440 | ABU DHABI AWARE OF SHARJAH AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Executive Council member Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told Econchief that Abu Dhabi emirate leadership was aware of the planned Crescent petroleum project to pipe Iranian gas to the UAE and was trying to develop an appropr [...] | 2005-08-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3441 | OVERVIEW OF OIL AND GAS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Oil and natural gas form the basis of the modern economy in the United Arab Emirates, which holds 8 to 9 percent of the world,s proven oil reserves and controls the world,s fifth largest natural gas reserves. Over 90 percent of the country,s established oil and natural gas [...] | 2005-08-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ENRG EPET TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3767 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): SHARJAH/UAE [...] (C) On September 4, Ambassador stressed our opposition to investment in Iran's oil sector to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, using Ref a talking points. She emphasized deep USG concerns about Iranian actions and policies, including pursuit of WMD and delivery systems, support for terrorism, [...] | 2005-09-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3884 | MEETING WITH UAE ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, Ambassador met with UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili to thank him for UAE and OPEC support after Hurricane Katrina (including a $100 million UAE donation to relief efforts) and brief him on U.S. and international efforts to respond to the crisis. Al-Hamili said that [...] | 2005-09-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB IR MU TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3954 | ENGAGEMENT OF UAEG ON IRAQ-UNGA THEMES AND [...] (C) Summary: During call on MFA Assistant Under Secretary Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan on September 13, DCM engaged the Assistant U/S on a range of issues including Hurricane Katrina, Avian Flu, and Iraq themes at UNGA. DCM thanked UAEG for its generosity following Hurricane Katrina. He encouraged [...] | 2005-09-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KDEM UNGA AEMR EAID TC IZ |
| 05ABUDHABI4025 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...] | 2005-09-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SA JO TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4045 | MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...] | 2005-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4049 | UAE DEMARCHE: CUTTING OFF CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE [...] (U) This message contains an action request at the end of para 2. 2. (S) Summary: Reminding MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi of the UAE's commitment to working with the United States on shutting down proliferators and targeting their assets (refs A and B),Ambassador highlighted the need t [...] | 2005-09-26 08:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM MNUC KNNP IR CH KN TC |
| 05ABUDHABI406 | INAUGURAL U.S.-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman and newly appointed and promoted UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy co-chaired the inaugural U.S.-UAE Joint Military Commission in Abu Dhabi January 11-12. [...] | 2005-01-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PTER IZ IR AF TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4074 | MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's October 8 visit to the UAE. She had earlier previewed the goals of the Jeffrey visit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and MinState for Foreign Affair [...] | 2005-09-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA IR SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4086 | MEDIA REACTION: RELEASE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS/ TWO [...] SUMMARY: A UAE DAILY CLAIMED THAT THE TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS DETAINED IN BASRA AND LATER FREED FROM POLICE DETENTION WERE MOSSAD AGENTS. ANOTHER DAILY WELCOMED THE LAUNCH OF TWO UAE DAILY TABLOIDS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC URGING THEM TO REFLECT THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE STREET. A UAE ACAD [...] | 2005-09-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4102 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...] | 2005-09-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4103 | OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4200 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad visited Abu Dhabi October 4 to urge Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and the UAE to support the Iraqi political process. HbZ agreed that the UAEG would encourage Dubai-based Iraqi Su [...] | 2005-10-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ QA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4227 | SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...] | 2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK |
| 05ABUDHABI4239 | MEDIA REACTION: NONPROLIFERATION/DEMOCRACY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST WONDERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ARABS SUCCEED IN ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE NOTES THAT ARAB CAPITALS WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY OTHER ARABS IF THEY HAD POSSESSED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE CONCLUDES THAT IT IS THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT PLACED NUCLEAR WEAPONS OUT OF THE REAC [...] | 2005-10-09 07:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4284 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI CONSTITUTION/ARAB LEAGUE [...] SUMMARY: UAE'S SEMI-OFFICIAL DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" REPORTED THAT IRAQI SUNNIS ARE OPPOSED TO THE NEWLY-DRAFTED CONSTITUTION AND INTEND TO VOTE NO TO THE REFERENDUM ON OCTOBER 15. EDITORIALS WELCOME THE ARAB LEAGUE DELEGATION'S UPCOMING VISIT TO BAGHDAD, DESCRIBING IT AS AN OVERDUE VISIT THAT REP [...] | 2005-10-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4305 | IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM -- VIEWS FROM UAE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) confirmed to Charge October 11 that he had positive meetings with Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani, Sunni Waqf (Endowment) leader Ahmed al-Ghaffour al-Samarrai, and former Sunni Waqf lead [...] | 2005-10-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4308 | MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...] | 2005-10-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4540 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...] (S) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates, as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ambassador Khalilzad reviewed the just-held constitutional referendum and the approaching December 1 [...] | 2005-11-07 03:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4546 | SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO [...] (C) We look forward to Secretary Bodman and team's November 11 to 13 visit to the UAE. The UAE is both a key regional security partner and a major oil producer. It holds 8 to 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and is the world's fifth largest natural gas reserves. The individual e [...] | 2005-11-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EPET ENRG ETRD AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4741 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...] | 2005-11-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ |
| 05ABUDHABI4742 | UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noaimi characterized Iran as a dangerous, destabilizing force in the region that needs to be treated firmly but carefully. He recommended that the USG "depersona [...] | 2005-11-22 07:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SY AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4815 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On November 23, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ). They discussed the role Dubai-based Iraqi cleric Ahmed Al Kubaysi might play in encouraging greater Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political process [...] | 2005-11-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER IR IZ SA AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4982 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REACTION TO PROPOSED [...] (U) Please see para 5 for an action request. 2. (S) On December 10th, Ambassador and econoff met with the UAE Central Bank Governor, Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi, to discuss the proposed U.S.-UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). This meeting was a follow-up to the Novemb [...] | 2005-12-12 05:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4983 | UAE: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's unclassified submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. We will transmit to the Department a classified addendum septel. The information in this report is divided into the four broad categories suggested in the provided style guide, and the septel add [...] | 2005-12-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5021 | UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM - ADDENDUM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref A). Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified report, and information contained in each paragraph is strictly supplemental to the corres [...] | 2005-12-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5025 | CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...] | 2005-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR |
| 05ABUDHABI5079 | GCC SUMMIT GETS UNDER WAY IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 18-19 GCC Summit in Abu Dhabi has a robust agenda judging from statements issued by GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah and other officials SIPDIS after Saturday's GCC ministerial. The summit agenda includes the post-election situation in Iraq, the Pale [...] | 2005-12-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER GCC ECON KPAL KNNP IZ IR AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5085 | MEDIA REACTION: GCC SUMMIT/IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] Summary: "Al-Bayan" explains that previous GCC summits did not have so many issues on the table. English daily "Gulf News" calls on the GCC to take significant steps to increase cooperation in the region. A Kuwaiti editorialist in "Al- Ittihad" cites elections in Iraq as a good example of de [...] | 2005-12-19 08:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI510 | U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...] | 2005-02-05 02:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI5111 | UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, NARCOTICS [...] Although not a narcotics-producing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be a transshipment point for traffickers moving illegal drugs from the major drug producing countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Frequent reports of seizures of illegal drugs in the UAE [...] | 2005-12-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
| 05ABUDHABI5129 | GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...] | 2005-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5131 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND HAMAS/GCC SUMMIT/IRAN'S [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" asks why the United States considers Palestinian resistance an act of terror. Columnists in "Al Ittihad" and "Al-Bayan criticize the Gulf Summit as ineffective. English daily "Gulf News" comments on the GCC's concerns with Iran's nuclear program and alligat [...] | 2005-12-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI5168 | EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005 [...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...] | 2005-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
| 05ABUDHABI5171 | UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM ADDENDUM -- [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref B). (Note: This message is being re-sent with corrected paragraph classifications. End note.) Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified [...] | 2005-12-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER ASEC AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5210 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In response to Dr. Rubaie's out-of-the-blue request for a meeting, CDA met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak Al Rubaie at 6 p.m., December 26. Visiting the UAE to address a conference on the Iraqi Constitution, Al Rubaei expressed interest in approaching UAEG for f [...] | 2005-12-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ IR AE |
| 05ABUDHABI5243 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISIT TO ABU DHABI: ACHIEVING [...] (S) Summary: On December 27, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan(HbZ). Discussion centered on recent elections in Iraq and the need for a unification government to bring peace and stability to the country. Ambassad [...] | 2005-12-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER IR IZ AE |
| 05ABUDHABI527 | MEDIA REACTION: CONDOLEEZZA RICE [...] SUMMARY: SECRETARY CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S STATEMENTS DURING HER FIRST VISIT AS SECRETARY OF STATE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABU DHABI TV AND DUBAI TV BOTH CARRIED EXCERPTS OF HER STATEMENT DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE UK. AN UNUSUALLY POSITIVE EDITORIAL IN "AL [...] | 2005-02-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI528 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION:STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRINT MEDIA IN THE UAE DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. RADIO AND TV STATIONS REPEATEDLY CARRIED LENGTHY EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH, PARTICULARLY SECTIONS RELATED TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE PEACE PROCESS. ALL MEDI [...] | 2005-02-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI634 | EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE MEETS WITH UAE ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told visiting A/S Wayne that the UAE would be adding 200,000 barrels of production capacity in 2005. He explained that the UAE decision to buy gas from Qatar was one of price. In response to A/S Wayne's questions about reported Iranian-UAE gas purch [...] | 2005-02-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI636 | US TREASURY ABU DHABI OFFICE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6 2. The US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),has opened a regional office in Embassy Abu Dhabi funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) under the Partnership for Financial Excellence (PFE). The office serves all c [...] | 2005-02-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPIO EFIN |
| 05ABUDHABI713 | WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (S) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with HSC Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, the Director of UAE State Security Department (SSD),Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, expressed support for U.S. efforts regarding the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Sheikh Hazza also said that the UAE [...] | 2005-02-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI716 | UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...] | 2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC |
| 05ABUDHABI718 | HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince (and UAE Defense Minister) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend expressed appreciation for the UAE's contributions to our counterterrorism efforts. Noting that it was a hopeful time [...] | 2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI721 | WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (C) Summary: White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 7 to discuss counter terrorism trends in the Gulf region, U.S.-UAE CT cooperation, and the th [...] | 2005-02-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IR IZ PTER SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI767 | GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...] | 2005-02-20 02:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC |
| 05ABUDHABI846 | UAE TRAINING IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) Nine Iraqi diplomats are currently receiving six weeks of training offered by the Emirates Institute of Diplomacy, which is an integral part of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The training, which Iraq,s Foreign Ministry requested, consists of a series of lectures on topics ranging [...] | 2005-02-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ TC |
| 05ABUDHABI95 | UAE SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: YEAR END EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] SUMMARY: REPORTS AND OP-EDS IN ARABIC DAILIES IN THE UAE INDICATED THAT THE PLIGHT OF THE ARAB PEOPLE IS ONE OF THEIR OWN MAKING, ATTRIBUTING IT TO THE LACK OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS, TOTALITARIANISM AND BAD GOVERNANCE. ONE OP-ED ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLIGHT OF ARABS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERI [...] | 2005-01-05 11:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 05ABUJA1821 | NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...] | 2005-09-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO NI |
| 05ABUJA2151 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED- IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) On November 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Abdul bin Rimdap, Director for International Organizations at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Rimdap was aware of the Iranian President's inflammatory remarks but said that the GON had not yet publicly rea [...] | 2005-11-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM IR NI |
| 05ABUJA70 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.- [...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...] | 2005-01-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR NI |
| 05ABUJA792 | SHIA-SUNNI CLASHES IN SOKOTO KILL THREE MORE [...] (U) Summary: A two-day conflict between rival Muslim groups in the northwestern city of Sokoto, seat of Nigeria's senior Islamic leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, led to the deaths of at least three people while dozens were injured. Shops, houses and other valuables were torched as Shia and Sunni [...] | 2005-05-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 05ACCRA136 | CTAG MEETING IN GHANA [...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...] | 2005-01-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK |
| 05ACCRA1885 | IAEA DECISION ON IRAN: GHANA SYMPATHETIC BUT NOT [...] (C) On September 15, Charge and EconChief delivered Ref A points on reporting Iran to the UN Security Council to the Foreign Ministry. EconChief also delivered these points and Ref B points on safeguards and verification to GoG representatives to the IAEA. Deputy Foreign Minister Kwasi Osei- [...] | 2005-09-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR TRGY MNUC ENRG AORC GH IAEA |
| 05ACCRA1969 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA [...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...] | 2005-09-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER |
| 05ACCRA2315 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GHANA [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 courtesy call, outgoing Palestinian Ambassador and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Ibrahim Omar told the Ambassador that U.S. government efforts to gain allies among West African Muslims and stabilize the region will only succeed if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [...] | 2005-11-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GH IS |
| 05ACCRA658 | GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...] | 2005-04-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV |
| 05ACCRA661 | OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIMS OF GHANA'S NORTHERN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs were generally well received on an intense Muslim outreach trip to Tamale, capital of Northern Region, on March 23-25. Interlocutors raised questions about U.S. foreign policy, USG activities in Ghana, and about how they could benefit from scholarships, USG assistan [...] | 2005-04-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM GH |
| 05ACCRA892 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...] | 2005-05-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV |
| 05ADANA118 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: A commercial delegation came to Adana from Holland to promote commercial ties between Holland and Turkey. The delegation paid a visit to Adana Municipality and then to Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI). ACI Chairperson Ozgumus said that they [...] | 2005-06-02 08:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA119 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...] | 2005-06-03 12:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA132 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA133 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...] | 2005-07-11 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA15 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...] | 2005-01-25 06:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA159 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 12:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...] | 2005-09-26 08:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA177 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...] | 2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA |
| 05ADANA202 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 06:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA224 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 09:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA232 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA24 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...] | 2005-02-04 07:30:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA27 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...] | 2005-02-11 09:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA41 | TURKISH CONGLOMERATE AND TRADE GROUPS WEIGHING SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and guidance request: AMCON Adana in the last three weeks has engaged with a large Turkish conglomerate and a regional trade group whose members are considering investment in Syria, primarily Aleppo, to familiarize the parties with the U.S. sanctions against Syria. So far no la [...] | 2005-02-25 15:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ETTC ELAB SY TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA59 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 13:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA87 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25-26, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-27 08:04:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA93 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28-29, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Ali Kavak, Chairman of the Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that Turkish investors, attracted by the lower costs of investment inputs such as labor and electricity, have recently been seeking investment opportunities in Syria. 2. SAB [...] | 2005-04-29 13:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA96 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 03, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-05 13:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ALGIERS1016 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador conducted his first official call May 21 on Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui, who was appointed May 1 in place of former Fonmin Belkhadem (septel reports their discussion of an exercise-specific SOFA). The conversation covered U.S.-Algerian relations and a possible Bedjaoui v [...] | 2005-05-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ABLD AG IR IS US SOFA |
| 05ALGIERS1766 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN [...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...] | 2005-08-21 16:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AG UNSC US |
| 05ALGIERS1920 | ALGERIAN FM'S READOUT ON IRANIAN ENVOY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting devoted to a number of issues, FM Bedjaoui gave Ambassador a readout of Iranian envoy Alaadine Broujardi's August 29 meeting with President Bouteflika in Algiers. Bedjaoui, who attended the meeting, said Broujardi had given many facts and arguments to bolster Iran [...] | 2005-09-12 16:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER IR AG |
| 05ALGIERS2222 | STATUS OF TERRORISM ONE MONTH AFTER PASSAGE OF [...] (C) One month after the favorable September 29 referendum on the Charter for National Peace and National Reconciliation -- which offered a broad but partial amnesty for those involved in the violence of the 1990s -- monthly civilian deaths, military deaths and causalities, and terrorist surren [...] | 2005-10-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER AG |
| 05ALGIERS2247 | IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) Ambassador called on Energy Minister Chakib Khelil November 7 to deliver reftel talking points and introduce SIMO, who presented a sensitive briefing on Iranian nuclear weaponization efforts. (Reaction to the SIMO brief will be reported in separate channels.) Khelil heads Algeria's interm [...] | 2005-11-07 16:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU AG |
| 05ALGIERS2289 | FAREWELL LUNCH WITH BELKHEIR ON EVE OF HIS TAKING [...] (C) Over a one-on-one lunch November 6, Ambassador and departing presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir discussed the latter's November 9 departure to Rabat as Algeria' new ambassador, the challenges that awaited, and the personal factors that made him well-suited for the difficult task of build [...] | 2005-11-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO AG WI |
| 05ALGIERS2292 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ARGUES RUSSIA CAN'T SUPPORT [...] (S) We do not follow Moscow reporting on the Iran nuclear issue but report the following November 7 conversation between Russian Ambassador Vladimir Titorenko and Ambassador in case it sheds additional light on Russian thinking and actions in the leadup to the IAEA board meetings later this mo [...] | 2005-11-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PINS PARM MARR MNUC AG |
| 05ALGIERS2317 | IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED TO MFA SECRETARY [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLEC CHIEF AND ACTING SIMO, CALLED NOVEMBER 16 ON MFA SECRETARY GENERAL LAMAMRA TO DELIVER REF A TALKING POINTS AND INTRODUCE SENSITIVE SIMO BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONIZATION EFFORTS. AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT DUE TO LAMAMRA'S ABSENCE ABROAD THE PREVIOUS WE [...] | 2005-11-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR EU AG |
| 05ALGIERS692 | BOUTEFLIKA URGES IRANIAN COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of April 5 meeting on other issues with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir to inquire about the April 2-4 visit to Algeria of Iranian Defense Minister Shamkhani. Belkheir said the visit was part of a programmed exchange of bilateral visits, reciprocated the v [...] | 2005-04-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AG IR IAEA |
| 05ALGIERS868 | BIOGRAPHY OF MOHAMED BEDJAOUI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Following is a biographical summary of the Algeria's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bedjaoui, the former President of the Constitutional Council from May 2002 until the announcement of his new appointment on May 1: Mohamed Bedjaoui was born in Sidi-Bel Abbes (Algeria) on Septem [...] | 2005-05-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AG |
| 05ALMATY2688 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Elected to WCO Political Commission -- Parliament Ap [...] | 2005-07-20 13:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY3902 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (U) Summary/Background. Ambassador Ordway called on Kazakhstani Minister of Transport and Communications Askar Mamin on October 21 in Astana. The Ambassador and the Minister discussed the GOK's attempts to attract international air traffic to Astana, development of rail and road infrastructu [...] | 2005-10-28 07:04:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4047 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Forecast Inflation Rate 2005 Not to Be Reconsidered -- Halyk Ba [...] | 2005-11-10 09:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY4057 | KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...] | 2005-11-14 02:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
| 05ALMATY4188 | KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...] | 2005-11-28 05:00:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
| 05ALMATY4350 | KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Local Prosecutor Calls Tengizchevroil N [...] | 2005-12-09 06:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
| 05ALMATY4354 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part 1 of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Kazakhstan follows: -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. Despite the efforts of law enforcement agencies, Kazakhstan continues to be an important narcotics transit country, es [...] | 2005-12-09 06:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KZ |
| 05ALMATY538 | KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev hosted a working lunch on February 4 for EUR DAS Kennedy, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway. Tokayev's comments after the recent flurry of law enforcement visits to USAID implementing partners tracked with those of other senior Kaz [...] | 2005-02-10 07:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY572 | ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK),Fr [...] | 2005-02-13 23:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05AMMAN119 | SENATOR KERRY'S JANUARY 4 MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met for nearly an hour with King Abdullah on January 4. Deputy Prime Minister Muasher (as acting Foreign Minister),Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and Palace Media advisor Bahous joined Nancy Stetson and Charge in the meeting, which focused almost exclusively on [...] | 2005-01-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN1199 | JORDAN RED CRESCENT PROPOSES STRATEGY TO ADOPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of the Jordanian Red Crescent Society, currently Chair of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, Dr. Mohammed Al Hadid, remains committed to solving the issue of Israeli National Society membership during his current term of of [...] | 2005-02-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN1340 | FM MULKI CALLS OFF TRIP TO DAMASCUS, CAUTIONS [...] (C) FM Mulki told Charge February 18 that he had canceled plans to travel to Damascus for bilateral discussions after confirming that Syrian PM Mohammad al-Utri, accompanied by several other Syrian ministers, had arrived in Tehran for cooperation talks with Iranian officials. Mulki said he w [...] | 2005-02-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL IR SY JO |
| 05AMMAN1357 | IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES SEEK COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) A two-day, U.S. NGO-sponsored "Iraq Constitution Roundtable" was held at an Amman-area hotel on February 14-15. Twenty-one Iraqis representing most strands of Iraqi political opinion attended the conference, which focused almost entirely on discussion of modalities for drafting Iraq's ne [...] | 2005-02-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN1358 | IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES SEEK COMMON GROUND ON [...] (C) A two-day, U.S. NGO-sponsored "Iraq Constitution Roundtable" was held at an Amman-area hotel on February 14-15. Approximately twenty Iraqis including prominent behind-the scenes political figures and representing most strands of Iraqi political opinion attended the conference, which focu [...] | 2005-02-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID IZ |
| 05AMMAN1441 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN1504 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN1826 | MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...] | 2005-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN185 | IIG FM ZEBARI PLEASED WITH OUTCOME OF NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary. IIG FM Zebari praised the outcome of the January 8 neighbors conference in Amman. The only point of controversy was a Syrian stab at removing language about federalism, which Zebari parried. Zebari was pleased with Jordan's overall help but dismissed the leadership's analysis [...] | 2005-01-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN1859 | SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (S) King Abdullah is very pleased to be returning to the U.S. after his most recent visit in December 2004. The King, who sees his strategic interests as intertwined with our own regional agenda, remains committed to supporting our efforts to stabilize Iraq, advance Israeli-Palestinian peace [...] | 2005-03-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON MARR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2042 | KING ABDULLAH HALTS PLAN TO CLOSE RUWEISHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah has put a halt to GOJ planning to transfer refugees from UNHCR's Jordan-Iraq camps to another site in the "no-man's-land." An additional 53 Iranian Kurds formerly resident at the UNHCR camp near Ramadi, inside Iraq, arrived at the Jordan-Iraq border last week, bri [...] | 2005-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2092 | IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GOJ [...] (U) A/PolCouns delivered on March 13 ref A talking points and statement on U.S. support for EU-3 diplomacy efforts on Iran to Waleed Obeidat, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat had no substantive response, but said he would forward the information to FM [...] | 2005-03-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAO IR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2093 | MULKI REITERATES CALL FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mulki reiterated to Charge on March 13 Jordan's position that Syria must immediately implement Security Council 1559 and withdraw completely from Lebanon (refs). Reflecting an interview he gave to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on March 12, Mulki said that the discussion sho [...] | 2005-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY JO |
| 05AMMAN22 | SENATE STAFFERS MEET KING ABDULLAH, PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation met with King Abdullah December 21 to discuss the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, peace process, and Iraq. The King urged all of the involved parties not to let the opportunity of the January 9 Palestinian presidential elections s [...] | 2005-01-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2297 | JORDAN EVACUATES ITS EMBASSY FROM BAGHDAD, [...] (C) The staff of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad evacuated to Fallujah on March 20. In Algiers, FM Mulki publicly denied that the Jordanian Charge had been "summoned" to Amman, but rather repatriated for security reasons. Iraqi diplomats in Amman confirmed their Ambassador will go back to [...] | 2005-03-21 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2382 | KING ABDULLAH ORDERS JORDANIAN ENVOY BACK TO [...] (C) King Abdullah on March 21 ordered the Jordanian Charge to Iraq (currently in Amman) back to Baghdad. On March 22, the Jordanian Charge was making arrangements to travel to Baghdad, but said he plans to set up shop in a hotel given the poor security situation at the Jordanian embassy. R [...] | 2005-03-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2531 | CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pelosi engaged Regent Prince Faisal in a wide-ranging discussion centered primarily on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, the potential for Iraqi stabilization, and developments in Lebanon. Faisal provided the delegation with his perspectives on Iranian interests in the r [...] | 2005-03-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN2592 | KING EMPHASIZES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CODEL DREIER [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Dreier, King Abdullah described the importance of comprehensive social, economic and political reform in Jordan. The King reiterated his support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner for peace. The King stated that he did not believe Syria wou [...] | 2005-03-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IZ IS SY JO |
| 05AMMAN2714 | JORDANIAN CHARGE RETURNS TO BAGHDAD; MEDIA [...] (U) Jordan's charge d'affaires returned to Baghdad on March 24. The King has taken a conciliatory stand, emphasizing in a press interview Jordan's strong support for Iraq, highlighting Jordan's ongoing training of Iraqi security forces and its commitment to secure the Iraqi-Jordanian border [...] | 2005-04-03 06:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2890 | KING ABDULLAH SWEARS IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in a new cabinet under recently-appointed Prime Minister Adnan Badran on April 7 (refs). Of the 26 ministers (counting Badran),only 11 are hold-overs from the previous cabinet, and four of those have shifted to new ministries. New Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Te [...] | 2005-04-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN297 | NO MAN'S LAND REFUGEES FACE POOR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven-hundred fifty asylum seekers formerly resident in Iraq have been in the no-man,s land at the Jordan-Iraq Al Karama border crossing since April 2003. In the absence of concrete assurances that they will have somewhere to go after Jordan, the GOJ fears admitting them to a cam [...] | 2005-01-13 04:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2974 | JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...] | 2005-04-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN3048 | GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (public) orders to cultivate better ties with Iraq, and underscored Jordan's commitment to Iraq's reconstruction and institution-building. His former Minister o [...] | 2005-04-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3145 | INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S NEW [...] NEW JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN, ALONG WITH A NEW CABINET, WAS SWORN IN ON APRIL 7, 2005. DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE FULBRIGHT COMMISSION SINCE AUGUST 15, 2000 AND SERVED [...] | 2005-04-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN3358 | NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER EAGER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH [...] This is an Action Request for EPA--see para. 8 for action requested. 2. Summary: Newly-appointed Environment Minister Khalid Irani hopes to revamp his Ministry and transform it into a regulatory agency not charged with managing directly all aspects of Jordan's environment. One of the to [...] | 2005-04-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD JO |
| 05AMMAN340 | NATO SYG VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) NATO Secretary General Scheffer briefed NATO Chiefs of Mission on January 13 on his visit to Jordan, part of his effort to pursue contacts with Mediterranean Partner countries. In meetings with King Abdullah, the Jordan Armed Forces Chief of Staff (JAF COS),and Deputy Prime Minister Mua [...] | 2005-01-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS JO IZ NATO |
| 05AMMAN3533 | LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH - EPA'S HELI PROGRAM [...] Summary: EPA's Children's Environmental Health Indicators (CEHI) program and the Health and Environment Linkage Initiative (HELI) program, co-chaired by UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO),seek to assess the health costs of environmental factors and ultimatel [...] | 2005-05-05 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO XF JO |
| 05AMMAN3649 | JORDAN HAS A PROMISING NEW ECONOMIC TEAM, BUT CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's new economic team only took office as part of the new cabinet on April 7 but has already shown its eagerness to move ahead with economic reform. It has quickly moved to resolve several long-standing economic and investment problems. In an initial series of calls with [...] | 2005-05-10 03:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN3696 | IRAQI PRESIDENT CONCLUDES TWO-DAY VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) Jordanians and Iraqis have characterized Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's two-day visit to Jordan May 7-8 as a success. The two sides pledged to cooperate even more closely on security and counterterrorism. Talabani told a local daily that the U.S. military presence is still needed in [...] | 2005-05-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3915 | Enthusiastic Participation in EPA Environmental Law [...] Summary: Participants at a May 8-11 MEPI- and OES- sponsored EPA course on environmental law in Amman were so passionate and enthusiastic that they wouldn't stop talking, according to an EPA facilitator. The professional caliber of the participants was high and represented a wide range of in [...] | 2005-05-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV XF JO |
| 05AMMAN4296 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on May 20, 2005, at 9:30 am, at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Jones Ambassador Wilson De [...] | 2005-06-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ECON IZ SY IR |
| 05AMMAN4320 | HOUSE STAFFDEL MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary. A staff delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, accompanied by Charge, met with King Abdullah on May 29. The staffdel trip was hosted by the Government of Jordan, arranged by the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Also present were Roya [...] | 2005-06-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN4477 | ICRC BAGHDAD TO PUSH A "CONFIDENCE-BUILDING" [...] (C) On the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors and Host Nations conference (septel),PRM PDAS Greene met with ICRC Head of Delegation (HOD) Chistoph Beney to express USG concerns that ICRC actions in Baghdad were causing a deterioration in the overall USG-ICRC relationship. Greene asked that Be [...] | 2005-06-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS XF IZ ICRC |
| 05AMMAN4726 | Prime Minister Tells A/S Turner that Red-Dead is [...] Summary: Prime Minister Badran told visiting OES Assistant Secretary John Turner on May 31 that Jordan needs the proposed "Red-Dead" water project to cope with its status as one of the world's most water-short countries. Jordan continues its drive to utilize every possible water source but th [...] | 2005-06-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID OPRC KGLB IS JO |
| 05AMMAN4780 | THE COMBUSTIBLE POLITICS OF FUEL SUBSIDIES IN [...] (C) Proposed plans to end fuel subsidies have already elicited howls of protest throughout Jordan. Numerous MPs have confirmed that blocking an increase in fuel prices is one of the top concerns of their constituents, and the Islamic Action Front has made opposition to fuel price increases a [...] | 2005-06-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON EPET JO |
| 05AMMAN5136 | JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM [...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...] | 2005-06-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5314 | JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...] | 2005-07-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5387 | FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...] | 2005-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN5473 | INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S [...] PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN RESHUFFLED HIS TWO-MONTH- OLD GOVERNMENT ON SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 WITH EIGHT NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN BEFORE HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH. PRIME MINISTER DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN HAS SERV [...] | 2005-07-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN5519 | STAFFDEL TALWAR AND FM QASRAWI DISCUSS GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi shared with Senior Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar (SFRC) and Charge his opinions on regional issues. The upcoming Gaza withdrawal, Qasrawi felt, should be followed up with further Israeli withdrawals and a co [...] | 2005-07-12 04:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN587 | LOW IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTER REGISTRATION TOTALS [...] IOM-run, out-of-country (OCV) voter registration for Iraqis in Jordan continues to be marked by low turnouts, widespread confusion, and apparent apathy among many potential voters. As of COB Saturday, January 22, six days after the beginning of registration, only 10,941 Iraqis were registere [...] | 2005-01-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5907 | Jordan's Request for Science Fellows [...] Summary: Post requests four Embassy Science Fellows (Ref A). One Science Fellow would fill a longstanding commitment to the Government of Jordan under the Joint Environmental Forum (JEF) of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement to provide an environmental economist. The second fellow would c [...] | 2005-07-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA JO |
| 05AMMAN5922 | JORDAN: BIOS FOR NEW BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Prime Minister Badran's reshuffled cabinet received its vote of confidence from parliament on July 21 (ref A),nearly three weeks after King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers (although three only shifted portfolios) and accepted the resignation of five (ref B). Hisham al-Tel loses the [...] | 2005-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN5995 | JORDAN FORWARDS NAMES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry interlocutors July 27 handed to Legatt a list of 16 Jordanian nationals which they said at the time was for the UN 1267 Committee. In a follow-up conversation July 28, FM Legal Department Director Bishir Al-Khasawneh s [...] | 2005-07-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER KTFN ASEC KVPR PREL EFIN ETTC CVIS JO |
| 05AMMAN6118 | GOJ REQUEST FOR "STATEMENT OF INTEREST" IN U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a July 31 meeting with Charge (septel),Foreign Minister Qasrawi presented a non-paper asking that the U.S. government file a "statement of interest" in the suit brought against the GOJ by Iraqi Deputy PM Ahmad Chalabi before the [...] | 2005-07-31 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6270 | SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...] | 2005-08-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6399 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6413 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6440 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6568 | CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...] | 2005-08-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6751 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6758 | Jordan's Environmental Priorities: Environmental [...] Summary: Minister of Environment Khaled Irani renewed his interest in hosting an EPA environmental economist under the Science Fellows program. He also seeks National Park Service assistance in creating a park ranger corps for Jordan. An EU-sponsored capacity building project at the Minis [...] | 2005-08-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7 | PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Mulki updated Charge on January 3 on plans for the Iraq neighbors, ministerial, scheduled to be held in Amman on January 6. All neighboring states have confirmed Foreign Ministers, attendance, except Iran. Mulki has had several phone conversations with Iranian Foreign [...] | 2005-01-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7122 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Post contacts outside the GOJ have been uniformly negative in their reaction to the draft Iraqi constitution, despite statements by the King and other senior officials (ref A) encouraging the continuation of the political process that produced the document. The highl [...] | 2005-09-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7157 | SAAD KHAYR ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA [...] (C) IRAQ: Former GID Director (and head of Jordan's embryonic National Security Council) Saad Khayr told the Charge September 7 that King Abdallah's visit to Turkey earlier this week focused on Iraq and Israeli-Palestinian issues. On Iraq, Khayr said the Turks shared Jordan's interest in see [...] | 2005-09-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IR IS IZ JO KWBG SY |
| 05AMMAN7522 | VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH [...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...] | 2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7602 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD PROMOTES ELECTION FOCUS IN [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad outlined recent compromises in the Constitution drafting process and promoted the need to focus on the December elections during a three-hour meeting in Amman with Iraqi Sunni Arab tribal leaders. The meeting included several major Sunni Arab tribal figures, [...] | 2005-09-25 03:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN772 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION AND US AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7943 | Environmental Public Diplomacy in Aqaba: Baseball [...] Summary: $1,500 still buys a lot. Post used $1,500 of public diplomacy funds from the "R" Bureau through OES to co- sponsor "Clean up the World Day" in Aqaba, Jordan on October  [...] | 2005-10-05 10:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KICR KPAO JO |
| 05AMMAN7990 | MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7997 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN [...] (C) In his meeting with Jordan's National Security Advisor Sa'ad Kheir, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad emphasized recent efforts made to deal with Sunni Arab concerns over the draft Constitution, and asked for Jordanian help in encouraging prominent Sunni Arabs to support the Constitution [...] | 2005-10-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN8027 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad outlined the most recent revisions to the draft Constitution, including probable changes addressing Arab concerns over federalism, Iraq's Arab identity, and qualifications for citizenship, during an October 3 meeting in Amman with Jordan-based Iraqi bu [...] | 2005-10-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PINR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8050 | CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH'S CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Shays met on October 8 with Marouf Bakheet, Chief of Staff to King Abdullah (and Deputy Director for National Security),to discuss progress in Iraq and other regional issues. Bakheet emphasized the need for greater USG interaction with Iraqi Sunnis to bring them into the [...] | 2005-10-11 05:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 05AMMAN810 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION AND MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8166 | AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Minister Adel Kodah, Chairman of the Jordanian Armed Forces General Khalid Sarairah, and General Intelligence Directorate chief Samih Asfoura. The Jordanians p [...] | 2005-10-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8176 | MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8259 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S AMMAN [...] (C) U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad pursued Iraqi Sunni outreach in Amman October 3 through a series of meetings with Iraqi political and tribal figures, including a small group of prominent ex-Ba'athists presented to him by former Prime Minister Allawi; Sheikh Dari al-Fassal, an Iraqi tri [...] | 2005-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO IR SY |
| 05AMMAN8466 | IRAQ: UNAMI CHIEF ON AVIAN FLU THREAT, [...] (C) Amman-based UNAMI chief Staffan de Mistura raised concerns over the impending threat of an Avian Flu and/or cholera outbreak in Iraq during a wide-ranging meeting with Emboff. Mistura noted that insufficient security protection continues to hamper U.N. international staff activities in [...] | 2005-10-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR KHIV ECON IZ JO UN UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN8527 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8566 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IS JO |
| 05AMMAN87 | JORDANIAN REASSURANCES ON NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) On a daily basis, the Charge has received reassurances this week from the King, Royal Court Minister, and Foreign Minister that the January 6 Neighbors, Conference will reflect solid support for holding Iraq's elections on time and with maximum participation. Jordanian officials, includi [...] | 2005-01-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8935 | JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR JO UNHRC |
| 05AMMAN9145 | NEW JORDANIAN CABINET FORMED [...] King Abdullah issued a royal decree November 27 approving the formation of a new government under Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit, who was named by the King to replace outgoing PM Adnan Badran on November 24. The new government, counting Bakhit, is made up of 24 ministers. Nine of these are [...] | 2005-11-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN9387 | JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MINISTERS--CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) On November 23, the King announced that Marouf al-Bakhit would succeed Adnan Badran as Prime Minister. Bakhit's cabinet was announced November 27 (ref A). The new cabinet consists of 18 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers; the former government included 22 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers. B [...] | 2005-12-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN9393 | CODEL HAGEL MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting, King Abdullah told CODEL Hagel that the December 15 elections in Iraq were crucial to that country's stability. He warned against Iranian influence in Iraq, and highlighted Jordan's efforts to assist in quelling the insurgency. The King agreed with efforts to i [...] | 2005-12-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9516 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMMAN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Prominent Salah ad-Din Sunni figure Adnan al-Jabouri told Emboff on November 30 that he is supporting the "Arab Iraqi List," a regional party possibly affilited with Hassib al-Obeidi's Arab List. The meeting occurred at the request of his cousin, former Minister of Trade Mohammed al-Jabou [...] | 2005-12-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9553 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMMAN MEETING WITH MUTLAK [...] (C) "Sons of United Iraq Movement" Secretary General Ali Sajri told emboff December 1 he is confident that he and others from his party list in Salal ad-Din will be elected in this week's election in Iraq. Sajri, who heads Saleh Mutlak,s National Assembly candidate list in the Salah ad-Din G [...] | 2005-12-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9562 | SESAME Synchrotron: Middle East Sees the Light [...] Summary: SESAME (Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East),an international project to operate the first synchrotron in the Arab world, met in Amman on December 5-7 to assess progress, plan a strategy, and attract potential users. SESAME will upgrade a [...] | 2005-12-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY XF JO |
| 05AMMAN9582 | MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN9705 | IRAQ ELECTIONS OCV: VOTE COUNTING IN JORDAN; [...] (SBU) OCV vote-counting in Jordan began separately at each of the thirteen individual voting sites on Friday, December 16 at 8:00AM. Vote counting at the five sites visited by Embassy observers proceeded smoothly, professionally, and without incident. A large number of political party obser [...] | 2005-12-18 06:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN9963 | IRAQ: AMMAN COALITION TALKS AMONG SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Senior Iraqi Sunni and secular politicians including Iyad Allawi and Adnan Dulaime met in Amman on December 25 and 26, and agreed to form an &Iraqi National Alliance8 coalition to compete with the Shi,ite Islamist "555" coalition in forming a new government. The immediate goal of the new [...] | 2005-12-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05ANKARA1 | IRANIAN FONMIN KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO TURKEY: IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA interlocutors tell us PM Erdogan strongly underscored Turkish concerns about Iran's nuclear program to visiting Iranian FonMin Kharrazi. End summary. 2. (C) In separate, coordinated Dec. 29 calls on MFA, Polcounselor met DDG for South Asia (including Iran) Evirgen [...] | 2005-01-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC PARM ENRG TU IR IZ |
| 05ANKARA1010 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1037 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA104 | CODEL KYL SCENESETTER FOR TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession process and the state of the [...] | 2005-01-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA1071 | TURKISH MFA AND LOCAL PUK REP POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOT, the PUK's Ankara Representative, and the press are all putting a positive spin on the Feb. 24 meeting in Dukan between PUK leader Jalal Talabani and GOT Special Iraq Envoy Osman Koruturk. Turkey expressed its support for an Iraqi solution to questions such as the status [...] | 2005-02-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA1072 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1097 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...] | 2005-03-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1104 | SCENESETTER FOR 3-4 MARCH VISIT OF US ARMY EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: While your visit comes on the heels of a series US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander SIPDIS General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith and Secretary [...] | 2005-02-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR |
| 05ANKARA1128 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1168 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1208 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1225 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1260 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1315 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1331 | IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ: TURKS HAVE AND WILL [...] (S) DCM delivered reftel demarche March 10 to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol responded that Turkey consistently engages the Iranians in an effort to persuade them to cease interfering in Iraq's internal affairs. Celikkol said Turkey will continue to do s [...] | 2005-03-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL ASEC IZ IR TU |
| 05ANKARA1447 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1474 | U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 IRAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) We made reftel points on March 15 to MFA Middle East Department Head Ulku. Ulku welcomed the U.S. position, which he said Turkey would view positively. Ulku averred that Turkey will continue to press Iran privately to work with the EU-3 and IAEA. EDELMAN [...] | 2005-03-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO TU IR |
| 05ANKARA1483 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1549 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1570 | WOMEN'S ISSUES IN IRAN [...] SUMMARY. Interviews with several Iranian women active on women's issues from across the political spectrum offered a mixed perspective on the status of women in Iran. Both conservative leaders of women's NGOs and other working women discussed the need for greater independence for Iranian wom [...] | 2005-03-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV CVIS IR |
| 05ANKARA1571 | TURKEY UPDATE FOR THE VISIT OF COMNAVEUR ADM MIKE [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith, Secretary of State [...] | 2005-03-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP MARR PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA1632 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1702 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1726 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1755 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1773 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1802 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1880 | MERSIN FLAG INCIDENT OVERSHADOWS GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Nevruz celebrations in southeastern Turkey on March 20 and 21 were significantly larger than in previous years and, with some minor exceptions, peaceful. While local authorities in some cases objected to the use of the Kurdish spelling &Newruz,8 officials approved most petitions [...] | 2005-04-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 05ANKARA1882 | CHOD OZKOK'S SELF-IMAGE [...] (C) A flag officer in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) recently passed to us a Turkish translation of an article on TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that ran in an Egyptian publication during Ozkok's late February visit to Cairo. Our contact reported that Ozkok thought this article portrayed him much [...] | 2005-04-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR TU |
| 05ANKARA1888 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] The delay will give the Government time to consider changes in the face of domestic and international criticism from press and human rights groups. Revisions to the penal code demanded by the European Union aim to bring Turkey's criminal justice system into line with recent political reforms [...] | 2005-04-01 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1906 | TURKEY PREPARING TO BREAK SILENCE ON THE US CARGO [...] (S) Following nine months of silence since the US formally asked Turkey to allow the US to establish a cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base for the transit of cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),recent public comments by Turkish officials may sugge [...] | 2005-04-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA1952 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY, [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...] | 2005-04-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP MARR PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA1958 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1981 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Turkey's leadership is trying to take a more positive attitude toward both the United States and Iraq. This has resulted both from policymakers' understanding that they need to stand up more for the relationship and from the realization that Turkey has more to gain by supporting Iraq's de [...] | 2005-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS ELTN ETRD TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA2028 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2051 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2076 | SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...] | 2005-04-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU |
| 05ANKARA2080 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2094 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...] | 2005-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2124 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-14 05:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2137 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2155 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2193 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA224 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2250 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2258 | GOT SUMMARILY DEPORTS SYRIAN KURD [...] (U) Summary: The GOT in March summarily deported a Syrian army deserter without allowing the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to review his asylum petition. The Syrian, who was acquitted in a Turkish court on terrorism charges, claimed that because he is a Kurd and a de [...] | 2005-04-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE |
| 05ANKARA2314 | TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...] | 2005-04-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY |
| 05ANKARA2317 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2322 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2324 | "OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS," TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkey almost entirely shares our views on Iraq, GOT Special Envoy Koruturk told Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Amb. Richard Jones on April 19. Amb. Jones outlined for the Turks our approach over the coming year, including providing support for the Iraqi Security Forces (I [...] | 2005-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD TU IZ NATO |
| 05ANKARA2342 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-26 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2380 | BTC pipeline in Turkey still aiming for late [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...] | 2005-04-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC |
| 05ANKARA240 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2431 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2474 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2478 | SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA ON UNSCR 1559: [...] (C) Summary: We made reftel points to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Bozay April 29. GOT is awaiting a full UN report before coming to any conclusions about Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The MFA issued a flaccid April 27 statement welcoming Syria's withdrawal announcement. The [...] | 2005-05-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE TU |
| 05ANKARA2490 | JOINT STATEMENT FROM ISTANBUL IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] On May, 2, the Turkish MFA passed us a copy of the text of the joint statement from the April 29-30 Iraq neighbors' meeting (full text in para. 2). We will provide MFA's readout of the meeting septel. 2. Joint statement follows (original was in English): BEGIN TEXT (note internal paragra [...] | 2005-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA2524 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2548 | IRAQ: TURKISH READOUT ON ISTANBUL NEIGHBORS MEETING [...] (C) Iraq and its neighbors--and numerous guests--held a "friendly and interactive" foreign ministers' meeting in Istanbul April 29-30, according to Turkish MFA officials. Our interlocutors reported relatively little squabbling over the communique text, though they apparently had to beat back a [...] | 2005-05-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AORC TU IZ IR EG JO SY KU BA SA |
| 05ANKARA2579 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: Last month, EXBS Advisor primarily focused on the status and direction of the Commodity Identification Training (CIT),which was scheduled to take place in April, but was eventually postponed to a later date. EXBS Advisor worked closely with MFA, Customs and Turkish Atomic Ener [...] | 2005-05-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU |
| 05ANKARA2606 | BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY STILL AIMING FOR LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...] | 2005-05-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC |
| 05ANKARA2645 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2671 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2690 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA270 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2719 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2738 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2761 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2782 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...] | 2005-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2803 | TURKISH MFA ON EU, IRAQ, BTC, AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish MFA official expressed concerns about continued lack of oil flow in the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, but optimism about potential for providing additional Turkish electricity to Iraq. He explained that the GOT was unable to initial the draft of the EU's Energy Community Tr [...] | 2005-05-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA2810 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2811 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2816 | PSI: IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA [...] (S) EXBS Adviser delivered reftel talking points/non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Osman Yavuzalp the morning of May 17, 2005. Yavuzalp thanked us for the information and informed us that he would immediately pass the information to appropriate government of [...] | 2005-05-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA2832 | SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: Courteous but highly protocol-conscious and volatile Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Bulent Arinc looks forward to a highly ceremonial May 24-26 visit to Washington at the invitation of Speaker of the House Hastert. What matters above all to Arinc, who sees his visit [...] | 2005-05-18 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
| 05ANKARA2837 | ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...] | 2005-05-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU |
| 05ANKARA2838 | PSI: MORE ON IMMINENT MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S) MFA Under Secretary Ali Tuygan informed the Ambassador on May 18 that the shipment to Iran that he had raised the day before with Deputy U/S Nabi Sensoy had been stopped by Turkish authorities. 3. (S) Tuygan said that the British demarc [...] | 2005-05-20 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC IR PARM PREL TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA2910 | TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR MAY-JUNE CODELS [...] Summary: The Erdogan government's drift on relations with the U.S., with the EU, and on reform is of concern, as are trends inimical to religious freedom. U.S. Turkish relations remain solid in specific areas and we look for new opportunities to expand cooperation, but our relations are not [...] | 2005-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP PINS ECON MARR TU |
| 05ANKARA2911 | CHIEF OF THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF MOVES CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented public address at the Istanbul War College on the occasion of his annual evaluation of the Turkish military, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) Ozkok broke his almost two year silence on Turkish foreign policy to lay out his views, in the name of the Tur [...] | 2005-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU |
| 05ANKARA296 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The Turks, led by PM Erdogan, FonMin Gul, and chief foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, are selling improved relations with Syria as a major foreign policy success. GOT leaders cast Turkey as a channel of communication for the U.S. and Israel with Syria and as a friend that can supp [...] | 2005-01-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD TU IS IZ SY |
| 05ANKARA2968 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3018 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FONMIN GUL'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Erdogan government's serious drift on EU-related reform; failure to take the lead on religious tolerance and indeed encouragement of intolerance; flawed handling of relations with still powerful Turkish State institutions; and unwillingness to invest in a robust bilateral rela [...] | 2005-05-27 04:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU |
| 05ANKARA3053 | PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Nabi Sensoy raised the interdiction of missile-related items destined for Iran with the Ambassador and PolMilCouns on the margins of a lunch in honor of Senator Chuck Hagel May 31. Sensoy informed the Ambassador that the GOT was running out of time to hold this s [...] | 2005-05-31 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA3058 | DREAMS OF DISNEYLAND ON TURKEY'S MEDITERRANEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey,s tourism numbers continue to sky-rocket, with the first quarter forecast showing that 2005 will more than likely be a record-breaking year for the Turkish tourism industry. So far this year, 3.8 million tourists have visited Turkey*a 27 percent increase from the same p [...] | 2005-06-01 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA3084 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3088 | PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Turkish authorities do not believe "catch all" export controls (suggested ref B) can be used unless the shipper of the missile-related equipment destined for Iran is formally imported into Turkey first. MFA continues to put its hope on the Chinese taking the shipment back, but ar [...] | 2005-06-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA3104 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3138 | PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric contacted PolMilCouns on June 3 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Meric said that the UK Ambassador had explained to MFA Deputy U/S Sensoy on June 1 that HMG was d [...] | 2005-06-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA3163 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3164 | CODEL KOLBE VISITS ANKARA, JUNE 2 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 visit to Ankara, CODEL Kolbe met with FM Gul and Parliament Speaker Arinc. Representative Kolbe reminded both Gul and Arinc of the importance of political leaders speaking out in support of our bilateral relationship. Gul emphasized the "common values" he asserted t [...] | 2005-06-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY PHUM IR |
| 05ANKARA3165 | CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...] | 2005-06-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM |
| 05ANKARA3195 | SENATOR HAGEL REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his May 30-31 visit to Ankara, Senator Chuck Hagel met with Prime Minister Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler, Agriculture Minister Guclu and MFA Deputy Under Secretary Sensoy and exchanged views on the state of the SIPDIS bilateral relationship, Cyprus, Armenia, the PKK terr [...] | 2005-06-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL OVIP TU |
| 05ANKARA322 | Suggested Services Market Access Priorities [...] As requested reftel, Embassy has ranked market access priorities for Turkey's services sectors. We have also consulted with the local American business chamber on these priorities. Rank 1 are the highest priorities and 5 are the lowest. In addition, market openness is rated as high, medium [...] | 2005-01-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TU |
| 05ANKARA323 | TURKEY: BOSPHORUS BYPASS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish government still seeks to pursue its proposed "Voluntary Principles on the Turkish Straits" as a way to engage all stakeholders in seeking a solution to the risks of growing tanker congestion. The GOT is interested in U.S. comments and support for this proposal, as [...] | 2005-01-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
| 05ANKARA325 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3260 | PSI: TURKISH RESPONSE ON SHARING MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) Per ref a request, Post coordinated with the UK mission in Ankara to deliver a joint demarche to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nabi Sensoy on June 9 to request that Turkey share with China copies of both the legitimate and the false invoice related to the a [...] | 2005-06-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA3301 | COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action request--see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey fully supports U.S. efforts to conclude CCIT convention at the 60th UNGA, acknowledges resistance exists among some OIC member states on points which are red lines for both the U.S. and Turkey, and asks for clarification of the U.S. sta [...] | 2005-06-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UNGA |
| 05ANKARA331 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...] | 2005-01-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3328 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3367 | JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE - TURKEY [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Turkish MFA EU Political Affairs Department First Secretary Ege Turemen; he provided minimal responses to the following demarche topics. ------ Kosovo ------ He noted that the U.S. position remains the same as that enunciated in an earlier dem [...] | 2005-06-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CM IR IZ LE PREL YI PARM TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA3380 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3385 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3387 | UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's June 6-8 visit to Turkey, his first since becoming President, focused mainly on commercial issues. The two sides signed six agreements, including on energy, transport, and combating crime. Although Turkey claims to support Ukraine's EU and NATO aspiration [...] | 2005-06-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG ECON TU UP |
| 05ANKARA3473 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3490 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...] | 2005-06-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3495 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3499 | READOUT OF TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Iran Department Head Ulku (who did not go on the trip) asserts U/S Tuygan delivered a "crystal clear" message on Iran's nuclear program and the need to cooperate with the EU-3 and IAEA to DFM Aminzadeh June 11 but admitted Tuygan cloaked his message in diplomatic niceties. Wi [...] | 2005-06-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER EPET ECON TU IR |
| 05ANKARA352 | MFA RAISES TURKEY-US RELATIONS AND KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan told the Ambassador January 18 that the only significant problem in Turkey-US relations was Iraq. He identified three specific issues regarding Iraq -- a feeling that Turkey's contributions (especially in encouraging election participation) are not appr [...] | 2005-01-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA354 | GOT AND TURKMEN RAISE GRIEVANCES OVER KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: Concern about the supplemental registration process now underway in Kirkuk prompted the Iraqi Turkmen Front's Ankara representative to issue a statement threatening that the ITF would "review" its participation in Iraqi elections if it saw evidence of widespread fraud in the proce [...] | 2005-01-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA357 | CENTCOM CDR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: GEN Abizaid and Foreign Minister Gul agreed on the goal of a stable, democratic and unified Iraq during their January 11 meeting in Ankara. Gul reiterated Turkey's support of elections in Iraq occurring on time with the fullest possible participation. Turkey is reaching out to [...] | 2005-01-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA358 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. General Abizaid held a wide-ranging discussion with Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan on areas of mutual concern in SIPDIS the Middle East and Central Asia as well as Turkey's challenges in Cyprus. Both shared the view that, despite perio [...] | 2005-01-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA371 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA377 | IRAQ OCV REGISTRATIONS IN TURKEY SLOW [...] (SBU) On Jan. 24, PolMilOff called on Gezim Kiseri (Deputy Head of Country) and Sandra Khadhouri (Country Chief of External Relations) of IOM-Turkey's Iraq Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) office. They reported that OCV registration in Turkey has been low: 3,764 as of Jan. 23 (2,730 in Istanbul, 1 [...] | 2005-01-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA3833 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...] | 2005-07-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3839 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3877 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA388 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA3889 | FM GUL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In Charge's introductory call with FM Gul, both agreed on the importance of frank private bilateral dialogue and conveying to our publics the priority we place on our partnership. Gul acknowledged Iran's presidential election was "not perfect" but blamed reformists' failure to [...] | 2005-07-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IR SY |
| 05ANKARA3891 | PSI: MISSILE-RELATED TRANSFER TO IRAN VIA TURKEY [...] (S) MFA Head of Department for Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Osman Yavuzalp contacted PolMilCouns on July 4 regarding the shipment of Chinese-origin missile-related equipment to Iran (reftels). Yavuzalp informed PolMilCouns that the shipment had been recalled by the owner back to China. [...] | 2005-07-07 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC IR MNUC PARM PREL TSPA TU MTCRE |
| 05ANKARA3892 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS urged Turkey to get in lockstep with the US on Syria and Iran, noted continuing USG efforts to recognize northern Cyprus' April 2004 vote in support of the Annan Plan and [...] | 2005-07-07 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU |
| 05ANKARA3954 | GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We are checking.) He thought this was a positive indication of US intentions towards the terrorist group. The Charge told Basbug she would have an answer soon t [...] | 2005-07-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK |
| 05ANKARA3962 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4035 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4037 | REPORT OF MEETING BETWEEN DOE INTERNATIONAL THREAT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the DOE Office of International Radiological Threat Reduction Program (IRTR) visited Ankara June 28, 2005 to discuss with officials of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) shared concerns for the security of radioactive materials in the region and to explore oppo [...] | 2005-07-12 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IZ KNNP OTRA PARM TRGY TU JO |
| 05ANKARA4127 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4141 | TURKEY'S LIBERALIZATION WOES: SMOKE, BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a modest but tangible political will to privatize, and efforts by the Privatization Administration, Competition Authority, and other sectoral regulatory bodies, Turkey's program of sectoral reform, liberalization, and privatization remains delayed and troubled. Across [...] | 2005-07-18 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ECPS PGOV TU ENGR |
| 05ANKARA4163 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4188 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 05:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4227 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA423 | 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA4230 | TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbors' interior ministers. Jabr annoyed the Turks by ignoring their advice to steer clear of the press, especially on the PKK issue; his private assurances to th [...] | 2005-07-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO |
| 05ANKARA424 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-26 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4252 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA426 | SCENESETTER FOR JAN.31-FEB.1 VISIT OF UNDER [...] (S) Summary: Your visit will extend a series of January visits by Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones and Commander of Central Command General Abizaid, and will provide an opportunity to echo their pledge that the US will fight all forms of terroris [...] | 2005-01-26 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | OVIP PREL MARR TU |
| 05ANKARA4278 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4288 | TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi Governments share the goal of increasing exports from Turkey to Iraq. Turkey's Kartet Company currently exports 200 MW and seeks to increase in two steps: 1) to 350 MW, generally using existing capacity, and 2) to 1200 MW, asserting that it has the s [...] | 2005-07-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA4290 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4363 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA44 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4405 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4443 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4481 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...] | 2005-08-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA4484 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4490 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4513 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4555 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4556 | DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...] | 2005-08-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY |
| 05ANKARA4607 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4636 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4734 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4735 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4742 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPT. 2-3 VISIT OF SENATOR TED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when our bilateral relations are on the mend from a difficult period when events in Iraq and Turkey's focus on getting a date from the EU to start accession negotiations overshadowed our traditionally close cooperation. With a growing economy, a sched [...] | 2005-08-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP TU |
| 05ANKARA4790 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4791 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4827 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4840 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4861 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA489 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4905 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4955 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...] | 2005-08-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA496 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5133 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5140 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...] | 2005-09-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5166 | ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN: TURKEY HAS INVITATION [...] (C) A/DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Director General Oguz Celikkol on September 2. Celikkol, who was already aware of the points based on USUN's demarche to the Turkish Mission to the UN, acknowledged that PM Erdogan had, indeed, received an invitation [...] | 2005-09-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY TU UNGA SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA5196 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5221 | TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS ALLEGE IRANIAN (AND [...] (C) Summary: A senior Turkish MFA official speculated that Iran and/or the Iraqi Kurds may be "playing a game" in Talafar in order to eventually control the city, using CF ops to their own ends. We continue to try to feed as much factual information on Talafar as possible to the Turks in orde [...] | 2005-09-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5244 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5248 | NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...] | 2005-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU |
| 05ANKARA5270 | KING ABDULLAH VISITS TURKEY, SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdullah visited Ankara September 5 at his initiative and met briefly with Turkish President Sezer, PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. Focusing on Iraq, Abdullah reportedly expressed two major concerns: first, that Iraq's Sunnis are becoming alienated from the constitutional proce [...] | 2005-09-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IR IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA5282 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5308 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5342 | TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...] | 2005-09-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA5354 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5396 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5421 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5425 | Biotech Speaker in Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary. Most Turks, including government officials, journalists and academics, continue to express concern with transgenic crops and food. Despite the available scientific evidence, most people continue to believe that food products made from transgenic crops are unsafe and should wi [...] | 2005-09-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KSTH |
| 05ANKARA5444 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5451 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5483 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5499 | NSA HADLEY VISIT TO TURKEY: ANCHORING THE [...] (C) Your arrival in Ankara comes at an extraordinarily difficult moment between Turkey and the EU. Your presence and the message of solidarity that you convey will provide much-needed solace to the Turkish government and to the broader population -- both of whom are feeling abused and humilia [...] | 2005-09-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US IZ SY IR EU |
| 05ANKARA5507 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 04:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5540 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-24 01:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA561 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...] | 2005-02-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA5634 | TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY [...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...] | 2005-09-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5695 | TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME [...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...] | 2005-09-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU |
| 05ANKARA5727 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA577 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5825 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN: [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East and the need for concrete steps to promote democracy. In that context, he stressed his theme of building personal relations with leaders of Turkey's neighbors, [...] | 2005-09-30 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY |
| 05ANKARA5841 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of the importance of opening new channels of dialogue to enhance the U.S.-Turkish relationship. The GOT appreciates U.S. support with the accession process, but w [...] | 2005-09-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA5843 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary. U/S Tuygan and APNSA Hadley both stressed the importance of U.S.-Turkish strategic partnership and agreed on the need for a bilateral strategic dialogue concerning the full range of cooperation on regional issues. Tuygan, however, also implied that Turkey feels overburdened by EU [...] | 2005-09-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA |
| 05ANKARA5845 | APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...] | 2005-09-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO |
| 05ANKARA590 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA591 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5947 | SUBJECT: TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF UNDER [...] Turkish media coverage of Under Secretary Hughes' September 27-29 visit to Ankara and Istanbul was generally fair and factual. Coming on the eve of Turkey's historic start of EU accession talks, scheduled for October 3, coverage was less comprehensive than it might otherwise have been. The v [...] | 2005-10-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5948 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...] | 2005-10-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
| 05ANKARA5949 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA5984 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6012 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6062 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA608 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6096 | IRAQ/KURDS: VISIT OF IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER [...] (C/Rel MCF-I) During a late September visit to Turkey, Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Salih proposed opening a second Turkey-Iraq border crossing about five kilometers west of the Habur Gate. According to the MFA, he noted with concern increasing Iranian influence in Iraq and was critical of [...] | 2005-10-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL PTER IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6099 | (S) IRAQ: TURKEY ENCOURAGES SUNNI PARTICIPATION, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) MFA Director General for the Middle East and South Asia Oguz Celikkol briefed us October 7 on recent GOT contacts with Iraqi Sunni representatives as well as two envoys from Muqtada al-Sadr. Celikkol said the GOT u [...] | 2005-10-07 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6101 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA611 | USDP FEITH'S FEB. 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH NSC [...] (U) During their Feb. 1 meeting in Ankara, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Amb. Yigit Alpogan discussed the following issues: 2. (C) Iraq: Alpogan analyzed the elections: --"More or less successful." --60% turnou [...] | 2005-02-02 17:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PTER TU IZ AF |
| 05ANKARA6181 | LAUNCHING A STRUCTURED STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) With the October 3 EU decision on Turkey's accession negotiations behind us, it is time to turn toward consolidation of recent gains made in our bilateral relationship and to expand regional cooperation with Ankara. One way to do this is to establish a more structured policy dialogue that [...] | 2005-10-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU US |
| 05ANKARA6183 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6191 | EXBS: PROBLEMS WITH BORDER SECURITY IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Turkish MFA has requested a hold on travel to border areas under the EXBS program until the Turkish Parliament ratifies the recently signed Nonproliferation Cooperation Agreement. Following ratification, expected by the end of October, full implementation of the EXBS program, in [...] | 2005-10-13 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC LG PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6248 | U/S JOSEPH DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION IN TURKEY, [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Joseph urged Turkey to take a resolute stand on Iran's nuclear weapons program during his September 29-30 visit to Ankara. Finance Minister Unakitan pledged to work with the United States to address proliferation financing and requested additional information on c [...] | 2005-10-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6293 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6312 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6313 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6315 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...] | 2005-10-19 07:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6318 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...] | 2005-10-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6353 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6386 | ENERGY MINISTER GULER WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. With BTC nearly complete, Turkish Energy Minister Guler is looking for new ways to work with the United States on strategic oil and gas transmission projects in the region, as well as for more U.S. investment in Turkey's growing domestic energy sector. He particularly wants U. [...] | 2005-10-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL |
| 05ANKARA64 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...] | 2005-01-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR |
| 05ANKARA6445 | TURKEY/IRAQ: ALLAWI IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Former Iraqi PM Allawi visited Ankara the week of October 17 and met with FM Gul in the latter's capacity as acting PM. Allawi told the Turks he sought to build a broad, moderate coalition across sectarian lines with an Iraqi nationalist agenda. While impressed with Allawi, th [...] | 2005-10-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA6479 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6480 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6498 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR |
| 05ANKARA6518 | TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 31 October 2005, POLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered to Turkish MFA Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen reftel demarches. Evirgen responded by saying, "we share the same views on Ahmadi-Nejad's statement" and that it was "completely unacceptable." H [...] | 2005-10-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM IR TU |
| 05ANKARA6535 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6536 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6540 | CONSULATE ADANA TRAVELS TO TUNCELI AND ELAZIG [...] Classified by AmCon Adana Principal Officer Walter S. Reid, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 3. (C) Summary: Officers from Consulate Adana traveled to Tunceli and Elazig provinces October 25 and 26 to discuss PKK movements and human right [...] | 2005-11-02 09:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA6546 | TURKEY: FM GUL DODGES ISSUE OF IRANIAN EXTREMISM [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to the MFA on October 31, emphasizing the need for the GOT to make clear its rejection of Ahmadi-Nejad's violent and irresponsible rhetoric. Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen promised us that Gul would deliver a stro [...] | 2005-11-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |