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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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04TAIPEI3779LY ELECTION AT THE TWO-WEEK MARK
[...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election is entering its final phase with neither camp assured a majority of seats. On balance, campaign officials and observers project that the Pan-Green will win a plurality, leaving it within reach of a majority with the [...]
2004-11-29 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
04TAIPEI3850CROSS-STRAIT AVIATION - THE GOLDEN LINK STILL OUT
[...] (C) Direct air transportation is the last area where the "three-links" have not been realized in either name or substance. Direct air links would cut passenger travel time by up to an hour and a half; ticket prices by more than 25 percent; and airfreight costs by 20 percent or more. Taiwan's [...]
2004-12-06 07:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL ETRD EINV TW CH
04TEGUCIGALPA1141SAN PEDRO SULA PRISON FIRE KILLS 103 INMATES;
[...] (U) A fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit in a refrigerator for soft drinks in a cell block for gang members killed 103 inmates in a prison on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula. Approximately 25 injured prisoners were treated at a nearby hospital. (Two other injured prisoners [...]
2004-05-17 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1173POST RESPONSE TO INQUIRY INTO APRIL 14, 2003
[...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the time-line set forth in ref Y. Answers keyed to ref Y are provided in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Post believes the time-line included in ref Y is largely accurate but not complete. Post has conducted an exhaustive search of its files in orde [...]
2004-02-24 14:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSNAR MOPS EAIR PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1258LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE UPDATE; PUBLIC MINISTRY
[...] (U) On April 5, 2003, 68 persons, 61 of them M-18 gang members, were killed in an incident at El Porvenir prison near La Ceiba. Reports produced by the Public Ministry, a Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN),and the Human Rights Commissioner put [...]
2004-06-02 15:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1411SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...]
2004-06-22 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1617FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL
[...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]
2004-07-22 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1652HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE
[...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...]
2004-07-27 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1655FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL
[...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]
2004-07-28 15:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA179DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...]
2004-01-23 01:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA193DRUG PLANE CRASH SITE VISIT -- NO SMOKING GUN JUST
[...] (C) On 1/23/04, U.S. country team members (DEA, DAO, JTF-B, and MILGP) visited the site of 1/20/04 drug-trafficking air crash and were given full and unimpeded access by Government of Honduran (GOH) authorities. The Embassy team was accompanied by the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base Liaison Offic [...]
2004-01-26 12:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA203MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWING DECISION TO PROVIDE
[...] (C) On mid-afternoon of January 26 the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces informed USMILGP Commander that he would provide a written copy of the Honduran Air Force's rules of engagement for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and for [...]
2004-01-26 23:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA209MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...]
2004-01-28 01:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2092SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]
2004-09-20 19:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2724HONDURAS: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING
[...] The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 1,2,3,4: Responsibility for auditing Honduran military expenditures lies with a civilian Auditor who is named by the President and works for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). Underneath [...]
2004-12-06 17:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2787 HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2005
[...] The text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2003, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $486.4 million, a decrease of $203.8 million from deficit o [...]
2004-12-14 18:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2795 HONDURAS 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The transshipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued in 2004. While seizures were slightly down in 2004 compared to last year's record levels, Honduran authorities did successfully disrupt one of the most active trafficking organizations in the country, de [...]
2004-12-15 12:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA289HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...]
2004-02-07 00:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA344SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SAUERBREY'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Ambassador Sauerbrey to Honduras February 19-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces difficult task leading a highly indebted poor country with numerous challenges. Bilateral [...]
2004-02-13 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA542SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A. POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]
2004-03-08 15:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA59SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SENIOR HONDURAN MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Honduran Armed Forces made significant changes among its senior leadership, installing new officers in the positions of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, and Commander of the Navy. These leadership changes reflecte [...]
2004-01-09 22:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA672DRUG PLANE BURNED ON PROMINENT HONDURAN'S PROPERTY
[...] (U) On March 18, post received initial sketchy information involving the burned wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft in the area of Farallones in the Department of Colon on Honduras's north coast. It does not appear that any aircraft actually crashed on March 18. Upon further investigation, Po [...]
2004-03-19 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA734SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BALLENGER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Cass Ballenger (R-NC, Chairman, House International Relations, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) to Honduras April 12-13. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, a little over half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces [...]
2004-03-29 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA80IN FIRST MAJOR BUST OF THE YEAR, HONDURANS SEIZE
[...] On January 10, Honduran authorities seized approximately 1,000 kilos of cocaine after a drug-laden aircraft, en route from Colombia, crashed landed in an attempt to avoid interdiction. The plane, under escort by the Honduran Air Force and apparently low on fuel, crash landed on the Caribbean [...]
2004-01-13 21:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
04TELAVIV1451MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1643HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the past three years, over 10,000 persons in Rafah have been made homeless by IDF home demolitions. The donor community has spent millions of dollars responding to this ongoing huma [...]
2004-03-17 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1698ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...]
2004-03-19 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1743THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six other Palestinians were killed and 19 were wounded in the attack (details reported septel). All entry and exit into the Gaza Strip was stopped for Palestinians March 22 in the w [...]
2004-03-22 17:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]
2004-03-25 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2259ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major Hebrew media bannered the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, which will take place tomorrow. Several media reported that Monda [...]
2004-04-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2473THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...]
2004-04-30 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6121ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...]
2004-12-06 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 11:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]
2004-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6630ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Tsunami 2. Mideast 3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program 4. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited assessments that the casualty toll of the tidal waves in South Asia has reached 60,000 or even 70,000, and cited UN officia [...]
2004-12-29 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6632NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...]
2004-12-29 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6650SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...]
2004-12-30 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04THEHAGUE14IRAQ: DUTCH PROVIDE MILITARY CARGO AIRCRAFT FOR
[...] The Netherlands will deploy one Dutch Air Force Fokker "60" transport aircraft and a 20-man crew to the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS),part of the World Food Program (WFP). The plane and crew will be based in Amman for use in operations in Iraq. It will be available February 1 to A [...]
2004-01-06 10:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ JO NL WFP
04THEHAGUE1454DUTCH CABINET APPROVES EXTENSION IN MULTINATIONAL
[...] Summary: On June 11, the Dutch cabinet decided to extend Dutch participation in the multinational Force in Iraq for eight months, i.e., until mid-March 2005, so that the Dutch troops in the Al Muthanna province can help secure stability during the transition period and the elections. As expec [...]
2004-06-14 13:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1935DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...]
2004-08-03 11:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2052CORRUPTION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
[...] The Schiphol 100% control measure, designed by Justice Minister Donner to stop drug trafficking into the Netherlands from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname, and later Venezuela, is now in its ninth month. Donner touts the measure as a success, citing declining cocaine seizures at Sch [...]
2004-08-17 14:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE2055NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SECOND DUTCH FATALITY
[...] (U) A Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) Sergeant was killed in an ambush on a Dutch military vehicle on August 14 south of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province. The 29 year-old Sergeant, Jeroen Severs, was riding in an unarmored jeep which came under heavy fire from small ar [...]
2004-08-17 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2112DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]
2004-08-25 10:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2205NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: EU EXPLORATORY MISSION REPORT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU exploratory mission to Iraq will report its findings and present a long list of "options" for supporting Iraqi reconstruction to the September 3-4 Gymnich, according to its Dutch chair. The Dutch hope that the mission's report will spur the EU to take a more active role i [...]
2004-09-02 15:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ NL EUN
04THEHAGUE248DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]
2004-01-30 13:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE2747WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): THE
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy The Hague's response to reftel request regarding the Netherlands' market access commitments under the WTO GPA. Post provided this information via email to DOC country desk officer David de Falco on October 22, 2004. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of add [...]
2004-10-26 12:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD NL WTO EUN
04THEHAGUE3228THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]
2004-12-09 16:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE3284NETHERLANDS: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2004 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed as much as possible to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Dutch have responded to the global terrorist threat with l [...]
2004-12-16 16:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPTER NL AEC
04THEHAGUE33202004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement [...]
2004-12-21 17:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE44IRAQ/NL: ARREST OF DUTCH MARINE STIRS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Dutch marine serving in Iraq following the alleged fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian during a December 27 looting incident has stirred up a front page political controversy in the Netherlands with leading parliamentarians, the Chief Attorney General and Justice [...]
2004-01-08 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE521ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]
2004-03-02 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE578NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF
[...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...]
2004-03-09 13:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE766READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]
2004-03-24 09:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04VATICAN2058DAS SATTERFIELD REVIEWS MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ WITH
[...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Satterfield reviewed U.S. policy in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Middle East reform and Syria in a May 17 meeting with Holy See Deputy FM equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Satterfield described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute a [...]
2004-05-26 09:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS VT IZ
04VILNIUS1350LITHUANIA: RUSSIAN TEAM COMPLETES UNEVENTFUL VDOC
[...] (C) Summary. A team from the Russian Federation conducted a Vienna Document inspection of Lithuanian military facilities on October 27-28. The inspection covered army and air force facilities in Kaunas, Panevezys, and Siauliai, including NATO's Baltic air policing assets at the Zokniai airfi [...]
2004-10-29 10:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1369AMBASSADOR IN SIAULIAI STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador traveled to Lithuania's northern city of Siauliai October 20-21 to conveying a message of admiration for Lithuania's rapid democratic and economic growth and appreciation for its activist foreign policy and contributions to the NATO alliance. In a town often identified wi [...]
2004-11-05 12:57:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OVIP LH
04VILNIUS1411LITHUANIAN DEFMIN CRITICIZES NATO MEMBERS'
[...] (U) Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius, in an interview with the Baltic News Service on November 15, criticized the decision by ten NATO allies not to send instructors to the armed forces training mission in Iraq. Linkevicius remarked that he did not believe this decision, although [...]
2004-11-16 13:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1499CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]
2004-12-09 09:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1546NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT
[...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...]
2004-12-22 12:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH
04VILNIUS1566LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]
2004-12-27 14:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON173THE U.S.-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP: WHAT WE COULD
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since New Zealand walked away from the ANZUS pact in 1986, we have had growing doubts about its willingness and ability to contribute to regional security. New Zealand remains a relatively friendly, like-minded partner in many policy areas. But the ad hoc nature of the its secu [...]
2004-02-25 21:28:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPREL NZ
04WELLINGTON729CODEL SHELBY TALKS TRADE AND SECURITY WITH NZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Shelby met with New Zealand officials August 8-9. Discussions focused on lessons learned from New Zealand's successful effort to eliminate domestic agricultural subsidies, current state of the NZ economy, potential for a U.S.-New Zealand FTA and the need to promote for [...]
2004-08-25 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ETRD ENRG PREL AS NZ CODEL
04WELLINGTON951NEW ZEALAND ASSESSES VIABILITY OF NEW AIRCRAFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Science Foundation (NSF),Raytheon, and Embassy representatives attended a logistics planning briefing hosted by the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) October 14 to assess the viability of allowing Royal NZ Air Force P-3K Orion and Boeing 757 aircraft to use the landing areas at [...]
2004-11-16 00:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AY NZ
04YEREVAN1749ARMENIA SIGNS ON TO DEFENSE ASSESSMENT:
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. --------------------------------------------- -- MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DEFENSE ASSESSMENT --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) Armenia formally requested a Defense Assessment in the following letter fr [...]
2004-08-09 01:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM AM
04YEREVAN2324 LOCAL STATION DROPS RFE/RL NEWS SHOW
[...] (SBU) An independent TV news broadcast produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was cancelled on October 13 after airing a single episode. The director of the station denied government pressure. We believe, however, that this incident was an act of self- censorship to avoid conflict with [...]
2004-10-19 12:10:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM AM
04YEREVAN2449 ARMENIAN FLIGHTS HAMPERED BY FUEL SHORTAGES
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A shortage of aviation fuel is forcing Armenia's outbound flights to make intermediate landings to refuel before continuing on their scheduled itinerary. Although government and av [...]
2004-11-08 09:15:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG ETRD EAID GG AJ AM
04YEREVAN2485(IMI) ARMENIA: REPORT ON TAVUSH PROVINCE
[...] In October 2004, Embassy's BISNIS representative visited the Tavush province of Armenia to explore investment and trade opportunities for U.S. companies and to expand U.S. - Armenian commercial ties. He met with the province's business leaders and government officials. This is another in a [...]
2004-11-17 09:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
04YEREVAN449 RARE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEW SPARKS
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) President Robert Kocharian's February 18 extended press conference sparked speculation about his political posturing vis-a-vis an increasingly vocal opposition. During the rare two-hour TV int [...]
2004-02-24 03:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TU AJ AM
04YEREVAN532EMOTIONS STILL STRONG IN ARMENIA OVER OFFICER'S
[...] (C) The axe-murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian two weeks ago in Budapest continues to elicit strong emotions from Armenians. The government held a state funeral for Margarian February 28, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1988 Sumgait killings in Azerbaijan. A Sumgait remembrance ce [...]
2004-03-04 09:05:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV AM AJ
04YEREVAN633DELEGATIONS ENCOURAGE INCREASED ARMENIAN
[...] (C) An interagency delegation met with the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense March 11 to outline a United States proposal to shift the focus of NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) activities to the Caucasus and Central Asia. The delegation also discussed the necessity to reach a co [...]
2004-03-17 09:28:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV AM AJ NATO
04YEREVAN722REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: SHEIKH AHMED
[...] SUMMARY: The assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was reported on all Armenian TV channels, the reports being mainly factual. However, some local papers published commentaries. The following is the summary of the articles. [...]
2004-03-26 02:32:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04ZAGREB2059AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...]
2004-12-01 16:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR
04ZAGREB766THE SANADER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST SEMESTER -- OFF TO
[...] (C) PM Ivo Sanader's furious, almost frantic, pace for his first 100 days in office has produced positive results. Most of his government's energy has been focused on foreign policy, where Sanader and his closest associates had to work quickly to convince the skeptics of the "new HDZ" who are [...]
2004-04-28 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
05ABUDHABI1091UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]
2005-03-08 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1983UAE WELCOMES FIRST BATCH OF F-16 BLOCK 60'S
[...] (U) The UAE welcomed home the first installment of F-16 Block 60 combat aircraft during a May 3 ceremony that featured a precision fly-by before a crowd of several hundred dignitaries assembled at Al Dhafra Air Base. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces [...]
2005-05-04 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL TC
05ABUDHABI2178MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...]
2005-05-16 09:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC
05ABUDHABI2242005 Investment Climate Statement, United Arab Emirates
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-12 10:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR TC
05ABUDHABI2489BASRAH MEDIA REPORTING TRIP - "TELL THEM THAT OUR DOOR IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS."
[...] (U) Summary. On May 18-21 PA Abu Dhabi conducted a media- reporting trip for Abu Dhabi TV, Arabic Language daily Al-Ittihad and monthly Gulf Defense Magazine to Basrah, Iraq to highlight Basrah political and economic stability and UK/Iraqi joint military training activities. The group met wit [...]
2005-06-05 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR IZ TC
05ABUDHABI2781SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE
[...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...]
2005-06-20 10:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC
05ABUDHABI2975CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE
[...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]
2005-07-05 03:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3013SCENESETTER - DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Administrator Tandy: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the U.S. and the UAE have deepened and expanded in the economic, military, counter-terror, and nonproli [...]
2005-07-07 14:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETSNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI3211DEA ADMINISTRATOR'S UAE VISIT - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (U) Summary: In a 15-17 July visit to the UAE, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al [...]
2005-07-23 01:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AF TC
05ABUDHABI3244GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE
[...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]
2005-07-25 07:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI326SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO THE UAE
[...] (C) I look forward to welcoming you back to the United Arab Emirates January 30-February 1. Your visit will provide a timely opportunity to discuss our common concerns about the Iranian nuclear program with the UAEG as well as to review progress on the UAEG,s export controls program. The UAE [...]
2005-01-23 11:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC IZ IR TC
05ABUDHABI406INAUGURAL U.S.-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman and newly appointed and promoted UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy co-chaired the inaugural U.S.-UAE Joint Military Commission in Abu Dhabi January 11-12. [...]
2005-01-29 12:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MASS PTER IZ IR AF TC
05ABUDHABI4102SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S
[...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]
2005-09-28 08:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4283UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT
[...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...]
2005-10-11 14:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EAID PK TC
05ABUDHABI4546SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO
[...] (C) We look forward to Secretary Bodman and team's November 11 to 13 visit to the UAE. The UAE is both a key regional security partner and a major oil producer. It holds 8 to 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and is the world's fifth largest natural gas reserves. The individual e [...]
2005-11-07 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEPET ENRG ETRD AE
05ABUDHABI4715UAE LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AHEAD OF
[...] (U) Summary: The 9th Dubai Air Show got under way November 20 with the UAE leadership underscoring the UAEG's role in defusing regional tension by promoting dialogue and condemning terrorism, and at the same time stressing the importance of modernizing the military to safeguard the UAE's natio [...]
2005-11-21 06:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MCAP IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4902UAEG'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) In response to the questions posed Reftel A regarding the UAEG's efforts to protect against avian influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to a pandemic, the following information is provided. ------------ Preparedness ------------ 2. (U) The UAEG has formed a National Avian Inf [...]
2005-11-30 14:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL TC
05ABUDHABI5021UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM - ADDENDUM
[...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref A). Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified report, and information contained in each paragraph is strictly supplemental to the corres [...]
2005-12-13 11:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5111UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, NARCOTICS
[...] Although not a narcotics-producing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be a transshipment point for traffickers moving illegal drugs from the major drug producing countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Frequent reports of seizures of illegal drugs in the UAE [...]
2005-12-20 09:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
05ABUDHABI5168EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005
[...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...]
2005-12-21 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
05ABUDHABI5171UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM ADDENDUM --
[...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref B). (Note: This message is being re-sent with corrected paragraph classifications. End note.) Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified [...]
2005-12-21 14:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI767GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]
2005-02-20 02:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05ABUDHABI911UAE INVESTMENT IN PALESTINE: GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told Ambassador that he had been briefed on Dubai real estate developer Mohammed Al-Abbar's visit to the Palestinian territories and proposed investments there in advance of Al-Abbar's trip, and had no objection to A [...]
2005-02-27 12:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL KPAL IS TC
05ABUDHABI993ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO REMAIN A LONG-TERM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former UAE President Sheikh Zayed, who died in November 2004, was widely respected in the UAE as an avid environmentalist who worked to "green" the UAE by promoting forestry and agriculture. Rapid expansion of agriculture, however, has negatively impacted the UAE,s ground wat [...]
2005-03-02 10:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ETRD KSCA SENV TC
05ABUJA1610THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JUNE 2005
[...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5 percent (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at lea [...]
2005-08-30 08:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI HIV AIDS
05ABUJA1798NIGERIA'S DELTA TENSE; ASARI IN COURT
[...] (C) An uneasy calm has settled on Port Harcourt, but it is overshadowed by the fear among Embassy contacts that this incident could push the country into its most serious crisis in years. Some of the militia members have returned to the rivers even as Asari appeared before a court in Abuja. [...]
2005-09-23 06:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA1821NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS
[...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]
2005-09-26 13:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA2008ABUJA: ROUND SIX
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...]
2005-10-19 13:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA756GON PRESENTATION ON NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo has given us a document asking for cooperation in "ensuring availability, security and stability of hydrocarbon resources in the Niger Delta," although he refers to it as about the Gulf of Guinea as a whole and includes some regional efforts as a figleaf that it [...]
2005-05-16 08:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS EPET PREL NI
05ABUJA797LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Legislative oversight of the Nigerian military is still in its infancy. Meeting recently with a group from the U.S. National War College and Embassy staff, members of Nigeria's House Committee on Defense did not seem to understand what role they should play but were very inter [...]
2005-05-19 14:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR KPKO NI
05ABUJA953NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES
[...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]
2005-06-02 07:14:00Embassy AbujaSECRETMCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA970NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]
2005-06-03 13:54:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05ACCRA1051SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KUFUOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is five months into his secon [...]
2005-05-27 16:34:00Embassy AccraSECRETEAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PREL PTER MAS
05ACCRA151ECOWAS MEETINGS IN ACCRA: NIGER NEW ECOWAS CHAIR
[...] Summary: A round of ECOWAS statutory meetings in Accra January 10-19 culminated in the 28th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. ECOWAS heads of state unanimously selected President Mamdou Tadja of Niger as the new ECOWAS Chairman. There was candid discussion of regional conflict [...]
2005-01-21 16:15:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID ECON GH PGOV PREL ECOWAS
05ACCRA2036SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER
[...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, and pro-American country. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is nine months into his second term, which has been marked by intra-party tensi [...]
2005-10-04 18:05:00Embassy AccraSECRETEAIR ECON EFIN ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL PTER GH MAS
05ACCRA25542005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 09:49:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR GH
05ACCRA407FAA COMPLETES REASSESSMENT OF GHANA
[...] (SBU) Summary: FAA has completed its reassessment of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The FAA team was impressed with the progress made by the GCAA staff since the last visit in December 2004 (reftel). In the short term, however, Ghana will be downgraded to Category II status somet [...]
2005-02-25 12:37:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EINV GH
05ACCRA809TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES FOR U.S./CANADA-LED
[...] (C) Summary: On April 28 evening, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. PolChief urged the opposition to publicly state a willingness to dialogue, to pursue legal channels of protest, and to publicly urge calm. Olympio did not see much scope for an opposi [...]
2005-04-29 13:37:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ADANA120SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 05:48:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 12:30:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA165SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 15:12:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 12:06:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3725UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...]
2005-10-28 14:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3770ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S WITHDRAWAL COULD PROMPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE DSRSG Amb. Azouz Ennifar does not foresee the imminent outbreak of hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and dismisses recent public statements by UN officials in New York and Asmara as overly alarming. On the other hand, UNMEE itself could precipitate armed confrontat [...]
2005-11-07 06:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3837UNSC MISSION TO ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BREAKS NO NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's UN PermRep Amb. Kenzio Oshima told UN Security Council members and troop-contributing countries in Addis that his November 7-8 trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea on behalf of the Council was "technical" in nature, and did not aim at promoting political dialogue. Providing a re [...]
2005-11-12 12:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4187UNMEE TRANSFERS STAFF TO ETHIOPIA TO AVERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE has "temporarily" transferred 80 personnel from Eritrea to Ethiopia, in order to comply with Eritrea's demand that U.S., Canadian, European, and Russian staff depart Eritrea. While acknowledging the transfer of civilian administrative staff (e.g., handling personnel and te [...]
2005-12-22 14:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER
05ALGIERS1159AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN-MOROCCAN
[...] (C) During June 5 meeting on other issues (septel),Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir said both Morocco and Algeria were making efforts to send positive signals to the other, proceeding with plans for Prime Ministers Ouyahia and Jettou to meet in Rabat June 21-22, and hoping to re-energize [...]
2005-06-06 13:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1624ALGERIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 08:24:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB AG OPIC USTR
05ALGIERS1810NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT
[...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]
2005-08-27 09:10:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS2230BRIEF DISCUSSION OF BLUE LANTERN WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) At President Bouteflika's annual November 1 reception commemorating the declaration of the War of Liberation, Ambassador had an opportunity to raise the Blue Lantern issue with both Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gait-Salah and Ministry of Defense Secretary General Senhadji. With both, Ambass [...]
2005-11-02 15:39:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC MASS AG
05ALMATY1393KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY EUCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Commander U.S. European Command (EUCOM) General Charles Wald met with Deputy Minister of Defense General-Major Bulat Sembinov in Astana. Sembinov's staff presented three briefings on transformation of Kazakhstani Armed Forces and Caspian security, Kazakhstani op [...]
2005-04-11 08:33:00US Office AlmatySECRETKZ MARR MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1932KAZAKHSTAN: EFFORTS TO OVERTURN BAN ON JET FUEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the April 19 ban on export of jet fuel from Kazakhstan, post has contacted every relevant ministry and agency in the GOK to request it be lifted. Beginning with an April 22 letter to Prime Minister Akhmetov, who signed the decree, Embassy has approached the Ministries of Fore [...]
2005-05-20 11:45:00US Office AlmatySECRET//NOFORNKZ MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY2308 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Joint Russian- Kazakh Space Venture -- Senate Approves Law [...]
2005-06-21 02:57:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3431KAZAKHSTAN: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (S) Summary: Efforts to insure stability by supporting political reform and countering terrorism are at the top of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship, as reflected in the first two performance goal's of the Kazakhstan MPP. Post engages in a continuous dialogue with all levels of the [...]
2005-09-26 08:46:00US Office AlmatySECRETPREL PHUM EAID KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3455KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP,
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Pre-Registration of Candidates ------------------------------ 2. (U) As of October 4, the Central [...]
2005-10-05 04:39:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3553KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense General of the Army Mukhtar Altynbayev in Astana September 22. Altynbayev gave an update on the military reform process and discussed the developing security infrastructure in the Caspian region. He also assured Ambassa [...]
2005-10-05 05:19:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4196INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL TO KAZAKHSTAN: A CHOICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: There may be some clear skies ahead following the recent turbulent environment facing international carriers serving Kazakhstan. For all intents and purposes, the GOK has abandoned its previous demand that all international air flights that now land in Almaty, instead, arrive [...]
2005-11-28 21:15:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY427Nazarbayev Opens New Astana International Airport
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev presided with great fanfare at the February 2 opening ceremony of the new Astana international airport. The new facility, with a reported operational date of February 9, offers significantly more space than the current terminal. The balloons and band, howe [...]
2005-02-07 01:19:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PGOV PREL KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4282 SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev is poised to win a substantial victory with support likely exceeding 70 percent of the vote. While the pre-electoral playing field was not level, opposition candidates engaged in a serious campaign effort that was hindered more by their inability to connec [...]
2005-12-02 09:22:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO KZ
05ALMATY4285KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP,
[...] (U) This is the eleventh and final in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Candidates Wrap Up Election Campaigns ------------------------------------- 2. (U) On [...]
2005-12-02 10:59:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KZ
05AMMAN1959SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS
[...] (S//NF) GENERAL KHALID SARAIREH, CHAIRMAN, JORDAN ARMED FORCES IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT TO JORDAN. IT WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE JAF LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WILL HELP ENSURE JORDAN'S [...]
2005-03-08 15:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR PARM MASS JO
05AMMAN217MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTION, SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 12:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN2592KING EMPHASIZES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CODEL DREIER
[...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Dreier, King Abdullah described the importance of comprehensive social, economic and political reform in Jordan. The King reiterated his support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner for peace. The King stated that he did not believe Syria wou [...]
2005-03-29 13:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP IZ IS SY JO
05AMMAN2714JORDANIAN CHARGE RETURNS TO BAGHDAD; MEDIA
[...] (U) Jordan's charge d'affaires returned to Baghdad on March 24. The King has taken a conciliatory stand, emphasizing in a press interview Jordan's strong support for Iraq, highlighting Jordan's ongoing training of Iraqi security forces and its commitment to secure the Iraqi-Jordanian border [...]
2005-04-03 06:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN2909THINKING AHEAD: IRAQ TRAINING PROGRAMS IN JORDAN
[...] (C) The recent row between Jordan and Iraq sparked by alleged Jordanian suicide bomber Ra'ed al-Banna demonstrated how brittle this bilateral relationship can be when mismanaged (on the Jordanian side in this instance) and how much emotional baggage the Iraqis in particular bring to the relat [...]
2005-04-11 07:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN2974JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...]
2005-04-12 15:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO
05AMMAN3399JORDAN'S STIFLED (BUT EXPANDING) MEDIA SECTOR
[...] (C) Jordan,s media sector has seen rapid expansion recently, driven by government measures to open the broadcast sector to private ownership and a booming advertising market. Private radio has begun broadcasting in Jordan for the first time, while plans are underway for Jordan,s first private [...]
2005-04-28 14:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM ECON ECPS KMPI JO
05AMMAN5043 UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq;
[...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...]
2005-06-23 11:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO MOPS JO
05AMMAN5136JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM
[...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...]
2005-06-28 06:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV ECON PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN531JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005
[...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2005 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Since [...]
2005-01-23 07:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR
05AMMAN7728 FY-2006 SCP: "BORDER AND HOMELAND SECURITY
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES EIGHT PARTICIIPANTS, MR.ABBAS AL-GEBORY; MR.ADNAN MANHAL; MR.AHMED KAREEM; MR. SAAD ALWAN; MR. RATHA AINAD; MR. HADI TAHA HASOON; MR. AMJAD SAKER TAEIAH; MR. HASSAN HUSHIA ADNAH FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. ALL EIGHT HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM AP [...]
2005-09-28 12:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
05AMMAN9387JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MINISTERS--CORRECTED VERSION
[...] (C) On November 23, the King announced that Marouf al-Bakhit would succeed Adnan Badran as Prime Minister. Bakhit's cabinet was announced November 27 (ref A). The new cabinet consists of 18 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers; the former government included 22 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers. B [...]
2005-12-05 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR JO
05AMMAN9391CONDEMNATION OF THE NOVEMBER 9 BOMBINGS CONTINUES
[...] Summary: The November 9 hotel bombings continue to draw condemnation from almost every sector of Jordanian society. The Islamic Action Front, which once regularly praised so-called "resistance" in Iraq, is at pains to distance itself from the attacks and from Zarqawi. In early December, 59 J [...]
2005-12-06 09:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL PTER JO
05AMMAN9882PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: JORDAN REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) A DoD delegation led by Dr. David Cooper, OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy, provided GOJ officials two informational briefings on operational aspects of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Amman December 14. The focus was on how Jordan could organize at the national l [...]
2005-12-26 15:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO
05ANKARA104CODEL KYL SCENESETTER FOR TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes at a bumpy period in the bilateral relationship, in large measure connected with developments in Iraq. This message provides a brief overview of the state of bilateral relations, cooperation in Iraq, Turkey's EU accession process and the state of the [...]
2005-01-07 09:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MARR PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA1104SCENESETTER FOR 3-4 MARCH VISIT OF US ARMY EUROPE
[...] (S) Summary: While your visit comes on the heels of a series US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander SIPDIS General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith and Secretary [...]
2005-02-23 17:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR
05ANKARA1170 AIR POLLUTION IN THE TURKISH CAPITAL. ANKARA BACK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cleaning up Ankara's smoke-filled skies was an important environmental success story of the 1990s made possible by the introduction of natural gas to replace soft coal for home heating. But this winter, the acrid stench of sulphur from burning soft coal and fumes from vehicle [...]
2005-03-04 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID TBIO TU
05ANKARA1259TURKISH UNDERSECRETARIAT FOR DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] Deputy PolMilCouns followed up with Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Space Branch Satellite Systems Design Officer Captain Kocabicak regarding TUAF evaluation of the international responses to the Remote Sensing Satellite Questionnaire it had submitted to six countries in August 2004. Per Captain Koc [...]
2005-03-09 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA ETTC PARM PREL MARR MASS TU
05ANKARA1447ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 07:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1565TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Turkish/American Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) conference to be held since 1998 provided an opportunity for both governments to outline national defense procurement priorities and discuss ways to improve the bilateral defense cooperation relationship. MND Deputy [...]
2005-03-18 09:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
05ANKARA1571TURKEY UPDATE FOR THE VISIT OF COMNAVEUR ADM MIKE
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith, Secretary of State [...]
2005-03-18 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1773ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1900TURKISH AEGEAN ACTIVITY RETURNING TO 2003 LEVELS
[...] (C) Summary: 2004 had specific events (Cyprus negotiations, Olympics, EU Summit) which prompted Ankara to hold down its flight activity in the Aegean down, but it is now apparently ramping its activity back up to 2003 levels. While the Turks see this as returning to normal, the military is i [...]
2005-04-01 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA1952SCENESETTER 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 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1953USNAVEUR ADM MULLEN DISCUSSES IRAQ, BLACK SEA AND BILATERAL RELATIONS IN ANKARA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALBU GG IZ MARR MASS PREL RO RS TU UP
05ANKARA1958ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-05 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA196ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1980ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1981SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICHARD JONES' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Turkey's leadership is trying to take a more positive attitude toward both the United States and Iraq. This has resulted both from policymakers' understanding that they need to stand up more for the relationship and from the realization that Turkey has more to gain by supporting Iraq's de [...]
2005-04-06 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS ELTN ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA2023GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK
[...] (S/NF) Summary. There is significant US-Turkish cooperation in the GWOT. Better coordination among Turkish intelligence and the various security services could improve Turkish leaders, understanding of the threat and effectiveness in cooperation with us. The Turkish National Police provides [...]
2005-04-07 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU
05ANKARA2039PSI: TURKEY'S FEEDBACK ON RECENT OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials at both TGS and MFA have given us positive reviews of the recent PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting in Omaha. Turkey plans to host an air/ground/sea exercise in May 2006. TGS claims it now has the lead on PSI, but we have not heard this elsewhere. The [...]
2005-04-08 08:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA2076SCENESETTER 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 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2099TURKISH 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 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA2140 CIVAIR: NEW TRANSIT PASSENGER
[...] (U) On March 27, Turkish authorities eliminated a gap in the border control system by requiring passport and customs controls to be performed at the initial airport of entry, rather than at the final destination. The change, which also affects transit passengers leaving Turkey, has led to pas [...]
2005-04-15 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC TU
05ANKARA224ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-12 15:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2250ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 12:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2302CHOD OZKOK'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The current public investigations of corruption within the Turkish military are unprecedented and apparently the responsibility of one man -- TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok. Whether his motivation is to retain (or regain) public support for the military, show up an AKP government tha [...]
2005-04-22 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PINR TU
05ANKARA2314TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]
2005-04-22 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA240ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2474ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2529TURKEY APPROVES BILLION DOLLAR F-16 UPGRADE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey's signature of a one billion dollar Foreign Military Sale (FMS) F-16 aircraft upgrade package with Lockheed Martin Aero as the prime USG contractor provided the pretext for Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul to publicly reinforce the importance of the US/TU bilateral [...]
2005-05-04 09:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS TU
05ANKARA254 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 07:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA2553ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2555TURKEY APPROVES USE OF INCIRLIK AIR BASE AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten months after the US requested to establish a multi-directional cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),the Government of Turkey (GOT) has agreed to the establishment of a cargo hub on terms slightly more re [...]
2005-05-04 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU
05ANKARA2579EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: Last month, EXBS Advisor primarily focused on the status and direction of the Commodity Identification Training (CIT),which was scheduled to take place in April, but was eventually postponed to a later date. EXBS Advisor worked closely with MFA, Customs and Turkish Atomic Ener [...]
2005-05-05 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TU
05ANKARA2689COE EXPERT: TURKISH PRISONS RUN WITH "LOCK DOWN"
[...] (C) Summary: A Council of Europe (COE) prison expert says the design of Turkey's high-security F-type prisons meets European standards, but some practices are draconian. Inmates are allowed very little time outside their cells. There is no evidence of systematic torture, but prison officials p [...]
2005-05-10 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2730TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS
[...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...]
2005-05-12 08:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA2738ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2782TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]
2005-05-16 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2889USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC SPACE DEBRIS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-20 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA AORC TU
05ANKARA2891AEGEAN: TURKEY MULLS NO LONGER FILING FLIGHT
[...] (C/NF) Turkey is considering ceasing filing flight information with NATO for military flights over the Aegean, an MFA official told us May 20. TGS contacts confirm this. Mounting Turkish frustration with Greece's public relations and diplomatic efforts to paint the Turks as aggressors--along [...]
2005-05-20 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL TU GR NATO
05ANKARA2910TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR MAY-JUNE CODELS
[...] Summary: The Erdogan government's drift on relations with the U.S., with the EU, and on reform is of concern, as are trends inimical to religious freedom. U.S. Turkish relations remain solid in specific areas and we look for new opportunities to expand cooperation, but our relations are not [...]
2005-05-23 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP PINS ECON MARR TU
05ANKARA2911CHIEF OF THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF MOVES CENTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented public address at the Istanbul War College on the occasion of his annual evaluation of the Turkish military, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) Ozkok broke his almost two year silence on Turkish foreign policy to lay out his views, in the name of the Tur [...]
2005-05-23 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA2968ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3018TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FONMIN GUL'S JUNE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Erdogan government's serious drift on EU-related reform; failure to take the lead on religious tolerance and indeed encouragement of intolerance; flawed handling of relations with still powerful Turkish State institutions; and unwillingness to invest in a robust bilateral rela [...]
2005-05-27 04:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
05ANKARA304 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY
[...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...]
2005-01-18 09:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA3127THIRD 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 11:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR IT TU
05ANKARA3165CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER
[...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...]
2005-06-06 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM
05ANKARA325ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA348CODEL KYL 10 JANUARY MEETINGS WITH TGNA SPEAKER
[...] (C) Summary. On 10 January, a CODEL led by Senator Jon Kyl, including Senator Murkowski, Senator Martinez and Representative Adam Smith, met separately with Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Speaker Bulent Arinc and DPM/FM Abdullah Gul. Speaker Arinc noted Turkey's recent EU-oriented re [...]
2005-01-19 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA3490TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15,
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]
2005-06-20 06:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA357CENTCOM CDR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: GEN Abizaid and Foreign Minister Gul agreed on the goal of a stable, democratic and unified Iraq during their January 11 meeting in Ankara. Gul reiterated Turkey's support of elections in Iraq occurring on time with the fullest possible participation. Turkey is reaching out to [...]
2005-01-22 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
05ANKARA358CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. General Abizaid held a wide-ranging discussion with Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan on areas of mutual concern in SIPDIS the Middle East and Central Asia as well as Turkey's challenges in Cyprus. Both shared the view that, despite perio [...]
2005-01-22 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA3833TIP 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 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3843APPROACHING TURKEY ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF F-16
[...] (C) Charge raised the issue of Turkey transferring F-16 aircraft to Pakistan (reftel) with Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during their initial meeting on June 30. Gonul thought the prospect was a good opportunity, noting the need to be supportive of Pakistan in general. 2. (C) PolMilCouns [...]
2005-07-01 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS TU PK
05ANKARA3954GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We are checking.) He thought this was a positive indication of US intentions towards the terrorist group. The Charge told Basbug she would have an answer soon t [...]
2005-07-07 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK
05ANKARA3963ACTION REQUEST: TF FREEDOM AND TF WARRIOR LNO TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy seeks urgent DIA assistance in filling the position of Liaison Officer to the Turkish Special Forces in Northern Iraq. This position is vital in order to collect intel on the Turks' plans and intentions for Iraq, for crisis management, and for helping us pass real-time [...]
2005-07-07 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL PINS TU IZ
05ANKARA4071TURKEY ISSUES RFI ON RECONNAISSANCE AND
[...] Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (Savunma Sanayi Mustesarligi - SSM) issued on July 7 a Request for Information (RFI) about Reconnaissance and Surveillance Satellite Systems. According to the SSM website, the project will include development of an Electro-Optical (EO) reconnai [...]
2005-07-14 05:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR TU
05ANKARA4126TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JUNE 2005
[...] A new National Security Policy document outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security, and based on input from all Council member agencies, was expected to be finalized at the June 21 National Security Council meeting. The new draft do [...]
2005-07-15 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TU
05ANKARA4149TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15,
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]
2005-07-18 10:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA424ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4252ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA426SCENESETTER FOR JAN.31-FEB.1 VISIT OF UNDER
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit will extend a series of January visits by Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones and Commander of Central Command General Abizaid, and will provide an opportunity to echo their pledge that the US will fight all forms of terroris [...]
2005-01-26 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETOVIP PREL MARR TU
05ANKARA4278ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4363ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4409TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL
[...] Summary: The Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) will meet August 1-4 and decide general and flag officer promotions. We provide a description of the YAS and the military promotion and assignment system as background in advance of the announcement of senior promotions and as [...]
2005-08-01 04:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4458TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: POLITICAL TRENDS, PKK, KURDISH
[...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey human rights contacts and likely post-DEHAP Kurdish political activists paint different, but equally discouraging, pictures of the region's political trajectory. Longtime Diyarbakir human rights contacts said that they [...]
2005-08-02 08:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA4563TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING PRODUCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced on August 4 the decisions made by the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) at its August 1-4 meeting, during which the promotion, retirement and re-assignment of Turkey's senior military officers, as well as the dismissal [...]
2005-08-05 04:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4607ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4661TURKEY WILLING TO TRANSFER F-16S TO PAKISTAN, FOR
[...] (C) This is an action request. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen informed us on Aug. 9 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is willing to provide to Pakistan some F-16 Block 30s that will not be included in Turkey's F-16 modernization program. He added, however, that T [...]
2005-08-10 04:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMASS TU PK
05ANKARA4742SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPT. 2-3 VISIT OF SENATOR TED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when our bilateral relations are on the mend from a difficult period when events in Iraq and Turkey's focus on getting a date from the EU to start accession negotiations overshadowed our traditionally close cooperation. With a growing economy, a sched [...]
2005-08-12 10:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OREP TU
05ANKARA4794TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]
2005-08-16 08:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4857RUMBLINGS IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP
[...] (C) Summary. Although the current Turkish political environment should provide right-nationalist MHP with an excellent opportunity to challenge ruling AKP, MHP has failed to gain much traction. MHP leadership,s failure has contributed to a growing dissident movement within the party. The co [...]
2005-08-18 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4861ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4862SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT TGS PROVIDE A WINDOW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to reftels report on Turkish military promotions that were decided at the August 1-4 meeting of the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS),post has learned of numerous assignment changes for key military interlocutors (Note: as well as additional information [...]
2005-08-19 04:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4955ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...]
2005-08-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA496ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-28 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA499TURKS SEEK PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS
[...] (S) Summary: TGS has requested permission to fly Turkish military helicopters into northern Iraq in case of an emergency and also for rotating personnel in and out of the area. We understand such permission would require the overall permission of the IIG, though MNF-I would implement the nece [...]
2005-01-28 16:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA5061ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5064SECOND THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (SBU) On August 29, 2005 Embassy Deputy Political Officer Charles Blaha received a threatening letter, written in Arabic, similar to the letter received by post's Political Military Counselor (then Acting DCM) (reftel) on August 22, 2005. The letter was received by Blaha through the embassy [...]
2005-08-29 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5115PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN
[...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...]
2005-09-01 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA5133ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 08:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5140TIP 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 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5157ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5182ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5193TURKISH BUSINESSMAN OFFERS 1.2 MILLION BOTTLES
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para 6. 2. Summary: Turkish businessman Hasan Akincioglu has offered 1.2 million bottles of US Army VETCOM approved water to the relief efforts. Akincioglu has worked for 35 years with the US military stationed at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana. He r [...]
2005-09-07 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA5208ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5244ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5248NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...]
2005-09-08 16:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU
05ANKARA5282ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 15:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA561SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...]
2005-02-01 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TU IZ
05ANKARA5635TURKEY: INTERAGENCY TERRORISM FINANCE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In follow-up to Treasury U/S Levey's June visit and the subsequent exchange of letters regarding Turkey's counter-terror finance (CTF) regime, Embassy met with an interagency GOT group on September 15. The focus was on pending legislative changes that GOT officials assert wi [...]
2005-09-27 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA5727ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA590TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5949ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6077 TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE: HAS IT
[...] (SBU) Summary: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake that occurred in Turkey, the World Bank required the 2000 establishment of a Turkish Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts. In addition, the GOT investigated charges of fraud and abuse of office in th [...]
2005-10-07 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID TU
05ANKARA6315TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...]
2005-10-19 07:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6352ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6353ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6478TURKISH RESPONSE TO US OFFER AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) On October 27, ODC-Turkey received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish General Staff. The letter provides the Turkish position on various proposals regarding actions against the PKK made during the September 9 visit to Turkey of EUCOM CDR GEN Jones and CENTCOM DCDR LT GEN Smith, as well [...]
2005-10-27 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PKK
05ANKARA6479ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6558SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...]
2005-11-02 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6585ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 05:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6750ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 16:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6824ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6846NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA
[...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...]
2005-11-21 13:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
05ANKARA6955ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 15:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7013ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7016ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7069ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7099ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-04 06:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7138ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 16:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7156PSI: TURKEY INVITES UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN
[...] This is an action request-- see para 6. 2. Summary: The GOT seeks a formal commitment of U.S. participation in the first PSI exercise that Turkey will host. In September 2005, we informed Turkey that we would participate in the exercise (ref a),however the level of participation would b [...]
2005-12-06 14:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL TU
05ANKARA7191SCENESETTER FOR 10-16 DEC COUNTERPART VISIT OF
[...] (S) Summary: This Counterpart Visit (CPV) by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, GEN Yasar Buyukanit, will be the most significant event in US-Turkish Army to Army relations in over half a decade. The already slowing post-Cold War US-Turkish mil to mil relationship was derailed in 2003 [...]
2005-12-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA7216ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7248DOD PARTICIPATION IN TURKEY'S FY07 INTERNATIONAL
[...] Per reftel request for recommendations for DOD participation in international trade shows, Mission supports DOD attendance at the 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) to take place in Ankara, Turkey in September 2007. The 7th IDEF, held in Ankara from Sept. 27-30, 2005, was attended [...]
2005-09-01 20:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL TU
05ANKARA7289TURKEY: 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 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7302TURKISH GOVERNMENT INQUIRES ON TWO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The Turkish MFA has inquired about the status of two Turkish citizens it claims are CF detainees in Iraq. The MFA filed a diplomatic note about one alleged detainee; while it has not done so for the other, MFA personnel have made repeated informal inquiries w [...]
2005-12-13 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA7303ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7443TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]
2005-12-20 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7592NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]
2005-12-27 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA7605NEW USAFE AND TURKISH AF COMMANDERS GET OFF TO A
[...] (C) Summary: On his initial visit to Ankara as USAFE commander, General Thomas Hobbins and Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Commander General Faruk Comert focused on how to improve the relationship through practical cooperation like sharing US lessons learned flying air patrols over Lithuania before [...]
2005-12-28 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
05ANKARA802TURKS SEEK TO INCREASE MULTILATERAL MARITIME
[...] (C) Turkish military and civilian officials have told us that Turkey is working to multilateralize its current Black Sea Harmony (BSH) operation, which monitors and assesses Black Sea maritime traffic and reports the findings to NATO. This effort would only extend to the other five littoral st [...]
2005-02-11 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU
05ANKARA97SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S JANUARY 11-12
[...] (C) Summary: Our bilateral relationship with Turkey has become quite bumpy over the last years. The comfort of our NATO Alliance has been tested by Turkish perceptions of our operations in Iraq, developments on the domestic scene, and the movement toward the EU. Turkey shares our overall poli [...]
2005-01-06 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ASUNCION1204PARAGUAY: IPR-UNIT NABS CUSTOMS OFFICIAL
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 9/15, during a Treasury Department training course, Col. Felix Cruz, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce's (MIC) INL-funded Specialized Technical Unit (UTE) coordinated with pro [...]
2005-09-22 15:21:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCRM KIPR PA PGOV PREL
05ASUNCION1312FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY:
[...] (SBU) Director Mueller, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. law enforcement interests and security cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a sensitive time, following a recent SECDEF visit that generated considerable press and political activity calling [...]
2005-10-19 19:34:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1435PARAGUAY AND COLOMBIA DISCUSS COUNTER-DRUG ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: An official Colombian counter-drug (CD) delegation traveled to Asuncion November 2-4 to hold bilateral CD discussions with the GOP. As a result of those discussions, the GOP and GOC established a bilateral, interagency CD commission and three working groups. Upon their arrival, [...]
2005-11-22 13:39:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR PA CO
05ASUNCION503PARAGUAY'S 2005 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] Summary - Quarterly activities - Program discussion - Quarterly SENAD statistics 2. Quarterly Activities Counternarcotics ---------------- In January, SENAD agents arrested Brazilian narcotrafficking fugitive Nilton Cesar Antunez, associated with the Beira Mar drug trafficking org [...]
2005-04-14 17:43:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PA KCRM
05ASUNCION556DUARTE FORETELLS CABRAL'S OUSTER, SEEKS CLOSER
[...] (C) Summary: Duarte invited me to see him early on April 22. His purpose was to assure me that controversial police commissioner Aristides Cabral would be taken out of the picture, although it had not been easy because of Cabral's powerful backers. Cabral would be indicted soon, or he woul [...]
2005-04-25 16:31:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR US PA
05ASUNCION711PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27
[...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...]
2005-05-27 16:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA
05ASUNCION767PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 4-10
[...] (U) Summary ---------------- -- Rehabilitation Center Opens to Aid TIP Victims -- Duarte's New Appointments -- Council of Magistrates Administers New Testing Process -- Military Changes of Command -- Visit of Massachusetts State Senator Brown Rehabilitation Center Opens to Aid TIP Victims [...]
2005-06-10 17:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN MARR OVIP
05ASUNCION838PARAGUAY SEEKS PARTICIPATION ON SPAIN'S CONTINGENT
[...] (C) As reported reftel, GOP military officials have been in contact with Spain regarding assistance to support Paraguayan participation in Spain's PKO contingent in Haiti. On 6/28, Paraguay's MOD Gonzalez sent a letter to his Spanish counterpart formally expressing the GOP's desire to partic [...]
2005-06-30 11:50:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO HA SP PA
05ASUNCION859WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:20:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION860WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR.
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]
2005-07-07 11:21:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION870PARAGUAY'S 2005 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: - Quarterly activities - Program discussion - Quarterly SENAD statistics Quarterly Activities- Counternarcotics -------------------------------------- 2. On April 14, two agents from SENAD's Operations Unit arrested three police officers and two employees of the Public [...]
2005-07-08 13:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PA KCRM
05ASUNCION875PARAGUAY: VP CASTIGLIONI DISCUSSES SECURITY
[...] Action request: State/USUN see paras. 2 and 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. On 6/30, Ambassador met with Vice President Castiglioni to discuss his recent trip to the U.S. The Ambassador stressed the need for progress on money laundering and counter terrorism legislation. Post r [...]
2005-07-11 11:26:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM EAIR ECON CVIS VE CU PA UN
05ASUNCION935PARAGUAY ON OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTROL AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy has no information to suggest that there are MANPADs in Paraguay, within or outside of government control. However, the lack of import/export controls on arms, corruption within the military, other government agencies and Paraguayan society in general, and known FARC a [...]
2005-07-25 14:25:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL PTER PA OAS
05ATHENS115COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EPA Official Walter Frick, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to Crete and Athens, Greece from January 28 to February 7, 2005. Mr. Frick will attend and be the keynote speaker at the Technical University of Crete and Heleco' [...]
2005-01-11 13:01:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS1505CONTINUED GREEK ANGST, BUT POSITIVE NUMBERS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Greek officials continue to express concern about the level of Turkish air activity in the Aegean. At the same time, statistics recently released by the MOD paint a more positive picture of the actual situation in the region. Greek officials insist that, the content and [...]
2005-06-03 07:24:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR GR TU TURKEY
05ATHENS1872005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 07:45:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
05ATHENS1903AEGEAN CEO: IT'S JUST BUSINESS, AIRBUS FITS OUR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Aegean Airlines CEO Theodoros Vassilakis and fellow Board-member and son, Eftihios Vassilakis, to discuss Aegean's recent decision to purchase six Airbus aircraft over Boeing aircraft. Theodoros denied any political angle in the Airbus decision, claiming tha [...]
2005-07-18 07:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON GR
05ATHENS2151GOG WORKS TO RESPOND TO CRASH OF CYPRIOT AIRCRAFT
[...] (U) Summary: The GoG has swung into action to cope with the crash of Cypriot airliner Helios Flight 522. The Hellenic Air Accident Investigation Board has taken charge of the investigation. A National Transportation Safety Board team has arrived, along with Boeing technical experts, to pro [...]
2005-08-17 04:27:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR CASC GR
05ATHENS2161SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HYDE (ATHENS, AUGUST 25-28)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the August 25-28 vist by CODEL Hyde to Greece. You will arrive just as the summer holidays are winding down, and your visit will provide an excellent opportunity, not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to kick off the fall quarter with high-level [...]
2005-08-18 10:34:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GR OREP PREL VISIT
05ATHENS2403DAS BRYZA AND GREEK DEFMIN ON DEEPENING BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary. DAS Bryza with Greek DefMin Spiliotopoulos discussed how to deepen bilateral military ties during a September 7 meeting. Bryza praised the increased focus on strategic concerns, such as promoting stability in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, and away from relatively minor, [...]
2005-09-14 11:59:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR GR TU CY AMB
05ATHENS2529COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...]
2005-09-27 13:53:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS2684GREEK INDUSTRIES CHIEF ON THE ILLS THAT PLAGUE THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met October 11 with Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) Chair Ulysses Kyriacopoulos to discuss the state of the Greek economy. Although the SEV Chair was broadly supportive of PM Karamanlis' rhetoric at the Thessaloniki trade fair, but he was critical of the g [...]
2005-10-13 06:28:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN GR
05ATHENS2982STATUS OF GREEK F-16 BUY
[...] (C) Negotiations on the GoG purchase of 30 F-16 aircraft, with an option for a further 10, are moving forward. This will complete the process formalized by the July 19 purchase decision of the Greek Government's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). The responsible Air Force offic [...]
2005-11-22 15:42:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAIR GR
05ATHENS341COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Blake Reid to conduct air carrier inspections at the Athens International Airport from Feb 22 through 25 2005. Control Officer for the visit will be TSA Rep, Ray Montgomery, who can be reached during office hours at 30-210 [...]
2005-02-02 10:36:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS CTRYCLR
05ATHENS46TFXOO1: UPDATE ON GREEK SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS
[...] Greek official and private assistance to tsunami stricken areas is approaching four million euros. The GoG has dispatched two C-130s with humanitarian and medical assistance as well as doctors and relief workers, and is considering sending a third C-130 consignment this week. The MFA has decide [...]
2005-01-04 14:40:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PGOV GR
05ATHENS656SPECULATION RAMPANT AS OLYMPIC AIRLINES GOES ON THE
[...] (SBU) After four previously failed efforts to sell Olympic Airlines (and its predecessor Olympic Airways),the Greek Government is making a new and probably final effort to sell the ailing national flag carrier. Rival Aegean Airlines is considered by some to be the front runner as final bids [...]
2005-03-09 09:35:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON GR OLYAIR
05BAGHDAD2404IRAQ: Iraqi Airways Inaugural Flight to Basra.
[...] (SBU) Iraqi Airways (IA),with assistance from the British Royal Air Force at Basrah Airport in Southern Iraq, conducted a test flight of their B727 passenger aircraft on May 31, 2005 from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). This was followed up by the first passenger flight from Baghdad to [...]
2005-06-06 11:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2468NATIONAL ENERGY COMMITTEE ASKS, "WHAT'S IMPEDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC) was held on June 6 at the Ministry of Oil, where a discussion on issues currently impeding the flow of oil throughout the country took place. The primary subject discussed was costs associated with providing protection to [...]
2005-06-11 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS ECON PREL ENGR
05BAGHDAD2804BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIKELY TO CLOSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) appears poised for closure yet again Sunday, July 3 at 1700 local time due to the Iraq Transitional Government's (ITG) inability to meet the obligations it agreed to last week (REFTEL). If Global Risk Management ("Global"),the current secur [...]
2005-07-02 17:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV PREL MOPS ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2854IRAQ'S ECONOMIC VISION
[...] SUMMARY: At the June 22, 2005 International Conference on Iraq held in Brussels, hosted by the US and EU and attended by over 80 countries and organizations, Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi and Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih jointly presented the ITG's vision [...]
2005-07-07 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2933IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRAN VISIT: AN OLIVE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Defense Minister Al-Dulaimi confirmed to Charge on July 10 that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran during his official visit to Tehran on July 5. Al-Dulaimi told Charge that his discussions with Iran centered on the need for Iran to monitor its [...]
2005-07-12 20:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3021NEW CASES OF APPARENT ABUSES RAISE MORE SUNNI ARAB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni community is alleging that the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Commando Unit is responsible for the deaths of 20 Sunnis in two recent incidents in Baghdad. On July 10, Commandos reportedly took 11 Sunni men from their homes. Their bodies, which showed signs of torture, [...]
2005-07-21 07:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3095EVALUATING MINDEF DULAME
[...] (C)Summary. After seventy five days on the job, Minister of Defense (MoD) Sadoun al-Dulame, one of six Sunnis appointed to cabinet-level positions in the Shi'a-dominated government, still seems committed to achieving the objectives he established when he became minister. Those objectives inclu [...]
2005-07-26 14:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMCAP PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3111IRAQI DPM CHALABI SUPPORTS OUTREACH TO SUNNIS,
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi says he supports outreach to the mass of the Sunni population, claims to desire Sunni inclusion in the political process and feels this will reduce tension in Iraq. There is now a plan before the Cabinet, he said, to provide pensions to senior former [...]
2005-07-27 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PGOV KDEM EPET EINV IZ
05BAGHDAD3115VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE SECURITY PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 06:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3162PROGRESS REPORT ON KEY INITIATIVES, JULY 28, 2005
[...] (C) Following is Embassy Baghdad's latest update on the status of Key Initiatives. See reftels for prior updates. ------------------- ELECTRICITY AND OIL ------------------- 2. (C) Status: -- Generation: Iraq Electricity - During the reporting period, the last 7-day average peak gene [...]
2005-07-31 12:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ELTN ENRG EPET PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3562 JCRED REVIEWS IRAQ ENERGY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) U.S. and Iraqi delegations discussed Iraq energy issues in Amman during an energy bilateral on July 10, and during the Joint Commission on Reconstruction and Economic Development (JCRED) on July 11. The Ministry of Oil plans to expand oil production to 2.5 million barrels/day by year [...]
2005-08-31 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ENRG EPET SOCI IZ
05BAGHDAD3807DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 14, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3842NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...]
2005-09-17 15:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD3854MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-18 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3964DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 25, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 02:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3994REGIONAL AIRPORTS ON SCHEDULE TO ACHIEVE ICAO
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy, MNF-I, and GOI representatives visited airports in Mosul, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah from September 16 thru 18 to assess the progress in achieving compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and recommended practices (SARPS). While at differ [...]
2005-09-27 07:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD4026DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 28, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 02:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO 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 09:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4105DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 4, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 17:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4109CONDITIONAL DEAL TO FIX THE REFERENDUM LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM, UK Charge, and Acting UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Schulenburg met with Deputy Speaker Shahrastani and VP Adel Abd al-Mahdi October 4 to discuss the TNA's October 2 "double standard" interpretation of the word "nakhabeen" in TAL 61(c) as both act [...]
2005-10-04 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4145REQUEST FOR GERMAN ASSISTANCE IN TWO HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Post requests that the Department ask Embassy Berlin to approach the German MFA regarding a request for assistance from two German residents currently attempting to return to Germany from Iraq. (Post first contacted Embassy Berlin through the Department regarding these cases in the summ [...]
2005-10-08 08:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PTER XF GR
05BAGHDAD4323ALLAWI COALITION BUILDING EFFORTS NEARING
[...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi is reportedly putting the final touches on a wide secular coalition for the December elections. Iraqi Communist Party Secretary General Hamid Majid Mussa told us October 19 SIPDIS that Allawi has completed his coalition negotiations and was completing n [...]
2005-10-20 06:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4846LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4847LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5000IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...]
2005-12-14 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5046ACTION REQUEST REGARDING DETAINEE TRAVEL TO AMMAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (S/NF) Coalition Forces are releasing from custody twenty-three High-Value Detainees (HVDs) who have been determined not to pose an imperative threat to security, the standard set for Coalition detention. Eight were [...]
2005-12-19 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ JO
05BAGHDAD5164SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The sixth day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on Tuesday, December 21. Three complainants provided graphic testimony about torture, incarceration, and murder. The seventh day of trial commenced on Wednesday, December 22. Three additional complainants testified about summary d [...]
2005-12-31 11:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BANGKOK1019THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Wng Cdr Tien TEPANON, Office of Don Muang Base Command, RTAF (Air Police Battal [...]
2005-02-09 03:32:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1038SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CDR SEVENTH FLEET VADM
[...] (C) Admiral Greenert, your visit to Bangkok and Phuket will come as we are winding down the critical U.S. military role in providing assistance to Thailand and the other tsunami-hit nations in the region. Your meetings with senior SIPDIS Thai officials follow on the heels of visits by a n [...]
2005-02-09 09:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK1105THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ROYAL THAI SUPREME
[...] (C) On February 8, the Ambassador met with Royal Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Chaisit Shinawatra to discuss a variety of security issues. Chaisit was grateful for U.S. assistance to help Thailand mitigate the impact of the tsunami and correctly noted that our use of Utapao as [...]
2005-02-11 08:06:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL BURMA PKO IMET
05BANGKOK1157SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH
[...] (U) President Bush and President Clinton, your visit to Phuket is eagerly anticipated by our Embassy in Bangkok, U.S. officials working on relief efforts, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-SIN),and the Royal Thai Government. In Thailand, we are several weeks past the c [...]
2005-02-15 06:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV TH
05BANGKOK1187THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ROYAL THAI NAVY
[...] (C) During a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Royal Thai Navy Commander-in-Chief, ADM Sampop Amrapala, noted that over half of the RTN's Phang Nga Naval Base had been destroyed by the December 26 tsunami and that it would be at least six months before the facility was operational. No [...]
2005-02-16 06:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2062THAILAND: SENIOR GOVERNMENT ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloffs met with Mark Tamthai, a prominent academic and senior advisor to the Thai National Security Council (NSC),to discuss RTG policy for southern Thailand. He said the Thai government, acknowledging recent policy failures, is increasingly focused on the sep [...]
2005-03-22 08:50:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK2219THE THAKSINIZATION OF THAILAND -- IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) After six and a half years away and three months back, this seems as good a time as any to review the landscape in Thaksin Shinawatra,s Thailand. For starters, there is the towering figure of the Prime Minister himself. Dominating the scene as no previous civilian leader has ever done, T [...]
2005-03-29 23:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TH US FTA
05BANGKOK2280UTAPAO NAVAL AIR STATION - OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (C) The Royal Thai Naval Air Station at Utapao represents the most strategically significant location in Thailand, and one of considerable importance regionally. In the past several years Utapao has been used to support OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM and various smaller c [...]
2005-03-31 04:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL POL MIL
05BANGKOK2749SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...]
2005-04-22 02:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK2798SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC
[...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...]
2005-04-26 01:06:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2822F-16 AND RTAF FIGHTER REPLACEMENT: ELEVATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, in a meeting with 13th Air Force Commander, Major General Edward Rice and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Selection Committee, Lockheed Martin (LM) executives advocated that RTAF purchase F-16s to replace their aging F-5 fighters. The presentation offered three prin [...]
2005-04-26 08:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP PGOV EIND TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2831THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Gp. Capt. Suchin WANNAROJ Security Forces Command AirCombat Command RTAF, who has [...]
2005-04-26 08:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2838THAILAND: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the entire Embassy community, I welcome you to Bangkok. You are visiting at an opportune point in our negotiations with the Thai on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra no longer distracted by elections and firmly back [...]
2005-04-26 10:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL PTER TH OVIP
05BANGKOK3128PACOM ADM FALLON MEETING WITH FM KANTHATI: KOREAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 4 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon, FM Kanthati Suphamongkhon highlighted the close long-term relationship between the U.S. and Thailand and expressed gratitude for U.S. assistance during the tsunami crisis and for continuing joint U.S.-Thai tra [...]
2005-05-11 05:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH BURMA DPRK POL MIL
05BANGKOK3129PACOM MEETING WITH PM THAKSIN: IRAQ, F-16, CHINA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon, PM Thaksin Shinawatra did not directly address a U.S. request for Thailand to send staff officers to the multinational headquarters in Iraq, but did suggest that Thailand might be able to provide additional su [...]
2005-05-11 05:10:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV MASS MARR TH IRAQ POL MIL BURMA
05BANGKOK3130PACOM COMMANDER ADM FALLON MEETING WITH ROYAL THAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 3 meeting with Royal Thai Supreme Commander GEN Chaisit Shinawatra, PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon pressed for an answer to CJCS Gen. Myers letter requesting Thailand to send staff officers to man the multinational headquarters for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). C [...]
2005-05-11 05:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH IRAQ POL MIL
05BANGKOK3145NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION RELEASES FULL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) recently released the complete texts of reports authored by two government-authorized "Independent Commissions" which investigated separate high casualty incidents in 2004 in southern Thailand involving Thai security forces. In April [...]
2005-05-11 10:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS NRC
05BANGKOK3208MY DINNER WITH THAKSIN
[...] (C) Summary: I had dinner on May 12 with Prime Minister Thaksin. He was in a receptive mode. On trade issues, Thaksin indicated that he was ready to push his ministers to reengage on all FTA issues and said there was "no problem" in lifting Thailand's ban on U.S. beef. He accepted constr [...]
2005-05-13 11:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER BU TH IZ BURMA ASEAN
05BANGKOK3283THAILAND: DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 4, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: On May 4, 2005 Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with Thai Foreign Minister Kanthati Suphamongkhon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In an 80-minute exchange, they covered key areas for inclusion in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, Thai endorsement of the Proli [...]
2005-05-18 04:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MARR TH
05BANGKOK3436THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have just finished our annual Cobra Gold exercise -- the only multilateral training exercise in the Asia-Pacific region. This year's exercise [...]
2005-05-25 08:24:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK3722SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met with Thai Defense Minister Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya on June 6 in Bangkok. SecDef said: 1) the strong history of U.S.-Thai military cooperation facilitated the impressive response to the December 26 tsunami; 2) the U.S. hopes that Tha [...]
2005-06-07 01:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP PARM PTER MASS TH PSI
05BANGKOK3725SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met on June 6 with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok. Secretary Rumsfeld 1) encouraged Thailand to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles; 2) sought PM Thaksin's insights into [...]
2005-06-07 01:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM OVIP TH PSI
05BANGKOK3799SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (C) Ref A) requests Department action for human rights vetting for the 5th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the Royal Thai Army. As noted in ref A),the unit is scheduled to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3. The Department has requested further informati [...]
2005-06-09 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3829EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR:
[...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the following courses and to meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have requested that the review of h [...]
2005-06-10 05:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3945WORKING WITH THAILAND TO ENGAGE OTHER MILITARIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Thailand affords the United States a unique platform in Asia to work jointly with other Asian military forces, including those from Japan and Indonesia, and to conduct multinational peacekeeping, disaster relief and other exercises. Our largest exercise, Cobra Gold, is America [...]
2005-06-15 09:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK4324SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THAILAND
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, all of us in Thailand look forward to your visit to Phuket. The Royal Thai Government is particularly enthusiastic about hosting you: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-sin) and Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Minister KHAN-ta-tee) plan to [...]
2005-07-01 07:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP TH
05BANGKOK4653EMERGENCY DECREE UNVEILED; NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: The RTG unveiled its new Emergency Decree to the Diplomatic Corps at a July 18 briefing. MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn characterized the decree as SIPDIS "consistent with the Constitution" and subject to checks. He said that the RTG is drafting an explanat [...]
2005-07-19 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV TH
05BANGKOK4998THAILAND: THAKSIN'S FIRST CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin unveiled the first reshuffled cabinet of his second administration on August 2. Though Thaksin made a significant number of changes within his cabinet, there were few new faces. Ostensibly, the reshuffle sought to demonstrate Thaksin's resolve to confront [...]
2005-08-03 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV TH
05BANGKOK5444BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] Per reftel request, POL FSN made inquiries into the bona fides of J.N.S. International Co., Ltd and determined the following information. J.N.S. is registered with the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as: The J.N.S. International Ltd. Registration No.10754501 [...]
2005-08-24 08:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5773BLUE LANTERN LEVEL II PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON PENDING
[...] Per reftel request, Pol FSN visited the Royal Thai Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering in Bangkok on September 7 to inquire about Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) links with the Singapore firm, Monarch Aviation Pte., Ltd. Group Capt. Suphachok Onbunkua, staff aide to the Director of Aeronautic [...]
2005-09-08 08:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH SN BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5791PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]
2005-09-09 04:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK6088THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objective The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to impr the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively it peacekeeping oblig [...]
2005-09-23 08:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6090TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in T Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the politi opposition stron [...]
2005-09-23 08:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6094THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...]
2005-09-23 09:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6095TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]
2005-09-23 09:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6096TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]
2005-09-23 09:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6244THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for CPT THITIKAJII BIJAPHALA, of the Defense Research and Development Office, who has [...]
2005-09-30 04:51:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6909BANGKOK FY06 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORKPLAN
[...] Summary: In FY06, the Regional Environmental Office (REO) based in Bangkok will continue its broad range of activities in 25 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Three priority topics, however, will likely dominate the attention of this hub - avian influenza, efforts to combat illegal [...]
2005-11-04 01:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON TBIO TPHY TH
05BANGKOK7014COMBATTING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary: The ongoing insurgency in the southern three provinces is the most significant manifestation of extremism in Thailand. The problem is primarily ethnic and to some extent separatist in its origin, rather than sectarian, although international, radical Islam is having an effect, b [...]
2005-11-09 10:04:00Embassy BangkokSECRETEAID KDEM PHUM PREL KMPI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK703THAILAND SUPPORTS TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U.S.
[...] (C) Reftel A requests Post query the RTG for its views of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military assets from the tsunami affected region. Utapao naval air base, which is SIPDIS located in Thailand, serves as the regional hub for Combined Support Force 536 (CSF 536). Nodes from that hub, [...]
2005-01-27 06:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL MARR MOPS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7030U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]
2005-11-10 07:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7143THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Kraiwan CHANCHALAD, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, [...]
2005-11-17 08:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7144THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Kamolratana SUTTABOOSAYA, Directorate of Medical Services, Air Su [...]
2005-11-17 08:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7145THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FltLt. Choosak KASATEWIT, Directorate of Civil Engineering, Air Support C [...]
2005-11-17 08:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7197THE KING AND HIM; THE OPPOSITION PLAYS THEIR KING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Evidence suggests that Prime Minister Thaksin is alienating an ever-growing segment of the political class. The antipathy that started with NGOs and journalists is spreading; by some accounts, it includes many in the military leadership and reaches even to the [...]
2005-11-18 08:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TH TRT
05BANGKOK7213THAI COURT TRIES "GAG ORDER" TO SHUT UP PROMINENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Thai Civil Court has issued Thaksin critic Sondhi Limthongkul a gag order, effectively banning him from criticizing the Prime Minister until libel suits against him can be litigated. Since his popular political television program was canceled in September, Sondhi has been doin [...]
2005-11-21 00:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7242PATTAYA: THAILAND'S EXTREME CITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The sea-side port city of Pattaya is one of Thailand's major tourist destinations, second only to Bangkok, and a significant contributor to the Thai economy. Attracted to the 'anything goes' reputation that centers around Pattaya's sleazy nightlife, over 4 million foreigners and 10 m [...]
2005-11-22 07:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV TH
05BANGKOK7253TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]
2005-11-22 09:34:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7272SCENESETTER FOR PACAF COMMANDER GEN HESTER'S VISIT
[...] (C) General Hester, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. The Thai will likely ask you for your latest thinking on the future of our annual Cope Tiger Exercise. In addition to promoting issues directly a [...]
2005-11-23 06:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK7305BESIEGED AUDITOR-GENERAL TALKS TO EMBASSY ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka, the besieged Auditor-General of Thailand, on November 14th concerning her controversial situation and about corruption in Thailand. Although Jaruwan has avoided speaking to the press and stays out of the public eye, she gave Polo [...]
2005-11-25 05:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK7334BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Per reftel request, here are the results of posts inquiries into the bona fides of G.H. International. Company Profile Per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, G.H.International Co. Ltd is filed under registration number 1160/2517, dated 9 OCT 1974. Capital re [...]
2005-11-28 06:29:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK7345SONDHI'S TENTH AND LARGEST RALLY TO DATE ATTRACTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government critic Sondhi Limthongkul hosted his tenth "mobile talk show" from a monastery in Udon Thani. A crowd of approximately 50,000 gathered in Bangkok's Lumpini Park to listen to Sondhi offer revelations of new scandals concerning the Thai Rak Thai government. In the two-ho [...]
2005-11-28 10:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7508BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Per reftel request, here are the results of Post's inquiries into the bona fides of Bangkok Helicopter Services Co., Ltd. and The General Aviation Co., Ltd. Company Profile per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce: The Bangkok Helicopter Services Co. Ltd is filed [...]
2005-12-07 06:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK7529LUNCH WITH THAKSIN
[...] (S) Summary: During lunch at the residence on December 7, Prime Minister Thaksin and I discussed the King's recent birthday speech, the situation in Thailand's south, the issue of extrajudicial killings, Thai-Malaysian relations, Burma policy, North Korea, the US-Thai Action Plan, Thailand's [...]
2005-12-07 12:06:00Embassy BangkokSECRETETRD PGOV PHUM PTER TH BURMA CIA
05BANGKOK7599IMET IN THAILAND -- KEY TOOL FOR ENGAGEMENT
[...] The International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) has been a vital tool for almost 30 years to improve the Thai military's ability to develop core skills and competence. In addition to providing world-class training through a wide range of courses, IMET has helped us create a [...]
2005-12-13 10:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MASS TH IMET
05BEIRUT541OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET
[...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...]
2005-02-22 15:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV LE SY
05BERLIN48GERMAN REQUEST FOR MILAIR TRANSPORT OF GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 below provides an informal translation of a diplomatic note from the German Foreign Ministry requesting USG agreement for transport of German Border Police (BGS) and Diplomats via US military aircraft (MilAir) between Ramstein Airbase and Baghdad. The BGS agents will be provi [...]
2005-01-07 11:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC IZ GM
05BOGOTA10389NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the month, approximately 7,893 hectares of illicit crops were sprayed, giving a year-to- date total of 120,101 hectares of coca and 1,546 hectares of poppy sprayed. One contract spray aircraft pilot and a Counterdrug (CD) Brigade dog handler and his dog were killed duri [...]
2005-11-04 11:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA10419CD BRIGADE COMMANDER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit by NAS Bogota and INL personnel on October 27, the Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) Commander made twelve recommendations to improve the CD BDE's support to spray operations. His principal recommendations included standing up a fourth combat battalion with air asset [...]
2005-11-04 20:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA10847DRUG CZAR WALTERS MEETING WITH MOD OSPINA AND
[...] (U) November 10, 2005, 8:00-9:00, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- John P. Walters, Director ONDCP Patrick Ward, ONDCP A/D Richard O'Connor, ONDCP Julie Connor, Narcotics Affairs Section Director Col. Kevin Saderup, MilGroup Commander Col. Brian Butcher, D [...]
2005-11-21 15:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV EAID CO
05BOGOTA10950COLOMBIA,S AIR SAFETY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary. Troubling developments in Colombia,s civil aviation sector have brought to post,s attention that Colombia,s last FAA safety assessment took place in 1999. Recent plane crashes and questions concerning the integrity of the CAA,s safety oversight function suggest, at the least, th [...]
2005-11-23 19:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CO
05BOGOTA11620TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER
[...] (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "secur [...]
2005-12-14 23:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA118COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]
2005-01-05 22:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA12022FARC ATTACK KILLS 29; MILITARY CONCEDES ERRORS
[...] (C) The FARC killed 29 Colombian soldiers from the counter-guerrilla 12th Mobile Brigade in a December 27 attack about 105 miles south of Bogota, one of the highest casualty figures in a single attack during President Uribe's term. Colombian intelligence officials suggest the 12th Mobile Brig [...]
2005-12-30 16:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR CO
05BOGOTA1397NAS Monthly Report January 2005:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 15,723 hectares of coca and finalized plans for a large manual poppy eradication campaign to start in February in Narino. A Colombian Army helicopter carrying sixteen Counter-Narcotics (CD) Brigade soldiers and four crewmembers [...]
2005-02-14 18:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA1604PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]
2005-02-18 19:48:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1622004 COUNTER-TERRORISM WRAP-UP
[...] (C) In spite of limited air mobility and ground support/fixed wing aircraft and the challenge of supporting some 17,000 troops of Plan Patriota operating in hostile jungle, the security forces made great advances in 2004, re-taking 11 FARC-run villages and destroying over 400 FARC camps. Else [...]
2005-01-06 20:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PHUM ASEC CO
05BOGOTA1751UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14, U/S Grossman and President Uribe discussed the demobilization law, Uribe's preparations for his meeting with President Chavez the following day, securing support from neighboring countries in the fight against narco-terrorism, human rights, and potential GOC counte [...]
2005-02-24 12:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL
05BOGOTA2505NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...]
2005-03-15 21:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3041 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...]
2005-04-04 20:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3217SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...]
2005-04-07 17:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3286PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MARCH, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during March, 2005. ------- DOJ/DEA ------- 2. (SBU) To date US $11.3 million has been invested in the purchase of hardware, software, monitoring suites, the vetting process and maintenance for Operation Esperanza, Col [...]
2005-04-08 19:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA3636APIAY DRUG SMUGGLING INCIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28 cocaine was discovered on a military aircraft arriving at Fort Bliss, Texas from Colombia. After initial investigation three soldiers were detained and returned to the US. Investigation is ongoing. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 28, 2005 law enforcement authoriti [...]
2005-04-18 14:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA3914 SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA
[...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...]
2005-04-25 18:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC
05BOGOTA3928GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]
2005-04-25 21:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3937GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]
2005-04-25 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4050SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
[...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]
2005-04-28 21:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA41PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, DECEMBER,
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during December, 2004. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) On December 21, 2004, twenty-one judicial police investigators and forensic experts graduated from the 240-hour Forensic Linguistic Course taken at [...]
2005-01-04 17:41:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4141CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND NAVY
[...] (C) CODEL Burton was briefed by Defense Minister Jorge Uribe and Naval Operations Commander Vice Admiral Guillermo Barrera on April 23. Uribe said President Uribe's Democratic Security Strategy was designed to combat drug trafficking and terrorism and provided statistics on growing amounts of [...]
2005-05-02 15:27:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR PHUM CO OVIP
05BOGOTA4342FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4563COLOMBIAN IMPUNITY PROJECT SUCCESSES
[...] (U) The following is a response to ref A requesting additional information on the Dutch-funded Anti-Impunity Project. The Project continues to achieve notable successes, including bringing high-profile human rights cases to conclusion. The Project strengthens Government efforts to tackle co [...]
2005-05-16 16:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4806NAS Monthly Report April 2005: Aerial Eradication
[...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 16,153 hectares of coca. The CNP destroyed 10 cocaine HCL labs and seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, and 94 kilos of heroin. U.S. and Plan Colombia assets assisted the police in heavy fighti [...]
2005-05-19 22:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4961IDPS REPORT COLOMBIAN NGO COLLABORATING WITH THE
[...] (C) On May 12-13, Human Rights Officer, Assistant Army Attache and British Embassy representative traveled to the highly conflictive Uraba region of northwestern Colombia. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and business leaders reported that Justicia y Paz, a Colombian NGO working with commun [...]
2005-05-24 20:22:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA4973PEACE COMMUNITY CONTINUES PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTREACH
[...] (U) Summary. NGO Redepaz organized a trip on May 5 for the international community to Apartado for meetings with the peace community, other NGOs and peace communities from other parts of the country. This was the second such visit to highlight peace community concerns over the February 21 ma [...]
2005-05-24 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5207PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE
[...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...]
2005-05-31 20:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA5301CY-2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Report summarizes support provided to the Colombian National Police (CNP),Colombian military (COLMIL) and other Government of Colombia agencies by the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of Embassy Bogota during CY-2004. This support was provided unde [...]
2005-06-02 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CO
05BOGOTA5497PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED
[...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]
2005-06-08 20:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5657NAS Monthly Report May 2005: Aerial Eradication
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May, the spray program eradicated 11,305 hectares of coca and 45 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Colombian Navy accomplished the largest cocaine HCL fast boat seizure ever- over 15 metric tons. During May, the CNP seized over 18 metric tons of coc [...]
2005-06-14 11:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5795PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MAY, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during May, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP). DOJ sponsored a three-week visit to the U.S. for 13 eviden [...]
2005-06-17 13:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA5802CLIPPED WINGS: COLOMBIA'S AIR ASSET LIMITS
[...] (S) Colombia's size and terrain make military air operations vital to the nation's security. However, the Colombian Air Force (COLAF) accounts for less than 8 percent of the 2005 defense budget. The COLAF's primary offensive aircraft are based in Cundinamarca and Atlantico Departments, which [...]
2005-06-17 18:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO ETRD
05BOGOTA6237FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]
2005-06-30 22:35:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6382Colombian FM Defends Immunity
[...] (U) Summary. On June 27, Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco responded to Inspector General (Procurador) Edgardo Maya's written request to submit for congressional approval the 1974 "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Government of the United States rela [...]
2005-07-06 19:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6563NAS Monthly Report June 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2005, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 9,884 hectares of coca and 41 hectares of poppy. Anti-Narcotics Police (DIRAN) destroyed four cocaine HCL laboratories and captured nine metric tons of cocaine, one ton of cocaine base, and 70 kilos of h [...]
2005-07-13 11:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6598Four Dead, Two Helicopters Lost in Colombian
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Military forces lost four dead and two helicopters within a span of 48 hours. On July 8, a Plan Colombia-provided UH1-HII (Huey II) operated by the Colombian Army crashed as a result of hostile fire, resulting in four fatalities, including one Colombian national emplo [...]
2005-07-13 21:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA6622COLOMBIA: MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Though Colombia remains a major illicit drug producing and trafficking country, the GOC is an unwavering ally in the fight against narcotics production and distribution. Colombia has been an enthusiastic partner in the development of innovative approaches to narcotics interdic [...]
2005-07-14 18:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6669PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...]
2005-07-18 11:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA7312NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS
[...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]
2005-08-02 22:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7565UNHCR REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FORMER VENEZUELAN AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-10 18:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL CO VE
05BOGOTA7602 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-10 22:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7735 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-16 22:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7737NAS Monthly Report July 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]
2005-08-16 22:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7832COLOMBIAN MILITARY SPENDING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN
[...] (U) Vice-Minister of Defense Eastman praised the results of the Security and Democracy Foundation (FSD) and the Latin American Security Defense Network (RESDAL) study of transparency in Colombia's defense budgeting and spending released on 9 August, while acknowledging that more needs to be do [...]
2005-08-19 13:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ECON KCRM CO
05BOGOTA7840AFGHAN VISIT TO COLOMBIA OFFERS NEW CN INSIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A six-person delegation from the Afghan government visited Colombia to discuss counternarcotics policy and the joint USG-GOC program. The group met with GOC officials and visited an air base to observe Colombia's aerial eradication efforts. The NAS Acting Director organized br [...]
2005-08-19 14:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8475 COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE C-26'S
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs requesting assistance in the use of the two Colombian Air Force C-26 aircraft that were modified by the United States Government (USG) for air interception and surveillance. 2. Funding for these aircraft is [...]
2005-09-08 22:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8516SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington September 14-15 for a visit with the legislative branch on the eve of a Constitutional Court decision on his right to seek immediate reelection. The military situation is at a strategic standoff and both the GOC and illegal armed groups appear to be [...]
2005-09-09 22:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PHUM MARR ETRD CO
05BOGOTA8571COLOMBIAN AIRLINER HIJACKED; NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING
[...] Summary. A Colombian airliner operated by Aires was hijacked today en route to Bogota from Florencia, in Caqueta Department. The twenty passengers included four U.S. contractors ) one American, two Colombians, and one Peruvian. Two Colombian Congressmen are also on board. Upon landing at [...]
2005-09-12 21:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA8664EMBASSY BOGOTA: HIJACK OF COLOMBIAN AIRLINE WITH
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: (SBU) On 12 September 2005 at 1218 pm, a Colombian airliner on a domestic flight to Bogota from Florencia was hijacked. Four Contract Employees from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to include 1 US Citizen, were onboard. As detailed in reftels, the flight landed safely in B [...]
2005-09-14 18:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8768LOWER HOUSE PLENARY SESSION TRIES TO FOCUS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The House of Representatives held an historic plenary session September 7-8 on the island of San Andres, the capital of Colombia's smallest Department, San Andres and Providencia. Despite impassioned and nationalistic statements about Nicaraguan incursions into Colombian terr [...]
2005-09-16 17:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CO
05BOGOTA9276PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST
[...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...]
2005-09-29 21:45:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC
05BOGOTA9402NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: During August, NAS was the control office for a two-person StaffDel from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs. The aerial eradication program sprayed approximately 10,087 hectares of coca and 78 hectares of poppy for a total of 111,946 hectares of coca an [...]
2005-10-03 18:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BRASILIA1100GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA
[...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...]
2005-04-25 12:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR
05BRASILIA1567AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY U/S
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hugueney of Brazil's Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) told Ambassador June 6 that U.S. pharmaceutical companies should improve their offers on pricing and/or voluntary licenses for AIDS treatment drugs so as to avoid compulsory licensing by the Ministry of Health (MoH). H [...]
2005-06-10 13:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD EAGR EFIN BR IZ WTRO IPR
05BRASILIA1816BRAZIL CIVAIR: RESOLVING TAXATION DISPUTE
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our February 16 note (reftel) regarding taxation of airlines in the U.S. The Brazilian note states that, based on our assurance that Brazilian airlines are not subject to social taxes equivalent to certain Br [...]
2005-07-08 20:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA
05BRASILIA2021BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO FAA INVESTIGATION REQUEST
[...] Per ref request, U.S. Embassy in Brasilia delivered to the Government of Brazil (GOB) the correspondence and investigative report from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding alleged violations of U.S. aviation regulations by a Brazilian military pilot on or about October 4, 2 [...]
2005-07-29 12:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR
05BRASILIA2149BRAZIL - POTENTIAL ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AS THE
[...] (C) Summary: Financial markets have, to date, largely taken in their stride the interlocking set of vote-buying and corruption scandals currently engulfing Brazil's political class (ref A). Several factors are working together to insulate the economy against the political turbulence, includi [...]
2005-08-12 17:08:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV
05BRASILIA2317BRAZIL: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information regarding Chinese activities in Brazil. Economic, trade, investment, and science and technology information will be provided septel. Ref B outlines recent developments on environmental cooperation between China and Br [...]
2005-08-29 19:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAIR MARR CH BR
05BRASILIA2683BRAZIL: CONSULTATION ON AIR BRIDGE DENIAL PROGRAM,
[...] (C) Introduction. On 10 October Embassy PolCouns, Air Attache and DEA Attache met with senior Ministry of Defense (MOD),Federal Police (DPF) and Foreign Ministry (MRE) representatives to review Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program. The purpose of the consultation was to gather in [...]
2005-10-07 16:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS MASS MARR KTIA BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA2775BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO LOOK AT OFFSETS FOR
[...] Summary. On October 4-5 in Brasilia, the Foreign Ministry hosted an International Seminar on Commercial, Industrial and Technological Offsets (i.e., conditioning a government purchase on some quid pro quo on the part of the vendor). The seminar sought to identify the legal principles underpinn [...]
2005-10-18 18:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP MASS KIPR
05BRASILIA3043BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...]
2005-11-18 13:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU
05BRASILIA3116BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ARMS
[...] (S) Foreign Ministry Undersecretary-General for Cooperation and Brazilian Communities Abroad Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira called the Charge to the Foreign Ministry November 28 to respond to the demarche delivered by then Charge Chicola on November 22 concerning the new U.S. policy concerning arms [...]
2005-11-28 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL MARR MASS PARM BR VE
05BRASILIA318BRAZIL: REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING FOR AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Ref query requested Embassy views on the potential for sharing U.S. information (particularly ROTHR data) with the GOB as part of cooperative regional effort at air bridge denial (ABD) that may also include Colombia. In summary form below are our observations, based on the history [...]
2005-02-03 19:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MARR MOPS PINR BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA437Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...]
2005-02-18 15:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PGOV PREL BR TIP
05BRASILIA61 BRAZIL 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Following is Brazil's 2004-2005 INCSR. As requested in reftel, the money laundering portion of the INCSR will be submitted separately. BRAZIL ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. The principal event of 2004 in Brazil's anti-narcotics effort was the long awaited implementation of a s [...]
2005-01-06 13:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KSEP BR NAS
05BRASILIA682BRAZIL'S STEELY MONETARY POLICY
[...] (SBU) The GoB published a decree March 4 reducing to zero the import tariff on fifteen different categories of steel. The measure is temporary and does not represent a general liberalization, but rather is aimed at containing inflationary pressures driven by price increases in steel and oth [...]
2005-03-11 19:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR
05BRATISLAVA42 SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 2004
[...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's economic fortunes have had a sharp impact on both the country's environment and the policies that manage it. Following independence in 1993, public interest in the environment waned as economic necessities took on a more dominant role. Today, even though the economy [...]
2005-01-25 15:59:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV LO
05BRUSSELS1549DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT
[...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...]
2005-04-20 09:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2802US-EU JULY 20 TASK FORCE MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 20 US-EU Task Force meeting, both sides emphasized their commitment to implementing Summit declarations. An additional Task Force meeting was proposed to follow-up on the US EU Summit economic initiatives and other issues. EU officials reported progress on their pl [...]
2005-07-25 15:42:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PHUM PREL UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS283EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR
[...] (S) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo countries. Full text of the draft is in para 2. Council and Member State contacts report that the French are close to agreement on this draft, which has alr [...]
2005-01-21 17:26:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4202AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY AND
[...] (C) European Defense Agency (EDA) CEO Nick Witney argues the prescription for European defense capability shortfalls is to "spend money on the right stuff, spend more money together and pool efforts and resources." Europe has 10,000 main battle tanks, 23 separate shipyards (to the US's 6) and [...]
2005-11-29 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1003GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY;
[...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...]
2005-04-22 13:39:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUCHAREST1644ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 07:00:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ
05BUCHAREST212ROMANIA PROPOSES "INTEGRATED APPROACH" FOR BLACK
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry officials met with Embassy officers January 19 to discuss the GOR's proposals for an "integrated approach for security cooperation in the Black Sea region." Romania envisages an expanded NATO role in the region and mirrors its proposed stra [...]
2005-01-24 14:34:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO
05BUCHAREST229TEXT OF ROMANIA'S "INTEGRATED APPROACH" PROPOSAL
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministry delivered to Embassy officers January 19 an outline classified by the Romanians as "confidential" and titled "A Basis for an Integrated Approach for Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Building Synergy Among Various Initiatives." Post reproduces below the t [...]
2005-01-25 15:26:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO
05BUCHAREST258ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...]
2005-01-27 15:23:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO
05BUCHAREST835ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...]
2005-04-05 13:50:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR
05BUENOSAIRES141ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE
[...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...]
2005-01-20 15:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES3110 Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tripwires and
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires has created an Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF),chaired by the DCM and composed of a program coordinator and representatives from MED, CON, RSO, MGMT, FAS and ESTH. The MTF [...]
2005-12-20 21:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR
05BUENOSAIRES3119 HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW
[...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...]
2005-12-21 18:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR
05BUENOSAIRES430POLITICAL RENEWAL OR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFFS traveled to Santiago del Estero February 15-17 to meet with political leaders and election officials on the eve of gubernatorial and legislative elections. (See refs for background on elections) Everyone assured POLOFFS that the election would be free and fair, although [...]
2005-02-25 20:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR OFDA
05BUENOSAIRES496AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...]
2005-03-03 21:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA
05CAIRO2589 REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY
[...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...]
2005-04-04 13:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO3952EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...]
2005-05-25 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU
05CAIRO4221ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 11:15:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR
05CAIRO5467VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]
2005-07-18 09:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA
05CAIRO5650EGYPT 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 17:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG
05CAIRO5945SHARM 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 16:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON ASEC PREL EG
05CAIRO609330 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST
[...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...]
2005-08-08 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO6710EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #4:
[...] (C) While Cairo streets are aflutter with banners urging the populace to reelect the President, the novelty of the presidential campaign is wearing off. Kifaya has launched a legal challenge to halt the elections, but is unlikely to succeed. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has [...]
2005-08-31 15:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6945 HURRICANE KATRINA, RECOGNIZING EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: The GOE has sent two C-130 aircraft with relief supplies for Katrina victims. Senior Embassy officials have made televised statements and issued a press release to express U.S. gratitude. End summary. 2. The Government of Egypt has agreed to donate the following items to American [...]
2005-09-08 07:20:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
05CAIRO7297GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18
[...] (C) Embassy officers at the Rafah border September 18 reported that formal GOE border terminals remain closed, as civilian two-way foot traffic to and from Egypt continues at modest levels through monitored gaps in security fences on the Egyptian side of the border north of the Rafah Terminal. [...]
2005-09-20 09:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KPAL PINS EG IS
05CAIRO8009UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI
[...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]
2005-10-18 06:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO8929 NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP
[...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...]
2005-11-29 11:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL EG
05CAIRO9302 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR EGYPT
[...] From January to August 2005, the U.S. trade surplus with Egypt reached $900 million. Exports to Egypt totaled $2.0 billion for this period, representing a 1.7 percent decrease over the same period of 2004. U.S. imports from Egypt for the same period totaled $1.1 billion, a 48 percent increas [...]
2005-12-15 12:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EG USTR
05CAIRO9315IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQI
[...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 14 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for the Iraq portfolio, Alaa Hadidi. Stressing the importance of supporting the Iraqi government and people regarding their December 15 elections, post called for strong Egyptian statements of encouragement [...]
2005-12-15 15:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO9385ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005
[...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]
2005-12-20 14:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CALCUTTA418ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]
2005-11-21 12:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALGARY577MEXICAN PRESIDENT DRUMS UP OILPATCH INVESTMENT DURING
[...] (SBU) Calgary was the first stop on Mexican President Vicente Fox's whirlwind tour of Western Canada on Thursday, September 29th. The trip was designed to "strengthen commercial, political and educational ties between Western Canada and Mexico". During his one-day visit to Calgary, President [...]
2005-10-03 23:15:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETRD PGOV XM CA
05CALGARY656CALGARY ENERGY ROUND-UP: OCTOBER 2005
[...] Alberta Minister Melchin Warns Ottawa to Keep Energy out of Softwood Lumber Dispute: "Hands off Our Oil" 2. NEP2 on the Horizon? 3. Alberta Energy Company Buys North Sea Developer 4. New Terasen-Pembina Partnership Proposes Condensate Pipeline 5. New Oilsands Regulations Raise Environmenta [...]
2005-11-04 03:56:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA CH UK
05CALGARY736KING COAL'S COMEBACK
[...] In a surprise to many energy economists, King Coal is returning to the throne. As recently as two years ago, many experts were predicting a rapid demise for a fuel long associated with black lungs and melting ice caps, but the outlook is once again promising for an industry older than the Indu [...]
2005-12-15 18:34:00Consulate CalgaryUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA
05CANBERRA1471SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH
[...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...]
2005-08-31 08:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN
05CANBERRA354COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...]
2005-02-24 06:39:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA
05CARACAS1283VENEZUELA: THE MILITARY IN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) At least 180 military officers, both active and retired, currently occupy positions in the Venezuelan government. Some estimates range higher, but this figure reflects Embassy's specific information at this time. Seventy-nine of the 179 are/were in the Army (44%),25 the Navy (14%),25 [...]
2005-04-28 11:48:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM VE
05CARACAS152SHUFFLE OF ECONOMIC MINISTRIES - THE MORE, THE
[...] (C) President Chavez announced on January 9 several Ministerial changes. The Ministry of Production and Commerce has been divided, as has been the Ministry of Energy and Mines, and there are three new institutions: the Ministry of Light Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Basic Industries [...]
2005-01-18 20:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV VE
05CARACAS1974LIMIT ON AMERICAN AIRLINES' FLIGHTS ROLLED BACK,
[...] (C) The decision by civil aviation authorities to reduce American Airlines' (AA) flights on the Miami-Caracas route has been suspended at least through the summer. This follows vigorous representations by the Ambassador on AA's behalf (including with the office of GOV Executive Vice Presid [...]
2005-06-29 19:55:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL VE
05CARACAS2140US AERONAUTICS COMPANY BREAKS DEAL WITH GOV
[...] (C) Concerned about safety issues since the expulsion of US personnel from Venezuelan military bases, Lockheed Martin plans to withdraw its engineer responsible for servicing the Venezuelan Air Force's F-16 squadron. The engineer told poloff July 12 he met Israeli contractors at the base who [...]
2005-07-14 17:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS VE
05CARACAS2286OPPOSITION LEADER DETAINED AT AIRPORT
[...] (C) Venezuelan National Guard and Intelligence Services (DISIP) officers temporarily detained Tulio Alvarez_, the head of the opposition group Verdad Venezuela, at the airport in Maracaibo July 27 as he was departing for Caracas. Minister of the Interior Jesse Chacon claimed that security forc [...]
2005-07-29 13:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER VE
05CARACAS3584TELESUR MARCHES FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: On October 31, 2005 the Venezuelan Government supported international, cable channel TELESUR began broadcasting 24 hours a day. PD officer conversations with both the President and Director General of TELESUR reveal that they remain concerned with financial and programming issue [...]
2005-11-29 18:17:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS512VENEZUELA: BIOS OF SELECTED GOVERNORS
[...] (C) Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez won 20 of 22 gubernatorial races on October 31, 2004, in addition to the Caracas mayoralty. Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and allied parties picked up 7 states and lost only one. The new governors' competence varies; some are career p [...]
2005-02-15 17:57:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM VE
05CARACAS750VENEZUELAN MILITARY: SEEKING PLOTTERS BEHIND
[...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government and supporters of President Hugo Chavez continue to prepare for a suspected US coup attempt and invasion. Although the Venezuelan Navy chief played down the late February visit of a US Navy vessel at Curacao, Chavez and other GOV officials called it a [...]
2005-03-14 18:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS VE
05CARACAS7902005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR VENEZUELA
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela is presented below. 2. (U) 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela Contents A. Openness to Foreign Investment A.1 The New Constitution A.2 Legal Framework: Decree 2095 A.3 Limitations under Decree 2 [...]
2005-03-16 21:19:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTDB ETRD PGOV VE OPIC USTR
05CARACAS943VENEZUELA: SIX WEEKS AFTER THE FLOODS
[...] (C) Venezuelan Red Cross officials remain highly critical of the GOV's handling of the major floods which hit the central coast (especially Vargas state) and western Venezuela in February, telling econoff that the NGO continues to get a cold shoulder at the national level and inadequate inform [...]
2005-04-01 19:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV VE
05COLOMBO1019SRI LANKA: JVP THREATENS SHOWDOWN, PRESIDENT
[...] (C) With coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) still threatening to withdraw from the government if President Chandrika Kumaratunga signs the "joint mechanism" on tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Kumaratunga is seeking support for the controversial agr [...]
2005-06-07 13:05:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1089TRINCOMALEE STILL RESTIVE; BUDDHA STATUE STAYS FOR
[...] (SBU) On June 17, the Court of Appeals suspended until June 30 the Trincomalee Magistrate's decision to remove all unauthorized religious statues, including a controversial Buddha statue erected by a pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) union, from Trincomalee town (REFTEL). Despite the rel [...]
2005-06-20 12:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1128SRI LANKA: COALITION CRACKING, CHAUVINISTS
[...] (C) Three days after the Government signed an agreement to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),opposition to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," among President Chandrika Kumaratunga's political [...]
2005-06-27 13:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1151SRI LANKA: WHAT COMES AFTER THE P-TOMS?
[...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's decision to sign the controversial Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," has clearly surprised her political allies and enemies alike, leaving many of them scrambling to strategize next moves. In the [...]
2005-06-30 12:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO125SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND
[...] As of January 13, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,899 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted assessments in Ampara District and Trincomolee to view the damage caused by the earthquake [...]
2005-01-17 04:07:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1366IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 10:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO146SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS:
[...] As of January 16, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,920 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military continues to engage in debris removal and clean-up activities in Galle and assist in the transport of relief supplies throughout Sri L [...]
2005-01-19 03:24:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO188SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART
[...] As of January 24, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,957 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military plans to complete school debris clearing and latrine building by January 24, and water distributions will end on January 23. Sanitatio [...]
2005-01-25 08:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO189SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: USAID/DART
[...] As of January 24, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,957 people. The U.S. Military is starting to move equipment and personnel from Galle to Colombo. The Galle local government and the Galle Water Board are taking over responsibi [...]
2005-01-25 08:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1891SRI LANKA FREEDOM PARTY COUNTING ON MUSLIM VOTE
[...] (C) Campaign strategists for Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse told poloff in an October 27 meeting they were confident that votes from supporters of the Sinhalese extremist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (S [...]
2005-11-01 12:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV CE
05COLOMBO1940AS ELECTION APPROACHES, AMPARA RESIDENTS ASK:
[...] (U) Summary: The district government in the Muslim-majority East coast district of Ampara appears to have logistics for the November 17 presidential election in order. Community members feel that Tamils in the district are not taking the election seriously enough. Tamils are unconvinced t [...]
2005-11-14 11:11:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1981SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Percy Mahendra (aka "Mahinda") Rajapakse was sworn in as Sri Lanka's fifth President on November 18, 2005--his 60th birthday. Like his predecessor and rival Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Rajapakse has the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in his blood, with his father, D.A. Rajapakse [...]
2005-11-21 11:59:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV CE
05COLOMBO2056 Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on
[...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]
2005-12-07 11:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2108TIGERS' TNA PROXIES BLAME GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting with pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, the Ambassador stressed U.S. and international concern at the escalation of violence following the November 17 election. The TNA MPs were quick to deny LTTE i [...]
2005-12-16 07:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2118SRI LANKA: SEVEN CIVILIANS INJURED IN VIOLENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven civilians were injured when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers fired on a violent protest led by students affiliated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northern district of Jaffna on December 19. In Colombo on December 17-18 security forces arrested and rel [...]
2005-12-19 12:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2145MIXED RECORD CONFRONTS SRI LANKA, MALDIVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the one year anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka has avoided the mass outbreak of disease and unrest that some feared early on, established a network of transitional shelters, begun to build permanent housing, elected a new President, establis [...]
2005-12-22 10:08:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV CE MV ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2167SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED
[...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...]
2005-12-28 11:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE
05COLOMBO244 Special Media Reaction: Colombo Press Conference
[...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of post's January 29 press conference to announce plans to transition from a mix of military and civilian tsunami relief efforts to a fully civilian one was prominent and widespread, generating front-page headlines but little editorial comment. Most media focused [...]
2005-02-01 01:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO458SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Three female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were shot and injured in the eastern town of Akkaraipatuu, south of Ampara, on February 28, 2005. The police have a suspect in custody, allegedly a loyalist to breakaway eastern LTTE rebel Karuna. As with previous att [...]
2005-03-02 11:07:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO488SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WORRIED ABOUT LTTE AIR
[...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 4, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar expressed concern that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air assets could be used to conduct suicide attacks against Government and/or foreign targets. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) views the Tige [...]
2005-03-07 11:42:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO51SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS:
[...] As of January 7, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis killed 30,680 people in Sri Lanka. On January 6, Senators Frist and Landrieu, along with the U.S. Ambassador and USAID representatives, including the USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assi [...]
2005-01-08 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAID AEMR PREL PGOV
05COLOMBO606AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...]
2005-03-28 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE
05COLOMBO65SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS:
[...] As of January 7, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis killed 30,718 people in Sri Lanka. On January 7, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and USAID SIPDIS Administrator Andrew Natsios, along with the U.S. Ambassador and USAID/Colombo Health [...]
2005-01-10 08:31:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO679GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES
[...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...]
2005-04-07 04:43:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE
05COLOMBO82SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS:
[...] As of January 10, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,725 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment trip in Galle and concluded that water supply is not a critical need, but sa [...]
2005-01-11 11:47:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO875IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 07:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO94TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION
[...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...]
2005-01-12 14:27:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO961COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR AIR DEFENSE RADARS
[...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS REQUESTED THROUGH A US COMPANY PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM SALE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE RADARS. LIKELY RADARS MENTIONED ARE THE SENTINEL OR ANTPQ36A. A SYSTEM SALE WOULD INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, SPARES AND [...]
2005-05-31 07:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05DAKAR3213SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]
2005-12-29 12:57:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05DAMASCUS6136SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION AT STATE SECURITY COURT;
[...] (C) COURT SCUFFLE RESULTS IN BRIEF DETENTION: SARG security forces detained approximately 12 men who had participated in a spontaneous demonstration in front of the State Security Court on November 13, following a hearing for approximately 13 men who have been held on Islamist charges for mor [...]
2005-11-27 07:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS6640Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Weekend Syrian papers reported statements by Lebanese personalities emphasizing distinguished ties with Syria, listing among them Lebanese Minister of Energy & Water Mohammed Fneish who underlined the importance of preserving "the distinguished relations with Syria to face the Israeli [...]
2005-12-26 14:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DHAKA4089AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK
[...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]
2005-08-17 11:58:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4090AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK
[...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]
2005-08-17 12:00:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4189RAB ANNIVERSARY ANALYSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial Rapid Action Battalion has developed into a popular fixture in the BDG's otherwise lowly-regarded law enforcement architecture, thanks mostly to its perceived crime-busting prowess built on its 117 "cross-fire," or extrajudicial, killings of criminal suspects. [...]
2005-08-23 08:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BG
05DHAKA6144HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BALANCE BUFFALO 06-1 2ND
[...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The following units are scheduled to take part in Exercise Balance Buffalo 06-1 initiating deployment in January 2006: Bangladesh Army: 1st Para Commando Battalion. Bangladesh Air Force: Commandos from 101 Special Flying Unit, 9 Squadron, a [...]
2005-12-15 06:28:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PHUM PREL BG
05DJIBOUTI32Outreach in Djibouti -- Out of Step with Needs?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-09 11:37:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO SCUL DJ
05DOHA15939/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...]
2005-09-18 13:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1734EMBASSY DEMARCHES ON OBJECTIONABLE AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO met separately 10/13 with GOQ and Al Jazeera officials to express USG objections to material published recently on Al Jazeera's website (www.aljazeera.net) relating to the recent visit of U/S Karen Hughes to the region. Al Jazeera's website director acknowledged [...]
2005-10-13 14:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1823SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we are pleased to welcome you to Doha. Your visit is an important one: you will be the first cabinet-level U.S. official to meet with Qatari officials in Doha this year. Your visit will demonstrate the importance we place on the future of our energy relationship and will help [...]
2005-11-09 12:33:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA953SCENESETTER FOR NSC FRANCES TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2,
[...] (C) Let me extend a warm welcome to you from me and the team at Embassy Doha. Your visit fulfills a pledge President Bush made to the Emir last April for you to visit Qatar to explore enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. To that end, we have requested meetings with the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin [...]
2005-05-26 15:01:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER MARR QA
05DUBAI271IRAN'S MAJLIS VOTES TO FREEZE KEY PRICES
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 11 the Iranian Majlis passed a bill fixing the price of gasoline and other key goods and services at September 2004 levels for the upcoming Iranian year 1384 (i.e. March 21, 2005 - March 20, 2006). The bill's [...]
2005-01-18 13:34:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ECON
05DUBLIN1090CODEL BOUCHER WRAP-UP: IRELAND'S DEBATE ON
[...] (C) Summary: The August 22-23 visit of Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA),which focused on information technology (IT) and energy, exposed conflicting views on the level of competition in Ireland's telecoms sector, as well as concerns about Ireland's ability to meet Kyoto commitments. Irish Go [...]
2005-09-02 13:44:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL TINT SENV TRGY EINV ENRG
05DUBLIN276IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...]
2005-03-04 17:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05DUBLIN47IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...]
2005-01-14 16:58:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
05DUSHANBE1644IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 13:26:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMCAP TI CH
05DUSHANBE1648TAJIKISTAN: CIVIL AND GOVERNMENT AVIATION AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Under Secretary Robert Joseph met with Head of the Tajikistan Department of Civil Aviation Khamroyev Firuz and Tajik Air Force Chief of Staff General-Major Safaraliev. The Tajiks reiterated their support for ridding the world of the scourge of terrorism and the transfer o [...]
2005-10-10 07:08:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IR KN TI
05DUSHANBE1733TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER
[...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...]
2005-10-26 09:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI
05DUSHANBE1786TAJIK AIR MONOPOLY HARMS TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite 30% annual growth, Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA) presents a mismanaged, bloated organization unable and unwilling to reform itself or respond to market forces. Turkish Air is still negotiating to fly between Istanbul and Dushanbe, but threatens the very lucrative [...]
2005-11-08 11:58:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI TU RS
05DUSHANBE2130PROGRESS, BUT NO ETA FOR TURKISH AIR IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] Turkish Airlines (TKA) has moved one step closer to introducing a new Istanbul-Dushanbe. The Turkish Ambassador Altay Cenziger reported a framework agreement was signed December 23, allowing Turkish Airlines to conduct technical assessments and preparations for the new route. He estimated f [...]
2005-12-30 07:41:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI
05GABORONE1165PRIVATIZATION PROGRESSING SLOWLY
[...] SUMMARY. Privatization in Botswana is moving in the right direction - slowly. Mr. Joshua Galeforolwe, CEO of the Public Enterprise Evaluation and Privatization Agency (PEEPA),described to Charge and Emboffs the political, institutional, and economic challenges facing the privatization move [...]
2005-08-16 11:44:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV BTIO BC
05GABORONE751BOTSWANA WILL HOST EXERCISE THOKGAMO: TOWARD THE
[...] Summary: Lt. General Matshengeyo Fisher, Commander of Botswana's Defense Force, on May 27 briefed the Ambassador, DATT and Pol/Econ Chief on the French-supported RECAMP exercises to be held June 10-25 in northern Botswana. Thirteen countries of the southern African region are expected to cont [...]
2005-06-03 06:59:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR KPKO BC POL MIL SADC
05GENEVA1922REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION
[...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...]
2005-08-11 12:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GENEVA2619BIC-IV: (U) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE MOSCOW
[...] (U) This is BIC-IV-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations met the morning of October 27, 2005, to provide answers to que [...]
2005-10-28 09:51:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT US RS BIC SORT
05GENEVA2807May16 - October 31, 2005 CLO ACTIVITY REPORT -
[...] CLO serves the following agencies: Department of State, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, Census Bureau, USAID, Army, Air Force and Environmental Protection Agency. 2. [...]
2005-11-16 11:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KFLO CLO
05GUATEMALA1403GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289
[...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...]
2005-06-02 22:10:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNPINR SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA163LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (4)
[...] (SBU) The year got off to a rough start for Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. --------------------------- Campesino Protests Get Ugly --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Solola, the province best known for the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Atitlan, became the center of attention when [...]
2005-01-21 18:55:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID SNAR MASS ASEC PHUM SENV GT
05GUATEMALA2050CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA
[...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...]
2005-08-26 18:37:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV
05GUATEMALA2395GUATEMALA NEEDS TPS
[...] Embassy Guatemala strongly supports granting Guatemalans living in the United States Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following Hurricane Stan, which produced floods and mudslides that have devastated the country. Guatemala is in a state of calamity and will be hard pressed to address any add [...]
2005-10-17 22:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CVIS SMIG EAID MASS PHUM AEMR ASEC ETRD EAGR GT
05GUATEMALA659GUATEMALA'S CONGRESS REINSTATES DATA PROTECTION:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Congress passed legislation by an overwhelming majority to reinstate data protection for drugs and agrochemicals, paving the way for consideration of the CAFTA in the U.S. Congress. This was the end of a drama played out over years that was fraught with misinformation, co [...]
2005-03-11 19:09:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR PGOV PREL GT
05GUAYAQUIL1334PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE
[...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...]
2005-12-02 20:49:00Consulate GuayaquilUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC
05GUAYAQUIL424EX-PRESIDENT BUCARAMS HOMECOMING CELEBRATION
[...] (U) Summary: Former president Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE),made a flamboyant, celebratory return to Guayaquil on April 2. After eight years of self-imposed exile in Panama, he arrived in the city center by helicopter, accompanied by men on horseback, and with fir [...]
2005-04-04 19:59:00Consulate GuayaquilUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL EC
05HALIFAX119FEDERAL LIBERALS SURVIVE CRITICAL TEST IN LABRADOR
[...] Summary: Prime Minister Paul Martin and the governing Liberals have added one more seat to their ranks in the House of Commons with their win in a federal by-election. A key issue in the Labrador campaign, which saw a string of national political figures on the stump in the huge but sparsely [...]
2005-05-25 12:13:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MCAP CA
05HALIFAX14MONUMENT DEDICATION TO U.S. POWS -- MAY 2005
[...] SUMMARY: We are working with the city, armed forces and a historical society on a ceremony to dedicate a Veterans Affairs-provided monument to nearly 200 Americans who died near Halifax during the War of 1812. The event will have a high profile and has the potential to reinforce our excellen [...]
2005-01-21 22:00:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL CASC CA
05HALIFAX16AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA -- SECURITY AND TRADE
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Cellucci visited Nova Scotia January 13-15, stressing key policy goals of security and trade. He met with U.S. and Canadian military officers and the leadership of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Lt-Governor and the Premier of the province. He gave several media in [...]
2005-01-25 14:09:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD BEXP ASEC MARR PINR CA US
05HALIFAX92PROPOSED SPACE LAUNCH ALARMS NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT
[...] CG was called afternoon of April 8 by Robert Thompson, the senior civil servant of the Newfoundland-Labrador government, who expressed the province's concerns about a proposed Titan IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thompson noted that the hazard area of the proposed launch inc [...]
2005-04-08 17:55:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS TSPA CA
05HANOI1235CHARGE GETS PM VISIT UPDATE FROM LE VAN BANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang May 25 and discussed ongoing plans for the Prime Minister's June visit to the United States. VFM Bang said that his first priority was to reach general agreement on a "joint statement," and relayed the GVN's requests for a [...]
2005-05-27 09:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF ETRD OVIP KPOW VM WTRO WTO RELFREE
05HANOI2824HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...]
2005-10-25 10:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS
05HANOI312NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meetings with
[...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Michael Green and Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung met for 90 minutes February 4, again at dinner the same night, and then for 30 minutes on February 5 to discuss regional issues, a religious freedom work plan and Prime Minister Phan Van K [...]
2005-02-07 11:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD BM VM ASEAN HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI468VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 14:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAPEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI575VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 04:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAPEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HANOI7 GVN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN RENDITION OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a note December 29 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting U.S. assistance in returning the "fugitive" Ly Tong, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Thailand (translation of note in para 3). (Note: Ly Tong, a former pilot with the Republic of (South) Vi [...]
2005-01-03 09:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL VM
05HANOI719 Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...]
2005-03-24 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM
05HARARE1088ZIMPLATS CEO ON CHINESE INTEREST IN PLATINUM
[...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) CEO Greg Sebborn told CDA on July 29 that his company was not worried about China's interest in Zimbabwean platinum in the long-term because China lacked the technological know-how to compete. However, the Chinese could cause short-term problems by levera [...]
2005-08-02 10:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEMIN EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
05HARARE1208GOZ BURIES ANOTHER HERO
[...] (U) Minister of Indigenization and Empowerment and ZANU-PF Politburo member Josiah Tungamirai died on August 25 in a South African clinic reportedly of kidney failure. The GOZ quickly named him a national hero and buried him on August 28 at Hero,s Acre. According to local media accounts, Tu [...]
2005-08-29 15:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE1271TSVANGIRAI INVIGORATING BASE TO CAPITALIZE ON GOZ
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai said that ZANU-PF's hold on power was fragile and that he envisioned a more confrontational MDC as a means to boost the public's confidence in the opposition and to expl [...]
2005-09-09 10:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
05HARARE1331IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970,s. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...]
2005-09-27 06:59:00Embassy HarareSECRET//NOFORNECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH
05HARARE250OPPOSITION BESET BY FACTIONALISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 9 breakfast with the Ambassador, MDC MP for Masvingo Central Silas Mangono gave an account of the February 8 intra-party violence and his ouster as MDC candidate for his current seat in the upcoming election. According to Mangono, his supporters were unsuccessfully [...]
2005-02-17 09:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
05HARARE251DINOSAURS AND DISSENTERS - TAKE TWO
[...] (C) The Ambassador met February 14 with the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment, J.T. Tungamirai, a Politburo member and reputedly close to President Mugabe, as well as separately with two of the ZANU-PF Members of Parliament who lost in the party primaries two weeks ago. The [...]
2005-02-17 11:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE339ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 -
[...] Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: ----------- -- A. There continued to be anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is a sustained, organized ef [...]
2005-03-01 16:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP
05HARARE345ZIMBABWE'S INTERIM REPORT CARD ON IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over four weeks to go before the nation's parliamentary elections, the GOZ continues to implement measures to further its case that it is complying with SADC election principles and guidelines. Many of the measures have been superficial or incompletely implemented. Th [...]
2005-03-02 11:07:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HELSINKI1321FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...]
2005-12-29 09:33:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI1325FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion control portion of the INCSR is Poloff David Allen Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). Embassy poc for the financial crimes portion of the INCSR is Econoff Mika Cleverley (Cleverle [...]
2005-12-30 11:08:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI
05HELSINKI273FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE
[...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]
2005-03-04 16:15:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI274CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005
[...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]
2005-03-07 10:34:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI613OFFICIAL-INFORMAL
[...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]
2005-06-02 05:00:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
05HELSINKI690CODEL HYDE VISIT TO FINLAND
[...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]
2005-06-27 11:06:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT FI
05HOCHIMINHCITY1118CENTRAL VIETNAM'S CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE: STILL
[...] (SBU): Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is preparing to develop as central Vietnam's industrial hub with a massive open economic zone (OEZ) in Chu Lai. The Chu Lai zone covers 30,000 hectares and includes a seaport, airport, tourism areas and an industrial zone. Quang Nam provincial lea [...]
2005-10-27 10:55:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON ETRD EAIR EWWT VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY914 LIMITS ON TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION CONTINUE TO HAMPER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. businesses in southern Vietnam are frustrated by limits on trading and distribution rights. Many company representatives report that relevant BTA provisions are not being implemented effectively. One business that has been directly importing and selling its product for 10 [...]
2005-08-29 12:17:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL VM WTRO BTA WTO
05ISLAMABAD15254PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT
[...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...]
2005-10-11 02:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA
05ISLAMABAD15278TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...]
2005-10-12 02:20:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS
05ISLAMABAD15316TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...]
2005-10-12 16:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15513PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...]
2005-10-14 14:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID
05ISLAMABAD15522PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...]
2005-10-16 05:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15555PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION
[...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...]
2005-10-17 08:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15677PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN
[...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...]
2005-10-19 07:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID
05ISLAMABAD15860PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...]
2005-10-22 18:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16024PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]
2005-10-25 09:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16025PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]
2005-10-25 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16063PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...]
2005-10-26 02:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN
05ISLAMABAD16138PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]
2005-10-28 01:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16139PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]
2005-10-28 01:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16190PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...]
2005-10-31 01:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN
05ISLAMABAD16641PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT
[...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...]
2005-11-09 06:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16741PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...]
2005-11-10 09:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17557PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT
[...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...]
2005-11-28 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17621PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...]
2005-11-29 14:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17623PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...]
2005-11-29 18:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18030PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA
[...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...]
2005-12-06 07:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISLAMABAD18159CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES
[...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...]
2005-12-07 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISLAMABAD18328PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER
[...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...]
2005-12-09 14:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18492PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS
[...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...]
2005-12-13 04:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD18810PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP
[...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...]
2005-12-16 13:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD19100PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS
[...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...]
2005-12-21 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN
05ISTANBUL1333ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: KINALIADA CONTROVERSY BOILS
[...] (C) Summary: Controversy flared this week between the GOT and the Ecumenical Patriarch after Turkish bureaucrats delayed the opening of a longstanding youth summer camp at a monastery on Kinali Island in an attempt to force church officials to recognize state seizure of that property. Church [...]
2005-08-03 16:15:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL1680"ALTERNATIVE ARMENIAN CONFERENCE" GOES FORWARD
[...] (U) Summary: The "Alternative Armenian Conference" (on Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire) unfolded without incident on September 24 and 25 at a campus of its third organizer, Bilgi University, less than 48 hours after an Istanbul court had attempted to block it. Foreign Minister Gul, who, [...]
2005-09-27 16:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ISTANBUL346SUZER PLAZA CONTROVERSY CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul's controversial Suzer Plaza skyscraper, which houses the Ritz Carlton Hotel and was partially financed by OPIC, has returned to the headlines in recent weeks. In early January, two restaurants at the building's base were targeted for partial demolition by city official [...]
2005-03-02 07:59:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV TU OPIC
05JERUSALEM2250WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...]
2005-06-02 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2419WB/G SITREP: JUNE 10-14, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between different al-Aqsa cells by Manasra Square in Ramallah on June 12. The IDF shot and injured a a Palestinian youth in Saida village near Tulkarm on June 11, according to Palestinian security sources. UNRWA reported [...]
2005-06-14 16:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3019WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...]
2005-07-15 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3557WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...]
2005-08-08 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3791DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...]
2005-08-17 17:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM4288DISENGAGEMENT 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 15:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05KABUL5024REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]
2005-12-13 02:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5110POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...]
2005-12-17 03:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5198PRT 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 11:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AF
05KABUL5223Update on CN Activities 11/20-12/20
[...] Summary: The Counter Narcotics Public Information (CNPI) campaign is entering phase two: eradication, which will be folded into ongoing rule of law and health campaigns. Hiring for PEP teams continues with the aim of hiring of Afghan staff by early January and the hiring of the International A [...]
2005-12-24 06:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5256REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT
[...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]
2005-12-27 12:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5274PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR CHIEF OF POLICE APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointe Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on Decembe 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been activ campaigning to kee [...]
2005-12-29 07:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KABUL5297CORRECTED COPY: PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointed Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on December 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice, and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been actively campaigning [...]
2005-12-31 06:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KATHMANDU2318MIDNIGHT RAID SEIZES RADIO EQUIPMENT
[...] (U) This contains an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Dozens of armed police stormed the Kathmandu office of Kantipur FM Station, part of Nepal's largest media conglomerate, near midnight on October 21, took control of the station staff at gunpoint, and seized sat [...]
2005-10-24 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2615GOVERNMENT SILENCES RADIO STATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (U) On November 27, the Government shut down Nepal's first community radio station, Radio Sagarmartha, and seized its satellite uplink equipment at gunpoint. The government claimed that the station was violating [...]
2005-11-28 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2781ICE OFFICIAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR NEPAL CUSTOMS
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with James Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division (ICE) from Embassy New Delhi, Nepali officials identified training and equipment needed to improve immigration, customs, and drug trafficking enforcement. Pol [...]
2005-12-12 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
05KATHMANDU28282005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY
[...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...]
2005-12-16 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP
05KINGSTON1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]
2005-04-15 21:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1100KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...]
2005-04-22 21:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB
05KINGSTON1197KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...]
2005-05-06 20:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB
05KINGSTON1534KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]
2005-06-17 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON2702JAMAICA 2005 INCSR - PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 18:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON2731JAMAICA PROPOSES FORMAL SIGNING OF 2002 OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade requesting that the United States and Jamaica move forward with the formal signing of the Air Transport Agreement of 2002 ("Open Skies"),which was [...]
2005-12-19 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD KTIA JM
05KINGSTON2767Drug Eradication and Seizure Report for the Month of Novembe
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 16:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL
05KINGSTON363INL MONTHLY REPORT - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
[...] The following is a combined report for the period November and December 2004. It reflects activities in all INL supported programs and an assessment of progress in achieving mutual goals established in the current Letters of Agreement (LOA). 2. Drug Eradication and Interdiction Program - [...]
2005-02-10 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON4862004 END USE MONITORING REPORT; JAMAICA, PART II
[...] Part II of the End Use Monitoring Report of INL-funded commodities or services acquired and donated by the Embassy Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is submitted in accordance with instructions in referenced telegrams. NAS PD&S inventory was also conducted but [...]
2005-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM JM
05KINGSTON759MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 2005
[...] The Jamaica Defense Force Air Wing (JDF/AW) spent approximately 10 hours transporting members of the "Kingfish" operation, narcotics police and The Jamaica Defense Force Headquarters Intelligence team to the parishes of St James, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to gather information on narcotraf [...]
2005-03-17 14:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR JM
05KINGSTON797KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005
[...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...]
2005-03-18 21:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID
05KINGSTON832JAMAICA: A NATION SADDLED BY DEBT
[...] (U) Summary: Despite GOJ efforts to lower its gargantuan public debt, Jamaica still has the unenviable record of being the second most indebted country in the world, after Lebanon, in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio. At the end of 2004, Jamaica's stock of public debt stood at USD 12.5 billion [...]
2005-03-24 11:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN JM
05KINSHASA1053JUNE 30--KINSHASA CALM BUT JUMPY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kinshasa is calm but jumpy in the run-up to June 30. As expected, the Congolese military and police have increased visible patrols throughout Kinshasa over the past few days, and salary payments for police and military in Kinshasa have started. There were no reported demonstrations [...]
2005-06-28 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC ASEC CG
05KINSHASA106530 JUNE: KINSHASA CALM, BUT TENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As of mid-day June 29, Kinshasa was calm but tense, with no security incidents reported. Post will continue to monitor closely the developing situation. END SUMMARY. More Monitoring --------------- 2. (C) Police patrols continued overnight in Kinshasa on June 28 without inc [...]
2005-06-29 11:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC ASEC KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1078THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...]
2005-07-01 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN
05KINSHASA1112JUNE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. -- The Congolese Franc (FC) significantly appreciated against the USD and prices generally fell, though petroleum prices increased. -- In response to U.S. Coast Guard sanctions, the GDRC is trying to form a permanent commission to address port security. -- In the mining [...]
2005-07-08 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EMIN ELAB CG
05KINSHASA1220CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...]
2005-07-26 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG UN
05KINSHASA1270 CONGO/B: ISSUES OF WHO COST EFFECTIVENESS
[...] This cable is a revised version of Kinshasa 1256. 2. SUMMARY: After the recent visit of a high-level delegation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in Brazzaville, a senior professional sta [...]
2005-08-05 09:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN AMGT OTRA OVIP CF
05KINSHASA1429UN/DRC SANCTIONS LIST
[...] (C) Post has no objections to including on the proposed sanctions list the six names proposed by UKUN. We believe that the first name, currently shown as "Kakolere" should be "Kakolele." Given the difficulty of fully determining additional identifiers, Post believes it more useful to procee [...]
2005-09-07 08:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG ETTC KPKO
05KINSHASA1447SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY
[...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]
2005-09-08 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1519ALLEGATIONS OF LRA ENTRY INTO DRC
[...] (C) Some press reports indicated September 20 that the GOU alleges that elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have fled into the northeastern part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response to these articles, PolCouns spoke September 20 to MONUC's milita [...]
2005-09-20 13:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CG UG UPUO
05KINSHASA1567LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC
[...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...]
2005-09-26 08:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1584LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN
[...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues),the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...]
2005-09-27 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1596LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE TROOPS MOVE TOWARD ABA
[...] (C) Congolese Air Force General John Numbi told PolCouns September 27 that the first 200 (of a total of 500) Congolese commando troops left Kinshasa en route for Kisangani. Numbi said an additional 100 (again of a total of 500) commandos also were dispatched from Kamina training base where th [...]
2005-09-28 07:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1626LRA UPDATE: 200 FARDC TROOPS IN ABA, ANOTHER 650
[...] (C) Both the FARDC and MONUC confirmed to PolCouns morning of September 30 that 200 FARDC troops are currently in Aba. (Note: These are non-integrated forces which General Padiri had ordered transferred from other patrol points in northeastern Oriental province, one company plus two platoon [...]
2005-09-30 09:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1658ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (U) The Election Steering Committee (Comite de Pilotage) met October 3 to review the status of election preparations and the general electoral calendar. Committee membership includes Chief of Mission representation from donors, UN agency heads, technical support staff, and senior GDRC officia [...]
2005-10-04 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1662LRA UPDATE: OVER 300 FARDC IN ABA BUT NO MISSION
[...] (C) As a result of MONUC's efforts in transporting FARDC troops from Aru to Aba, there are now about 350 FARDC troops in Aba. About 300 are in Aru, awaiting transfer via helicopter (25 troops per load) to Aba. FARDC likely will have to ask MONUC for transport assistance for another 500 troo [...]
2005-10-05 10:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1770DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...]
2005-10-24 17:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1776OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, VP'S:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 14:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1854MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...]
2005-11-08 10:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1940ONGOING FARDC OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN
[...] (U) Despite some press reports suggesting otherwise, there has been no significant increase in the number of internally displaced persons in Katanga province, DRC. Ongoing government military operations (which began over 6 weeks ago) against Mai Mai elements headed by renegade leader Gideon a [...]
2005-11-23 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV CG
05KINSHASA2102FARDC ENGAGES HEAVILY ARMED MILITIAS IN ITURI
[...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with air and other logistical support from MONUC troops, launched Operation Eden December 21 against militia elements in the northeastern Ituri District. MONUC sources report operations are being directed against the Congolese R [...]
2005-12-27 16:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA731CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]
2005-04-29 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA779CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA
[...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...]
2005-05-09 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA808CALM RETURNS TO KATANGA
[...] (C) The President and several close advisors returned to Kinshasa May 13 after several days in Lubumbashi reportedly tracking down a major Katangan secessionist plot. As reported reftel, the secessionist rhetoric was really a poorly disguised crackdown on Air Force Commander General John Numbi [...]
2005-05-16 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA870RUMORS OF ARREST OF AIR FORCE COMMANDER UNTRUE
[...] (C) Rumors of Air Force Commander General John Numbi's arrest, which turned out to be unsubstantiated, circulated widely in Kinshasa and throughout the country on May 24. Polcouns met with Numbi, who was not under house arrest as rumored, at his home the afternoon of May 24. Numbi told polcoun [...]
2005-05-26 15:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG
05KUWAIT113KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]
2005-01-09 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1295U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...]
2005-03-30 07:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECON EINV KU
05KUWAIT1830OIL AND WATER: REGIONAL HUB OFFICER RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his April 17-20 orientation visit to Kuwait, Amman Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) officer Jock Whittlesey met with a wide range of governmental, non-governmental and private sector individuals and participated in three public diplomacy outre [...]
2005-05-03 09:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EPET PREL KPAO KU TSPL
05KUWAIT3389INDIAN WORKERS CONFRONT THEIR EMBASSY ABOUT LABOR
[...] (U) Summary: Expatriate workers in Kuwait continue to air their labor grievances publicly since the Bangladeshi revolt in April (reftel) emboldened other groups to denounce exploitative labor practices. Local media chronicled July 16-25 the fate of approximately 140 Indian workers who sought t [...]
2005-07-31 12:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM PREL PINR KU
05KUWAIT3947TFUS01: GOK OFFERS $500 MILLION IN HURRICANE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Embassy recommendation in para 6 and action request in para 7. 2. (C) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has decided to provide $500 million in aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through a $100 million cash grant and $400 million in oil product [...]
2005-09-05 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID
05KUWAIT414 MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI ELECTIONS;JANUARY 31
[...] Kuwaiti TV dedicated extensive coverage to Iraqi elections and conducted an interview with a former MP and Minister of Education on the subject. All editorials praised the Iraqi people's courage in braving the security situation to cast their votes. End summary. ---------- Kuwaiti TV [...]
2005-01-31 13:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT4685SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER 13-14,
[...] (SBU) Secretary Bodman will arrive about one week after the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan. He will meet with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He will also meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sab [...]
2005-11-02 15:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
05KUWAIT4770SECRETARY OF ENERGY THANKS GOK FOR KATRINA AID,
[...] (U) Summary: During his November 13-14 visit to Kuwait, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman thanked the Government and SIPDIS people of Kuwait for their generous support for Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as their support of reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere. The Sec [...]
2005-11-15 08:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
05LAGOS1674BELLVIEW CRASH: AN UNLIKELY CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY
[...] (U) The October 26 Punch Newspaper and Champion Newspaper reported a previously unknown group, Coalition for Militant Action in the Niger Delta (COMA),has claimed responsbility for the October 22 Bellview flight 3210 air crash. COMA claims its membership consists of the following groups: Isei [...]
2005-10-26 16:26:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1675SITREP #9: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site at around 1000 (local time). Per reftel, they reported that no excavation had begun, and that local police said excavation would not begin until the NTSB team's arrival. Security at the site had improved with the Nigerian [...]
2005-10-26 17:06:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL
05LAGOS1768MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN BELLO LAFIAJI
[...] (S) Summary: During an often tense November 15 meeting with DEA Attache and the Consul General, Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman Bello Lafiaji continued to express his bitterness over the Ambassador and the British High Commissioner's meeting with President obasan [...]
2005-11-18 16:18:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PINR SNAR NI
05LAGOS1871COOPERATION ON MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The National Maritime Authority (NMA) met with US Office of Naval Research Global team on December 6 to discuss mutual maritime safety and security cooperation and research. NMA Director General emphasized the need for USG assistance in training cadets, producing accurate coastal [...]
2005-12-12 07:53:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EWWT NI
05LAGOS1934DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
[...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...]
2005-12-21 16:06:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV PREL NI
05LAGOS477NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...]
2005-03-29 10:59:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS575VIEWS ON THE NIGER DELTA, FROM THE NIGER DELTA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Campbell's April 5-7 visit to Port Harcourt, Nigerian interlocutors identified poverty and corruption as their chief concerns. American citizens working in the area cited the absence of law and order as their biggest worry. Contacts said working in the Delta [...]
2005-04-15 12:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC NI
05LAGOS747CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO
[...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...]
2005-05-19 08:49:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS935 NIGERIA: 2006 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This responds to Ref A's request for a certification report card identifying the Government of Nigeria's (GON's) efforts towards meeting the 2004 certification benchmarks. A. Major Traffickers 2. (SBU) The 2003 benchmark for cooperation against major traffickers include increased eff [...]
2005-06-16 14:17:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
05LILONGWE579PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE
[...] Despite a year of solid success in imposing discipline on government spending and launching a strong anti-corruption campaign, President Mutharika has been frustrated in his reform agenda by an increasingly militant opposition and a weak civil service. A series of negative media stories has p [...]
2005-07-08 09:20:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE744MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL AID,
[...] "Bush Touches Desperate Souls" 2. The independent daily, "The Daily Times" of August 24, 2005, carried a full page story/opinion piece by Malawian journalist, Isaac Masingati. Masingati hails the newly launched Ambassador's Girls Scholarship Program as a key to easing underprivileged gi [...]
2005-08-30 05:05:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KOCI KPAO MI
05LIMA1062 Cocalero Marching Season Begins
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The annual cocalero marching season has begun with two road-blocking demonstrations in Upper Huallaga Valley areas infamous for their militancy. Leaders launched the protests with false stories of local illnesses from spraying of coca fields with chemicals. Police easily freed [...]
2005-03-03 20:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC EAID PGOV PE
05LIMA1094PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, FEBRUARY 2005
[...] (SBU) On February 9, Bryan Tuttle, NAS's Deputy Port Security and Maritime Advisor, was killed in an accident while assisting a drug investigation in the Port of Callao in Lima. As part of the port security program, a Peruvian delegation visited Colombian facilities at the Bogota airport and [...]
2005-03-04 17:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA1159BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK: APPLICATION 05-888772
[...] Embassy regrets the delay in responding to Reftels, which was due to a lack of cooperation from the Peruvian Air Force and Navy. The new commands of both institutions, who took over this year, have promised to cooperate and have begun to provide answers to our Blue Lantern inquiries. 2. [...]
2005-03-08 16:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC PE
05LIMA1169ANDEAN NORTHERN BORDER CONFERENCE
[...] Peruvian National Police (PNP) successfully sponsored with the assistance of the Lima Country Office (LCO) the Andean Northern Border Strategy Conference from Feb. 22-24, 2005. This conference centered on Counter-narcotics strategy on Amazonas Border countries and included National Police D [...]
2005-03-08 21:11:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
05LIMA1191COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXIM BANK OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-10 13:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN OTRA CI PE EXIM
05LIMA1235BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK: APPLICATION 05-924452
[...] Answers to Ref D questions: CONFIRM THAT THE AIR FORCE RECEIVED THE COMMODITIES LISTED IN REF D, PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW FROM NEDISA PERUANA? -- Answer: Yes. The end-user, Air Force Grupo 42 Commander in Iquitos, Loreto Department, confirms receipt, and said the parts were delivered on time. IS [...]
2005-03-14 15:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC PE
05LIMA1346Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report
[...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]
2005-03-21 16:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA2111PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, APRIL 2005
[...] (SBU) On April 7, CORAH started eradication in the hard-core zone of Polvora-Pizana north of Santa Lucia in the Huallaga Valley. The eradicators and their police security units encountered stiff resistance by some cocaleros, including rock-throwing that damaged 3 INL helicopters in 2 separat [...]
2005-05-10 15:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA2115TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Conflicts between communities and mining companies are among the most serious problems that confront Peru. One company, however, stands out as an exception: BHP Billiton, an Australian firm with a copper mine in Tintaya, has succeeded in ameliorating once highly conflictive relations w [...]
2005-05-10 19:12:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EMIN SOCI ETRD ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PHUM PE
05LIMA2185REGIONAL PRESIDENT YEHUDE SIMON: MOVING AHEAD ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Lambayeque Regional President Yehude Simon briefed the Ambassador 5/4 on the extensive consultations he has carried out to smooth the way for the SOUTHCOM New Horizons Exercise anticipated for next year. Simon expressed confidence he would win a referendum on creating a northern [...]
2005-05-13 22:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ETRD ECON PE
05LIMA2546 FY 2006 Narcotics Certification for Peru
[...] Peru has cooperated fully in the bilateral drug program with the United States. This report is based on the benchmarks. 2. Coca reduction - The goal is to reduce the amount of coca for illicit uses under cultivation through eradication of illegal coca to 27,800 hectares as measured by th [...]
2005-06-07 19:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
05LIMA2919PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON POLITICAL SCENE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two top presidential political counselors recently reviewed the political scene with Polcouns. They were optimistic that President Alejandro Toledo and the GOP will work out a modus vivendi with the opposition parties on a new Congress President and a smooth transition to the [...]
2005-07-05 15:26:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL PINS PE
05LIMA3419 Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between
[...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...]
2005-08-09 15:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PE
05LIMA3429SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...]
2005-08-09 18:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE
05LIMA3474Peru: Human Rights Update
[...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]
2005-08-11 20:51:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3810PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, JULY 2005
[...] (SBU) The Peruvian police (PNP),strengthened by the influx of graduates from NAS police academies in May, have been giving CORAH unprecedented support in eradication operations, allowing eradicators to continue despite stiff local resistance. Police support has also allowed CORAH to run si [...]
2005-09-02 16:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4176PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005
[...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...]
2005-09-26 19:05:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4673CONTROVERSY CONTINUES REGARDING PERU'S DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy between Peru and Chile over the GOP's introduction of legislation defining its maritime limits continues, although Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador that the two countries are talking and should eventually calm things down. Meanwhile, the F [...]
2005-11-02 22:08:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CI EC PE
05LIMA4739C-26 HANDOVER CEREMONY
[...] Summary: Two C-26Bs, donated to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) by the USG in 1997, were officially dedicated to CN missions October 31 in a ceremony with Ambassador Struble and senior Peruvian officials. The USG, through Embassy NAS, gave $3.5 million to refurbish the two aircraft that will r [...]
2005-11-07 15:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPE PREL SNAR MAS
05LIMA4842PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON FUJIMORI, MARTIME
[...] (C) Top presidential political advisors Juan de la Puente and Juan Sheput, in recent meetings with Polcouns, addressed the principle political issues of the moment as follows: -- Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition: Peru will have a hard time preparing an adequate extradition req [...]
2005-11-14 20:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KSUM PE
05LIMA4897PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005
[...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...]
2005-11-17 21:34:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4962Peru's 2006 National Trade Estimate Report
[...] The following is Post's submission of the National Trade Estimate, as requested in reftel. Trade Overview -------------- 2. The U.S. trade deficit with Peru was $1.6 billion in 2004, an increase of $895 million from the 2003 trade deficit of $710 million. U.S. goods exported in 2004 t [...]
2005-11-22 19:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA5198PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, NOVEMBER 2005
[...] (SBU) On November 13, the GOP eradication team passed the 8,000-hectare mark, its 2005 goal. By the end of November, eradication totaled 8,512 hectares as operations in San Gaban continue. They are scheduled to end on December 15. The GOP's proposed 2006 Eradication Plan is awaiting final [...]
2005-12-07 18:48:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA5267REQUEST FOR STATUS ASSESSMENT OF LIMA AIRPORT
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government and its private airport Concession holder, Lima Airport Partners, continue to press the U.S. Embassy to pay its outstanding bill dating back to 2001 for landing, parking, and other user fees [...]
2005-12-13 20:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA5309THIRD DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
[...] On 12/14, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the Embassy with a third diplomatic note regarding the death in Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the Foreign Ministry conveys the request of the 31st Lima Public Prosecutor's Office that Mr. Jara's body be returne [...]
2005-12-15 21:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR ASEC PE
05LIMA5336PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]
2005-12-16 22:22:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5365TOLEDO MAKES ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK FOR ARMY
[...] (C) President Toledo has named a reported personal favorite, General Cesar Reinoso Diaz, to become Commanding General of the Army, passing over the three officers who would normally be considered next in line for the job by Army guidelines (which include seniority and military merit). Two of [...]
2005-12-20 20:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR PE
05LIMA5391INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...]
2005-12-21 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5486PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005
[...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]
2005-12-30 19:39:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA976AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO AYACUCHO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador visited Ayacucho February 17-19, as part of a series of trips aimed at raising public awareness throughout Peru regarding potential benefits of a free trade agreement with the U.S. In the course of contacts with public officials and opinion leaders in Ayacucho, this trip also [...]
2005-03-01 19:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID PE
05LJUBLJANA136 SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Slovenia's proposed changes to the Slovene translation of ACSA were forwarded to EUCOM/J4- ID. TAG from Colorado will visit Slovenia in March. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. DEPLOYMENTS. The third rotation of Slovenian soldiers left Slovenia in February to participate in the int [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA15 SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. The new FMF Training case was signed in December and all documentation was completed in time to use the case to send nine students to training in January. The ACSA with Slovenia is not in force yet. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. FMF/FMS BUDGET 1) ODC submitted the FY07-12 FMF [...]
2005-01-07 10:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA216 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. EUCOM provided three options on ACSA and we have contacted the Slovenes for their preference on how to proceed. The Combined Training and Education Plan was submitted to EUCOM; highlights are below. New FMF cases to purchase spares for Slovenia's HMMWVs were signed this month; the [...]
2005-04-04 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA377 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy received a diplomatic note on ACSA from Slovene MFA; LOAs for JFCC and ASOC were signed; English language coordinator departed; Bell 412 IFF installation is delayed; EUCOM and DSCA approved the FY06 IMET program at the TPMR. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF [...]
2005-06-09 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05LJUBLJANA461 ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT,
[...] SUMMARY. The MOD signed the ACSA implementing letter; Gasper Kresnik is "FSN of the Year"; the new ODC Chief, Lt Col Gene Moty arrived; Bell 412 IFF installation schedule is not yet finalized. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING (S3-D-TAC, $650,1 [...]
2005-07-08 02:37:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SI
05MADRID1141SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]
2005-03-23 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1587SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]
2005-04-25 11:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1626SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]
2005-04-27 06:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID2465BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON DDTC LICENSE NO.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 08:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC SP
05MADRID2588AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD BONO
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador held a successful first meeting on July 6 with Minister of Defense Jose Bono and CHOD General Felix Sanz. Bono thanked the Ambassador for the USG's warm reception during his visit to the U.S. in early May, particularly during his productive meeting with Secretary Rumsfel [...]
2005-07-08 15:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SP VZ
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3609SECTION 102 (G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: WORLD
[...] (U) Per reftel, poloff conducted an investigation into the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO),based in Madrid, to confirm that no members of this organization condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. Based on this investigation, post believes that there is no reason to [...]
2005-10-14 16:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI SP UNAUS
05MADRID3635SPAIN PLAYS DOWN AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT
[...] The reported arrival of the H5N1 virus in Greece and a flurry of EU and national meetings on Avian Influenza have kept "Bird Flu" in the Spanish headlines over the past week. Spanish Health and Agriculture Ministry spokespersons having been urging calm, alleging that Avian Influenza is not lik [...]
2005-10-18 11:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA SP WHO FAO OIE
05MADRID4022SPAIN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SP
05MADRID541SPAIN: TIME TO DEFROST THE DEEP FREEZE?
[...] (C) Summary. After a tumultuous year in our bilateral relations with Spain, the Mission is considering how best to establish a more productive relationship with the Zapatero administration. The GOS scored early political points with the Spanish public by withdrawing Spanish forces from Iraq, attack [...]
2005-02-10 16:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MANAMA103 BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]
2005-01-25 04:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1727BAHRAIN: 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] (U) Post's update for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) is included as follows. Electronic copies of the NTE update and the Arab League chapter update, have been provided to USTR in electronic format, per reftel instructions. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The Ki [...]
2005-11-23 13:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN BA ECTRD
05MANAMA584BUSINESS CHAMBER STEPS ONTO POLITICAL STAGE
[...] (C) Summary. King Hamad approved the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (BCCI) request to provide in-kind support to political candidates. BCCI representatives told Emboffs they decided to become involved in the political process in order to preserve Bahrain's open and business-frie [...]
2005-04-19 15:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV KDEM BA
05MANILA1056FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progress, with a notable "climate change" on the RP side in the wake of the February 14 terrorist bombings in Manila and Mindanao. The two sides reached consensus [...]
2005-03-07 06:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1348THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine cooperation, setting the stage for a tentatively scheduled flag officer-level seminar in May that will examine the key issues for key decision makers, especi [...]
2005-03-23 07:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PTER RP
05MANILA1350PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES ARREST OF INDONESIAN JI
[...] (SBU) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced at a March 22 press conference its units had captured Rohmat (aka Zaki aka Zaky aka Hamdan aka Akil aka Jeji),an Indonesian suspected of serving as a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) liaison to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). According to the AFP, [...]
2005-03-23 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL ASEC PINS RP
05MANILA1506LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]
2005-04-01 06:19:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1954CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO VISITS MANILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao focused primarily on economic and trade issues, with apparently no discussion of improving military-to-military ties. Although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai plans a trip Manila in May, observers do not e [...]
2005-04-29 08:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR CH RP
05MANILA2278THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5, 2005 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 5, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-terrorism legislation will be on top of the Arroyo Administration's agenda once the Philippine Congress passes a value added tax. GRP officials told Deputy Secretary Zoellick they hope to rally support around an [...]
2005-05-18 06:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP ECON ETRD EFIN KISL
05MANILA2335DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR),saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...]
2005-05-20 08:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP
05MANILA2887CONTINUED POLITICAL WOES FOR PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: An anti-GMA protest march on June 24 failed to gather significant momentum, but police blocked access to downtown Manila City. As of COB, the crowds had yet to disperse entirely, however. President Arroyo delayed the retirement of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff [...]
2005-06-24 07:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ECON ASEC RP
05MANILA3760LOOMING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STRIKE POSES RISKS FOR
[...] (C) The Air Transportation Office (ATO) and the Philippine Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCA) appear locked in an on-going dispute about overtime pay that erupted into several recent work slowdowns last week and the imminent threat of a strike. If the accusations of undermanned con [...]
2005-08-15 08:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL RP
05MANILA3838AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGE RAISES SAFETY
[...] (C) Civil aviation officials admitted a 44% deficiency in air traffic controllers nationwide and blamed government restrictions on hiring new personnel and adjusting salary levels for the recent work slowdowns and threatened strike. Despite resource constraints and lack of autonomy, civair o [...]
2005-08-19 08:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALEAIR RP
05MANILA4019MAJORITY SEEMS SET TO WRAP UP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS
[...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House voted August 31 to disallow the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo in favor of a weaker complaint filed earlier by a private citizen. There are also reports that the Majority is planning to throw out this remaining i [...]
2005-08-30 09:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4421Aviation Safety Raised with Transport Secretary
[...] (SBU) During the Charge's call, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mendoza addressed concerns on aviation safety, pledged continued support for transportation security initiatives, and expressed commitment to infrastructure construction. Mendoza admitted that t [...]
2005-09-20 01:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA463MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrorist suspects (including ASG leader Janjalani and key JI operatives linked to the Bali bombing) killed as many as five terrorists and wounded three. Confirmatio [...]
2005-01-28 07:07:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA4639Prospering from the Remittance Gusher
[...] Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) remittances grew by 22% for the first seven months of 2005, and should approach $10 billion for the year, equal to 10% of GDP. Two-thirds of remitters from the U.S. use the banking system while others go through informal channels. Surveys show recipients apply m [...]
2005-09-28 08:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA5133Clark Firms Mull Closure with Huge Tax Burden
[...] (SBU) Businesses in the Clark Special Economic Zone face huge new financial liabilities after a recent Supreme Court decision nullified their tax incentives. U.S. company executives complain that the ruling replaces their 5% gross income tax with the standard 32% corporate income tax and ot [...]
2005-11-02 09:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PGOV EFIN RP
05MANILA5137SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]
2005-11-02 12:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5166ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]
2005-11-06 09:25:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5316AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO
[...] (C) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the island of Jolo over the weekend of November 12-13. The AFP initiated the operation, which involved Task Force Comet and elements of the 104th Brigade, 3d Marine [...]
2005-11-13 11:31:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
05MANILA5393TEXT MESSAGE RUMORS SHOW RISING PUBLIC CONCERN
[...] This is an information message. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The Philippines remains free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI),but recent text message rumors of HPAI cases in the Philippines show rising public awareness and concern over avian flu. The GRP faces increasing chall [...]
2005-11-17 09:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA5510SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]
2005-11-28 11:38:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5606SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]
2005-12-01 10:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5950PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]
2005-12-23 07:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA630CORRECTED COPY: JOLO FIGHTING LEAVES OVER 50 DEAD
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Manila 621. The Summary reported incorrectly that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was involved in the recent clashes. The Summary should read that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was involved, as is indicated below. The body of Manila 621 [...]
2005-02-09 23:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA682MILF DISTANCES SELF FROM JOLO FIGHTING AS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has clearly distanced itself from the ongoing fighting in Sulu Province and has now offered to broker a cease-fire. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leadership has also called for restraint, as fighting stretched into the fifth [...]
2005-02-11 08:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA84LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...]
2005-01-06 08:45:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MAPUTO1348ADDITIONAL PRESS COVERAGE OF U.S. ARREST OF EX-USG
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 14:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OIIP KPAO PINR ASIG CASC ASEC MZ
05MAPUTO155ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique large Muslim minority has long been a bastion of moderate faith, both in the native African and South Asian immigrant communities. The country has no tradition of militant, anti-western Islamic thought, and post sees no substantial evidence of any Islamic organizations [...]
2005-02-02 12:07:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKISL MZ PHUM PTER SCUL KNAR
05MAPUTO1586MOZAMBIQUE: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 10:09:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRIM MZ
05MAPUTO173SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY MOSELEY
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide an opportunity to gain a better understanding of IBFAN-funded Reencontro's activities on infant feeding feeding and nutrition in Mozambique, the U.S. contribution in the fight against HIV/AIDS under the President's Emergency [...]
2005-02-08 12:54:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHIV ECON ETRD MZ EAGR
05MAPUTO232MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will give you an opportunity to meet leading members of the new Guebuza government and convey to the government and the public our support for Mozambique's development and HIV/AIDS efforts. You also may wish to encourage continued movemen [...]
2005-02-18 10:39:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO388MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STAFFDEL
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide you an opportunity to gain a better understanding of issues surrounding port and coastal security in Mozambique, as well as insight into Mozambique's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. The trip will also give you i [...]
2005-03-23 15:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO467SECURITY SURVEY OF MARRATANE REFUGEE CAMP -
[...] As requested per reftel, a site security survey of the Marratane Refugee Camp in Mozambique was conducted on 12 April 2005. The following information outlines the findings of the survey. A. Interview Site The Marratane Refugee Camp is located approximately 15 km outside of Nampula city. Trav [...]
2005-04-13 11:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GV IT KE MO PREF
05MAPUTO7SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF STAFFDEL MCLEAN TO
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the U.S. contribution in the fight against HIV/AIDS and Mozambique's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) concept paper. You are arriving just after presidential and legislative [...]
2005-01-04 12:11:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHIV KMCA ECON ETRD MZ MCC
05MAPUTO702MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S
[...] (SBU) Newly elected Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza is one of five African heads of state to visit Washington on June 13 to participate in a joint meeting with President Bush. We understand the Department is considering a separate meeting for President Guebuza with Secretary Rice. [...]
2005-06-06 15:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MZ
05MASERU22248 HOURS AND COUNTING - GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS SECURITY,
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Home Affairs Minister Lehohla met April 28 with diplomatic corps and donor representatives 48 hours before local government elections. He accepted a list of recent security incidents from the diplomatic corps and cited GOL needs for resources to battle criminal gangs [...]
2005-04-28 15:42:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC LT
05MINSK1126Unexpectedly 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 10:30:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1271INTERVIEW WITH LUKASHENKO'S WIFE
[...] (U) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed President Lukashenko's separated wife, Galina, on September 29. His wife spoke of how the two met and their short time living together as husband and wife. Galina claimed she and Lukashenko are still legally married and that it was her deci [...]
2005-10-17 14:02:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1347Belarus and Russia to Unite? Not this Year
[...] (C) Summary: Reportedly on November 15, Presidents Putin and Lukashenko are scheduled to review the latest draft of the Constitutional Act on the Belarus-Russia union (although rumors now circulate that this could be postponed to December). The draft has not been made public, and is reportedl [...]
2005-11-02 12:20:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1352Grodno Trip A Success, Attracts Attention
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's hometown of Grodno on October 25. Due to the usual government harassment, the independent press has become largely internet based and hopes Western countries will continue with plans to broadcast radio news to Belar [...]
2005-11-02 07:40:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1464LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN
[...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]
2005-12-05 15:42:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK757EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]
2005-07-13 05:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK984EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 17, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Kyoto Protocol On August 15, Belarus joined the Kyoto Protocol. At the upcoming November meeting of participating countrie [...]
2005-08-22 10:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MONTREAL167 CAPE TOWN TREATY IMPLEMENTATION
[...] SUMMARY: The Third Preparatory Commission meeting at ICAO in Montreal to facilitate establishment of new international aircraft finance registry made important progress. The Prep Com approved a contract with the registrar nominated by Ireland and selected by the Second Prep Com meeting, as [...]
2005-02-14 12:44:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD AORC CA ICAO
05MUMBAI2252MADHYA PRADESH: FIREBRAND BHARTI SIDELINED AS BJP NAMES NEW
[...] (SBU) On November 26, the BJP national leadership replaced Madhya Pradesh (MP)Chief Minister Babulal Gaur with state party President Shivraj Singh Chauhan. The action was a blow to former MP chief minister Uma Bharti, a controversial and boisterous politician who had lobbied heavily behind the [...]
2005-11-28 09:00:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV PREL IN
05MUMBAI2427PRIVATE SECTOR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
[...] (U) Private sector efforts to take computer technology, retail trade, and modern commodities exchanges to rural India are helping farmers in Madhya Pradesh (MP) get higher prices for their crops by cutting out middlemen. The Indian Tobacco Company (ITC),a major buyer of agricultural goods in [...]
2005-12-30 05:00:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EAID ETRD PREL IN
05MUMBAI816GUJARAT: REACTIONS TO VISA REVOCATION MIXED AS PROTESTS
[...] (C) The BJP continued its criticism of the USG decision to revoke the visa of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a series of actions in Gujarat over the weekend. The Chief Minister himself said the USG had ulterior motives at a public rally and in a discussion with a U.S. journalist. Pro [...]
2005-03-21 13:39:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05MUSCAT1208OMAN SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ON NATO
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A senior Omani diplomat says Oman's unwillingness to engage in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) stems from the impression that NATO members lack a common conception of what ICI should be, and the fear that its aims are [...]
2005-07-31 02:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR XF MU
05MUSCAT1341OMAN ONLINE: PREAMBLES, PLANES, AND PRAYERS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]
2005-09-05 05:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1363EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 09/07/2005
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 7 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, [...]
2005-09-10 11:02:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
05MUSCAT1533TFPK01: OMAN GRANTS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 07:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC MARR PREL AMGT CASC PK
05MUSCAT1634MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/SYRIA AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" ran an editorial on October 31 entitled "Will The Iraq Scenario Be Repeated?": "Perhaps the fears of Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister are justified regarding a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force against Damascus, particularly in [...]
2005-11-01 04:38:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT241COUNTER-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 12:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL MU
05MUSCAT279PSI: TECHNICAL-LEVEL COOPERATION ON TRACK
[...] (S) A senior MFA official reiterated Oman's cooperation across the range of proliferation and border security activities, including a PSI-related air interdiction exercise later this month. He voiced the MFA's firm support for PSI, and his confidence that Oman's military and police were simil [...]
2005-02-16 12:30:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPARM PREL KNNP EWWT MASS MU
05MUSCAT3132005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of reftel paras 18-21. ----------------- PARA 18: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. Oman is not a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women or children. ------------------- PARA 19: [...]
2005-02-23 11:13:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU
05MUSCAT480OMAN "SHELL"-SHOCKED BY GAS SHORTFALL, TURNS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with senior technical advisors at the Ministry of Oil and Gas have revealed strong evidence that Oman's natural gas reserves are significantly smaller than previously reported. Oman is signing agreements to import large quantities of gas from Iran in order to [...]
2005-03-22 12:38:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEPET EIND MU IR
05MUSCAT565CENTCOM MASTER PLAN FOR DEFENSE POSTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 09:58:00Embassy MuscatSECRETMARR PREL MU
05MUSCAT573GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: OMAN
[...] (C) Oman is a successful example of cooperation in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Military cooperation is perhaps the brightest area of achievement owing to Oman's benefit from the Foreign Military Finance (FMF) program, which is beginning to fill gaping holes in its maritime and border [...]
2005-04-06 15:56:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MU
05MUSCAT599GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE
[...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...]
2005-04-12 02:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU
05NAIROBI1517KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...]
2005-04-13 04:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE
05NAIROBI1591 CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...]
2005-04-14 13:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE
05NAIROBI3657SOMALIA -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC),its political elite, civil society organizations, and public at large are finalizing preparations to elect an 82-member Parliament on September 29. Despite extraordinary organizational and logistical challenges, chances are very [...]
2005-09-07 08:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3988KENYA REFERENDUM: VIOLENCE, TRIBALISM, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent announcement that the Kenyan government plans to throw all of its resources, financial and human, towards a "Yes" vote threatens the very nature of a free and fair referendum. Recent violence and esculating tribalism surrounding the referendum campaigns further threat [...]
2005-09-26 05:27:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4559KENYA PURSUING PURCHASE OF F5'S FROM SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has received Kenyan End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Assurances for a pending purchase of 14 used F-5 aircraft from Saudi Arabia. In separate meetings with the Permanent Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Ambassador and DCM addressed concerns surrounding the impending purc [...]
2005-11-03 01:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR PTER MASS PREL KE
05NAIROBI4683KENYA'S GAMBLE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's November 21 referendum on a proposed new constitution risks further polarizing the nation along tribal lines, regardless of the outcome. With the "Orange" opposition increasingly confident of victory, the stage is being set for continued political standoff if they win - [...]
2005-11-10 08:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM ECON KE
05NAIROBI5072KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...]
2005-12-08 11:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE
05NAIROBI5094KENYA: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 08:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PTER KTFN EFIN KE
05NAIROBI5171Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...]
2005-12-19 09:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE
05NAIROBI5177 GOVERNMENT OF KENYA'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya has started a comprehensive response to the threat of avian influenza. A multi- sectoral National Task Force has been established with high-level representation from the ministries responsible for human and animal health. Many of Kenya's international partners are repre [...]
2005-12-20 01:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED SEC EAID PREL CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO ECON
05NASSAU851DECISION ON LNG PROJECT STILL PENDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from the U.S.-based AES Corporation visited the Ambassador on April 27 to discuss the status of their proposed $650 million Liquefied Natural Gas project. AES expressed its frustration at the inability to get a final decision from Prime Minster Perry G. Christie, [...]
2005-05-03 22:11:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV BF
05NDJAMENA1356CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: With oil flowing, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and the conventions that govern it are now being tested. Human rights groups in Chad and their international partners continue to monitor and raise compensation, environmental, social, and security issues. While recognizin [...]
2005-09-03 07:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1755 USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN
[...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...]
2005-12-12 08:56:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1757USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] Approximately 200,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in reasonable but delicate harmony with their Chadian hosts in an arid and undeveloped environment. Potential problems revolve around use of natural resources, jealousy and political developments in Sudan and Chad. UNHCR and its partners [...]
2005-12-12 10:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID
05NDJAMENA262SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]
2005-02-20 12:00:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA835REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II)
[...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...]
2005-05-24 06:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NEWDELHI1481INDO-US SECURITY COOPERATION: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting on 23 February, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar and DSCA Director for Middle East, Asia and North Africa Ed Ross agreed that a large cooperative defense program, such as a P-3 or C-130 sale, would build trust and demonstrate US reliability as a defense suppli [...]
2005-02-25 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI1554US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]
2005-03-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1764SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]
2005-03-08 05:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1783INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]
2005-03-08 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2301INDIA WARMING TO SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE, AND F-16S
[...] (C) Summary: After initial knee-jerk negative reactions in the media, Indian responses to the March 25 announcement of the administration's new strategy for South Asia have become more positive, with the MEA going to unprecedented lengths to shape coverage and senior Indian officials largely [...]
2005-03-28 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2416DEFENSE MINISTER UPBEAT ON INDO-US RELATIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a 30 March meeting with Indian Defense Minister Mukherjee, Ambassador Mulford reviewed the scope and results of SECSTATE's visit, NSSP, the desire for greater defense cooperation, rationale of F-16s to Pakistan, and next steps in the MRCA competition process. Mukherjee was ver [...]
2005-03-31 13:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2550SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]
2005-04-05 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2932A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]
2005-04-19 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2933INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...]
2005-04-19 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI3242EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR INDIA
[...] (SBU) Export Control System Standards for India, in response to Ref A. The GOI is in the process of introducing new legislation aimed at licensing and controlling the export of WMD and their delivery systems. MEA contacts have stated that they expect to introduce and seek approval of the legi [...]
2005-04-29 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IN GOI
05NEWDELHI36GOI DISCOURAGES CODEL TRAVEL TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to requests for US Congressional travel to tsunami-devastated areas of South India, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed gratitude on January 3 for the many expressions of condolence and support, but asked that US Codels not/not travel to South India. Saran, who is Ind [...]
2005-01-03 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH CE IN
05NEWDELHI3736PARLIAMENT CONCLUDES A STORMY YET PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite BJP disruptions and a boycott of Parliament, the UPA and the Left Front (LF) passed crucial legislation and the budget during the session which ended May 13. Growing animosity between the BJP and the UPA underlies the inability of the parties to cooperate in Parliament, [...]
2005-05-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4312INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]
2005-06-08 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4434INDIA SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM AND AIR
[...] (C) Summary: During Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's visit to New Delhi on June 2-3, PM Singh gave GOI conditional support for the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),discussed concerns about the LTTE's air capability, and offered to upgrade Sri Lankan Air Forc [...]
2005-06-13 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON CE IN
05NEWDELHI4721SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...]
2005-06-21 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR
05NEWDELHI5382DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS,
[...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]
2005-07-13 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5402FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 06:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6340MEA: TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE LTTE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI was saddened but not surprised by the August 12 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar -- apparently by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- because he, as a moderate Tamil, was considered the LTTE's second-most important target after P [...]
2005-08-16 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS KCRM PGOV ECON IN CE
05NEWDELHI6596TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK
05NEWDELHI6837CRICKET CONCERNS: GOI'S PROPOSED SATELLITE TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that US broadcasters' concern on proposed new GOI restrictions on satellite uplink policies (reftel) was misplaced, as New Delhi's only interest was in ensuring that India's rural poor would have acc [...]
2005-09-06 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI708INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PAC-2 BRIEFING
[...] (C) The classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile defense (MD) system, currently scheduled for February 22 or 23, has generated a great deal of interest within the Indian government, with senior GOI officials hopeful that this will be the beginning of a broader MD relationship with the U [...]
2005-01-28 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI74INDIA TSUNAMI SITREP: JANUARY 4
[...] (SBU) Summary: India Consular officers have been focusing on unaccounted for American citizens through an ongoing effort to respond to inquiries, and have been successful in resolving about 170 cases. In a January 4 session with members of the local media, the Ambassador highlighted the US r [...]
2005-01-04 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC AEMR EAID MASS SOCI EAGR ID CE MV IN
05NEWDELHI7417BHUTAN: GOOD GOVERNANCE LEADS TO HEALTHY MOUNTAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its isolation, low income and rugged terrain, Bhutan has created an effective system of state-provided medical care that is delivering a healthier population and outpacing others in South Asia. The Government continues to invest heavily in the medical sector, with dono [...]
2005-09-23 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL EAID IN BT NP UN
05NEWDELHI7494GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]
2005-09-26 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI7910TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]
2005-10-11 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7990TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]
2005-10-14 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8011INDIA AND BANGLADESH TRADE SPITBALLS IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In the past two weeks, India and Bangladesh have been fighting a war of words in the press over Bangladeshi allegations of Indian involvement in the August 17 blasts and the arrest of five Bangladeshi criminals in Kolkata At a September 30 press conference, concluding an otherwi [...]
2005-10-14 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM KWMN BG IN
05NEWDELHI8012MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]
2005-10-14 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8053GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-17 13:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8061GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]
2005-10-18 09:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8140JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AND NEEDS
[...] Following a 7.4 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region on October 8, a Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and a Disaster Management Specialist from USAID/Delhi deployed to the affected region in northern India October 12-16 to conduct a rapid needs assessmen [...]
2005-10-20 08:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDNONE
05NEWDELHI8751KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]
2005-11-17 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9133INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]
2005-12-03 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9249GOI DESIRE TO EXPAND CYBER RELATIONSHIP
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOI would like to see measurable progress on the creation of a joint Indo-US Cybersecurity fund and joint training opportunities, and welcomes Washington comments on how to proceed on these issues. Of particu [...]
2005-12-08 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN IN
05NEWDELHI9421AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]
2005-12-15 09:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05NEWDELHI9592GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]
2005-12-20 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05NICOSIA1813DOING MORE WITH TURKISH CYPRIOTS ON ISSUES OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The United States policy of supporting economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community has an important role to play in support of a resolution of the Cyprus problem -- however, closer cooperation with the Turkish Cypriots can also help advance other issues of broader natio [...]
2005-11-15 06:29:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KCRM EFIN PTER KHLS CVIS
05OTTAWA1105 CANADIAN OFFICIALS SUGGEST THAT MINISTER LAPIERRE'S
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met on April 6 with Chief of Staff to Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre, Leslie Swartman, and Lapierre's Senior Policy Advisor, Paul Stothart, to discuss the Government of Canada's (GOC) slow steps toward air liberalization discussions. When Lapierre and Secretary of Transport [...]
2005-04-13 13:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN EINV CA
05OTTAWA1125 CANADA UNVEILS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY:
[...] ON APRIL 13 CANADA ANNOUNCED ITS LONG-AWAITED STRATEGY TO MEET ITS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION COMMITMENTS UNDER THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. MOST PLAYERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CANADA'S KYOTO TARGET (EMISSIONS SIX PERCENT BELOW 1990 LEVELS BY 2012) IS NO LONGER ATTAINABLE, IF IT EVER WAS. THE NEED [...]
2005-04-14 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG CA
05OTTAWA1411DEVIL'S LAKE: CONTAINING THE DAMAGE
[...] (C) Summary - The U.S. and Canada are clearly on a collision course over Devils Lake, one that could have been avoided in a number of ways over the past two years. We continue to believe that a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) would have been the most constructive approa [...]
2005-05-10 20:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALSENV CA
05OTTAWA1413SCENE-SETTER FOR CANUS ARMED FORCES COUNCIL
[...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]
2005-05-11 11:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV
05OTTAWA1902SCENE-SETTER FOR AIRMEN TALKS NORTH, OTTAWA,
[...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]
2005-06-23 15:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM
05OTTAWA2638TFUS01 - CANADA: SURGE OF ASSISTANCE OFFERS IN
[...] (SBU) Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath have captured Canadian headlines and triggered heart-felt offers of assistance (list from paragraph 5). The Mission has received an outpouring of sympathy and offers of assistance from governments at all levels as well as from individual officials and [...]
2005-09-02 17:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US CA
05OTTAWA2640YOUR VISIT TO ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 8-11, 2005
[...] (C) As you prepare to visit Alberta, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your visit a success. Your meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan will underscore the importance we place on close collaboration with the Canadian government. [...]
2005-09-02 18:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2669TFUS01 - CANADA: STATUS OF ASSISTANCE REPORT 2,
[...] (SBU) After the long weekend and initial confused flurry, things seem to be running smoothly. We will direct most future offers of Canadian assistance to the GOC for coordination. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McClellan told the Ambassador this afternoon that the USG should let her know of any [...]
2005-09-06 21:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US CA
05OTTAWA2726UNCERTAINTY THE OPERATIVE WORD AS PARLIAMENT SET
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Parliament is scheduled to resume on September 27, amidst a political climate that is best defined by uncertainty. PM Martin has the option to prorogue Parliament, which would end the current session and reset the agenda by calling for a new session and an early con [...]
2005-09-09 20:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3092Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-17 11:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3106Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-18 11:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3285Airlines confident of seeing complete Open Skies in
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified - For Internal USG use only 2. (SBU) Summary: Conversations with the President of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC),and separately with Air Canada officials reveal that the Canadian civair industry is confident that Canada and the United States will [...]
2005-11-04 12:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV CA
05OTTAWA3636INCSR PART I - CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CA
05OTTAWA3684U.S.-CANADA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The final reports of the Arar Public Inquiry (one factual, one with policy recommendations) will be released in March 2006. RCMP Commissioner Zaccardelli fears that the recommendations will seek to undermine his institution's independence and its ability to freely and proactiv [...]
2005-12-15 19:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA KCRM KJUS PINR
05OTTAWA3698CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]
2005-12-16 21:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA3732PRECLEARANCE CONSULTATIVE GROUP REVIEWS POLICIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the Preclearance Consultative Group (PCG) took place in Ottawa on December 13. The U.S. side was represented by the State Department, Customs and Border Protection (CBP),and the Transportation Security Administration. Canadian officials were from Fo [...]
2005-12-22 15:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN ASEC CA
05OTTAWA642CANADA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR 2004-2005
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Canada's submission for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to numbered paragraphs in reftel. Embassy POC is Poloff Mark Baron, telephone (613) 688-5339, fax (613) 688-3098. Estimated number of hours spent researching and drafting this r [...]
2005-03-01 19:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
05PANAMA1553(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA
[...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...]
2005-07-22 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1578REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]
2005-07-27 18:17:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1652REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...]
2005-08-08 19:12:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PANAMA2025INTERAGENCY TEAM DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Panamanian President Torrijos and his principal national security advisors met with a visiting USG interagency delegation September 29 and agreed to pursue enhanced information sharing, improve border security cooperation, and develop a mechanism for closer bilateral security coo [...]
2005-10-07 16:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PINR PINS MARR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2162PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL
[...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP),citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...]
2005-10-27 14:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2191PANAMA PROPOSED MERGER OF AIR AND MARITIME
[...] (SBU) An October 6 proposal by Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ) Hector Aleman to combine Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN) and National Air Service (SAN) into a National Coast Guard (Guardacostas) as an efficiency and cost-saving measure drew criticism from former Pa [...]
2005-11-02 16:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2375 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 19:41:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PM NAS
05PANAMA24172005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Panama continues to be a strong partner with the U.S. in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the U.S., and other countries in the [...]
2005-12-14 19:04:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA555PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...]
2005-03-14 14:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA909PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS
[...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...]
2005-04-22 20:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF
05PANAMA955REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to [...]
2005-04-28 14:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
05PARAMARIBO831SOUTHCOM VISIT SUCCESSFULLY FOSTERS CLOSER
[...] (U) Summary. General John Craddock, Combatant Commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Suriname for six hours on December 16 and made office calls to President Ronald Venetiaan, Minister of Defense Ivan Fernald, and Commander of the Armed Forces Colonel Ernst Mercuur. He also had lunch wi [...]
2005-12-20 19:38:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PGOV EAID NS
05PARIS1209MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1398FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...]
2005-03-03 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS2305SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...]
2005-04-06 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS3181PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3196FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3416OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND
[...] The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) held its meeting on April 13th and 15th, 2005. In addition, EPOC held a High Level Special Session on the Costs of Inaction on April 14, 2005. Judith E. Ayres, EPA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, led the delegation. The major ac [...]
2005-05-19 08:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
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 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETRD PREL FR
05PARIS349FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2005-01-19 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS372THE AIRBUS A-380 - REVEALED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Airbus hosted a lavish "A-380 Reveal" ceremony in Toulouse January 18 before 5000 invited guests, including French President Chirac, British PM Blair, German Chancellor Schroeder and Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero. The unveiling of the first fully-functional A380 superjumbo to [...]
2005-01-20 16:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD FR WTRO USTR
05PARIS3779MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - GOVERNMENT
[...] EU REFERENDUM - GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE 2. AIRBUS-BOEING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: LEAD STORIES IN TODAY'S MEDIA ARE DEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH OF FRANCE'S NEGATIVE VOTE ON THE EU REFERENDUM, THE RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S NOMINATION OF DOMINIQUE DE VILLEPIN T [...]
2005-06-01 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3809MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS'
[...] EU REFERENDUM - NETHERLANDS' VOTE - FRENCH CABINET RESHUFFLE 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AFTER THE FRENCH "NON," THE DUTCH "NEE" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, (SEE PART C) WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S S [...]
2005-06-02 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3878FRANCE: NEW GOVERNMENT LINE UP
[...] (SBU) The new French government led by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, with Nicolas Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior (reftel) was formally announced by the Elysee palace the evening of Thursday, June 2. The new government, significantly smaller than the one it replaces (31 versus 43 [...]
2005-06-03 16:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB FR
05PARIS4115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE
[...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...]
2005-06-13 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4152FRENCH DISCUSS UN REFORM ISSUES WITH NEWT GINGRICH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former House Speaker Gingrich's May 31-June 1 visit to France, in his capacity as Co-Chair of the U.S. Institute for Peace's Task Force on the UN, offered an opportunity for GOF officials to provide views on UN reform issues. On the issue of Security Council enlargement, the F [...]
2005-06-14 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PHUM FR UNSC
05PARIS4162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS
[...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...]
2005-06-14 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4196PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4206FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4311UN REFORM: AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S FRANCE CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 15 consultations in Paris with senior GoF officials, the Secretary's Senior Advisor on UN Reform, Amb. Tahir-Kheli, reviewed U.S. and GoF positions on the UN reform process. French priorities for reform include development, environmental governance, peace and security inc [...]
2005-06-17 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR AORC PGOV PHUM SENV FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE RISING PRICE OF OIL AND THE FAILED EUROPEAN SUMMIT ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE "THE EU-25 `FREEZE' THE EU CONSTITUTION;" LIBERATION HEADLINE [...]
2005-06-20 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4444France: 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 Industry Minister Francois Loos (para 2) -- New Agency for Industrial Innovation partially financed by FT stock sale (para [...]
2005-06-24 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS4921MISUSE OF THE "NO-FLY" SYSTEM RISKS UNDERCUTTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2005, shortly after my arrival as Ambassador, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration directed the return of Air France flight 50 (AF50) because of the erroneous conclusion that a specific U.S. citizen manifested on the flight constituted an active terrorist thr [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS4947U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...]
2005-07-18 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5003U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...]
2005-07-19 14:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5374 FRANCE: DHS ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his meetings with French officials, U/S Beardsworth highlighted the positive uses of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data and engendered an appreciation of how PNR data can help advance our mutual interest of denying terrorists freedom to travel while protecting privacy and faci [...]
2005-08-05 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5995TFUS01: FRENCH OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: Following specific French offers of disaster assistance, repeated below, we relayed acceptance per ref D. The GOF still awaits notification of where and when to send the material accepted. END SUMMARY. ----------------- GOF OFFERS of AID ----------------- 2. France announced [...]
2005-09-05 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL FR
05PARIS5999MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6026TFUS01: UPDATE ON FRENCH ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOF acknowledged notification of flight clearance for its aircraft to Little Rock on September 6, and remains ready to provide further assistance as the evolving situation in the US warrants. END SUMMARY. ----------------- FRENCH ASSISTANCE ----------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2005-09-06 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7373FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...]
2005-10-27 17:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7955 DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007
[...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...]
2005-11-22 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR PINS MILI
05PARIS8071NATO TOUR FOR YOUNG FRENCH POLITICAL LEADERS - OCTOBER 13-14, 2005
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-29 09:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8074 FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS TSPA FR
05PARIS8128Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-30 14:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8511ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]
2005-12-16 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8659AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...]
2005-12-27 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CVIS PTER FR
05PORTAUPRINCE1072HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16,
[...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...]
2005-04-19 11:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1087CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...]
2005-04-20 11:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1275HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP
[...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...]
2005-05-06 19:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1294HAITI: GOVERNMENT, MINUSTAH, AND POLICE BATTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent increase in the number of kidnappings in Port-au-Prince has put the government and police under increasing pressure to respond. The government has raised the penalty for kidnapping to life-imprisonment and announced May 9 the establishment of a joint HNP-MINUSTAH ant [...]
2005-05-10 11:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1313PORT-DE-PAIX: HAITI'S WILD NORTHWEST
[...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Port-de-Paix on April 20 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. While petty crime is high in Port-de-Paix, the city has not had any political violence recently. MINUSTAH's Argentine forces based out [...]
2005-05-11 15:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM EAID PINR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1460MINUSTAH SCALING DOWN OPERATIONS IN STILL VOLATILE
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH military leaders provided Core Group members an update of the situation in Cite Soleil on May 20. The presentation was notably void of achievement and indicated force rotations would oblige MINUSTAH to scale back their footprint in the zone at a time when the area has bec [...]
2005-05-25 20:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1487HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING
[...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...]
2005-05-27 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT
05PORTAUPRINCE1543PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF PAINTS GRIM SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Chief of Staff Michel Brunache describes the May 31 attack on a Port-au-Prince marketplace by pro-Aristide chimeres as a devastating blow to the IGOH, one that has exposed the government's impotence to the population. He discussed the need for a shakeup in the HNP hierarch [...]
2005-06-03 17:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1599MINUSTAH AND HNP RAID BEL AIR; GANGS RETALIATE;
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the May 31 attack on a downtown public market (ref A) and subsequent threats by gangs to commit similar acts throughout Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted a joint operation in Bel Air June 4 that reportedly resulted in 7 deaths [...]
2005-06-07 19:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PORTAUPRINCE1625HAITIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Amid escalating violence and doubts surrounding the ability of the IGOH to ensure stability, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles explained that he was having difficulty complying with Post's request to relinquish 21 long-guns to U.S.-controlled bunker [...]
2005-06-10 19:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1665HAITI: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2005
[...] (U) Following is the narcotics certification report card 2005 for Haiti, requested reftel. 2. (U) The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) worked closely with the United States Government (USG) throughout 2004 to help bolster Haiti's ability to combat narco-trafficking. The highest levels of [...]
2005-06-15 18:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL SNAR HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1793HAITIAN STUDENT MOVEMENT DIVIDED BUT YOUTH
[...] (U) Summary: In the year since Aristide's departure, university student groups and other youth-oriented organizations have shifted their focus from grassroots political activism (the "shock-troops" of the anti-Aristide movement - reftel) and returned for the most part to their founding princip [...]
2005-07-06 14:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2801HAITI ELECTIONS: LARGELY PEACEFUL PREVAL MARCH
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A November 3 march in support of presidential candidate Rene Preval attracted a largely peaceful, celebratory crowd of 3000. Throughout the march, however, some participants reportedly vandalized prop [...]
2005-11-10 19:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE776LAVALAS TORN BETWEEN BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Lavalas movement remains divided between leaders who argue for moving beyond Aristide and participating in elections this fall, and those who continue to call for Aristide's return and threaten a boycott of elections if their hard-line conditions are not met. The division is [...]
2005-03-22 19:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
05PRAGUE1058CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...]
2005-07-14 16:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE106ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...]
2005-01-21 14:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ
05PRAGUE1069CZECH PARTICIPATION AT DEAD SEA DONOR'S CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 12, Charge D'Affairs delivered reftel points on participation at the Dead Sea Donor's conference to Political Director at the MFA Martin Povejsil and Director of the Middle East Department Miloslav Stasek. T [...]
2005-07-15 15:17:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1275CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE
[...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...]
2005-09-01 15:26:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ KCOR
05PRAGUE1285CZECH FM LIKELY TO VISIT IRAQ IN SPRING 2006, DEF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-02 15:24:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1455IRAQ PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Summary. Iraqi President Talabani's visit to Prague focused on symbolism and achieved little in the way of concrete improvements to the robust Czech-Iraqi relations. The GOCR promised to continue supporting transition efforts, and will take steps to increase business ties. Negotiations [...]
2005-10-12 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1601CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...]
2005-11-10 14:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1660CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR UN REQUEST
[...] (C) Poloff and DATT Nov 23 delivered reftel points to Zdenek Borkovec, Policy Director of the MOD,s Strategic Planning Division. The Czechs are unable to provide aircraft. As reported Ref B, Defense Minister Kuehnl has requested U.S. air transport for a visit to Iraq due to the Czechs' own ina [...]
2005-11-29 10:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ EZ UN
05PRETORIA2977SOUTH AFRICA: THE NEED AND PROSPECT FOR GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fiscal and budgetary reforms of the past decade have built a firm foundation upon which the South African economy can build, but life for many South Africans has not improved much since the transition to majority rule in 1994. Widespread unemployment, rapid urbanization, and di [...]
2005-07-27 13:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KMCA EFIN EINV SF
05PRETORIA3014ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. When South Africa grows, so does Africa. A main challenge for South Africa is how it can use its engine of trade to benefit its own poor as well as the poor on the continent. The South African government regards trade and investment with the rest of Africa with increasing poli [...]
2005-07-29 07:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EAID KMCA SF USTR
05PRETORIA4334SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Captain Allan Daniel Delahay Price (South African ID number 7410135091084) - Captain Philip Renier Pretorius [...]
2005-10-26 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4387 POST PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR PREL SF
05PRETORIA4435SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Sgt. Ayanda Moyo (South African ID number 7602065908085) - Sgt. Willem Abraham de Klerk (South African ID num [...]
2005-11-03 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4624SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION AND
[...] Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by any of the officers of the South African Air Force's 28th Squadron: - Col. Gabriel Stephanus Steenkamp (South African ID number 5308225085085) - Lt.Col. Hans Jurgens Prinsloo (So [...]
2005-11-21 14:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM SF
05PRETORIA4646SOUTH AFRICA: INPUT FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL TRADE
[...] What follows is post's response for input for the 2006 National Trade Estimates Report as requested in reftel. Per instructions, this has also been sent in Microsoft Word format via electronic mail to William Jackson and Gloria Blue in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. [...]
2005-11-23 04:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG
05PRETORIA745SOUTH AFRICA: BIG GOLD AT SOUTH DEEP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Placer Dome (Canada) and Western Areas (South Africa) officially commissioned their new ultra deep Twin Shaft Complex at South Deep on February 4. Deputy President Jacob Zuma attended the event on behalf of the government, and used the occasion to deliver a hard-hitting speech [...]
2005-02-18 08:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EINV CA SF
05QUEBEC183QUEBEC STEAMING OVER CANADA'S KYOTO STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Nov. 9, Quebec CG Friedman and TDY Montreal officer Anne Coleman met with GOQ Environment Ministry Director for Air Policy Robert Noel de Tilly, who confirmed media reports of deep GOQ frustration with Ottawa's approach to Kyoto. Quebec's main complaint is that Canada's fede [...]
2005-11-10 23:27:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PGOV CA
05QUEBEC32AIR TRANSAT INCIDENT: TALE OF A JOB WELL DONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kudos to Embassy Ottawa's Bud Locklear, FAA's Krista Berquist, EB/TRA and PAO Montreal for quickly providing the information needed to correct false media reports in Quebec that U.S. authorities had refused emergency landing permission for a Canadian Airbus A-310 en route from [...]
2005-03-10 14:41:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OPRC OIIP KPAO PREL CA CU
05QUITO1005MAY LABOR UPDATE
[...] Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: --Unions Make Demands to New Government (para. 2) --New Minister of Labor Still Not Named (4) --Presidential Decree to Remove Bureaucrats (5) --New Unions Registering Independently (6) --Judicial and Medical Workers End [...]
2005-05-03 20:25:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV EC
05QUITO1021NEW POLICE CHIEF A US ALLY
[...] (C) Summary: New National Police Chief Jose Antonio Vinueza told the Ambassador his priorities would be to restructure the police force, combat narco-trafficking, and restore the police's reputation. Vinueza vowed to continue to be a strong US ally. He said relations with the military were [...]
2005-05-04 22:03:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
05QUITO1100ECUADOR: DEMOCRATIC DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
[...] (C) Summary: The political scene is coming alive with voices, new and old, providing different prescriptions for Ecuador's democratic ills. Congress on May 11 ejected four more of its members, tossing due process to the wind in the face of threatened protests on May 12. As the first test of [...]
2005-05-13 13:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EC
05QUITO1322DROPPING DOLLAR RAISES PROSPECTS IN TULCAN
[...] SUMMARY: Tulcan, capital of Ecuador's Carchi province, bestrides the Panamerican Highway four hours from Quito and four miles from Colombia. Like frontier towns worldwide, Carchi's capital enjoys its share of money changers, truck stops, and customs checkpoints, most visitors clocking in for [...]
2005-06-08 20:36:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PTER ECON ETRD EC CO
05QUITO1404WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL CRADDOCK
[...] (U) On behalf of Mission Ecuador, General, please accept a warm welcome on your second visit to this fascinating South American nation. Regrettably, your tight schedule forced an agenda trimming -- we initially had you traversing Ecuador's border with Colombia -- but we'll file that itinerary [...]
2005-06-16 13:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1518REQUEST DOS REVIEW ON POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF EC
[...] The Embassy has developed plans to train these members of the Ecuadorian Air Force. Bio information follows: NAME AND DPOB: -- TAPIA Guerrero, LTC Fausto Enrique. Born 20 Nov 1970, Chunchi, Chimborazo province. -- RECALDE Vivero, 2nd LT Juan Francisco 23 Jun 1979, Ibarra, Imbabura [...]
2005-06-27 22:52:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO2127 CIVAIR COMMUNITY EAGERLY AWAITS NEW GPS PROCEDURE
[...] Summary. Global Positioning System (GPS) procedures for Quito's Mariscal Sucre airport are close to becoming a reality. GOE civil aviation regulators, the airlines, and the Quito Airport all see positive benefits to introducing GPS procedures. Benefits include preventing frequent weather-r [...]
2005-09-15 14:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV EC
05QUITO2463PALACIO CONSIDERS COMPROMISE, CONGRESS APPEALS TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Alfredo Palacio told the Ambassador on October 27 that he was considering sending a new referendum proposal to Congress which would allow voters to decide between constituent and constitutional assemblies to make political reform. The Ambassador urged strict adherence [...]
2005-10-28 19:16:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EC
05QUITO491CNIES UPDATE: REQUESTING A ONE-MONTH REPRIEVE
[...] (C) Embassy Quito seeks a one-month delay before the USG disables the CNIES system -- in whole or in part -- in Ecuador. 2. (C) In recent weeks, we have seen the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) CNIES-energized, and worry that "flipping the switch" now could be counter-productive to negotiation [...]
2005-03-02 12:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PREL EC EARI
05QUITO534A DEFENSIVE GUTIERREZ BLASTS CRITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez feels justified in criticizing Ecuador's political opposition, calling his public rebuttals valid tit-for-tat. "If I don't respond to their allegations," he told the Ambassador March 7, "the people will believe them." Gutierrez attributed opposition e [...]
2005-03-08 21:58:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
05QUITO666CNIES UPDATE: ECUADOR DISMISSES STOCK TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attempting to dissipate confusion and spur movement on CNIES negotiations, Embassy officers called on Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) leaders March 22 and worked through the USG boilerplate line-by-line. The FAE remains convinced, however, that current agreement language does not re [...]
2005-03-23 22:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS MASS PREL EC EARI
05QUITO773WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL MYERS
[...] (U) On behalf of the Mission Ecuador team, General, please accept a hearty welcome to Ecuador. Into your three hour stop we have packed a bilat with GoE President Lucio Gutierrez, a press conference with your joint chief counterpart, and a working lunch with the Ecuadorian high command; the [...]
2005-04-07 22:17:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
05QUITO840ECUADOR STATE OF EMERGENCY: SITREP 2, 1300 HRS
[...] (C) Summary: Demonstrations in Quito petered out early April 16. As of 0900, the city was calm, but police contacts report likely large gatherings commencing shortly after nightfall. The Ambassador reconvened the Country Team at 1000 hrs to discuss the situation on the streets, the safety [...]
2005-04-16 19:32:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO895ECUADOR: POLITICAL SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: On April 22, the new Minister of Defense Anibal Solon Espinosa named a new military high command. The Embassy has begun outreach to the new government's Cabinet, though not at the Ambassadorial level. Congress is expected to reconvene on April 26, possibly in Guayaquil. There [...]
2005-04-22 20:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EC
05QUITO934ECUADOR: TENSIONS LOWER, GOE REGROUPS
[...] (U) Summary: With the situation in Quito approaching normalcy, the Ambassador met with FM Antonio Parra on April 26. Convening for the first time since swearing in President Palacio on April 20, Congress met in Quito to vote in a new Congress president, and debate purging its ranks of ethic [...]
2005-04-26 21:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC EC
05RABAT1052WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...]
2005-05-18 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS
05RABAT1118WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...]
2005-05-27 17:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1162US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS
[...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]
2005-06-03 17:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT2548MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The flow of American tourists to Morocco has increased through November 2005 by 16 percent in terms of arrivals and by 23 percent in terms of bed-nights, compared to the same period one year earlier. National air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also recorded a 23 percent increase in its U. [...]
2005-12-21 16:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR EFIN ECPS MO
05RABAT2604MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHALLENGES
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Five Moroccan human rights advocates, including a member of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, offered views on Morocco's accomplishments and shortcomings in the field of human rights [...]
2005-12-30 16:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
05RABAT563MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME?
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...]
2005-03-18 11:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO
05RABAT991MARRAKECH BRAVES CONTROVERSY TO ROCK TO CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Moroccans rocked to the music of seven American Christian bands and nine Moroccan groups at a well-organized outdoor concert, dubbed the Friendship Fest, that took place in Marrakech without incident on May 6-8. The event's American and Moroccan organizers viewed the [...]
2005-05-13 16:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PHUM PREL SCUL
05RANGOON1298BURMA: THE MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
[...] (U) Reftel requested quotes from individuals around the world on the meaning of human rights and freedom. Burma is a source of great inspiration in this regard, given the courage of its many activists and pro-democracy supporters who have struggled for years to overcome the tyranny and repress [...]
2005-11-14 13:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM BM
05RANGOON43BURMA 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requirements and Incentives Right to Private Ownership and Establishment Protect [...]
2005-01-11 04:41:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB BM OPIC USTR
05RANGOON9TFXO01: (1/3) RED CROSS IN BURMA REPORTS HIGHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A preliminary Red Cross report on the extent of the damage in Burma gives figures higher than the GOB's official tally, but still quite low compared to Thailand. UN agencies and NGOs are continuing their assessments and small-scale relief operations, however the GOB is not like [...]
2005-01-03 10:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR CASC KFLO PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM NGO
05RIYADH4932SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN KING FAHD DIES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 10:08:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH5371THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY
[...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]
2005-08-01 13:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
05ROME1859UNDER 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 09:45:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05ROME2179ITALY: 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 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME2835ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]
2005-08-25 14:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME3096TFUS01: 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 11:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AEMR OPRC IT
05ROME36US-ITALIAN WORKING GROUP MEETS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. PM DAS Bue and OSD Strategy Director Pavel led a joint State-DOD delegation to Rome on December 7 to discuss anticipated US Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) changes and work through details on reshaping our presence in Italy. In working group discussions with an Italian dele [...]
2005-01-05 13:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL KPAO IT GLOBAL DEFENSE
05ROME3600SCENESETTER 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 10:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAIR ELTN EWWT IT OTRA OVIP AVIATION
05ROME3855 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...]
2005-11-22 14:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF WFP
05ROME4005RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON "CLUSTER LEADS" STRATEGY
[...] Summary. This message responds to reftel query of UN agencies regarding a strategy for more effective division of labor among these agencies in the field in meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). USUN-Rome transmitted to the World Food Program (WFP) as the sectoral lead on [...]
2005-12-06 17:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR AORC UN WFP FAO
05ROME574Italy'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 09:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
05SANAA131YEMEN CLOSES ITS AIRSPACE FOR TWO DAYS OVER
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. Summary: The Yemeni Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) denied U.S. military aircraft clearances on January 21 and 22, due to a dispute simmering for at least eight years regarding overflight and landing fees. After a meet [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KREC KSEP MARR MOPS PREL YM PBTS
05SANAA1352ROYG INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH SALEH CLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 14:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KMCA KMPI DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1534YEMEN: FUNDING FOR THE CSF-CTU
[...] (S) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to address the issue of including Yemen,s Central Security Force-Counter-Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) in Yemen,s FY 05, 06, and 07 Foreign Military Financing allocations. Post assesses that the inclusion of the CSF-CTU in FMF is an essential element in [...]
2005-06-07 10:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS PARM PREL YM YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2317EXBS ADVISOR VISIT AND PROGRAM STRATEGY JULY, 2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the period July 9-19, 2005, Export Controls and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor met with Yemeni officials and principal Embassy staff to discuss the current state of EXBS in Yemen. Advisor met with senior representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Yemen and A [...]
2005-08-14 07:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2483YEMEN REQUESTS EXTENSION IN TIME FOR BLUE LANTERN
[...] Post requests an extension of 60 days to conduct the Blue Lantern end-use check on the Yemen Air Force Suppliers Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers. (reftel) 2. Emboffs met with Yemen Air Force (YAF) on 22 August but were not able to discuss the matter with the appropriate YAF [...]
2005-08-31 05:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC YM SN AE US
05SANAA2912MOI ALIMI DISCUSSES OIL TERMINAL SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a October 3 meeting with Ambassador and Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief, Interior Minister Rashad Alimi discussed security arrangements for the Safer oil terminal and the transfer of protection duties to the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). Alimi stated that the YCG, a M [...]
2005-10-09 13:11:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM MARITIME SECURITY ENERGY
05SANAA3103BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK COMPLETED ON YEMEN AIR
[...] Per ref A, Post contacted Yemeni Air Force to inquire if it has ordered U.S.-origin military aircraft spare parts from the firms Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers Aviation. Post made repeated inquiries though OMC in routine meetings and through diplomatic notes for several weeks. [...]
2005-10-25 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC YM
05SANAA3187ASSAULT ON TWO JOURNALISTS: NEWEST CASE IN SPATE
[...] (U) Summary: On October 29, Moujeeb Sweileh, a cameraman with the "Al-Arabiya" news channel, and Najib Al-Sharai, from "Al-Akhbariya," were assaulted by ROYG security forces while attempting to cover a strike at a textile factory in Sanaa. The attack is just one of a long string of physical and [...]
2005-11-01 12:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA335SCENESETTER 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 14:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA3460SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...]
2005-12-12 14:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM YM SO GTIP
05SANAA690SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2005-03-23 11:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
05SANAA895SANAA EAC MEETING 04/10/2005
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Thomas Krajeski convened an EAC meeting on April 10, 2005, to review the current threat and security measures in light of that threat. The EAC agreed that current threat indicators now point to a mid to long term, not imminent, threat and recommendation of opening the Emb [...]
2005-04-10 13:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA949ROYG DECLARES END TO AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: SAADA
[...] (U) Summary. The ROYG claimed that it has ended the al-Houthi uprising in Saada, but isolated clashes continue. Initial casualty estimates show 280 killed from both sides in less than two weeks of clashes, but such figures may rise as more facts come to light. The main rebel leaders escaped [...]
2005-04-16 10:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA99GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. General Abizaid met with Minister of Defense Alaiwa and Chief of Staff Qassemi on January 4. Abizaid briefed Alaiwa on current USG priorities in the region: The political transition in Iraq, continued worldwide pressure on al-Qaida, and resumption of the Peace Process. Alaiwa rai [...]
2005-01-16 10:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS MCAP PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANJOSE2717COSTS OF NOT HAVING AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ARE
[...] (C) The GOCR, though not philosophically opposed to providing the United States with the protections contained in an Article 98 agreement, faces serious political and constitutional impediments, which have for the last two and a half years prevented an agreement from being concluded. Meanwhile [...]
2005-11-23 22:18:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
05SANJOSE2809COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2005 - 2006 PART I, DRUGS
[...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2005-2006 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica is becoming a major transshipment point for narcotics to the United States and Europe. Costa Rican officials demonstrate professionalism and reliability as partners in combating ever-changi [...]
2005-12-08 23:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CS
05SANJOSE2882AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM: SAN JOSE
[...] (C) Relations between the United States and Costa Rica are very friendly. Our countries share a strong commitment to democracy and human rights. Costa Rica is the longest continuous democracy in Latin America and serves as an important example of how a long-term commitment to democracy benef [...]
2005-12-16 23:52:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALASIG AMGT CS
05SANSALVADOR2429SCENESETTER FOR ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH VISIT TO EL
[...] (SBU) Acting Under Secretary Beardsworth, I look forward to your delegation's visit to El Salvador from September 1 to 3 to meet with Salvadoran officials and attend the inaugural graduation of the ILEA. The following background information may be useful for your preparations. ------------ [...]
2005-08-31 17:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES PGOV PREL
05SANSALVADOR2862ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS MEDICAL EVACUATION
[...] On 19 Oct, Salvadoran Vice Minister of Defense, General Abrego, the acting Minister of Defense, requested U.S. military support in transporting a critically injured Salvadoran Air Force officer, Colonel Juan Hector Reyes, to a U.S. military medical facility as soon as possible. Colonel Reyes wa [...]
2005-10-20 13:17:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR CA
05SANSALVADOR3222 SAN SALVADOR'S CLO REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF
[...] Co-CLO Coordinator Monique Reyes FP-6 and other Co-CLO position is currently vacant recruitment is in process; 25 hours per week each. 2. Additional staff: Part-time CLO Assistant Milagros Root FP-9, 20 hours per week. 3. Post Profile A. Agencies served: State (Public Diplomacy, H [...]
2005-11-15 19:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFLO AMGT ES
05SANSALVADOR34312005 INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: EL SALVADOR
[...] SUMMARY: Given its relatively small size (6.7 million people in an area smaller than New Jersey),El Salvador has a relatively rich media environment and a fairly well- defined number of "players" jockeying for power and influence. Though their combined circulation is scarcely 300,000, newspa [...]
2005-12-07 22:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP PREL ES
05SANSALVADOR3491EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...]
2005-12-15 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES
05SANTIAGO1631MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-02 14:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI TERRORISM
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