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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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| 04ROME2690 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON GAERC AGENDA: IRAQ TO DOMINATE [...] (C) MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU CFSP LUIGI MATTIOLO PREDICTED THAT FMS WILL FOCUS ON IRAQ AT THE JULY 12-13 GAERC, POSSIBLY EATING INTO SOME OF THE TIME CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. HE NOTED THAT IRAQI PM ALLAWI "PLUS A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION" FROM THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL ATTEND A WO [...] | 2004-07-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME2692 | ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...] | 2004-07-12 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2745 | ITALY - HIGH-LEVEL CONCERN RE UNSC REFORM [...] (C) This cable contains action requests. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Italy is becoming increasingly concerned about any UN reform that could result in a permanent UNSC seat for Germany and/or Japan. The Italians fear that an increase in the number of peranent U [...] | 2004-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL GM JA FR RS IT UNSC |
| 04ROME2763 | ITALY SAYS CURRENT ICJ/SECURITY BARRIER RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Luca Sorgi told poloff that Italy found unacceptable a number of paragraphs in the current Arab Group draft resolution calling for UNGA endorsement of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier. He mentioned speci [...] | 2004-07-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS IT UNGA ICJ |
| 04ROME2774 | ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...] | 2004-07-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN |
| 04ROME2789 | GOI PASSED PASSES A DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] As previously announced by PM Berlusconi, the Italian Cabinet passed on July 9 by decree law a euro 7.5 billion, or 0.6 percent of GDP deficit reduction package, as under pressure from the EU European Commission had requested. The package includes euro 4.2 billion in structural spending cuts, [...] | 2004-07-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN |
| 04ROME2815 | ITALY: AN INTERLUDE IN THE UNENDING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Italy's governing coalition may have reached a moment of respite from disagreements, which have plagued it since the spring elections. The interlude may not endure long, but as one contact joked, "Berlusconi would certainly make history if his were the first government to fall during [...] | 2004-07-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 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 |
| 04ROME2836 | Treasury DG Domenico Siniscalco Appointed New [...] (SBU) After two weeks' debate within the Coalition following former Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation, PM Berlusconi appointed Domenico Siniscalco, Treasury Department Director General since 2001, as new Finance Minister on July 16. Over this two-week period, Coalition parties could no [...] | 2004-07-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME2853 | RUSSIA/ITALY: LAVROV REASSURES FRATTINI ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their July 15 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and Russian FM Lavrov reviewed preparations for the annual Russia-Italy Summit, which will take place in Moscow "sometime in November." Frattini underlined Russia's need to "adopt western standards" concerning business regulations [...] | 2004-07-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IT UNGA RU |
| 04ROME2875 | ITALY WARNS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION OF THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA warned that US "acquiescence" in Israel's efforts to exclude the European Union from engagement in the peace process is undermining the EU's credibility in the region, which will impede progress on the Roadmap and serve to further the divide between the Israelis a [...] | 2004-07-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT EU UNGA |
| 04ROME2876 | ITALY: ROBERTO CALDEROLI NEW MINISTER FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As expected, Prime Minister Berlusconi named Northern League National Coordinator and Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli the new Minister for Reform and Devolution on July 20. Calderoli replaces League Secretary Umberto Bossi, who resigned the previous day to [...] | 2004-07-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 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 |
| 04ROME2893 | GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...] | 2004-07-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2912 | ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...] | 2004-07-28 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2913 | ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: MIL PLANNING FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Following the NAC decision reported in ref A, operational planning has accelerated for the deployment of one Italian NRF land battalion plus a command element to provide election security support in Afghanistan. Italian military officials have told ODC Rome that the 3rd Alpini battalion b [...] | 2004-07-28 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 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 |
| 04ROME3024 | PROJECT ONE BILLION - PATRONAGE FROM THE UN [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. Background: Project 1 Billion (P1B) - named for the more than 1 billion persons affected by mass violence embodied in the experience of war, ethnic conflict, torture and terrorism - has been under way since an initial meeting of officials fr [...] | 2004-08-05 04:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UN |
| 04ROME3055 | ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL),the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL),and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...] | 2004-08-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME3060 | JUDICIARY HAMPERS B767 ENGINE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV IT ICAO AVIATION |
| 04ROME3061 | US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...] | 2004-08-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT |
| 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 |
| 04ROME3092 | AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR U.S. FIRMS WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Interior Minister Pisanu July 29 to discuss the DOE Megaports Initiative (septel). He used the occasion to advocate for three U.S. firms with business before the Ministry of Interior: Lion Apparel, Motorola, and MD Helicopters. Lion Apparel ------------ 2 [...] | 2004-08-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP IT ECIP |
| 04ROME3125 | ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: MIXED [...] Summary. Reactions of Italian agricultural opinion leaders to the WTO framework agreement reached in Geneva July 31 were generally positive. The majority hold tenaciously to the hope that geographical indications should be addressed in the WTO. Government, farmers' organizations, political [...] | 2004-08-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU IT FAO |
| 04ROME3135 | ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR 59TH UN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 11:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON IT KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UN |
| 04ROME3136 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON UNSC REFORM, WEOG ROTATION FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy appreciates the Ref C enunciation of USG views on UN Security Council reform, which it views as a matter of vital national interest, and fully agrees that effectiveness be the standard by which reform is judged. Italy also will support the USG goal (Ref A) of reaching agree [...] | 2004-08-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL IT UNSC |
| 04ROME3138 | DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...] | 2004-08-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3153 | ITALY RENOMINATES FAUSTO POCAR TO ICTY; REQUESTS [...] On August 13, Embassy received a Note Verbale (see para 2) from the MFA requesting USG support for the reelection of Prof. Fausto Pocar to the International Criminal Tribunal for the ex-Yugoslavia (ICTY). The MFA also transmitted an updated curriculum vitae for Pocar, which post has faxed to [...] | 2004-08-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT ICTY |
| 04ROME3166 | ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...] | 2004-08-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3190 | BLAIR-BERLUSCONI VACATION-VISIT CONTINUES - NO [...] (C) Prime Ministers Berlusconi and Blair and their wives continue to enjoy their vacation at Berlusconi's home in Sardinia. Italian press has reported extensively on their activities. Despite speculation from throughout the Italian media that the PMs discussed a role for Italy as "mediator" [...] | 2004-08-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3200 | ITALY: EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR BIOMETRIC [...] Consul General informed Min. Adriano Benedetti, MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Political Migration, July 26 that Congress had passed legislation granting a one-year extension of the Visa Waiver Program biometric passport requirement and that the bill had gone to President Bush f [...] | 2004-08-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL IT |
| 04ROME3232 | SINISCALCO UNVEILS ITALY'S CONTROVERSIAL FOUR-YEAR [...] The July 29 release of Italy's four-year economic blueprint opens Italy's annual budget process. The release follows the political turmoil surrounding Finance Minister Tremonti's resignation and the appointment of the new Minister Siniscalco. The DPEF, which sets budgetary guidelines for the [...] | 2004-08-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME3240 | ITALY SUPPORTS ASEM PARTICIPATION FOR BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN |
| 04ROME3262 | Civair: Italian Response to U.S.-Linate [...] On July 23, Embassy delivered ref A talking points on U.S. carrier complaints regarding Alitalia/Air France codeshare operations at Milan's Linate Airport to Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transport. In Sansone's response, he denies illegitimate and disc [...] | 2004-08-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3283 | Parmalat Tussles With Major Creditors and Former [...] Following GOI approval of a restructuring plan based on a debt-to-equity swap in late July, Parmalat Commissioner Enrico Bondi opened his legal campaign in August against some of the world's largest banks for their alleged role in helping Parmalat Finanziaria (or "Parmalat," Parmalat's holding [...] | 2004-08-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR IT KPRP |
| 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 |
| 04ROME3401 | ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...] | 2004-09-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3465 | GOVERNMENT OF ITALY OBJECTIONS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] Econoff and post FAA representative met September 7 with Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) Deputy Director General Sciacchitano to deliver reftel points. Sciacchitano confirmed to Econoff that ENAC had "suspended" its attempts to force Delta and Northwest Airlines, among other airli [...] | 2004-09-10 06:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME3477 | ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL FUND FOR AIDS [...] (SBU) Information received by the Office of the Global Fund (GFF) for AIDS has raised questions about whether the Government of Italy will fulfil its 2004 pledge of a E 100 million contribution to the fund. Post has been actively working with contacts throughout the Government to find out th [...] | 2004-09-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID TBIO IT UN |
| 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 |
| 04ROME3527 | PROPOSED SUPPORT TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY [...] Embassy Rome strongly supports Johns Hopkins University's request on behalf of the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center for an FY 2005 ASHA grant of $100,000 to procure books and journals and to pay the salaries of three professors (reftel). ConGen Florence and Embassy Rome have long had a [...] | 2004-09-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IT |
| 04ROME3530 | ITALY ON LARGE AIRCRAFT SUBSIDIES TALKS WITH EU [...] On September 13, Economic Minister Counselor presented the demarche on large commercial aircraft subsidies to Foreign Ministry Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation, Giandomenico Magliano, and Office Director Diego Ungaro. EcMin also conveyed the demarche separ [...] | 2004-09-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ETRD IT EUN FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME354 | ICAO CAEP 6: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SALVATORE MINEO, ITALY'S CAEP REPRESENTATIVE AND ENAC (NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, MET JANUARY 30 WITH SENIOR FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR. MINEO IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CAEP 6 DUE TO ILL HEALTH, BUT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY PAOLO [...] | 2004-01-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV IT AVIATION |
| 04ROME3567 | ITALY-ERITREA: MESSAGE ON BORDER ISSUE FALLS ON [...] (U) Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA East Africa Office Director, briefed PolOff on the recent meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella. Pignatelli said that the ministers focused primarily on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia [...] | 2004-09-17 06:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ET ER IT UNMEE |
| 04ROME3570 | MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO EVALUATION, KEY [...] (U) Summary: At a "Geneva Group" meeting for Rome- based representatives of major donor governments convened by the U.S. Mission on 14 September, participants strongly supported a U.S.-led proposal for an independent external review of FAO, although they expressed some differences on tactic [...] | 2004-09-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO |
| 04ROME3590 | IRAQ: ITALIAN PLANS FOR TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy may not be able to make its planned Euro 10 million disbursement to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) prior to the Tokyo meeting due to chronic budget difficulties. Our judgment is that this is a matter of timing, and that the 2004 pledge is [...] | 2004-09-20 04:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3591 | FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Agusta Westland September 9 regarding the order of helicopter spare parts for Italy. According to Paolo Colombo Speroni, the head of Agusta's spare parts sales department, there is no employee at Agusta named Mario Beretta; Agusta did not place any such order for spare [...] | 2004-09-20 04:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME3592 | REPATRIATING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL FROM ITALY - [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. ---------------- SUMMARY ---------------- 2. This report is further to ref A report of Secretary Abraham's call on Prime Ministry Under Secretary Letta August 25. In that call, U/S Letta asked Secretary Abraham's personal help to p [...] | 2004-09-20 04:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL KNNP KSCA IT |
| 04ROME3593 | ITALY AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: ENGAGING [...] Summary: EcMin presented MFA officials with Ref. B diplomatic note seeking better cooperation on aviation incident investigations and laid out possible operational solutions. MFA officials noted that the independence of the Italian judiciary made it difficult for the MFA to prescribe a specif [...] | 2004-09-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3642 | ITALY MOVING ON EU BATTLEGROUPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO EUN |
| 04ROME3647 | ICAO - ITALY'S ADDITIONAL RESPONSES TO BUDGET AND [...] Italy's civil aviation authority (Ente Nazionale per L'Aviazione Civile (ENAC)) Deputy Director Salvatore Sciacchitano provided Econoff with the following additional written responses (in English) to Ref A and B points. Embassy has edited the text for readability. 2. Begin text -We agree [...] | 2004-09-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR IT ICAO |
| 04ROME3666 | SOMALIA: ITALY SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT [...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bruno Cabras, MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, requested a meeting with A/DCM on September 21 to request U.S. participation in the protocol joint monitoring committee designed to supp [...] | 2004-09-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT UN |
| 04ROME3670 | CWC/ITALY'S SCHEDULE 2 FACILITY AGREEMENTS: [...] (U) Summary. Most of the USG's suggestions (reftel) for improving Italy's facility agreements (FAs) were judged by Foreign Ministry technical experts to be either superfluous (because already covered by the FAs) or undesirable (because they would introduce unwanted flexibility into the conduct [...] | 2004-09-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CW IT CWC |
| 04ROME3774 | CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...] | 2004-09-29 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 04ROME3792 | GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...] | 2004-09-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3832 | ALITALIA: RESTRUCTURING PLAN CLOSE TO APPROVAL [...] (U) Summary: Alitalia, the Italian government, and labor unions are expected to sign a final agreement soon on the restructuring of Italy's flag carrier. The airline will be split into two companies, one to continue the core flight operations, the other to take over Alitalia's ground service [...] | 2004-10-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EU IT KPRV PGOV FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME3847 | EU/LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALY WON'T RISK [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiol/ told poloff on October 1 that he saw "little or no chance" that the October 11 GAERC will not approve the COREPER recommendation that Qhe EU arms embargo be lifted in its entirety. Qrocess to partially l ift September in an effort tools it needed [...] | 2004-10-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IT EUN |
| 04ROME3849 | ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...] | 2004-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME385 | ITALY: STATUS OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (SBU) Finance Ministry officials provided Embassy with updated list of Iraqi assets frozen and held in Italy. This list was reviewed and approved by the inter-ministerial Financial Security Committee at its January 29 meeting. 2. (SBU) Information is presented below as follows: bank in Ita [...] | 2004-02-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME3882 | ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT |
| 04ROME3911 | ITALY: LIBYAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation of Italian Jews, expelled from Libya in 1970 and now Italian citizens, has accepted an offer to visit Tripoli October 10-14. The will discuss possible compensation for property and monies seized when Jews were expelled after 1967. Qadhafi's son Sa'adi offered the [...] | 2004-10-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT KIRF LY PHUM PREL |
| 04ROME3927 | EU GAERC - ITALY CONFIRMS MINISTERS WILL ENDORSE [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo confirmed to poloff that EU Ministers would endorse the COREPER decision to lift completely the ban on arms exports to Libya at the October 11 GAERC. Mattiolo underlined that this would not mean a rush of sales of lethal weapons to Tripoli. There [...] | 2004-10-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IT EUN |
| 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 |
| 04ROME3955 | BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: The Italian Coast Guard confirms receipt of focal plane arrays. End summary. 2. Per reftel this message provides information regarding post-shipment end-use check on License 05-888338 for authorizing export of twenty indium antimonide focal plane arrays to the Italian Ministry of [...] | 2004-10-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME3958 | APPROACH TO ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON CHINA ARMS [...] (S) Summary: MFA officials told PM DAS Suchan and JCS BG Remington that while Italy is "not out in front" it will likely join EU consensus to lift the China embargo, assuming that a review of China's human rights situation shows that "the conditions are right." PM Berlusconi's diplomatic advi [...] | 2004-10-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PHUM CI IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME3969 | ITALY DEFENDS ITS NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a political imperative to stop waves of illegal immigrants, the Italian government has stepped up cooperation with Libya and adopted a policy of quickly returning to Libya immigrants who land illegally in Sicily. Responding to UN, NGO and opposition criticism, Italian [...] | 2004-10-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PREL PREF IT LY EUN |
| 04ROME3985 | GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...] | 2004-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3990 | CIVAIR: ITALY STAYS FIRM ON LINATE CODESHARE [...] (U) Acting Ecmin, Econoff and Econ FSN met October 8 with Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver Ref A follow-on demarche regarding Italian refusal to allow U.S. carriers to conduct third-country code-share operations between the U.S. an [...] | 2004-10-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME3998 | ITALY REGARDING U.S. ACTIONS TO TERMINATE LARGE [...] (U) Post delivered ref A demarche on October 6 to senior Italian government trade officials Amedeo Teti, Director General for Commercial Agreements, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA); Federico Eichberg, Senior Advisor to Foreign Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso; and Sandro Fanella, Direct [...] | 2004-10-18 04:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT EUN |
| 04ROME4000 | BUREAUCRATICS WILL KEEP ITALY FROM SECONDING [...] (SBU) OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that a bureaucratic complication would make it impossible for Italy to second observers to monitor upcoming elections in Ukraine. He said that Italian legislation authorizing such funds came with a string attached - money for transportatio [...] | 2004-10-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UP IT OSCE |
| 04ROME401 | IRAQ: ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS FACILITY [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REF B, EMBASSY REPORTED THAT THE GOI WAS NOT LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE ITS MADRID-PLEDGED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE FACILITY FOR IRAQ (REF E). WE HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED ITALY'S OVERALL RECONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES [...] | 2004-02-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME402 | PM BERLUSCONI LOOKING FOR EXIT STRATEGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The end of Italy's EU Presidency has compelled PM Berlusconi to address longstanding demands by two junior coalition partners for more say over policy making. The painstaking attempt to appease them without a major cabinet reshuffle may finally be drawing to a close. Vice PM [...] | 2004-02-04 17:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4026 | MINI PRESSURIZED LOGISTICS MODULES (MPLMs) -- [...] Action request: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has contacted Embassy Science Section seeking the U.S. response to an Italian Note Verbale dated April 18, 2001 (see paragraph 2) that would implement the U.S.-Italy MOU on mini pressurized logistics modules, signed in Rome by the I [...] | 2004-10-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA IT |
| 04ROME403 | ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect),president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB),told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...] | 2004-02-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON IT |
| 04ROME4035 | RSVP EXTRANCHECK PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NIKON INSTRUMENTS [...] ON OCTOBER 15, 2004 DEPUTY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER LINDA ARCHER AND COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST BARBARA LAPINI VISITED THE COMPANY NIKON INSTRUMENTS SPA AND MET WITH LORENZO VANNINI, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, AND ENGINEER GIANCARLO CAPPANI, CONSULTANT. 2. CS ITALY OFFICIALS WERE WELL RECEIVE [...] | 2004-10-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC IT BEXT |
| 04ROME4039 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON COMPANIES [...] Per reftel request, post completed Blue Lantern checks on the following Italian defense brokers. Post can provide additional documentation on these four companies and conduct additional inquiries as needed. Please contact AmEmbassy Rome Blue Lantern Coordinator Gregory May, maygc@state.gov. [...] | 2004-10-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT BLUE LANTERN |
| 04ROME4056 | ITALY SYMPATHETIC ON VENEZUELA BUT PREFERS EU TO [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4059 | TRIPOLI ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR [...] (C) Summary: The delegation of Italian-Libyan Jews who visited Tripoli October 10-14 described their trip as a success and were jubilant at having seen and been welcomed in their homeland. The trip provided the Libyans with an opportunity to evaluate their visitors; the group did not meet w [...] | 2004-10-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT LY |
| 04ROME4093 | ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...] | 2004-10-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4141 | ITALY/BIOTECH: PROPOSED COEXISTENCE DEGREE COULD [...] (C) Summary. Agriculture Minister Alemanno has once again asked the Italian Council of Ministers to approve a decree-law on the coexistence of GM and non-GM seeds planted in Italy. Like the draft that Alemanno attempted (unsuccessfully) to push through in November 2003, the vague text of the [...] | 2004-10-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT |
| 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 |
| 04ROME4194 | The Italian Banking Sector: a Decade of [...] Since the mid-1990s, the Italian banking sector has undergone significant consolidation through mergers and acquisitions among major banks. The consolidation was the largest in Europe in terms of assets, and was driven in large part by domestic privatization efforts, Italy's entry into the Eu [...] | 2004-10-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4216 | ITALIAN CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C met with MFA Office Director for the Gulf States Luigi Maccotta on October 29 to discuss Iraqi PM Allawi's November 3-4 visit to Rome and the upcoming international conference on Iraq in Egypt. Maccotta had requested the meeting to present Italy's non-paper for the confe [...] | 2004-11-03 08:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IT NATO |
| 04ROME4252 | NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...] | 2004-11-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4263 | IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...] | 2004-11-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4268 | TOUGH BARGAINING ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIOS [...] (C) Negotiations to fill Government positions, including that of Foreign Minister, resulting from Rocco Buttiglione's nomination and subsequent withdrawal as Italy's European Commissioner are caught up in domestic politics, especially an internal coalition struggle over the Government's tax [...] | 2004-11-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4276 | ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...] | 2004-11-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4280 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...] | 2004-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA |
| 04ROME43 | ENERGY U/S CARD VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: Department of Energy Undersecretary Robert Card stopped in Rome December 10 to meet with key Italian energy sector officials, en route to the COP-9 conference in Milan. Key issues discussed included generation choices, gas supply, greenhouse gas emissions, dependency on energy imports [...] | 2004-01-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IT |
| 04ROME430 | IRAQ: UPDATE ON ITALY AND THE IFC SMALL BUSINESS [...] (C) ECONOFF MADE REF B POINTS FEBRUARY 5 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA IRAQ TASK FORCE, URGING GOI SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION'S SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING FACILITY FOR IRAQ. MACCOTTA NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOI WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL- [...] | 2004-02-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4313 | GIANFRANCO FINI: ALMOST CERTAINLY ITALY'S NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, both Deputy Prime Minister Fini and Prime Minister Berlusconi's personal assistant confirmed that Fini will be named Italy's next Foreign Minister. We expect Fini to be a reliable replacement for Franco Frattini and to maint [...] | 2004-11-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4375 | ITALY'S SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION REMAINS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IT EUN |
| 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 |
| 04ROME4406 | CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...] | 2004-11-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN |
| 04ROME4412 | ITALY: IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERDUE LABOR MARKET [...] Summary: The Italian Ministry of Labor has approved regulations to implement much-needed labor market reforms designed to increase flexibility and reduce illegal employmen. Through a system of public and private contract options, part-time and contract worker will now be eligible to receiv [...] | 2004-11-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL IT |
| 04ROME4421 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Russia/CIS Office Director Marco Marsilli agreed with US views (ref a) that if activities in the run-up to and during the second round of elections do not meet OSCE/ODIHR standards, the US and EU must coordinate on raising concerns with Ukrainian officials and the Central Election Commissi [...] | 2004-11-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP IT EUN |
| 04ROME4426 | GIANFRANCO FINI IS (FINALLY) ITALY,S NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gianfranco Fini was (finally) appointed Italy's new Foreign Minister on November 18, following constant speculation on this outcome since the October 30 resignation of Rocco Buttiglione as Italy's nominee to the new European Commission and his replacement by ex-FM Franco Fratti [...] | 2004-11-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME4430 | ITALY CREATES NEW OFFICE TO COMBAT RACIAL [...] (U) At a well-attended press conference November 16, Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister for Equal Opportunity, announced the creation of a new office in her ministry to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in Italy. The Ufficio Nazionale Antidiscriminazioni Razziali (UNAR),which was found [...] | 2004-11-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4431 | ITALY CONCURS ON NEED FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told poloff that Italy was already working with its EU partners on a "substantial" voluntary contribution for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Italy views this effort as part of a broader stabilization program, which includes [...] | 2004-11-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY IT EUN UNFICYP |
| 04ROME4443 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV IT |
| 04ROME4444 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 22 GAERC [...] (C) EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo said that ministers would have an extended discussion of Middle East issues over lunch on November 22, including a wide-ranging exchange of views on how the EU should enhance its role in the Quartet post-Arafat. Italy's views on the content of the Council s [...] | 2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 04ROME4454 | ITALY: HHS A/S HORN PROMOTES TIP INITIATIVES [...] This is an action request. G-TIP, please see para 8. 2. Summary: HHS A/S for Children and Families visited Rome to discuss pro-family initiatives and trafficking in persons with Italian and Vatican officials and NGOs. A lunch hosted by the DCM prompted several TIP initiatives, including [...] | 2004-11-22 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IT |
| 04ROME4471 | IPR: COMMERCIALIZING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, ITALY [...] Summary: The GOI, hoping to encourage more innovation at Italian universities, is considering its own version of the Bayh-Dole Act. The Economist has described the Bayh-Dole Act as "possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century." Enacted [...] | 2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR IT |
| 04ROME4474 | ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Mission believes renewing the Title III Libertad Act waiver would enhance the possibility of increased US-Italian cooperation on Cuba and have a positive impact on already strong bilateral relations with Italy. Italian policy towards Cuba follows the EU Common Position, which is b [...] | 2004-11-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT UN |
| 04ROME4542 | ITALY HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel demarche, Poloff attended the November 25 inauguration ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. The one-hour event, which drew a wide-range of Ambassadors from various Middle East and North African countri [...] | 2004-11-30 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KMPI KDEM IT UNGA |
| 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 |
| 04ROME4562 | AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...] | 2004-12-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4580 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...] | 2004-12-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME4599 | ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...] | 2004-12-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 04ROME4646 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO; MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi told DCM that there was "nothing new" in what Italy said to the Chinese on the EU arms embargo during the Italo-China Summit. He said that Italy would support lifting the embargo in Brussels, but that support would be linked to positive signals [...] | 2004-12-06 18:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR IT CI EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4648 | ITALIAN REQUEST TO UPDATE NICKEL EXPORT AGREEMENT [...] Action Request -- See Paragraph 5. 2. The GOI recently contacted embassy regarding their interest in updating a 1982 agreement on issuance of certificates of origin for the export of nickel-bearing material to the U.S. The agreement was intended to ensure that such exports did not contain [...] | 2004-12-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETTC IT CU EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME4673 | USUN-ROME CAPTURES GLOBAL AUDIENCE ON POSITIVE [...] Summary. Facing off in a world media environment dominated by themes like Iraq and terrorism, USUN-Rome mounted a month-long blitz that promoted a positive American story. The Ambassador's tour through Sudan and Libya, coupled with several local successes in Rome, focused world media attenti [...] | 2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 04ROME4678 | Italy: WTO Government Procurement Agreement Market [...] This message responds to reftel A request for our suggestions on possible areas for expansion of Italy's market access commitments under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). 2. The following are Embassy responses to questions A to D of reftel A para 5. [...] | 2004-12-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IT WTO |
| 04ROME4699 | ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4719 | ITALY: TIP UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Laborcouns delivered ref a points on TIP benchmarks for 2005 to representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Interior and Equal Opportunity, stressing the importance of Washington's interest in improved statistics and expanded victims' assistance and public awareness campaigns. [...] | 2004-12-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF IT |
| 04ROME4796 | FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALY AFTER MEETING OF IRAQI DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has disbursed approximately Euro 65 million ($86.3 million) in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq for 2003-2004, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials responsible for Iraq reconstruction aid. This total includes Italy's long-delayed 2004 paym [...] | 2004-12-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4797 | ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree result from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italian b [...] | 2004-12-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04ROME4809 | ITALY/BIOTECH: BAN ON FOUR GM CORN [...] (U) Summary. Italy's August 2000 ban on the commercialization of four biotech corn varieties was annulled on November 29, 2004, by a Lazio regional court. The ruling on the so-called Amato Decree resulted from a lawsuit filed in November 2000 by three multinational seed companies and an Italia [...] | 2004-12-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR TBIO KSCA IT WTO |
| 04ROME4840 | ITALIAN POSITION ON EU BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] On December 20, Franco Macor of the Italian Mandatory Consortium for Spent Batteries and Lead Waste (known by the Italian initials COBAT) responded to reftel request for information on Italy,s views regarding the EU battery directive. 2. What is Italy's position on the ban of lead/cadmium [...] | 2004-12-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD EUN |
| 04ROME4856 | IRAQ: SUMMARY OF ITALIAN RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY [...] Luigi Maccotta, Deputy Director of the Iraq Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided Econoff with the following summary, in English, of Italian humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Iraq. This document updates a previous summary Maccotta passed to Econoff in Jan [...] | 2004-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME4872 | CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY - ITALY [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Per ref A, on December 10, SCI Specialist discussed Italy's views on biosafety with Marco Vetrano, Director of the Biosafety Division of the Italian Ministry of Environment. Vetrano stated that Italy ratifi [...] | 2004-12-27 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID IT |
| 04ROME4888 | ITALY - NAMES TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Information below responds to questions and formatting instructions reftel. 3. (SBU) COUNTRY: Italian Republic DATE: 12/27/04 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Berlusconi FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Silvio CONVE [...] | 2004-12-28 06:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IT |
| 04ROME4915 | AIREUROPE SUBSIDIARY OF BANKRUPT VOLARE GROUP [...] On November 19, Italian authorities shut down the insolvent Volare Group Airlines, including the regional budget carrier VolareWeb and the charter carrier AirEurope. On December 27, the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) granted AirEurope a provisional license to commence international [...] | 2004-12-29 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
| 04ROME540 | TRILATERALISM: ITALY NOT ANNOYED, BUT, FOR NOW, [...] (C) Summary: The last thing Europe needs is a new troika. That's the consistent line taken by Italian government officials, in both public statements and conversations with Embassy Rome staff. The UK-French-German "trilateral" initiative (as described reftel) is divisive, diverts attention [...] | 2004-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM UK IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME548 | ITALIANS SHADOWBOXING OVER UNSC REFORM [...] (C) FOR SOME AS-YET UNKNOWN REASON, THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT IS ALARMED THAT UNSC REFORM EFFORTS MAY AGAIN BE GATHERING STEAM. OUTGOING MFA POLDIR GIANCARLO ARAGONA CHOSE TO OPEN A SESSION WITH VISITING U.S. G-8 POLDIR DAVIES ON PLANS FOR THE U.S. G-8 CHAIRMANSHIP (SEPTEL) WITH A LENGTHY RIF [...] | 2004-02-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME549 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...] | 2004-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN |
| 04ROME561 | ITALY: COLOMBIA NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDERSTOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN THE ITALIAN MFA'S VIEW, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT URIBE RETURNED TO BOGOTA WITH MIXED RESULTS FROM HIS EUROPEAN VISIT. HIS ADDRESS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED DUE TO CONTINUED EUROPEAN INSISTENCE ON BETTER PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES. [...] | 2004-02-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME563 | ITALIAN BIOTECH POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Italian biotech policy and policy-making appears to growing less transparent and more confused. The NK603 dossier is only the latest example. The Embassy believes it is unlikely that a Feb 17 GOI interagency meeting of technical experts will develop a consensus view. In our e [...] | 2004-02-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME568 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR WTO TALKS IN 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the European Commission's lead, the GOI generally agrees with USTR Zoellick's initiative, as expressed in his January 11 letter to trade ministers, to ensure that 2004 not be a lost year for trade negotiations. However, Italy was disappointed that the letter made no m [...] | 2004-02-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IT WTO |
| 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 |
| 04ROME624 | PM BERLUSCONI SAYS HE IS A CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 17, ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI SAID HE WOULD BE A CANDIDATE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY (EP) ELECTIONS IN JUNE, BUT THAT, WIN OR LOSE, HE WOULD REMAIN IN HIS POSITION AS PRIME MINISTER. ITALY HAS NO LAW THAT PREVENTS A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT FROM RUNNING FOR [...] | 2004-02-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME638 | ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY [...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...] | 2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME639 | UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL -- ITALY STRAPPED FOR FUNDS [...] (C) POL M/C DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI. FERRARI WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT COULD COME UP WITH MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE UNWRA, GIVEN THAT IT IS ALREADY STRAPPED TRYING TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS MISSIONS ABROAD, [...] | 2004-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IT UNRWA |
| 04ROME647 | EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO - ITALIANS PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFFS MET WITH AND DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA U/S FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS, MARGHERITA BONIVER. BONIVER AGREED THAT CHINESE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS BEEN LESS THAN SATISFACTORY AND THAT LIFTING THE EMBARGO AT THIS TIME WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO THE C [...] | 2004-02-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM CH TW IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME659 | IRAQI ASSETS: ASSISTANCE IN RECOVERING RAFIDAIN [...] (U) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REF A WAS DELIVERED TO ROBERTO CICIANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE ON MONEY-LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES, FINANCE MINISTRY, ON FEBRUARY 20. HE INDICATED HE WOULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ITALY'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, THE UFFICIO ITALIANO DEI CAMBI (UIC). [...] | 2004-02-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ IT UNSC |
| 04ROME667 | IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...] | 2004-02-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO |
| 04ROME668 | MFA U/S BONIVER ON AFGHANISTAN: PRT, RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Charge, MFA U/S Boniver conveyed the GOI's irritation at the USG's last-minute request that Italy lead a PRT in Afghanistan somewhere other than Ghazni, despite months of planning prompted by a specific U.S. request. She said Italy hoped to mainta [...] | 2004-02-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME703 | ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...] | 2004-02-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME709 | MISSION ITALY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 watch list. Overall frequency of copyright piracy has remained essentially stable since 2000, when Italy's copyright law was enacted. Nonetheless, total losses due to piracy are mounting, and Italy's piracy and counterfeiting ra [...] | 2004-02-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
| 04ROME731 | ITALY'S ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING U.S. [...] Summary. GOI officials continue to raise concerns about the U.S. Bioterrorism Act (BTA),in particular the burden it places on Italian small- and medium-size exporters, whose products make up a significant portion of Italys food exports. Officials from three ministries emphasized to Embassy [...] | 2004-02-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME740 | NEW FORM OF BSE DISCOVERED IN ITALY [...] Summary. Researchers from several Italian institutions published, in the National Academy of Science, findings that they have identified a second type of mad cow brain- wasting disease, BASE. The U.S. press has given this story much more attention than the Italian press. Italian media report [...] | 2004-02-27 06:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU IT |
| 04ROME77 | ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...] | 2004-01-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME770 | ITALIAN HEALTH MINISTER POSITIVE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE TO SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE ITALIAN MOH, MINISTER OF HEALTH GIROLAMO SIRCHIA WROTE TO EMBASSY SCIENCE COUNSELOR ON FEBRUARY 25, REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF. 2. BEGIN TEXT (INFORMAL TRANSLATION): I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE RECE [...] | 2004-02-27 17:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID PREL IT |
| 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 |
| 04ROME798 | ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...] | 2004-03-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME80 | EXPANDING ITALY'S ROLE IN IRAQ: LETTER FROM FM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following is a letter and non-paper from FM Frattini to Ambassador Sembler dated December 23, 2003. The letter emphasizes Italy's continued determination to assume a greater role in Iraqi reconstruction and tacitly refers to the GOI's prior request for a senior position in CPA (Re [...] | 2004-01-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON PREL EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME855 | ITALY OPPOSES SANCTIONS FOR BURMA [...] (C) MFA SOUTHEAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR, MARCO DELLA SETA, REPORTED THAT ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON BURMA. SINCE BURMA HAS A TRADITIONAL ECONOMY AND IS NOT A MAJOR TRADING PARTNER WITH THE EU, THE GOI BELIEVES SANCTIONS WOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD, HU [...] | 2004-03-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM IT EUN |
| 04ROME860 | AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...] | 2004-03-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME887 | BLAIR REASSURES BERLUSCONI: "NO DIRECTORATE" [...] (C) UK DEPUTY HEAD OF MISSION SCOTT WIGHTMAN TOLD POLMIN THAT WHILE REF REPORTS ON PM BERLUSCONI'S MARCH 4 LUNCH WITH PM BLAIR IN ROME ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AN AMICABLE ENCOUNTER, BERLUSCONI DID VENT HIS ANGER AT BLAIR OVER THE FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH "TRILATERAL" INITIATIVE TO STEER EU POLI [...] | 2004-03-05 18:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT UK EUN ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME902 | MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...] | 2004-03-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 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 |
| 04ROME936 | ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME960 | ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...] | 2004-03-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 04ROME969 | ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED [...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...] | 2004-03-11 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME978 | ITALY UPGRADES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MEASURES AND [...] The GOI approved February 13 a legislative decree implementing the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2001/97/CE). The legislative decree requires notaries, lawyers, auditors, certified public accountants, accountants, and labor advisers to report suspicious financial activity to the Uffi [...] | 2004-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME987 | CHR-60: ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND SHARES BROADLY U.S, OBJECTIVES FOR CHR-60, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA REITERATED TO US MARCH 11. THE U.S. DEL TO THIS YEAR'S SESSION OF THE COMMISSION WOULD SEE STRONG AGREEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM ITS ITALIAN COUNTERPART, HE PREDICTED. 2 [...] | 2004-03-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM AORC IT UNCHR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 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 |
| 04SANAA358 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- 10 FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: On 10 February 2004, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) local mission representatives at the Residence to discuss and coordinate member-nations' ongoing counterterrorism training and assistance efforts with the Republic of Yemen governm [...] | 2004-02-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANTODOMINGO3312 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This cable provides the 2004 Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims Report for the Dominican Republic per reftel. 2. The United States Government is presently aware of 13 claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR),down from [...] | 2004-06-04 19:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON KIDE EINV |
| 04STATE53180 | DEATH OF ABU ABBAS [...] (C) PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ABU ABBAS DIED MARCH 8 OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN CPA CUSTODY IN BAGHDAD. ABU ABBAS DIRECTED THE HIJACKING OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO IN 1985, DURING WHICH AMERICAN CITIZEN LEON KLINGHOFFER, 69 AND WHEELCHAIR-BOUND, WAS KILLED AND HIS BODY DUMPED INTO TH [...] | 2004-03-10 17:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS IT |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2063 | WEAPON SEIZURE; TI-00-0003/WEC1F;GARCIA-MONTES,CARLOS CCX:ZU-04-0024/UEC1I;NARVAES-ALTAMAR, JUAN CARLOS [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2004, members of the Honduran police and Prosecutors office found another arsenal of weapons from a residence near Zamorano, Honduras (HD) belonging to Carlos GARCIA-Montes (NADDIS 4539661),who was murdered in Bocagrande, Colombia (CB) (near Cartagena, CB) on July 14, 200 [...] | 2004-09-16 20:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | HO NOTAG |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2452 | Honduras: 2003 Macroeconomic Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual macroeconomic summary for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Reftel contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit; this cable contains information on economic growth, [...] | 2004-11-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV HO |
| 04TELAVIV1621 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...] | 2004-03-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1911 | UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI began requiring UN personnel to walk through the crossing point. The GOI also restricted movement of all containers at Karni crossing following information suggesting that the t [...] | 2004-03-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1920 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...] | 2004-03-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV6502 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...] | 2004-12-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04THEHAGUE1106 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Prior to the April 28 Bureau meeting, Ambassador Javits spoke with DG Pfirter, EC Chairman Kubernat (Czech) and incoming EC Chairman Arrospide (Peru) to emphasize the need for a substantive special EC session in May. The Ambassador highlighted the fact that this is especially importan [...] | 2004-05-03 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE1533 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan provided strong support for the proposed technical change to permit conversion of the Libyan chemical weapons production facility at Rabta, although Tunisia and Sudan emphasized that they would need to await instructions from capi [...] | 2004-06-21 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE167 | HCOPIL: MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN [...] Summary. The Hague Conference convened an informal advisory committee to consider the request of the European Community to become a member of the organization. Group agreed that changes would be necessary to the Statute and Rules of the organization, that there should be "no additionality," [...] | 2004-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL EUN HCOPIL |
| 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE1906 | ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: AEGON CFO REVIEWS STATE OF [...] Jos Streppel, the Chief Financial Officer of AEGON, a large Netherlands-based insurance group also active in the U.S., met with the Ambassador July 28 to review current efforts to unify European accounting standards and to achieve greater harmonization between the U.S. and Europe in this area. [...] | 2004-07-29 11:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2168 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat has distributed an information paper (transmitted to AC/CB) providing responses to questions raised by delegations during the July budget consultations. Budget co-facilitators Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Ian Mundell (Canada) have announced that they intend [...] | 2004-08-31 13:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2272 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Del rep attended a September 1 OPCW National Implementation workshop on National Implementation in London. Santiago Onate, Office of the Legal Advisor, Anan Dhavle, International Cooperation Division, and facilitator Mark Matthews (UK) presented tutorials on Article VII obligations to t [...] | 2004-09-08 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE2581 | DUTCH PRESIDENCY AMBITIONS FOR COMPETITIVENESS [...] Dutch Economic Ministry officials staffing the Competitiveness Council hope to use the Dutch term in the chair of the Council to make serious progress towards reinvigorating the European economy. They acknowledge that past meetings of the Council -- derided by their own minister in June as a [...] | 2004-10-08 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2687 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - APPROVAL OF [...] (U) The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),at its October 12-15 session, unanimously adopted a recommendation to all States Parties to approve a change to the Chemical Weapons Convention. This change allows Libya to request approval for the [...] | 2004-10-18 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE3184 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...] | 2004-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3281 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The December 14 Executive Council session produced the following results. 2. (U) Under agenda item 5: -- On 5.1, at the request of the U.S. and Russia, the EC agreed to defer the verification plan for Aberdeen to the next EC. -- On item 5.2, regarding the verification plan for [...] | 2004-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE343 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DG PFIRTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPCW Director General Pfirter was very pleased with the outcome of his February 5 discussions in Libya, which included a meeting with the Foreign Minister. Pfirter utilized the visit to emphasize the OPCW's desire to work with Tripoli to meet the requirements of the CW Conventi [...] | 2004-02-10 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE348 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (U) The decision regarding Schedule 2/3 Captive Use remains on a political track, with the Indian delegation indicating they support the Schedule 2/3 Captive Use decision, as written, but noting their interagency review process has not yet completed. Privately, the Indians informed Del that [...] | 2004-02-11 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE494 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REPORT ON OPCW [...] (C) Horst Reeps, head of the Verification Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),provided a February 25 read-out to the U.S. and U.K. delegations on the Technical Secretariat (TS) visit to Libya on February 16-23. Reeps said the objectives were to assist [...] | 2004-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY 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 |
| 04THEHAGUE774 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): - U.S./U.K. [...] (C) AC DAS Don Mahley and Patrick Lamb, Deputy head of the Counterproliferation Department of the U.K.'s FCO, met with senior OPCW officials and delegations from the Western Group on March 19 to discuss Libya. There was substantial interest in what procedure the U.S./U.K. supported to addres [...] | 2004-03-25 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE814 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYA AT EC-36 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to many formal welcomes during the 36th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) U.S., U.K. and Libyan representatives had several opportunities to interact. Each meeting was cordial and held in a mutually coop [...] | 2004-03-30 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
| 04TRIPOLI31 | (C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] | 2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
| 04VATICAN2518 | TIP CONFERENCE ENERGIZES, EDUCATES ON FAITH-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI VT |
| 04VATICAN252 | The Pope's Europe: Whole, Free and Faithful [...] (U) From the start of his Pontificate, Pope John Paul II has had a clear vision of Europe as a continent united, free, and faithful. As an inspirational symbol for the Polish nation and a formidable voice for freedom, the Pope played an essential role in overcoming Europe's political division [...] | 2004-01-23 16:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EU VT |
| 04VATICAN2671 | POPE SEEKS TO SPEED UP UNITY WITH ORTHODOX [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 04:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM VT |
| 04VATICAN2817 | VATICAN TRAFFICKING DVC PRODUCES BIG RESULTS [...] A June 30 Trafficking in Persons Digital Video Conference (DVC) linked key Holy See contacts and media with G/TIP's Ambassador John Miller. In conjunction with Embassy Rome, Embassy Vatican brought together three key elements in the fight against human trafficking: Vatican officials and rel [...] | 2004-07-21 04:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG VT |
| 04VATICAN3057 | DVC PROMOTES HIV/AIDS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN USG AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
| 04VATICAN3564 | CARITAS OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE IN IRAQ DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID IZ VT |
| 04VATICAN3581 | Sant'Egidio Inter-Religious Conference Calls for [...] (U) The Sant'Egidio Community brought together over 7,000 religious and political leaders September 5-7 in Milan to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding as a means to combat terrorism and build peace. The shadow of the Beslan massacre hung over the annual gathering, reinforcing [...] | 2004-09-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT |
| 04VATICAN3810 | MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...] | 2004-10-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT |
| 04VATICAN3970 | INVITATIONAL TRAVEL REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: Post requests approval of invitational travel for Ambassador Nicholson to speak at a Trafficking in Persons conference in Miami, and then to travel to Washington, DC to receive an award from the North American College. END SUMMARY. 2. Ambassador has been invited to speak at a Nove [...] | 2004-10-15 04:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT VT |
| 04VATICAN4205 | VATICAN, SANT'EGIDIO PROMOTE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) The Holy See and the Vatican-affiliated lay community Sant'Egidio are actively promoting Christian- Jewish dialogue and initiatives to combat anti-Semitism. In October, delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews met [...] | 2004-11-02 10:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT |
| 04VATICAN4441 | VATICAN URGES OSCE REP TO FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Vatican Foreign Ministry,s director for the OSCE urged the U.S. November 18 to support the appointment of an OSCE Special Representative whose title would indicate a responsibilit [...] | 2004-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NL PHUM PREL VT OSCE |
| 04VATICAN4517 | VATICAN HOLDS FIRM ON ADDING CHRISTIAN REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Ambassador November 26 that the Vatican intended to continue pressing to add a reference to Christianity in the title of the proposed OSCE Special Representative on Tolerance and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination. [...] | 2004-11-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS NL VT OSCE VTPREL |
| 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 |
| 04VATICAN4911 | Pope in Meeting with Anti-Defamation League Calls [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI VT |
| 04VILNIUS1568 | COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Vilnius convened a meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Lithuania on December 9. Representatives from the French, German, Canadian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, British, and Russian Embassies, as well as EU and UN representatives, compared notes on co [...] | 2004-12-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL LH |
| 04YEREVAN2533 | OSKANIAN SAYS "AZERBAIJAN IS MAKING A [...] During a joint press conference with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Margherita Boniver November 23, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian commented that "Azerbaijan is making a mistake by initiating the discussion of the situation in the occupied territories issue at the UN, and after a [...] | 2004-11-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AJ AM UNGA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 04YEREVAN790 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): IN-COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, and in the effort to promote counterterrorism cooperation (Ref B),Post hosted a follow-up meeting of the in-country Counterterrorism Action Group, April 1, 2004, comprising representatives from the French, German, Italian, British and Russian Embassies. Post invited Deputy M [...] | 2004-04-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EFIN PREL AM |
| 04ZAGREB1741 | CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...] | 2004-10-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI |
| 04ZAGREB2013 | SANADER'S BELGRADE VISIT HAILED AS HISTORIC, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Politicians and analysts from across nearly the entire political spectrum have praised PM Ivo Sanader's November 15 visit to Belgrade and his meetings with SAM President Svetozar Marovic and PM Vojislav Kostunica as a key step forward in post-war reconciliation. Accord [...] | 2004-11-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR HR |
| 04ZAGREB2153 | FM VISIT BOOSTS RUSSIA-CROATIA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to shore up Moscow's influence in this Brussels-leaning capital, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and FM Miomir Zuzul on his December 10 visit to Zagreb. Significant developm [...] | 2004-12-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS HR |
| 04ZAGREB331 | CROATIA KEEPS PUSHING ON LIBYA SHIP REFIT [...] (C) AS A FOLLOW ON THE PRESIDENT MESIC RAISING POTENTIAL LIBYAN SHIP REFIT CONTRACTS WITH SECRETARY RUMSFELD (REF A),PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR MASTRUKO PROVIDED US ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THIS $120 MILLION PROJECT (REF B). THE $120 MILLION CONTRACT INCLUDES $7.5 [...] | 2004-02-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR LY HR |
| 04ZAGREB932 | CROATIA: ON THE ROAD TO EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Croatia is clearly headed toward being named a candidate for EU membership at the June 17-18 EU Summit. However, we expect that the EU leaders will postpone a decision on setting a date to begin accession negotiations for a range of reasons, not all related to Croatia. Italy, Slovenia and [...] | 2004-05-21 06:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 05ABUJA1789 | ARRESTS SPARK RENEWED UNREST IN DELTA [...] (C) Simmering tensions in the Niger Delta took a dramatic upturn with the arrest of Ijaw militia leader Asari Dukubo late on September 20. With passions already enflamed by the arrest in London last week of Bayelsa Governor Alamieyeseigha, reportedly a major financier to Ijaw militias, Asari [...] | 2005-09-21 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 05ADANA167 | CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 13:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA183 | TURKEY"S WORK ON AKDAMAR ISLAND ARMENIAN HERITAGE SITE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 11:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AM TU |
| 05ADANA40 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / YENI SAFAK / SABAH (GUNEY): Turkey's Aleppo Consul in Syria, Hulusi Kilic, Syria's Gaziantep Consul in Turkey, Bahjat Doughman, and the U.S.'s Adana Consul W. Scott Reid are going to attend the opening ceremony of the third of the five-day GAPSHOES fair which is orga [...] | 2005-02-25 09:17:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADANA77 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-12 06:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 05ADDISABABA4202 | JAILED ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AWAIT TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 21, seven weeks after being detained by the Government as anti-government demonstrations rocked the capital, senior leadership of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),along with independent journalists and members of civil society organizations, f [...] | 2005-12-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM ET |
| 05ALGIERS1918 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RESPONDING TO ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning post-Katrina energy supply disruptions, as well as longer term conservation measures, to Minister of Energy and Mines Khelil September 11. Khelil said the shortage of refining capacity was a large contributing factor to current petroleum sh [...] | 2005-09-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET AG |
| 05ALGIERS1971 | ALGERIA TO ATTEND RABAT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] DCM participated in a joint demarche with UK Charge Nick Low and Italian DCM Antonio Bellavia on MFA Director General for the Americas Cherif Chikhi September 26 to encourage high level GOA participation at the October 1-3 BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue meeting in Rabat. Chikhi, who will [...] | 2005-09-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL KMPI AG |
| 05ALMATY3232 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with Energy Minister Shkolnik, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on the most pressing issues in the US-Kazakhstani energy dialogue and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. They include the following: Achieving a GO [...] | 2005-09-06 11:35:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ ECONOMIC |
| 05ALMATY4106 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG LOOKING TO BUY INTO KARACHAGANAK [...] (C) Summary. Two expatriate oil executives told Econoff (in confidence) on November 14 that state-owned oil and gas company KMG has opened discussions with KPO (Karachaganak Petroleum Operating Company) members about buying a share of the consortium. British Gas (BG) Business Planning Manager [...] | 2005-11-18 04:59:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ |
| 05AMMAN1720 | GOJ REOPENING PARIS CLUB DEBT FORGIVENESS REQUEST [...] (C) King Abdullah told Charge on February 26 that during his recent visit to Europe he had heard positive responses from French, German, and British leaders to his request to revisit the question of debt forgiveness, collectively through the Paris Club and bilaterally. Finance Minister Abu H [...] | 2005-03-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN4301 | INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU: JORDAN [...] Acting PolCouns talked with Captain Mohammad Shara, head of the International Cooperation office of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),on May 31 regarding Jordanian participation at the Center for Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy. Shara said that the PSD was finali [...] | 2005-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MASS MARR JO |
| 05AMMAN5386 | UPDATE ON JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MASS MARR JO |
| 05AMMAN5830 | TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMY OF MA'AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ drive to better integrate the restive southern city and region of Ma,an into King Abdullah,s vision of a reform-oriented Jordanian state and society is having perhaps its most visible impact in the economic sphere. The GOJ is making substantial, if cautious, efforts to at [...] | 2005-07-21 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID KPRV PREL JO |
| 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 |
| 05AMMAN9559 | IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMMAN MEETING WITH IRAQ [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with Emboff, "Arab List" candidate Dr. Hassib al-Obeidi predicted that his party would win between 3-5 seats in this week's Iraqi election. Obeidi is running as number one on the party's list in Kirkuk, followed by Sheikh Wasfi al-Asi al-Obeidi, a prominent leader [...] | 2005-12-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 05ANKARA1332 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA1664 | GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...] | 2005-03-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER 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 |
| 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 |
| 05ANKARA2099 | TURKISH DCHOD TELLS USTRANSCOM ANSWER ON CARGO HUB [...] (S) Summary: DCHOD Gen Basbug told USTRANSCOM Commander Gen Handy that he saw no insurmountable problems in the US-Turkey military-to-military relationship. To repair other parts of the relationship, Basbug thought the US should take action against the PKK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq (somethin [...] | 2005-04-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA2191 | TURKISH MFA, NGOS PLAN ISTANBUL DEMOCRACY [...] This is a joint Embassy Ankara/ConGen Istanbul message. 2. Summary: Turkish MFA officials, its lead NGO partner in the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) TESEV, and Turkish women's NGO representatives met on April 10 to begin planning for a June DAD conference in Istanbul focusing on wome [...] | 2005-04-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU KDEM |
| 05ANKARA2552 | BANK COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a round of meetings with Turkish bankers, Econoff obtained their perspective on Turkey's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime. Currently, Turkish banks are following a less vigilant framework of policies and procedures than those of their foreign bank counter [...] | 2005-05-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA2553 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA2585 | SE TURKISH GOVERNORS TONE DEAF ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD CASC TU |
| 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 |
| 05ANKARA3055 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (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 Radikal on Monday, May [...] | 2005-06-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3127 | THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFER: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 5. 2. The Embassy received on May 27 a diplomatic note responding to a USG request for detailed syllabus information on Turkey's proposed Italian F-16 pilot training program for consideration in evaluating Turkey's corresponding Third Country Transf [...] | 2005-06-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR IT TU |
| 05ANKARA3412 | Euro-Investors Shopping, Not Buying [...] (SBU) Summary. European investors have flocked to Turkey since the December 17 EU decision to go ahead with accession negotiations, but U.S. companies are not joining them. Despite all the shopping, concrete investment decisions are not slow in coming as would-be investors, European and U. [...] | 2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA356 | AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MODIFIES ITS PRT STANCE [...] (C) Late January 19, MFA South Asia DDG Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns that, after further consideration "at high levels," Turkey was modifying its position on participating in PRTs in Afghanistan from that which he conveyed to us on January 18 (reftel). He said the Turkish General Staff (TGS) [...] | 2005-01-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK |
| 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 |
| 05ANKARA3845 | SAUDI-ITALIAN CONSORTIUM WINS TURK TELECOM BID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority took a major step in the privatization of 55 percent of Turk Telekom July 1, opening the four consortia,s bids and short-listing the two top bidders: Oger Telecoms-Telecom Italia and a consortium led by Etisalat of UAE. In a televised bargaining ses [...] | 2005-07-01 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA4094 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA4226 | PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY CONFIDENT ABOUT TURK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Privatization Authority (PA) is confident that the privatization of Turk Telekom will be finalized after Cabinet approval in the late fall, despite initial confusion and allegations following announcement of the Oger consortium winning the tender on July 1. The PA [...] | 2005-07-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA424 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-26 15:36:00 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 05ANKARA5352 | TURKEY'S REFINERY PRIVATIZATION: ANOTHER CROWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Authority seems to have taken another important step forward, with a Koc Holding - Shell consortium committing to pay a higher-than- expected $4.14 billion for a 51 percent stake in TUPRAS, Turkey's state-owned monopoly refiner. Given past court rulings a [...] | 2005-09-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV KTDB 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 |
| 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 |
| 05ANKARA6637 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6749 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6750 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA6769 | TURKEY'S SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE - BIG STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long-standing preference for Samsun-Ceyhan as a Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline has moved a big step closer to fruition with the announcement that Italian oil firm ENI will collaborate with Turkish firm Calik Enerji to develop the project. While still far from a done d [...] | 2005-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV TU RU BTC |
| 05ANKARA6824 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7068 | UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF [...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...] | 2005-12-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU |
| 05ANKARA7069 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7078 | TURKEY-RUSSIA-ITALY: BLUE STREAM FANFARE AND ADO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkey's hopes to spin the official opening of the Blue Stream natural gas pipeline (under the Black Sea from Russia; constructed by Italian firm ENI) into tangible support for other energy corridor/hub dreams, the leaders departed Turkey without further concrete commit [...] | 2005-12-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IT RU |
| 05ANKARA7266 | GOT TAKES STEPS TO BOLSTER ITS COUNTER-TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's current counter-terror finance regime lacks the legal authority to carry out effective action against financiers of terror and it is weak on enforcement and interagency coordination. For example, terrorism finance is not clearly criminalized in Turkish law and Turkey do [...] | 2005-12-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA7289 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005 [...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...] | 2005-12-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU |
| 05ANKARA7303 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 05ANKARA7398 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...] | 2005-12-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF |
| 05ANKARA7592 | NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...] | 2005-12-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF |
| 05ATHENS187 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR |
| 05ATHENS2376 | GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...] | 2005-09-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS |
| 05ATHENS2545 | ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN GREECE (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) In response to ref, post provides the following information on organized crime groups in Greece (keyed to ref questions): A. Are there organized crime groups present in the host country that originated in the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, the Balkans (Albania, Serbia, [...] | 2005-09-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR GR INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS2870 | NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREEK ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. On November 4th, GoG Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas signed an agreement between the Greek public gas utility (DEPA) and the Italian Gas concern Edison, for a 212 Kilometer underwater natural gas pipeline to be built across the Ionian Sea. The joint venture is one of 5 ke [...] | 2005-11-09 03:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG GR NATGAS |
| 05ATHENS3159 | GOG COMMITS TO PROVIDE $600,000 TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his December 5 visit to Athens, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Mefford obtained the GoG's commitment to provide $600,000 in funding for a multilateral anti-trafficking program in Albania. This was the culmination of almost two years o [...] | 2005-12-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AL GR BALKANS |
| 05ATHENS3264 | GREEKS SEEK ROLE IN TRANSIT OF CASPIAN ENERGY TO [...] (C) Summary: In recent years, Greece has been quietly moving towards greater energy integration with its regional neighbors, playing on its membership in both NATO and the EU, its economic leadership in the Balkans, and its strategic location between Caspian energy sources and Western European [...] | 2005-12-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
| 05ATHENS574 | AMBASSADOR RIES CALLS ON GREEK MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries paid an introductory call on Greek Minister of Agriculture Evangelos Basiakos on February 22. Ambassador discussed the USG's three prime objectives for agricultural trade with Greece: (1) to retain the U.S. market for conventional corn- and cotton seeds for plant [...] | 2005-02-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS849 | A SNAPSHOT OF THE GREEK ENERGY SECTOR: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries met with the Chairman of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) on March 21, and the CEO and Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum (HP) on March 22. DEPA is undergoing capital restructuring while the GoG has already gradually sold its shares of HP. DEPA is part of a joint [...] | 2005-03-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET GR AMB |
| 05BAGHDAD2393 | INITIAL CALL ON THE NEW IRAQI MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3437 | VOTER REGISTRATIONS SLOWLY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. After a slow start, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) on August 18 reported increased registration activity over the past few days, especially in Maysan, Diyala, Salah ad-Din, and Kirkuk provinces. IECI expects registrations to increase during the remaining te [...] | 2005-08-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4082 | IRAQI OFFICIALS HOLD TOWN HALLS ON CONSTITUTION [...] Summary: During the week of September 18-24 the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG) Outreach Program sent groups of senior Iraqi officials to four provincial capitals: Diwaniyah, Karbalah, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Each ITG Outreach group is comprised of a cabinet level official and one or two Tra [...] | 2005-10-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4448 | IRMO DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS WITH [...] Summary. During the period of October 16-25, IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard met separately with Ambassadors from the Republic of Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Australia. The IRMO Director briefed the ambassadors on three initiatives: U.S. plans to establish the first th [...] | 2005-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4926 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF CULTURE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with ITG Culture Minister Nuri Al-Rawi on November 30. They reviewed the impact of Iraq's security situation on Iraqi cultural heritage sites and the promotion of Iraqi culture generally. Fourteen Iraqi cultural centers are planned worldwide (three in the U.S.) [...] | 2005-12-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV KPAO IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4968 | IRAQ'S STATE BOARD OF ANTIQUITIES AND HERITAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) Director, Dr. Donny George, explained to visiting Embassy Public Affairs (PA) officers that SBAH and National Museum staffs are ready to work, that cameras and motion detectors have been installed, but that the security situa [...] | 2005-12-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV KPAO PREL IZ |
| 05BANGKOK3045 | BLUE LATERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Pol FSN made inquiries to establish the bona fides of Olympic Arm & Ammunition Co. as requested in reftel. According to the Department of Business Development of the Thai Commerce Ministry, Olympic Arm and Ammunition (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has a three person executive committee made up of Mr. C [...] | 2005-05-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN |
| 05BASRAH150 | ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STABILITY IN DHI QAR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 12, Ambassador Khalilzad announced to the Dhi Qar Governor and Provincial Council (PC) the approval of $7.0 million in assistance for critical reconstruction projects in the water and electric power sectors and the building of several new roads. The projects will he [...] | 2005-12-17 11:04:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAID PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
| 05BASRAH154 | PROJECT MONEY JUMP-STARTS PRDCS IN MAYSAN AND DHI QAR [...] Summary: The Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committees (PRDC) in Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces met on December 19 and 20. Demonstrations over fuel price increases in both provinces threatened to disrupt the meetings, but Provincial Council members prevailed in making the meeting ta [...] | 2005-12-22 11:01:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ UN |
| 05BEIRUT3155 | MGLE1 MURR POINTS FINGER AT SYRIA AND REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: At least until the 7/12 assassination attempt against him, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr was always seen locally as an insider's insider during the Syrian occupation. His credentials seemed perfect: son-in-law of President Lahoud, son of a prominent [...] | 2005-09-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05BRATISLAVA543 | SLOVAKIA'S BILATERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. The Slovak Republic founded its witness protection program in January 1999. One of the unique facets of the program is its success in arranging bilateral protection agreements with other European nations. Slovakia was the first post-communist nation to both send witnesses abroa [...] | 2005-07-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA922 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CUBAN DISSIDENTS, NOTES SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 Embassy sponsored discussion, GOS officials told us that Slovakia is working hard to promote democracy and "do the right thing" in Cuba. They outlined efforts being made by Slovak NGOs, members of parliament, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the island, an [...] | 2005-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL LO CU |
| 05BRUSSELS1239 | MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...] | 2005-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1556 | WHAT A FRENCH "NON" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION COULD [...] (C) No one can be sure of all the political consequences of a French rejection of the EU Constitution, but it would almost certainly end the document's chances of ever entering into force. While forty days remain before the vote, Embassy Paris (refs A and B) has described the challenges facin [...] | 2005-04-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS1685 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHCR STATUS AND ACCESS TO REFUGEES IN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, PRMOff delivered reftel message to Nicola Annecchino, European Commission (EC) Head of Unit for Asylum and Migration Issues at Directorate General Justice Freedom and Security (JFS),regarding the status of UNHCR and the plight of asylum seekers in Libya. During a f [...] | 2005-04-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG LY USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2312 | EU REACTION TO VWP BIOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Per reftel, PRMOff met with senior officials of the European Commission (EC) and Luxembourg Presidency on June 15 (at 4:30 p.m.) to review biometric passport requirements for VWP countries. 2. (U) EC participants from the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security included: [...] | 2005-06-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS284 | COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN QUINN MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 20, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a joint State/Department of Defense team met with European Council Director General Robert Cooper and European Commission South Asia Head of Unit Julian Wilson. Cooper said he is markedly more optimistic ab [...] | 2005-01-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS3534 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...] | 2005-09-28 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS3561 | CHILD PORN DATA BASE TO BE RAISED AT JHA [...] Summary. On September 15 the G-8 Lyon Law Enforcement Subgroup formally presented a report on the deployment of an International Child Sexual Exploitation Image Database (ICSE DB) to Interpol. The ICSE DB is intended to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of investigations by improving [...] | 2005-09-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS585 | US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR),and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...] | 2005-02-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS838 | AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and the Commission to explore areas for cooperative efforts on crisis response. In the meetings, Ambassador Pascual explained the mandate and structure of his offic [...] | 2005-03-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST1173 | A/S HARTY MEETINGS IN ROMANIA ON ADOPTIONS [...] (C) In meetings May 10 and 11 with President Basescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other officials of the Government of Romania (GOR),Assistant Secretary Maura Harty found no evidence that the GOR had specific plans or strong commitment to resolve pending cases of international adoption affected [...] | 2005-05-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL OVIP RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1256 | INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...] | 2005-05-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI |
| 05BUCHAREST131 | ROMANIA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGENCY LACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian authorities have the political will to combat illegal currency flows out of the country, but the Director of Romania,s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering (NOPCML) claims his office lacks the training and resources to track illicit fund trans [...] | 2005-01-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KSEP EFIN RO KFTN |
| 05BUCHAREST1405 | IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION [...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...] | 2005-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1533 | ROMANIA AGREES TO GLOBALIZE THE ITALIAN CHEESE [...] Bucharest's Agricultural Office received consent of Romanian Government to globalize the remaining Italian cheese Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) granted to Romania. 2. Romania was granted a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation for Italian-type cheese in the Uruguay Round for 500 tons. Under the U. [...] | 2005-07-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR RO BU |
| 05BUCHAREST814 | BUCHAREST HEADS TOWARD MAYORAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bucharest voters vote for a new mayor Sunday, April 3, to fill the slot vacated in December by now President Traian Basescu. The two leading candidates in the field of 17 contenders are Adriean Videanu, a Vice Premier in the center-right government and a Vice President of Bas [...] | 2005-04-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST986 | ROMANIA: PRIVATIZATIONS PROGRESSES, BUT MORE WORK [...] Romania made substantial progress in privatizing state- owned assets in 2004, a year which could be dubbed "the year of energy privatizations." Major priorities for 2005 include completion of energy privatizations, privatization of the Romanian Commercial Bank and National Savings House, and [...] | 2005-04-21 05:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EINV RO |
| 05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] | 2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO3183 | EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...] | 2005-04-30 19:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO3184 | EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...] | 2005-05-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC |
| 05CAIRO3421 | EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...] | 2005-05-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO3493 | CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...] | 2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO4805 | OMS OF THE FUTURE: NEA REGIONAL OMS CONFERENCE - [...] Twenty-eight participants from 21 NEA posts joined the eight Cairo OMSes for the first NEA Regional OMS conference hosted in Egypt February 21-23. Conference topics centered on the OMS of the future. Gary Pergl, Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments (CDA),opened the [...] | 2005-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EG |
| 05CAIRO5344 | EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...] | 2005-07-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
| 05CAIRO5484 | EGYPTIAN GAS PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (SBU) Egypt's ambition to become a major player in the gas sector is starting to be realized. With upstream and downstream production levels increasing and progressive policy makers thinking decades ahead, Egypt is on track to become a global gas producer, provided it sustains its explorati [...] | 2005-07-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5650 | EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...] | 2005-07-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO5945 | SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...] | 2005-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO6986 | UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...] | 2005-09-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO7189 | ENGAGING "LIKE-MINDED" NATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs have reached out to key members of Cairo's diplomatic community to urge public and private support for international observers in the run up to the parliamentary elections. We have spoken with a visiting UK Cabinet Secretariat team; a joint meeting of poloffs from ten [...] | 2005-09-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG EU |
| 05CARACAS20 | CHAVEZ: CHINA MY OLD FRIEND [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited China from December 21-26 and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, ex-president Jiang Zemin, and other senior GOC and business officials. Chavez claimed that Venezuela has become the number one destination for Chinese investmen [...] | 2005-01-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM VE |
| 05CARACAS2807 | THE OIL AND GAS SECTORS: NEW DETAILS EMERGE [...] (C) The GOV announced the winning bids for Phase A of the Rafael Urdaneta offshore gas tender on September 8. Five out of a total of twenty-nine companies that purchased data packs bid on four blocks. An oil executive, who previously held senior positions in PDVSA, expressed surprise over th [...] | 2005-09-15 19:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV VE |
| 05CARACAS3829 | EXXONMOBIL FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on December 20 that his company is under increasing pressure from the GOV to sign a transitory agreement by December 31. The GOV has publicly stated that it will seize fields if the operators do n [...] | 2005-12-21 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
| 05COLOMBO1988 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER'S VIEWS ON LOST [...] Summary: On November 22, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP) and unsuccessful candidate in the November 17 presidential election by a margin of under 200,000 votes. Wickremesinghe expressed surprise that the Liberation Tigers of T [...] | 2005-11-22 11:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE LTTE |
| 05COLOMBO252 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From January 21 to 26, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO) traveled to Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Hambantota, Matara, and Galle districts to meet with implementing partners and visit internally displaced person (IDP)camps. The USAID/DA [...] | 2005-02-01 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
| 05COLOMBO454 | SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...] | 2005-03-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
| 05COLOMBO696 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From April 5 to April 7, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Information Officer (IO) and a USAID/Colombo Foreign Service National (FSN) assisting the USAID/DART visited USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) implementing partners in Galle and Matara in southe [...] | 2005-04-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
| 05COLOMBO877 | SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE |
| 05DAMASCUS5908 | Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Al-Hariri [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend focused on President Asad's speech. Government-owned Tishreen and Al- Ba'th, which are usually not published on Fridays, appeared on Friday 11 November, along with the third official government-owned paper, Al-Thawra, to report on President Bashar Al-Asa [...] | 2005-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DAMASCUS6010 | Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with Syria to cooperate with the International Investigation Commission. Headlines featured Gul's statement, "Our goal is to protect stability in the region and to [...] | 2005-11-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 05DJIBOUTI103 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - DJIBOUTI [...] Summary: Lacking natural resources, Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport and a railroad linking it to Addis Ababa accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Gulf, or France. The services and co [...] | 2005-01-31 11:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI1046 | DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/18/2005 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 18, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...] | 2005-10-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC DJ PTER |
| 05DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, discussing Islam's view on FGM, and the legal and political implications of the Maputo Protocol. The event was organized as a cooperation between the Government [...] | 2005-02-15 04:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO |
| 05DOHA1268 | QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...] | 2005-07-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER QA |
| 05DOHA910 | GOVERNMENT OF QATAR AGREES TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR [...] On 10 May, representatives of Christian churches in Qatar signed an agreement at the Foreign Ministry for a 50-year lease on a large piece of property in Doha on which they will erect six churches at their own expense. The churches will pay nominal leases of only a few hundred dollars a year, [...] | 2005-05-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL QA |
| 05DUSHANBE1826 | TAJIKISTAN'S NGOS TIRED OF CORRUPTION AND VISA DELAYS, BUT SOLDIER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the monthly NGO Forum meeting, the only surprise was that a handful of NGOS had not experienced visa problems or been forced to pay bribes for airline tickets or continuous electricity. The November 17 meeting underscored the Dushanbe development community's increased [...] | 2005-11-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
| 05FRANKFURT1373 | Lisbon Acton Program: Its All About Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2 European Commission President Barroso presented his proposal to make economic growth and job creation the focus of EU activities for the next five years. To move beyond slogans, Barroso has proposed setting out who, the EC or member states, is respons [...] | 2005-02-15 11:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
| 05FRANKFURT2435 | Stability Pact Revision: Art Imitates Life [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecofin's report that was approved by the European Council on improving the stability and growth pact (SGP) is a vindication of the Council's application of the SGP, not its demise. While the Council had always implicitly considered prolonged economic stagnation and [...] | 2005-03-24 15:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
| 05FRANKFURT315 | The Other Frankfurt Airport -- Frankfurt-Hahn [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a former US airbase, is now one of Germany's fastest growing regional airports and its fourth-largest air-cargo center. A hub for leading low-cost carrier RyanAir, Hahn managers see limited future potential in the low-cost segment and are focused on grow [...] | 2005-01-13 12:49:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELTN GM |
| 05FRANKFURT4988 | Stability and Growth Pact: Revived, Passes First [...] (SBU) Summary: Even before modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) were adopted by the Council on June 27, the European Commission (EC) had passed its first test applying the "spirit" of the new rules to Italy and Portugal. The EC's recommendations that thes [...] | 2005-07-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
| 05FRANKFURT7207 | Drama in EU Clearing and Settlement Heightens: US [...] (SBU) Summary: European securities infrastructure industry of stock exchanges, clearing and settlement activities is among the most dynamic in the financial industry, undergoing substantial change in the last decade. As the European Commission (EC) prepares to decide whe [...] | 2005-09-23 11:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
| 05GABORONE1656 | BOTSWANA'S VP ON SADC, ZIMBABWE, CRIME, TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kate Canavan's introductory call with Botswana's Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama November 8 highlighted environmental cooperation, counter-terrorism, Zimbabwe, crime, and military issues. Ambassador informed VP Khama of Botswana's acceptance for the Tr [...] | 2005-11-10 06:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET | MARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL |
| 05GENEVA1689 | UNHCR: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on protection issues, the main topic of the June meeting. Others will focu [...] | 2005-07-11 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
| 05GUATEMALA1411 | SKEPTICAL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO CARACAS TO [...] (U) A Guatemalan delegation consisting of Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz, congressional Energy Commission chair Mynor Lopez, and Finance Committee chair Victor Ramirez departed Guatemala the afternoon of June 2 to pursue a public offer of significantly lower petroleum prices made by [...] | 2005-06-03 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV VE GT |
| 05HANOI1176 | ITALIAN UNSC ENLARGEMENT PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ambassador to Vietnam called together diplomats from 20 other countries to describe the two plans for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) enlargement espoused by the "Coffee Club." He also noted that Italy had p [...] | 2005-05-19 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT VM UNSC |
| 05HANOI1865 | GVN RESPONDS TO CRITICISM ON RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Deputy Director General Pham Van Que called in Acting DCM July 22 to respond to the Ambassador's demarche July 21 (Ref B) and the State Department Spokesman's statement on the repatriation of ethnic minority Vietnamese migrants from t [...] | 2005-07-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI1972 | VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN |
| 05HANOI2040 | UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...] | 2005-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR |
| 05HANOI3099 | VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...] | 2005-11-23 07:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR VM CTERR |
| 05HARARE1301 | TRANS-FRONTIER PARK UPDATE [...] (SBU) Since assuming the coordinating role in the Great Limpopo Trans-Frontier Park (GLTP) in January 2005, the GOZ has neither coordinated with stakeholders nor taken adequate steps to develop the infrastructure in Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park. While fast-track land reform and land ten [...] | 2005-09-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON KIDE ZI |
| 05HELSINKI1013 | EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is not widespread throughout the Muslim community, but areas of concern exist. Embassy Helsinki's strategy to combat extremism consists of an active outreach to Finland's Muslims co [...] | 2005-09-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI |
| 05HELSINKI353 | POSSIBLE GEORGIAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION WORRIES [...] Summary: -------- (U) Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Frontier Guards announced on March 7 that they believed as many as 1,500 Georgian women may have been trafficked through Finland to destinations scattered throughout western Europe from 2002-2004. According to t [...] | 2005-03-24 08:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI FI |
| 05ISTANBUL1080 | DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN [...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...] | 2005-06-23 16:27:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL TU XD XF XI |
| 05ISTANBUL1421 | TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN'S JULY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 20 meeting in Istanbul with Raphel Moissis, the CEO of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA),Senior Advisor for Eurasia Ambassador Steven R. Mann discussed the Greek-Turkey gas interconnector, prospects for Italian-Greek cooperation on the Greece-Otranta line, pr [...] | 2005-08-19 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ENRG GR SENV TU |
| 05ISTANBUL1870 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS BULLISH, BUT SEES INFLATD ASSET [...] (SBU) Summary: In Istanbul meetings October 20,visiting Special Representative for Commercial ad Business Affairs Frank Mermoud found both Turksh and international business executives optimistc about the Turkish economy. They concurred, hoever, that there is something of a bubble in Turish as [...] | 2005-10-27 14:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TU |
| 05ISTANBUL758 | CLOSURE OF YAPI KREDI DEAL HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on Monday, May 9 that Koc Financial Services and the Cukurova Group had reached final agreement by which Koc and its Italian partner Unicredito will purchase Yapi Kredi Bank vaults Koc into the banking big leagues and removes the largest remaining cloud hangin [...] | 2005-05-13 14:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV BEXP TU |
| 05JEDDAH2238 | MOSQUE SERMONS IN SAUDI ARABIA: AVOID WASTING TIME [...] (C) Summary: In Friday, July 1 sermons, imams in Mecca and Medina noted the start of the summer holiday season in Saudi Arabia by reminding congregants of the "dangers" of wasting time. In Mecca, the imam also criticized "deviants" who had caused bloodshed and violence in Saudi Arabia, and [...] | 2005-07-05 14:50:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL |
| 05JERUSALEM4288 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 0900 local time September 12, all settlers and IDF personnel had departed the Gaza Strip. PA security forces took over Gaza settlement areas in stages before dawn September 12. Rafah crossing was closed in both directions by Israel, pending an agreement on border crossin [...] | 2005-09-12 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05KABUL5198 | PRT HERAT: TROUBLING ISSUES AFFECT HERAT'S DIAG [...] (C) Summary: Herat Governor Anwari is angered by reported MOI criticism of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) in his province. It is Kabul, he affirmed at the December 14 weekly DIAG Committee meeting, which is underperforming. The GOA, moreover, has failed, so far, to force Herat's [...] | 2005-12-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
| 05KABUL5245 | HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...] | 2005-12-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
| 05KINSHASA219 | CONGO/B: CENTRAL AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Second Summit of the Central African Heads of State on Conservation and the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems, held in Brazzaville on February 4 and 5, was marked by the signature of a treaty that strengthens the role of the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMI [...] | 2005-02-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL CF |
| 05KINSHASA356 | SAN'EGIDIO COULD SEE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter from President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda informing him that on March 6, the FDLR has agreed in principle to publicly agree to renounce violence, denounce the Rwandan genocide, and agree to disarm and voluntarily repatriate to Rwanda. Infor [...] | 2005-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW |
| 05KUWAIT1091 | KUWAITI WOMEN'S RIGHTS: WEEK IN REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Indications continue to point toward Parliamentary approval of the GOK's draft bill granting women the right to vote. The Ambassador's contacts during the week shared their belief that women will be voting in the 2007 elections. Similar sentiments were heard on the diwaniya circui [...] | 2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1496 | KUWAIT ENERGY UPDATE: RECORD PRICES AND PROFITS, [...] (U) Summary: Kuwait Export Crude hits another record high in March, while sustained high oil prices push Kuwait's budget surplus to $9.2 billion for the current fiscal year and as high as $12-$13 billion in the next. Kuwait Oil Company expects to boost crude exports by an additional 150,000 [...] | 2005-04-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG KU OIL SECTOR |
| 05KUWAIT3091 | NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES IN KUWAIT OUTLINE PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Vincenzo Prati hosted July 6 the first meeting of NATO member countries in Kuwait, providing a general introduction to the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and explaining the role of NATO Contact Point Embassies (CPEs). The Italian Embassy is the CPE f [...] | 2005-07-12 06:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV KU NATO |
| 05KUWAIT4231 | KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...] | 2005-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO |
| 05KUWAIT4356 | MEETING IN KUWAIT OF G8 COUNTER TERRORISM ACTION [...] (C) As current G-8 President, the UK Embassy in Kuwait hosted and chaired a meeting of the G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on October 10. Ambassador LeBaron attended along with other representatives of G-8 diplomatic missions. British Charge d'Affaires Jamie Bowden gave a G-8 Pres [...] | 2005-10-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
| 05KUWAIT568 | ENERGY MINISTER COMMENTS ON OPEC AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (U) Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy H.E. Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah regarding a variety of issues. This cable concerns the Minister's comments on the recent OPEC session in Vienna and major electricity and oil recovery infrastructure projects in Kuwait. [...] | 2005-02-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG BEXP KU |
| 05LAGOS1743 | BELLVIEW CRASH: AVIATION MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (S) Aviation Minister Borishade met Consul General to discuss next steps in the investigation of the crash, given our concerns regarding the plane fragment recently found (reftel). The Minister stated he had briefed President Obasanjo on the new evidence. According to Borishade, the Preside [...] | 2005-11-09 14:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
| 05LAGOS537 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...] | 2005-04-08 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI |
| 05LILONGWE279 | MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, LILONGWE [...] "Short memories, rude awakenings" 2. The independent daily, "The Daily Times" of March 9, 2005, carried an opinion piece by one of Malawi's prominent writers, Jika Nkolokosa, on his regular "Take it or Leave it" Nkolokosa argues that people in Malawi don't get the truth from politicians. [...] | 2005-03-24 09:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KMDR KPAO MI |
| 05LIMA3250 | PERU STILL UNDECIDED ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 21:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA |
| 05LJUBLJANA126 | SLOVENIA: MFA SHEDS LIGHT ON ISAF AND NTM-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an unrelated demarche on 22 February, DCM and Pol-Miloff pressed MFA Security Policy Department Head Borut Mahnic for more information about Slovenian decisions to send officers to an ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and military trainers to a third country under [...] | 2005-02-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI NATO |
| 05LJUBLJANA187 | SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK LUNCHES WITH COM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At lunch 21 March with President Drnovsek, COM discussed Embassy security, got Drnvosek's positive assessment of the first 100 days of the Jansa government, and heard that PM Jansa and Drnovsek are meeting weekly. Drnovsek encouraged more U.S. work on global environmental protect [...] | 2005-03-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA235 | SLOVENIA IN ISAF: NO CAVEATS AND POSSIBLY MORE [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to Stanislav Vidovic and Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek in the MFA Security Policy Department, noting in particular that Slovenia's "no caveats" policy for its ISAF troops allowed Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers to be among the first [...] | 2005-04-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PREL MARR SI NATO |
| 05LJUBLJANA610 | SLOVENIA: LUNCH WITH PM: MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: In one-on-one lunch August 23, PM Jansa said he would continue in September to try to move his coalition toward accepting a deployment of trainers/mentors to Iraq, noting that political progress on the Iraqi constitution should make his job easier. He reported that that day he [...] | 2005-08-24 08:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA682 | Slovenian Referendum on the new Law on the National [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, September 25 Slovenians will vote in a referendum on whether the new Law on National Radio and Television should be implemented. The main issue is whether the Parliament will have the authority to approve a greater proportion of the Program Council members of Public R [...] | 2005-09-23 09:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA92 | SLOVENIA: INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS EXPECTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on COM's recent conversations with PM Janez Jansa and DefMin Karl Erjavec, the snapshot below provides new information about Slovenian contributions for Iraq and Afghanistan and summarizes what we have reported piecemeal in recent weeks. Slovenia may offer five or more [...] | 2005-02-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SI NATO |
| 05MADRID1305 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...] | 2005-04-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL |
| 05MADRID1809 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...] | 2005-05-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
| 05MADRID2347 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ALL INDIVIDUALS REFERENCE BELOW WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE RECENT SPANISH POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIST CELLS ASSOCIATED TO "ANSAR AL ISLAM" AND T [...] | 2005-06-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL |
| 05MADRID3668 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE DETENTION IN PARIS OF TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO", MILITARY ARM OF TH [...] | 2005-10-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL |
| 05MADRID4033 | SPAIN'S REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON EU GENDARMERIE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 12:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL |
| 05MANAMA1670 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...] | 2005-11-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1676 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...] | 2005-11-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1714 | G/TIP INTERIM REPORT FOR BAHRAIN [...] Short-term action items delivered to the GOB in September 2005 (ref B) guide post's response to ref A. The following paragraphs cover the three items in ref A, among other items. Action item No. 1: Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coo [...] | 2005-11-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL BA HUMRIT |
| 05MANAMA705 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...] | 2005-05-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA |
| 05MANILA1955 | JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USAID-funded assistance programs including road projects, village electrification, and Internet-linked computers for an elementary school. USAID Manila Mission [...] | 2005-04-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP |
| 05MANILA3202 | VATICAN HAND IN CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several local press reports have claimed that the Papal Nuncio "scolded" the Catholic bishops during their recent conference, demanding that they not involve themselves in politics by explicitly calling for President Arroyo's resignation. As reported, after much discussion, the [...] | 2005-07-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI RP VT |
| 05MASERU526 | MINISTER OF TRADE POSITIVE ON INVESTMENT, FTA AND ARTICLE [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 12 with Minister of Trade and Industry Mpho Malie to exchange views on several high profile issues: the U.S. - SACU Free Trade negotiations; the status of pending legislation important for Lesotho's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; and Article 98. A [...] | 2005-10-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PREL LT KICC MCC |
| 05MASERU527 | MINISTER OF TRADE POSITIVE ON INVESTMENT, FTA AND ARTICLE [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 12 with Minister of Trade and Industry Mpho Malie to exchange views on several high profile issues: the U.S. - SACU Free Trade negotiations; the status of pending legislation important for Lesotho's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; and Article 98. A [...] | 2005-10-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PREL LT KICC MCC |
| 05MILAN500 | FIELD-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF ITALY'S [...] (C) Summary: Further to reftels, in recent follow-up meetings, our contacts reiterated that Muslim extremists in Italy are not using the official banking and formal money transfer systems. The formal financial sector appears to be actively implementing Italian legal controls. Law enforcement [...] | 2005-11-03 15:12:00 | Consulate Milan | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL KISL PTER IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05MILAN519 | Subject: Multiethnic Milan -- Caritas [...] (U) Summary: Caritas Ambrosiana recently held a conference to present Caritas' annual report on immigration. While the report included national statistics, the focus of the presentation in Milan was on the Lombardy Region in general and Milan specifically. Almost a quarter of Italy's immigrant [...] | 2005-11-17 05:38:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI ELAB PGOV ASEC IT EUN |
| 05MILAN532 | US speaker Prof. Bruce Chassy. Program in [...] As part of a PA Milan U.S. Speaker Program, Prof. Bruce Chassy, Executive Associate Director of the Biotechnology Center, at the University of Illinois had a very intense five-day agenda, September 19-24, in Northern Italy - which included Milan, Venice, Treviso and Trieste - addressing divers [...] | 2005-11-23 13:26:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO ECON IT FAO |
| 05MINSK1126 | Unexpectedly Active Opposition in Southwest [...] (C) Summary: September 12 was the tenth anniversary of the Belarusian military shooting down a hot air balloon and killing the two American pilots. Emboffs and local residents visited the crash site. While in the region, Emboffs also visited local civil society leaders in three nearby small [...] | 2005-09-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC BO |
| 05MUSCAT241 | COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG) MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Muscat Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on February 2 to outline, in preparation for the April 29 CTAG meeting in London, key Omani counter-terrorism(CT) needs, and to share details of completed and planned CT assistance from G8 states. The CTAG agreed on a list of [...] | 2005-02-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL MU |
| 05NAIROBI2619 | MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...] | 2005-06-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2738 | SOMALIA -- NEED TO RALLY BEHIND THE SRSG [...] This is an action request -- see para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Divisions among members of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions are now being mirrored by schisms in the international community. Moves to finance projects in district-level reconciliation, pushed by specific EU member sta [...] | 2005-07-06 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI2747 | SOMALIA -- RECONCILIATION AND MEDIATION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) issued a statement July 5 (reported reftel) indicating renewed international community (IC) support for reconciliation among members of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The SRSG proposed to the IC members of the Coo [...] | 2005-07-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO KE UNSC |
| 05NAIROBI3638 | SOMALIA -- GERMANY EXPRESSES CONCERNS TO ROME RE: [...] (C) The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has demarched the Italian MFA in Rome regarding difficult working relations and differences in principle with the Italian Delegation to Somalia in Nairobi. It appears that the frustrations the FRG expressed in Rome are shared by a number of other EU me [...] | 2005-09-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI3658 | SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...] | 2005-09-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI4063 | POSSIBLE THREAT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY AMBASSADOR [...] (S/NF) The following information was passed to post's Ambassador at a function held at his home on Sunday, September 24. The diplomat who passed the information, which was typed on a plain white piece of paper, stated he had been given this information but had no way to check it's veracity an [...] | 2005-09-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PINR PTER |
| 05NAIROBI4957 | SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY, [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...] | 2005-11-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
| 05NAIROBI5156 | SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY [...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...] | 2005-12-16 06:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE |
| 05NDJAMENA28 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REFUGEES: DON'T FORGET US! [...] Summary. Central African refugees told Ambassador Wall not to forget their plight during his visit to Amboko Camp in Gore on December 14. Amboko, in southern Chad near the border with Central African Republic, has been open since June 2003 and hosts 13,800 refugees who fled political unrest [...] | 2005-01-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU CT |
| 05NDJAMENA834 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...] | 2005-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
| 05NEWDELHI1661 | RAHUL GANDHI: LACKLUSTER LEADER [...] (S) In a March 1 conversation with Poloff, influential columnist and political insider Saeed Naqvi commented on Rahul Gandhi at some length. Naqvi prefaced his remarks by noting that he was a personal friend of Rahul's father, Rajiv Gandhi, and a well-wisher of the Gandhi family. Naqvi was initi [...] | 2005-03-03 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL IN |
| 05NEWDELHI2964 | REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI [...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...] | 2005-04-20 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM BG CE AF IN |
| 05NEWDELHI5755 | JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) Summary: A deeply embittered Jaswant Singh shared with us a scathing assessment of the Congress government, calling Manmohan Singh unfit to govern India and warning that the contradictions inherent in the UPA coalition made meaningful reform impossible. Jaswant disassociated himself from t [...] | 2005-07-26 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EINV PGOV IN |
| 05NEWDELHI5925 | KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...] | 2005-08-01 07:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6994 | INDIA-EU,UK SUMMITS: THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY [...] (U) Summary: Tony Blair wrapped up two days of EU and UK summits on September 8, leaving behind an EU-India joint action plan, British and European support for Indian ITER participation, a framework agreement on Galileo, and UK assent to increased civil nuclear cooperation. Trade representatives [...] | 2005-09-09 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV KPKO KDEM KNNP PHUM IN UK EU IR GM |
| 05NEWDELHI7752 | GOI ON ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, ITALIAN COESPU [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on ICJ elections, discussed Ref B plans for funding travel of Indian students to Italy's Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, and reviewed the way forward for cooperation on UN reform in an October 5 conversation with MEA [...] | 2005-10-05 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO KUNR IN IT UNSC UNGA GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI8120 | INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...] | 2005-10-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05OTTAWA2107 | FY 2005 IVLP EVALUATION: KERRY MCQUARRIE SMITH; JANUARY [...] Summary: Program evaluation for International Visitor Leadership Program grantee Kerry McQuarrie Smith. End summary. 2. MPP Theme Addressed: Open Markets, Mutual understanding. Strategic Goal: Economic Prosperity. 3. Post Objectives: Learning about the U.S. federal system of govern [...] | 2005-07-12 19:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PREL CA IV |
| 05OTTAWA2361 | HAITIAN-CANADIAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Martin today announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Michaelle Jean, a prominent Quebec journalist and media personality, to a five-year term as Governor General when Adrienne Clarkson's term ends September 27. Jean covers all the right bases, indeed it wo [...] | 2005-08-04 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA PINR |
| 05OTTAWA2422 | CANADA: FOLLOW-UP TO SEA ISLAND ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Following confirmation from the Italian Embassy that Italy's demarche on assistance to COESPU had been delivered, on August 4 polmiloff provided reftel points and web site information to Foreign Affairs (FAC) International Security Bureau (IDD) Director General Paul Chapin. An informatio [...] | 2005-08-10 20:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MASS MARR CA |
| 05OTTAWA3636 | INCSR PART I - CANADA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 21:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CA |
| 05PARIS116 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Phone rates in France may soon be going up (para 2) -- French Telecom Regulator Board Gets New Member (para 3) -- Videophone s [...] | 2005-01-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1307 | FRANCE: 2005 SPECIAL 3001 REVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, post has reviewed intellectual property rights protection in France, focusing most recently on piracy of optical media, GOF efforts to prevent unauthorized procurement and/or use of software, and compliance with TRIPS obligations. Post provided reftel points and industry comm [...] | 2005-03-01 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1466 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS1520 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: New CEO named for France Telecom (para 2) France Telecom Announces 2004 Results (para 3) A Victory for ART ... (para 4) ... And [...] | 2005-03-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS1569 | TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON CORSICAN [...] (C) Summary: The French government has the upper hand in its decades-long battle against Corsican separatists, said terrorism investigating judge Gilbert Thiel, but it is still too early to speak of an end to separatist-linked violence. Regarding the other facets of his portfolio, Breton separ [...] | 2005-03-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER FR |
| 05PARIS1780 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS2661 | SECOND FRENCH DEMARCHE ON SECURITY CONCERNS IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington, see para 5. 2. (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan, during a previously scheduled meeting with poloff April 18, raised security problems involving the French embassy in Baghdad, which he said wil [...] | 2005-04-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ FR |
| 05PARIS2910 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom's debt on the rise (para 2) -- GOF technology and information society office merged with regional and small bus [...] | 2005-04-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS2962 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: [...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: EGYPT 2. IRAQ: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION 3. EU-U.S. RELATIONS - EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS IN OFFICE ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. A NEW POLL ON VOTER INTENTION ON TH [...] | 2005-05-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS3104 | France is Europe's leader in broadband internet [...] Summary: In 2005, France became the biggest broadband market in Europe, largely on the back of surging demand and strong pro-competitive action from the regulator. France is also one of Europe's most competitive markets, with prices about half those in other countries, including Britain. Rar [...] | 2005-05-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 05PARIS3182 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3187 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3200 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS3352 | FRENCH 2005 GDP MAY BE LOWER THAN 2% [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French GDP growth has been slowing in the first half of 2005 according to recent indicators and information provided by contacts. GDP is likely to be closer to 1.5% than to the Government's forecast of 2.0- 2.5%, a situation not favoring job creation. More modest growth and h [...] | 2005-05-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS3379 | FRANCE APOLOGIZES FOR MIX-UP BARRING U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) A wrong call by a low-level French official was quickly reversed when we brought it to the attention of the MOD and MFA. At issue was the participation of Col. Ernest Herold, Chief of the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation, in the annual study trip sponsored by the Direction Generale [...] | 2005-05-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR CH FR NATO |
| 05PARIS3485 | (C) REQUEST FOR SECDEF ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Paris believes that Secretary Rice's and Secretary Gutierrez' advocacy letters in support of General Electric's bid to provide gas turbines to equip the join French-Italian Multi-Mission Frigates (known as FREMM) were useful in signaling high-level USG [...] | 2005-05-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD PREL FR |
| 05PARIS3488 | UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS [...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...] | 2005-05-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO |
| 05PARIS365 | FRANCE - 2005 MONEY LAUNDERING CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN FR |
| 05PARIS3654 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our Washington inter-agency audience. Contents: -- EDF brokers deal to control Italian power company (para 2) -- Industry Ministe [...] | 2005-05-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS3957 | FY-2005 Voluntary Visitor Program: Karl-Erik [...] Current U.S. Administration: - Introduction to governmental organizations under current administration. 2. Security and Defense Issues: - Introduction to Security and Defense Issues and Foreign Policy under current administration: OSD/AT and L. 3. Foreign Policy formulation and challeng [...] | 2005-06-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4192 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4194 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4195 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4197 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 09:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS4217 | FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-15 10:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
| 05PARIS457 | PARIS CLUB HOLDS INFO SESSION ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Following up on the November 21 restructuring of Iraqi debt, the Paris Club hosted an informational meeting for non-Paris Club creditors on January 13, explaining how the agreement achieves an 80 percent reduction of debt in three stages as well as the Iraqi obligation to seek comparable [...] | 2005-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS4616 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS4748 | FRANCE SETS NEW BIODIVERSITY MECHANISM INITIATIVE [...] Summary. On June 28, France confirmed its desire to facilitate the launch of an international multi-stakeholder consultative process to assess the need for an "international mechanism of scientific expertise on biodiversity" (IMOSEB). An informal meeting hosted by the GOF gave 40 participant [...] | 2005-07-07 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL KSCA ETRD PGOV FR |
| 05PARIS4901 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...] | 2005-07-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS5490 | FRENCH: COESPU SUPPORT WILL TAKE TIME [...] SUMMARY. MFA contacts stress that the GoF needs time to consider the U.S.-Italian request for support to the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). Local Italian embassy contacts do not expect a French contribution, but were encouraged that the GoF did not reject their req [...] | 2005-08-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS FR |
| 05PARIS5541 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 10:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS6125 | EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...] | 2005-09-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU |
| 05PARIS6336 | SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...] | 2005-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR |
| 05PARIS6376 | (U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...] | 2005-09-20 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO |
| 05PARIS675 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...] | 2005-02-02 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE |
| 05PARIS7244 | USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A [...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...] | 2005-10-24 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7688 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
| 05PARIS771 | FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...] | 2005-02-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO |
| 05PARIS8353 | UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...] | 2005-12-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8548 | FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...] | 2005-12-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR |
| 05PARIS901 | FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.- [...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...] | 2005-02-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL FR |
| 05PRAGUE106 | ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...] | 2005-01-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ |
| 05PRETORIA1304 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER April 1 2005 ISSUE [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Ranks High as FDI Destination for Tra [...] | 2005-04-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF |
| 05PRETORIA1306 | SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 1 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...] | 2005-04-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF |
| 05PRETORIA4505 | FY-05 SUMMER ENGLISH TEACHING INSTITUTE - [...] BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of State Summer English Teaching Institute (SETI) is a fully sponsored six-week program for South African teacher-trainers involved in English language education. Since it's inception in 1986, over 500 South African English teachers and teacher-trainers from [...] | 2005-11-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP SF |
| 05QUITO1786 | ECUADOR TILTING TOWARD SUPPORTING G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Italian Ambassador informed the Charge on July 29 that FM Parra had called him to discuss the G-4 resolution. After earlier saying the GOE would abstain, Parra now said that President Palacio had decided to support the G-4 resolution. Palacio's decision came after a call (date unspec [...] | 2005-07-29 19:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EC UNSC UNGA |
| 05QUITO2653 | GALAPAGOS CALM, FOR NOW [...] Summary. Fishermen questioning the GOE's sincerity in finding economic alternatives for their sector walked out of a meeting of the Galapagos Inter-institutional Management Authority (AIM) on October 31. Recent progress bringing the fishing sector back into a productive dialogue on Galapagos [...] | 2005-11-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EFIS ECON PGOV PREL EC |
| 05QUITO983 | BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 3 [...] (U) Summary: Pablo Rizzo was named Minister of Agriculture on April 29. President Palacio has yet to name Ministers of Labor and Energy. Below is biographical information for the following new Cabinet members and government officials: First Lady Maria Beatriz Paret de Palacio, Vice FM Mar [...] | 2005-04-29 22:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
| 05RABAT1061 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...] | 2005-05-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| 05RABAT1129 | WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...] | 2005-05-31 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT1853 | DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE: ITALIAN NGO SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Alison Smith, representatives of the Italian NGO "No Peace without Justice" (NPWJ),briefed Poloffs on preparations for the upcoming Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) to be held in Morocco on October 1-3. While Figa-Talamanca and Smi [...] | 2005-09-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM MO |
| 05RABAT2265 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...] | 2005-11-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR MO |
| 05RABAT2491 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...] | 2005-12-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO |
| 05RANGOON1235 | ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...] | 2005-11-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM |
| 05RANGOON1304 | BURMA AI UPDATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We have met in the past week with the Minister of Health and other embassies to gather information on AI and to coordinate planning. We have seen reporting from the Burmese media, closely controlled by the GOB, raising public awareness of AI issues. End Summary. 2. On November [...] | 2005-11-17 03:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO BM CACS |
| 05RANGOON196 | BURMA: NLD DISTANCES ITSELF FROM TALK OF PARALLEL [...] (C) Summary: The NLD hosted a commemoration of Union Day on February 12, but deferred to ethnic political parties to chair the event and deliver speeches. Representatives of the SNLD, whose leaders were arrested just two days prior to Union Day, were absent, although several hundred pro-demo [...] | 2005-02-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD |
| 05ROME1005 | ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...] | 2005-03-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1012 | SOMALIA - ITALY REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON SITUATION; [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. According to the MFA, U.S. and international concerns regarding frontline state participation in IGASOM (ref A) had been heeded by IGAD. An unofficial draft report (paragraph 7) on the March 22 core group [...] | 2005-03-24 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
| 05ROME1018 | HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: ITALY PASSES ITC GAVEL TO [...] On March 15, Italy formally passed the chairmanship of the International Task Force for Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) to Poland. Attendees at the ceremony included the Polish Ambassador, representatives of the Italian Jewish communities in Rome and Milan, [...] | 2005-03-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PO IT |
| 05ROME1021 | IRAQ: ITALIAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REQUESTS - [...] (S) Summary: Ref A requests that Embassy Rome, Department and OSD discuss whether the Italian criminal investigation team looking into the March 4 shooting by US forces of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari should be supported based on the terms of reference (Ref D) or other arrangem [...] | 2005-03-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1023 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...] | 2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1024 | IRAQ: US/ITALY JOINT INVESTIGATION - LOOKING AHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: We have gotten past Italian nervousness (Ref A) about participating jointly in the full range of Gen. Vangjel's investigation into the March 4 death of Nicola Calipari. PM Berlusconi's office, which is tightly managing the Italian public stance on this issue, remains concerned ab [...] | 2005-03-25 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | IT IZ KJUS MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1027 | ITALIAN NGO PROPOSES NEW COLLABORATION TO REALIZE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: --------------------------- 2. On March 4, Embassy Economic and Science officers met with an Italian NGO planning a meeting in Venice on May 26- 27, 2005 to explore possible U.S.-Italian-EU-Russian cooperat [...] | 2005-03-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA IT |
| 05ROME1043 | ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES BILL TO [...] On March 4, the Chamber of Deputies approved, and sent to the Senate for consideration, the reform of Italy's fragmented financial markets oversight system. The government promised the reform one year ago in the wake of the Parmalat scandal. The current bill addresses conflict of interest b [...] | 2005-03-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 05ROME1058 | ITALY'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS: THE LAUNCH OF THE [...] (C) Italians will vote April 3-4 to elect new governments in 14 of Italy's 20 regions. Most polls suggest that PM Berlusconi's center-right coalition will lose in at least two of these regions. These elections are not direct predictors for next spring's national elections for Parliament a [...] | 2005-03-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1125 | ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...] | 2005-04-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1127 | EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...] | 2005-04-04 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1145 | CHR 61: ITALY ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT UNHCR EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME1150 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...] | 2005-04-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME117 | MTAG:ITALIAN FIRMS COOPERATING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC IT PARM PREL CH MTCRE |
| 05ROME1174 | DRIFTNETS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: WORLD [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Embassy recently received a letter from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mediterranean Programme Office in Rome that alleged illegal driftnet activity by Morocco, Algeria, France, Italy and Turkey in the Mediterranean hi [...] | 2005-04-06 19:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KSCA ETRD AG FR IT MO TU ICCAT |
| 05ROME1222 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN:ITALY WILL CONSIDER DROPPING [...] (C) On April 12, PolMilOff conveyed Reftel points requesting that Italy lift its ISAF caveat to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi and to MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Brauzzi, who has the lead on NATO issues, immediately asked the Italian military Joint Operational Command (C [...] | 2005-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1264 | A REPORT BY USUN ROME AMBASSADOR TONY HALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Ethiopia and Uganda from March 16 through 23, 2005, to investigate humanitarian issues in both countries. In Ethiopia Ambassador Hall visited USAID-funded projects for HIV/AIDS orphans and mothers, observ [...] | 2005-04-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR ET UG UN |
| 05ROME1270 | CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...] | 2005-04-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1291 | ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...] | 2005-04-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1365 | MEETING OF UNIDROIT SUB-FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: the sub-Finance Committee of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) met on April 11 to consider the first estimates for the organization's 2006 budget. Although a majority of participants favorably viewed the draft budget proposal of 2.03 million (a [...] | 2005-04-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD UNIDROIT |
| 05ROME1374 | ITALY TO PROVIDE FIVE MILLION EURO TO UN FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF IT UNSC AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1385 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM ON REFUGEE TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary. In the face of criticism by UNHCR, the European Parliament and center-left politicians, the Italian Government continues to defend its policy of quickly returning illegal immigrants to Libya. Ministry of Interior officials insist the immigrants are being properly processed for [...] | 2005-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG IT UNHCR |
| 05ROME1389 | ITALY: ARE BERLUSCONI'S TROUBLES MORE SERIOUS [...] (S) Italian Senate President Pera alleged that President Ciampi, together with the center-left and Chamber President Casini, was plotting a "constitutional coup d'etat" against Berlusconi, attempting to force June elections. In a separate, earlier meeting, however, Casini accused PM Berlusc [...] | 2005-04-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1390 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...] | 2005-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN |
| 05ROME1391 | ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE [...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...] | 2005-04-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1392 | IRAQ/ITALY: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION AND THE VIEW [...] (S) Summary: Based on what senior GOI officials have told us in the past 48 hours, we believe there is little chance that we can achieve a joint report in Baghdad on the March 4 Calipari shooting. We should prepare a public affairs strategy for that outcome now. The GOI's national security [...] | 2005-04-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1409 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI III SWORN IN; LIKELY TO BE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A new Berlusconi Cabinet was sworn in by President of the Republic Ciampi on April 23. If confirmed as expected by both chambers of Parliament, this will be Berlusconi's third governmen [...] | 2005-04-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1442 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...] | 2005-04-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1446 | ITALY: NEW BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Italian Government led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received its final confidence vote from the Senate on April 28. The Chamber of Deputies gave the new Government its confidence on April 2 [...] | 2005-04-28 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1450 | SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...] | 2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME1456 | IRAQ: ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Iraq Task Force Director Damiano Francovigh. The MFA had already issued a statement on the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government. An informal translation of the statement is provided below. 2. (U) Begin text. The expected confidenc [...] | 2005-04-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1465 | REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT [...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome seconds Embassy Paris' recommendation (reftel) that it would be helpful to have President Bush send an advocacy letter to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in addition to French President Jacques Chirac, in support of General Electric's bid to provide t [...] | 2005-04-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP PREL IT FR |
| 05ROME1470 | (S) SHIELD S33A-04: UPDATE ON POSSIBLE IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1484 | IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES' [...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...] | 2005-05-02 11:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1506 | IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI TRYING TO PUT CALIPARI [...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: Just prior to the May 2 release of the Italian report on the March 4 killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad, Ambassador, DCM and PolMilCouns were called to PM Berlusconi's office to receive an advance copy of the report and to [...] | 2005-05-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1509 | OHR CANDIDATE MIRACHIAN - A GOOD CHOICE FOR [...] (C) As stated ref A, Embassy Rome considers Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian a good choice to take over as HiRep when Paddy Ashdown steps down next year. Our experience with her goes back to her time as DAS equivalent for Balkans issues in the run-up to and during the military action in Kosov [...] | 2005-05-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO IT |
| 05ROME1521 | FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2005 AND MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Meeting on Forests, which immediately preceded the Committee on Forestry, resulted in a ministerial statement calling on FAO to maintain its leadership role in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and to report to the Un [...] | 2005-05-04 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR AORC EAID FAO |
| 05ROME1529 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON "POST-STANDARDS" KOSOVO; SUPPORT [...] (C) EUR DAS Kathy Stephens, in town on April 29 for the Aspen Institute's rollout of the International Commission on the Balkans report on "The Balkans in Europe's Future" (copy emailed to EUR/SCE),discussed briefly with MFA EUR DG Giovanni Caracciolo and Deputy PolDir Claudio Bisognero Itali [...] | 2005-05-04 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT SR EUN OSCE KFOR |
| 05ROME1588 | Italian Economic Policy and Challenges Under [...] (SBU) By reluctantly agreeing to resign and form a new Government, PM Berlusconi bought himself and the governing coalition another year to convince Italian voters to re- elect them in 2006. Growing evidence indicates that a weak economy is a leading contributor to public dissatisfaction with [...] | 2005-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1591 | IRANIAN FAST BOATS [...] (S) Summary. In response to Ref. A demarche, Italy's Export Control Coordinator Carol Tripepi assured us that the GOI will continue to block the export of FB Design's last fast boat under its contract with Iran, and that he was unaware of any ongoing business between the company and Iranian e [...] | 2005-05-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1593 | IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI IN PARLIAMENT ON CALIPARI- [...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: On May 5-6, PM Berlusconi spoke to both houses of Parliament about the joint investigation and separate reports of the March 4 shooting of Italian Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad. While Berlusconi defended the Italian report and took is [...] | 2005-05-09 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1623 | ITALY,S PASSIVE APPROACH TO TRADE POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Italy defers to other EU member states, especially France and Germany, in setting the direction of EU trade policy, despite the size of the Italian economy and the importance of trade to the country's prosperity. Italian trade officials generally support U.S. views on many issues, [...] | 2005-05-11 09:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAIR PREL IT EUN |
| 05ROME1633 | GDPR: ITALIAN BASING FOR SOF IN ITALIAN PRESS - [...] (S) Summary. In early May, Italian papers picked up the March Stars and Stripes story citing SACEUR General Jones' comment that US European Special Forces (SOF) would be consolidated in Sigonella, Italy or in Rota, Spain. The press coverage led opposition Parliamentarians to demand an explana [...] | 2005-05-11 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO |
| 05ROME1635 | IRAQ/ITALY:MORE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following Berlusconi's recent statements on future troop withdrawals in Iraq (Ref A),both DefMin Martino and FM Fini have made statements in the past week suggesting that Italy will begin a major drawdown after the end of the year. Post views these statements, in the run-up to na [...] | 2005-05-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1660 | ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL [...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...] | 2005-05-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME |
| 05ROME1666 | GOI WANTS LINATE DISPUTE RESOLVED [...] During a meeting with EcMin and Econoff May 6, MFA Office Director for North American Affairs Francesco Tafuri underscored the GOI desire to see a "final resolution" of the Linate codeshare dispute. Tafuri was reacting to the April 28 U.S. Department of Transportation extension of the review [...] | 2005-05-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME1671 | ITALY ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Finance Ministry officials told Embassy Officers that Italy is carefully weighing the various proposals by G8 members and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank for debt relief for the poorest countries. Finance Ministry officials hope that a consensus G8 propo [...] | 2005-05-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT |
| 05ROME1732 | ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...] | 2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN |
| 05ROME1734 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...] | 2005-05-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN |
| 05ROME1742 | FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...] | 2005-05-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1766 | (C) REQUEST FOR SECDEF ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT [...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome agrees with Embassy Paris (ref A) that letters that we delivered from Secretaries Rice and Gutierrez to their Italian counterparts were helpful indications of high-level USG interest in General Electric's bid to provide gas tubines for the joint French-Italian [...] | 2005-05-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD PREL IT |
| 05ROME178 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY ON PRT/FSB RECCE TRIP - [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1785 | ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...] | 2005-05-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1787 | MTAG 05-96: EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME1807 | Corrected Copy: Italy Rethinking Nuclear [...] A surprisingly vigorous debate has emerged in Italy on renewing nuclear power generation, following comments by Prime Minister Berlusconi and others. While Italy's geography limits sites for nuclear plant construction, Embassy energy sector contacts maintain that Italy must reconsider its 198 [...] | 2005-05-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1824 | ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...] | 2005-05-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME1852 | TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH, FURTHER ITALY RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-31 18:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IT |
| 05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] | 2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
| 05ROME1870 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - 05-962303: ALENIA SPAZIO [...] This is a response to reftel A, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-962303, on the export of fuses from AEM Inc. to Alenia Spazio for use in the Cosmo-SkyMed satellite program. 2. Econoffs met May 26 with Cosmo-SkyMed executives: Sandro Fagioli, VP and General Man [...] | 2005-06-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC TSPA IT KOMC BLUE LANTERN |
| 05ROME1873 | UN FUND FOR DEMOCRACY: ITALY WILL SIGN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT |
| 05ROME1883 | IRAQ: ITALIAN MARSH RESTORATION TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Environment (MOE) plans to spend approximately euro 12 million through 2005 on its "New Eden" marshland restoration project in Iraq. In partnership with the Free Iraq Foundation, the GOI has funded a two-year scientific survey of the re-flooded Abu Zirig [...] | 2005-06-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IT IZ SENV IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME1966 | A/S FRIED'S CONSULTATIONS WITH ITALIAN U/S TERZI [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Italian MFA U/S Giulio Terzi June 7 to discuss Italian reaction to the French and Dutch "no" votes on the EU Constitution (see septel). With Russian FM Lavrov and Serbian PM Kostunica due in Rome, Terzi also reviewed with Fried our policies towards Kosovo, Bos [...] | 2005-06-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
| 05ROME1968 | ITALIAN RESPONSE ON USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC [...] On May 24, Science Counselor delivered the text in ref A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Space Agency (ASI),and the Italian National Research Council. On June 7, Counselor Giovanni Manfredi, Chief of Office VI (S&T Cooperation) at the MFA's Directorate General for Multilater [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA AORC IT UNPUOS UNGA |
| 05ROME1979 | EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...] | 2005-06-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT NATO |
| 05ROME1980 | SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA IN ROME; TAKES A [...] (C) As reported ref a, on June 7, in anticipation of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's visit to Rome later the same day, EUR A/S Fried provided MFA POLDIR Terzi with an overview of the U.S. position on Kosovo. Fried asked that Italy try to persuade him to accept a definition of "less than in [...] | 2005-06-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SR IT KOC UN NATO |
| 05ROME1981 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE 13 GAERC AGENDA; ITALY WILL [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that since this is the first GAERC after the French and Dutch "no" on the Constitution, FMs will discuss, over dinner Sunday evening June 12, alternatives on the way forward for ratification and the implications of freezing the process fo [...] | 2005-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL CM IR EUN |
| 05ROME2001 | LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...] | 2005-06-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO |
| 05ROME2002 | ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH PROGRAM, PART I [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Senate gave final approval May 12 for the first part of the 2005-2008 four billion euro plan to improve Italian competitiveness and implement EU Lisbon agenda reforms. The package will likely be the government's most significant piece of economic legislatio [...] | 2005-06-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
| 05ROME2005 | ALITALIA NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PASSENGER [...] Econoff delivered reftel diplomatic note to MFA North American Office Director Francesco Tafuri May 24. Tafuri told Econoff May 25 that the MFA's legal office would provide guidance to the Interior Ministry regarding the legal authority, based on international agreements, to prevent designate [...] | 2005-06-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME2011 | ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...] | 2005-06-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
| 05ROME2046 | DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS [...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...] | 2005-06-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO |
| 05ROME2049 | UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...] | 2005-06-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
| 05ROME2051 | U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...] | 2005-06-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2080 | NSC CUBA REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: There have been no dramatic changes in Italy's approach to Cuba in the last six months. Italy continues to support the common European Union position and has also resisted changes to liberalize it in Havana's favor. Italy supported the U.S. position and played a role in helping [...] | 2005-06-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME2089 | ITALY'S FAILED FERTILITY REFERENDUM [...] (U) This is a joint U.S. Embassy Rome-U.S. Embassy Vatican cable. 2. (C) Summary. Although touted as Italy's biggest values vote since the approval of divorce and abortion, the June 12-13 referendums on embryo research and assisted fertility was a dud. Most (74 percent) Italians opted to a [...] | 2005-06-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV IT HUMAN RIGHTS FAO |
| 05ROME211 | AFGHANISTAN: PRT/FSB -- ITALY URGENTLY SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action cable. See Paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is firm in its commitment and poised to deploy a PRT and FSB to Herat before Afghan parliamentary elections (Reftel A). However, after receiving recent U.S. demarches on Stage II requirements, the Italians are having [...] | 2005-01-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME2115 | IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...] | 2005-06-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2148 | FRUSTRATED ITALIAN UNIONS TO SEEK MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Italian unions representing civilians who work for the U.S. military on Italian bases expressed to Embassy Labor Counselor extreme frustration over the inability to conclude a Conditions of Employment agreement for the l [...] | 2005-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ELAB IT |
| 05ROME2178 | ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...] | 2005-06-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2179 | ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL [...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...] | 2005-06-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 05ROME2183 | REFORMING THE UN: UNSC REMAINS ITALY'S TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Italian interest in UN reform centers on the Human Rights Council, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism. In general, they will follow the EU lead but will press for a reform consensus that does not create more problems than it solves. Whil [...] | 2005-06-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC IT UNSC |
| 05ROME2226 | POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS [...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...] | 2005-07-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SENV UN FAO |
| 05ROME2295 | ITU: ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SINGLE STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS IT ITU |
| 05ROME2308 | IDLO ASSEMBLY OF STATES MEETING: JUNE 28, 2005 [...] Summary: the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) held its triennial Assembly of States meeting on June 28. Among the resolutions and recommendations adopted, one changed the frequency of meetings to biennial vice triennial, while another called upon member states to examine the [...] | 2005-07-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO |
| 05ROME2310 | ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE |
| 05ROME2346 | G-8 BIOENERGY WORKSHOP, ROME, ITALY, JUNE 14-15, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14-15, 2005, the government of Italy hosted a G-8 bioenergy workshop to identify opportunities and barriers to establishing a G-8-endorsed multilateral bioenergy initiative. G-8 members plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, FAO, IEA, UNCCD, UN [...] | 2005-07-14 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON IT AORG |
| 05ROME2348 | IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...] | 2005-07-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2349 | IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...] | 2005-07-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2372 | ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...] | 2005-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN |
| 05ROME2413 | SOMALIA: ITALY REQUESTS CLOSER CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although we may differ on what should be addressed first--nation-building or local assistance that supports peaceful development of a national government--Italy supports U.S. goals for Somalia. In Italy's view the greatest threat Somalia faces is not renewed fighting by warlor [...] | 2005-07-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YE |
| 05ROME2456 | ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...] | 2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT |
| 05ROME249 | IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...] | 2005-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2498 | ROME RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: 05-969702 [...] This is a response to reftel, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-969702, regarding the export of CH-47 Chinook spare parts from Lee Air Company, Inc. to Italian consignee Aermeccanica. 2. We confirmed Aermeccanica's order by telephone with co-owner Aldo Pinza. M [...] | 2005-07-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT ECON AVIATION BLUE LANTERN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME2532 | DVC ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND: BEHIND THE BUSINESS OF [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As a part of a series of Mission activities on trafficking issues, PA Rome and the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See organized a multipoint DVC to address the `supply' and `demand' aspects of the market of trafficking in persons. The U.S. and Italian interlocutors shared [...] | 2005-07-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | DVC OIIP |
| 05ROME2545 | ITALY GENERALLY SUPPORTS USG PROPOSAL ON NEW UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on July 29 to Minister Rosa Anna Coniglio, head of the MFA's Human Rights Office. Min. Coniglio is new to her job, but provided preliminary thoughts on the Italian position based on her previous human rights background (she previously worked for MFA U/S [...] | 2005-07-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IT UNGA UNHCR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME2569 | IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...] | 2005-08-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2624 | ALITALIA DEFACTO COMPLIANCE WITH TSA REGULATION; [...] Alitalia has been recently implementing the DHS/TSA No-Fly/Selectee requirements, albeit without explicit Italian legal authority. An Italian citizen (Claudio DIONESALVI, DOB: 6APR71, Italian PPT: 47478963Z) on the No-Fly list attempted to board a KLM flight from Rome to Mexico City July 29, [...] | 2005-08-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME2625 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES ADDITIONAL MILLION [...] (C) Italy will provide an extra 1,000,000 euros to the UN for Afghanistan's National Assembly elections, scheduled for September 18. Italian Special Envoy on Afghanistan Anna della Croce told polmiloff that DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini pledged the extra million euros to Afghan President Karzai on A [...] | 2005-08-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF IT UNDP AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME2629 | ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...] | 2005-08-08 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME2679 | ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...] | 2005-08-11 14:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR XA IT FAO |
| 05ROME2720 | ITALY MAINTAINS STRONG SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi's government continues to steadfastly support Turkey in the run-up to the expected start of EU negotiations October 3, although Italian officials acknowledge that the talks will be lengthy and difficult. Italian officials concede that EU membership for [...] | 2005-08-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME2734 | ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE [...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...] | 2005-08-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO |
| 05ROME2763 | PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION IN ITALY: AN [...] SUMMARY: Air pollution is a serious and intractable problem in Italy, causes health problems, and shortens Italian life spans. Emissions levels and particulate matter (PM) concentrations are highest in Italy's northern industrial Po Valley between Bologna, Milan and Turin. While industry an [...] | 2005-08-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA IT EU |
| 05ROME2776 | AS CHINESE FAKES INVADE ITALY, COMPANIES FEEL [...] (U) Summary: While famous Italian designers have long been a favored target of imitators world-wide, Italian business and government leaders are quickly realizing that no Italian product, no matter how mundane, is safe from Chinese counterfeiters. Unlike the big fashion houses, most Italian [...] | 2005-08-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CM IT |
| 05ROME2835 | ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...] | 2005-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO |
| 05ROME2874 | ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TU IT EUN |
| 05ROME2919 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...] | 2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME2922 | BOSSI-FINI IMMIGRATION REFORM: THE RESULTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary. Italian efforts to manage legal immigration and limit illegal immigration have met with mixed success. The Bossi-Fini law of 2002 produced a limited regularization of illegal workers but failed to establish viable long-term procedures to either encourage the legal immigration Ital [...] | 2005-09-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME2929 | TFUS01: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CIAMPI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ECON AEMR US IT |
| 05ROME2937 | IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B),MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...] | 2005-09-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2938 | TFUS01: PRIORITY AREAS LIST DELIVERED; ITALY HOPES [...] Embassy delivered ref A points on USG priorities to Agostino Miozzo, Katrina relief coordinator for the GOI's Department of Civil Protection. Ambassador Spogli personally thanked Prime Minister Berlusconi September 2 for Italy's offer of assistance. The Embassy also issued a press release Se [...] | 2005-09-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME296 | IRAQ: ITALY ON BOARD WITH EVOLVING MNF-I MISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials are well-aware of and comfortable with proposals for the MNF-I to shift some emphasis to training and increasing the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces. Italy intends to maintain its current force [...] | 2005-01-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME2991 | ITALY: CODESHARING ON FLIGHTS TO THE RUSSIAN [...] Summary and comment. In response to reftel request, Econoffs met September 2 with GOI chief aviation negotiator Aldo Sansone, who described the Italy-Russia Air Services Agreement as "liberal." The Agreement includes a key third-country code-share provision; Sansone believed American carrier [...] | 2005-09-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD IT RS AVIATION |
| 05ROME2997 | BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...] | 2005-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK IT EUN PREL |
| 05ROME2998 | DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: ITALY SAYS ANY GLOBAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy does not oppose global tax schemes to fund development assistance, provided such programs are voluntary. There are no plans here to impose a surcharge on international airline tickets, and Italy would resist efforts by the EU to imposed such a tax on member states. Italy [...] | 2005-09-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN IT UNGA |
| 05ROME3068 | EUR P/DAS VOLKER'S ROME CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During his visit to Rome, EUR P/DAS Volker discussed the Fund and Foundation for the Future, NATO and EU expansion, NATO/EU cooperation, Russia, and Latin America. Overall, the GOI shares our optimism that Europe will recover from the EU constitution debacle and that Turkish [...] | 2005-09-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ IR IT NATO |
| 05ROME3080 | PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...] | 2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN |
| 05ROME3081 | THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition),poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...] | 2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3088 | 9/11 ACTIVITIES IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy and Consulates General in Milan, Florence and Naples participated in thirteen September 11 commemoration events including the dedication of the World Trade Center Memorial in Padua, and a commemoration at the Parliament with Ambassador Spogli and President of the Chamber o [...] | 2005-09-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME3096 | TFUS01: AMBASSADOR THANKS ITALY IN HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Spogli publicly thanked Italy for its hurricane Katrina relief during a September 9 visit to Italy's Department of Civil Protection. In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Berlusconi, Defense Minister Antonio Martino, and many other top-level officials also attended the [...] | 2005-09-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AEMR OPRC IT |
| 05ROME3146 | ITALY: TOUR D'HORIZON ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) On September 14, 2005, A/ECMIN and Econoff called on Enrico Padula, MFA Non-proliferation Officer, to present demarches on India (refs A, B, and D),North Korea (ref E),and Iran, (ref C). INDIA ----- 2. (S) A/ECMIN reviewed ref B and D points on the U.S. intent to work toward ful [...] | 2005-09-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG ETRD ETTC FR IN IR IT KNNP KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TRGY TSPA MTCR |
| 05ROME3178 | ITALY AND NATO ENLARGEMENT: MFA NATO DESK [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to the Rome visit of EUR P/DAS Volker and discussions at NATO on the US two-summit strategy to advance NATO's strategic direction (reftels),Italy's new MFA NATO Director Gianni Bardini told PolMil officers on September 15 that, in his personal opinion, NATO should not [...] | 2005-09-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO |
| 05ROME3179 | ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...] | 2005-09-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3185 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO ENERGY SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS [...] (SBU) ECMIN and Econoff met September 9 with Director General for Energy and Mineral Resources, Sergio Garribba, of the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) on Hurricane Katrina's impact on energy supplies. The discussion centered on the international response to energy supply disruptions, [...] | 2005-09-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PREL IT |
| 05ROME3187 | LEHAY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES [...] The Italian military screens the criminal and security background of all persons who join the armed forces. Service members selected as candidates to U.S. sponsored training programs undergo a rigorous selection process. There is no credible evidence that the Italian military establishment ha [...] | 2005-09-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KSEP HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME3195 | ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY PREDECESSOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy PM Giulio Tremonti was named Italy's Finance Minister on September 22 after Domenico Siniscalco resigned in protest over the government's lack of action against embattled Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio. This is Tremonti's second term as Finance Minister since 2001, hi [...] | 2005-09-23 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3196 | POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT |
| 05ROME3204 | ITALY: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to strengthen programs to combat extremism, and we believe European posts have an important role to play in reaching out to Muslim audiences. To accomplish this long-term objective, we propose an outreach program aimed at Italian citizens and immi [...] | 2005-09-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI |
| 05ROME3226 | IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...] | 2005-09-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3227 | BERLUSCONI ACQUITTED YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, a Milan court acquitted Italian PM Berlusconi of charges of false accounting dating back to 1999 charges that his financial company Finivest engaged in false bookkeeping from 1989-95. The acquittal was based on a ruling that the statute of limitations had expi [...] | 2005-09-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IT KCRIM ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3257 | ITALY AND THE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Massimo Leggeri, MFA Deputy-Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, called Econcounselor September 23 to ask that she convey to Washington and USOECD, Italy's continuing interest in the Vice-chair position of the OECD Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in [...] | 2005-09-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
| 05ROME3276 | ITALY: SENATE PRESIDENT PERA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with Senate President Marcello Pera at Pera's request. Pera was pessimistic about PM Silvio Berlusconi's ability to win next year's general elections, but believes there "is still time" to pull off a victory. He criticized Berlusconi's failure to [...] | 2005-09-30 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3290 | ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...] | 2005-09-30 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3442 | ITALY: CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PASSES ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Berlusconi's Center-Right coalition moved an electoral reform bill through the important Chamber of Deputies on October 13 in a vote that ended in an opposition walkout and mass abstention. The bill is widely expected to pass the Senate next week and become law. The change her [...] | 2005-10-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3465 | AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Giuseppe Cinti, Office Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alessandro Modiano, Office Director for Asia and Latin America, at the MFA's Directorate for Development Cooperation (Italy's USAID equivalent). On October 12, Maia [...] | 2005-10-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME3467 | ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...] | 2005-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3512 | ITALIANS WONDERING IF THEY'RE NEXT [...] (S) Summary. Both center-right and center-left politicians remain focused on the possibility of a major terror attack in Italy in coming months. An adviser on Middle East Affairs in the prime minister's office told us he sees a high possibility of an Al-Qaida attack somewhere in Italy duri [...] | 2005-10-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME3514 | "NO FLY": ALITALIA BUMPS LEBANESE G4 VISA HOLDER [...] (SBU) After being alerted by Alitalia, Italian Border Police prevented a passenger on the TSA "No Fly" list from boarding Milan-JFK flight 413 on Saturday, October 15. The passenger, Lebanese national Mohammad Kassem HAGE (PP 30610, PDOB 24 Dec 1963, Lebanon),was attempting to travel to the [...] | 2005-10-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CVIS IT LE UN AVIATION |
| 05ROME3547 | ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...] | 2005-10-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN |
| 05ROME3585 | SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...] | 2005-10-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3591 | ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE [...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...] | 2005-10-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 05ROME3597 | UN REFORM, IRAN: VISIT OF IO A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials told visiting A/S Silverberg they would look at any UNSC reform proposal except national permanent seats, such as the G4 proposal. They agree on the importance of moving forward before the end of the year on UN Secretariat reform, the Peace Building Commission, [...] | 2005-10-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR XF IT UNSC |
| 05ROME3598 | BMENA FUND FOR THE FUTURE: ITALY SAYS NO EIB [...] (SBU) Econ MinCouns discussed European Investment Bank (EIB) participation in the Fund for the Future (REF A) on October 25 with Ignazio Angeloni, Finance Ministry Director General for International Finance Relations, and Stefania Bazzoni, Office Director for EIB Affairs. Both thought that t [...] | 2005-10-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05ROME36 | US-ITALIAN WORKING GROUP MEETS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. PM DAS Bue and OSD Strategy Director Pavel led a joint State-DOD delegation to Rome on December 7 to discuss anticipated US Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) changes and work through details on reshaping our presence in Italy. In working group discussions with an Italian dele [...] | 2005-01-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO IT GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 05ROME3600 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MINETA'S [...] (C) Summary. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in Iraq, the largest contributor to NATO Balkans operations, and commands international security assistance forces (ISAF) and a Provincial Reconstruction T [...] | 2005-10-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ELTN EWWT IT OTRA OVIP AVIATION |
| 05ROME3609 | ITALY SEEKS "PARALLELISM" TO BREAK DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rome has met with senior officials in the Vice Ministry of Trade and Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs to urge the GOI to support EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on a new EU proposal on agricultural market access within the "negotiating zone" of the USG an [...] | 2005-10-28 04:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD IT EU WTO |
| 05ROME3630 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (U) The Italian government hailed the success of the Iraqi constitution as an historic step in October 25 and 26 statements from Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Ciampi, Foreign Minister Fini and Defense Minister Martino. Translations of the statements are reprinted below. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-10-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ IT KDEM KPAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3631 | IRAN: ITALY SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi publicly condemned the statements made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The MFA also immediately phoned the Iranian Ambassador in Rome to protest upon hearing Ahmadinejad's remarks, following up with a short public statement on its web site. The Mayor [...] | 2005-10-28 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3632 | PM BERLUSCONI'S FOCUS WILL BE IRAQ TROOP LEVELS [...] (U) The Ambassador called on PM Silvio Berlusconi on the eve of Berlusconi's trip to Washington for his meeting with POTUS. Berlusconi was accompanied by Under Secretary for the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, Special Assistant Valentino Valenti, Diplomatic Counselor Gianpaolo Scarante and [...] | 2005-10-31 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3640 | CHAVEZ STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT AS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi delivered our message on consolidating democracy and ensuring respect for human rights to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during their meeting October 17 in Milan. Chavez was in Italy for the October 17 UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 60th Ann [...] | 2005-10-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XM XL IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME3671 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...] | 2005-11-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER |
| 05ROME3697 | ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED [...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...] | 2005-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME372 | GOI OPEN TO U.S. SUGGESTIONS ON MILAN/LINATE [...] (SBU) On January 20, the MFA hosted an inter-ministerial meeting to coordinate U.S.-Italy consultations on the Linate code-sharing issue. Italy has proposed February 15-16 consultations in Washington. The GOI delegation is interested in USG views, yet remains convinced after the MFA meeting [...] | 2005-02-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME3729 | SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...] | 2005-11-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO |
| 05ROME3758 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-01-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3763 | IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...] | 2005-11-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME3765 | ITALY ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA U/S Mantica will travel to Sudan November 16-21, making stops in Khartoum, Darfur, and Juba. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will be at the top of the agenda. Italy is pleased with its seat on the Sudanese Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...] | 2005-11-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME3767 | SCENESETTER FOR DHHS SECRETARY MICHAEL LEAVITT'S [...] (C) Ambassador Spogli and Minister of Health Francesco Storace warmly welcome your visit to Italy to further our already excellent relations in health cooperation. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in [...] | 2005-11-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT OTRA OVIP PREL SOCI TBIO FAO |
| 05ROME3774 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT |
| 05ROME3781 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES AND INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) This message provides Embassy Rome's reply to the NSC request for Italian names (Ref A),including radical Milan-based clerics, such as Abu Amad. We should note that we would likely enhance cooperation with key Italian officials if we could provide Milan prosecutor with information lin [...] | 2005-11-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IT KTFN PGOV PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME3787 | SCENSETTER FOR NSC TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Rome comes at an opportune time to press the Italians for increased detail and transparency about their security plans for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. The Italian Ministry of Interior, which has been tasked with coordinating security for the Games, re [...] | 2005-11-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KOLY PTER PREL IT |
| 05ROME3797 | OSCE/FCS: ITALY WILL NOT BLOCK PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) On November 16 Polmiloff received a response to Reftel demarche from Brunella Borzi, the MFA's office director for OSCE affairs. Borzi apologized for the delayed response saying she has been out of the country and wanted to first confer with the Italian delegation in Vienna before react [...] | 2005-11-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE IT PARM PREL OSCE |
| 05ROME3802 | GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND [...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...] | 2005-11-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME3827 | ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...] | 2005-11-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IT EUN |
| 05ROME3828 | MOI PISANU NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SAUDIS TRAINING [...] (C) Minister of Interior Pisanu told the Ambassador during the Ambassador's introductory call in late September that he had been developing a close working relationship with his Saudi Arabian counterpart (REFTEL). Pisanu spoke positively about a Saudi offer of assistance training imams operati [...] | 2005-11-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3847 | G-TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VISIT TO ITALY [...] Summary. G-TIP Ambassador John Miller visited Rome, Turin and the Vatican October 24-29 to discuss trafficking in person issues. His meetings with government officials, NGOs and victims reaffirmed that Italy has excellent laws to combat trafficking, but implementation depends on a mixed re [...] | 2005-11-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05ROME3857 | EMBASSY TOLD U.S. PARSONS WINS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TO OVERSEE CONSTRUCTION OF 7 BILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE (BUT WILL IT BE BUILT?) [...] Parsons Corp., a California-based engineering and construction firm, told the Embassy that it has provisionally been awarded the 120 million euro project management contract to oversee construction of the bridge to connect mainland Italy and Sicily. Italian engineering firm Impregilo had prev [...] | 2005-11-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND IT |
| 05ROME3868 | ITALY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PUBLICLY CRITICIZES [...] (SBU) On November 22, Minister of Justice Roberto Castelli took the unusual step of publicly criticizing a member of Italy's highly independent magistracy over his ability to properly handle a particular case. Castelli called Armando Spataro a "militant," meaning a communist. On November 12, [...] | 2005-11-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3880 | OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
| 05ROME3881 | ITALY JUDICIAL REFORM AND IPR, AN INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI officials, including the Minister of Justice, have denied that the "ex- Cirielli" legislation to reform Italy's criminal justice system will have a major impact on IPR enforcement. A recently adopted amendment limits the bill's impact on current cases and reduces the like [...] | 2005-11-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3882 | ITALIAN-YEMENI COOPERATION ON BORDER CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 5. 2. (C) Italian Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu visited Sanaa last week for talks with his Yemeni counterpart. According to Pisanu's Diplomatic Advisor, Ambassador Guido Lenzi, the most urgent bilateral issue discussed was Yemen's re [...] | 2005-11-23 18:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IT YE |
| 05ROME3885 | OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
| 05ROME3890 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ABU SSAYYAF GROUP [...] (S/NF) A/ECCOUNS and ECONOFF delivered November 23 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) prenotification (ref A) to Cristina Collura, Director, Prevention of Financial Crimes, Ministry of Finance (MOF),and to Giampolo Cantini, MFA Office Director for G8 and Global Issues. Both MOF and MFA officials said t [...] | 2005-11-25 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME3928 | 24TH ICCROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary: the 24th session of the General Assembly of the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) met November 9 - 11. The ICCROM Council recommended and the General Assembly approved the hiring of a new Director General. A real gr [...] | 2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN KUNR ICCROM |
| 05ROME3936 | ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...] | 2005-11-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3942 | EXTENSION OF U.S.-ITALIAN MEMORANDUM OF [...] Mission Italy wholeheartedly endorses the proposed extension of the U.S. - Italian Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial Roman Periods of Italy, signed on Janu [...] | 2005-12-01 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO IT |
| 05ROME3957 | ITALY WANTS BROADER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Asia Claudio Pacifico told the DCM on November 29 that Italy wants to play a larger role in Afghanistan and made an appeal for closer cooperation on policy with the U.S. He noted that the GOI was reassessing its participation in Afghanistan with an eye t [...] | 2005-12-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME3961 | ITALY INSISTS IT IS FIRM ON PRESSURING RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary. On December 1, Poloff met with Dr. Susanna Schlien of the OSCE office of the Italian MFA to discuss the US position on a possible ministerial declaration during the OSCE Ljubljana summit. Poloff noted that the USG believed that no ministerial message might be better than one whic [...] | 2005-12-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
| 05ROME3978 | ITALY TRANSPORT MINISTER LAMENTS POOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory courtesy call with the Ambassador, Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Pietro Lunardi criticized the poor state of Italy's infrastructure, and said the situation was holding back Italy's tourism industry. Lunardi was pleased with Transportation S [...] | 2005-12-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR OTRA IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3994 | OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - TURIN - MONTHLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY IT AMGT |
| 05ROME3996 | ELECTORAL REFORM CREATES INTRA-COALITION BATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political strategists tell us that electoral reform legislation likely to be approved by the Italian Senate in the coming weeks will force coalition members to run against each other in the 2006 electoral campaign. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centrist coalition pa [...] | 2005-12-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3998 | ADVISOR ON HOMELAND SECURITY TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings with law enforcement and intelligence officials, Advisor to the President for Homeland Security Townsend delivered a consistent message on security for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We respect Italian capabilities and appreciate the cooperation [...] | 2005-12-06 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PTER OVIP IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME4021 | POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECH TRANSFER TO IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Aldo Doria, Head of the Ministry of Productive Activities' Export Control Unit, told EconOff the export of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile components from Italy to the Netherlands for possible re-export to Iran is likely to occur by December 20. The Italian firm i [...] | 2005-12-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR NE IT MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4023 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON OLYMPICS SECURITY, MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Interior and Chief of Police DeGennaro December 6 expressed readiness to cooperate fully with the USG on Olympics security issues. Besides the Olympics, Italian security authorities had identified 13,000 potential targets around the country and instituted measures [...] | 2005-12-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER EFIN PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME4027 | REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...] | 2005-12-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP |
| 05ROME4028 | ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR ACTIVE EU ROLE IN PEACE [...] Summary: On a two-day official visit to Italy, Abu Mazen underlined PA commitment to the Roadmap and called for a vigorous EU role in the peace process. He said Palestinians had chosen the path of democracy and called on Israel to remove all obstacles to the conduct of elections, including i [...] | 2005-12-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XF IS IT PLO MEPP |
| 05ROME4029 | 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...] | 2005-12-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
| 05ROME4046 | IPR Public Education in Italy: Refining the [...] Uneven IPR enforcement by police remains a problem in Italy, but a lack of respect for intellectual property among the general public also represents a significant hurdle. Some 20 percent of Italian consumers, according to a recent poll, admit to buying fakes. The Embassy, in cooperation wit [...] | 2005-12-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
| 05ROME4047 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a statement condemning the assassination on December 12. Embassy translation of Fini's statement is provided below. 2. Begin text. Italy strongly condemn [...] | 2005-12-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN |
| 05ROME4052 | ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...] | 2005-12-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
| 05ROME4060 | MOI EXPELS MOHAMMED DAKI: ITALY'S 13 IN 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu expelled Moroccan national and suspect terrorist Daki Mohamed on December 10, returning him to Morocco. Tunisian national and terrorist suspect Gharsellaoui Mohamed Akremi was also expelled December 10. In a December 11 press release, Pisanu [...] | 2005-12-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME4064 | PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...] | 2005-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME4072 | USITC FIVE YEAR REVIEW: ANTIDUMPING AND/OR [...] (U) In response to reftel request for industry-wide data on production and export of C20000-series brass sheet and strip, Post contacted the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) and the National Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Industries (ASSOMET). While they were unable to provide us [...] | 2005-12-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ECON ASEC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4074 | ITALY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Please find post's proposed text for the Italian section of the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: Italy has been a staunch ally in the war against terror. Italy works to fight terrorism within its borders, cooperates internationally, and participates with a strong military [...] | 2005-12-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IT EUN |
| 05ROME4075 | ITALY POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] Summary: Officials at the Italian Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs say Italy will be supportive of the U.S.-EU Air Services Agreement, provided the Department of Transportation follows through with proposed rule changes. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel points to Maria Cr [...] | 2005-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN AVIATION FAA |
| 05ROME4080 | ITALY: IMPACT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA ON POULTRY MARKET [...] (U) This message responds to reftel regarding the impact of avian influenza on the Italian poultry market. GOI efforts to control avian flu and the GOI's ability to respond to an influenza pandemic will be reported septel. Please note that the United States does not export poultry meat to [...] | 2005-12-19 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO IT USTR |
| 05ROME4083 | AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT PRODUCES IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary. Amb. Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on UN Reform, had meetings with Italian FM Gianfranco Fini, senior MFA officials, and senior officials in PM Berlusconi's office December 12 and 13. Amb. Tahir-Kheli highlighted U.S. reform priorities, stressed the [...] | 2005-12-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR IT UNGA |
| 05ROME4093 | INVESTING IN ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO: [...] (U) Summary. On December 8-10, five Italian foreign affairs advisors to government and opposition political parties took part in a highly successful "Opinion-Makers" NATO tour with follow-on to Afghanistan. In addition to educating Italian policymakers about NATO, the tour's purpose was to de [...] | 2005-12-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OPRC MOPS IT AF NATO AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME4107 | FRATTINI TO FLOAT EU BALKANS ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Italian MFA December 19 hosted a conference on Balkans issues attended by Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj, Vice President of the European Commission Franco Frattini, and members of the Italian MFA Department for Balkan Affairs. Frattini stated that on January 9, [...] | 2005-12-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM YI SR MW IT BI |
| 05ROME4113 | ITALIAN PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Information on avian/pandemic influenza preparedness in Italy is keyed to categories and questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Does the government of Italy have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu (AI) from becomi [...] | 2005-12-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL IT FAO |
| 05ROME4116 | ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT [...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...] | 2005-12-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
| 05ROME4124 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ON UNSCR 1624, ITALY [...] (S/NF) Finance Ministry DG for Financial Crimes, Giuseppe Maresca, told A/Ecoun and Econoff December 20 that the Italian Financial Security Committee (FSC -- equivalent level to USG PCC) in its December meeting considered the USG proposal to jointly propose the designation of Bouchta Bouriki ( [...] | 2005-12-21 17:24:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS EFIN IT KSEP KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME4125 | OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...] | 2005-12-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4155 | WITH A WARY EYE ON RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy's Productive Activities Minister says Italy and the EU are too dependent on Russian energy, and that truly developed countries should be self-sufficient in energy. Italy is actively pursuing alternative energy sources, such as biomass fuel, hydrogen energy, and solar p [...] | 2005-12-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL KDEM SA IR IS IT IQ RU |
| 05ROME4182 | U.S. Terror Victims Accuse Italy of Siding with [...] Lawyers of the families of three U.S. victims of Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 1995 and 1996, to whom a U.S. Court in 2003 awarded USD 523 million in damages against Iran, have accused Italy of siding with Iran in the legal battle to collect damages from Iran's assets here. The lawyers [...] | 2005-12-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IR IT KPRP ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
| 05ROME4186 | GOI CHARTS THE WAY FORWARD AFTER WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, views the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial as an overall success and especially as "a win" for Brazil. Teti praised Pascal Lamy's leadership of the WTO, and predicted an agreement on the Doha Development [...] | 2005-12-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME4188 | ITALY: AVIAN INFLUENZA POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) In response to ref A, Embassy Rome DCM met on December 14 with representatives from the following sections/agencies: Management, Consular, Science, Health Unit, Foreign Agriculture Service, Foreign Commercial Service, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC/DOD). The Regional Security O [...] | 2005-12-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC AMED CASC AEMR KFLO TBIO SENV EAGR ECON PREL IT AVIAN INFLUENZA |
| 05ROME458 | ITALY/BIOTECH: COEXISTENCE DECREE-LAW PASSED BY [...] (U) On January 25, 2005 the Italian Senate passed legislation on the coexistence of conventional, organic and biotech crops, approving a draft that had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies earlier in the month. The decree-law requires all of the Italian regions to produce their own coexis [...] | 2005-02-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT |
| 05ROME469 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005 SCICOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Counselor Giovanni Battista Iannuzzi, Director of Office VII (National Authority for Conventions on Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Disarmament) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate General for Multilateral Polit [...] | 2005-02-11 18:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TRGY AORC IT IAEA |
| 05ROME493 | GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR [...] Italy's chief civil aviation negotiator and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) Director General Dr. Aldo Sansone will not participate in February 17 consultations in Washington to settle a joint complaint filed by American and United Airlines on access to Linate airport. Dr. [...] | 2005-02-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT KTIA AVIATION |
| 05ROME494 | ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH INVITATION TO EXPAND [...] The Embassy has received a copy of a February 11, 2005 letter sent from Italian Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia to HHS Secretary Leavitt proposing to expand the bilateral MOU on Health and Medical Sciences (2003) to include cooperation on obesity, diabetes, and complementary and alternati [...] | 2005-02-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI IT |
| 05ROME510 | VWP/ITALY: UPDATE ON 10/26/05 DEADLINE AND [...] Summary: The Consul General updated the GOI on the status of the U.S. biometric passport program and drew attention to the upcoming deadline for biometric passports for Visa Waiver countries at a February 14 meeting with MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Siggia. Siggia [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL IT CPPT |
| 05ROME537 | IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...] | 2005-02-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME574 | Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors [...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...] | 2005-02-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME629 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Summary: Embassy Rome recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2005. Piracy rates, though showing some improvement in 2004, continue to be among the worst in Western Europe. Industry losses remain unacceptably high, wide-spread street vending of pirated and counterfeit goods c [...] | 2005-02-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD IT KIPR |
| 05ROME684 | ITALIAN JUSTICE: SLOW AND INCREASINGLY [...] Summary. The uproar over a Milan justice's decision to free accused terrorists because they allegedly fit the definition of guerrilla war-fighters (reftel) is only one indicator of ongoing problems in the Italian judicial system. At the inauguration of the judicial year, the Chief Prosecuto [...] | 2005-03-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV IT |
| 05ROME695 | (S) MTAG: ADDITIONAL GOI REACTION TO POTENTIAL [...] (S) Ref B reports on the delivery of our January 13 demarche (ref C) to the MFA's Non-Proliferation Coordinator Carlo Tripepi, in which we informed the GOI that several Chinese firms intended to engage in proliferation-related activity with several Italian firms, including Galileo Avionica, Si [...] | 2005-03-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IT CH MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME702 | ITALY AGREES WITH PUBLIC STATEMENT; BELIEVES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT |
| 05ROME706 | ITALY WILL SUPPORT THE L.27 DECLARATION ON HUMAN [...] On March 1, SCICOUNS delivered points in reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, and also to the Prime Minister's office. Counselor Alessandro Busacca, Head of Office I (UN Affairs) of the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, responded [...] | 2005-03-02 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UNGA |
| 05ROME714 | ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ [...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...] | 2005-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME746 | MFA ON FINI'S BALKANS VISIT; DAS STEPHENS ROME [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that FM Fini's February 23-25 Balkans visit had been"constructive," and that Fini reassured his interlocutors that Italy would "maintain maximum attention" to the region. In Belgrade he pointed out that ICTY cooperation remains crucial for the region's advancemen [...] | 2005-03-04 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR IT KI EUN |
| 05ROME747 | UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: ITALIAN CANDIDATE [...] (U) Italian Radical Party leader Emma Bonino came to Embassy Rome March 4 to meet NEA DAS Carpenter. Bonino's NGO "No Peace without Justice" is managing an aspect of the USG-GOI funded "Democracy Assistance Dialogue" under the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative. 2. (C) Aft [...] | 2005-03-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IT PREF ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME779 | CIVAIR: GOI RESPONSE TO VIOLATION OF FAA [...] The Italian National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC) has responded to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Case No. 2002EA01009 concerning alleged FAA regulation violations by Captain Giorgio Silvetti, an Alitalia Airlines pilot. The FAA requested ENAC investigate the alleged U.S. airspace inf [...] | 2005-03-08 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
| 05ROME781 | IRAQ/ITALY: ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN BAGHDAD, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the last 24 hours PM Berlusconi has pressed hard for the establishment of some mechanism to show that Italy was an active participant in the investigation into the killing of Italian intel officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad, which he could use to calm criticism o [...] | 2005-03-08 20:11:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME799 | IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...] | 2005-03-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME807 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR USG STATEMENT ON KOSOVO PM [...] (SBU) MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona told poloff March 7 that the elements of the US statement on Kosovo PM Haradinaj's resignation contained were excellent. He was in the process of drafting Italy's statement, and would have liked to have followed our lead and been more dire [...] | 2005-03-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SR YI KAWX ICTY |
| 05ROME819 | LETTER FROM ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO PRESIDENT [...] Please deliver following message from President Ciampi to President Bush. 2. Begin Text. Mr. President, Dear George, I appreciate the sincerity of the words of solidarity you have addressed to me after the tragic accident in Iraq which caused the death of Nicola Calipari and the woundi [...] | 2005-03-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL IT US IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME820 | IRAQ: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO DATE TOTALS EURO 78M [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports the GOI spent Euro 78 million ($101 million) on Iraq aid in 2003-2004. For 2005, the GOI plans to disburse about Euro 30 million ($39 million) in additional reconstruction assistance, though this figure represents an estimate, rather [...] | 2005-03-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME821 | IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...] | 2005-03-11 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME858 | U.S.-ITALY INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ITALIAN OFFICIAL CALIPARI IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) By exchange of letters dated March 12, the Embassy concurred with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the subject investigation as proposed by the GOI. The Italian letter containing the proposed TOR follows the text reported in para 7 of reftel and was signed by Undersecretary in the Prime [...] | 2005-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM PHUM |
| 05ROME861 | ITALY ON GAERC AGENDA: NO CONSENSUS FOR CROATIA [...] (C) MFA EU-CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that no Member States expect Ministers to approve a start date for Croatian accession talks at the March 16 GAERC. He predicted Ministers would urge completion of the EU's own bureaucratic preparations for negotiations to start, while underli [...] | 2005-03-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
| 05ROME878 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...] | 2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME886 | IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN [...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...] | 2005-03-16 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME897 | ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN SHARES INSIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Ambassador to Iran believes that most Iranians favor better relations with the United States, but at the same time support Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear capabilities. The upcoming Presidential elections could help resolve this dilemma by offering prospects, if Rafsanjan [...] | 2005-03-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR IT IAEA |
| 05ROME902 | IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...] | 2005-03-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME905 | ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...] | 2005-03-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 05ROME917 | UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...] | 2005-03-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IT UNHRC |
| 05ROME919 | IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...] | 2005-03-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
| 05ROME950 | SOMALIA - ITALIANS SHARE CONCERNS OVER IGAD TROOP [...] (C) On March 18, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Stefano Dejak told PolOff that Italy shares U.S. concerns expressed reftel over possible IGAD troop deployment in Somalia. Italy has been speaking at length at high levels to the Ethiopian government, which is looking to IGAD protection of its own b [...] | 2005-03-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
| 05ROME976 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...] | 2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
| 05ROME987 | ITALY'S FOREIGN AID: LATE PAYMENTS, TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Italian parliament passed a special appropriation to: 1) allow Italy to make up its missed 2004 euro 100 million payment (euro=$1.33) to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 2) fund a euro 70 million appropriation for tsunami-related aid; [...] | 2005-03-22 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IT |
| 05ROME989 | US-ITALIAN GOALS FOR BALKANS: "PLAYING THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with MFA Political Director Terzi and European Affairs Director-General Caracciolo, DAS Stephens heard a strong Italian pledge of continued participation and cooperation with the US in the Balkans. Terzi said that Italy was focusing on a number of important issues, fr [...] | 2005-03-22 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL SR BS EUN HZ |
| 05SANAA1244 | YEMEN GRAPPLES WITH POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF A MINOR [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, President Saleh suspended the death sentence of murder defendant Amina Ali Abdallah al-Tuhaif. The suspension was a direct result of international and local pressure to revisit the case due to questions on whether or not Al-Tuhaif committed murder when she was a minor. [...] | 2005-05-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM YM |
| 05SANAA1317 | SHAKEDOWN AT THE ADEN PORT: SHIPS DETAINED BY [...] (C) Summary. Commercial maritime traffic to the Port of Aden, already far below the port's potential, may decrease further due to exaggerated insurance claims and an unusual practice of detaining ships in Yemen. Several worldwide insurance clubs have met in the last month to discuss these pr [...] | 2005-05-17 12:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT YM COM |
| 05SANAA2206 | TERROR TRIAL UPDATE: SIX AQ DEFENDANTS SENTENCED [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Sanaa Special Penal Court concluded the trial of eight suspected Al-Qaeda members for planning an attack on the Italian and British embassies as well as the Sanaa French Cultural Center (reftel). Five of the eight defendants were found guilty of "conspiracy to [...] | 2005-08-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA335 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...] | 2005-02-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS |
| 05SANAA3483 | YEMEN: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. A copy of this report has been forwarded to S/CT POCs via e-mail. 2. Begin text. In 2005, the Republic of Yemen continued to provide support for the global war on terrorism and took action against al-Qaida a [...] | 2005-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC KTFN YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 05SANAA419 | YEMEN TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: COLE DEATH SENTENCE [...] (C) Summary. On 2/26 the Sanaa Appellate Court commuted the death sentence of U.S.S. Cole defendant Jamal Badawi to 15 years in prison and upheld the death sentence for Abd al-Rahim Nashiri (ref a). On 2/27 Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi along with Lead Prosecutor Saeed [...] | 2005-02-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA462 | U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On February 24 Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi for Yemen's partnership in the Global War on Terrorism and encouraged the ROYG to expand intelligence sharing cooperation with the USG. In response to the FM's complaint [...] | 2005-03-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON KMPI KDEM PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM |
| 05SANAA997 | IRYANI RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY CHARTER [...] (C) Summary. On April 18 Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Presidential Counselor, former Prime Minister Dr. Abdul Karim al-Iryani, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mustapha Noman. Iryani also briefly discussed the recent ROYG rejection of the Hunt Oil drilling rights extension (ref. b). En [...] | 2005-04-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM ENERGY |
| 05SANSALVADOR3422 | EL SALVADOR: TERRORISM: TRACKING EXPANSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL ANET ES |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5410 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...] | 2005-12-16 23:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PGOV HA PREL |
| 05SAOPAULO283 | THE TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...] | 2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP |
| 05SAOPAULO624 | AMBASSADOR VISIT TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by officers from Consulate General Sao Paulo, visited Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, May 1- 3. During the visit, Ambassador met with the governor and the mayor; toured the modern General Motors and Dell Compute [...] | 2005-05-23 20:17:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD KIPR EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINR BR |
| 05SOFIA1450 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES BULGARIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Action request Para 7 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an extraordinary session of parliament on August 16, the largest coalition in Bulgaria's post-communist history approved the nomination of Socialist leader Sergei Stanishev as prime minister. Stanishev was backed by MPs from a three-party coalitio [...] | 2005-08-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BU |
| 05SOFIA187 | BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Minister Svinarov signed January 28 a deal worth up to USD 400 million for the purchase of 18 Cougar and Panther helicopters from EADS. Sikorsky Helicopter was [...] | 2005-01-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO |
| 05SOFIA436 | BULGARIAN LEADERS ASSERT SOLDIER KILLED BY U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and President Georgi Purvanov called the Ambassador to their offices March 7 to assert that the Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq on March 4 died as a result of friendly fire by U.S. forces. In separate, back-to- [...] | 2005-03-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG |
| 05TAIPEI1671 | FM CHEN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR VATICAN VISIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mark Chen contacted AIT on April 6 to ask for USG assistance with President Chen Shui-bian's planned trip to the Vatican on April 8 to attend memorial services for Pope John Paul II. FM Chen said that the Holy See has received approval from the Italian government to grant [...] | 2005-04-06 23:19:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI1841 | VATICAN ASKS TAIWAN NOT TO SEND SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor Lin Jin-chang told AIT April 19 that the Vatican Foreign Ministry has requested that Taiwan not send any ranking official to ceremonies to inaugurate the next Pope. Lin said the Vatican's list of "ranking officials" includes the President, Vi [...] | 2005-04-19 22:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW VT |
| 05TAIPEI1919 | CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FIRST QUARTER [...] (U) During the first quarter of 2004, EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL) both made progress in establishing air cargo ventures in Mainland China. The airlines also applied for permission to fly through PRC airspace on flights to Europe and other parts of Asia. Taiwan's Investment Commission fi [...] | 2005-04-26 07:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2011 | (U) TAIWAN BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE MAINLAND [...] (C) AIT/Taipei offers the following information in response to ref C regarding PRC pressure on Taiwan businesses operating in the Mainland. We have highlighted four examples of such pressure -- Chi Mei, Acer, Quanta, and Evergreen. We also note that many firms report the same kind of difficu [...] | 2005-05-03 09:20:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR EINV PGOV PREL CH TW |
| 05TAIPEI2672 | (C) TAIWAN REPORTS ITALIAN MANUFACTURERS WILLING [...] (C) On June 20, AIT/T Economic Section Chief met with Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Chief Secretary Peter Ho to discuss the disposal of 39,500 kg of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) seized by Taiwan authorities in August 2003. AIT/T had delivered information on how to destroy the chemical to [...] | 2005-06-20 07:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL ECON TW |
| 05TAIPEI2974 | TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5 [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...] | 2005-07-11 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT |
| 05TAIPEI3199 | Taiwan: Seized Phosphorus Pentasulfide Loaded for [...] (SBU) Summary. On 28 July, 2005, AIT/K Econoff and Economic Assistant observed the entire process of loading and moving 158 barrels of phosphorus pentasulfide which had been held in Kaohsiung Customs impound warehouse, located outside Kaohsiung Harbor, since its seizure by Taiwan Customs from [...] | 2005-08-01 23:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PTER EWWT TW IT |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1317 | HONDURAN STEEL: A FRONT FOR CUBAN MONEY TRANSFERS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, 2005, Mr. Antonio Kattn, owner of Honduran steel company Aceros Alfa, told ECONOFFS that he is facing unfair competition from Cuban government-owned competitor, Aceros Centro Caribe. According to Mr. Kattan, Aceros Centro Caribe is importing production inputs (steel bi [...] | 2005-06-21 16:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS PINR ETRD CU CO HO MONY NT |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1728 | HONDURAS: NEW WORLD BANK RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Recently-arrived World Bank Resident Representative Adrian Fozzard highlighted the Bank's current foci in Honduras, including closer coordination with other donors, encouraging GOH civil service reform and an orderly transition following the November 27 elections, and the product [...] | 2005-08-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV HO |
| 05TELAVIV1171 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...] | 2005-02-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV2030 | CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, a disengagement opponent, told Codel Dreier and the Ambassador that a divided Likud is in a state of "crisis." He lamented that disengagement could [...] | 2005-04-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV2185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...] | 2005-04-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV3970 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...] | 2005-06-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV4820 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...] | 2005-08-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV5319 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...] | 2005-08-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5672 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...] | 2005-09-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV5716 | GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT [...] (C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation deteriorating even further in the coming months. He believes that a variety of armed groups, including factions within Fatah, will continue to seek illicit financial and politi [...] | 2005-09-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV6270 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...] | 2005-11-02 11:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...] | 2005-11-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6367 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...] | 2005-11-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6512 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...] | 2005-11-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6911 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...] | 2005-12-13 12:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV6972 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...] | 2005-12-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV7023 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...] | 2005-12-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV820 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 05TELAVIV969 | WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 17, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, settlers west of Hebron attacked a group of Amcit (Christian Peacemakers) and Italian peace activists who were escorting Palestinian shepherds grazing animals, beating up and injuring two activists, according to humanitarian NGOs. PA Labor Minister Ghassan Khat [...] | 2005-02-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
| 05THEHAGUE2309 | AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...] | 2005-08-22 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN |
| 05TRIPOLI51 | (U) LIBYA - FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) The U.S. Government resumed direct bilateral relations with Libya on June 28, 2004, after a 24-year gap, following Libya's decision to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction programs and Missile Control Technology Regime-class missiles. 2. (U) Libya remains among the countries conside [...] | 2005-03-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG LY |
| 05VATICAN102 | POPE ENCOURAGES DIALOGE OVER ARROGANCE; URGES [...] (SBU) In the face of the natural and manmade catastrophes that afflicted the world over the past year, Pope John Paul II's New Year address to the Vatican diplomatic corps set out four challenges facing world leaders that closely parallel priority U.S. policy goals: the defense of life, the c [...] | 2005-01-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT |
| 05VATICAN130 | ITALIAN EC MINISTER BUTTIGLIONE ADDRESSES [...] (U) Italian Minister of European Community Policies Rocco Buttiglione described a rising tide of secularism in Europe that he claimed was ironically having a positive effect on ecumenical and inter-religious relations in a January 11 appearance before an audience of the Vatican press corps an [...] | 2005-01-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI VT |
| 05VATICAN142 | VIETNAM WARMING TO RELATIONS WITH HOLY SEE? [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF VM VT |
| 05VATICAN181 | JEWISH LEADERS HAIL POPE'S EFFORTS TO BUILD [...] (SBU) The largest group of Jewish leaders ever to travel to the Vatican lauded Pope John Paul II's efforts on behalf of reconciliation between Jews and Christians in a January 18 meeting. The group cited the Pope's numerous gestures toward the Jewish community as the Holy See marks the 40th [...] | 2005-01-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IS VT |
| 05VATICAN2323 | POPE BENEDICT XVI PONTIFICATE PREVIEW PART THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
| 05VATICAN37 | IRF AMBASSADOR HANFORD REVIEWS THREATS AND NEXT [...] (SBU) During his December 1 - 4 visit to the Vatican, Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford reviewed U.S. religious freedom concerns and priorities with Holy See Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo and other senior officials. Vatican officials highlighted [...] | 2005-01-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT |
| 05VATICAN446 | CHALDEAN PATRIARCH: INCREASED SECURITY, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY [...] (C) Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told Charge February 17 that the coalition's failure to date to provide reasonable security and reliable electricity were the biggest obstacles to acceptance of U.S. efforts by the Iraqi people. The lack of security led many to conclude [...] | 2005-02-24 12:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
| 05VATICAN456 | POPE RETURNS TO VATICAN TO CONTINUE RECUPERATION; WILL KEEP [...] (U) Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican in the early evening of March 13, after spending 18 days in Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Pontiff underwent a tracheotomy to facilitate his breathing and subsequent therapy to allow him to speak with a tube in his throat. Television coverage o [...] | 2005-03-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI VT |
| 05VATICAN461 | WEAKENED POPE MISSES EASTER SERVICES [...] (C) For the first time since his 1978 election to the papacy, Pope John Paul II was unable to participate in the Vatican's Holy Week and Easter celebrations, suggesting that his condition continues to deteriorate following his February surgery. Despite a series of indications that the Pope h [...] | 2005-03-29 18:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VT |
| 05VATICAN463 | TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART I: THE ELECTION OF A NEW POPE [...] (U) On Monday, April 18 following nine days of official mourning after the burial of Pope John Paul II, 115 cardinals will gather in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. This cable -- the first in a series looking toward the conclave -- outlines the election procedures and provide [...] | 2005-04-13 14:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VT |
| 05VATICAN466 | TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...] | 2005-04-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR VT |
| 05VATICAN480 | POPE NAMES AMERICAN TO KEY POST [...] (SBU) In the first new appointment of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI named San Francisco's Archbishop William Levada as his successor as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF),the Holy See's primary doctrinal guardian. Levada becomes the highest placed American Cu [...] | 2005-05-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PGOV VT |
| 05VATICAN489 | AFTER TENSIONS, VATICAN SEEKING MORE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Charge that the Vatican had decided to pursue the path of dialogue and offer "an outstretched hand" when dealing with the government of Venezuela, despite past tensions. In response to ref (a) and (b) points and inquiries, Parolin [...] | 2005-07-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET VE VT EUN |
| 05VATICAN507 | UK IRKS HOLY SEE WITH EMBASSY CHANGES [...] (C) The UK has rubbed the Holy See the wrong way with two recent moves that many at the Vatican have taken as slights - or worse. First the British irked the Vatican by moving its embassy to the Holy See into the compound housing its mission to Italy - a diplomatic faux pas at the Vatican. [...] | 2005-08-09 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK VT |
| 05VATICAN519 | VATICAN: MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP LAJOLO [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires a.i. called on Vatican FM-equivalent Lajolo September 3 and raised a number of issues, including Venezuela, China, Turkey/Islam, UN reform, Israel, Iraq. End Summary. 2. (U) Charge paid an introductory 30-minute call on September 3 on Archbishop Giovanni La [...] | 2005-09-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VT VE IS CH TU IZ |
| 05VATICAN526 | POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECT FUNDING INITIATIVE PROPOSAL [...] Post Language Officer and POC: Fleur Cowan, CowanFS@state.gov, Tel: 0039-06-4674-3439 Fax: 0039-06-575-8346 2. Description of proposed program and budget: Language school weekends: Italian language schools, with their flexible and tailored curriculum, (such as Il Sasso in Montepulciano us [...] | 2005-10-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO VT |
| 05VATICAN529 | VATICAN: UK TAPS NORTHERN IRISH CATHOLIC AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The UK has selected Francis Campbell, a 35-year-old Catholic from Northern Ireland, as ambassador to the Holy See. We understand that Campbell will become the first Catholic to represent the UK at the Vatican since the Reformation. Campbell is a former diplomat and advisor at 10 Downing [...] | 2005-11-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VT UK |
| 05VATICAN541 | VATICAN: MEDIA REACT TO PRESIDENT'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (U) President Bush's call for increased religious freedom, and particularly "the need for [China] to invite leaders from the Vatican to come and discuss religious freedoms" was widely covered in Italian and Vatican-based news media. In a press release supporting President Bush's statements, th [...] | 2005-11-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KIRF PHUM PREL VT CH |
| 05VATICAN543 | VATICAN LOOKS TOWARDS CHINA - WITHOUT COMPROMISE [...] (U) The Holy See has sent clear messages to China recently that hint at improving relations, but which maintain the integrity of its position on religious freedom and autonomy. Both Pope Benedict XVI and Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano expressed displeasure at Beijing's intransigence [...] | 2005-12-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL VT CH |
| 05VATICAN544 | AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VATICAN MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary. During his October visit to Rome, Ambassador John Miller met with Holy See officials in two Pontifical Councils to promote Vatican engagement on trafficking in persons. Ambassador Miller also attended a half-day conference co-sponsored by Embassy Rome and Embassy Vatican, and met [...] | 2005-12-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI VT |
| 05VIENNA1073 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE STABILITY PACT, LISBON [...] (C) The GoA understands the political necessity behind the recent Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) reform and believes the SGP can still be an effective mechanism to ensure sound fiscal policies. Nevertheless, the GoA fears the recent reforms will lead to more "exceptional" spending by Member [...] | 2005-04-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2380 | U.S.-EU WINE NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel talking points on July 11 to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Multilateral Trade Affairs Division and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's EU Coordination and Planning Division. Kordik promised to provide comments at a later d [...] | 2005-07-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD AU |
| 05VILNIUS103 | PRT ROADMAP: FROM LITHUANIA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In order to build upon our diplomatic success securing Lithuanian leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, the USG should now move quickly to formalize plans to provide tangible deliverables to the GOL. Lithuania is urgently seeking Washington commitm [...] | 2005-01-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL LH |
| 05VILNIUS28 | LITHUANIA INCSR (INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Money laundering is not a significant problem in Lithuania. Strict legal and regulatory controls and the GOL's cooperation with international regulatory counterparts explain the government's success. The Lithuanian government increased controls to prevent financial crimes and money launderi [...] | 2005-01-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH |
| 05VILNIUS372 | GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: LITHUANIA [...] (S) Lithuania has a low terrorism threat, and we are working hard with Lithuanian security agencies to keep it that way. There are no known terrorist operational cells, logistical cells, or support organizations in Lithuania. There are no known incidents of terrorism financing or terrorism-re [...] | 2005-04-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC LH |
| 05ZAGREB926 | ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT [...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...] | 2005-06-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
| 06ABUDHABI3629 | IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY MEETING A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, the United Arab Emirates hosted the Preparatory Group for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). The United Nations (UN) represented by Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and the Government of Iraq (GOI),represented by a delegation led by Iraqi Dep [...] | 2006-09-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN IZ PREL PGOV ECON AE |
| 06ABUJA1008 | POLITICAL SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: On April 10, 2006, the Ambassador and Regional Security Officer met with heads-of-mission and security officers from the Embassies and High Commissions of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, and Canada. The group discussed the increased security threats in Abuja a [...] | 2006-05-04 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC EPET AF NI |
| 06ACCRA2181 | Western Region - Energy, HIV and Illegal Mining Top List of [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 17:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON GH |
| 06ACCRA636 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENT KUFUOR TO SUPPORT CMS [...] (C) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 15 with President Kufuor to urge his support for CMS Energy's $200 million project to expand its thermal power plant in Ghana from 220 MW to 330 MW. CMS and the IFC-led lenders group have failed so far to convince Cabinet to approve the government guarante [...] | 2006-03-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EINV GH |
| 06ADANA142 | TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP [...] (U) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relations between Turkey and Iraq, as well as among other countries in the region. With high-level business and government participation from Turkey, Iraq and othe [...] | 2006-06-15 11:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ |
| 06ADANA157 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 12:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA160 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 13:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA177 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 10:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ADANA30 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA34 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 06:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA54 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 11:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADANA55 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 07:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
| 06ADDISABABA1647 | IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA DISCUSS SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...] | 2006-06-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1691 | CORRECTED COPY -- IGAD AMBASSADORS IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting of ambassadors from IGAD member states and donor partners June 15, the Ambassador of the Somalia TFG to Ethiopia, Abdil Karim Farah, told those assembled that the armed units of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) were advancing toward both Belet Dweyne and Baidoa. He s [...] | 2006-06-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IGAD PTER ASEC MARR KPKO AU SO ET |
| 06ADDISABABA1961 | DARFUR: JULY 13 AU DITF BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union planners state that USD 440 million will be needed to extend the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to the end of December 2006 and have it implement the additional tasks required by the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The degree of AMIS enhancement will depend large [...] | 2006-07-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU |
| 06ADDISABABA2927 | ETHIOPIA: SFRC STAFFER PHELAN VISIT TOUCHES ON WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings during a visit to Ethiopia, SFRC Staffer Phelan inquired about issues at the forefront of Ethiopian politics ) engagement in Somalia and progress in deepening democracy. Regarding Somalia, Phelan was told by GoE officials that Ethiopia is ready to eliminate [...] | 2006-11-03 09:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER |
| 06ADDISABABA385 | A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...] | 2006-02-08 05:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
| 06ALGIERS1961 | SKIKDA RAMPING UP REFINING, LNG CAPACITY WITH EYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Skikda industrial zone, some 300 kilometers east of Algiers, boasts Africa's largest oil refinery and what was the country's second most important LNG terminal until half of it was destroyed in an industrial accident in 2004. Officials of the Algerian pertroleum parastatal S [...] | 2006-11-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV AG |
| 06ALGIERS2019 | SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GAS DEALS ARE UNDERCURRENT OF [...] (U) Speculation about the details of future energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy swirled in Algerian business circles following the November 14-15 visit to Algiers by Italian Prime Minister Romani Prodi. The state-owned French-language daily El Moudjahid focused on Prodi's discussions [...] | 2006-11-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL EINV IT AG |
| 06ALMATY256 | KAZAKHSTAN: COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE BYELKAMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani court has refused to enforce the London Court of International Arbitration's award of legal fees to U.S. firm Byelocorp Scientific Inc. (BSI). BSI will contest the ruling, which asserted that enforcement of the LCIA award would be "detrimental to public order in [...] | 2006-01-24 07:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV PREL PINR KZ ECONOMIC |
| 06ALMATY456 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIANS HOST CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first CTAG of the Russian G-8 presidency, representatives of G-8 embassies discussed the threats to Kazakhstan posed by international terrorism, organized crime, and drug trafficking. While expressing general satisfaction with the GOK's approach to counterterrorism [...] | 2006-02-07 03:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RS KZ |
| 06AMMAN1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2006-03-07 05:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
| 06AMMAN2648 | HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS SHOWCASES ANOTHER GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's $330 million pharmaceutical industry is a bright spot in the nation's industrial development and one of the front-runner sectors in the leadership's strategy of export-led economic growth. Hikma Pharmaceuticals and its parent, the Hikma Group, is the shining star amon [...] | 2006-04-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TSPL KIPR TBIO JO |
| 06ANKARA1378 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA141 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) - convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on December 1 - assessed war readiness of the TAF (Turkish Armed Forces) and major modernization projects, discussed recent developments in the Middle East, assessed fight against separatism, reactionism and separat [...] | 2006-01-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PGOV TU |
| 06ANKARA1442 | INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...] | 2006-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
| 06ANKARA1485 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA1547 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...] | 2006-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA1812 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA183 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 16- [...] 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Friday [...] | 2006-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA2027 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA2042 | TURKEY FM GUL AND DAS BRYZA ON ENERGY, CYPRUS, EU, [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Turkey FM Abdullah Gul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza covered PKK, regional energy, Greece, EU, Cyprus, Armenia and Iran issues, almost universally citing shared objectives. Bryza emphasized that the U.S. sought to enable Turkey to take tough decisions to resolve Cyprus [...] | 2006-04-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MARR PREL TU |
| 06ANKARA2044 | TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...] | 2006-04-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR |
| 06ANKARA2153 | TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT PKK'S SMUGGLING ARMS FROM IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (S) Summary: MFA requests the USG investigate the loss of 617 handguns that were intended for Iraqi government use and that ended up in criminals' hands in Turkey. Two people have been killed with these weapons, including the Italian priest [...] | 2006-04-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
| 06ANKARA2277 | TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE [...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...] | 2006-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU GR IT |
| 06ANKARA2282 | GETTING TURKEY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Drawing on reftel, we raised the proposal for a NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center with MFA NATO Affairs DDG Serdar Kilic on April 25 after coordinating with the Norwegian and Italian embassies. Kilic said he had read the US-Italy-Norway paper on the subject and agreed with its [...] | 2006-04-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR TU |
| 06ANKARA2444 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA249 | KARZAI RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan President Karzai in his January 4-7 visit to Turkey expressed concern over waning international attention and asked for continued support, both moral and financial, from Turkey. In addition to a substantial hike in reconstruction aid, he signed agreements with the GOT, [...] | 2006-01-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AF |
| 06ANKARA2510 | TURKEY PICKS CALIK TO BUILD SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT has chosen local firm Calik Enerji to build the Samsun-Ceyhan Turkish Straits oil bypass, awarding it a six-month conditional license, still subject to approval by the President. Many of our contacts question whether Calik, whose Chairman Ahmet Calik is close to AKP po [...] | 2006-05-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EWWT SENV EINV TU |
| 06ANKARA2614 | SECOND ACTION REQUEST--TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (S) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven reminded us May 3 that he had requested information from us April 18 (see reftel) on 617 firearms that the Turkish authorities have recovered that apparen [...] | 2006-05-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA2924 | (S/NF) GUN USED TO KILL TURKISH JUDGE APPARENTLY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S/NF) Turkish National Police (TNP) sources informed LEGATT May 22 that the weapon used to murder Council of State judge Ozbilgin and wound five others May 17 was a Glock pistol. TNP sources further reported that the Glock company had [...] | 2006-05-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
| 06ANKARA3227 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: LOTS OF TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the May 17 shooting at the High Administrative Court in Ankara (ref a),there has been increasing talk about forming electoral alliances among smaller opposition parties on the center right and the center left. At this point, it is largely chatter. Forming e [...] | 2006-06-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
| 06ANKARA3368 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA347 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3544 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA3910 | TURKEY: ASSAILANT STABS CATHOLIC PRIEST; WOUNDS [...] (U) Summary: An assailant stabbed a Catholic priest in the Black Sea port city of Samsun July 2; the priest, a Frenchman, was treated and released the next day. The Samsun Governor told reporters the assailant had been diagnosed as schizophrenic. The attacker reportedly accused the priest of [...] | 2006-07-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TU |
| 06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] | 2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
| 06ANKARA414 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA478 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA4796 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] | 2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
| 06ANKARA4894 | TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL PUTS A STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The early announcement of Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the Turkish General Staff (ref a) was not the only surprise to come out of the annual Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting. After just one year as Deputy Chief of the [...] | 2006-08-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR TU |
| 06ANKARA5000 | TURKEY: DUELING REFINERIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At least three separate refinery projects in Turkey have recently been announced, emblematic of Turkey's energy hub vision and growing regional importance, as well as the progress if has made in its investment environment and economic growth. It is not clear if GOT will use st [...] | 2006-08-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET BEXP TU RU |
| 06ANKARA5093 | TURKEY (NOT SURPRISINGLY) HOPES TO SAVE GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials lost no time responding to news that the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was up for review (ref a). State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen's letters to USTR Schwab and Secretary Gutierrez were highly publicized in local media. MFA offi [...] | 2006-09-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
| 06ANKARA522 | TURKISH YOUTH ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CATHOLIC [...] (U) Summary: Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected in the murder of a Catholic priest in Trabzon. Politicians and pundits have speculated about the motive behind the killing, but as yet there are no hard facts. Some Christians in Turkey believe the killing is related to worldwi [...] | 2006-02-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
| 06ANKARA547 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5569 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5624 | TURKEY: SHELL JOINS SAMSUN-CEYHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a potentially significant development for Turkey's quest to build the Samsun-Ceyhan project as the first real "Bosphorus bypass" oil pipeline, Royal Dutch Shell announced September 26 that it signed a contract with Calik Energy and Italian ENI for participation in the develop [...] | 2006-09-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
| 06ANKARA568 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5710 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5734 | TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY SMARTING FROM INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of textiles and apparel continue to increase slightly (3 percent to date in 2006 and 7.25 percent in 2005),government and industry officials present a bleak picture of the sectors' future. Most notably, Turkish exports to the U.S. fell by 23 perce [...] | 2006-10-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU |
| 06ANKARA5774 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5796 | HIJACKING OF THY FLIGHT 1476 ON OCTOBER 3, 2006 [...] (U) Turkish Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Haydar Yalcin, described for us the October 3 hijacking of Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 flight 1476. Yalcin said Turkish national Hakan Ekinci seized control of the flight soon after its departure from Tirana in route to Istanbul's Ataturk [...] | 2006-10-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC TU |
| 06ANKARA5883 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA5927 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6043 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6143 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6163 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...] | 2006-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
| 06ANKARA6276 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6446 | TURKEY SUSPENDS MILITARY RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug told journalists November 15 that Turkey has frozen military relations with France because of the French National Assembly's October 12 vote on the Armenian genocide issue. The announcement caused surprise at the French Embassy in [...] | 2006-11-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL FR TU |
| 06ANKARA6510 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6512 | TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: HELSINKI MEETINGS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan used his November 21-22 consultations in Helsinki on Turkey/EU/Cyprus to tease out details related to the Finnish package on Cyprus ports and trade issues. In a readout given to Ambassador November 25, Apakan said he took a hard line on Varosha, ci [...] | 2006-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY |
| 06ANKARA6609 | TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECTOR DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish state pipeline company BOTAS announced a delay in completion of the Turkey-Greece (gas) Interconnector (TGI) until early summer 2007. Although BOTAS claims construction delays on both the Greek and Turkish sides, the head of Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) said Gree [...] | 2006-12-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET EFIN TU GR |
| 06ANKARA6642 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6670 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6716 | ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 06ANKARA6720 | FROM GLOCKS TO ROCKET LAUNCHERS: TURKISH SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The Turkish National Police (TNP) presented LEGATT on November 20 with a new list of serial numbers of 60 weapons and 36 explosives seized by Turkish security forces during operations in various provinces in recent months. The TNP believes these weapon [...] | 2006-12-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU IZ |
| 06ANKARA946 | BMENA: DAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING IN ANKARA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish MFA BMENA Coordinator (and Personal Representative of the OSCE CIO on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims) Ambassador Omur Orhun and MFA Policy Planning Staff BMENA Director Levent Gumrukcu told us recently the GOT is preparing invitations for a Ma [...] | 2006-02-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWMN XD XF XI TU |
| 06ANKARA998 | FDI TO TURKEY BREAKS RECORDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN BEXP TU |
| 06ANKARA999 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...] | 2006-02-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANTANANARIVO1220 | UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLANE CRASH IN TULIARA, [...] At approximately 0415 on Wednesday morning, October 25, a small, private plane crashed shortly after take-off in Tuliara (also known as Tolear),a coastal city in southwestern Madagascar. All six persons (two crew members and four passengers) on board died. The crew members have been identif [...] | 2006-10-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRN MA |
| 06ASHGABAT263 | STARWOOD HOTEL MANAGEMENT PULLING OUT OF [...] Summary: Starwood General Manager Holger Wessel informed Ambassador today that Starwood, which manages the Sheraton Grand Turkmen and Four Points Ak Atlyn Hotels, will be pulling out of Turkmenistan by the end of the month. According to Wessel, the move has been a long time in coming. The S [...] | 2006-03-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON EINV PGOV PREL TX |
| 06ASHGABAT532 | UKRAINE'S INTERBUDMONTAZH OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UKRAINIAN COMPANY INTERBUDMONTAZH VADIM SULIM TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON MAY 11 THAT THE COMPANY HAD NO PART IN THE TURKMENISTAN-UKRAINE BARTER FOR GAS AGREEMENTS AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR, DESPITE MULTIPLE PRESS REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. INTERBUDMONTAZH [...] | 2006-05-19 03:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET UP TX |
| 06ASHGABAT899 | SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A [...] (C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" chicken farm apparently is being slowly but surely expropriated, possibly to end up as a model enterprise for presidential son Murat Niyazov. The Turkmen partn [...] | 2006-08-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM |
| 06ASHGABAT905 | EXPANSION PLANS FOR TURKMENISTAN'S NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Petronas subcontractor Bertling Logistics confirmed reftel plans for Petronas to lay two natural gas pipelines from Block 1 to supply a new onshore gas facility in Gyanly, north of the Caspian Sea city of Turkmenbashy. U.K.'s Burren Energy has approached Turkmenistan officials regarding t [...] | 2006-08-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL TX |
| 06ASMARA250 | FROM ROCKS TO RICHES: MINERAL WEALTH IN ERITREA [...] (U) Summary: Biblical tales of wealth from the Pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty and stories of old Italian gold mines shape the dreams and expectations of miners in Eritrea. Presently, five foreign companies are in various stages of exploration, some having made significant finds of gold, silve [...] | 2006-03-14 08:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ER |
| 06ASMARA604 | LEAD UP TO SECOND ROUND OF EF/KHT [...] (C) Summary: The second round of negotiations between the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU) commenced on July 17, 2006. All sides were very positive on the prospect of reaching a quick settlement to the problems that have beset eastern Sudan. In the lead-up to the second r [...] | 2006-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU |
| 06ASMARA751 | NIGHTCLUB GOERS ARRESTED DURING ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (C) Summary: While few would describe Asmara as the dance hotspot of the Horn of Africa, many club goers may have wished they stayed home during the weekend of September 16. Eritrean authorities conducted simultaneous late-night raids in the nightclubs throughout town as part of what appears t [...] | 2006-09-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR ER |
| 06ASMARA794 | ERITREA: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR [...] In response to reftel, post provides the short narrative below. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) strictly controls the economy of Eritrea and nearly all of the industries. It shares almost no information on the textile industry, (or other industries) publicly. To the best of post's [...] | 2006-10-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ER |
| 06ASUNCION29 | PARAGUAY: GOP BRISTLES AT CHARGEQS SUPPORT OF CENTRAL [...] (U) After a private meeting between Central Bank President Monica Perez and Charge on January 1, Charge paid an official visit to Perez' office to publicly voice support for Perez' efforts to curb corruption in the Central Bank. Charge's remarks were widely covered in the local press, and met [...] | 2006-01-09 21:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PA |
| 06ASUNCION931 | PARAGUAY "VALE LA PENA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met August 31 with Paraguay's new Minster of Tourism, Liz Rosanna Cramer Campos. They discussed marketing strategies to attract tourists to Paraguay, American Airlines and the Tourism Law, the problematic airline situation in Paraguay and visas for American citizens. [...] | 2006-09-12 18:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD CVIS PINR PA |
| 06ATHENS131 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR |
| 06ATHENS1319 | GREECE ENERGY: GOG DELAYING CONTACTS WITH AZERIS [...] (C) Summary. According to recent meetings with Greek officials, the GoG has temporarily put on hold efforts to assure a diverse supply of natural gas for the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas interconnector. Development Ministry Director General Nicos Stefanou told us May 22 the Greeks are waiting un [...] | 2006-05-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON GR GAZPROM |
| 06ATHENS1853 | GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...] | 2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS |
| 06ATHENS1913 | DEVELOPMENT MINISTER FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The Greek Government is committed to enhancing European energy security through promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas interconnector as a conduit for Caspian gas. This was the message conveyed July 14 to EUR DAS Bryza by Minister of Development Sioufas, who said he wan [...] | 2006-07-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS2078 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...] | 2006-08-09 04:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS231 | GREECE'S EMERGING ROLE IN EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The recent dispute between Ukraine and Russia over the price of gas once again highlights Europe's vulnerable energy position. Senior Greek officials have impressed on us their wish that Greece provide an important East-West corridor in the movement of gas and oil through the T [...] | 2006-01-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR GAZPROM NATGAS OIL |
| 06ATHENS2324 | PUTIN AND PURVANOV IN ATHENS: THE LONG ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary. Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis, Russian President Putin and Bulgarian President Purvanov met in Athens on September 4, to discuss the three countries' cooperation on the long-proposed, but not yet realized, Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline (B-A). Despite higher expectations by [...] | 2006-09-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS437 | NEW GREEK CABINET LINEUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Greek Government Spokesman Roussopoulos announced the much-anticipated reshuffle of the Greek Cabinet February 14. Ref A reports in depth on new Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyianni. The new Cabinet, which was sworn in at 10am (local) February 15, includes 14 mini [...] | 2006-02-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR INTERNAL |
| 06ATHENS454 | GREECE'S LARGEST BALKAN INVESTOR: THE HELLENIC [...] (SBU) Summary. At a time when many Greeks tout their country's expanding economic influence in the Balkans, it is worthwhile trying to pin down exactly what this means. At the official level, the GoG has pledged USD 550 million for the Balkan Reconstruction Fund. As a subsequent message will [...] | 2006-02-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS546 | GREECE IN GAZPROM'S SIGHTS; READOUTS ON GREECE'S [...] (C) Summary: On February 23rd, Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides to discuss the recent visit to Greece by Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller. A clearly worried Stylianides described the visit as part of a full-court press by Gazprom to sign Greece to a long-term contract f [...] | 2006-02-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON GR GAZPROM |
| 06ATHENS572 | GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...] | 2006-03-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP |
| 06BAGHDAD1181 | COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...] | 2006-04-11 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK |
| 06BAGHDAD1438 | AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] | 2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1871 | ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, Italian Ambassador Maruizio Melani reported to the Ambassador that Italian Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs) plans to visit Iraq on June 7. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Italy's future Iraq assistance plan with Prim [...] | 2006-06-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ IT |
| 06BAGHDAD2003 | ITALIAN DPM AND FM D,ALEMA VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian DPM and FM D,Alema told Iraqi leaders that Italy would be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of autumn. While he did not rule out leading an Italian PRT, he said it would be very difficult to do so without security. Italian Amb Melani told us that the [...] | 2006-06-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL PARM IZ IT |
| 06BAGHDAD211 | 60-DAY ASSESSMENT OF PROVINCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS A COORDINATED EMBASSY BAGHDAD AND MNF-I CABLE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Coordination Team (NCT) provided AMB Khalilzad and GEN Casey the 60-Day Assessment of the three operational Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) on January 19. From this assessment, it remains clea [...] | 2006-01-26 03:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS ODIP OFDP PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2266 | ITALIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, Acting DCM Speckhard met with Italian Ambassador to Iraq Maurizio Melani to discuss national reconciliation, International Compact, Italian troop withdrawal, and PRTs. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- National Reconciliation ----------------------- 2. (C) A [...] | 2006-06-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IT IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3324 | NEW AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with recently-arrived Australian Ambassador Innes-Brown. Ambassador Innes-Brown said that the Australian opposition is very keen to withdraw from Iraq and that PM Howard may visit Iraq in the next six months. Australia is revising its I [...] | 2006-09-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AS |
| 06BAGHDAD362 | DPM CHALABI: 6000 MEGAWATTS BY SUMMER [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador February 4 that, as deputy to Prime Minister Ja'fari in the newly-created Electricity Committee, he intends to see power generation reach 6,000 MW by the summer of 2006. PM Ja'fari is "not engaged" on energy issues, C [...] | 2006-02-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD417 | UN U/SYG VENESS AND DCM DISCUSS IZ TRANSITION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting UN U/SYG for Safety and Security David Veness called on the DCM on February 10 to discuss plans for the transition of the International Zone (IZ); short- and longer-term UN security and logistical arrangements; the development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); and the curre [...] | 2006-02-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4183 | MUTHANNA AND DHI QAR OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and the DCM, political leaders and security chiefs of Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces characterized their provinces as relatively calm but raised concerns about the number and readiness of the ISF in their areas [...] | 2006-11-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4536 | IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...] | 2006-12-13 09:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4549 | IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...] | 2006-12-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4560 | PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN |
| 06BAGHDAD4727 | GOI HIGH INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON IRAQI [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Dr. Dahill, one of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih's Senior Staff, told Emboff on December 19, 2006 that the GOI High Inter-Ministerial Committee on Iraqi Assets is reviewing all former regime assets in other countries that are f [...] | 2006-12-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PGOV |
| 06BAGHDAD500 | ITALIANS AGREE TO LEAD DHI QAR PRT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting in Nasiriyah, Italian Ambassador to Iraq Gianludovico de Martino di Montegeiordano and Italian Joint Task Force Commander General Natalino Madeddu expressed enthusiasm to National Coordination Team (NCT) Director Greg Bates on forming and leading a [...] | 2006-02-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ IT |
| 06BAGHDAD734 | IRAQ: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's submission to the annual trafficking in persons report. Embassy point of contact is PolOff Lourdes Lamela, US phone 914-822-2901 and at email Lamelalm @ state.gov. This report reflects approximately 26 hours of preparation. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (U [...] | 2006-03-07 19:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PTER |
| 06BAKU1480 | LACK OF OSCE LEADERSHIP UNDERCUTS DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) With Presidential elections looming in 2008, we cannot afford to continue with weak OSCE leadership in Azerbaijan. The OSCE can and should provide coordination and leadership to the international community's efforts to promote democracy, rule of law, and respect for human rights in Azerb [...] | 2006-10-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RU AJ |
| 06BAKU1713 | AZERBAIJANI NATIONAL MEDIA REGULATOR SHUTS DOWN [...] (U) On November 24 the GOAJ state media regulator, the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC),ordered Azerbaijan's leading independent television and radio station, ANS TV and Radio, off the air. In a written instruction to ANS Chairman Vahid Mustafayev, NTRC Chairman Nurshirvan Maharammli told [...] | 2006-11-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1729 | AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...] | 2006-11-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU531 | AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCLAVE OF [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28-29 trip to Nakhchivan, local officials provided a glowing review of economic growth and investment opportunities in the isolated exclave. According to Nakhchivan Ministry of Economic Development statistics, GDP grew by 27 percent in 2005, with a 57 percent incr [...] | 2006-04-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP KFLU AJ |
| 06BAKU582 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...] | 2006-04-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ |
| 06BAKU624 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...] | 2006-04-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX |
| 06BAKU980 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan would need U.S. help to secure access to European gas markets and develop a new Trans-Caspian gas pipeline. Noting the dangers of over-reliance on the energy sector, the Ambassador urg [...] | 2006-07-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET ETRD IZ AJ |
| 06BANGKOK1115 | UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING PROJECTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs in northern Thailand report that increased attention to TIP has caused changes in the trafficking business. Traffickers are forced to work harder for fewer gains; however, they are also working smarter, better disguising illicit businesses and creating bro [...] | 2006-02-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH |
| 06BASRAH70 | SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...] | 2006-05-07 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
| 06BEIJING18680 | SEPTEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the September 5 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China continues to support the Six-Party Talks and remains dedicated to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. -- China believes the Six-Party Talks, not sanctions, is the most effective way to resolve the nuc [...] | 2006-09-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH KN |
| 06BEIJING20898 | PRODI IN CHINA DISCUSSES ARMS EMBARGO, TRADE AND [...] (C) Italy leans to lifting the embargo of arms sales to China, said Italian Premier Romano Prodi, in China from September 13-19 with a 500-person Italian trade delegation. In Beijing, Prodi met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Communist Party Central Committee head Wang Jiarui. [...] | 2006-09-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT CH |
| 06BEIJING23628 | NOVEMBER 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the regular November 7 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls for speedy resumption of Six-Party Talks. The spokesman deflected a question about excluding Japan from the Talks. -- United States' Undersecretaries Nick Burns and Robert Joseph will visit China this week [...] | 2006-11-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KN CH |
| 06BEIJING23713 | EU ARMS EMBARGO UNLIKELY TO BE LIFTED DURING [...] (C) Summary: The EU Arms Embargo against China is unlikely to be lifted, or even be on the agenda, during the German EU Presidency that begins in January 2007, according to contacts at the German and UK Embassies in Beijing. Although both Italian President Prodi and French President Chirac pu [...] | 2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU CH |
| 06BEIJING23938 | CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...] | 2006-11-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH |
| 06BEIJING5965 | MARCH 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points made at the March 30 MFA press briefing are as follows: - An appropriate decision on the RMB exchange rate must take into account China's level of economic development and the potential impact on the global economy. - China hopes the March 29 UNSC Presidential Statement will [...] | 2006-03-30 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR JP |
| 06BEIRUT1482 | MGLE01: GOL PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This messsage contains an action request. See para 24. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) PM Siniora called a 5/5 meeting of foreign ambassadors assigned to Lebanon to explain a comprehensive government-approved program of improvements for the Palestinian refugee camps located throughout [...] | 2006-05-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS JO KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT2256 | MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR ELIAS MURR'S JULY 16-19 [...] (S/NF) Just over a year since surviving what is thought to have been a Syrian-ordered assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr heads to Washington July 16-19. The scion of a powerful and wealthy Greek Orthodox family closely linked to Syria, Murr has forg [...] | 2006-07-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER PGOV MASS LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT2609 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...] | 2006-08-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS |
| 06BEIRUT2702 | SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...] | 2006-08-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS |
| 06BEIRUT2735 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...] | 2006-08-24 06:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT2772 | LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...] | 2006-08-26 06:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT2805 | LEBANON: GEIR PEDERSEN ON ANNAN'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) On August 29, the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh (please protect both throughout) briefed Ambassador Feltman and poloff on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings on August 28. While Pedersen covered much of [...] | 2006-08-30 05:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT2851 | LEBANON: SINIORA AND HAMADEH EXPECT CABINET [...] (C) The Ambassador and poloff met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Information Minister Marwan Hamadeh on the afternoon of September 4. Siniora, joined by advisors Mohammad Chatta and Roula Noureddine, appeared very upbeat and is optimistic that this evening the Cabi [...] | 2006-09-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
| 06BEIRUT2867 | LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE [...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...] | 2006-09-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT2910 | UK PROPOSES CHAIRING SECURITY COORDINATION UNIT IN [...] (C/NF) In a 9/6 meeting with the Ambasador and DATT, UK Ambassador James Watt and British Brigidier General Andrew D. Mackay accurately described a problem faced by donors wishing to help the Lebanese security services: No one is in charge of coordinating requests or trying to match offers w [...] | 2006-09-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL EAID PGOV LE |
| 06BEIRUT3001 | LEBANON: PURPORTED LAF DOCUMENTS SUGGEST COUP [...] (S/NF) On September 14, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sent two documents to Ambassador Feltman, claiming that the source of the documents came from within the Lebanese Armed Forces. Both documents are dated 12 September 2006. 2. (C) Following is an informal Embassy translation of the docu [...] | 2006-09-15 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS LE SY |
| 06BEIRUT3042 | LEBANON: UNIFIL HITS MILESTONE FORCE LEVEL, [...] (S) We were told today by Milos Strugar, UNIFIL spokesman, and by Imran Reza, Senior Advisor in the UN Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary General (UNOPRSG),that UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have reached the 5000 troop level. Except for troops transiting in and out through Bei [...] | 2006-09-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS LE PREL |
| 06BEIRUT3060 | LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...] | 2006-09-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE |
| 06BEIRUT3125 | LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Calling on Prime Minister Siniora in the Grand Serail September 2, CODEL Lahood expressed its support for Lebanon. Siniora was adamant that the air and sea blockade be lifted so that attention could be turned to the "major political flaw" that Hizballah committed. He thanked the USG for it [...] | 2006-09-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR PREL PTER SY |
| 06BEIRUT3539 | LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) In a November 2 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh urged to the Ambassador rapid and thorough support for the LAF and action on Israeli overflights and non-withdrawal from Ghajjar. Salloukh was optimistic that Speaker Berri's proposed consultations among political leaders would stav [...] | 2006-11-03 16:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
| 06BEIRUT3643 | LEBANON: EMBASSY DELEGATION VISITS UNIFIL, BLUE [...] (C) An Embassy Beirut delegation visited UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and toured the Blue Line area November 14. UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini and senior officers gave a positive overview of UNIFIL's deployment in the south, but he and top commanders expressed private reticence tow [...] | 2006-11-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR LE IS |
| 06BEIRUT487 | MGLE01: TRIPOLI ACADEMIC AND MAYOR PLACE BLAME ON [...] (C) Sunni professor from Tripoli Nawwaf Kabbarah told econoff February 15 that MP Saad Hariri had enlisted the help of the Jamiyeh Islamiyya (Muslim Brotherhood) in recruiting protesters from Tripoli's poor neighborhoods for the February 5 protest at the Danish consulate. The result of this [...] | 2006-02-17 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL LE PGOV SOCI SY |
| 06BEIRUT836 | MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...] | 2006-03-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
| 06BELGRADE1103 | KOSOVO and ICTY: KOSTUNICA BRIEFS HIS PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 3, Prime Minister Kostunica was interviewed by editors of four major Serbia news outlets (Vecernje Novosti, BETA, Danas, Standard) on national television (RTS) in which he explained his position on Kosovo and ICTY. Prime Minister Kostunica said categorically that he will ne [...] | 2006-07-10 10:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1160 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 25 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR WISNER TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1534 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Dan, you arrive at a politically charged time in your old stomping grounds. No senior government official here has any illusions about where the International Community is generally heading in the Kosovo end-game but there is still a belief, particularly by the Prime Minister himself, tha [...] | 2006-09-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1626 | MONTENEGRO'S PM EXITS THE CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Summary: President Vujanovic announced October 3 that Milo Djukanovic has declined to accept a mandate to continue as Prime Minister. The announcement ends Djukanovic's 16 years at the center of the Montenegrin stage, as either Prime Minister or President. Djukanovic will remain as the h [...] | 2006-10-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1986 | SERBIA MINT ACCEPTS INVITATION FOR TRAINING AT [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior has accepted a joint US- Italian invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) located in Vicenza, Italy and proposed eight candidates for participation in the six week middle management course that is schedul [...] | 2006-12-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT NI SR |
| 06BELGRADE2037 | KOSOVO AND SERBIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Kosovo status is playing a major role in all political parties' campaigns. This cable assesses their Kosovo platforms and campaign statements related to Kosovo in lead up to Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. ------------ Democratic Party (DS),Leader: President Boris Tadic [...] | 2006-12-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE400 | MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: With the rules/law, date, and question adopted last week (reftel),the campaign proper for independence or union began. Solana met with MN PM Djukanovic and SaM President Marovic this week. Both blocs are reaching out beyond their core supporters -- the independence bloc to the [...] | 2006-03-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BERLIN1171 | GERMANY: DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Anke Reiffenstuhl, desk officer in the German MFA Counterterrorism Office, on April 28. Reiffenstuhl said after the recent developments in Sri Lanka, especially the assassination attempt, Germany is in the process of hardening its policy [...] | 2006-04-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN GM |
| 06BERLIN1884 | RUSSIA G-8 PRESIDENCY HOSTS MEETING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary. German, UK, U.S., and Canadian representatives used a counterterrorism meeting co-organized in Berlin by the Russian MFA and the East West Institute (EWI) to encourage a more structured Russian effort in official G-8 Roma-Lyon channels. The plan that emerged from the June 30 m [...] | 2006-07-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EIND ELTN ETTC GM |
| 06BERN141 | SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-20 16:53:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PARM ETTC SZ |
| 06BOGOTA1815 | G-24 DIPLOMATS CRITICIZE UNHCHR REP FRUHLING'S [...] (SBU) On February 23, Departing Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Bogota Director Michael Fruhling presented his annual report on human rights in Colombia to members of the Group of 24. The overwhelming reaction was that the report was unbalanced because it failed to [...] | 2006-02-28 21:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CO |
| 06BRASILIA1461 | BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JUNE/JULY 2006 [...] Brazil's main sugarcane-producing center, in the southwest region of the country, exported a record 428 million liters of ethanol in June 2006, in contrast to 268 million liters of ethanol over the same period last year. Most of the region's exports went to the United States, which has been im [...] | 2006-07-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR |
| 06BRASILIA1787 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80 [...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...] | 2006-08-24 19:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
| 06BRASILIA1934 | ETHANOL FORUM - PREPARATORY MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (U) Summary: Brazil hosted the first preparatory meeting to the Ethanol Forum on September 5 in Brasilia. Five delegations attended including India, South Africa, China, the EU, the U.S. and Brazil. The USG delegation was headed by State's Greg Manuel and included Sarah Ladislaw from the Depar [...] | 2006-09-13 23:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR |
| 06BRASILIA2680 | BRAZILIANS FEAR MORE AIRPORT CHAOS OVER CHRISTMAS WEEKEND [...] (SBU) Summary: Air travelers in Brazil fear a difficult holiday season after inclement weather in southeast Brazil, overbooking by the country's principal carrier-TAM, malfunctions in TAM computers, and unscheduled maintenance required on six TAM airlines aircraft caused generalized flight del [...] | 2006-12-27 10:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR OTRA CASC ECON BR |
| 06BRASILIA281 | BRAZIL: FINANCE MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO G-8 EMBASSIES [...] Action Request - paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 2, the Ministry of Finance's Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Luiz Pereira, called in Emboffs from the German, French, Italian, Canadian, Japanese, British, Canadian, and U.S. Embassies to brief on the themes that [...] | 2006-02-08 19:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN BR |
| 06BRATISLAVA121 | EARLY ELECTIONS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ECONOMY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament's unanimous approval to hold early elections June 17 (vice September) is not expected to have much impact on the economy. Outside of a slight depreciation of the Slovak Koruna following the Christian Democratic Movement's (KDH) defection from the ruling coalition, most [...] | 2006-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA160 | SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Richard "Trey" Lyons Position: Political Officer Phone: 00421 2 5922 3210 Fax: 00421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: LyonsRN@state.gov 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES --------------------------------------------- --- A. A COUNTRY OF ORI [...] | 2006-03-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
| 06BRATISLAVA190 | SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A March 2 lunch hosted by the Ambassador provided new insights on energy security in Slovakia. Like many of its neighbors, Slovakia is almost completely reliant upon Russia for its gas, oil, and nuclear fuel. However, the GOS believes that it was not significantly affected by [...] | 2006-03-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EAGR LO |
| 06BRIDGETOWN319 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) The Barbados-based Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) announced that it is expanding its private sector outreach program, beginning in January with a dialogue that will bring together the private and public sectors in St. Kitts. The CRNM will also teach the private sector how [...] | 2006-02-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS SNAR EAID EAIR EFIN ELAB ENRG |
| 06BRUSSELS1512 | (C) BELGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT DETAINED IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR BE AU CA |
| 06BRUSSELS2800 | BELGIANS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL, BUT NO [...] (C) For Belgium, all options were still on the table regarding participation in the new look UNIFIL. This was the only significant result of an August 16, 2006 planning meeting between representatives of the Prime Minister's office, the MFA, the Defense Ministry, and the Development Ministry. [...] | 2006-08-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL BE |
| 06BRUSSELS442 | MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...] (U) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched the "Vienna Process" to improve migration management via a structured, regional dialogue and a joint program of action. Major themes of the conference -- whi [...] | 2006-02-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BUCHAREST1072 | SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL NIXES PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) flatly rejected June 30 the unexpected call by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu for a Romanian troop pullout from Iraq. (Ref) Announcing the CSAT's decision, President Basescu rebuke [...] | 2006-06-30 18:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1168 | ROMANIA ANNOUNCES 21% REDUCTION OF TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Romanian Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Eugen Badalan, announced July 19 that Romania would reduce its military presence in Iraq by 21%, "as previously discussed with members of the international coalition." According to statements he made to the press, the withdrawal will begin in J [...] | 2006-07-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1176 | YOUR JULY 27 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu's July 27-28 trip to Washington, including his meeting with you at the White House, offers an opportunity to reaffirm U.S. appreciation for Romania's contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and more broadly the Global War on Terror. Basescu has anchored his [...] | 2006-07-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON PINR IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1667 | ROMANIA WITHDRAWS EU COMMISSIONER NOMINATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanian senator and Liberal Party spokesperson Varujan Vosganian withdrew his nomination for European Commissioner amid allegations of links to the Communist-era Securitate and shady financial ties. The timing of the allegations lead many to speculate that this was politics Ro [...] | 2006-10-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST704 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO COMBAT DEATH OF SOLDIER IN [...] (C) Summary. The Romanian government has pledged to maintain its troop presence in Iraq in the wake of its first-ever ombat death there. President Traian Basescu described the fallen soldier as among the pantheon of Romanian heroes, a sentiment widely shared by other political leaders and [...] | 2006-04-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI IZ RO |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1156 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION BILL; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President George W. Bush requesting additional funds from the US Congress for the construction of fences and temporary troop deployment on the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's scam invasion of the US, intended to train its mil [...] | 2006-05-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1283 | MEDIA REACTION PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of Peruvian elections; the USG proposal to Iran; the World Bank granting new loans to Argentina; Brazilian military's geopolitical concerns; and hundreds of landless farm workers invading Brazilian Congress to dema [...] | 2006-06-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1605 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...] | 2006-07-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1679 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...] | 2006-07-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1835 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...] | 2006-08-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1993 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 17 the BCRA announced it will work to encourage banks to boost mortgage lending and ease applicant paperwork in an effort to address rising rents. This initiative follows Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno's proposal to "reactivate" the mortgage loan market through an "inc [...] | 2006-09-05 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2120 | KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] | 2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2183 | IRAQ; CIA SECRET PRISONS; US-VENEZUELA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on a confidential intelligence report about the impact of the US global war on terrorism; the CIA secret prisons; a diplomatic incident between the US and Venezuela; President Nestor Kirchner's trip to the US and its impact on the US-Argentine bilatera [...] | 2006-09-26 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2540 | LATEST ON ARGENTINA'S PLANS TO NEGOTIATE PARIS [...] (SBU) In advance of the Paris Club Tour d'Horizon on November 15, 2006, Post provides the following status report on Argentina's pursuit of a deal on its $7.2 billion debt to Paris Club creditors. GoA Finance Secretary Mac Laughlin wrote the President of the Paris Club November 9 officially c [...] | 2006-11-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES515 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. The peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD early in the week, after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 29 million in the FX market on February 27. By mid-week, strong investment inflows to purchase domestic stoc [...] | 2006-03-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES822 | MEDIA REACTION US-CHINA-LATIN AMERICA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Beijing; SIPDIS immigrants' demonstrations throughout the US; nationalist Ollanta Humala leading the count for Sunday's presidential election; conservative Silvio Berlusco [...] | 2006-04-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06CAIRO1634 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Roger Kenna, phone 20-2-797-2749, fax 20-2-797-2181, kennart2@state.gov. Poloff spent approximately 16 hours in the preparation of the TIP report. Conoff spent approximately 24 hours; ECPO Minister Counselor spent two hours; D [...] | 2006-03-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ELAB PREF EG IS KWN |
| 06CAIRO2437 | TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN DAHAB, SINAI KILL AT LEAST [...] (SBU) At around 1915 local time April 24, three bombs exploded in the Sinai resort town of Dahab, approximately 80 KM north of Sharm el-Sheikh. An Egyptian Ministry of Interior statement released approximately 2100 local put the total number of dead at 10 and 70 injured. This number is proba [...] | 2006-04-24 21:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 06CAIRO2477 | MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...] | 2006-04-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO4559 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE, JULY 29-30 [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt on July 29-30. Your visit to the Multinational Force and Observers' South Camp and other facilities will offer an opportunity to talk to U.S. commanders on the ground about MFO's operational mission and organizational structure, force l [...] | 2006-07-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP MARR PGOV PREL EG IZ |
| 06CAIRO5779 | EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...] | 2006-09-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
| 06CAIRO6381 | EGYPT HOSTS SENIOR FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN [...] (C) Italian and French Embassy officials offered separate readouts on October 16 of a gathering in Cairo of senior diplomats from Rome, Paris, and Madrid the day before to discuss the Middle East peace process and related topics. Italian Embassy First Secretary Lamberto Moruzzi and French Emba [...] | 2006-10-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC KPAL EG IS FR SP IT |
| 06CAIRO6444 | ITALY'S SAN PAOLO WINS BANK OF ALEXANDRIA AUCTION [...] (U) The Italian Gruppo SanPaolo IMI, Italy's third largest bank, won the auction for Bank of Alexandria (BOA) for a total price of $1.6 billion. SanPaolo will purchase 80 percent of BOA's shares, with 5 percent reserved for BOA employees and the remaining 15 percent floated on the Cairo/Alexa [...] | 2006-10-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
| 06CAIRO6501 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA DEAL TO BE SIGNED OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) GOE officials told econoff that the contract for sale of 80 percent of the shares of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to the Italian bank SanPaolo IMI would be signed on October 31. The terms of the contract require Sanpaolo to deposit the $1.6 billion cost of the purchase into an escrow accoun [...] | 2006-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
| 06CAIRO6593 | MUBARAK'S VISIT TO RUSSIA AND CHINA: DIVERSIFYING [...] (C) With media attention focused on Mubarak's upcoming visit to Russia (Nov 1-4) and China (Nov 6-9),speculation is rife as to why he is going, and what message he is sending. While Egypt has solid reasons for expanding cooperation with both countries; the fact that Mubarak is throwing his we [...] | 2006-10-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EG RU CH KNNP |
| 06CAIRO6653 | BANK OF ALEXANDRIA SALE CONTRACT SIGNED [...] (U) The contract for sale of 80 percent of the shares of Bank of Alexandria (BOA) to the Italian bank Sanpaolo IMI was signed on October 31 by the Chairman of Sanpaolo, Enrico Salza, and Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali. Sanpaolo deposited the $1.6 billion cost of the purchase into a [...] | 2006-11-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV EFIN EG |
| 06CAIRO689 | EGYPT FERRY DISASTER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Despite some recent rescues, hopes are fading for the approximately 830 passengers still missing after the sinking of the Egyptian passenger ferry "Al Salam Boccacio 98" during its transit from Dubah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt. Embassy Cairo has been in close contact with GOE counte [...] | 2006-02-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
| 06CAIRO7250 | SUEZ CANAL ENJOYS RECORD YEAR, PLANS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Egypt's Suez Canal revenues will reach record levels for 2006, and sustained high energy prices and ever-increasing Chinese container traffic to the U.S. and Europe bode well for the strategic waterway's near future. Completion of an ongoing dredging program in 2007 will facilitate great [...] | 2006-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD EPET EG |
| 06CAIRO798 | FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO [...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...] | 2006-02-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
| 06CALCUTTA481 | UPPER ASSAM `LIKE A BATTLEFIELD' AS INDIAN SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, the GOI resumed its operations against the Assam-based United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This resumption of hostilities came forty-one days after the Indian military unilaterally suspended its operations against ULFA. Though the GOI is calling the brea [...] | 2006-10-24 10:23:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PHUM PINR IN BT |
| 06CARACAS1445 | TEMPERATURE RISES FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly on May 16 approved amendments to the Organic Hydrocarbons Law (OHL) that raise income taxes on the strategic associations from 34 to 50 percent and introduced a 33.3 percent extraction tax. It appears that the six international oil companies (IOCs) that are [...] | 2006-05-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV VE |
| 06CARACAS1449 | BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...] | 2006-05-21 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT |
| 06CARACAS457 | AMBASSADOR URGES EU/LATAM SUPPORT FOR SUMATE [...] (C) Ambassador convened a meeting of European and Latin American diplomats February 10 to discuss diplomatic steps to support the four Sumate directors charged with conspiracy, after it appeared some of the defendants might be detained pending the outcome of the trial. Ambassador reviewed USG [...] | 2006-02-17 19:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE |
| 06CARACAS514 | VENEZUELAN CORRUPTION CRACKDOWN: A DAY LATE, A [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is making corruption a campaign issue, according to Presidential speeches and MVR strategy documents. National Assembly deputies have prioritized the passage of at least five laws dealing with corruption. The Venezuelan Government, however, has a poor r [...] | 2006-02-24 16:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM VE |
| 06CARACAS785 | AMBASSADOR GETS DELAYED BY PROTESTERS IN GUARICO [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield and Emboffs were tracked by an aggressive and ultimately violent group of protesters on March 22 during an outreach trip to the state of Guarico (though there were no injuries to Embassy personnel). A noon-hour press conference and lunch at a local club dragged into [...] | 2006-03-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL EAID ASEC VE |
| 06CARACAS939 | PROTESTS BREAK OUT OVER YOUTH SLAYINGS [...] (U) Venezuelans were shocked by the April 4 discovery of the slain bodies of three young brothers and their driver who had been kidnapped in Caracas 41 days before. The kidnappers, alleged publicly to be Caracas Metropolitan Police officers, demanded a US$4.5 million ransom from the children' [...] | 2006-04-06 10:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
| 06CARACAS942 | CHILD SLAYINGS DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE FOR SECOND [...] (C) The government has begun reacting to the spontaneous public outcry over the murder of three kidnapped children and their driver (Reftel). Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon expressed his government's condolences late April 5 for the deaths amidst widespread pot-banging protests. [...] | 2006-04-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |
| 06CARACAS944 | VENEZUELA URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Threats of rural land expropriations continue in Venezuela. The private agricultural landholders are suffering, as squatters occupy and destroy land under the complicit eye of authorities. The National Assembly also passed legislation allowing seizure of agricultural stockpiles in cas [...] | 2006-04-06 20:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV VE |
| 06CARACAS959 | MURDER PROTESTS DIE DOWN IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) After three days of mourning and protests over the tragic kidnap/murders of three Venezuelan-Canadian youths, Venezuela appears to be returning to normal. This latest spate of protests was unconventional in that it stemmed from social unrest rather than traditional political strife and th [...] | 2006-04-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE |